AUGUST 31, 2018, KEIZERTIMES FOOTBALL PREVIEW, PAGE C7
SPRAGUE OLYMPIANS
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
The Sprague Olympians return just three starters from last season’s squad and will need many less experienced players to step up to have a successful season.
Sprague’s roster most inexperienced in years
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Jay Minyard is 49-16 in six
seasons as the head coach of
Sprague High School.
But this season will likely
be his toughest job as the
Olympians return just three
players who started on Friday
nights a year ago.
“It’s the youngest team that
I’ve had since I’ve been here,
without a doubt,” Minyard
said. “We’re so young and
there’s so many kids that are
going to be on the fi eld for
us that have not played on a
Friday night before that it’s
really hard to say what we’re
going to look like. I like to
think that we’re going to
SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 vs Liberty
Sept. 7 at Lakeridge
Sept. 14 vs Central Catholic
Sept. 21 at South Salem
Sept. 28 vs Tigard
Oct. 5 at McNary
Oct. 12 at Summit
Oct. 19 vs Mountain View
be pretty tough but you just
never know.”
The strength of Sprague’s
team should be on the line
where seniors Eli Larson
and Jacob Luna will play on
both sides of the ball. Middle
linebacker Landon Davis is the
only other returning starter.
“Other than that, we are
going to be new everywhere
and
every
position
is
absolutely positively wide
open,” Minyard said.
On defense, the Olympians
must replace the production
of defensive end Teagan
Quitoriano, who will be a
freshman at Oregon State.
Sprague will also have a new
signal caller as Spencer Plant,
back-to-back
All-Greater
Valley Conference First Team
quarterback, graduated.
Three
players,
senior
Ethan Flanigan, juniors Elias
Polanski and Ethan Johnson, a
transfer from West Salem, were
competing for the starting job
when practice began on Aug.
13.
Flanigan was thrust into
action at the end of last season
in a 56-7 loss to Jesuit in the
second round of the state
playoffs after Plant suffered a
concussion in the fi rst round.
Flanigan completed just 5 of
16 passes for 36 yards in the
rout.
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