Ever since Nelson opened its doors five years ago, high school football fans throughout Oregon considered the Hawks a powerhouse in waiting.

This season, the waiting is over. The Hawks have emerged as one of Class 6A’s top teams with a bunch of players who came into the year as unknowns but have become key cogs on a team that has won the program’s first Mt. Hood Conference championship and earned the No. 2 seed in the 6A championship bracket.

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