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6 — G retham Outlook Todoy Mogonn« Wod Sop». I. 1982 Sandy 8O.» Thur» S .pt 2, 1982 Barlow sticks to what it does best Under Coach John Harrington, Harlow is a team of few sur prises You just know the Bruins are going to run their I formation offense, with the tailback doing moat of the ball-carrying And on defense, it’s a foregone conclusion that Harlow will come out in its usual 5-2 While that might make the Hruins seem awfully predic table, there's one other factor Under Harrington, Barlow has executed as well as any team in the league and the results have borne that out Two state playoff appearances and a 22 9 record over i «7» ho made the Bruins’ reputation That record was tarnished a bit last year After opening the season with two straight wins, Barlow ran into a 41-0 disaster at Gresham and proceeded to lose six in a row The bottom line was a 3-« campaign that Harrington s Bruins are anxious to put behind them • We could easily forget last year,” says Harrington, in his seventh year coaching the Bruins The way things look in practice, that might not be too tough a task Barlow has around 80 players in camp — more than even Harrington expected - a strong group of seniors and 30 juniors off last year's I I JV club, Back at quarterback is Bill Fellows, last year’s starter, who has as live an arm as any QB in the conference Fellows IM I statistics - 7M yards passing on a 37 1 com pletion percentage and 14 Interceptions might not seem too impressive, but Barlow's pass protection last year left something to be desired ' We re going to stick with our I formation, but we ll be able to do a few more things this year." says Harrington "In situations where we threw the ball last year, we might not have to this year " Defensively. Barlow has returning linebackers Battles and J R May The front line will have Rick Hebb or Steve Bunker at noseguard Steve Maederer and Curt Teegarden are tackle candidates and Doug Storey and Dave Obrist will also com pete for line positions The defensive backfield will probably be last year's JV secondary, which Harrington is bringing up intact. That will Up front, Harlow has several candidates that Harrington is hoping can open holes in *>ppo«ing defenses and also keep the pass rush from forcing Fellows to unload hurriedly. ” 1 think we ll be much better off there." says Harrington At tailback. Barlow has junior Larry Wallace and senior Paul DeCamp Both saw action last year after starter Scott Ogle went down with an injury 11 Where Local Business provides Local Services For Local People! I GRESHAM LOCATIONS M A IN OFFICE 200 I . Powell GRESHAM 667-6555 ------------------------------------------------------- J • ’♦ • I îJ I r '• JIM HAYS ONLY LOCAL Y OWNED BANK TWELVEMILE CORNER BRANCH 22415 S.E. Stark 661-5201 Mount Hood Security Bank Barlow is deep at fullback, loo Last year's starter, Mike Hatties. Is hack, but whether he plays that position depends on how much time he puts in at linebacker, where he is also expected to play If he does not play fullback, junior Brian Akin or Dave Jarrett figure to be the mam candidates Jar rett is the brother of former Harlow star Ed Jarrett r l'î f ' OPENING GAME: Friday at Centennial. GRESHAM'S That's changed, though and with an improved group of receivers, Fellows' and Barlow's passing fortunes should im prove "We've got probably the fastest group of kids we've had out here,” says Harrington leading the speed corps is Mark Correll, a junior who Har nngton labels. ”a top athlete ’* Correll will be joined by senior Greg Blefgen and Brad Rhodes, who is coming off a knee injury suffered in a summer wrestling tournament There is also a good group of younger receivers In addition to Fellows, the Bruins have Brad Kubtk at quarterback along with juniors Rick Falkner and Tom Anderson All are skilled competitors and will likely see ac tian at other positions. find Falkner and Correll at the corners and Akin and Herb M iller at safety Overall. Harrington is hoping for a return to the Bruins pre-1981 form "We have what you might call cautious optimism,” he says “We have good kids that you’d want to be around, but we haven't really done anything yet We are a better team than we were.” M em ber FOIC « M ! h 'i l -ta .« « .« -tic
