COACH BENJI SONNICHSEN
PURSUING CHAMPIONSHIPS
1993-1996 (Athlete - HS)
During the 1994 season Prosser had a 38 game winning streak. We were ranked in the USA Today as a Top 25 HS team in the Nation. In the 1990's Prosser Football was voted on as the "Program of the Decade" by the Seattle Times for the State of Washington.
I played Quarterback / Safety / Place Kicker for the Mustangs. I was a 3 year letter award winner.
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1995 State Final Season Highlights:
1993 / STATE CHAMPS / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
1994 / Quarterfinalist / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
1995 / State Finalist / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
1996 / Quarterfinalist / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
1997 / DNQ
1998 / Round of 32
1999 / NATIONAL CHAMPS
2000 / Quarterfinalist / NWC CHAMPS
2001 / Quarterfinalist / NWC CHAMPS
1997-2001 (Athlete - College)
At PLU, I played Safety and Special Teams. I was a 3 year letter award winner. In 1999, PLU Football was featured in Sports Illustrated and we played the National Championship game on ESPN. The late Frosty Westering is the author of 2 books: Make the Big Time Where You Are, The Strange Secret of The Big Time.
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1999 National Championship:
2002-2004 (Assistant Coach)
During my early years of coaching I served in the following assistant roles:
Defensive Backs, Running Backs, Quarterbacks, Special Teams Coordinator
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2004 Season Highlights:
2002 / DNQ
2003 / Quarterfinalist / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
2004 / Rd of 16 / MID VALLEY CHAMPS
2005-2007 (Head Coach)
In 2005, I arrived at Mount Vernon HS with no knowldege of a meningitus outbreak that happened the season before. The 1st year we had 15 seniors, 3 juniors, 20 sophomores and 22 freshman in the program. By 2007, we made the WIAA State Playoffs, which had not happened since 1984. We raised participation numbers from 60 to 92 members on the MVHS Football Team in 3 years.
2005 / DNQ
2006 / DNQ
2007 / Rd of 16
2008-2014 (Head Coach)
In 2008, my mentor HS Coach Tom Moore informed me it would be his last year. I came back to Prosser and joined his staff as the Running Backs / Defensive Backs Coach. In 2009, I became the Head Football Coach at Prosser. During the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons we made the semi-finals and finished 3rd in State.
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2012 Summer Wt Room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYsVxaul4Jk
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2012 Semi-Finals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QDg0qSFAys
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2013 Semi-Finals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41TM2Ah4QUg
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2014 Kickoff Classic:
2008 / State Finalist / CWAC CHAMPS
2009 / DNQ
2010 / Quarterfinalist / CWAC CHAMPS
2011 / Semi Finalist / CWAC CHAMPS
2012 / Semi Finalist
2013 / Semi Finalist
2014 / Quarterfinalist
2015-2021 (Head Coach)
In 2015, I became the Head Football Coach at Mead HS in North Spokane. Mead competes in the 3A/4A GSL conference. Since 2015 Mead has had 3A enrollment numbers and has chosen to "opt up" and compete 4A. During that time Mead Football advanced to the 4A playoffs in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Vs 3A opponents during that same time Mead went 15-4 with (4) unofficial 3A GSL championships in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 and would have made the 3A playoffs all (5 years) in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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2018 Rd of 32 playoffs vs Richland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-a7ng14bjk
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2018 1st Rd playoffs vs Graham Kapowsin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYt_OeTsMw&t=1s
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2019 Battle of the Bell: Won our rival game 3 out of 4 years (2016,2017,2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqfOoP6OQY
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2015 / DNQ
2016 / DNQ / unofficial GSL 3A CHAMPS
2017 / 4A Rd of 32 / unofficial GSL 3A CHAMPS
2018 / 4A Rd of 16 / unofficial GSL 3A CHAMPS
2019 / 4A Rd of 32 / 4A GSL CHAMPS
2019 / unofficial 3A GSL CHAMPS
(spring) 2021 / COVID
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