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LISCOM NAMED 5A DEFENSIVE POY
bucks also had
browning and
Griffin named
to all-state team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
PeNdLeTON — The
honors keep rolling in for
the Pendleton football team.
The bucks had three play-
ers named to the 5a all-state
football team, with senior
linebacker Kyle Liscom
named defensive Player of
the year.
Liscom, a two-time
defensive Player of the year
for the Northwest Oregon
Conference East, is the first
Pendleton player in recent
memory to win an all-state
player of the year honor.
“It’s very exciting for a
real special kid,” Pendleton
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian, File
coach erik davis said. “I was
shocked, but his play speaks Pendleton linebacker Kyle Liscom (21) brings down The Dalles running back Riis La Roux (20) Sept. 30, 2021, during a
for itself. For Kyle to be 70-6 win over The Dalles Riverhawks at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds. Liscom was named Defensive Player of the
defensive Player of the year, Year for the Northwest Oregon Conference East for the second year in a row.
and we lost in the first round,
is a little unprecedented. lineman at 6-1, 265, was
It’s really hard if you don’t named to the second team
make it deep in the playoffs, on both sides of the ball.
“I thought that was neat
the other coaches don’t get a
to
get
named on both sides
chance to see them play.”
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound of the ball at the state level,”
Liscom finished the season davis said. “It’s satisfying
Rickman
Castillo
Flores
Browning
Griffin
R. Lovercheck
with 104 tackles, leading all and well deserved. That
5a players around the state. proved he was our rock on mountain conference Player state playoff game on Nov. 2, castillo scored 26 goals
“you can never replace the offensive and defensive of the year, had a team-high beating Thurston 2-1. They and had 12 assists for the
12 goals in conference play, then lost to La salle in the Pioneers.
a kid like Kyle,” davis said. lines.”
Flores, a senior, was
quarterfinals.
The bucks, who won the along with three assists.
Joining Liscom on the
“It’s
really
cool,”
Lover-
named
to the second team.
Wilsonville
senior
Lind-
conference
title
with
a
7-0
all-state team are senior
The Pioneers won the
lineman Jacob Griffin and record, finished the season check said. “It’s really sey antonson was named
GOL regular-season title
senior defensive back Gabe with a 9-2 overall record. awesome. In the summer, Player of the year.
with a 5-0-1 record, and were
They lost in the first round it was sort of a goal of mine
browning.
4A BOYS ALL-STATE
11-3-1 overall.
The 5-11, 160-pound of the 5A state playoffs to the to be something all-state.
SOCCER
during the season, I
They beat cottage Grove
browning, who had five dallas dragons 7-6.
mcLoughlin sophomore 2-0 in the first round of the
completely forgot about it. It
interceptions to lead all 5a
5A GIRLS ALL-STATE
was such a surprise. I could angel castillo and senior 4A state playoffs, then lost in
players, was named to the
SOCCER
not have done it without my daniel Flores were named to the quarterfinals 1-0 to even-
second team.
the all-state team after lead- tual state champion Philo-
Pendleton senior reilly teammates.”
“Gabe was one of the top
Pendleton posted its first ing the Pioneers to the state math.
two in the state in intercep- Lovercheck was named to
mark Grimmer of Philo-
tions,” davis said. “That’s the all-state first team, and 10-win season in school quarterfinals.
castillo, who was named math was named Player of
nice coming from an eastern the bucks’ Kiana rickman history, finishing with an
Oregon school where you was named coach of the 11-4-1 overall record, and the Greater Oregon League the year, while david ellis
7-2-1 in Imc play. The Player of the year, was of Philomath was the coach
don’t get much recognition.” year.
Griffin, an undersized
Lovercheck, the Inter- Bucks won their first-ever named to the first team. of the year.
5A STATE FOOTBALL
Offensive Player of the Year —
Jordan McCarty, sr., Silverton
Defensive Player of the Year —
Kyle Liscom, sr., Pendleton
Coach of the Year — Josh Craig,
Silverton
First team offense
QB — Jordan McCarty, sr., Silverton.
RB — Josiah Davis, jr., North Salem;
Tyler Konold, so., Canby. WR — Vandon
Fessler, sr., Silverton; Jacob Newell, sr.,
Thurston; Austin Ratliff, sr., Silverton. TE
— Grayson Starck, sr., Thurston; Jacob
Strand, sr., Canby. C — Auron Cramer,
sr., Thurston. OL — Carson Benedict,
sr., West Albany; Jimmy Jordahl, sr.,
Crater; Orie Schaffers, sr., Silverton;
Samuel Willis, sr., Silverton. K — Joey
Friedman, sr., Wilsonville.
Second team offense
QB — Trenton Hughes, sr., Hood
River; Luke McNabb, sr., Scappoose. RB
— Brycen Indell, sr., Thurston; Logan
Person, sr., Dallas. WR — Cooper Hiday,
jr., Wilsonville; Riley VanCamp, sr.,
Churchill; Carson Wright, sr., Corvallis.
TE — Brysen Kachel, so., West Albany.
C — Keenan Sanford, sr., Wilsonville.
OL — Jacob Griffin, sr., Pendleton;
Casey Langdale, sr., Canby; Joseph
Martin, sr., Ridgeview; Brycen Thomas,
sr., Churchill. K — Gavin Levesque, sr.,
Thurston.
Honorable mention offense
QB — Chase Hix, sr., Wilsonville;
Chace Pence, sr., Churchill; Carter
Steeves, sr., Corvallis. RB — Myles
Barton, sr., Putnam; Alex Briseno, jr.,
Silverton; Gavin Knights, sr., Thurston;
Caden Lasater, sr., Crater; Jacob Ogden,
jr., Wilsonville; Eric Pendergrass, jr.,
Ridgeview. WR — Jimmie Copeland,
sr., Eagle Point; Chansse Lee, sr., McKay;
Jeremiah Schwartz, jr., Ridgeview. TE
— Zach Gault, sr., Ridgeview; Waylon
Wolfe, sr., Lebanon. OL — Brock Arnt-
son, sr., Wilsonville; Nick Cooper, sr.,
Wilsonville; Ramie Halbrook, sr., South
Albany; Malcom I’aulualo, so., Hood
River; Colin Kennedy, sr., Canby; Chase
Sattler; sr., Springfield; Weston Tucker,
sr., Corvallis; Alex Whitaker, sr., Hood
River. K — Landen Parker, sr., Crescent
Valley; Robert Rowen, sr., Hood River.
First team defense
DL — Josh Buller, sr., Thurston;
Jimmy Jordahl, sr., Crater; Jacob
Newell, sr., Thurston; Braden Rohde,
sr., Churchill; Orie Schaffers, sr., Silver-
ton; Jacob Strand, sr., Canby. LB — Joe
Brauckmiller, sr., Canby; Vaun Halstead,
jr., Thurston; Kyle Liscom, sr., Pend-
leton; Tyler Seiber, sr., South Albany;
Keegan Walter, sr., Silverton. DB —
Vandon Fessler, sr., Silverton; Jack
Johnson, sr., Wilsonville; Austin Ratliff,
sr., Silverton; Darien Witham, jr., Thur-
ston. P — Landen Parker, sr., Crescent
Valley.
Second team defense
DL — Chase Barnes, sr., West Albany;
Jacob Griffin, sr., Pendleton; Joseph
Martin, sr., Ridgeview; Tim Phelps, sr.,
Wilsonville; Samuel Willis, sr., Wilson-
ville. LB — Rochne Beecham, sr.,
Wilsonville; Nick Cooper, sr., Wilson-
ville; Caden Lasater, sr., Crater; Gabriel
Robles, sr., Redmond; James Toland, sr.,
Silverton; Waylon Wolfe, sr., Lebanon.
DB — Gabe Browning, sr., Pendleton;
Connor Green, sr., Wilsonville; Trenton
Hughes, sr., Hood River; Luke McNabb,
sr., Scappoose. P — Luke McNabb, sr.,
Scappoose.
Honorable mention defense
DL — Tristan Davis, jr., Wilsonville;
Ramie Halbrook, sr., South Albany;
Casey Langdale, sr., Canby; Weston
Tucker, sr., Corvallis; Alex Whitaker,
sr., Hood River. LB — Joey Frazier, sr.,
Hood River; Brysen Kachel. so., West
Albany; Romynn Schaefer, jr., Chur-
chill. DB — Ryles Buckley, sr., Hood
River; Miles Jennings, sr., Crater; Tyler
Konold, so., Canby; Riley Paxton,
sr., West Albany; Matthew Soles, sr.,
Canby; Danny Womack. sr., Churchill.
P — Jeremiah Schwartz, jr., Ridgeview;
Carter Steeves, sr., Corvallis; Riley Van
Camp, sr., Churchill.
Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament raises $4,000
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian
Fans and players have a moment of silence on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021,
for those affected by cancer during the Bouncin’ Cancer basketball tour-
nament in Echo.
Members of the Stanfield basketball team hold candles Tuesday, Dec. 28,
2021, during a moment of silence for those affected by cancer at the Bouncin’
Cancer basketball tournament in Echo. The tournament raised about $4,000
between auction items, gate receipts and concessions. The money will be
donated to Your Friend, Pamela Faye, an organization that helps cancer pa-
tients in Umatilla and Morrow counties and surroundings areas cover out-of-
pocket expenses such as gas to get to appointments and child care.
A8
Eight-man
football in
question
after OSAA
proposal
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The Observer
WILsONVILLe — The
future of eight-man football in
Oregon is up in the air.
The Oregon school activ-
ities association Football ad
hoc committee released its
first proposal for the 2022-26
football time block on Tues-
day, dec. 20, which suggested
doing away with eight-man
football among 2a and 1a
schools. The public meeting on
dec. 20 proposed divisions of
nine-man and six-man leagues.
“It’s a bummer they’d be
getting rid of eight-man,”
Powder Valley head coach Josh
cobb said. “People are really
starting to get behind this.”
T he Osa a ad hoc
committee met virtually and
conducted a work session
to begin the initial stages of
reclassification. The commit-
tee also took into consideration
the Oregon athletic coaches
association’s small school
survey, which took place in the
fall and collected trends from
the last five years of 11-man,
eight-man and six-man foot-
ball.
after reviewing the infor-
mation, the committee came
away in support of three divi-
sions between 2a and 1a
schools. based on school
enrollment, two potential
sections of nine-man and one
division of six-man teams were
drafted.
The proposal to do away
with eight-man football raised
eyebrows among several local
coaches, such as cobb and
the 2021 1a state football
runners-up Powder Valley
badgers.
“eight-man just feels right,”
he said. “I see six-man as a
good thing for schools that
truly don’t have the student
body.”
The badgers would be
bumped down to the six-man
league, which cobb is against,
although Powder Valley could
potentially request to jump
up to the higher division. The
Badgers are coming off an 11-2
season. There is no deadline
for teams to opt up or down
in divisions, but the deadline
will be determined at the next
Osaa meeting in January.
“I don’t want to play
six-man,” cobb said. “We have
30 kids on the team. There’s
not a participation issue.”
Osaa emphasized in the
proposal that participation in
football was a key issue. The
proposal noted a transition to
nine-man would allow easier
scheduling between nine-man
and 11-man nonleague oppo-
nents, while the junior varsity
levels likely could avoid
cancellations if the roster size
is smaller.
“The decreases in aver-
age team size over the last 10
years have been significant,”
the statement read.
The proposals still are in
the works but could be a loom-
ing issue for local coaches and
supporters of eight-man foot-
ball. The next Osaa ad hoc
Football advisory committee
meeting is set for 9 a.m. on Jan.
5 at the holiday Inn in Wilson-
ville. The meeting’s purpose
is to gather public input on the
proposed changes to 2a and
1a football.
“high school sports are all
about opportunities for young
adults. six-man football takes
two to three kids off the field
per team — just don’t see how
that is beneficial,” Cobb said.
“creating opportunities for
kids to compete, promoting the
desire to improve as a team and
individually is the concept of
high school sports.”