AUGUST 31, 2018, KEIZERTIMES FOOTBALL PREVIEW, PAGE C9
WEST SALEM TITANS
West Salem led
by team speed
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
West Salem is almost
always a favorite to fi nish atop
the league standings.
With the 2017 Greater
Valley Conference offensive
and defensive players of the
year, Anthony Gould and
Alex Hurlburt, returning, this
season is no different.
“I don’t mind as a coach
saying we’re talented enough
to be league champions and
make a playoff run,” West
Salem head coach Shawn
Stanley said. “I’m not scared
to say that. If we don’t, we
didn’t do a very good job as
coaches.”
Along with Gould, who
was also voted special teams
return man of the year, and
Hurlburt, the Titans also
bring back linebacker Micah
Pugh and cornerback Stanley
Green, who were both
selected to the All-GVC First
Team defense last season.
But West Salem does have
question marks entering
the 2018 season. The Titans
return zero starters on both
the offensive and defensive
line.
Hurlburt played on the
defensive line last season but
is moving to linebacker.
“It’s crazy to think two
years in a row we replace
pretty much the entire line,”
Stanley said. “I’m encouraged
and feel real positive about
those guys but until you’re
tested on a Friday night that’s
the part that’s unknown.”
Senior Daniel McNeely
will be counted on to lead
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Aug. 31 at Lake Oswego
Sept. 7 vs Bend
Sept. 14 at Grant
Sept. 21 vs Sheldon
Sept. 28 at Beaverton
Oct. 5 vs South Salem
Oct. 12 at Mountain View
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Oct. 26 at Sprague
both lines. Holden Whipple
is an athletic sophomore that
could break out.
West Salem’s strength is
team speed as Gould and
Green along with Simon
Thompson
and
Jamal
McMurrin all ran on the
Titans 4x100 relay team
that placed second in the
OSAA Track and Field State
Championships last spring.
McMurrin
will
play
receiver
and
defensive
back for West Salem this
season. Thompson, the state
champion in the 110 hurdles,
is the team’s new quarterback.
But Stanley said Thompson,
who has already made his
mark with the Titans in
previous seasons at free safety,
is more than just a runner.
“He’s been the consummate
team guy and waiting his turn
and he can do some things
that no quarterback that I’ve
had can do and I’m really
excited,” Stanley said. “He fi t
a ball in a window 40 yards
down fi eld. If he gets out in
the open, there’s not a lot of
guys, even on our team, that
are going to catch him.”
Thompson
will
also
continue to play defense.
“He has to for us,” Stanley
said. “He’s too much of an
impact player.”
West Salem roster
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YR
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WT.
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YR
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2
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4
5
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9
10
11
12
13
14
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22
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Simon Thompson
Gideon Giles
Noah Juarez
Gannon Bendix
Austin Galberth
Jamal McMurrin
Stanley Green
Nick Paslay
Jaedyn Coberly
David Chavarria
Caleb Groves
Brian Juran
Noah Franco
Brandon Eyre
Chasetin Worst
Shami Powell
Micah Pugh
Jackson Lowery
Garrett Evans
Jerron Love
Tony Butler-Torrez
Nate Garcia
Anthony Gould
Griffin Ailstock
Trevonte Doe
JT Martin
Kyle Mitsuyasu
Jake Tinseth
Zariya Powell
Deaun Armstrong
Benjamin Nagle
Ioane Titialli
Kaiden Reidhead
Kobe Hernandez
Kyla Gordon
Izak Schaecher
John Kenny
Andrew Bulgin
Zach Combs
Jack Bennett
Jordan Whitaker
Aiden Rojas
Nano Ruelas
Yashar Powell
Trystan Paine
QB/DB
WR/LB
WR/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
RB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
RB/LB
QB/DB
RB/LB
QB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
W/LB
QB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
RB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
RB/DL
RB/LB
WR/DB
RB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
WR/LB
WR/DB
W/DL
W/DB
K
W/LB
WR/DB
WR/LB
W/LB
RB/LB
RB/LB
RB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
RB/LB
12
12
12
12
11
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
12
10
12
12
12
10
11
10
11
10
12
10
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
12
11
10
10
12
10
12
10
10
10
10
6-3
6-0
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-0
5-9
6-1
5-9
5-7
6-1
6-1
5-8
5-9
6-0
5-8
6-3
6-3
5-9
5-10
5-9
5-11
5-10
6-1
6-1
5-9
5-11
5-9
5-10
5-10
5-9
5-10
6-3
5-8
5-8
5-11
5-7
5-8
6-1
6-1
6-0
5-3
5-8
5-6
5-10
210
190
180
185
170
170
165
165
165
135
145
190
175
150
150
156
215
185
160
145
155
160
170
170
190
175
180
165
140
140
155
160
205
140
170
175
120
180
215
170
205
130
155
144
155
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
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71
72
73
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75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
Ethan Ruettgers
Tyler Jones
Logan Russo
Holden Whipple
Isaac Barnecht
Ivrit Herrera
Alex Hurlburt
Anthony Alvarado
Daniel McNeely
Roc-Keem Keebler
Nicholas Alvarado
Colin Olson
Brendon Books
Jalen Hawley
Andrew Shaw
Jake Brown
Alex Ramirez
Ethan Hoppe
Jorge Marquez
Quintin Schilling
Tyler Zandofsky
Kai Holdaway
Preston Gabriel
Moises Saldana
Jaden Perez
Ruben Garibay
Brett Collins
StevieRay Harrington
Aksel Merchant
Fausto Brambila
Miles Lens
Conner Moore
Cameron Van Leuven
Jaron Roach
Santiago Cecchini
Omar Solares
Diego Cotter
Jack Livengood
Anthony Pugh
Cooper Johnson
Jostin Schmidt
Anthony Kapteyn
German Leon Lopez
Adrian McConnell
Arian Jacobo
RB/DB
WR/DB
WR/DB
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/LB
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
WR/DB
W/LB
WR/DB
WR/DL
WR/LB
W/DL
W/LB
WR/DL
WR/LB
K
OL/DL
W/DL
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
11
12
12
11
10
12
11
11
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
11
10
11
5-3
5-9
5-10
6-5
5-9
5-10
6-3
5-11
6-0
6-3
5-11
6-1
5-9
5-10
6-1
6-1
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-1
5-8
5-5
6-1
5-10
5-11
5-10
6-0
6-0
6-0
5-9
5-4
5-10
5-6
5-10
5-8
6-4
5-10
6-0
6-1
5-11
6-2
6-0
155
150
150
255
200
175
230
190
235
240
197
175
190
215
235
190
260
240
225
275
250
270
280
289
180
240
285
230
230
250
240
260
200
116
180
145
175
150
210
180
175
170
196
190
205
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