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Wednesday, December 13, 2017
AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE ALL-USA MID-VALLEY FOOTBALL TEAM
Versatile stars shine
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reat players make their impact on a football game in different
ways. • North Salem senior Rigo Padilla made his impact on
Position: Linebacker.
Honors: First-team all-Tri-River
Conference at linebacker and running
back; Tri-River Conference defensive
player of the year.
Alex Hurlburt
the ground, rushing for 1,602 yards and 15 touchdowns this
season. • West Salem junior Alex Hurlburt made his impact on defense,
making 25 tackles for loss, including 9.5 sacks. • And Sprague senior
Spencer Plant made his impact in the air, passing for 1,890 yards and 21
touchdowns. • Plant, Hulburt and Padilla are the finalists for the
football player of the year. • The winner will be presented at the 2018
Statesman Journal Mid-Valley Sports Awards presented by Donofrio
Dealerships at the Salem Convention Center on June 4. • This is the
American Family Insurance ALL-USA Mid-Valley football team.
Ashton Adams
School: South Salem.
Year: Junior.
Position: Offensive
line.
Honors:
First-team
Adams
all-Greater Valley Con-
ference at offensive tackle, honorable
mention at defensive line.
Alek Altringer
School: Sprague.
Year: Senior.
Position: Wide receiv-
Honors: First-team all-Mid-Willam-
ette Conference at wide receiver.
School: West Salem.
Year: Junior.
Position: Defensive
line.
Statistics: Hurlburt
Hurlburt
had 71 tackles, including
25 tackles for loss with 9.5 sacks, forced
four fumbles, recovered two and
blocked three kicks.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference; Greater Valley Confer-
ence defensive player of the year.
Eli Larson
School: Sprague.
Year: Junior.
Position: Offensive line.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at offensive center.
Ryan Baxter
School: West Salem.
Year: Senior.
Position: Linebacker.
Statistics: Baxter had 77 tackles, in-
cluding five for loss with one sack, and
forced two fumbles.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at linebacker.
Cook
226 carries.
Honors: First-team all-PacWest Con-
ference at running back and linebacker.
School: West Salem.
Year: Senior.
Position: Offensive line.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at offensive guard.
Macoy Christman
School: Cascade.
Year: Junior.
Position: Defensive
line.
Statistics: Christman
Christman
had 46 tackles, including
14 for loss with three sacks.
Honors: First-team all-Oregon West
Conference at defensive line and tight
end, Oregon West Conference lineman
of the year.
Spencer Clements
School: Silverton.
Year: Senior.
Position: Wide receiv-
er.
Statistics: Clements
caught 59 passes for 941
yards and 12 touchdowns.
Clements
School: Amity.
Year: Sophomore.
Position: Defensive
back.
Statistics: Richardson
Richardson
had 46 tackles with three
interceptions, forced four fumbles and
recovered two.
Honors: First-team all-West Valley
League at defensive back, second-team
at split end.
School: Scio.
Year: Senior.
Position: Offensive
line.
Honors:
First-team
Lowther
all-PacWest Conference
at offensive line and defensive line, Pac-
West Conference offensive lineman of
the year.
Alex Sanchez
School: South Salem.
Year: Senior.
Position: Defensive
line.
Honors:
First-team
Sanchez
all-Greater Valley Con-
ference at defensive line.
R.J. Veliz
Treve Earhart
School: Dallas.
Year: Senior.
Position: Linebacker.
Statistics:
Earhart
had 77 tackles, including
Earhart
eight for loss with 2.5
sacks, and forced two fumbles.
Honors: First-team all-Mid-Willam-
ette Conference at linebacker, honor-
able mention at tight end.
Gilder
Justin Boseke
Payton Richardson
Jacob Lowther
School: Scio.
Year: Senior.
Position:
Running
back.
Statistics:
Cook
rushed for 2,017 yards on
Noah Mellen
Statistics: Altringer
caught 40 passes for 748
yards and nine touchdowns.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley conference at receiver and corner-
back.
School: Sprague.
Year: Senior.
Position: Defensive
line.
Quitoriano
Statistics: Quitoriano
had 26 tackles, including
13 for loss with eight sacks, forced a
fumble, recovered a fumble and re-
turned a recovery for a touchdown.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at defensive line and
tight end.
Dru Cook
er.
Altringer
Teagan Quitoriano
School: Sprague.
Year: Senior.
Position:
Running
back.
Statistics:
Mellen
Mellen
rushed for 1,523 yards
and 28 touchdowns on 196 carries.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at running back.
Ivan Gilder
Elijah Nolan
School:
Santiam
Christian
Year: Senior.
Position: Kicker.
Honors:
First-team
all-West Valley League.
School: Cascade.
Year: Sophomore.
Position: Punter.
Statistics: Nolan averaged 38.6
yards per punt.
Honors: First-team all-Oregon West
Conference at punter.
School:
Blanchet
Catholic.
Year: Junior.
Position: Defensive
back.
Veliz
Statistics: Veliz had 44
tackles with six interceptions.
Honors: First-team all-PacWest Con-
ference at quarterback and defensive
back, PacWest Conference defensive
back of the year.
Junior Walling
School: McNary.
Year: Sophomore.
Position: Linebacker.
Honors:
First-team
all-Greater Valley Con-
Walling
ference at linebacker,
second-team at running back.
Anthony Gould
Rigo Padilla
School: West Salem.
Year: Junior.
Position: Returner.
Statistics: Gould re-
Gould
turned nine kickoffs for
an average of 40 yards per with two
touchdowns.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at receiver and return-
er.
School: North Salem.
Year: Senior.
Position:
Running
back.
Statistics:
Padilla
Padilla
rushed for 1,602 yards
and 15 touchdowns on 208 carries.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference.
Ben Willis
School: Silverton.
Year: Junior.
Position: Offensive
line.
Honors:
First-team
Willis
all-Mid-Willamette Con-
ference at offensive tackle and defen-
sive line.
Coach
Stanley Green
School: West Salem.
Year: Junior.
Position: Defensive
back.
Statistics:
Green
Green
made 37 tackles, includ-
ing one sack, and had an interception.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at cornerback.
Justin Herberger
Spencer Plant
School: Sprague.
Year: Senior.
Position:
Quarter-
back.
Statistics: Plant was
Plant
134 of 210 passing for
1,890 yards and 21 touchdowns with
three interceptions.
Honors: First-team all-Greater Val-
ley Conference at quarterback; Greater
Valley Conference co-offensive player
of the year.
Dustin McGee
School: Santiam.
Year: Third.
Team
accomplish-
ments: The Wolverines
went 11-2, including going
McGee
3-1 in the Tri-River Con-
ference, and reached the state champi-
onship game for the first time since
1994.
School: St. Paul.
Year: Junior.
ALL-MID-VALLEY CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS
Woodburn’s Bravo
named to boys team
Sprague’s Abbott, Kennedy’s
Cantu added to girls roster
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Trevor Cross, Geovani Bravo and
Haile Stuzman raced each other many
times all season long in Mid-Willamette
Conference cross country races.
The three juniors put on some amaz-
ing races and battled at each course
they visited.
Cross, from Dallas, Stutzman, from
Silverton, and Bravo, from Woodburn,
are the finalists for the boys cross coun-
try athlete of the year.
The winner will be presented at the
2018 Statesman Journal Mid-Valley
Sports Awards presented by Donofrio
Dealerships at the Salem Convention
Center on June 4.
This is the All-Mid-Valley team for
boys cross country.
Geovani Bravo
School: Woodburn.
Year: Junior.
District result: Fifth in the Mid-Wil-
lamette Conference (16:12).
State result: Seventh in Class 5A
(15:53).
Woodburn's Geovani Bravo has made the
All-Mid-Valley team for boys cross country.
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Trevor Cross
School: Dallas.
Year: Junior.
District result: Third in the Mid-Wil-
lamette Conference (16:02).
State result: 27th in Class 5A (16:35).
See BOYS, Page 2B
The three have been friends and ri-
vals for a long time.
South Salem junior Anna Chau,
Sprague senior Kaylee Mitchell and
Sprague junior Ginger Murnieks have
been racing against each other for
years.
Who won what race depended on the
day they were racing.
Murnieks, Mitchell and Chau are the
finalists for the girls cross country ath-
lete of the year.
The winner will be presented at the
2018 Statesman Journal Mid-Valley
Sports Awards presented by Donofrio
Dealerships at the Salem Convention
Center on June 4.
These are the five members of the
All-Mid-Valley team for girls cross
country.
Elise Abbott
School: Sprague.
Year: Junior.
District result: Fifth in the Greater
Valley Conference (19:00).
State result: 21st in Class 6A (19:06).
Elise Abbott was named to the
All-Mid-Valley team for girls cross country.
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Kaylin Cantu
School: Kennedy.
Year: Senior.
District result: 3A/2A/1A Special Dis-
trict 2 champion (19:08).
State result: Third in Class 3A/2A/1A
(19:00).
See GIRLS, Page 2B