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In the tradition of Ed
Jarrett, John Mills and
Mark Hollenbeck,
Scott Ogle hopes to be
Aug 27
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This year’s tailback
If there's one single thing Barlow foot
ball is known for, it's the tailback
Linder head coach John Harrington, the
Bruins operate out of the I formation,
which means one guy — the you-know-
what-back — gets the ball more than a few
times every Friday night
Any guy who's going to be picking up
20-25 carries every game is also going to be
the sole object of the defense’s attention a
like number of times So it's a good idea to
make sure your tailback looks just a little
bit like a Clydesdale.
Fortunately, the Bruins have had the
horses the last three years, two of which
saw them make the state playoffs — guys
like Ed Jarrett, John Mills and Mark
Hollenbeck
And now Scott Ogle
For anyone who watched a Barlow game
last year, Ogle was hard to miss He was
the guy who trotted out on the field on
fourth down to punt He was also the guy
who stayed out on the field to play comer-
back and run back the other team's punts.
And if that wasn’t enough, he also played a
little tailback
That’s a position Ogle would like to see
become his full-time job this fall He’s bat
tling with teammate Paul DeKamp for the
starting job
“ My goal, personally, is to do the best I
can,” he says. “ I want to carry the ball as
much as I can and just get out there and do
my thing.”
Getting a chance to do his thing is what
Ogle has been waiting for since eighth
grade That season, playing at Orient, he
gained more than 1,000 yards in six games.
"I know that sounds hard to believe,” he
says. “ But I have the team statistics and
everything to prove it. It was really easy to
do, too. It sounds funny to say that a
eighth grade team has a really good line
but we did I never had anything but holes
to run in the whole year Every year, I’ve
been hoping to carry the ball here but I
haven’t yet.”
Ogle has carried the ball for Barlow, but
not very much as a tailback Still, it hasn't
exactly been three yards and mud puddle
for him.
“ I guess I got the highlight of my season
last year in the first game,” he says. “ I
didn't start on defense because Brad Nizdil
was starting But he got hurt and they put
me in. I intercepted a pass and went 80
yards for a touchdown. Then another time
I caught a pass from Nizdil that went about
50 yards. I didn't score on that.”
But for Barlow and Ogle, the season end
ed on a couple of sour notes An upset 21 20
loss to Columbia put the Bruins in a must-
win situation against Clackamas in the
season's final game and when that one
ended, Barlow was on the short end of a 9-7
score
“That loss to Columbia was something
that was just uncalled for,” Ogle says.
“ We went into that game thinking about
the next one Afterward, we just couldn't
believe it. But I guess that's the breaks of
the game
“Our loss to Clackamas is hard to ex
plain We played good and they played
good It was really a back and forth game,
but it was really wet and muddy We called
it the Mud Bowl I think we had about eight
As Harlow’s tailback. Scott Ogle will meet Wilco defenses head on,
fumbles in that game. I dislocated my
thumb in the last quarter so win or lose,
my season would have been over ”
Ogle played baseball last spring and this
past summer was one of the key members
of the Division Plumbing team that nearly
went all the way in the state playoffs
before losing to Corvallis 9-8 in the finals
Ogle had seven hits in the final four games.
What goes around comes around,
however, and now Ogle finds himself look
ing at another football season Things have
changed since last year, though
“ We’ve got a whole new setup this
year.” he says “There's only two people
who started off last year’s defensive team,
me and Kandy Rollins There's a lot of
young bodies out there and not too much
experience. I think we re pretty quick,
though We don't have a lot of size We
have the quick guys, but not too much
size.”
Ogle counts himself among the "quick"
guys and at that, he doesn t fit the tailback
stereotype While Jarrett, Mills and
Hollenbeck all fit in the horse category.
Ogle is more of a colt.
“ I don't really have the size,” he says
“ I’m 5-8 and about 155 But when I get out
side I feel like I can really turn it on Peo
ple say I look pretty fast, but I always feel
like I can go a little bit faster ”
Besides his tailback duties, Ogle will
also be in the defensive backfield again
and might be doing the punting again, too
“There might be somebody coming out
of nowhere < to do the punting i,” Ogle says
“ But I feel like I still got it in me."
Which is just what a coaching staff likes
to hear
JIM HAYS