Young Cedarcrest football team aims high

Coming off a strong 2009 season, the Cedarcrest varsity football team is aiming high in what would normally be a rebuilding year.

Coming off a strong 2009 season, the Cedarcrest varsity football team is aiming high in what would normally be a rebuilding year.

“We are a young team,” said seven-year head coach Jason Frederick. “We graduated a lot of seniors last year.”

Top newcomers include Nick Gagner, Martin Vakamoce, Zac Wilhelm, Axel Ellsworth and Josh Davidson. Frederick also has a corps of returners to count on, including Jared Klingenberg, Paul Wilen, Tanner Marty, Clayton Fleming, Chris Dowd and Justin Houser.

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“We are working to finish toward the top in league,” said Frederick, whose goal for the Red Wolves is to “become a team and form a strong brotherhood.”

Recent Cedarcrest graduates on the gridiron at college level include Jacob Kreigbaum, in his first year at Whitworth, and Evan Schreurs, a freshman at Pacific University.

Assistants include George Anderson, Scott Henry, Jerrell Wills, Dave Ryles, Hal Webb, Mike Miyoshi and Rick Grey.