Also, Jim Johnston steps down from Triad.
Oregon's Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year, Marist quarterback
Logan Silver, signed
to play football at Holy Cross.
In leading Marist to the state final
game (a 26-23 over loss to Sherwood) and a 12-1 record, the 185-pound Silver
totaled nearly 5,000 yards. In 13 games, he passed for 2,876 yards and
47 touchdowns and ran for 1,911 yards and 19 touchdowns. In a semifinal
win over Crescent Valley, Silver completed 20 passes for 347 yards, eight
going for touchdowns, and rushed for 241 yards and another score. A
letter winner in four sports, Silver earned honorable mention all-state
honors as a baseball player in 2010. Located in Worcester, Mass., Holy
Cross was 5-5 in the Patriot League in 2010.
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Alex Toureen, one
of the most prolific receivers in Oregon prep football annals, will take
his all-purpose game to Portland State. The Cottage Grove senior was a
second team all-stater in 2010 and named the Sky-Em League's Offensive
MVP when he caught 69 passes for 1,597 yards and rushed for 393 yards on
27 carries. In one game, Toureen had 302 receiving yards and five
touchdowns in a win over Yreka (Calif.). As a junior, he had 56 catches for
1,090 yards and 16 touchdowns.
* Crescent Valley fullback/linebacker
Kyle Gardner turned down a scholarship to play at Portland State to walk
on at Oregon State. As a junior, the six-foot, 215-pound Gardner was
Mid-Willamette Conference Defensive Player of Year.
Other football signings:
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Hayden Plinke of Glencoe (Hillsboro), TE (6-4, 220) with Boise State.
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Alex Mitchell of Jefferson (Portland), OL (6-3, 310) with Washington State.
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Brett Smith of West Salem (Salem), QB (6-2, 200) with Wyoming.
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James Euscher of Aloha (Beaverton), OL (6-7, 275) with Oregon.
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John Wolfe of Barlow, OL (6-3, 280) with Portland State.
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Cermak Bland of Jesuit (Portland), WR (5-10, 170) with Northwestern.
JOHNSTON STEPS DOWN Jim Johnston, the
Triad (Klamath Falls) Timber Wolves' only head football coach in their four-season history, has resigned. During that brief span, Johnston guided the team to three state playoff appearances and back-to-back semifinals. Johnston went 31-10 at Triad, with half the losses coming in the program's first season. The Timber Wolves went 22-2 in Johnston's final two seasons. They play in the A1 Mountain Valley League.
ERIC WILLIAMS TO TRANSFERJesuit/Beaverton junior Eric Williams, the starting quarterback on the football team and a member of the reigning Class 6A champion basketball team, has transferred to St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland. Williams, 6-3, 191 pounds, passed for 1,405 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Crusaders in 2010 as they reached the state semifinals. St. Ignatius finished 4-6 in 2010 and did not qualify for the Ohio playoffs.
