Clearwater Valley

Clearwater Valley’s Tiago Pickering outruns the Timberline defense during a jamboree in Kooskia on Aug. 19.

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The wins came against Logos of Moscow, Troy and Kamiah.

An advantage the Rams have coming into this season is several letterwinners and longtime starters are returning. Senior quarterback/ linebacker Anthony Fabbi is back for his senior season after throwing for 13 touchdowns, rushing for three touchdowns, having a receiving touchdown and throwing only four interceptions. “Fabbi throws the ball well, but he’s also an athlete back there,” Hutchens said. “He’s another weapon for us behind center. “We got speed on the outside with our (receivers) and all that, and we can line up and run the ball too. Hopefully that translates to (success).”

The aforementioned running game

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n Anthony Fabbi is entering his third year as starting quarterback and also is a starting linebacker. n Austin Curtis is in his third season as the starting center. n Senior guard Isaac Goodwin is coming off a shoulder injury. n Bass Myers is a versatile player who will see plenty of time all around the field. He’ll play at linebacker, tight end and running back. n Anthony Carter will see time at defensive end as well as running back as one of several players trying to replace the production of the graduated Dylan Pickering.

will be without Dylan Pickering, who had 909 yards rushing and 12 total touchdowns on 7.3 yards per carry. Pickering’s spot will be filled with a combination of seniors Anthony Carter and Keegan Robeson, junior Bass Myers and Pickering’s younger brother and sophomore, Tiago. All are two-way starters, and Tiago Pickering pulls triple duty as a returner for the Rams.

Despite the many returners, Clearwater Valley still has to contend with the Prairie Pirates, who have gone a combined 15-2 in the past two seasons and made it to the quarterfinal round of the 2021 postseason, and the Lapwai Wildcats, who advanced to the semifinal round of the playoffs. “You seriously have four or five teams who have a shot (at winning the league),” Hutchens said. “At the end of the day, there’s Prairie, and we keep saying that until someone proves otherwise, they’re the favorite. Saying it is one thing, but you have to go out there and do it.”

Kowatsch can be reached at tkowatsch@lmtribune.com, (208) 8482268 or on Twitter @tkseahawk13.

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