HH 2011 5A Football Preview: Upon Further Review

(Stats are from Maxpreps which is far less than 100% reliable)

#1 – Sherwood:
They are the reigning 5A champions - QB Dusty Crabtree is relatively unproven but that is not so important - They return three RB’s who averaged 10 yards per carry and scored 19 TDs in the shadow of Steven Long – Cristian Morris may be the best runner in 5A - They loose a lot on defense but they also return more than a few studs and they have an undefeated JV crew – Coach Lawrence and that offense is just plain hard to stop - they play it from the time they start playing football in Sherwood – Hard to argue against it so lets go ahead and put the target on the Bowmen! Click here to see video of Sherwood's 39-13 quarterfinal win over a damn good Jefferson team
Last year: 13-0 (12-0 5A) (7-0 NWOC) – 5A Champions defeated Marist 26-23 in OT
Players to watch with 2010 stats:
6-2 185lb QB Dusty Crabtree - 117 rating, 10 of 18, 248 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
6-0 180lb junior RB Cristian Morris – 482 yards on 49 carries, 9.84 ypc, 10 TD
6-0 170lb FB Cody Setere – 575 yards on 59 carries, 9.75 ypc, 6 TD
5-7 170lb HB Paul Dodson – 180 yards on 18 carries, 10 ypc, 3 TD
5-11 185lb LB Travis Dyer – 56 tackles, 28 assists, 2 sacks, 2 INT
6-0 245lb NG Zane Groves – 25 tackles, 17 assists, 5.5 sacks, 3 FR
6-0 180lb DB Brandon Blackshear – 25 tackles, 10 assists
6-1 l85lb LB Connor Munro – 22 tackles, 16 assists

#2 – Mountain View
The Hollister to Hollister connection - boy if they out do last year’s 15 TD’s watch out – Jacob Hollister had the highest rating (122) of any QB in 5A last year – Cody Hollister had a whopping 72 catches and 3 INT and 28 tackles on D - Can you believe Joel Skotte had 116 solo tackles last year? Nuff said right? But they also have junior two-way starter John Carroll and some other big contributors on D coming back. I am very tempted to have them at #1 but hey lets make them earn it as they will meet up with the Bowmen very early on. Click here to see the Cougars 25-22 quarterfinal win over Corvallis
Last year: 11-1 (7-1 5A) (2-0 IMC) – Lost in semifinals to Sherwood 22-42
Players to watch:
6-3 185lb QB Jacob Hollister – 122 rating, 119 of 199, 1980 yards, 27 TD, 5 INT
6-3 180lb WR/CB Cody Hollister – 72 catches 1270 yards, 17.64 ypc, 16 TD, 28 tackles, 3 INT
6-3 181lb junior WR/S John Carroll – 34 catches, 372 yards, 10.94 ypc, 7 TD, 53 tackles, 22 assists, 6 INT
6-3 221lb LB/RB Joel Skotte –116 tackles, 46 assists, 4 sacks, 295 yards on 28 carries, 10.54 ypc, 5 TD
5-10 161lb CB Dimitri Dillard – 49 tackles, 19 assists, 2 sacks
5-11 180lb DL Matt Miller – 34 tackles, 16 assists

#3 – Marist:
Marist at #3 rounds out the crème-de-la-crème of 5A – Outside a short list of dark horses, these three teams will probably dominate the rest – last year I said the Spartans needed to earn their stripes and indeed they did – Hard to imagine them filling the shoes they lost on defense but even if they allow more points in 2011 the O may be even more potent – Kam Smith, a 6’3” junior QB had only a 56 rating at Willamette but he should have little trouble passing to Taylor Walcott, Austin Baird and Josh Paiement – those three WR’s combined for 2517 yards and 47 TDs last season (dude!) - I have Marist and View and Wood all neck and neck and neck the fact that I have Marist at #3 is merely a formality - They open the season against my #4 pick at Corvallis - Here is some video of Marist vs Ashland early 2010
Last year: 12-1 (12-1 5A) (5-0 MWL) – Lost in championship 23-26 to Sherwood in OT
Players to watch:
6-3 162lb junior QB Kamerun Smith – 56 rating, 127 of 244, 1777 yards, 10 TD, 18 INT
6-0 175lb WR Taylor Walcott – 58 catches, 1144 yards, 19.72 ypc, 19 TD
5-11 165lb WR Austin Baird – 55 catches, 980 yards, 17.82 ypc, 20 TD
6-1 175lb WR Josh Paiement – 17 catches, 393 yards, 23.12 ypc, 8 TD
5-10 185lb RB Greg Park – 84 carries, 762 yards, 9.07 ypc, 11 TD
6-1 205lb DL Paxton Miller – 16 tackles, 46 assists, 3.5 sacks, 3 FR
6-0 185lb LB Colton Bowden – 18 tackles, 16 assists

#4 – Corvallis:
The boys in baby blue are the team to beat in the MWC going in to 2011 – They return a very mobile, very athletic QB with Joey Spiegelberg and nearly every key player around him – 6’6” TE Nolan Hansen is hard to defend – Blair Cavanaugh is getting big props at the summer camps - Jago Cox should improve on his 1148 yards and 13 TDs – And they have this guy named Seumalo who plays pretty well both ways. Click here to see 27-10 playoff win over Bend
Last year: 8-3 (8-3 5A) (6-1 MWC) – Lost in quarterfinals 22-25 at Mountain View
Players to watch:
6-0 160lb QB Joey Spiegelberg – 89 rating, 107 of 188 for 1201 yards, 15 TD, 6 INT
5-10 165lb RB Jago Cox – 179 carries for 1148 yards, 6.41 ypc, 13 TD
5-9 165lb WR Blair Cavanaugh – 39 catches for 396 yards, 10.15 ypc, 8 TD
6-6 205lb TE Nolan Hansen – 22 catches for 327 yards, 14.86 ypc, 5 TD, 4 sacks, 1 INT
6-3 280lb OL/DL Isaac Seumalo – 30 tackles, 33 assists, 2 sacks
6-1 170lb DB/WR Ian Leonard – 20 tackles, 22 assists, 2 INT, 14 catches for 168 yards, 12 ypc, 3 TD
6-1 227lb DL Jack Challe – 19 tackles, 44 assists, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FR

#5 - Crescent Valley:
They have great team size – Not a lot of seniors but the juniors and a few sophomores will make up for it – They have tremendous depth at QB with Chase Cochran, Tanner Sanders and Tanner Holland mark my words it will be very interesting to see how Coach Sanders uses this triple headed monster – I like how RB Danny Grigsby came on late last year but they also have newcomer Ambrose Soh who sat out last year after transferring from Wilsonville – whoever carries the rock will have some very big holes running behind 6-4 types such as Austin Powell and Bryon Bodon and probably eight or ten more 6’+ 200lb+ bigmen - Also keep an eye out for ATH Jared Baumgartner - See 33-32 playoff win over The Dalles Wahtonka
Last year: 9-3 (9-3 5A) (6-1 MWC) – Lost in semifinals 22-60 to Marist
Players to watch:
6-2 200lb QB Chase Cochran – 82 rating, 98 of 195 for 1297 yards, 12 TD, 5 INT, 325 yards and 6 TD rushing, only 1 fumble
6-4 185lb sophomore WR/QB Tanner Sanders – 39 catches for 662 yards, 16.87 ypc, 8 TD, 2 INT
Junior QB Tanner Holland - led undefeated JV squad
Junior RB Ambrose Soh - kid is fast
5-9 175lb RB Danny Grigsby – 29 carries for 187 yards, 6.45 ypc, 2 TD
6-2 185lb junior FB/LB Tanner Fiez – 22 tackles, 15 assists
6-2 195lb junior TE Sam Kane – 11 catches for 115 yards, 10.46 ypc, 1 TD
6-4 240lb junior OL/DL Austin Powell – 7 tackles, 12 assists, 1 sack
6-4 240lb junior OL/DL Bryon Bodon – 10 tackles, 4 assists
6-0 160lb S Cole Reynolds – 16 tackles, 15 assists, 1 sack
6-1 170lb junior ATH Jared Baumgartner

#6 – West Albany:
They will have a very good QB with Branden Meyers who played WR last year - and they have plenty of talent at RB with Ryker Smith, Aaron Potter, Riley Jarrett and sophomore Jacob LaCoste – D will be led by Jake Conser, Leif Miller, Cory James and Hyrum Crook – Bulldogs will be in the fight - Click here to see the Bulldogs fourth win in a row over Corvallis
Last year: 5-4 (5-3 5A) (5-2 MWC) – Lost playin at Bend 28-34 in 2 OT
Players to watch:
6-3 180lb QB/WR/S Branden Meyers – 7 catches for 114 yards, 1 TD, 15 tackles, 6 assists, 5 PD, 4 INT
5-10 170lb RB Ryker Smith – 98 carries for 615 yards, 6.27 ypc, 6 TD
5-10 185lb RB Aaron Potter – 56 carries for 467 yards, 8.34 ypc, 5 TD
5-10 180lb RB Riley Jarrett – 15 carries for 69 yards, 12 catches for 186 yards, 1 TD
Sophomore RB Jacob LaCoste
6-2 215 OL/DL Jake Conser – 19 tackles, 6 assists 1 FF/FR in only 3 games
6-0 195 LB Leif Miller – 26 tackles, 12 assists, 2 FR
5-8 170lb LB Cory James – 23 tackles, 8 assists, 2 sacks
5-10 185lb LB Hyrum Crook – 19 tackles, 13 assists
6-2 260 OL/DL Virgil Powell

#7 – Bend:
Bend always has a good program (indeed they put my dawgs out last year), and looking closer at their roster they have a lot of talent returning especially on defense. See their 2OT playin win over mu dogs

Last year: 5-5 (3-4 5A) (1-1 IMC) – Lost at Corvallis first round 10-27
Players to watch:
6-3 185lb QB/DB JC Grim – 97 rating, 71 of 129 for 858 yards, 12 TD, 3 INT, 274 yards and 5 TD rushing, 18 tackles, 3 assists, 4 INT
6-0 180lb RB Gavin Gerdes – 237 carries for 1330 yards, 5.61 ypc, 10 TD
6-1 165lb WR Tanner Torkelson – 17 catches for 255 yards, 15.0 ypc, 1 TD
5-9 195lb LB Garrett Himes – 32 tackles, 14 assists
5-8 160lb junior DB Duke Degaetano – 30 tackles, 6 assists
6-3 205lb OL/DL Shane Buck – 25 tackles, 18 assists
5-7 200lb DL Kenneth Dailey – 23 tackles, 9 assists
5-10 170lb DB Kyle Lammers - 21 tackles, 8 assists
5-8 185lb LB Zach Johnson – 15 tackles, 17 assists

#8 – Lebanon:
Lebanon will be good - New coach but they return Ben Duerr at QB and their JV only lost one game, a close one to CV’s JV – Duerr is pretty one-dimensional but he compensates with his running ability - Click here to see playoff win over Rex Putnam
Last year: 8-3 (8-3 5A) (5-2 MWC) – Lost in quarterfinals at Marist 6-41
Players to watch:
6-0 170lb QB Ben Duerr – 70 rating, 51 of 109 attempts, 797 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT, 1369 yards and 14 TD rushing
6-0 173lb RB/DB Garrett Urrutia – 45 tackles, 15 assists, 3 INT, 8 catches 235 yards, 3 TD, 4 Conv
5-11 190lb LB/OL Michael Paulino – 21 tackles, 8 assists, 2 INT, 1 FR, 1 TD, 4 Conv
6-0 180lb DL Alex Hoff – 35 tackles, 11 assists, 9 sacks

#9 – Liberty:
Sounds like they have a strong senior class – we will see if they have enough - 42-7 win over Pendleton
Last year: 5-5 (5-4 5A) (4-3 NWOC) – Lost first round of playoffs to Jefferson 0-28
QB Bafaro – 1st Team NWOC
Nate Aamodt – 1st Team NWOC
Alex Rose – 1st Team NWOC
Evan Eggiman 2nd Team NWOC

#10 – Eagle Point:
We will get a good early assessment when they play Mountain View week one - Here is the Eagles 31-28 playin win over Dallas
Last year: 5-5 (5-5 5A) (0-1 SOC) – Lost playin at Marist 6-50
Players to watch:
5-10 220lb RB Garrett Snow – 90 carries for 499 yards, 5.54 ypc, 4 TD, 18 catches for 158 and 1 TD
6-4 235lb DL Tyrone Homes