The 2010 football season for the Tillamook Cheesemakers was one of a great start and then injuries happened and took its toll on the team. Although the team finished 4-6 and lost a play in game to eventual semi-finalist Gladstone, we will never know for sure what may have been if the players would have remained health. A total of 11 starters missed at least one game with nine starters out of the play in game. What was impressive about this group of young men is how the younger players stepped up and filled in for the players that were hurt and did an incredible job.
One of the best examples of this was the game against Yamhill-Carlton. Our starting quarterback and running back had been hurt in the game the previous week. We were already down seven starters from previous injuries. We put Timber Klahn at QB and Chaz Kulua at the tailback position and, with the rest of the team, rallied around as a group of young men and defeated YC 40-22. It allowed us to go onto the next week with a play-in game against Gladstone.
Although, the season did not turn out like we wanted, there is something to be said about a group of young men staying together and giving all they had for each other, the school and their community. Needless to say, these points may be the best things these young men will take away from their football season.
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