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d is c u s s T h e 2 0 0 2 B u tte F a lls f o o tb a ll te a m . L o s ­
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is a s e n io r , w ith t h e e x c e p tio n o f tw o ju n io r s . L o n g
tim e a s s is t a n t c o a c h B J R o d g e r s h a s ta k e n f u ll
r e s p o n s ib ility a s H e a d C o a c h . J e r e m y R o d g e r s Ils
in a t t h e A s s is ta n t C o a c h in g p o s itio n . H a v .ig
p la y e d w ith t h e s a m e te a m m a te s a n d u n d e r t h e
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c o m f o r ta b le w ith e a c h o t h e r a n d t h e ir le a d e r s .
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te n d in g h o m e g a m e s in m a s s iv e c r o w d s . F a n S u z y
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th e y a r e a ll s e n io r s ." P la y e r S h a n n o n S iz e m o r e
b o a s ts , " I f e v e r y o n e c a n k e e p t h e ir h e a d s in it,
w e w ill g o a ll t h e w a y ." O f c o u r s e , it g o e s w ith o u t
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p la y e r s in c lu d e B a r r y B a r k e r , K e lly H a r r in g to n ,
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J a m e s G r ie v e s . G a ry M o o d y is t h e o n ly s o p h o ­
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f u n d r a is e r s a n d t h e i r f i r s t tw o w e e k s o f h ig h s c h o o l.
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M ia lk o v s k y . T h e s p o r t , c r o s s - c o u n tr y . I i n t e r ­
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t h a t h e h a d p la y e d v a r io u s s p o r t s w h e n h e w a s in
h ig h s c h o o l a n d c o lle g e . H e a ls o d e v e lo p e d a c o n ­
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l e t e t o m e e t t h e i r p e r s o n a l g o a ls .
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m e m b e r s a r e p r e p a r in g f o r c o m p e titio n .
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s e tt e r o n t h e c lu b v o lle y b a ll te a m a t W e s te r n B a p tis t. S h e h a s a lo t o f n e w id e a s a n d n e w d r ills f o r t h e
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f e w m o n th s . T h e te a m o p e n e d u p w ith a le a g u e m a tc h a g a in s t t h e T r ia d T im b e r W o lv e s . T h e L a d ie s
ju m p e d o u t o n to p a n d lo o k e d to b e u n s to p p a b le . T h e g a m e w a s s o o n w o n in t h r e e m a tc h e s , a n d t h e la d ie s
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a g a in , a n d to o k th e m in tw o g a m e s . T h e th ir d m a tc h o f t h e d a y w a s a g a in s t t h e ir a r c h r iv a l, in v o lle y b a ll,
t h e D a y s C r e e k W o lv e s . T h e L o g g e r s m e n ta l m e n ta lity s e e m e d to la c k a s th e y w e n t in to a h e a d o n m a tc h
a g a in s t a b e t te r p r e p a r e d te a m . T h e L a d ie s lo s t th o s e m a tc h e s , b u t c a m e b a c k in t h e n e x t r o u n d to b e a t
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f a n s . F o u n d e d in 1 9 2 9 B u tte F a lls H ig h S c h o o l h a s
h a d n u m e ro u s a m o u n ts o f s tu d e n ts p a s s th r o u g h its
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c o a c h e d f o o tb a ll f o r B u tte F a lls H ig h S c h o o l. H e is
a le g e n d a ll o v e r O r e g o n f o r c o a c h in g a n d ju s t b e ­
in g a h e c k o f a g r e a t g u y . S in c e h is r e tire m e n t,
B .J : R o d g e r s to o k o v e r t h e p o s itio n o f h e a d f o o t ­
b a ll c o a c h . B .J . h a s w o r k e d h a r d a n d h a s e x p e r i­
e n c e d a h u g e tu r n a r o u n d w ith h is p la y e r s . T h e r u n ­
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b e c a u s e h e w a s o n c e a m ig h ty L o g g e r h im s e lf .
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