KATU News story on Butch Evans

KATU News was at practice last thursday to come and check out Battlin' for Butch

Battlin' for Butch

A regular at every game and even 6:30 A.M. practices since his son started attending LC, Butch Evans serves as an encouragement and as an essential part of the Pioneer family. Shawn Evans, Butch's son, is no stranger to awards and honors, and this father-son tandem is an integral part of our program.Family is a word that gets thrown around by many different sports programs across the country from little league to major league. But it is not a word that gets treated lightly at Lewis and Clark. While having 2 father-son coaching tandems as a model for real family relationships, the Pioneers attitude of a family willing to fight for eachother is something we take pride in. Butch Evans was diagnosed with cancer 5 years ago, and Shawn, originally playing football away from home, decided to transfer back to his native Oregon to be near his father while finishing out his football career. The Pioneer family is pulling together to fight for one of our own. Butch has shown his love not only for his son but also the family at LC and we are hoping to give something back to the Evans family that has done so much for us. In an effort to alleviate medical costs the Pios are raising money by selling wristbands, like this one, for $3. Feel free to contact Louis Baltazar, Dan Curtin, Joe Kopp and Lamar Curry or any member of the Pio Family to get one of these bands that carry the words "Battling for Butch." Find out more opportunities through our facebook page Battling for Butch, or stay tuned here for more updates.

Pios After Graduation

Ryan Lockard [pictured on the far left] graduated in the class of 2007, since then Ryan has not left his football career behind. Along with helping coach the Pioneers to their best seasons in years, Lockard continues his playing days, but a on a different continent. Lockard loves his status as Professional Football player, and who wouldn't. This season Ryan Lockard will be playing for the Warsaw Eagles, out of Warsaw, Poland. If you can read Polish, click on the picture to see the article.

We'll stay updated on his season, we wish him good luck.

Pioneer Football Loses a Legend

Lewis and Clark Football legend Fred Wilson passed away yesterday at the age of 85. Prior to Coach Fred Wilson's attendance at LC, he served in the U.S. Air Force and attended the University of Oregon. Wilson transferred to LC and prior to graduating in 1951, he led the Pioneer team to an undefeated season and a 61-7 Pear Bowl victory over San Fransisco State as an All-Conference back. Wilson returned to Lewis and Clark to coach many sports, and coached football for 20 years, earning 3 NWC championships. Wilson was named a District 2 NAIA Coach of the Year and is a 5 time inductee into the Pioneer Hall of Fame. His name has graced the playing field at Griswold Stadium since 2006 and will forever remain in the hearts of the Pioneer family. He will be missed greatly by all of us.

All-Region Honor

Shawn Evans was selected by d3football.com to the All-West Region Team for his outstanding performance this season as a TE/ WR. The entire team can be viewed here at d3football.com

6 All-Conference Honors and 5 Honorable Mentions

All-Northwest Conference

Offense:

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Keith Welch -QB-1st Team
Curtis Smith -OL-1st Team
Joevante Mayes -RB-2nd Team
Shawn Evans -WR- 2nd Team

Defense:

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Dan Curtin -LB- 2nd Team
Chris Kelly -DB- 2nd Team

Honorable Mention:

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Louis Baltazar-LB-
Harrison Keller-RB-
Shawn Kelly -DB-
Riley Mitchell -DL-
Disan Suarez -S-

Mitchell and Evans make the Team of the Week

Riley Mitchell (Jr.) and Shawn Evans (Jr.) made d3football.com's team of the week for their performances at Puget Sound on Oct. 23.



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