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precursor to season |
Tiger Football Camp the first glimpse of players that may suit for NHS
this fall |
By Gary Allen, Newberg Graphic New
Editor
E-mail Gary at gallen@eaglenewspapers.com
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 While it may be a
precursor to the dreaded “daily doubles” of August, organizers say the Tiger
Football Camp can prove to be a valuable tune-up for players who haven’t thought
about football since Christmas.
The camp, which began Monday at Newberg High School and continues through
Thursday, is once again led by 14-year NHS coach Eric Carlson. Forty-five kids ranging
from middle school to high school seniors turned out for the camp, Carlson said, to work
on fundamentals they learned long ago or to be exposed to the game for the first time.
Carlson said unlike a lot of other sports, football is a game that requires
other people to practice properly. “There are certain things you can do by
yourself,” he said, adding football isn’t one of them.
Many of the high school players at the camp will carry what they learn this
week into a week of conditioning before NHS starts in earnest Aug. 18 with practices twice
a day. NHS is fortunate this year, Carlson said, in that a delay in the start of school
because of construction means the freshmen, junior varsity and varsity teams will have a
few more practices before school starts.
The NHS varsity team will be unveiled Aug. 28 at a jamboree at Clackamas High
School. The first non-league game is a home stand Sept. 5 vs. Benson. The Tigers face
Oregon City Sept. 12 before beginning league play against Tigard Sept. 19. |
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From Aug. 6,
2003, Newberg Graphic
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