2B Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Appeal Tribune
Mid-Willamette
CENTRAL FOOTBALL
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Last season’s record: 7-5 overall, 4-2 in the
conference, advanced to the OSAA Class 5A
state semifinals
Head coach: Shane Hedrick, 17th season
as starting QB
Key players: Pete Mendazona (Sr., QB);
Marcos Cedillo (Sr., H/SS); Braden Fuszek (Sr.,
C); Jess Cable (Jr., WR/FS); Isaiah Abraham (Sr.,
WR/FS); Juan Ruiz (Sr., OT/DT); Xander Bailey
(Sr., DE/TE); Shun Talmage (Sr., DT).
The Foxes are in capable hands at
quarterback with returning starter Levi
Nielsen, who also started four games as a
freshman. Nielsen, a 6-foot-3, 188-pound
junior, knows what it’s like to play in big
games.
In the Foxes home opener last season
on the new turf field, he passed for 309
yards and four touchdowns in a 41-35 vic-
tory over Redmond.
“He’s incredibly coachable and hum-
ble,” Craig said. “That’s hard to find in a
quarterback that’s had success at such a
young age.”
5. Woodburn enters final season
as independent before moving to
Class 4A
Woodburn will play an independent
schedule for the second straight year be-
fore moving down to 4A next season,
likely in the Tri-Valley Conference.
The Bulldogs won three games last
season after going winless in 2015, so
they’re trending in the right direction.
“Our team goal is a winning season
and that’s 5-4,” coach Nick Federico said.
“It has to be a season that is gonna propel
us into 4A. It’s a very exciting year for
us.”
Woodburn will build around senior
quarterback Hunter Conlon, a three-
year starter.
Federico wants his players to have
fresh legs in the fourth quarter, so no
players will start on both sides of the
ball.
DALLAS FOOTBALL
Head coach: Tracy Jackson, sixth season
Last season’s record: 9-3 overall, 4-2 in the
conference, advanced to the OSAA Class 5A
state semifinals
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Dallas must replace Tanner Earhart, left, who was named the Class 5A state offensive player of
the year.
Key players: Treve Earhart (Sr., TE/LB); T.J.
Dimick (Sr., TE/LB); Evan Courtney (Sr., RB/S);
Tristan Evans (Sr., RB); Jaret Stewart (Sr., QB);
Justin Ingraham (Sr., OL/DL); Carson Unger (Sr.,
OL/DL); Brycen Grillo (Sr., LB/Wing).
SILVERTON FOOTBALL
Head coach: Josh Craig, first season
Last year’s record: 7-3 overall, 4-2
Mid-Willamette Conference, lost in the first
round of the 5A state playoffs
Key players: Levi Nielsen (Jr., QB); Hunter
Meissner (Jr., RB/LB); Collin Zollinger (Jr.
RB/LB); Ben Willis (Jr., OL/DL); Zachary Milstead
(Sr., OL/DL); Spencer Clements (Sr., WR/S);
Kobe Garcia (Sr., WR/DB)
WOODBURN FOOTBALL (INDEPENDENT)
Head coach: Nick Federico, sixth season
Last year’s record: 3-6, independent
schedule
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Silverton coach Josh Craig, in his first season, talks to his team during practice. Silverton was
7-3, 4-2 in the Mid-Willamette Conference last year.
Key players: Breyann Gutierrez (Sr., DT);
Marc Orta (Sr., S); Hunter Conlon (Sr., QB); Luis
Guerrero (Sr., RB); Luis Rodriguez (Jr., RB/WR);
Jonathan Serrano (Jr., LB)
Tri-River
Kennedy
Last season’s record: 7-4 overall, 1-3 Tri-River
Conference, lost in 2A state quarterfinals
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Head coach: Joe Panuke, fourth season
Key players: Devin Whitmire, sr., OL/DL;
Colton Craigmyle, sr., OL/DL; Sean Horning, sr.,
WR/DB; Jordan Lanham, sr., WR/LB; Dustin
Keys, jr., OL/LB; Trevor Tinney, jr., RB/DL; Colin
Thurston, so., QB/DB
do Dela Cerda, who ran for more than
1,500 yards last season. Look for junior
Justin Herberger and sophomore Saul
Martinez to keep the running game
strong.
With one of the lowest enrollments in
2A, St. Paul likely will back down to 1A
beginning with the 2018-19 school year. A
final decision by the OSAA is expected in
October.
4. Santiam loaded with experienced
players
Santiam returns eight starters on of-
fense and seven on defense from its state
playoff team of 2016, making another
playoff run likely with so much experi-
ence.
“We’re returning a good chunk of our
guys,” coach Dustin McGee said. “We
lost a couple really key guys, but we
think we can replace ‘em with some good
talent that we have coming up in our ju-
nior and sophomore class.”
The Wolverines will look to seniors
Devin Whitmire and Colton Craigmyle,
three-year starters on the offensive and
defensive lines, senior Jordan Lanham,
the leading returning receiver , and sen-
ior Sean Horning, a three-year starter at
defensive back.
McGee calls junior Trevor Tinney,
who rushed for more than 1,000 yards
last season, “probably one of most hard-
nosed running backs you’ll see in our
league.”
“He’s the kind of guy that will go
north-south, pick up four or five yards at
a time,” McGee said. “But it’s gonna be a
bruising four or five yards every time he
Last season’s record: 10-2 overall, 3-1
Tri-River Conference, advanced to the 2A state
semifinals
Key players: Nick Suing, jr., OL/DL; Daniel
Moreno, sr, C/LB; Anthony Garcia, sr., RB/CB;
Christian Reyes, sr., WR/DB; Christian Larios, sr.,
RB/LB; Emorej Lynk, so., QB; Bryce Vandervort,
jr., RB/DL; Rocco Carley, jr., TE/DE
Class 1A teams
Falls City
Regis
Head coach: Laric Cook, fourth year.
Head coach: Kyle McGrath, fourth season
Last season’s record: 11-2 overall, 4-0
Tri-River Conference, 2A state champions
Key players: Brandon Piete, sr., RB/SS; Cole
Olheiser, sr., WR/CB; Wyatt Koening, jr., OL/LB;
Jon Webb, jr., OL/DE; Sam Crowell, sr., WR/LB;
Zach Morey, jr., RB/FS; Kirk Scott, jr.,
QB/WR/LG; Anthony Barboza, jr., QB/WR/LB;
Spencer Gaul, jr., WR/CB
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Kennedy must replace Bishop Mitchell, who
was the 2A Offensive Player of the Year last
season.
runs it.”
Colin Thurston, the JV quarterback
last season, moves into the starting job.
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Last year’s record: 5-5 overall, 3-1 1A Special
District 3, lost in first round of state playoffs.
Key returners: Jeremy Labrado, sr., QB/LB;
Austin Burgess, jr., RB/DB; Noah Sickles, sr.,
RB/LB.
Perrydale
Head coach: Steve Mabry, first year.
St. Paul
Last year’s record: 4-4 overall, 3-3 1A Special
District 4.
Head coach: Tony Smith, 10th season
Key returners: Cooper Butler, sr., RB/LB;
Michael McGill, sr., OL/DL; Cooper Butler, sr.,
RB/DB.
Last season’s record: 6-4 overall, 2-2
Tri-River Conference, lost in 2A state
quarterfinals
Key players: Justin Herberger, jr., RB/LB;
Holden Smith, sr., QB; Saul Martinez, so.,
FB/NG; Jaidyn Jackson, jr., WR/DB; Alex Dela
Cerda, so., OL/DL; Zach Brentano, jr., OL/LB
Santiam
1A Outlook: Falls City made a huge step
forward last season by making the state
playoffs for the first time since 1982 and has
the pieces in place to go farther in the state
playoffs this year. Perrydale missed the state
playoffs last season and is young this season,
its first with Mabry as head coach. But don’t
be surprised if the Pirates are back in the state
playoffs this year.
Head coach: Dustin McGee, third season
Oregon State Fair welcomes back mother
pig and her litter after a 4-year absence
COOPER GREEN
STATESMAN JOURNAL
For four long years,
Oregon State Fair goers
wondered at the fate of a
mother pig and her litter.
But coming this August,
the curious and the pig-
less can rejoice: Mama
Sow is back.
“It is kind of a fair tra-
dition,” said Caleb For-
cier, the state fair agricul-
tural programs manager.
“It’s something people
look forward to.”
The popular exhibit of
a mother pig and her litter
of 2- to 3-week-old piglets
was last seen at the fair-
grounds in 2013. The ab-
sence was triggered by
nationwide concern about
PEDV (porcine epidemic
diarrhea virus), which
can be particularly harm-
ful to young pigs, Forcier
said. Rather than risk an
epidemic, fairs across the
country suspended most
The popular exhibit of a mother pig and her litter of 2- to
3-week-old piglets was last seen at the fairgrounds in 2013.
pig competitions.
In the first year, For-
cier was already hearing
complaints and concerns
about Mama Sow’s ab-
sence.
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swine industry did not
realize, or were not of the
knowledge of, the things
that had been going on af-
fecting the health of hogs
nationwide,” he said.
But Mama Sow and her
litter are back this year --
sort of. Mama Sow never
technically comes “back,”
because she’s a different
pig every year. The fair
contracts with a breeder
to have the newest Mama
Sow ready by fair-time.
Robert Justice, this
year’s breeder, said he
could tell people at the
fair last year were ready
for Mama Sow’s return.
“That was probably the
number one asked ques-
PHOTOS BY ANNA REED/STATESMAN JOURNAL
A sow and her piglets will be on display every day of the Oregon State Fair.
tion,” he said. “‘Where are
the baby pigs?’”
Justice has a pig farm
in Scio, which he main-
tains with the help of his
family. He said part of the
difficulty of raising pig-
lets is the size difference:
a full-grown sow can be up
to 500 pounds, where her
young piglets might be 2-3
pounds.
According to Justice,
Mama Sow and three pigs
from her litter should
serve as a cute attraction
as well as an educational
experience for Oregon
State Fair visitors over
the next few weeks.
“I think it’s important
and great to see the wide
eyes in the little kids, and
even some of the big kids,
that get to see something
they don’t normally get to
see,” he said. “It’s not just
going in the grocery store
– they can see that there is
a cycle of life.”