HERMISTON — Defensive end Tre Neal provided big stops on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter, and his teammates took care of the rest as the South came from behind for a 16-14 win over the North on Saturday in the 2016 Les Schwab Tires Bowl at Hillsboro Stadium.
Neal, a recent Hermiston High graduate who will attend and play football at Eastern Washington University in the fall, was named Lineman of the Game for the South after finishing with seven tackles (two solo) and 2.5 tackles for loss.
“It was a great honor,” he said. “There was a lot of great linemen there from all over Oregon.”
Neal was held without a sack, but twice got into the backfield to drag down North running back King Weatherly (Beaverton) to thwart the North’s attempts to seal the win in the fourth quarter.
“That’s usually how I go out,” Neal said of a productive second half. “I do about half as good in the first half, I’m more of a second-half player.
“I feel like I did, for not practicing or having training since the end of the season, I feel like did OK.”
The North took a 14-10 lead on a 26-yard pass to start the fourth quarter, but saw its first full drive of the quarter end after Neal and linebacker Lukas Adams (Sherwood) met Weatherly in the backfield for a loss of two on third-and-one.
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