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North Salem
Jeff Flood is trying to rebuild his North
Salem Vikings, who went 2-7 last year, 2-6
in league play.
He is working especially hard at replacing
several of his 2014 seniors: quarterback Zac
Liner, fullbacks Devin Varay and Larry Ne-
delec, linemen Ezekiel Reyes and A l e x
Garcia, and linebackers Sam Hi-
rons and Ryan Miller.
Tyler Borders and Hunter
Sullivan are the candidates for the
starting quarterback position; Bor-
ders is also an outside linebacker.
Gio Gonzalez and Christian Ma-
ciel return as running backs; Maciel
is also a kicker. Pedro Flores and John
Stott, both of whom also play defense, are
vying to be the starting fullback. Jimmy Van,
Santana Reyes and Junior Sandoval return as
defensive backs; Reyes is also a receiver.
Cordel Birkel returns as a tackle, Sam
Saechao as an offensive and defensive line-
man, Dylan Thompson as a defensive end
and offensive tackle.
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West Salem
Asked how the opposition looks, Flood
said: “Everybody looks good to us. Each
team has its strength.”
Flood, who has been the Vikings’ head
coach since 2008, is his own offensive coor-
dinator and quarterback coach. Troy Walker
is the defensive coordinator and inside
linebacker coach. Tony Davis
coaches the outside linebackers,
Brent Turner the running backs,
Bill O’Connell the wide receiv-
ers, David Richards the tight ends,
Jordan Augustadt the defensive
line, Jim MacInnes the defensive
backs and James Pyatt the inside line-
backers.
North Salem will use a wing-T for-
mation on offense and multiple defensive
formations.
“Every year the season just comes so
quickly,” Flood said. “You think you’re pre-
pared. The opening game with McNary is a
daunting task.”
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Smiles are Contagious
Coach Shawn Stanley thinks his West Sa-
lem Titans can be at least as good as last year’s
10-3 team.
Many key 2014 players were lost to gradu-
ation, among them Cade Smith, Keegan Hlad,
Lisala Manu, Andrew Obrien and Roman
Kleiber. As for newcomers, he said, “We have
lots of players from an undefeated JV team.”
Although it is too early at this writing for
the coaches to decide on all their starters,
Stanley said Kyle Terry will return
at running back. For the offensive
line, the only returners are Jake
Thompson and Markus John, but
“we have some big and talented
guys ready to fi ll the other spots.”
Thompson, also a defensive end, and John
are the only returners on the defensive line,
and all the linebackers will be new. Manny
Bravo will be back. Returning to the second-
ary will be Andy Armstrong, Hunter Johnson
and Trey Lindekugel, and “some really good
players from our JV squad.”
Special-team players will be new, “but I
think we have some all-conference-caliber
ability there.”
Asked how the schools on his schedule im-
pressed him at this early stage, Stanley called
South Salem and Sprague the front-runners.
The coach said he would operate mostly
out of a shotgun offense and a 4-3 defense.
Stanley, who is his own offensive coor-
dinator, has Damien Ramirez as a defensive
coordinator. Robert Cary coaches the of-
fensive line, Ty Nicholson the
running backs, Josh Riddell the
quarterbacks, Jeff Miller the tight
ends, Joe Looney the wide receiv-
ers, Mark Walsh the defensive line,
Chris Boock the centers, Aaron
Shinkle the safeties and Chris Vandiver the
linebackers.
“We will have some growing pains early,”
he said. “But hopefully, like the West teams
before them, we can be playing our best foot-
ball late in the season.”
- Herb Swett, for the Keizertimes
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