OHSLA Preseason Preview
This year Bigfoot is going to give you a glimpse into OHSLA’s teams before the season starts. We have asked coaches from around the league to give us an idea of where there team is for the 2010 season. So lets begin our OHLSA Preseason Preview.
Program Name:
Sunset Apollos
Year Established:
2000
League:
Metro
Coaching Staff:
Varsity: Jeff Dill, Adam Jack, DJ Driscoll
JV1: Martin Wright, Josh Butterwegge
JV2: Mark Kostic, John Prudhomme
Honors/Titles:
Metro League Champs
State Semi-Finalist
2009 Record: 17-2
Key Losses:
JeffCalderwood Midfield
Scott Barker Attack
Griffin Williams Defense
Outlook for 2010:
Very solid group coming back and if the TEAM plays as a cohesive unit good things will happen.
Program Name:
Wilsonville Wildcats
Year Established:
2004
League:
Northwest
Coaching Staff:
Head Coach David Sanford
Assistant Coaches – Garry Falor, Kyle Virdig
JV Coach – Kyle Hamburger
Record 2009:
11-7
Key Losses:
Minimal losses
Outlook for 2010:
The defense will be led by goalie Jack Taylor and seniors Blake Harlow and Austin Kane. Harlow is going to play DII lacrosse next year at Mesa State. Offensively the team will rely on several young players stepping into new roles to produce in the midfield. The Wildcats return their starting attack from last year which will be a great asset to them.
Program Name:
Tualatin Timberwolves
Year Established:
2005
League:
North Valley
Coaching Staff:
Gordon Coffin, Head Coach
Dan Connor, Defensive Coordinator
Rian Lange, Asst Coach
Honors:
Made playoffs last two seasons
Record:
6-12
Key Losses:
Kevin Able
John Treisch
Wes Neary
Cameron Yee
Nate King
Outlook for 2010:
We have solid Senior leadership at Attack and Midfield, and a good core of young players at Defense. While this could be more of a rebuilding year for us, I look for strong play from Tom Gilkey at Attack, and Peter Oliver and Scott Zobrist at Midfield.
Central Catholic Rams
Year Established:
2008 JV & 2009 Varsity
League:
Columbia
Coaching Staff:
Head Varsity Coach – Keith Kroeger
Asst Varsity Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Marcus Penhale
Asst Varsity Coach/Defensive Coordinator – Noah Twining
Head JV Coach – Bob Cantwell
Asst JV Coach – Tully Alford
Asst JV Coach – Tim McMonagle
Honors/Titles:
2009
Leo Burby – 1st Team All Conference Columbia Division Midfield/All League Midfield Honorable Mention
Trey Norris – 2nd Team All Conference Columbia Division Midfield
Charlie Harrington – 2nd Team All Conference Columbia Division Midfield
Record 2009:
2-14
Key Losses:
Graduated three seniors from 2009 starting lineup.
Outlook for 2010:
The Rams are expecting to improve in their second season as a varsity program. The team returns a majority of their starters and have talent at every position. Leo Burby and Chris Merkel will lead the offense while Jake Frederickson and Charlie Harrington anchor the defense. The Rams expect to compete for the 3rd Seed in the Columbia Division.
Program Name:
Oregon Episcopal School
Year Established:
1994
League:
Columbia
Coaching Staff:
Dennis Sullivan, Dave Demers, John Tamerlano, Cam Rafish, Jared Haddock
Honors/Titles :
2004, 2009 Oregon State Champions
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Oregon State Runner-ups
Record 2009:
20-0
Key Losses:
Sam Baker-Attack, Michael Gale-Midfield, Nathan Hayes-Midfield, Isaac Horenblas-Midfield, Torben Noto-LSM, Thomas Cool-Defense, Tyler Glover-Defense, Andrew Parker-Goalie
Outlook 2010:
A deep senior class will look to establish their own leadership and playing style and try to be the fifth OES senior class to play in 4 state championship games. OES returns 13 letter winners including 6 starters from last year’s undefeated state championship team.
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