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lake oswego review/west linn tidings
August 29, 2013
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WEST LINN HIGH SCHOOL
2013 FOOTBALL TEAM ROSTER
No.
Name
Grade
Position
Height
Weight
2
Matt Wright
12
DB/WR
6’1”
170
3
Connor Neville
9
QB
6’1”
172
4
Luke Verbiest
12
WR/LB
5’10”
175
5
Cody Coppedge
10
WR/DB
6’2”
165
6
BradeN Vogt
12
WR/DB
5’10”
170
7
Ethan Staley
11
WR/DB
5’10”
150
8
Kevin Edwards
12
TE/LB
6’3”
210
9
Gavin Andersen
12
DE/RB
6’’0”
200
10
Hayden Coppedge
12
QB
6’4”
180
11
Colin Clarke
11
TE/LB
6’1”
205
12
Nicholas Yokubaitis 11
FB/LB
6’1”
205
14
Jonny Neville
9
WR/DB
6’4”
175
15
JonVerbiest
12
WR/LB
5’10”
165
16
Mason Craig
10
WR/DB
5’11”
165
17
Kyle Schrandt
11
WR/LB
6’2”
175
18
Camden Nemec
10
K
5’10”
150
19
Brooks DeBisschop
10
QB
6’2”
175
21
Ryan Anderson
11
TE/LB
6’1”
190
22
Ben Jacobs
12
K
5’11
175
23
KT Seth
10
WR/DB
5’8”
140
24
Joey Velasquez
10
WR/DB
5’9”
150
25
Kahlil Monson
10
RB/DB
5’11
160
26
Rudy Hughes
11
WR/DB
6’2”
175
27
Kenney Whitbey
12
WR/DB
6’0”
165
28
Gabe Sullwold
11
WR/DB
5’9”
150
29
Graeme Henderson
12
DE/RB
5’10”
180
30
Blake Fletcher
10
WR/DL
6’1”
170
31
Brendan O’Brien
11
WR/LB
6’2”
185
32
Austin Pesicka
10
WR/DB
6’1”
170
33
Mark Figueroa
10
WR/DB
5’7”
150
34
Cam Schmitz
12
WR/DB
6’2”
210
35
Jonah Nadel
10
FB/LB
5’10”
170
36
Elijah Molden
9
RB/DB
5’10”
170
37
Dean Swanson
10
RB/DB
5’11”
170
38
Sam Chitty
10
TE/LB
6’0”
180
No.
Name
Grade
Position
Height
Weight
39
Elijah Grant
12
RB/DB
6’3”
190
40
Michal Hillin
12
LB/FB
5’10”
210
41/47 Hunter Eisele
11
WR/DB
5’9”
162
42
Louie Germaine
12
RB/DB
5’9”
175
43
Dylan Tuor
10
RB/LB
5’9”
170
44
Daniel Zakaryia
12
LB/FB
5’11”
190
46
Chance Mazzia
11
RB/DB
5’8”
155
49
Amani Grant
12
DL
6’0”
200
51
Hayden Bell
10
OL/LB
6’0”
240
55
Jacob Wood
10
OL/DL
5’8”
195
59
Tyler Self
10
OL/LB
6’0”
200
60
Hudson Kennedy
12
OL/DL
6’3”
265
61
Joe Cozzi
11
OL/DL
6’1”
190
62
Griffin McDonald
10
OL/DL
5’10”
210
66
Ellis Eaton
12
OL/DL
6’3”
260
68
Garrett Keizur
10
OL/DL
6’1”
160
70
Wolfgang Ritter
10
OL/DL
5’11”
270
72
Alex Rees
10
OL/DL
5’9”
160
73
Luke Conklin
9
OL/DL
5’10”
200
74
Noah Bagley
12
OL/DL
6’2”
275
75
Isaiah Molden
12
OL/DL
6’2”
295
76
JackWannarka
10
OL/DL
6’0”
200
77
Ben Herod
12
OL/DL
6’4”
275
79
Walter Dimm
10
OL/DL
6’4”
310
80
Logan Sullivan
10
WR/DB
6’0”
165
81
Jack Holland
10
TE/LB
6’3”
185
82
Antonio Caballero 10
WR/DB
5’10”
165
83
Matt Schmitz
10
WR/DB
5’8”
130
84
Michael Haffner
10
TE/LB
6’1”
160
85
Connor Berggren
10
WR/DB
6’2”
165
86
Connor Finch
12
WR/DB
6’1”
165
87
Ty Cleland
12
WR/DB
6’1”
180
88
Kurt Moon
11
TE/LB
6’5”
205
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TIDINGS PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE
Members of theWest Linn boys basketball team look to the standswhile hoisting the 2013 state championship trophy the Lions earned onSaturday night at theRoseGarden.
ByMATTSHERMAN
TheTidings
Back inDecember,before
theWestLinnboysbasket-
ball teamhadevenplayeda
game,coachEricViuhkola
gatheredhis teamandhad
each individual talkabout
whathisgoalswere for the
upcoming season.
Players talked about want-
ing to challenge LakeOswego
for the league titleagainand to
getbackto the Rose Garden.
tRyan
thehype inpreseasonplay.
And if some calamity befell
theLakersduring theyear?Se-
nior heavy teams like Jesuit,
GrantorCentralCatholicwere
ready to swoop in.
Next year.Next year the Li-
ons could up the stakes in the
preseason and gun for the
school’s secondeverboys state
basketball championship.
Well next year came early
forWestLinn.
In a tournamentmarked by
physical, bruising defensive
play,theLionsused theirnew-
nwavering
West Linn’s tournament
started on Wednesday after-
noon with a difficult test
againstNo. 4Grant.TheGen-
erals had beaten the Lions in
the first game of the season,
jumpingout toahugefirst-half
lead which West Linn never
fully recovered from.
Butboth teamshad changed
considerablysince thatcontest
and thegamefigured tobeone
of themost entertaining of the
day.
TheLions showed some ear-
ly jitters,missingon their long-
rangeattemptswhilebeingun-
t
break on some
Believe it!
West Linn beats three of the top-five teams in the state, includ-
ing undefeated Lake Oswego, by a combined six points to win its
first basketball state title since 1997
THURSDAY,MARCH 14, 2013 • ONLINE ATWESTLINNTIDINGS.COM • VOLUME 45,NO. 11 •
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