Sept. 11 Statewide 3A Football Coaches Poll

OSAAtoday presents its weekly 3A Football Coaches Poll. Thanks to all the coaches who took the time and had the expertise to contribute their opinions to this endeavor.

Look for the 3A football poll every Wednesday during the fall season.

If you are a varsity 3A football coach and would like to vote, please contact John Tawa at [email protected].

Please note: these polls are for generating interest and discussion only and have no impact on the OSAA’s RPI and Colley ratings that form the basis of the OSAA’s rankings for playoff purposes.

1. Rainier (4) [1] 1-0 98

2. Santiam Christian (3) [6] 1-0 94

3. Cascade Christian (3) [3] 1-0 87

4. Amity (2) [4] 1-0 84

5. Vale (1) [5] 1-0 46

6. Scio [nr] 1-0 38

7. Madras [7] 1-0 36

8. Clatskanie [2] 0-1 34

9. Hidden Valley [nr] 1-0 32

10. St. Mary’s, Medford [10] 0-1 31

First-place votes in parentheses

Last ranking in brackets

Record listed is what’s posted on www.osaa.org.

Others receiving significant votes: Burns (17); Taft (15); La Pine (13); Blanchet Catholic (12); South Umpqua (12); Brookings-Harbor (11); Pleasant Hill (10); Yamhill-Carlton (10)

Notes: Reigning champion Rainier’s defense forced six turnovers -- getting interceptions from Stone Ware, Brandon Isaacson, Korbin Howell and Trevor Carr and fumble recoveries from Howell and Nate Gaines -- in a 22-0 win over Kennedy, last year's 2A champion. … Kristian Fralich ran for a touchdown and returned punts 60 and 52 yards for scores to lead Cascade Christian to a 52-13 win over Phoenix. … Amity converted a late fumble into the go-ahead touchdown with 20 seconds left -- a pass from Keenan Graham to Kane Black -- to get past St. Mary’s 34-32. Graham was 16 of 25 for 252 yards and five touchdowns, two each to Black and Josh Wart -- to offset four touchdown passes by the Crusaders’ Aliiloa Kaeo-Wailehua. … Vale rushed for 222 yards to outlast Parma (Idaho) 27-26. ... Yamhill-Carlton quarterback Jaime Garcia accounted for five touchdowns (four rushing) in a 49-34 win over Warrenton, which got four scoring passes from Jacob Morrow, two to Austin Little (197 yards).