Heart and Soul of Corvallis Football

Who: Corvallis High school Football Team
What: Varsity Football team
Why: Support Local Football teams
When: Friday, October 16th at 7 pm
Where: Corvallis High school
How to get involved: Contact Corvallis High School football coach at Chris.McGowan@corvallis.k12.or.us
541-757-3826

On Friday, October 16th, Corvallis High School football team played the Silverton Foxes football team. The game got off to a quick start and CHS put up 21 straight points in the first half, before giving up a late score to Silverton right before halftime. The Foxes used that momentum to score 14 more points in the third quarter to tie up the game at 21. The Spartans scored again in the 4th to take the lead, however Silverton battled back to score one more time but could not convert the extra point giving the Spartans a much need league victory. Final score, 28-27.

In 2007, Corvallis High School Football team won the 5A State Championship against West Albany. They earned that title by going into triple overtime and winning with a successful field goal.

"After that season we lost a lot of key players and have we haven't been able to get to that same level of performance. We are working hard at being the team we all want to be." Head Coach, Chris McGowan.

This season started off slow with three straight loses for the team before winning their first game against Dallas. This seasons record is four wins and seven loses. Unfortunately they didn't make it past the first round of playoff.

The Spartans have a plan for changing all that for this for next season, right outside linebacker, Alberto Nunez, explains “We are spending a lot time doing individual drills in our positions. We are working with second string to make them the quality of first string players, so that we are stronger as a whole team. You are only as strong as your weakest player.”

Varsity player, Austin Waid, wants everyone to know that, “Everything that people say about the team doesn’t affect us because they aren’t the ones putting all the hard work into being better players. We are a young team with the right expectations for ourselves.” The entire Spartan varsity players are coming back to play next year, giving them a huge upper hand against rival teams in the upcoming season.