by Taylor Barton Jake Heaps (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo) For weeks now rumors and speculation have circled that it was imminent Jake Heaps would be departing BYU. On Monday, December 5th it became official. In an exclusive interview with Taylor Barton and NEI, Jake revealed that he spoke with Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall and asked for his release. Jake was the #1 ranked QB in the country his senior year out…
The coastal town of Newport is known for many things and right now one of the big one’s is football. Its the home of current Oregon Duck commit Oshay Dunmore, ranked as one of the top football players in the region. He has dominated opponents for the last couple seasons racking up some of the most ridiculous stat lines yet to date. The Cubs finished 8-3 with a disappointing 41-28…
Saturday’s big 5a State Title game in Oregon features #3 Mountain View (11-1) vs #2 Sherwood (13-0). The Cougars have their Bend community excited fresh off a very impressive performance against #1 Marist in last weeks state semi final. We have touched on Mt View’s athletic perimeter that includes Oregon St Commit Joel Skotte and all everything junior John Carroll. Now we turn our attention to maybe the top brother…
6A SEMIFINAL # 6 Jesuit (9-3) vs # 2 Lake Oswego (12-0) KEY WINS/LOSSES: Jesuit- Wins (#5 Central Catholic, #3 Tigard) Losses (#1 Sheldon, #2 Lake Oswego, #10 Southridge) Lake Oswego- Wins (#5 Central Catholic, #1 Skyline WA 4a, #6 Jesuit, #7 Roseburg) POINT SPREAD: LO -4 PREDICTION: Lake Oswego 31 Jesuit 27 Analysis: I don’t see how this game isn’t close. Jesuit is playing there best football of the…
In more breaking news coming to you first by NEI, West Salem’s Lochlin Deeks (6-4 255 Sr. DE/LB) has been offered a full ride scholarship by the 2010 D1aa National Champions from Eastern Washington. Deeks was just voted the Central Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year finishing up a stellar career at West Salem that saw him earn first team all league honors three years in a row. “I’m…
In more breaking news coming to you first by NEI, West Salem’s Lochlin Deeks (6-4 255 Sr. DE/LB) has been offered a full ride scholarship by the 2010 D1aa National Champions from Eastern Washington. Deeks was just voted the Central Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year finishing up a stellar career at West Salem that saw him earn first team all league honors three years in a row. “I’m…
Coming to you first once again NEI is breaking the story of one of the state’s top linebackers in Zach Walen (6-3 195 Sr. LB/TE) of Lake Oswego. Walen has had a busy last couple days being offered 4 scholarship offers from a variety of schools. Portland St, E.Washington, San Diego, and Dartmouth have all made their intentions known asking Walen to be a part of their football program. Walen…
The best player in the state of Oregon as of right now is Connor Strahm. The 6-1 210 pound junior athlete has been off the hook. He has accounted for 27 Total Touchdowns with over 1600 all purpose yards and 17 receiving touchdowns. He has scored 13 Tds over his last 4 games absolutely dominating opponents. Strahm has “Steve Largent” like intangibles and is just flat out a very good…
Sheldon High School is home to the #22 ranked football team in the country. They have dismantled opponents all season long outscoring other teams (576-111) with a 48-9 average final score. The Irish lead the state in scoring and also in points allowed. They were dominant on both sides of the ball, with the starters usually only playing a half of football due to blowouts. All of this was done…
Last Friday we witnessed the #6 ranked Jesuit Crusaders handle an (11-0) Tigard group 35-7. The #3 Tigers didn’t know what had hit them as Jesuit’s line was dominant most of the night. Tigard still played very well up front, but the size differential was just to much. Both Max Rich (6-7 280 Jr OL) and Andrew Kirkland (6-5 290 Jr OL) showed why they are considered two of the…