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Big changes
potentially on tap for
area football teams
Selected in third round
of the 2009 draft out of the
University of North Caro-
lina and projected to be a
utility/bench player, Seager
made his MLB debut on
July 7, 2011. He took con-
trol of the third base job
in 2012 and became an
All-Star and Gold Glove
winner in 2014. He signed
a 7-year, $100 million
extension before the 2014
season.
In 10-1/2 big league
seasons with the Mar-
iners, Seager played in
1,480 games and posting
a .251/.321/.442 slash line
with 309 doubles, 14 tri-
ples, 242 homers and 807
The Wallowa football
team could potentially join
Joseph at the six-man ranks
next year, while Enter-
prise may move into a new
nine-man division.
Those are some of the
early returns from the
OSAA’s Football Ad Hoc
Committee, which met
Monday, Dec. 20 to begin
the discussions of what the
football districts will look
like beginning next year.
With the OSAA reclas-
sification completed, the
next step for the state’s
high school athletic gov-
erning body is to deter-
mine the football districts,
which often have a very
different look given the
numbers — and successes
— of many football pro-
grams. A lot of schools
don’t generate enough
players to be competitive
at their designated classifi-
cations and end up playing
down to a level more suit-
able for them.
The Ad Hoc Committee,
in its December meeting,
discussed the possibility of
realigning 2A and 1A —
which currently is 11-man
football for 2A and both
eight- and six-man for 1A.
The OSAA would keep
three options for the two
classifications, but is con-
sidering dropping 11-man
at the ranks altogether.
Instead, there would be
two divisions for nine-man
football — a large-school
and small-school divi-
sion (aptly named Divi-
sion 1 and Division 2) and
a six-man division for those
smallest 1A schools.
There would be no
change for Joseph, which
has been playing six-man
football since the OSAA
added it to the equation
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The Associated Press,File
Seattle third baseman Kyle Sea-
ger waves to fans after a game
against the Los Angeles Angels
Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Seattle.
RBI. He had nine seasons
of at least 20 homers, tying
Ken Griffey Jr. for the most
in franchise history.
LOCAL STANDINGS
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The Joseph volleyball team shares a laugh after a point in a match this season. Changes to OSAA dis-
tricts will include 2A schools Union and Pilot Rock joining Joseph and Wallowa in the Old Oregon
League beginning next season.
four years ago.
For Wallowa, a drop to
six-man would be a move
away from the ranks it
has known for more than
two decades, and where it
reached the state semifinals
just three years ago.
Enterprise would move
into the lower third of the
large-school Division 1
tier — schools which have
an average daily member-
ship of ninth-11th-graders
of 77-145. The division
has schools most recently
played 11-man at the 2A
level or eight-man at the
1A ranks, which is where
Enterprise has been since
2018.
OSAA, in explaining
the thought behind
nine-man football, said
there has been a drop in
teams playing eight-man
football, with many
electing to play six-man.
Indeed, in 2018, the first
year six-man football was
offered since the late 1950s,
there were 15 six-man
teams and 40 eight-man
squads. In 2021, the
number of six-man squads
grew to 22 (and increased
on the west side of the state
from six to 14) while the
number of eight-man teams
fell to 28.
OSAA also said there
is an increase in support
for nine-man football, and
noted that it allows more
flexibility for a school
when trying to schedule
out-of-classification
opponents.
“Currently 11-player
and eight-player schools
are reluctant to schedule
each other because of the
differences in game types,”
OSAA wrote in its update
from the Dec. 20 meeting.
“Transitioning from 11 to
nine and nine to 11-player
has become common
amongst all classifica-
tions. Bridging this gap
will allow varsity teams
to match up with a sim-
ilar opponent in non-league
play regardless of division
or game type.”
OSAA went on to say
that nine-man already
has been quite popular
at the “sub-varsity” level
in Oregon for roughly a
decade, noting that “in
many ways the nine-player
game already has devel-
oped a sub-culture of com-
petition with Oregon.”
The OSAA is seeking
feedback as it continues
to discuss the prospect of
nine-man football, and as
it decides what districts
throughout the state will
look like when it comes
to the gridiron. Sugges-
tions and proposals can be
sent to assistant executive
director Brad Garrett at
bradg@osaa.org.
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