Wyatt Houston (6-5 220 Jr. QB/LB) , Zach Selland (6-4 175 Jr WR/S), and Taylor Grimmett (5-11 190 RB/SS/K) are what we would call “Barton kids”. Outstanding people first and athletes second. They don’t play in front of thousands of fans every Friday night at 3a Horizon Christian, but that doesn’t matter as they have balled out everywhere they go. Houston and Selland were recently named 1st team all state…
Kolney Cassel: One of the Region’s Best
Kolney Cassel (6-3 205 Jr QB) of Eisenhower is considered one of the top QB’s in the entire region and will be one of the premier prospects on the camp circuit going into the spring and summer. The Conference Player of the Year accounted for 2, 697 yards and threw 27 Tds with only 6 picks during the 2011 season. Eisenhower had a very good year going (8-2) and losing…
1st Annual NEI (1A-5A) All-State Team
* Denotes Conference Player of the Year 1ST TEAM ALL STATE QB *Jacob Hollister 6-3 200 Sr. Mt View FB Brett Bafaro 6-3 225 Sr Liberty RB *Jake LaCoste 5-10 185 So West Albany RB Tanner Shipley 6-2 190 Jr Wilsonville SB *Jordan Visarraga 5-11 170 Sr Willamette WR Taylor Walcott 6-0 170 Sr Marist WR Austin Baird 6-0 180 Jr Marist TE Nick Gentry 6-3 230 Sr Mt…
Metro League sack leader Evan Colorito
For the second year in a row Beaverton’s Evan Colorito (6-4 220 Jr LB/ TE) was one of the 6a state sack leaders. The most impressive thing about that is the fact that he’s only a junior. He accounted for 48 total tackles (5.3 per game) ,7 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries. Colorito is ranked as one of the top 20 players in the state of Oregon…
Mead’s Danny Mattingly Is One To Watch
While the western part of the state of Washington gets most of the attention as far as D-1 recruits go, the eastern part of the state has its fair share and in 2013 that group of prospects will be led by Mead (Spokane) TE/LB Danny Mattingly. The talented two-way star for the Panthers received First Team All-GSL honors and was named Co-Defensive MVP after posting 73 tackles, five interceptions, two…
6-8 Sean McGill offered by Idaho St.
Breaking News from NEI coming to you first once again as Southridge big man Sean McGill (6-8 260 OL/DL) got his first offer from Idaho St, while more offers look to be coming in. McGill was a first team all league Defensive end and was a dominant force all season. He earned second team all league honors at TE as a junior, and also is a varsity hooper showing off…
Breaking News: Jesuit Duo gets offered by PSU Doug Brenner & Andrew Kirkland
Now that the off season is officially hear you can plan on finding out about all new commits and scholarships offers first at NEI. Today two of Oregon’s top recruits received there first in what will most likely be many scholarship offers . Doug Brenner (6-3 260 Jr FB/DL) and Andrew Kirkland (6-5 295 Jr OL) of Jesuit are considered two of the top recruits in the entire region, with…
Looking to light you up; James Banks
James Banks (6-0 220 Jr FB/LB) is one of the top linebackers in the state of Oregon, and schools are starting to inquire all over the region about his services. More than anything Banks looks the part. He’s got a no holds barred type attitude and brings 100 percent every play. Banks recently earned first team all league honors and was voted team defensive player of the year. He accounted…
Commits and Offers – Oregon and Washington – Class of 2012
OREGON D1 COMMITS Isaac Seumalo- Corvallis 6-3 280 OL/DL… Oregon St (Committed) Alex Balducci- Central Catholic 6-4 270 OL/DL..Oregon (Committed) Brett Bafaro- Liberty 6-3 225 LB Oregon, Oregon St, Wash, Utah, Boise St, Colorado Oregon (Committed) Joel Skotte- Mt. View 6-3 225 LB..Oregon St. (Committed) Maximo Espitia Jr.- South Salem 6-3 215 ATH..California (Committed) Marcel Frazier- David Douglas 6-5 225 DE/TE… PSU, Wash St, Idaho (Committed) D1AA COMMITS Taylor…
6A All-State Team Oregon
Congratulations to all the kids who were selected to NEI’s first annual 6A ALL STATE TEAM. The selections were based on the credentials of the athletes season and not the overall projection of the player. Nothing is perfect, but we did our best to cover all kids that were deserving. Anybody making an all state team should feel very rewarded as you will see some conference players of the year,…