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Aug 27 198) GRESHAM (O r* ) OUTLOOK ond SANOY (O r * , POST - 5
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Lancers think Stanley has the tools
To help team do things right;
like win fTilco League title
One of the saddest moments in the last
Wilco league football season came when
Reynolds quarterback Todd Rispler injured
his neck in a game against Barlow and was
told not only would he miss the rest of the 1980
season, but he would be w ise never to play the
sport again
Now everyone feels sympathy for Rispler.
who, at the time only a junior, was well on his
way to becoming one of the best quarterbacks
in the league and would have raised Cain this
fall
But you know what'.’ There isn’t anyone who
feels real sorry for Reynolds right now
And you know why? Because as g<x>d as the
Lancers. 7-2 and league champions last year,
would have been this year with Rispler,
they're still going to be pretty dang good
without him
No tears needed here, thank you
Ahead of him w ill be an experienced offen
sive line led by guards E ric Byhre (5-9, 172
and Brian Marsh (5-11, 185), tackle Steve
Dempsey (6-3, 200» and center lx*e Grahanr
go out a n d be co n fid en t it
(6-0, 185) If the Lancers are different in an>
can m ove the b a it Because
respect this year it is their size and strength
" I don’t know whether it's tradition or what,"
it’s done it before.’
Ruecker says, "but we have never seemed to
have the big guys But I feel good about our
— C raig R u ecker
size this year We don't have a lot of 220-pound
guys but we have a lot of quality 185 ,
190-pound guys ”
Even some of those who aren't that big act
The reason is fa irly obvious when it is taken
as though they were Renfro, all 5-10, 165
into consideration the fact that eight full time
pounds of him, has been know to bench press
starters return to the Lancer offense That ’s a
275 pounds
pretty goixl starting point in anybody’s book
The Lancers also have experience at
And Reynolds coach Craig Ruecker is not one
receiver where Chris Eischen, one of the
to pretend it isn't
team ’s best athletes, returns, as does D arrin
“ I think the offense can go out and be confi­
Heine. At tight end, watch for junior Tony
dent it can move the b a ll," Ruecker says.
Domingue At 6-5, 217, he won't be hard to
"Because i t ’s done it before ”
spot "H e ’s one of our most pleasant
There it is in a nutshell Thesev returning
surprise," Ruecker says "H e's a player.”
starters weren't merely going through the
Ruecker is thinking alxiut also making
motions out there last year; they were
Domingue a defensive lineman and is sure he
mem tiers of one of the most potent offenses
w ill have Eischen on the other side of the baII
around Here they are
in his secondary, which returns intact Renfro
When Rispler went down late in the season,
w ill flank Eischen at the other safety position
stepping into to replace him was Jack
while Gjesdal and Steve Campa hold down the
Stanley Stanley, who is 6-1 (5 8 of which are
corners.
legs) and weighs 172, performed adm irably in
"Since we like to run out of the I formation a
the last three games of the season, including a
lo t," Ruecker says, "and since we like to
14-for 20 performance against Pendleton in
alternate our tailbacks I feel confident using
the state playoffs
both tailbacks on the other side of the ball
"Jack is not the great runner Rispler was,”
They'll get their rest.”
Ruecker says "B u t he is an outstanding drop-
As experienced as the Lancers are offen­
back passer And with our tailbacks we don t
sively, the only other returning man they
need a great running quarterback "
have on defense is tackle Tim Reed, "H e ’s a
To be sure, the Lancers have a couple of
super player,” Ruecker says, "but he's the
I pnmo tailbacks in Melvin Renfro and Dane
only guy we have back up front ” S till, he
I Lijesdal, both returnees from last year
gives the Lancers five players with starting
I Ruecker goes so fa r as to say his may be the
experience on defense
1 Jest tailback tandem in the state. "Somebody
Ruecker is looking at Dempsey. Graham,
n the state might have a tailback who is as
Jeff Rink and Kendall McLeod at the
jood or better than ours,” he says. "B u t I
linebacker spot, and may use Wappler as a
lon't think anybody has two who are better
defensive end.
han our two.”
"We have to shore up on defense," Ruecker
He may be right, but just to be on the safe
says.
iide, Ruecker w ill employ some blockers
But that's only if the offense lets go of the
J ihead of Renfro and Gjesdal, anyway Im
ball And at Reynolds that may not happen too
r nediately in front w ill be Vince Wappler,
often.
‘ one of the best b lo c k in g fu llb a c k s
anywhere,” in Ruecker's words
DICK KAI.TVS
‘I th in k the offence can
There's nothing sloppy about Jack Stanley’s passing.
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198« WILCO STANDINGS
W L PE PA
Reynolds
7 2 127 91
Milwaukie
7 2 18« 95
Gresham
7 2 162 66
Clackamas
7 2 196 90
Barlow
6 3 154 76
Centennial
4 5 147 74
The Dalles
3 6 128 212
Columbia
3 6 56 171
Hood River
1 8 82 253
Putnam
0 9 101 225