Prep football: Former Portland State teammates face off as coaches in Glencoe-Barlow play-in game
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It's been 27 years since quarterback Terry Summerfield tossed 50 passes and six touchdowns to wide receiver Steve Jones to help Portland State win a conference title.
"We could really take it to defenses," said Jones, who accounted for a team-high 628 of Summerfield's 2,038 passing yards for the Vikings in 1984. "We audibilized at the line of scrimmage together and got to know each other's tendencies so well. We became good friends. We were really inseparable."
The former teammates have kept in touch through the years, aided by a similar line of work. Summerfield is the football coach at Barlow in Gresham and Jones is the coach at Glencoe in Hillsboro.
They have never faced each other on opposing sidelines, which brought smiles to their faces when the play-in matchups were revealed last weekend.
Glencoe and Barlow will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at Hare Field with a berth in the first round of the OSAA playoffs at stake.
"We've definitely had a few conversations this week, but they're not too serious because he's a funny guy," said Jones, who had Summerfield as a groomsman in his December 1984 wedding to wife, Laurie. "The thing I appreciate about Terry so much it's that he's so much more than wins and losses. He's about creating young men. We don't talk about records when we talk. We talk about the great kids we have."
Of course, both coaches want to spend more time with their players, raising the stakes for tonight's win-or-go-home game. Coming off a frustrating 2-8 record in 2011, the Crimson Tide (5-4) feel energized after posting a winning record.
"We don't want this season to end," Jones said. "There are different levels of teams in this 6A. We've gotten out of the bottom and we're not quite at the top. So I'm definitely in favor of this play-in."
Barlow (2-7) has similar feelings after finishing tied for third in the Mt. Hood Conference with a 2-3 league record. Jones said the Bruins' record is deceiving because six of their losses were by 14 points or fewer.
"They've been in all of their games this year," Jones said.
Glencoe enters tonight on a three-game losing streak, but feels better prepared after facing three playoff teams (Century, McMinnville, Tualatin) in that stretch.
The Crimson Tide will also receive a confidence boost with the return of senior wide receiver/running back Jake Weddle, who missed most of the last two games with an injury.
"The kids are excited and feel grateful that they have a chance to play," Jones said. "We feel very fortunate, but we're under the gun. Like I told the team, 'Well, this is it boys. We can stay together for another week or go home. "'What's it going to be?'"
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It's been 27 years since quarterback Terry Summerfield tossed 50 passes and six touchdowns to wide receiver Steve Jones to help Portland State win a conference title.
"We could really take it to defenses," said Jones, who accounted for a team-high 628 of Summerfield's 2,038 passing yards for the Vikings in 1984. "We audibilized at the line of scrimmage together and got to know each other's tendencies so well. We became good friends. We were really inseparable."
The former teammates have kept in touch through the years, aided by a similar line of work. Summerfield is the football coach at Barlow in Gresham and Jones is the coach at Glencoe in Hillsboro.
They have never faced each other on opposing sidelines, which brought smiles to their faces when the play-in matchups were revealed last weekend.
Glencoe and Barlow will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at Hare Field with a berth in the first round of the OSAA playoffs at stake.
"We've definitely had a few conversations this week, but they're not too serious because he's a funny guy," said Jones, who had Summerfield as a groomsman in his December 1984 wedding to wife, Laurie. "The thing I appreciate about Terry so much it's that he's so much more than wins and losses. He's about creating young men. We don't talk about records when we talk. We talk about the great kids we have."
Of course, both coaches want to spend more time with their players, raising the stakes for tonight's win-or-go-home game. Coming off a frustrating 2-8 record in 2011, the Crimson Tide (5-4) feel energized after posting a winning record.
"We don't want this season to end," Jones said. "There are different levels of teams in this 6A. We've gotten out of the bottom and we're not quite at the top. So I'm definitely in favor of this play-in."
Barlow (2-7) has similar feelings after finishing tied for third in the Mt. Hood Conference with a 2-3 league record. Jones said the Bruins' record is deceiving because six of their losses were by 14 points or fewer.
"They've been in all of their games this year," Jones said.
Glencoe enters tonight on a three-game losing streak, but feels better prepared after facing three playoff teams (Century, McMinnville, Tualatin) in that stretch.
The Crimson Tide will also receive a confidence boost with the return of senior wide receiver/running back Jake Weddle, who missed most of the last two games with an injury.
"The kids are excited and feel grateful that they have a chance to play," Jones said. "We feel very fortunate, but we're under the gun. Like I told the team, 'Well, this is it boys. We can stay together for another week or go home. "'What's it going to be?'"
