Head coach: David Hunt (9th year, 47-27).
Assistants: Robin Miller.
2024-25: 4-5, 3-3 Special District 2 (third). Lost to South Wasco County in first round of state playoffs.
Top returners: Bryan Malone, jr., OL/DL; Jonathan Morris, jr., RB/OL/LB; Chyson Hayes, jr., OL/DL; Joe Young, soph., TE/LB; Asher Meisner, soph., TE/LB.
Others to watch: Jeremy Poer, jr., TE/DB; Owen Fain, soph., TE/DE; Tanner Angle, soph., RB/DB.
Top newcomers: Liam James, fr., QB/LB; Drew Sawyer, sr., E/DB; Ty Sawyer, jr., RB/LB; Quinton Halstead, soph., TE/LB; Ellie Halstead, fr., RB/DB.
Key dates:
- Season opener, Saturday vs. Griswold.
- Special District 2 opener: Sept. 19 vs. defending state champion Powers.
- Homecoming & senior night: Oct. 17 vs. McKenzie.
Notes:
- The Wolves will host five games at Peña Community Field, their most since 2017. Two of its three road trips are long ones to Gilchrist and North Lake.
- Days Creek’s non-league opponents, Griswold and Condon, are both independent programs playing their first years of 6-man football.
- Hunt coached in the 6-man all-star game in La Grande last summer along with graduated seniors Keegan Stufflebeam and Isaiah Sprague.
- Malone is a returning honorable mention all-state selection as a lineman.
