SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019
HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11
Get ready to kick off the 2019-2020 football season
By RONALD BOND
REGIONAL SPORTS EDITOR
It seems like it was only a few days ago
that we were wrapping up the spring sports
season and crowning state champions in
track, baseball, softball, golf and tennis.
Yet in the blink of an eye, the fall sea-
son has come upon us. Most of the region’s
high school teams start their seasons later
this week, and football — arguably the most
popular sport in our great nation — gets
underway in earnest with jamborees this
weekend and the offi cial start of the season
next week.
We at the northeast Oregon newspapers
of EO Media Group are preparing for the
upcoming season, and for our readers, that
means a special treat is in store.
It’s one the subscribers of The Observer
and Baker City Herald are used to, but that
will be new to the readers of the East Ore-
gonian, Hermiston Herald and Wallowa
County Chieftain. One week from today —
Sept. 4 — we will be bringing you a special
publication, our ‘Kickoff’ magazine.
For the last four years, the sports staffs at
The Observer and Baker City Herald have
been putting out this magazine each fall. It is
a comprehensive look at the football teams
in the region as they get set for the upcom-
ing season, and one that has gained a lot of
popularity with readers in Union, Wallowa
and Baker counties .
But with EO Media Group’s recent pur-
chase of these two papers came the oppor-
tunity to take the next step with this publi-
cation. As a result, the 2019 edition of this
magazine also includes the teams of Uma-
tilla County and has been put together by the
staffs of our fi ve northeast Oregon papers.
What is in our ‘Kickoff’ magazine? A
season preview for 21 high school football
teams in Baker, Union, Umatilla and Wal-
lowa counties, and Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity. Stats, facts, schedules, players to know
and more for each of these teams. Feature
articles on athletes from each county. Doz-
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7 Nights in one hotel in Nice, France
Nice City Tour
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Ventimiglia, Italy
ens of great photos. Pages loaded with Ore-
gon high school football history. And much
more.
Perhaps the coolest aspect of the ‘Kick-
off’ magazine is that it will feature fi ve
unique covers — one each for Union, Wal-
lowa, Baker, east Umatilla and west Uma-
tilla counties.
We just put the fi nal touches on this sea-
son preview, and it is a must-have for any
high school football fan. A lot of hours from
the staffs of our fi ve newspapers have gone
into completing this project and making it
bigger and better than it has ever been.
Ronald Bond is the eastern regional
sports editor for EO Media Group.
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