This article sponsored by Jamieson Produce and Y-1 Farms.
Jamieson Produce is an onion packing shed located in Vale, Oregon that packs and ships onions across the United States 12 months of the year. It has been in operation for nearly 40 years and currently employees about 50 people. Over the years our business has grown and to date we pack and ship over 100 million pounds of onions each year. We appreciate the quality onions our growers provide and the hard work our employees do every day. Jamieson Produce is owned by Doug and Terrie Maag and managed by Jeff Stubbs.
Y-1 Farms is located in Jamieson, Oregon and is owned by Doug and Terrie Maag and Corey and Mandi Maag. Various row crops such as onions, sugar beets, silage corn, alfalfa, and wheat are grown on nearly 2000 acres. The feed crops are used to provide feed for the feedlot they operate. Up to 12,000 head of cattle can be fed at Y-1 Farms. Y-1 Farms was established in 1985 but the Maag Family was farming before that. Doug farmed with his father, Warner Maag, for several years prior before purchasing his own farm. Y-1 Farms employs about 20 full-time employees to assist in operating the farm. We are extremely grateful for our employees and the hard work they provide.
John L. Braese
The coaches representing the boys’ basketball teams of the Eastern Oregon League convened Monday, Feb. 12 in Baker and made some decisions on who excelled this past season.
After the voting was completed, Umatilla junior Michael Montez was named Player of the Year for the league.
First year Vale coach Todd Gregory picked up the nod from his peers as Coach of the Year.
The regular season champion Vale Vikings had five players named to the list including Diesel Johnson, Colten Stepleton, Brooks Haueter, Luke McGourty and Ethan Mulvaney.
In addition to Montez, Umatilla saw three additional names including David Garcia, Mike McGee and RJ Estrada.
Riverside named a total of four players (Cooper Cemore, Ryley Lantis, Wyatt Browne and Jesus Pena).
Burns made the listing with four players also (Zane Perry-Kozeni, Jack Wright, Coltin Miller and Jaxson Hoyt).
The Pioneers of McLoughlin were represented by four players (Rajdeep Singh, Alejando Sandoval Gutierrez, Giovanny Sandoval-Robles and Alimker Garcia-Meza).
Player of the Year – Michael Montez (Umatilla)
Coach of the Year – Todd Gregory (Vale)
First Team
Diesel Johnson (Vale)
Cooper Cemore (Riverside)
Colten Stepleton (Vale)
Rajdeep Singh (McLoughlin)
Zane Perry-Kozeni (Burns)
Alejandro Sandoval Gutierrez (McLoughlin)
Second Team
Jack Wright (Burns)
David Garcia (Umatilla)
Ryley Lantis (Riverside)
Wyatt Browne (Riverside)
Brooks Haueter (Vale)
Mike McGee (Umatilla)
Tony Gomeza (Nyssa)
Luke McGourty (Vale)
Honorable Mention
Ethan Mulvaney (Vale)
RJ Estrada (Umatilla)
Jesus Pena (Riverside)
Almikar Garcia-Meza (McLoughlin)
Giovanny Sandoval-Robles (McLoughlin)
Coltin Miller (Burns)
Jaxson Hoyt (Burns)
Fransisco Miranda (Nyssa)
Carlos Ramirez (Nyssa)
