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COPYRIGHT © 2020 PRINTED ON POST CONSUMER PAPER VARSITY SCHEDULE VARSITY SCHEDULE 2020 SPRAGUE FOOTBALL 2020 SPRAGUE FOOTBALL MARCH MARCH MARCH 05 12 19 LEBANONAT NORTHVS SALEM MCNARYVS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL LEBANON SPRAGUE SPRAGUE 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM MARCH APRIL APRIL 26 02 09 MCKAYAT SOUTHAT SALEM WESTVS SALEM HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MCKAY SOUTH SALEM SPRAGUE 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR UPDATES VISIT: OLYATHLETICS.COM HOME GAME AWAY GAME COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF 2020>>A SPRAGUE MESSAGE FOOTBALL FROM THE FOOTBALL 2020 SPRAGUE FOOTBALL KARY HADDEN >> ASSISTANT COACH/JV HEAD COACH Coach Kary Hadden brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Olympian HEAD COACH staff again in 2018. Coach Hadden has been coaching football wrestling and track in Salem for over 31 years. He has coached everything from the quarterbacks to WELCOME TO THE 2021 SPRAGUE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON. During linebackers. Coach Hadden began his career coaching and teaching at his Alma the Covid situation, we have worked hard to keep the players and coaches spirits up and look Matter North Salem High School. For the past 29 years he has been roaming the forward to getting on the field this Spring. sidelines here at Sprague. Coach Hadden was also the Head Wrestling Coach for Our goal is to build and improve upon an athletic program that enriches our students through hard work, the Olys through the 2014/2015 season. He has won 12 league titles and his teams cooperation, and enthusiasm. We are constantly impressed by the dedication shown by our players and have finished in the top 10 at the State meet 15 times. He is a 3 time State Coach of cannot wait to see what they are capable of not only during tonight’s game, but into the future as well. the Year and was inducted into the National Coaches Hall of Fame in 2013. On behalf of the football program, I would also like to thank GameDay Media and the local business At North Salem Coach Hadden played quarterback for the Vikings and was a sponsors for their help in supporting our efforts in creating such a high-quality program. Please consider standout wrestler. He was a 2 time district champion and finished 3rd in the State supporting our sponsors with your business and be sure to thank them for supporting Sprague Football. wrestling meet. He went on to wrestle all four years at Oregon State University. Lastly, to those who have supported us in the past and to those who are supporting us now, to our Coach Hadden began his teaching career at North Salem as an English teacher sponsors, our community, our administration, our families and friends, we say STAY HEALTHY – WEAR A before moving to Sprague and switching to the gym where he taught PE and Weight Training until his retirement this previous schoolyear. Coach Hadden and his wife MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS and THANK YOU! Denise have been married for 34 years and have two children and a granddaughter. GO OLYS! Daughter Nichole (32) and son Ryan (30). NOLAN HARRIS >> ASSISTANT COACH/JV II Coach Minyard This will be Coach Nolan Harris’ 7th year with the Olys for the second time around. Varsity Head Coach Coach Harris began his coaching career as an assistant wrestling coach at Southern Oregon University in Ashland. He returned to coach the Oly’s football and wrestling JAY MINYARD >> VARSITY HEAD COACH teams from 2004-2007 before returning to southern Oregon and North Medford High School. Coach Harris was an assistant football coach and led the Black Tornado Coach Minyard is in his 28th year as a High School Football Coach. He spent 6 as the schools Head Wrestling Coach from 2007 through the spring of 2013. Coach years as an assistant with stops at his alma matter, Dallas high school, McKay and Harris was named the Southwestern Conference Wrestling Coach of the Year in South Albany where he was Defensive Coordinator from 1995-1997. In 1998 he 2008. In 2015 Coach Harris was named head coach of the Oly’s wrestling program; would become head coach at South Albany and lead the Rebels to a league title in In his first two season he led the Olys to two district titles and a 9th and 2nd place 2000. He was head football coach at North Salem from 2001-2003 before joining finishes at the state tournament. McKays staff as an assistant in 2004. In 2005 Coach Minyard again took the reigns as the head coach at McKayHigh School and led the Royal Scots to the playoffs 4 At Sprague Coach Harris was an excellent football player for the Olys’s and an of his 7 years at the school. 2012 was Coach Minyards first year as the Head Coach exceptional wrestler for Coach Hadden. On the football field he earned all league at Sprague and the Olys had an impressive season finishing 10-2 and reaching the honors as a defensive back and punt returner including the Valley League Special State Quarterfinals. He would follow it up with a League Championship in 2013. Teams Player of the Year. On the wrestling mat Coach Harris was a 3 time state In only seven seasons at the helm of the Olys coach Minyard has racked up an placer with over 100 career victories. He attended Southern Oregon University and impressive 52-22 record, and reaching the quarterfinals twice. Coach Minyard has wrestled for the Raiders. While at SOU Coach Harris became Team Captain and was been the Valley League Coach of the Year three times, 1998, 2000 and 2013. a 3 time NAIA All-American. He is also a member of the 2001 NAIA Wrestling National Championship team. In 2007 he earned his Masters of Arts in Teaching from Western Coach Minyard grew up in nearby Dallas Oregon where he was a 4 year letterman Oregon and began teaching Language Arts at North Medford. Coach Harris’ wife of for the Dragons under legendary Oregon High School Coach Ron August. He also 10 years, Mary, is a nurse, the couple has three sons, Jacob, Joshua and Samuel. lettered in Wrestling and Track and Field. Dallas would be crowned State Football Champions during Coach Minyards sophomore season, 1986 and again reached the game in 1988 but ultimately fall short. Coach Minyard was an Honerable Mention DB as a junior and earned 1st team as a senior. He moved on to nearby Western Oregon to play defensive back for the Wolfpack earning All League honors in 1994. Coach Minyard earned his Bachelors in Physical Education from WOSC in 1996 and his Masters in Education in 2001. He has been the Strength and Conditioning teacher at each of the schools he has coached at. Coach Minyard lives in West Salem and is still very close to his parents, Pam and Jack Minyard of Dallas. Bill Montagne Jody Saunders Michael Putnam Soren Sorensen ASSISTANT COACH/JV II ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF 2020 SPRAGUE FOOTBALL 2020 SPRAGUE FOOTBALL BRENT CHARLES >> ASSISTANT COACH/JV II HEAD COACH AARON LAWSON >> ASSISTANT COACH Brent Charles brings over 21 years of coaching experience as the leader of Coach Lawson brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Olys defensive our Freshman Football program. Coach Charles began his coaching career front. After a promising career at Willamette University Coach Lawson spent two as the Defensive Coordinator and Head JV coach for the Monroe High School years coaching in Europe, one season for the Tyrolean Raiders of Austria and Dragons. From 1992-1994 he coached football as well as Track and Field at the one season with the Vienna Vikings. After returning from overseas he returned to school. From 1995-1997 he would take up the same positions at nearby Regis Willamette and was an assistant for two seasons. Coach Lawson would move south High School.