Hometown Report: Class of 2022 grads making their college debuts
Aug. 17—The stage is bigger and the lights a little brighter for a group of former Clatsop County athletes who will be making their appearance at the collegiate level beginning this month.
A few Class of 2022 graduates are already suited up and ready to play this fall, including Seaside's Lawson Talamantez (Eastern Oregon football) and Warrenton's Avyree Miethe (volleyball at Blue Mountain Community College).
Talamantez and the Mountaineers open their season Aug. 27 in La Grande against Montana Tech.
Meanwhile, Miethe was in action Tuesday (along with Naselle's Peyton Dalton), when the Timberwolves opened the 2022 season at Walla Walla University.
In cross-country, Warrenton's Zander Moha is ready to run for Corban University in Salem, with the first meet (Cascade Collegiate Conference) scheduled for Sept. 9.
More local athletes will begin their college careers in the winter and spring.
Two Warrenton wrestlers have added their names to college rosters, signing letters of intent with Oregon schools.
Parker Greenawald (fourth place at state, 145 pounds), will wrestle at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay; and teammate Alex Tapia (second place at state, 170) signed with Linfield University in McMinnville.
Meanwhile, former Warrior baseball player Jake Morrow, who recently completed his freshman season at Linn-Benton and initially was headed for the University of Washington, will suit up for the Washington State Cougars next school year.
Other signees among recently graduated seniors include Astoria's Colton McMaster.
The multistate champion thrower for the Fishermen track team will compete at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Other Class of 2022 Seaside athletes moving on to the next level include Cash Corder (Umpqua Community College basketball), Carson Kawasoe (Santa Clara golf) and Ryan Smith (Mt. Hood track).
Football players close out prep careers
While some athletes are moving on to the next level, three recently suited up and played their last football games as high school athletes.
Astoria's Trey Woodrich and Brayden Worwood, and Knappa's Tanner Jackson all played for the West squad in the annual East-West Shrine Game held Aug. 6 in Baker City.
Jackson went out with a bang, catching seven passes for 60 yards, including an 8-yard reception for the game's first touchdown.
The West won in overtime, 17-14, the first time in 69 years that the Shrine Game went to an overtime period.
