KOSW 88.9 FM The Voice of The Hyaks

KOSW SPORTS NAMES BROADCAST ANNOUNCING TEAM FOR 2024 NORTH BEACH HYAKS FOOTBALL SEASON

KOSW Radio Sports Division to Broadcast Complete Nine-Game Hyaks Varsity Football Slate Over the Air on Terrestrial Radio and Streaming Audio Via Station’s Website

OCEAN SHORES, WASHINGTON — August 6, 2024 — KOSW Radio 88.9 FM — The Voice of the North Beach Hyaks — has named Jerry Knaak, Noah Knaak, and Madison Crooks as its broadcast announcing team for North Beach High School varsity football for the 2024 season. KOSW Sports Director Jerry Knaak returns as play-by-play announcer, Noah Knaak will provide color commentary and analysis, and Madison Crooks joins the crew as sideline reporter.

KOSW 88.9 FM and its live online stream will carry the complete nine-game slate. Programming will include pregame, halftime, and postgame shows that will include analysis, and interviews with coaches, players, school officials and administrators.

Jerry Knaak a 10-year United States Navy veteran, enters his third season as the play-by-play voice of North Beach Hyaks football and his first as KOSW sports director. He has also called play-by-play for Hyaks girls varsity basketball the past two years. After a decorated career as a broadcaster in the United States Navy, Jerry went on to become the digital media director and later team historian for the then-Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.

Noah Knaak, who graduated with honors from North Beach High School in June 2024, joins the football broadcasting crew full-time this season as the color commentator/analyst. Noah spent two seasons as the Hyaks football coaching staff videographer and filled in as guest commentator for the 2023 football season finale. He also served as the color commentator for North Beach varsity boys and girls basketball for the 2023-24 season.

Madison Crooks, the North Beach High School Class of 2024 valedictorian, joins the KOSW broadcast team as sideline reporter. Crooks, who was a team manager for the varsity football team in 2023 and a multi-sport athlete at North Beach, will provide on-the-spot reports from the sidelines including injury updates, observations, interviews, and insights into what’s happening at field level.

Under the direction of new Head Coach Brent Wasche, the North Beach Hyaks kick off the 2024 varsity football campaign against the Evergreen Lutheran Eagles at home at Lt. Jim Davis Field at North Beach High School in Ocean Shores on Friday, September 6, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m.

2024 Hyaks Football Schedule:

Jerry Knaak Named KOSW Sports Director

KOSW Radio 88.9 FM (www.koswradio.com) — The Home of the North Beach Hyaks — has
named current KOSW Radio personality and play-by-play announcer and former Oakland
Raiders team executive Jerry Knaak as Sports Director. KOSW has been the radio home of the
North Beach Hyaks varsity football program since 2014, and also airs girls and boys varsity
basketball games live. Knaak succeeds longtime KOSW personality and radio board of directors
member Darrell Prowse, who now serves as president of North Beach TV, Cable Channel 68.
Knaak will once again handle play-by-play duties for football and basketball and take over
executive producer duties for game broadcasts.

Working hand-in-hand with North Beach High School, KOSW is the flagship radio station for
Hyaks sports, a distinction few, if any, Washington State District 2B schools can claim. In recent
years, KOSW has invested in new equipment and fostered a mutually beneficial relationship with
North Beach High School administrators and coaches with regard to carrying football and
basketball games live on air and via online live streaming.

“We’d like to thank Darrell Prowse for his years of service as our sports director, he, along with
Trey Smith, Rick Beveridge, and Tom Ferguson, did a commendable job covering live sports for
KOSW. We’re excited for Jerry Knaak to take over as KOSW Sports Director, his in-depth
knowledge of not only football and basketball, but live event production and promotion, has
become invaluable,” said Carl “Butch” Larson, KOSW Programming Director. “KOSW has
made a significant investment in our coverage of Hyaks sports, which will only continue to
improve with Jerry at the controls. We are proud and honored to have been and continue be the
North Beach Hyaks flagship radio station. We look forward to our continuing relationship and
expanding our coverage of not only high school, but other sports as well.”

Knaak joined the KOSW/North Beach Hyaks broadcast team as play-by-play announcer for
North Beach High School Varsity Football and Girls Varsity Basketball in 2022. He also hosts
two music shows for KOSW, The Midday Show on Thursdays from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. each week
and Get The Knaak every other Tuesday evening from 6 – 9 p.m.

“I am thrilled to take up the mantle of sports director for KOSW. A high bar has been set for
North Beach Hyaks coverage and I only hope to improve upon the standard established by my
predecessors,” said Jerry Knaak, new KOSW Sports Director. “It has been a thrill to bring Hyaks
sports to our listening audience the past two years, and I look forward to expanding our coverage
and improving the quality of our broadcasts, along with adding new sports programming and
working even closer with North Beach High School and the North Beach Booster Club.”

While serving in the United States Navy, Knaak hosted the only sports talk radio show in all of
Armed Forces Radio, served as play-by-play announcer and commentator for a variety of sports,
and anchored the nightly sports report for the evening news for the Navy Broadcasting Service
Detachment at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. Knaak went on to become the digital media
director and later team historian for the then-Oakland Raiders of the National Football League.
While with the Raiders, Knaak hosted a daily web-based video news program as well as a
weekly podcast.

 

2024NORTH BEACH HYAKS VARSITY FOOTBALL
WEEK3RELEASE

Week 7
Date Time Matchup
Friday, October 18 7:00 p.m. Sound ChrisCan Lions at North Beach Hyaks
Friday, October 18 7:00 p.m. Chief Leschi Warriors at Wahkiakum Mules
Friday, October 18 7:00 p.m. Taholah Chitwins at Naselle Comets
Friday, October 18 7:00 p.m. Evergreen Lutheran Eagles at Oakville-North River Acorns
Week 8
Date Time Matchup
Friday, October 25 7:00 p.m. Naselle Comets at Ocosta Wildcats
Friday, October 25 7:00 p.m. Evergreen Lutheran Eagles at Wahkiakum Mules
Friday, October 25 7:00 p.m. Taholah Chitwins at Sound ChrisCan Lions
Saturday, October 26 5:00 p.m. North Beach Hyaks at Chief Leschi Warriors
Week 9
Date Time Matchup
Friday, November 1 7:00 p.m. North Beach Hyaks at Charles Wright Tarriers
Friday, November 1 7:00 p.m. Oakville-North River Acorns at Naselle Comets
Friday, November 1 7:00 p.m. Ocosta Wildcats at Evergreen Lutheran Eagles
Friday, November 1 7:00 p.m. Chief Leschi Warriors at Taholah Chitwins
Saturday, November 2 1:00 p.m. Wahkiakum Mules at Sound ChrisCan Lions
Week 10
Date Time Matchup
Friday, November 8 7:00 p.m. Lake Quinault at Taholah Chitwins

2024 NORTH BEACH HYAKS ROSTER
No. Name Ht. Wt. Grade Off Pos Def Pos
2 Tycen Ross 5-10 185 10 Back DL
3 Kaemon Bighead 5-10 135 10 WR LB
6 Adin Wollum 5-11 205 12 OL LB
10 Parker Johnson 5-10 165 9 Back LB
12 Malik Pa_on 6-0 175 10 OL LB
14 Jason MarCn 5-1 135 9 WR LB
21 Jayden Apodaca 6-1 165 10 WR DB
22 Dakota Russell 5-8 135 10 Back DB
25 Malik Jackson 5-11 155 9 Back DB
32 Brycen Parent 5-7 120 9 WR DB
35 Aiden Delagne 5-9 163 9 Back LB
42 Jacob Eden 5-7 158 9 Back LB
45 Elton Rockey 5-11 150 12 Back LB
50 Conrad Kell 6-1 190 12 OL DL
51 Cale Eden 5-10 222 10 OL DL
52 Karryn Tansley 5-8 152 12 OL DL
55 Isaac Chi 5-8 192 11 OL DL
56 Dylan Polk 5-9 170 12 OL DL
60 Gavin Stevens 5-9 175 12 WR DB
63 Mason Farmer 5-10 200 10 OL DL
71 William Lauderdale 6-4 240 9 OL DL
72 Isaiah White-Frisbee 6-2 250 9 OL DL
73 Jorden Giraldo 5-11 205 10 OL DL
75 Garrison James 6-0 330 10 OL DL
80 Dorian Middlebrooks 5-10 120 10 WR DB
85 Clayton Thierof 5-7 145 10 Back DB
89 George Harmon 6-2 205 11 OL DL

NORTH BEACH HYAKS BROADCAST INFORMATION
KOSW Radio — The Voice of the Hyaks —will broadcast the complete nine-game North Beach
Hyaks schedule over the air on 88.9 FM and streaming online at www.koswradio.com. All game
audio will be archived on KOSW’s website as well.
Jerry Knaak: Play-by-Play
Jerry Knaak, a 10-year United States Navy veteran, spent 20 years with
the then-Oakland Raiders of the NaConal Football League. While with
the Raiders, Jerry served as director of digital media, team historian and
hosted a daily web-based video news program as well as a weekly
podcast. He is also the play-by-play voice for North Beach Hyaks
basketball.
Noah Knaak: Color Analyst
Noah Knaak graduated with honors from North Beach High School in
June 2024. He joins the football broadcasCng crew full-Cme this season
as the color commentator/analyst. Noah spent two seasons as the
videographer for the Hyaks football coaching staff and filled in as guest
commentator for the 2023 football season finale. He also served as the
color commentator for North Beach varsity boys and girls basketball for
the 2023-24 season.
Madison Crooks: Sideline Reporter
Madison Crooks graduated in June 2024 as the North Beach High School
Class of 2024 Valedictorian. Madison, who was a team manager for the
varsity football team in 2023 and a mulC-sport athlete at North Beach,
earned thousands of dollars in scholarships upon graduaCon and is
currently studying nursing at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen.

Girls basketball HOME schedule (subject to change):

Friday, 12/6 vs Wishkah Valley
Friday 12/13 vs Northwest Christian
Friday 12/27 vs Lake Quinault
Friday 1/3 vs Chief Leschi
Saturday 1/4 (schedule unclear) vs Taholah
Friday 1/10 vs Raymond South Bend
Thursday 1/23 vs Ilwaco
Thursday, 1/30 vs Forks
Saturday, 2/1 vs Ocosta
Monday 2/3 (schedule unclear) vs Taholah