Who's the new guy in charge of keeping the Sumner football championship tradition going?

After sitting two seasons behind Nate Donavan, Brennan Abbott takes over the Spartans' quarterback job as a junior

Brennan Abbott heads into his junior season as the undisputed first-year starting quarterback for two-time defending Class 4A champion Sumner, replacing Nate Donavan. (Todd Milles / VarsityWA)

PARKLAND, Wash. — For those who became captivated by the Nate Donavan-to-Braylon Pope downfield connections with Sumner football over the past two seasons, new starting quarterback Brennan Abbott has a message for you:

Pope — the state’s top 2026 receiving prospect headed to the University of Washington — will not be underthrown as a deep target this fall.

“For sure, I have the arm strength,” Abbott said.