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‘I know what he can do’: Father-son duo reunited with Bellingham football

Senior QB Josh Leonard is now excelling under his coach/father

Adam, left, and Josh Leonard chat during practice with one of them in full football gear while the other chats with their arms crossed.
Adam, left, and Josh Leonard chat during practice at the Bellingham High School practice field. Adam has been the head coach of the Bellingham football team for two years and was joined by Josh, his son, this season after he played three seasons at Squalicum. (Andrew Ford/Cascadia Daily News)
By Connor J. Benintendi Staff Reporter
The evening of Sept. 9, 2022, went exactly as Bellingham High School football coach Adam Leonard planned. His team won, 15-10, over Meadowdale, and the team bus driver made sure Leonard made it back to Civic Stadium in time to catch his son playing in the fourth quarter of Squalicum High School’s game against Fife. Leonard’s son, Josh, a 6-foot-3 left-handed quarterback, was making his second career start for Squalicum. Josh was a junior at the time, and Adam knew how finite the opport

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