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Table of contentsWelcome ................................. 4Team previewsOntario Tigers..........................5Vale Vikings .............................13Nyssa Bulldogs ........................17New Plymouth Pilgrims ............21Fruitland Grizzlies....................26Weiser Wolverines....................32Payette Pirates.........................35Parma Panthers.......................40

Adrian Antelopes......................42Harper-Huntington Hornets ...... 43Jorday Valley Mustangs.............44Conference Previews ......44From the ArgusSitting around talking football ....11Continuing the discussion .........31Bold predictions .......................39Explain yourselves ....................41

JORDAN SCHULTZARGUS OBSERVER

There is nothing betterthan when the leaves turnand start to fall to theground. There is just some-thing about the fall that Ilove. The weather finally

starts to cool off a little bit,

the kids go back to school,and we spend our Fridaynights under the brightlights. Football seasonseemed like it would neverget here, but it has finallyarrived.In this year’s edition of

the Kickoff Preview, wewill help get you acquaint-

ed with the teams in thearea this season. There is alot to get caught up on, asthere are several new facestaking over as the headcoaches for the local teams.Fruitland and Ontario,

the two teams that madethe deepest playoff runslast year, each have a newhead coach.Erik Johnson is taking

over the hometownOntario Tigers, and ap-pears to have the Tigersready to play. Ryan Tracy will take the

helm for the FruitlandGrizzlies, who are fresh offof seven consecutive tripsto the state title game.It’s amazing how much

change can happen in justone year, in football and inlife. One year ago I was liv-ing in Pocatello, Idahoworking one night a weekas a sports stringer for thelocal newspaper. I alsoworked another day job

and spent all my free timewriting, blogging, readingand doing whatever I couldto better myself as a writer. One year later, and I’m

part of the crew thathelped bring you the foot-ball preview you hold inyour hand right now.That is a message to all

the players strapping uptheir chinstraps, gettingready to face off on thegridiron this week. If you

work hard, dedicate your-self, and take advantage ofoppourtunities when theyare presented to you, any-thing is possible.It doesn’t matter what

you did last year as a team,all that matters is what youdo now. If you spent youroffseason working andpreparing for tomorrownight’s game, you have achance to start this seasonoff right.Here’s to a succesful and

injury free season to theathletes representing theirschool every week.I would also like to thank

Jarrad Felgenhauer, who isresponsible for about halfof the content within thesepages. Besides myself, he isthe only other writer wehave in the sports depart-ment.It has been an extremely

long eight months, but it’sfinally time for thoseFriday night lights. Enjoy!

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The Ontario Tigers willhave to strike a balance ofnew and old this upcomingseason. The Tigers arecoming off one of theirbest seasons in recent his-tory, finishing 9-3 with adeep state tournament run.Ontario went on a historicrun once state play rolledaround last season, ulti-mately making it withinone game of the statechampionship before beingoutdone by NorthBend/Oregon Coast Techin the semifinals, 29-8.It seems as if the Tigers

found the recipe for suc-cess last season, and onewould expect to see muchof the same from theTigers this season. This year they will have

to find a way to mesh their

old winning ways with aton of fresh faces includinga new quarterback, coach,and multiple other skill po-sitions on both sides of theball.

First year coach ErikJohnson will take hold ofthe reins for the Tigers thisseason, hoping to continuebuilding on the path lastseason’s Tigers paved.Coach Johnson is aVallivue graduate, andspent time as the offensivecoordinator for Vallivue,Nampa, Rocky Mountainand Homedale prior tostepping in as the Tigershead coach.He’s ready to settle

down and stick around for

the Maroon and Gold foran extended period oftime. now. “I’m ready to make

Ontario home for a while,”Johnson said. “I want tocontinue the winning tradi-tion they have built here inOntario and am excitedabout the opportunity tocoach a team with suchhigh standards.”“I have high hopes for

this team this year,”Johnson added. “We justgot back from team campat Eastern OregonUniversity, and I didn’t re-ally know what to expect.They were still learningwho I am and what I’mabout as a coach, and viceversa. It was the firstchance we’ve had this yearto see the boys play togeth-er against another defense.I liked what I saw upthere.”Ontario is in a rare situa-

tion as a team in the factthat they have 20 seniorsthis season, but it stillseems like a brand newteam to anyone who’s beena follower of Ontario foot-ball the past few seasons.Last year’s team graduated

over 20 seniors as well.“We lost a lot from lastyear’s squad, It’s basically abrand new start,” Johnsonsaid.If there is one thing moti-

vating this year’s group ofseniors, it’s experiencinglast year’s seniors fall onegame short of the ultimategoal, and the emotion thatfollowed that loss. It’s clearthat this year’s group ofseniors remember that mo-ment, and have used thatas fuel to make sure thisseason ends better. “It wassad how last season ended.Seeing the seniors breakdown and cry after theirlast game was definitelymotivation for me to pre-pare for this season,” sen-ior linebacker and offensivelineman Jose Reyes said. “Itwas a huge motivation for

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Ontario TigersAfter falling one game short of the title game last year, theTigers are expected to be hungry for even more this season

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Converted quarterback Mike Hussey scans the field for an open reciever at their annual midnightopening practice.

2012 season: 9-3 (2-1)Lost in the state semifinals to North Bend/Oregon

Tech, 29-8

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me this off season. You al-ways want to go out on top,you want your last game ofthe year to be a win,”Senior wide receiver anddefensive back JasonHaueter said. senior quar-terback Mike Husseyadded, “We have workedhard this offseason. We allwant to go out with a ring,not tears this season.”Hussey is transitioning

this offseason to lead theteam at quarterback. A lotof teams would be nervousabout having someoneswitch to a position as im-portant as quarterbacktheir senior year, but thisteam is behind Hussey andhave confidence that hewill step in and get the jobdone.That confidence and

trust comes from the work

Hussey has put in with hisreceivers and backs this off-season. “We’ve been work-ing together a lot,” Husseysaid. “We’ve been gettingas many reps as possible sowe can all learn the offensebetter and get used to play-ing with each other. Ifwe’re going to win, it’s go-ing to have to be a com-plete team effort. The bestway to get used to playinglike that is to make sure weget as many reps in as pos-sible, so that’s what we’vebeen doing.”Junior wide receiver Ben

Turner thinks that he andHussey will have a big yeartogether. “I have a lot offaith in Mike as our quar-terback,” he said. “I knowhe’s going to find me whenI’m open this year.”“Mike (Hussey) has been

doing a good job for us sofar this season. The entiresenior class has been greathonestly,” Coach Johnsonsaid. “They’ve already donea good job stepping up andbeing leaders to the under-classman. Having heartand working hard isn’t re-ally something you cancoach. Luckily these kidshave it.”This year’s Tiger team

gives off a very motivatedvibe. It’s easy to tell thatthis season everyone hastheir eyes on one goal.Every player’s goal is towin the GOL, and thencontinue that success inthe state tournament. The Tigers appear to be

poised to make a run to-ward those goals this sea-son.It’s rare when you find

an entire team focused ondoing what’s best for theteam, not focused on per-

sonal success or goals, justworking as a team andtrusting the personal acco-

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The Tigers linebacking cops lines up to read the offense’s pre-play formation at their midnight opening day practice. While the defensive line is pro-jected to be a game-changing group, the linebacking corps still has a lot to prove this season. If the linebackers can help shut down the run, the sec-ondary should be strong enough to control the opposing passing attack.


The Tigers defensive backs and safeties run through speed and agility drills at practice. The sec-ondary has several players returning with varsity experience, and should be a force to be reck-oned with this season.

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one of their toughest non-conference schedules in re-cent history. They really don’t have

any warm-up games thisseason, as they will be test-ed from the very firstgame.They open their season

on the road against theirMalheur County rival ValeVikings. Any time thatOntario and Vale strap ontheir helmets under the

Friday night lights, youknow it’s going to be a bat-tle.The Tigers have come

out victorious in six of thelast nine times they hit thefield against Vale, but theVikings appear to be muchimproved from last year’steam that still punched aticket to their own 3A stateplayoffs.“Vale will be good. They

return a lot of players thisyear and they were ex-tremely physical last sea-son,” Coach Johnson said.“Our first three games are

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all going to be extremelytough. We’re starting rightout of the gate with solidteams.”After Ontario finishes up

with Vale, they returnhome to host two of theSRV’s powerhouses, theFruitland Grizzlies andWeiser Wolverines.Much like Ontario, last

season Fruitland made adeep run that fell just shortof a state championship,losing the 3A Idaho titlegame to Shelley. Like the Tigers, Fruitland

will be hungry to go out ontop this season as well, so

the Tiger-Grizzly match-upin week two should be abattle to the very last whis-tle.What will more than like-

ly turn out to be the gameof the year for Tigers does-n’t happen until the finalweek of the regular season,when they play host to theBaker Bulldogs, the defend-ing state champions.The Tigers are versatile

offensively, and will oper-ate out of several differentlooks and schemes. They will run a multiple

offense, featuring schemesout of the spread, power

counter-iso, and hybrid ver-sion of the power spreadoffense.Their biggest strength

offensively is their fivemen up front, the offensiveline.“I have high expectations

for our O-line and D-linethis year. A lot of themdon’t have prior experi-ence, but they are talented

and have the potential tobe very good,” CoachJohnson said of his offen-sive and defensive fronts.“You have to win the battlein the trenches if you wantto be a successful footballteam, and I believe thisgroup of guys is going to dothat this year. That will al-low us to run our offenseout of several different

schemes.”Defensively the Tigers

are strong in the samespot, with the four men upfront that make the defen-sive line. “They are going to be

tough to stop,” CoachJohnson added. “I thinkthey’re going to do a greatjob stopping the run andputting pressure on the op-posing quarterbacks.”Chance Salutregui, a sen-

ior offensive lineman anddefensive end, is beingcalled on by coach Johnsonto be the anchor for histeam on both sides of theball. So far, he’s answered the

call. “I think if we can runthe ball more effectively it’sgoing to open up things forthe rest of our offense. Itstarts with us up frontthough. We need to make

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The Ontario Tigers offensive line goes through blocking drills at practice. Coach Erik Johnson is counting on big things from the five big men upfront. “I have high expectations for our O-Line and D-Line this year,” Johnson said.

sure we make our blocks toopen holes for the backsand protect our quarter-back,” Salutregui said.Josh Pariera, the Tigers

junior running back, ispoised to have a big seasonout of the backfield. “I’mexcited. We should have areally good line this year,”Pariera said. “It’s going tobe nice to run behind an of-fensive line that opensholes and gives you time tolet the play develop.” Also look for sophomore

Marcus Reyes to get in themix for carries out of theTigers’ backfield this sea-son.

Coach Johnson says theonly weakness this teamhas at this point is a lack ofrepetitions with each other.“We just need to build upconfidence in the systemand get comfortable withthe schemes. That willcome with more reps,”Johnson said.The Tigers have had plen-

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Impact players to watch this season

Mike Hussey SeniorQuarterback/Defensive back

Jose Reyes JuniorOffensive line/Linebacker

Jason Haueter SeniorWide Reciever/Cornerback

Ben Turner JuniorWide Reciever/Safety

Chance Salutregui SeniorRight Tackle/Defensive End

Josh Pariera JuniorRunning back/Linebacker

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the defending statechamps, so that alone givesthem enough respect pre-

season to put them at thetop until someone else canprove otherwiseSRV: Fruitland. What I

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Marsing and they seem tobe the logical choice at leastpreseason. JordanEOL:Nyssa. While I

agree that everything setsup perfectly for a Vale re-demption story, I just don't

think that it's going to playout that way. Don't get mewrong, Vale was a statetournament team last sea-son, and I believe they aregoing to be even tougherthis season. I just thinkthat Nyssa is still the team

to beat in EOL this season.It's looking like Vale will bestarting freshmen on theoffensive line this year, andif they can't protect thebackfield, Vale's very tal-ented skill players mighthave a tough time gettinggoing. I do believe Vale fin-ishes second and gets intothe state tournament again

though. GOL: Baker. I agree

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The Vale Vikings had anunconventional, yet effec-tive season last year. In theend, they punched a ticketto the state tournament sothe season was a success.What was unconventionalabout it, was the roadleading up to it. TheVikings finished the regu-lar season just 5-4.It was truly a tale of two

halves for Vale last year.After opening non-confer-ence play with a thrillingvictory over Parma 21-20,the Vikings dropped theirnext three games toHomedale, Ontario andBaker to fall to 1-3. Vale

rebounded with a 35-25win over La Grande toclose out their non-confer-ence schedule at 2-3 over-all.To open up conference

play, Vale came out of thegates slow and got jumpedon by Nyssa in a 20-7 loss.The Vikings responded af-ter that loss and closedout the rest of the seasonstrong. The Vikings wentundefeated for the rest ofconference play, andpunched a ticket to the 3Astate playoffs.When a team barely fin-

ishes above 500, with a 5-4record, and they still finda way into post seasonplay, it can be considered a

successful season.However, for a team

coming off of a first roundplayoff loss, just making itback wouldn’t be goodenough. This year theVikings want to continueto improve and make adeep run into the statetournament.If the Vikings want to

make that happen though,they will have to reallystep up in the trenches, onboth sides of the ball.“My biggest concern

with this year’s team isthat we have a lot ofyoung kids coming in toplay up front. Wheneveryou’re starting freshmenat varsity level on the of-

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fensive and defensive lines,you have to expect to takea few shots and get a fewbruises,” Vale head coachMatt Hawley said. “We’vegot good athletes there,we’re just a couple of varsi-ty level linemen short rightnow. They will be ready togo when the season getsstarted. They will comearound.”The other thing that

Coach Hawley could seebeing a problem is theirlack of depth. “Our biggeststrength is that we are bal-anced all across our start-ing skill positions on of-fense and defense, Most ofthem have prior varsity ex-perience as well,” Hawleyadded. “We are definitelygoing to be challengedwhen it comes to depththough. There is a lot of

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Vale’s offensive line opens up a hole for a runningback during a scrimmage at practice. While Vale’s offensive line is a question mark this season,their skill position players look to be one of their biggest strengths.

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Vale’s quarterbacks and receivers work on their timing during training camp drills. Vale is poisedto have a solid running game this year, and if they can be successful in the passing game as wellit will open up unlimited possibilities offensively.

out in a spread formation,with four receivers outwide and no tight ends.They will come back outthe next play in a doubletight end, two runningback formation. “We gameplan for our opponents andtry to see what we can ex-pose in their defenses,”Coach Hawley said. “Ourgame plan will honestlychange from game to gamedepending on who we areplaying.”This kind of offensive at-

tack makes it hard for de-fenses to prepare for theVikings, when their offensevaries from game to game,and even play to play.“We can run and pass the

ball pretty well, and I thinkthat combination willthrow a lot of teams off,”Drake Montgomery, a sen-ior wide receiver said.“The combination of ourbalance, and how motivat-ed we are after losing inthe playoffs last year makesus a really dangerousteam.”Colton Friend, another

senior receiver agreed withMontgomery. “Our offen-sive line is a little bit small-er this year, but we have alot of good guys that willfill in those roles just fine.We have a lot of good play-ers in the backfield and outwide. We’re going to betough to stop.”One of Vale’s biggest as-

sets they have is the leader-ship they have gotten fromthis year’s class of seniors.“Our senior leadership ishuge,” coach Hawley said.“They are doing a good jobof leading the younger kidsand getting things back ontrack for us. They’re agood group of kids and I’mextremely happy we have

them on our sideline.We’re going to have tocome out and compete onboth sides of the ball if wewant to be successful,”Coach Hawley added. “Wehave to be more fundamen-tally sound and do thingsproperly. Were different inthe fact that we don’t haveone clear all-star to lean onthis year. It’s going to haveto be a complete team ef-fort if we want to winleague and make it intostate.”Defensively, the Vikings

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A Vale linebacker attempts to stop a run during a practice scrimmage. Vale is loaded with talentin the secondary and will attempt to play man-to-man defense to shut down the pass. If Vale’sdefensive line and linebackers can hold the run and put pressure on the backfield, their defensewill have the chance to force turnovers and shut teams down.

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When you look out on-to the field when theNyssa Bulldogs are play-ing, you will see a lot ofnew faces wearing theblue and white this year.Last year’s squad finished7-4 on the season, andpunched a ticket to thestate tournament. Whilethey were knocked out inthe first round, their sea-son was still a big success.This year’s team will

face an uphill battle tomake it back to the statetournament, after gradu-

ating nearly 15 seniorswith three years of start-ing experience at the var-sity level. The Bulldogswill bring back eightstarters, but due to the bigclass ahead of them, manyof them have one or zeroyears of prior varsity ex-perience.“Last year we were deep

with experience, we had alot of seniors. This yearwe really don’t have that,”Nyssa head coach LeeLong said. “We returnsome starters, about eight,but a lot of the other kids

have one year of experi-ence or were playing JVfootball last season. We’redefinitely going to havenew team leaders this sea-son.”One thing Nyssa has go-

ing in their favor is a goodturnout of players for theteam, and a past historyof being extremely suc-cessful.“We have good numbers

so that makes practicemuch more effective,”Long said. “Our playershave a great mentalityand character. We don’t

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case with the NyssaBulldogs football teameach year. Coach Long at-tributes this to how goodthe Nyssa School Districtis as a whole. “I think weraise good kids here.They start young and weexplain to them what theycan do with their lives

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and what they need to doto make it happen,” Longsaid. “We identify the kidsthat are interested in ath-letics at a young age andget them involved early.Generally they all buy intothe system and becomemulti-sport athletes. Thebest thing about the kids

in this town is that they al-most all participate. Theyenjoy getting out and rep-resenting their school.That makes it easy tomaintain numbers fromyear to year.” While gettingkids to buy-in to the pro-grams is only half the bat-tle, Nyssa excels at getting

kids to succeed once theyare in.“The way we work out

helps a lot. We offer aweight training class that isspecifically for the athletes.Every student has a work-out plan tailored specifical-ly for them and the sportsthat they play,” Long

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(Above) Nyssa head coach Lee Long talks to his team before breaking off into groups for individual defensive work.(Right) Jordan Moyes, a Nyssa defensive back, works on agility drills in practice.

added. “We work outeveryday regardless ofwhat season it is or whatsport they play. Most kidshere have to play two orthree sports so they don’treally have an offseason.Even if it’s a game day forthem, they are still hittingit hard in the weight room.The kids here compete.They’re very strong men-tally and physically.”

Looking forward to thisupcoming season, theBulldogs will be tested ear-ly and often in non-confer-ence play, with gamesagainst New Plymouth,Payette, and Oregon pow-erhouse Lakeview.“Lakeview was one of the

best teams we played lastseason,” Coach Lee said.“They are bringing a lot ofplayers back and will be

even tougherthis year.”After the

Bulldogs makeit through theirgrueling non-conferenceschedule, theyopen up leagueplay with thebiggest game oftheir season. OnOct. 18th, theBulldogs willsquare offagainst the ValeVikings. “Thereis no doubt thatVale is our biggest rival. It’salways a big game whenyou take on the team thatis 15 minutes down theroad from you,” coachLong said. “It’s always anintense game when wesquare off with Vale. We’reall excited for it.”The offense Nyssa will

run this season is still a lit-tle bit of a mystery. “Wehave our basic offense thatwe are going to run, butyou have to tailor it to yourteam’s strengths,” Longsaid. “Our basic offense isset, but it’s still early in thepreseason, so it’s hardtelling how much more we

will add or change to ouroffense before the season. Ihave no doubt the kids willpick everything up and besuccessful in moving theball this year though.”The Bulldogs basic offen-

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A Nyssa defender wraps up the ball carier in a pursuit drill in practice. Nyssa is historically one of the better teams in theGreater Oregon League. While it seems as if the teams around them have all improved this year, the Bulldogs are still the fa-vorite to win the conference as long as their defense remains as stout as usual.

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Nyssa’s Austin Castro carries the ball in a practice drill. Castro is poised to be one of Nyssa’s biggest playmakers on bothsides of the ball this season.

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with a lot of two back sets,while still looking to attack inthe passing game. They willalso try to run an up-tempospread type offense at times.The versatility of what Nyssais capable of running makesthem a tricky offense to slowdown.Nyssa is poised to make a

run toward the state tourna-ment again this year. Theyjust have little things theyneed to accomplish. Health isa big issue to watch, as withevery other team. A fast startis what Coach Lee believeswill be a big factor in howthis season goes. “Straight up,we need to win early. If wecan do that, they will believein the system and their poten-tial,” Lee added. “There is aton of potential with this

team. We have plenty of tal-ent. We just have to be smartand strong mentally.”The Bulldogs are the type

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Austin Castro (Left)Senior

Running back

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Austin WagstaffSeniorQuarterback

JARRAD FELGENHAUERARGUS OBSERVER

Perhaps no team in theWestern Treasure Valleyopens the 2013 seasonwith a more undefined na-ture or uncharted coursethan the New PlymouthPilgrims. Losing 14 seniors,returning only two, andfacing the mutual adjust-ments to a first-year headcoach will do that to you. But for first-year front

man Dillon Rupp, who ar-rives in New Plymouth af-ter seven years as an assis-tant and coordinator atMountain Home, and the

rest of his Pilgrims, thatlevel of anonymity mayvery well be their biggestadvantage. “I do kind offeel like we might be over-looked a little bit as theseason gets under way,”Rupp said. “With me beingnew, and with so manynew players, many ofwhom have never been onthe field together before,right now the biggest thingis getting everyone on thesame page. This gives theimpression that we are alittle behind other teams.But in reality, it doesn'ttake too long to get caughtup.” To be sure, a transition to

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First-year head coach Dillon Rupp gives instructions to his team during practice. It feels like afresh start in New Plymouth, as they feature a new coach and multiple positions being filledby incoming starters.

doing a good job instillingthat new foundation.” That basis of that founda-

tion can be found in oneword: unity. “I've stressed,and will continue to stressteam unity,” Rupp said.“As a coach, I want ourkids to be as cohesive aunit as possible both onand off the field, I wantthem to genuinely careabout each other and howeach other is doing.” “Team building has been

a major theme so far thissummer,” junior FB/LBChase Bowen said. “Witheverything being so new, Ithink coming together as ateam will be the first stepto our success this season.” “As upperclassmen we've

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cross county rival Payette,the range of options opento them is almost withoutrestriction, given their con-tinuing cultivation of teamidentity. “Right now, weare really just trying tokeep things as open as pos-sible,” Rupp said.“We haven't really had a

chance to focus on muchon field stuff yet,” juniorWR/S Tyler Powell said.“So far it's just been a mat-ter of learning the newplays as quickly as possibleand getting better in theweight room.” However, do not misin-

terpret New Plymouth'sstrategic ambiguity for un-preparedness becausemake no mistake about it,the Pilgrims have plenty oftalent. “Right now we real-ly want to keep things sim-ple and not over thinkeverything,” Rupp said.“We have quite a few great

athletes who can get inspace and make things hap-pen, so we will work to getthem the ball in situationsfor them to be successful.” Schedule wise, all roads

seem to lead to Marsing, asthe defending 2012 WICchampions once again re-turn as the favorite in2013. “From everythingwe've seen this offseason,Marsing will be right therenear the top of the leagueagain,” Rupp said. “Theyhave quite a few of theirkey players back from lastyear, and I think they wereable weather the losses tograduation a little betterthan the rest of us.”“Marsing is definitely agame we have circled,”Powell said. “They beat usby one point last year andthat game ended up beingfor the league title, so that'ssomething that will moti-vate us all season.” As far

as the rest of the scheduleis concerned, the Pilgrims,like every other school, arefocused on one game at atime. “The major focusesfor our non conferenceschedule are teaching,learning, and getting bet-ter,” Rupp said. “We wantto be as complete a team aswe can when we have ourfirst conference gameagainst McCall.” With three spots allotted

to the WIC in the 2013state tournament, NewPlymouth will almost cer-tainly be in contention forthe balance of the season.“The Marsing game will bea tough one, but after thatanything can happen,”Rupp said. “We feel like wehave what it takes to beright there at the end. Itshould be an interestingbattle.”

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New Plymouth’s runingbacks and quarterbacks practice their timing on handoffs during practice.This year’s Pilgrim squad is a huge question mark. Any time you start fresh with a new coach therecan be a lapse in performance before the players and coaches get used to each other. On the other hand , the Pilgrims have a ton of good skill position players, and could continue tobe a force across the state at the 2A level.

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A lot can change in ninemonths. Just ask theFruitland Grizzlies. Whenlast we saw them, theywere walking onto the fieldan undefeated team, play-

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While the Grizz’ have been a permanent fixture in the state tournament, the championshipring has eluded them the last few seasons. They are looking to get back on top this year

2012 season: 11-1, (4-0)Lost in the statechampionship to Shelley, 37-10.


7-1, Snake River ValleyConference champions.


Fruitland running back Austin Stelling directs his lead blocker during a scrimmage in practice.The Grizzlies are traditionaly the type of team that likes to ground and pound the ball all gamelong to control the clock. The big question this year is between graduating all of their yardageleaders from last season, and bringing in a new coach, how much of the old Grizzlies will we seethis year.

ference tight end AlecDhaenens. But what has emerged

for 2013 is a perhaps deep-er, more cohesive and ver-satile group, one that ishungry with a chip ontheir shoulder the size of aboulder. “The way the sea-son ended last year hasbeen a major motivationfor us this offseason,” sen-ior running back ChaseFiddler said. “Sure, we hada great year overall, but wedidn't finish, and that'ssomething we're out toprove we can do this year.” Senior inside linebacker

Bailey King echoed thatsentiment, saying “I feel asthough last season peoplethought we were successfulonly because of a handfulof players. We don't havethose guys this year, so Ithink it's a great opportu-nity to have other guysstep up and show off our

overall depth as a team.”“This team is going to bemore versatile than inyears past,” Tracy said.“We are going to havemore guys that can do mul-tiple things well, and aremore open and willing tofill in when needed.” For his part, Coach Tracy

has strived to maintain ahigh level of continuity,making the transition to anew coach as easy as possi-ble for his players, a skillthat comes from his manyyears as a Fruitland assis-tant. “I’m not sure if the av-erage fan, or someone look-ing at the program fromthe outside will noticemuch if any difference,”Tracy said. “Our kidsknow our system, theyknow our plays, and Ithink maintaining hasbeen important for them asplayers and for us as coach-es.”

That doesn't mean thatthe 2013 Grizzlies will notbe without adjustments.“The majority of changeswill be more or less inter-nal,” Tracy said. “Onething we've really beenstressing this summer is

discipline both on the field,in the community, and inthe classroom. I think wekind of lost our way attimes in that regard lastseason. Our team wasmore fractured and less co-hesive in certain areas, andwe want to get back to a

group based on team uni-ty.” “Team discipline andunity will definitely be amajor goal this season onthe field as well as off it,”King said. “I think thatwhen we do things togeth-er off the field, and we getalong with each other, we

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Fruitland quarterback Jerred Seamons rolls out of the pocket and surveys the field for an open reciever, while one of his offensive lineman blocksfor him. While the Grizzlies still haven’t named an official week one starter, they will need solid production out of their quarterback position tomaintain an offensive balance. Fruiltand is known for their ground attack, but a lack of offensive balance has been pointed out as one of the rea-sons they haven’t come home with the elusive state title the past few seasons.

are more likely to help eachother out and pick eachother up on the field.” What's more, the Grizz'

are embracing the opportu-nities of uncertainty thatcomes with the key lossdue to transfer and gradua-tion, using it as a rallyingpoint for team cohesionand constructive competi-tion. “We know that no-body's spot is guaranteed.

We have to earn every-thing,” Fiddler said. ForTracy and Fruitland, the“next man up” mentalityfits them like a glove. “Weknow we lost a lot, interms of production. Butwe also know we can't doanything about that,” hesaid. “But it's not as ifwe're starting over either.Last season we were fortnate to build some pretty

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First-year head coach Ryan Tracy looks overhis team at practice. Tracy has his work cut outfor him as he takes the reins of one of thestate’s best teams. While this is a tall order, heis blessed to be taking over a team with somuch prior winning experience and talent.The Grizzlies have found themselves in sevenconsecutive state championship games.Fruitland expects to win often, and they ex-pect to win now. Losing isn’t an option forTracy and his Grizzlies.

big leads in games and geta lot of different guys lotsof playing time. So many ofthe people we will becounting on this year al-ready have quite a bit ofexperience under theirbelts.” This solid founda-tion and culture makes thetransition process to a newgroup almost nonexistent,evidence in Fruitland's al-most innate ability to re-load rather than rebuild. Something that will not

change in 2013 however, isthe Grizzlies continued re-liance on their precisionand at times unstoppableWing-T running game.And why shouldn't they?When you consistentlystockpile rushing yards likeLiz Taylor does husbands,reinventing the wheel doesnot seem like too attractivean option. “Obviously, weare going to line up andrun the football becausethat's what we're knownfor,” Tracy said. “We'vebeen blessed with big, pow-erful offensive linemen,and very quick and athleticrunning backs. Gettingthem the ball will always be

our bread and butter. Butalong with that, we under-stand incorporating somemore balance offensively issomething we will alsolook to feature.” Whether or not the

Grizzlies achieve that elu-sive balance could be a keyindicator to their success.Even though it is clear

Fruitland will always be arun first team, the trulydominant Grizzly teamshave always been able togouge opponents throughthe air, especially againstthe bigger and better com-petition Fruitland will al-most certainly not be ableto avoid should they ulti-mately reach their goal of a

state championship.Either way, the Grizz' will

have more than enough op-portunities to test them-selves, especially early on,as Fruitland's schedule fea-tures four 4A schools fromacross Oregon and Idaho,including defending SICchampion Middleton, de-fending GOL champion

Baker, and interstate rivalOntario. “The schedule iskind of a double edgesword in a way,” Tracysaid. “But overall I thinkthe reason we schedule sotough is we want to testourselves and get betterfirst and foremost to getready for league play.” “As players, we aren't re-

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ally looking at any specific team or gameon our schedule,” Fiddler said. “We focuson ourselves and what we need to do, notwhat anyone else is doing. However, weknow that we can't take any games off. Ifwe do, we are going to get beat becausewe have a lot of very talented teams onour schedule.” As far as SRV play is concerned, the

game with Weiser is always at or near thetop of the list, as the two longtime confer-ence rivals are once again expected towrestle over the conference crown, lead-ing to their Oct. 18th showdown whichcould, for all intents and purposes, turnout to be a de facto conference champi-onship game. “The best way to describethe Weiser games is physicality. They arejust bruising, hard hitting battles morethan anything else,” Tracy said.In spite of the changes and shifts of the

sum of the parts, however, the whole ofwhat is Fruitland football will always re-main the same. “Our goals are the sameas would be in any other year,” Tracy said.“We want to compete for and win a con-ference title, earn a state playoff berth,and ultimately win a state title, and thatis something that will not change.”

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JerredSeamonsJunior

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Who do you have win-ning theOntario/Fruitlandshowdown this season?Jarrad: Fruitland. Of

all the games played thisseason, I’m looking for-ward to this one the most.Why? Because it is a rival-ry game its most essentialform. There is nothing on the

line when these two teamsplay except team solidarity,pride, and bragging rights.There are no conference ti-tles at stake, no playoffseeding to jockey over,heck, these two teamsaren’t even in the samestate. Just pure competi-tion. That being said, last sea-

son the Tigers were south-ern fried like KFC with aside of coleslaw by theGrizz, falling by 50 pointswhile being out-gained by425 yards. The Tigers have a major

revenge factor and thehome field advantage, sothe game will be closer, butFruitland still has toomuch fire power, especially

on the ground, and shouldwin this game. Jordan: Ontario. In my

opinion, this game is goingto come down to who canwin the battle in thetrenches. Both teams fea-ture a ton of talented skillplayers, on both sides ofthe ball. Ontario has a lot of new-

comers stepping into start-ing roles on the offensiveand defensive lines, butthere is an edge about theirteam this year. They are fo-cused, and the only thingthey care about in Ontariois winning.I think seeing last year’s

seniors go out one gameaway from the state cham-pionship has made an im-pression on this Tigerteam. I think they are go-ing to be hungry and fo-cused all season long.They're not going to forgetthe beating they took lastyear when they playedFruitland, and this yearthey get a chance to get re-demption at home. I’mpicking an upset here, andI think Ontario comes outon top. In your opinion, whichteam(s) has the bestchance at winning statethis year?Jarrad: Fruitland.

Again, a very difficultquestion because there areso many unknown and un-foreseen factors that can

turn what looks like a suc-cessful season into a disas-ter, but, all things beingequal, and assuming everyteam avoids major injuries,the answer is again,Fruitland. Barring an ab-solute travesty, they willagain be one of the fourteams to represent theSRV at state this season,where the only two teamsthat seem to be their kryp-tonite are Shelley andSnake River, who they like-ly will not see until thechampionship game. Jordan: Fruitland.

They've come so close thepast two seasons, theyaren't going to lose a thirdtime in a row if they makeit back to the title gamethis year. I think they dropan early non-conferencegame to Ontario, and itwakes up a beast. I picturethem rolling through mostof the competition untilthe state championshipgame, where they pull outa close win over Shelley orSnake River.Which team can yousee improving greatlyand surprising someteams this season?Jarrad:Parma This is an

extremely difficult ques-tion, but I have to go withParma. The Panthers strug-gled for most of last sea-son, but they found a wayto make the state tourna-ment and had a pretty de-

cent showing against agood Timberlake team.They return the majorityof a backfield that ran forclose to 2,000 yards lastyear and have a good stableof linebackers that shouldgive them some options de-fensively. Look for thePanthers to make somenoise in the SRV this sea-son.

Jordan: Harper-Huntington. I’m going tolook down in Oregon and

pick the Harper-Huntington Hornets. They play in the 8-man

football level, and if youhave good speed you havethe chance to beat anyone. They've improved their

record each of the last twoseasons. They went 2-7 last sea-

son, but I could see themturning it around and win-ning five or six games thisyear. The Antelopes should

feature a much improveddefense this season and Ithink that’s going to be bigfor them. Adrian is still going to

win the league, but Harpercould sneak into state witha second place finish.

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Weiser WolverinesThe Wolverines have constantly finished in second place in the SRV behindFruitland. This year, they are ready to make the jump and take home the crownJARRAD FELGENHAUERARGUS OBSERVER

Most high school footballprograms would seriouslyconsider selling their soulsto have the kind of successand tradition of WeiserHigh School. In the lastfour seasons alone, theWolverines are a combined12 games over .500, fin-ished no worse than sec-ond place in the SRV, andhave a state tournamentrecord of 7-4, never failingto qualify for the quarterfi-nal round in any year. However, the Weiser

Wolverines are not mostschools, and despite theirremarkable run of success,Weiser has not claimed theSRV title outright since2005, also the last yearthey found themselves lin-ing up in a state champi-onship game. For the pastseven seasons, theWolverines have been per-petually slotted secondplace, unable to overcomeconference hegemonFruitland, falling to theirhated conference foe onnine straight occasions, in-cluding twice in a pair ofclassic state semifinalmatchups by a total of four

points. “For whatever rea-son we just haven't beenable to quite get over thehump against those guys(Fruitland), especially inthose state playoff games,”head coach John Srholec

said. “It’s been tough,when you play so manyclose, physical gamesagainst a team and keepfalling just short.” To say the group that re-

turns in 2013 is hungry

and determined to returnWeiser to the SRV pinna-cle and restore them totheir preeminent positiongoes without saying. Thenews value in a statementlike that is clearly limited.However, how they areworking toward that ulti-mate goal is worthy of seri-ous consideration. Much of Weiser's success

in 2013 will hinge on howthey start. “Last season, wereally had a hard time get-ting going,” Srholec said.“We started out 0-3, andwe lost games that weknew we had the talentand ability to win. Whenyou struggle so much soearly, it can be very hardon a team’s psyche goingforward.” “The Emmett and Baker

games stick out in ourminds,” senior RT/DTHayden Herrick said. “Wefelt like we executed anddid more than enough towin those games but letthem slip away at the end.”“We need to start faster

this season, plain and sim-ple,” senior safety KarstonChamberlin said. “Themore wins we can get un-der our belt before we

start conference play, themore confidence we willhave to finish strong.” Although the Wolverines

rebounded, fighting theirway to a 6-2 finish and astate tournament win aftertheir 0-3 start, the seasonhad the constant, underly-ing tenor of a team contin-uously fighting an uphillbattle. So in order to flipthe switch, Weiser hasplaced their focus on con-ditioning and getting intothe best shape possible fortheir Aug. 30 kickoffagainst Emmett. “We wereweak last year on condi-tioning and that reallyshowed throughout oursummer practices and inthose first few games,”Srholec said. “We weren'tgoing to let that happenagain, so we really pushedthe kids this summer andto their credit, they've

2012 season: 5-4, (3-1)Lost in state quarter

finals to Timberlake,15-3.



One of Weiser’s quarterbacks rolls out and scans the field for an open reciever in their preseasongame against Caldwell.

been there every step ofthe way. We've had over 90percent participation justabout every day.”“Our early practices have

been much better than lastyear,” junior RB/LBThomas Crawford said.“Guys are quicker, faster,and getting to their spotsand finishing off plays.”And with the lack of

numbers and overall teamdepth, conditioning is evenmore paramount, as ismaking sure they stay ashealthy as possible. “Weare lower in numbers thisyear than we usually are, sodepth will be a struggle,”said Srholec. “We have to stay healthy

this season,” Chamberlinsaid. “Obviously it’s a phys-ical game, but we also haveto be smart and stay awayfrom questionable deci-sions and injuries.” Every team must

progress and evolve as thegame evolves, and Weiseris certainly no different.However, something theyhave always prided them-selves on is they have never

truly strayed from theirfounding principles andoverall philosophy, andthat is something that willnot change this season.“We're always looking forand adding new wrinkles,”Srholec said. “But thatdoesn't change that we're ateam built on establishingthe run on offense, andplaying strong, fundamen-tal defense. We want toforce opponents to have toout execute us to beat us.” Last season, it wasn't nec-

essarily that Weiser strug-gled on either side of the

ball, averaging 28 pointsper game while giving upjust 18. It was putting to-gether a complete game onboth sides of the ball thatproved challenging, espe-cially late in the season of-fensively. Weiser was just1-5 last season when theirdefense allowed more than15 points, evidence of thepressure they carried be-

cause of their lack of offen-sive consistency. “Last sea-son we kind of went inphases,” Srholec said. “Atthe beginning of the yearour offense carried us andwe were involved in a lot

of high-scoring games. Butdown the stretch the rolescompletely reversed andwe really came together de-fensively, but our offensestruggled at times to putpoints on the board. We

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One of Weiser’s running backs lowers his shoulder to try to break a Caldwell defender’s tackle. The Wolverines handled the Cougars easily in theirpreseason scrimmage, 21-0.


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know we need morefrom our offense, and weworked this offseason toimprove that.” “I think if we focus on

execution first we'll befine,” senior LT/DTVictor Lazaro said. “Wejust need to take thingsone play at a time and ex-ecute our game plan aswell as we possibly can.” This season, the focus

will be more on maxi-mizing their advantagesin speed and athleticism,getting the ball to play-makers in space and let-ting them play. “We havea two-horse race at QBright now, and both are

very dynamic-type ath-letes that will give us alot of different optionswith both the run andpass,” Srholec said. “Pluswe have very solid speedon the outside, as manyof our guys returned af-ter a very good track sea-son.” However, everything

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When you talk with peo-ple around that state aboutthe Snake River Valley con-ference, the teams thatcome up most often arethe Fruitland Grizzlies, andthe Weiser Wolverines.When you’re in a confer-ence with two state-widepowerhouse teams, youtend to get overlooked.This is what seems to be

happening with the PayettePirates.It’s easy to see how some-

one could sleep on them.After all, they’ve onlypunched a ticket to thestate tournament in threeout of the last four seasons.They didn’t stop there ei-ther, they managed tocome away with a few wins

along the way. Okay, maybeit’s not so easy to see whythey continually get over-looked each year.While having two power-

house teams in your con-ference doesn’t do you anyfavors in the publicity de-partment, squaring offagainst two team’s that areregular fixtures in thestate playoffs each seasondefinitely helps when it

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2012 season: 5-5, (2-2)Lost in state quar-terfinals toFruitland, 35-18.

Argus 2013 predicted finish:7-3


Payette quarterback Jonathon Herrera hands the ball off to his running back as his slot reciever goes in motion. Payette hopes to get their skillplayers the ball in space so they can make plays. Expect to see a lot of motion, misdirection, and screen passes from their offense this season.

comes to preparation forwhat lies ahead at the statetournament.While the Pirates gradu-

ated the majority of theirstarting offense from lastseason’s squad, they have agood amount of under-classmen that earned sometime on varsity last year.“Offensively we will be

young when it comes toplaymakers. We graduatedfour linemen, our quarter-back and most of our skillbacks,” head coach TroyGleave said. “This year isdifferent because we don’treally have a core guy tobuild around like we havein past seasons. It’s goingto be a complete team ef-fort this time around. Thehope is that you’re going tobe right back in the playoffhunt this year, but it’s go-

ing to take a lot of hardwork and solid contribu-tions across the board thistime around.”The Pirates offensive

scheme is pretty basic.They just want to get kidsthe ball in space so theycan make a play. They willuse different formationsand motions but the gener-al idea is the exact same,create space for their play-makers.Sophomore Jonathon

Herrara will step undercenter as the Pirates quar-terback this season, and heis a dual threat that canbeat teams with his legs orthrough the air. “He’ssmart and extremely ath-letic,” Gleave said. “He’s go-ing to be big for us thisyear.” The foundation androck of the Pirates success

has been and will be theirdefense this season. “Our

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Payette’s linemen work on blocking during a drill at practice. The Pirates have talent in the backfield and out wide. They will just need their of-fense to open holes and protect their young quarterback to be successful.

secondary should be solidthis season, and we have agood core group of line-backers coming back thatgot some varstiy expere-ince last season due to in-juries,” Gleave said.“Defensively I think we canhang around and competewith any team that we play.The trick will be puttingup enough points and con-trolling the ball so we cankeep our defense off thefield so they can stay restedand sharp.”This year the Pirates will

employ several differentdefenses, changing week toweek depending on whothey are playing. ThePirates are talented andversatile enough that theywill come out in a 3-4, 4-3,

5-2, and many other de-fenses to keep the oppos-ing offense guessing.Senior Chase Neill will be

looked on to anchor the de-fense, as he earned all-statehonors last season as a de-fensive back. Neill, alongwith the rest of the team iscoming into this seasonwith a chip on their shoul-ders.Last season, after breez-

ing past Priest River in thefirst round of the stateplayoffs, 54-32, Payettemoved into the quarterfi-nals matched up againsttheir rival FruitlandGrizzlies. The Grizz’proved to be too much forlast year’s Pirates, asPayette were defeated 35-18.

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Payette’s sophomore quarterback Jonathon Herrera firesa pass in practice. He is young, but posseses a solid skill set that will help him be produc-tive from the quarterback spot. He delivers a good ball that has some zip on it, and can also beat you on the ground as a runner. If the Pirates wanta chance at the state tournament this season, Herrera needs to step up and play a lot older than he is.

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It’s bad enough to lose and get sethome from the state tournament, it’seven worse when you get bounced bythe team that’s just five minutes downthe road.“Losing to Fruitland, the team that

made it to the state championship game,has definitely been extra motivation toprepare and work hard this season,”Neill said. Senior runningback TimJewkes added, “Fruitland graduated alot of talented players this year, they’restill going to be a tough team this sea-son, but we will be too. I think we havea good chance at giving them a toughgame this year.”While everyone’s

goal in Payette is tomake it back to thestate tournament, theyaren’t naive in the fact

that they know they have to make itthrough the challenges conference playpresents. The SRV is arguably the topconference top to bottom in the 3Aclassification, along with the MountainRivers Conference on the other side ofthe state. “You have to be able to beatFruitland and Weiser if you want to getanywhere. You can’t get anything doneat state if you can’t beat them,” Gleavesaid. “Our eyes are set on beating themabove anything else this year. Our goalis to make it to state, but we’re just tak-ing things one game at a time.”

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Christian5. Cole Valley

Christian6. Melba

Jordan:SRV1.Fruitland2.Weiser3.Payette4.Homedale5.ParmaGOL1.Baker

2.Ontario3.Mac-Hi4.La GrandeEOL1.Nyssa2.Vale3.Burns4.UmatillaRiverside

(Independentschedule)WIC1.Marsing2.New

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Christian 5.McCall6.Cole Valley

Preseason picks for All-Argus team player of the yearJarrad’s picks:1st: Ryan Rule – Fruitland RB2nd: Mason Shepherd – Parma DLSleeper: Dustin Kistenmauker –

Weiser FB

Jordan’s picks:1st: Austin Castro – Nyssa RB/LB2nd: Chase Neill – Payette WR/DBSleeper: Mike Hussey – Ontario QB

Preseason All-Argus team watch list•Austin Castro – Nyssa

RB/LB

•Ryan Rule – Fruitland RB

•Chase Neill – Payette

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•Mason Shepherd – Parma

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•Chance Salutregui – Ontario

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The great American aboli-

tionist and civil rights activist

Frederick Douglass once said

that without struggle, there is

no progress. Perhaps no team

embodied those two maxims

in 2012 more than the

Parma Panthers in their third

season of SRV play. Back to

back midseason losses to

Fruitland and Homedale in

which the Panthers surren-

dered 111 points while man-

aging just 20. However, with

a gritty 31-29 road win over

Payette, Parma revived their

season, earning an all impor-

tant state playoff berth in the

process. As overwhelming

underdogs to District I cham-

pion Timberlake, the

Panthers more than held

their own, holding a power-

ful Tigers squad to just 21

points before finally bowing

out.

So as Parma enters their

2013 campaign, there is very

much a flavor of optimism

that the foundation laid by

the trials and tribulations of

2012 will lead to a much

more prosperous future. “I

think how the season played

out last year and some of the

struggles we went through

can only help us,” senior

LT/DE Mason Shepherd

said. “We were a young team

last year, but this year we're

one of the more veteran clubs

in the league, and going

through the peaks and valleys

of last year just adds to the

experience we already have.”

“A little bit of success can

go a long way,” Panthers head

coach Luke Platz said. “It

gives the current players a

good foundation to work off

of and puts a blueprint in

place that helps them move

forward.”

And it's quite clear the

blueprint for 2013 will be

based on one overarching

principle: commitment. “We

want our guys to commit to

everything they do,” Platz

said. “It doesn't matter

whether it's on or off the

field, school, football,

weights, fundraising, etc. We

want our kids to become well

rounded individuals and

come together as a family.”

Senior running back Denver

Riggs echoed his coach’s sen-

timent, saying, “We want to

get back to that tradition and

success we had a few years

ago (when the Panthers won

a state championship), and I

think the commitment we've

shown this summer, plus our

experiences the past few sea-

sons will go a long way in do-

ing that.”

If any group can restore the

Parma to their previous

perch, it may very well be

this one, as the Panthers are

arguably the most experi-

enced, veteran team in the

league. In addition to Riggs

and Shepherd, who com-

bined for over 160 tackles

and 11 tackles for loss defen-

sively, as well as Riggs' 474

yards rushing (4.7 YPC) and

5 TD's, the Panthers also re-

turn key contributors Marco

Gonzalez (RB/LB), Justin

Condie (WR/OLB), Kade

Walgamott (LB) and Jason

Capistran (DB). Gonzalez is

the Panthers leading return-

ing rusher, racking up 649

yards on the ground at nearly

six yards per carry, while

Capistran and Walgamott

each had over 50 tackles last

season. “This group of kids

started out together (on var-

sity) three years ago as soph-

omores, so we have quite a

bit of experience, but that be-

ing said, we are always in

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The Panthers have all the makings to be this year’s breakout team2012 season:

2-7, (1-3)Lost in round one of

state to Timberlake, 21-0.

Argus 2013predicted finish:

4-4

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need of younger guys who

can step up,” Platz said. “At

our level of play and school

size, depth is always a con-

cern, and we usually have to

depend on underclassmen

stepping up to fill holes.”

“I think that the continu-

ity of being a veteran team

and knowing what to expect

may put us a little bit ahead

of the curve,” Condie said.

“But either way, it all gets de-

cided on the field, so we just

need to play our game. Last

season, we struggled with

that at times. When some-

thing went wrong we had a

hard time putting it behind

us and moving on, so it had

kind of had a snowball ef-

fect.”

Last season, Parma rushed

for over 1,800 yards as a

team at nearly five yards a

clip, so any analysis of the

Panthers strategic principles

in 2013 must start from

there. “We had some success

running the football last sea-

son, and I think that will be

our major strength again of-

fensively,” Platz said. But the

major focus area for the

Panthers might lie in a pass-

ing attack that could be the

difference in whether or not

Parma takes a giant leap or

small step in the conference

hierarchy. In 2012, the

Panthers passing attack was

largely held in check, as they

completed just 25 passes for

223 total yards in nine

games. “We love to run the

football. That will be our sta-

ple,” Platz said. “But we

know that you have to be

able to throw the football and

keep defenses honest and bal-

anced.”

For those expecting this

group to play the underdog

card in the SRV, they can

keep dreaming. “We don't get

involved in any of that stuff,”

Shepherd said. “We know

how good we are and how

good we can be. That is all

that matters to us.”

“We want to concentrate

on what we can control,”

Riggs said. “And that starts

with attention to detail and

playing as a team.”

Explaining our preseason All-Argus Team Player of the Year picksJarradPOY: Ryan RuleRB/Fruitland andMason ShepherdDL/Parma. Rule was theGrizzlies' second leadingrusher as just a sophomorein 2012, averaging close tonine yards per carry withnine rushing TD's and healso caught a touchdown.Expect him to carry evenmore of the load this sea-son. Shepherd is a beast up-

front for the Panthers, aver-aging nearly a sack and a

tackle for loss in everygame last season. He wasalso second on the team intotal tackles, something al-most unheard of for a de-fensive lineman. Add in hiscontributions in the trench-es on offense and you get avery sound anchor fromwhich to build around. Breakout: DustinKistenmaukerFB/Weiser.Kistenmauker scored onnearly 15 percent of hisrushes last season, runningfor 10 scores on just 84 at-

tempts as a junior. If candouble his carries in hissenior campaign, he couldvery well be the SRV's topscorer. JordanPOY: Austin CastroRB/LB Nyssa, andChase Neill WR/DBPayette. With all the freshfaces for Nyssa this year,someone is going to have tostep up and make plays forthem. Castro is my pick todo that. He's going to be abig part of their offensivegame plan, and he will also

hold down a linebackingspot on their defense. Neill was an all-state de-

fensive back for the Pirateslast season as a junior.What he lacks in size hemakes up for in athleticism.The Pirates want to gettheir playmakers the ball inopen space on offense thisyear, and Neill has a chanceto be one of the most ex-plosive players in the SRV.You know he's going tocome away with a few in-terceptions and finish withas many tackles as some of

the linebackers in theleague. Everything you getout of him offensively isjust gravy. Breakout: Mike HusseyQB/Ontario. Hussey isconverting to quarterbackfor the Ontario Tigers thisseason. I like what I’veseen out of him so far. Hedoesn't seem like a kidwho got moved to quarter-back his senior year. It's ob-vious he's the leader outthere and the rest of theteam listens and trustshim.

DenverRiggsSeniorRB

MasonShepherdSeniorOL/DL

JustinCondieSeniorWR


In the 8-man footballleague, if you can get yourfastest players around the

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Adrian finished 7-4 over-all, and were ranked theninth best overall team inOregon. They went unde-feated in conference play,

breezing to a 6-0 record.While they were knockedout in the first round ofthe state playoffs by Triad,they kept the game close,losing by a score of 62-52.The goal this year in

Adrian is to repeat as con-ference champs, and thentake another step by mak-ing a run in the state play-offs.Offensively, the

Antelopes never scoredfewer than 20 points in agame last year.Points came early and of-

ten for the Antelopes lastyear, as they averaged 61points per game. Theyscored 84 points twice, inback to back games againstMitchell/Spray and PrairieCity. They also put up 70points against Wallowaand Jordan Valley.The Antelopes are hop-

ing to keep up this torridpace offensively this year.While it's expected toscore a lot of points in 8-man football, regularly fin-ishing between 60-80points per game is unheardof. If they can repeat thoseresults this season, theyshould have no issuesbreezing away with theconference crown again.

Their biggest competitionfor the District Six crownis Crane, whom they beateasily last year, 50-28. The Antelopes will have

their hands full all seasonlong this year though, asthey square off against sev-eral of the top teams in thestate during their non-con-ference schedule. Theirfirst game of the yearagainst Imbler should be agame to watch, as it match-es two of the powerhouseteams in the state againsteach other. Wallowa andCove will also test Adrianearly in the year. “This year we are very

strong all across theboard,” head coach PaulShenk said. “Depth couldbe an issue for us this year,but if we can avoid injurieswe should be right back inthe conference champi-onship picture.”

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The past two seasons, theHarper-HuntingtonHornets have slowly turnedthings around and are start-ing trend in the right direc-tion. Just three seasons ago,the Hornets endured arough 0-9 season. Harper-Huntington finished 1-8 in2011, and continued toclimb in 2012 with a 2-7record. The old saying is that it

takes three years to turn astruggling program around.“I think we will have agood team this season. Idon’t see any reason wecan’t finish the season withsix or seven wins,” assistantcoach Travis Sapp said. “Aslong as we can stay healthyand avoid injuries, we’re go-

ing to be solid.” The Hornets will be built

on defense this season, andto be successful at the 8-man football level, you haveto be to stand a chance. “We need to be more ag-

gressive this season. We’vebeen a little bit to passivein the past,” Sapp said ofthe defense. “Our defensiveline has to step up this sea-son. With so much speed inour league, you have to con-trol the line of scrimmageto be successful.” Harper will call on senior

Devin Merritt, sophomoreGreg Chandler and juniorNate Joyce to try and han-dle the task of manning thedefensive line. If they canwin the battle in thetrenches Harper has a

chance to be dangerous. The Hornets will look to

sophomore Dakota Allaireto lead the team at quarter-back. Allaire is a dualthreat that throws a goodball and isn’t afraid to tuckit and run. Rounding outthe backfield is Seth Joyce,Aaron Klefman andMerritt. They will need tostep up to help the Hornetsmove the chains offensively.Speed is such is weapon inthe 8-man football league,and if you can get the ballin the hands of a playmakeraround the outside he’s go-ing to be gone for a touch-down. The Hornets have an up-

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Offensively, the Antelopes will run their same system as last year. They will operateprimarily out of the I-formation. The extra back in the I-formation gives the runningback an extra lead blocker to try and help free up space around the outside.While the Antelopes undoubtedly have lost a little bit of speed this year, they will

more than make up for it in strength. “Our speed is a little bit down this year, but wehave strong linemen that should make up for that,” Shenk said. “If they can open upholes, our backs are still quick enough to take advantage and break off some long runs.”Adrian will be a lot more youthful this year, but they should be just as talented. While

the Argus predicts them as the preseason conference champions, coach Shenk believesCrane will be the team to beat this year. “If we stay healthy and remain focused, we're asdangerous as anyone else,” Shenk added. “I’m impressed so far with our younger players.They've stepped up nicely. As long as we can learn our positions and get back into foot-ball shape we will be fine. Right now I think you have to give the nod to Crane as theteam to beat though.”The Antelopes will look to seniors Shane Miller and Travis Rust to be the leaders of

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Jordan ValleyDue to a lack of numbers, the Mustangs areplaying a junior varsity schedule this yearLast year, the Mustangs fin-

ished 8-2 overall, 6-1 in leagueplay, and made a trip to the statetournament. In small towns likeJordan Valley, when a highschool sports team is successful,it usually gets the entire town be-hind it and generates some hypein the program. This hasn't been the case this

time around, though, as JordanValley will be playing a juniorvarsity schedule due to a lack ofstudents coming out for football.While it might be disappoint-

ing as a senior to not get to playvarsity and be eligible for stateand all-conference awards, theMustangs still have a great atti-tude about the situation. Whenasked if he was disappointedabout not getting the chance toplay a varsity schedule this sea-son, senior running back BenTelleria said, “No not at all.Obviously we would rather playvarsity, but at least we get to playthe game we love. We're going tocome out just as fired up and ex-cited to play as we would in anyother game.”Braden Fillmore, a junior full-

back and linebacker, is using thisyear as an extra season to get mo-tivated and prepare for his seniorseason. The Mustangs are pro-jecting to have around 15 playersnext season and be back compet-ing at the varsity level. “I love football, I love playing

the game and it doesn't reallymatter what level it's at,”Fillmore said. “Last year whenwe went to state, I got a concus-sion and didn't get to play. Thisyear I wanted to get a chance tomake that happen, but it's justnot in the cards. It's definitelymotivation to work hard this sea-son and offseason to make sure Iget the chance to strap it on atthe state tournament before Igraduate.”“It's definitely tough for the

seniors to not have a chance atpostseason play this year,” JordanValley head coach Silas Skinnersaid. “But I’m extremely proud ofhow hard they are still working,and how good of an examplethey are setting for the under-classmen.” While failing to roster enough

players for a varsity team oneyear after a trip to state couldseem like a reason for concern,the coaches in Jordan Valleyaren't too worried about it.“It comes in cycles with smaller

schools like this,” said Skinner.“Last year, we graduated five kidsand that was over half of ourstarting lineup. We lost one ofour best athletes due to an injuryduring basketball season lastyear, and two more over this sum-mer while they were working.That is enough to make it toughto put together a full team.”

CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS

Conference PreviewsJARRAD FELGENHAUERARGUS OBSERVER

Nonsense upon stilts. When so-cial/political philosopher JeremyBentham uttered that phrase, hewas doing so with much deeperand important topics in mind, andhe could never in a million yearsdream his phraseology would everbe co-opted by a sports writer. Butdespite the seemingly endlessabyss between Bentham andsports writing, his famous phraseis very appropriate, because in thebusiness of sports prognosticating,it really is nonsense upon stilts. Sure, we sports writers act scien-

tific, with our fancy stats, oursabermetrics, and our “eye tests,”we tend to give the impression ofexperts, or that the people look tous to give them the answers. Butas we know, sports is an area oftotal subjectivity. Everyone hastheir own opinion and none cantruly be proven true or false untilthe games are actually played. But our “expert opinions” do

serve one purpose, and that is tostimulate debate, to get peoplethinking. So feel free to read onwith a critical eye and a very largegrain of salt, hopefully formulat-ing your own viewpoints along theway. And remember, it's all goingto be decided on the field anyway.

SRV PreviewWe start with the SRV.

Fruitland comes in to the 2013campaign firmly entrenched asthe conference heavyweight, hav-ing shared or won outright sevenconsecutive crowns as well as sev-en straight appearances in the 3AState Championship games and aconference winning streak that

dates back to 2009. But the Grizz'also enter the season facing myri-ad potential pitfalls, namely afirst-year head coach and a first-year signal caller, and the task ofreplacing a wide swath of offen-sive production at running backand receiver. If there is any poten-tial for a team to drive a wedge be-tween the Grizzlies and theirstranglehold on the conferencemountain top, 2013 would seemto be it. But despite their uncertainties,

it would be erroneous to state thatthey are the only team that facesthem. The fact is, all teams enterthe season with at least some tur-bulence and the prohibitive chal-lengers to the Grizz' SRV crownare no different. So given the to-tality of the issue, it is very hardnot to like Fruitland as the fa-vorite to weather the storm andemerge unscathed, in so far asanyone can be considered a fa-vorite in the preseason. Weiser will be prohibitive fa-

vorites to claim at least one of thethree remaining slots in the stateplayoffs, as one would need to be aPhD in Idaho high school footballto dig up the last time theWolverines were kept out of post-season play. It will be important,however, for Weiser to reverse lastyear’s trend of starting their sea-son stuck in reverse. TheWolverines went 1-3 before begin-ning SRV play, losing three closegames that most feel they hadevery opportunity to win, so thehunger to open the season in over-drive will be high. Another essen-tial area to Weiser's prospects in2013 will be a return to the type

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of dominant offensive pro-duction that has been theirstaple, especially as thatproduction translates tothe scoreboard. To be sure, the

Wolverines did not strug-gle moving the ball andchewing up acres of yardslast season accumulatingnearly 2,300 yards on theground and close to 3,000total. The wild card team

might very well be Parma,however. Despite their tal-ent, Parma's experience asthe most junior member ofthe SRV has been one ofpeaks and valleys, as theyhave struggled to carve outa place for themselves in ar-guably the top 3A confer-ence in the state. But thisseason, the Panthers mayfinally have the horses tomake their first legitimaterun at a conference title.Parma returns arguably themost veteran club of anyteam in the league, high-lighted by senior runningbacks Denver Riggs andMarco Gonzalez, who com-bined for over 1,100 yardsand 10 TD's last season,and defensive standoutMason Shepherd who re-turns after a very impres-sive 60-tackle, five-sack sea-son in 2012.The final postseason

berth will conceivably be astruggle between Payetteand Homedale, likely com-ing down to the final weekof the season, when theTrojans and Pirates squareoff in an Oct. 25 show-

down. For their part,Payette slowly but surelyhas built a very solid foun-dation and winning cultureunder coach Troy Gleavewith four consecutive post-season trips, including a se-mi-final appearance in2009. But the Pirates have, to a

certain extent, flown un-der the radar in the SRV,plagued by the compar-isons to their more tradi-tion rich conferencebrethren, Fruitland andWeiser.

GOL PreviewBarring some unforeseen

catastrophe, the GOLcrown will likely amount toa one-game playoff betweenBaker and Ontario as LaGrande was absolutelydreadful last season andMac-Hi has been down foryears. As far as preseason rank-

ings go, it’s hard not to likethe Bulldogs as the fa-vorites to once again reignsupreme. Baker outscoredtheir opponents by an aver-age of 25 points per gamelast season and enter 2013on a nine-game winningstreak, their only loss lastseason coming toFruitland. And as winnersof the last three GOL titlesand two of the last threestate crowns, Baker isquickly on their way to es-tablishing a dynasty in the4A Oregon ranks. Similar to Fruitland in

the SRV, Baker seems tohave that rare ability to re-tool with top-notch athletes

year in and year out with-out missing much of a beat. The only team that ap-

pears to have a legitimateshot at Baker is Ontario.Ontario was a very impres-sive 9-3 last season fallingin the state semifinals andwithin a game of a rematchwith Baker which wouldhave been for the 4A statetitle. Like many teams in the

western Treasure Valley,however, Ontario comes in-to the season with quite abit of anonymity, breakingin a new coach, a newquarterback in senior MikeHussey, and only five re-turning starters on bothsides of the ball. The non-conference schedule will becrucial for the Tigers as thefive games Ontario willplay outside of the GOLwill be crucial to establish-ing and blending in a newsystem, getting everyone onthe same page, and build-ing the confidence neededto make a serious state run. The blueprint to a Tigers

successful overthrow ofBaker’s reign may lie out-side the numbers, asOntario returns both play-making wide receivers BenTurner and Jason Haueter.With most teams relyingheavily on the run,Ontario could very well seequite a bit of man coveragewith eight in the box, espe-cially in the first and sec-ond quarters of games. Ifthey can loosen up oppos-ing defenses with big playsdown the field, the offen-

sive options would be limit-less. The remaining two

squads are, quite frankly,very difficult to get a readon. La Grande is comingoff an awful season finish-ing 0-8 while surrenderingnorth of 56 points per con-test. The only place forthem to go is up and Iimagine that no seasoncould possibly be as bad aslast year, so expect to seesome improvement. Mac-Hi is also very hard

to gauge, finishing 2-5 lastyear with their only confer-ence victory comingagainst La Grande.

EOL PreviewAs almost a mirror image

of the GOL, the EOL willlikely come down to a defacto conference title gamebetween Nyssa and Vale, inan identical situation asone year ago. Both the Vikings and

Bulldogs return in 2013with unfinished business,as both were ousted in thefirst round of the 3A statetournament. But the teamwith the bigger chip ontheir shoulder would morethan likely be Vale, as theVikings were forced to suf-fer through a 20-7 defeat atthe hands of their hatedcross-county rival, ulti-mately costing them anEOL title.If Vale is going to flip the

switch, it will be their de-fense that leads them. Valereturns eight starters to aunit that allowed just 13points per outing in confer-

ence play last season. Witharguably the best stable ofdefensive backs in the con-ference allowing them toplay press and man cover-age, the front seven will belargely free to make lifemiserable for opposingquarterbacks. In otherwords, expect the big playsand turnovers to come inbunches. Nyssa returns just 8 of 22

starters last season, so vet-eran leadership will beparamount to them claim-ing the EOL hardware fora third consecutive season.But Coach Lee Long has avery tight knit group and aprototype for success, soexpect any kinks to beworked out by the timeconference play begins.What Nyssa may lack inexperience, they will cer-tainly make up for in over-all depth, allowing them toexperiment with a varietyof offensive sets rangingfrom lining up in a twoback pro-set to spreadingout in shotgun with fourwide. The Bulldogs aver-aged 34 points a game lastseason, so moving the rockwill not be an issue. If thedefensive side of the ballcan absorb their losses in arelatively pain free man-ner, there is no reason whyanother conference titlewon’t be on the horizon.

WIC PreviewThe hierarchy at the top

of the WIC appears to bemore secure than the SRV,the fight for the confer-ence’s three state tourna-

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really a crap shoot, withNew Plymouth, McCall,and Nampa Christian hav-ing the inside track on theremaining state berths. Ofthese teams, NewPlymouth is definitely themost mysterious, with a

new coach, new system,and so much rosterturnover from last year, wereally have no way to pre-dict how the season willplay out. However, the Pilgrims do

have two major assets intheir favor. One is the re-turn of starting quarter-back Kyler Harris. The sec-ond is a stable of athletesthat gives the Pilgrims anassortment of different op-tions that will help themease into their new offen-sive system. Anyone whohas played knows the sta-blizing effect an experi-enced signal caller can haveon a team, and the play-makers on the outside cangive a team a tremendousconfidence boost if andwhen things break down. IfNew Plymouth can weath-er any early storms andtheir defense can provide asturdy foundation, there isno reason to think theywon't return to state.

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