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Barnum guest speaker for annual high school football award banquet

National Football Foundation to hand out scholarships

By Paul Danzer, Columbian Soccer, hockey and Community Sports Reporter
Published: January 15, 2016, 11:16pm

Portland State football coach Bruce Barnum, a Clark County resident, is scheduled to speak on Wednesday at an awards event for area high school football players.

The Clark County Chapter of the National Football Foundation will hold its annual event at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Hudson’s Bay High School.

A total of 29 seniors from Southwest Washington high school football teams have been nominated for six scholarship awards that will be handed out during the program. Three linemen and three backs will receive scholarships valued at $3,500, $2,500 and $1,500.

Each area high school was invited to nominate two players for the NFF scholarships. Players nominated this year are: Jordan Del Moral and Liam Fitzgerald of Camas, Alex McGarry and Garrett McKee of Columbia River, Kyle Guler and Ulices Isordia of Columbia-White Salmon, Dallas Goodpaster of Evergreen, Duncan Crawford of Fort Vancouver, Fred Davis and Tyler Van Buskirk of Heritage, Will Ortner and Peter Schultz-Rathbun of Hockinson, Anthony Huser and Dustin Johnson of King’s Way Christian, Zachary Galster and John Sullivan of La Center, Preston Jones and Chris Mitchell of Mountain View, Noah Scherwinski of Seton Catholic, Jefferson Kiyasu and Jim Rowe of Skyview, Isaac Adams of Stevenson, Zach Berfanger and Jordan Lawson of Union, Logan Black and Michael Martin of Ridgefield, Brody Oberg of Washougal, and Jared Cloud and Christian Mendez of Woodland.

Since the Clark County chapter was founded by Gery Gehrmann in 1992, more than $300,000 in scholarship money has been presented by the local NFF chapter. Gehrmann resigned last year as chapter president. Rick Fields has taken over as president.

In addition to recognizing the players, four other annual awards will be presented during Wednesday’s event.

Jullian Williams of Skyview will receive the John Hadley Award, which recognizes an assistant football coach. Larry Peck of Battle Ground will be presented the Gary Boggs Award which honors a head coach. Larry McCutcheon, longtime coach at Columbia-White Salmon, will be honored for outstanding contributions to amateur football. Rudy Diericks will receive the chapter’s Distinguished American Award.

In his first season as Portland State’s head coach, Barnum guided the Vikings to a 9-3 record, including a 9-2 regular season that was the best in school history at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Barnum was named the FCS National Coach of the Year.

Tickets for the event cost $15 and can be purchased at the door, or in advance by calling Marty Fields at 360-513-9736. Tickets can also be purchased online through Eventbrite.com.

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Columbian Soccer, hockey and Community Sports Reporter