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TheTimes
August 29, 2013
Times
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orts
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
PAGE A9 • TIGARD TIMES
Ready to run
Tualatin cross country teams
look to pick up the pace
— See A13
NEXTWEEK
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FOOTBALLPREVIEW
SECTION:
Nextweek’s issue
ll include the
football pre-
view special section.
The special sectionwill
include season previews of
the Tigard,Tualatin,Sherwood
andHorizonChristian high
school football teams,aswell
as a look at the Pacific
Conference and theNorthwest
OregonConference.
In addition to the football
preview section,nextweek’s
issuewill also include cover-
age of the local teams’sea-
son-opening football games
anmore previews on other fall
sports teams.
TOPPERFORMANCES
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HOOD TOCOAST
TEAMS:
A pair of local teams
faredwell in theHood to
Coast relay race held Friday
andSaturday.
The Tigard-basedHammer
Time finished in11th place in
theMen’sOpen division,out
of200-plus teams,and70th
overall out ofmore than
1,000 teams.
That team consisted ofMick
Whitehead,Anthony Farr,Len
Farr,Trevor Lusk,AlecMalnati,
BrandonKolb,BrandonCortez,
Brian Josephson,LarryMock,
MaxRaye,MarkHall and
ThomasKirby.
CrushHour,comprised of
girls from Tigard,Tualatin and
Newberg,came in second
place in its debut performance
in the Portland toCoastHigh
SchoolChallenge.
That team includedMikayla
Farr,KristyMcWilliams,Megan
Franz,Nicole Pelissier,Erin
Graham,NatalieShaw,Ellie
Freeman,AbbeyAnderson,
HannalyMcGaughey,Raney
Roche,Rachel Josephson and
NatalieBryant.
NEWS INBRIEF
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TUALATINHIGH
SPORTS PASSES:
The
TualatinHighSchool
Packbackers are offering
sports passes for the upcom-
ing TualatinHigh sports/foot-
ball season.
Each pass goes for$75
and gets on person admit-
tance into all home league
sporting events for the2013-
2014 school year, reserved
seating atallhomeleag
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
OPENING NGHT
ByDANBROOD
TheTimes
TIGARD—Abrandnew football season is
about to start.
But,as itgetsready tokickoff thatbrandnew
season, theTigardHighSchool football team is
preparing foranold, familiaropponent.
The Tigers will open their season Friday
when they face Canby in a non-league game
slated to start at 7 p.m. atTigardHigh School.
Friday’s gamewillmark the third time theTi-
gers and Cougars have clashed in the past 12
months.
“Isn’t thatcrazy,”TigardcoachCraigRuecker
saidwitha laugh.
Tualatin, Sherwood and Horizon Christian
willalsoopen their seasonsonFriday.Tualatin
will play at Crater of Central Point in a non-
leaguegame starting at 7p.m.,defendingClass
5A state champion Sherwoodwill play atMil-
waukie in a Northwest Oregon Conference
opener startingat 7p.m.andHorizonChristian
will host Portland Christian in a 7 p.m. non-
league tilt.
“Ourkidsare looking forward to itand they’re
ready to go,” Sherwood coachGreg Lawrence
said.
Tigard also
is ready to get
its season up
and running.
“We went
through
the
springtime,
having funand
getting excit-
ed,”Ruecker said. “Wewent through thebeach
retreat,workouts, passing league andweight-
lifting, building camaraderie.We’ve been prac-
ticinghard,againstourselves,andnow it’s time.
We’reveryexcited toget the seasongoing.”
Tigard andCanbymet twice lastyear. In the
2012 season-opener, the Tigers scored a 42-13
win atCanby.The teams thenmet again in the
secondroundof theClass6Astateplayoffs,with
the Tigers posting a 42-14 victory in a game
playedatTigardHighSchool.
Tigard andHorizonwill open
up at homewhileTualatin and
Sherwood take to the road
It’s time to kick things
OPENINGNIGHT— Tigard senior A.J.Hotchkins, an
teammates,will hostCanby in Friday’s season-open
Friday night football
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ByDANBROOD
TheTimes
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
PAGE A13 • BEAVERTON VALLEY TIMES
MoundTim 13U
comes close
Local travel team loses three
tearjerkers in SouthDakota
— See A15
Lowe
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ways at UO
Read about your team each week
in the Tigard/Tualatin Times and
the Beaverton Valley Times.
2012 RECORD:
10-3 (2nd in Metro League)
KEY PLAYERS:
Senior middle linebacker
Joey Alfieri guides a nasty defense that
sports senior defensive ends Henry
Mondeaux and Christian Martinek.
JESUIT
Loaded Crusaders staying humble, focused
By MATT SINGLEDECKER
The Times
The past two years Jesuit has been on
the cusp of the 6A state championship
game only to come up agonizingly short
in the semifinals, losing to Lake Oswego
in 2011 and Sheldon in 2012.
2013, however, might just be the Crusad-
ers’ year to finish the job.
Spearheaded by a swarming defense that’s
stacked with future collegiate players and a
faithful run game that’s been well-estab-
lished by head coach Ken Potter during his
27-year tenure, Jesuit is ranked No. 1 in the
preseason media poll and once again poised
to play long into November.
Potter was quick to temper the early sea-
son hoopla, saying a lot has to go right for
Jesuit to be in the state title conversation.
“Those that have been lucky enough to
win a state championship know that there is
a little luck involved,” said Potter. “The luck
is you’re relatively injury-free, the ball
bounces strange ways in some games and
hopefully those bounces go your way. I don’t
think there’s any team in the state that’s tru-
ly dominating this year. There’s a number of
teams that have a chance to be there at the
end and we just hope we’re one of them.”
Potter said the topic of being ranked so
highly hasn’t been brought up by either the
coaches or the players. All the Crusaders are
zeroed in on is improving each day.
“That’s the only thing we can control,”
said Potter. “We’ve gotten better but to get
that number one ranking at the end of the
year we have to make huge improvements
from now on forward. We’re a long ways
from playing a football game.”
DEfEnSE
Jesuit considered one of the
favorites in the state, Metro
Jesuit’s defense might not be the second
coming of the 1985 Chicago Bears, but it could
very well be rival any the 6A classification
has to offer this season. Christian Martinek
(an Oregon State commit and first-team all-
league pick as a junior) and Henry Mondeaux
(a high-major Division One prospect and
second-team all-league last year) are two
mean, bull-rushing defensive ends who can
put constant pressure on the quarterback
while setting the edge and holding their own
versus the run. Stanford-bound Joey Alfieri
(first-team all-league as a junior) is moving
from outside linebacker to middle linebacker
where he can use his freakish physical abili-
ties to stuff the run and blitz through the ‘A’
and ‘B’ gaps upfront. Potter said Jesuit has
some “huge holes to fill” around their veter-
an core but believes the defense could be
sound.
“A defense isn’t four or five really good
guys,” said Potter. “It’s 11 guys who have the
same plan, the same vision and they’re all on
the same page when the ball is snapped.
We’re not there yet. We’re working hard to
make sure we know where we fit and what
we’re trying to do. It’s going to take us some
time to do it.”
All-league returners Chase Morrison (sec-
ond-team cornerback) and Trent Werner
(third-team safety) patrol a ball-hawking sec-
ondary that’s both athletic, experienced and
willing to help against the run. Linebacker
Zach Houlemard started as a freshman and
is one of five sophomores vying for starting
positions. Mike Petroff, Josh Anderson, Car-
los Coleman are a trio of players Potter’s hop-
ing can fill holes left by graduation.
OffEnSE
Death. Taxes. Jesuit pounding the rock.
Since Potter took over the Crusaders in the
1980’s, Jesuit’s long been known as a run-
first, run-second type of team. Granted, Je-
suit needs to replace five starters upfront,
but there’s no need to weep for the Crusad-
ers. Senior tackles Mike Martin and Nick
Miller, guard David Brugato, center Charlie
Landgraf, guards Ben Jarrett, Paul Vickers
usher an inexperienced, but strong group
along the trenches that’ll open holes for the
speedy Morrison at running back. The offen-
sive line has physical ability, Potter says, but
there’s more to playing upfront than being
big and brawny.
“It has a lot to do with communication,
comfort level and being sure of their assign-
ments,” said Potter. “When you’re sure of
your assignments and each other you can re-
ally come off the ball. If you’re not sure,
there’s that little hesitancy and you lose the
battle upfront. We have five guys who have
never played those positions on a varsity foot-
ball field playing there now.”
Alfieri can carry the pigskin from the full-
back position, blast open holes for Morrison
as a lead blocker or catch it out of the back-
field. Mondeaux has soft hands at tight end
and at 6’5” 265 pounds is the definition of a
massive target in the passing game as is Mar-
tinek who can line up on the other side of
Mondeaux at tight end or split out wide. Wer-
ner was second-team all-league at slotback
and could see time at quarterback out of Je-
suit’s Wildcat formation. Junior Jack Ham-
burg (6’4”, 180) and sophomore Eric Restic
are getting all of the practice snaps at signal
caller though neither has seen much live ac-
tion on the varsity level. Potter said he’s ex-
cited for either quarterback because he be-
lieves each has the talent to thrive. Either
quarterback’s cause will be aided a ceaseless
pool of weapons to choose from.
“I feel good that we have all-league caliber
kids at all those positions,” said Potter. “We
have a lot of guys playing both ways right
now so we have to see how we can avoid them
playing the entire game. If they do, they’re
going to be exhausted. On paper they look re-
ally good, so hopefully in game situations
they look really good, too.”
TIMES FILE PHOTO
Jesuit’s Joey Alfieri can fill a multitude of positions including running back on on offense for the Crusaders.
