LAKE STEVENS — Kekoa Okiyama set himself up underneath the football as it plummeted towards the ground. The Lake Stevens senior secured the ball and cut towards the right side of the field.

Okiyama juked around an incoming defender and found space along the right sideline to charge ahead. Once he crossed midfield, a Lake Stevens coach blew his whistle, signifying the end of the rep.

“Wooo!” Okiyama shouted as he slowed to a stop, celebrating what would have been a trip to the house if not for it simply being a punt return drill in practice.

Of course, none of the Vikings in coverage would overextend themselves to lay out their own teammate during practice, so perhaps Okiyama would have been stopped in a real game. But the brief celebratory moment — just a simple exclamation, not over-th

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