Portland State Magazine Fall 2008

GET ALL OF THE LATEST sports news at www.GoViks.com . Game stories, statistics, schedules, and much more are available and updated daily. You can also hear and/or see game broadcasts. Buy season and single game tickets online at www GoViks.com or call 1-888-VIK-TIKS or 503-725-3307. New talent NEW IS THE operative word for chis sea– son's footbal l team. More than half the players are new recruits and of these, two-thirds are freshmen. In his second season as head coach, Jerry G lanville, and his assiscanc coaches, includ– ing offensive coordinacor, Mouse Davis, looked at hundreds of prospects in Oregon, Washingcon, California, Texas, and Hawaii. "Coach Glanville has a lot of concaccs in Texas, so we had three coaches there chis year for the first rime," says Jim Crafr, recruiting coordinacor and offensive line coach. "I chink you could add Arizona and even Georgia co chat list because we kept finding kids who'd like co play for him." However, Sisters, Oregon, is the homecown of one of che team's most promising freshmen. Wide receiver Cory McCaffrey is simply the most prolific runner in Oregon high school football hiscory. In three years, he gained 8,460 yards, which ranks him 16th nationally and 3,000 yards better than the next best coral in Oregon high school hiscory. As a senior he rushed for a state record of 2,925 years, 46 tonchdowns, and his team made the Oregon 4A stare championship game. "We are really excited about Cory," says wide receiver coach Kevin Strasser. "He has a lot of talent and is hard-working. Can he help us this year? Come co a game and find our." Last year, the Vikings finished sixth in the Big ky race, 3-5, and 3-8 for the season. They were exciting games with 416 poincs scored in the five home competitions for an average of 83.2 combined points per game. See the Vikings play at PGE Park Saturday, Ocr. 4, at 1 p.m. in the Big Sky Conference home opener against Ea.seem Washingcon. WINNING VOLLEYBALL WOMEN RETURN FALL 2008 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZ IN E 19