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About Applegater. (Jacksonville, OR) 2008-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2008)
Applegater May-June 2008 11 Above: Jamie Richardson, All-State, first team All-Conference, and defensive first team. (Photo by HVHS staff.) Left: HVHS girls’ basketball played their hearts out in their first-ever State championship final game, losing to Sutherlin 28-26. (Photo by Life Touch.) Below: Mike Schaefer, girls’ Coach of the Year. (Photo by HVHS staff.) HVHS basketball teams top Skyline conference BY BARBARA HOLIDAY For the first time in Hidden Here are the outstanding players Boys’ Basketball Saxon Gotfried, All-State Valley High School’s (HVHS) history, named to special teams: honorable mention, first team not one but two teams were crowned All-Conference and first team Skyline Champions in the same sport. Girls Basketball Defense; Both the girls’ and the boys’ basketball Jamie Richardson was named to Kyle Bleser, second team All- teams knocked all competitors out of the All-State team. Named to the Conference; the court. All-Conference teams were: Earl Crawford and Jake Scott, All- In State competition—even with Jamie Richardson, Laura Silva and Conference honorable mention. the state’s best scoring defense—the Megan Swanson, first team; girls’ team lost the final game against Ashley Seal, second team; In another coup, both the Sutherlin by just two points. The boys’ Edwards and Haley Fikso, girls’ coach, Mike Schaefer, and team, winners of the State title in 2005- honorable mention; and 06, made it to the third round before Jamie Richardson and Ashley Seal, boys’ coach, Robert Jackson, were recognized as Coaches of the Year. being eliminated by Brookings. All Defense. (This is Robert Jackson’s second nod this year; he also was Coach of the Year for volleyball.) Hidden Valley appears to be unstoppable in all sports at all levels. Please continue to support this high school’s extraordinary athletic teams (and let’s somehow get them some “real” restrooms at the field—they deserve it!). Barbara Holiday 541-218-8606 Above: Saxon Gotfried, All-State honorable mention, All-Conference first team and defensive first team. (Photo by HVHS staff.) Left: HVHS boys’ basketball, the reigning Skyline Conference champs, fought hard in State but fell to Brookings in Round 3. Photo by Life Touch.) Below: Robert Jackson, boys’ Coach of the Year. (Photo by HVHS staff.)