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Hidden Valley and Brookings-Harbor Football Previews
Hidden Valley Key Losses- Spencer Simons WR/DB, Parker Wright WR/DB Summit Black-Lazo WR/DB,Glenn Rossi RB/LB, Clancy Allen OL/DL,Dustin Brown OL/DL, Bryan Cox WR/DB. Key Returners- Elias English WR/DB, Sam Vidlak QB, Max Wallace OL/DL, Alex Abott OL/DL, Nathan Bragg OL/DL, Julien Aguilar WR/DB,Tanner Noble RB/LB,Jacob Tanner RB/DB, Victor Bettencourt OL/DL. Trey Bixler WR/DB. YC, Brookings, […]
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Cascade Christian and St Mary’s Football Previews
Cascade Christian Key Losses-Cole Ferguson DL/OL, Cody Miller OL/DL,Logan Flenner OL/DL,Spencer Weeks LB/OL,Ethan Hoffman K,Luke Smith LB/RB, Ian Fralich DB/WR, John Fralich DB/WR. Key Returners- Kiegan Schaan QB/DB, Christian Fralich WR/DB, Gabe Pierson LB/OL, Grant Couzens DL/OL,Jacob Copley DL/OL,Cade Sample LB/TE,Elijah Smith LB/RB. In 2018 Cascade Christian was a dominant force on the offensive end, […]
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La Pine and Siuslaw Football Previews
La Pine Key losses- Jose Guillen, Tim Fox,Ashten Kenline,Josiah Jenkins,Ethan Bogart. Key returners-Adam Plant,Austin Mckittrick,Aaron Neuroth, Dylan Westbrook,Daniel Underwood,Mats Aaboen,Canon Valentine. In 2018 La Pine fought the injury bug the whole season. The Hawks lost key players seemingly every week, including losing their starting Quarterback very early on. After the QB was out for the […]
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Harrisburg and Pleasant Hill Football Previews
Harrisburg Key Losses-Dax Bennett QB/LB, Riley Suttles WR/DB,Brynden Bevins OL/DL,Elijah Pate OL/DL,Josh Nasshahn OL/DL, Devin Nelson RB/LB, Brennan Erickson OL/DL Key Returners- Gabe Knox RB/LB,Spencer Gains WR/DB, Jonathon Lettkeman QB/DB,Leithan Briggs OL/DL, Wyatt Perry OL/DL, Joan Topia OL/DL. In 2018 Harrisburg went 7-3 and was on the bad end of a three-way tie of the […]
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Santiam Christian and Sutherlin Previews.
Santiam Christian Key losses- Luke Janssen RB,Jaxon Connor DL/OL, Jason Manzi WR/LB, Vandon Haugen RB/LB. Key Returners- Ely Kennel QB/S, Marcus Fullbright RB/DE,Trevor Oxenrider WR/DB,Levi Villers WR/CB,Luke Mehlschau WR/DB,Hudson Carter WR/S,Aaron Schaefer OL/DL, Deegan Black OL/DL, Heston Bain RB/MB, Joe Maqatish TE/DE, Mason Wirth LB. In 2018 SC figured they would have somewhat of a […]
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Dayton and Taft Football Previews.
Key losses- Braeden Nowlin, Noah White, Chris Arguello, Liam Munoz, Kyle Cool, Kyle Albright. Key Returners- Garret Doran, Jody Fuller, Payton Garrison, Ethan Russell, Kaden Fergus, Gavin Arce, Kody Fuller. Going into the 2019 Dayton is a mystery team in some sorts as they have a new coach and a new offense. Dayton is losing […]
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Clatskanie and Willamina Football Previews.
Clatskanie Key Losses-Cooper Blodgett QB/DB, Kees Tjaarda, Jake Bruce WR/DB,Bryce Puckett OL/DL Key returners-J’kari Combs WR/DB,Sam Shockley RB/LB, James Helmen RB/LB,Timber Zea OL/DL,Michell Hopstad OL/DL,Cade Warren OL/DL, Tony Christen OL/DL.Andre Combs QB/DB, Sterling Bruce OL/DL, Cedrix Heath RB. In 2018 most people that follow 3a sports, or have some knowledge of the game of football, […]
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Rainier and Amity Football Previews
Key Losses- Joey Tripp (everything), Drew Nelson DL/OL,Cameron Governale DL/OL, Connor Thompson DL/OL,Logan Keizur DL/OL, Austin Cantrell LB/TE. Key Returners- Kenney Tripp QB/WR,Easton Crape OL/DL, Nate Gaines DL/OL,David Katon RB/LB,Tao Ruff DL/OL. Going into the 2019 football season Rainier is a team that lost a good amount of talent from the 2018 team that won […]
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Salem Academy and Corbett Football Previews
Salem Academy Key Losses- Titus Spangle WR/S,Dawson Patton TE/DE, Josh McMyne OT/DT,Hunter Gibbons TE/LB. Key Returners-Cameron Haslebacher RB/LB, Cole Hardy QB/DB, Jacob Robertson OG/DT, Hunter Schwenke WR/DB, Mason Strunk OG/DT. Salem Academy will have an interesting year. They return few key offensive weapons that would allow them to be competitive consistently. It will be very […]
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Yamhill-Carlton and Madras Previews.
Yamhil-Carlton Football 2019 Key Losses-Joey McGhehey WR/DB, Cole Norwood WR/LB, Own Amerson RB/LB, Oliver Smith OL/DL. Key Returners-Jamie Garcia 12 (QB/DB), Trey Richmond 11 (TE/DL), Mason Daily 11 (OL/LB), Jacob Preston 10 (RB/LB), Errick Porter 9 (RB), Jakob Jarvis 12 (WR/DB), Mikal Rivas 11 (WR/LB), Sam Dixon 12 (OL/DL), Dustin Talbot 12 (OL/DL) and Dylan […]
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Scio Football Preview
Key losses- Daniel Simmons DB/CB, Austin Ellis DL/TE, Riley Zimmerman OL/DL, Adam Stratemeyer LB/RB, Bryce West DB/RB. Key Returners- David Simmons LB/QB, Hunter Gray DB/RB, Anthony Harper LB/TE, Aaron Carter OL/DL, Josiah Nordstrom DL/OL, Garrett Workinger RB/S. Going into the 2019 season Scio will need to replace key positions on both sides of the line […]
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South Umpqua’s four sport athlete.
One of the more interesting stories in 3a sports is Kyla Pires, a four sport athlete from South Umpqua that plays football, Soccer, Basketball and Softball. She also has received all League awards in Football, Soccer, and Basketball. As if that isn’t already impressive enough she also received scholar athlete every year in each sport. […]
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Girls and Boys Soccer 2019
Going into the 2019 Girls Soccer season the teams to keep a eye on is Yamhill-Carlton, Catlin Gabel, Oregon Episcopal, St Marys Medford, and Brookings Harbor and Blanchet. The team that might surprise the 3a Soccer world might just be Blanchet as they were ranked #5 on OSAA last season and only lose two players […]
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Who will be the favorite to win the 2019 Championship?
The start of 3a football seems to be right around the corner with summer practices starting up. This season seems to have a lot more what if’s rather than a favorite to win a State Championship. However, a few teams that should be good again in 2019 are Rainier, Amity, Clatskanie and, Nyssa, Madras, and […]
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Yamhill-Carlton striving for the Playoffs in 2019
YC is a rising stock in the state, and everyone knows it. First winning season in 11 years, a young and charismatic head coach, school and community excitement at levels not seen in decades, and a state playoff appearance (had the OSAA not botched its own playoff slotting). We interviewed Coach Mossholder earlier this month, […]
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St Mary’s determined to prove people wrong in 2019
Before Jamie Young was named the head football coach at St Mary’s, the Crusaders went an abysmal 7-50 from 2003-2009. Throughout the last nine years, habits and culture have adjusted with Coach Young. The Crusaders have gone 44-40 over the last nine years, a far cry from their tumultuous recent past. Going into the 2019 […]
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Madras preparing for the 2019 football season.
Going into the fall of 2016 Madras High School hired a new and highly motivated Head Coach named Kurt Taylor. Taylor walked into a Madras locker room that hadn’t seen the bright lights of a playoff game since 2012 and had been winless the season before. From 2013-2018 Madras football won a total of 5 […]
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Rainier and Cascade Christian favorites to be top 3a teams again in 2019.
Summer workouts have just started for some schools, and we have our eye on a few teams that we think will be front runners to capture the 2019 State Championship. Two teams that stick out immediately, due to obvious reasons, are Rainier and Cascade Christian (the two teams that faced off in the 2018 State […]