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North is Axemen's next challenge.


Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard

After two successful trips north, South Eugene plays its home opener tonight in a nonconference football game against North Eugene.

FOOTBALL

The 10th-ranked Axemen opened the season with a 35-28 win at Sunset and then defeated North Salem North Salem is the name of several towns in the United States:
  • North Salem, Indiana
  • North Salem Township, Missouri
  • North Salem, New York
 42-17.

"I think character is the biggest thing that has revealed itself," new South coach Travis Johnson Travis Johnson (born April 26, 1982 in Sherman Oaks, California) is an American football defensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the NFL. He attended Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California.  said. "We had two games that were close at halftime, we pulled out a victory in the first one and then in the second one our defense stepped up and played wonderful. They really revealed their character when they were challenged."

South Eugene junior quarterback Dustin Haines has completed 19-of-37 passes for 358 yards and two touchdowns. He was 8-for-13 for 147 yards and two scores against North Salem.

He has plenty of targets including Justin Goode, who has 13 catches for 180 yards and a touchdown. Abe Lapite has three catches for 83 yards and a score, and Boseko Lokombo has two catches for 59 yards and a score.

Nate Sullivan has run 38 times for 229 yards and three touchdowns.

North Eugene opened the season with a 42-6 win over Crescent crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks.  Valley. Scott Womack ran for a score and caught a touchdown pass from Derek Duman, who was 6-for-12 for 65 yards. Sophomore running back Michael Bibbee rushed for 90 yards.

"I thought we handled our first game well," North Eugene coach Eric Johannsen said. "Derek did well at quarterback and Michael ran well as a sophomore. Overall, I was impressed im·press 1  
tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es
1. To affect strongly, often favorably:
 and our defense did a good job shutting down their running game."

Eighth-ranked Sheldon looks to bounce back from its first regular-season home loss since 2000 when the Irish get another tough test from No. 6 Tigard.

Sheldon lost to second-ranked Westview, 28-7, last week. Tigard coach Mitch The name Mitch can mean:
  • A nickname for the name Mitchell, descending from the name Michael meaning "Who is like God"
  • Hurricane Mitch.
  • Mitch, a character in A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • Mitch, a character played by Luke Wilson in Old School (film).
 Sanders San´ders

n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
 watched Westview beat Skyview of Washington 36-13 in its season opener.

"I think Sheldon is a very well-coached team and they faced a tough one last week," Sanders said.

The Tigers are coming off an impressive 32-21 win over Lincoln. However, star running back and cornerback cor·ner·back also corner back  
n. Football
Either of two defensive halfbacks stationed a short distance behind the linebackers and relatively near the sidelines.

Noun 1.
 Scott Grady - who has committed to play at Oregon - suffered a sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn.  in the win and is questionable for tonight.

Even with Grady out for the second half, Tigard had 351 rushing yards on 52 carries against Lincoln as senior Isaiah Ferrer ran for 75 yards on 15 carries and fullback Tim Beckman ran 17 times for 146 yards.

Willamette looks to continue its strong start when it hosts Lebanon. Willamette, ranked ninth in the first 5A poll, has wins over Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery).  and Klamath Union.

Marshfield travels to Klamath Union tonight as head coach Kent Wigle looks for his 300th career victory. Wigle is 299-88-2 in 37 seasons as a head coach at South Umpqua and Marshfield.

Springfield hosts Hillsboro tonight and Thurston is at Silverton. Churchill travels to South Albany.
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