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.
