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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