No question Kitna owns recruiting on the south end. I think 3 factors really helped:
1. Kitna leads by example. He proved living in Lakewood (or Puyallup or even Gig Harbor) is no reason not to consider Lincoln to advance your football career.
2. He hired in as math teacher and went to work on board members to turn Lincoln into a magnet school which allows for the riff raff to be moved out and serves as a big barrier to entry for any kid *not* a star athlete and/or student, who might live in the area, from attending.
3. Free public transportation to any Lincoln student residing within the Tacoma district.
Tacoma is determined to displace Bellevue as the second tuffest football team in the state of Washington.