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Whiteaker defeats Claggett
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Whiteaker Middle School’s
varsity football team stuck
with what got it here.
Behind 243 rushing yards,
the Wolverines defeated ri-
val Claggett Creek 28-14 on
Wednesday, Oct. 24 at McNary
High School to fi nish the reg-
ular season undefeated.
Quarterback Braiden Co-
peland rushed for 125 yards
and a touchdown. Hunter
Ruberto added 95 yards and a
touchdown.
“We have an offensive line
coach and a defensive line
coach in Zach Drake and Ja-
son Walling who are amazing
guys,” Whiteaker head coach
Thomas Larimer said. “The
kids love them and the kids
play hard for them and the kids
knew we were going to run
inside the tackles until they
turned the lights off here to-
night and that’s what we did.”
Whiteaker’s longest drive,
13 plays for 93 yards, came af-
ter Claggett got within 20-14
early in the third quarter.
“It was all between the
tackles and it was all by design
and I’m so proud of the way
the offensive line played,” Lar-
imer said. “That 93-yard drive,
I’m going to look back on that
someday. I don’t know that I
can ever be prouder of offen-
sive linemen. What they did
out there against a good team
was so inspiring.”
Copeland fi nished the drive
with a 3-yard touchdown pass
to Ruberto with 8 seconds re-
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Whiteaker Middle School quarterback Braiden Copeland, left, and Claggett Creek quarterback
Jabol Balos Mesey carry the ball towards the end zone.
maining in the third quarter.
He then found Damon Thorn-
ton, who had fi ve catches for
67 yards and a touchdown in
the game, for the successful
two-point try.
After stopping Claggett on
fourth-and-2 from the Wol-
verines 13-yard line, Whiteaker
was then able to run out the
clock.
The 14 points was a season
low for the Panthers, who also
entered the game undefeated.
“Having the Atwood’s
(Mark and Luke) involved in
our program is a real blessing
because any time something
happens on defense that makes
us vulnerable, those guys im-
mediately make adjustments,”
Larimer said. “And they put
kids where they need to be and
they make plays. So much of
that is coaching and prepara-
tion. It’s not just good athletes
making good plays. Those guys
are fantastic. We’re really lucky
to have them.”
Quarterback Jabol Balos
Mesey, a fi rst-year football
player, rushed for 102 yards
and a touchdown and threw a
40-yard touchdown to Osmid
Cano Espinoza to lead Clag-
gett’s offense.
“He’s just a super athletic
kid,” Panthers head coach Aar-
on Carr said. “He’s the kind of
kid that you could put any-
where and you wish you had
11 of him. He sees the fi eld so
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With the win, Whiteaker
(7-0) guaranteed its spot in
the fi rst Salem-Keizer Middle
School Championship game
on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.
“Our kids came to play to-
night,” Larimer said. “This is a
credit to a group of wonder-
ful, talented kids and a fantastic
coaching staff. Every one of
my assistants is a better coach
than I am and they are even
better people. I know every kid
on my team and every family is
better for the experience. I’m
really thankful that Principal
(Julia) DeWitt allows me to be
a part of this program.”
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