A8 The SpokeSman • TueSday, SepTember 27, 2022
Sports+Outdoors
PREP FOOTBALL
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Ridgeview’s Aidan Brenneman (15) runs down field during the first quarter against Pendleton in Redmond Friday night.
‘WE ARE DEMORALIZED’
Ravens’ mistakes hurt in non-league football loss
BY BRIAN RATHBONE • CO Media Group
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fter a 42-0 loss in its final non-league game of the season, Ridgeview coach Patrick Pileggi searched for answers to get the Ravens back on track with only one win in
their first four games.
“We continue to shoot ourselves in the
foot over and over again, with self-inflicted
wounds on mistakes that we can control,” Pi-
leggi said. “It happened to us in Week 1 in
a game we could have won. Last week, we
played a tough team and make mistake here
and a mistake there that cost us the game.
Same thing tonight. Then we let the game get
away from us.”
While the Ravens’ (1-3) first two losses were
decided by one possession — 40-33 loss to
Springfield and a 15-7 loss to McMinnville —
Friday night’s game turned south quickly when
the Buckaroos (3-1) jumped out to an early
14-0 lead in the first quarter. From there on,
Ridgeview could not stop the tailspin against its
former conference opponent.
“We really got demoralized,” said senior line-
backer Peyton Zampko. “On the defensive side
of the ball no one wanted to play, and that did
not help our offense at all. When we are de-
moralized, it just ruins our whole flow.”
Pendleton and Ridgeview were in the same
conference the previous two seasons, with the
Buckaroos winning each time. While Pendle-
ton dropped to 4A this season, it showed why
it is considered one of the best teams in its new
classification.
Payton Lambert ran for 103 yards and
scored the game’s first two touchdowns. Quar-
terback Jackson Davis completed 12 of his 15
passes for 115 yards.
The Buckaroos also got a defensive touch-
down when Lucas Bensching picked off Aidan
Brenneman’s pass and returned it 41 yards for
the score in the first play of the second quar-
ter. Chas Corbett, Brock Mackey and Jace
Otteson also added rushing touchdowns in
the win.
The Ravens offense never got off the ground,
tallying only 67 total yards.
Pileggi pointed to the play of junior defen-
sive back Kai Lewis and forcing a couple bright
PREP SCOREBOARD
Football
Friday’s results
Redmond 21, Glencoe 20
Bend 35, Canby 0
Pendleton 42, Ridgeview
0
Caldera 17, Crook County
14
Scappoose 53, Madras 6
Willamina 54, Culver 53
Boys
soccer
Friday’s results
Ridgeview 4, Caldera 0
ABOVE: Ridgeview’s Jeremiah Schwartz (16)
makes a catch near midfield during the first
quarter against Pendleton in Redmond Friday
night. Mistakes cost the Ravens, as Ridgeview
could muster only 67 yards of offense.
RIGHT: Ridgeview’s Zorion Issangya (10) runs the
ball during the second quarter against Pendle-
ton in Redmond Friday night.
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spots on an otherwise tough night on the grid-
iron for the Ravens.
“This is really just a learning experience,”
Zampko said. “We did some good things, like
punching the ball out a couple of times. But re-
ally, there weren’t many positives. It was tough
out there.”
The Ravens’ next game goes from a 4A title
contender to a 5A title contender when they
host Summit Friday in an Intermountain Con-
ference opener.
“We have to learn through our mistakes,” Pi-
leggi said. “The good news is we are going into
league play and everyone is zero and zero in
league. So it is a fresh start.”
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Reporter: 541-383-0307, brathbone@bendbulletin.com
“We continue to shoot
ourselves in the foot
over and over again,
with self-inflicted
wounds on mistakes
that we can control. It
happened to us in Week
1 in a game we could
have won. Last week,
we played a tough team
and make mistake here
and a mistake there
that cost us the game.
Same thing tonight.
Then we let the game
get away from us.”
— Patrick Pileggi, Ridgeview coach
Local officials needed for upcoming basketball season
By SPOKESMAN STAFF
The Central Oregon Basketball
Officials Association is sounding
the alarm about declining num-
bers of local sports officials.
There has been a steady de-
cline in the number of high school
sports officials nationwide, includ-
ing in Central Oregon. During
COVID, the decline was unprec-
edented.
The number of officials that
serve in the Central Oregon Bas-
ketball Officials Association is
significantly below the number
of officials from just five years
ago, despite more schools being
added to the area over that same
stretch.
COBOA now serve 17 high
schools and 17 middle schools
throughout the area, so the need
for officials is urgent. If no more
officials are added, both high
school and middle school games
will have to be canceled due to lack
of officials.
The COBVOA will hold their
first meeting on Monday, Oct. 17
at 6:30 p.m. at the MountainView
High School Library. The orga-
nization provides training to all
members.
For more information on how
to become an official, visit osaa.
org/new-officials/index.
For more information on the
Central Oregon Basketball Offi-
cials Association, contact com-
missioner Mike Smith at 541-389-
5204 and mikesmithcoboa@gmail.
com or president Daryl Rothenbu-
cher at 541-788-3825 and daryl@
wildwestpm.net.