Let's hear it for the Honkers!
Lakeview beat Knappa in the first round of Oregon's Class 2A playoffs and faces Oakridge in the second round this coming Saturday.
I covered the team, called the Honkers after the prevalence of geese in the area, for about five-and-a-half years, about a decade ago.
Lakeview played hard in those days, but always struggled as the smallest school in their Class 3A conference.
"Getting moved down to 2A two years ago has made a big difference for us," Principal Bob Nash said in an e-mail I received yesterday.
Nash was "Coach Nash" of the football team when I covered the school. The current head coach is Lane Stratton.
Nash said Lakeview finished state runners-up in baseball two years ago and the school has a girl who has won the state cross-country title the past two years.
"Not only is school spirit up, but the whole community is much more focused on the school," Nash said. "It has been very nice."
I knew some of the kids on the current football team. I say "kids," because they were 5, 6 and 7 years old at the time I knew them. Cole Damuth is playing high school football? How is that possible? In my mind, he's just a little kid.
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