Editor’s Note: Pete Porter was Sports and Religion Editor of The New Era for 16 years, until he retired in 1995. He wrote a popular weekly column called Pete’s Pot-Shots that focused on area athletes. He lives in Albany and he and his wife, Ruth, enjoy traveling and writing about family history.
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After viewing the Oregonian’s Class 3A All-State football team in the December 28 issue, suddenly the sports writing “itch” came upon this…