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The 42-room Cannon Beach resort is the only property in the Pacific Northwest that made the cut for Travel+Leisure’s list of the “15 Best Beach Resorts in the U.S.”
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Oregon’s defense received a significant boost Friday as outside linebacker Nasir Wyatt, ESPN’s No. 38 recruit in the 2025 class and No. 2 player from California, announced his commitment to play for the Ducks.
Wyatt, who plays for Southern California power Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, chose Oregon over Tennessee and Texas, where he also took visits. He told ESPN that the experience Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi and coach Dan Lanning had in developing top outside linebackers steered him toward the program.
“Tosh, he already has a plan put in store for me that allows me to do everything I do best,” Wyatt told ESPN. “When I go up there, he’s going to be able to teach me so much about the game, just because him and Lanning have so much edge background. [Lanning] being the defensive coordinator at Georgia, he had Travon Walker and all those guys from that defense that went in the first round. Having him at Oregon as the head coach, it’s having two defensive-minded coaches to better my edge skills.
“I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity.”
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Wyatt had 14 sacks and 21 tackles for loss last season for Mater Dei. He said both Lupoi and Lanning made comparisons between his game and those of players from their past stops, such as Alabama’s Rashaan Evans, whom Lupoi coached as a Tide assistant, and Georgia’s Nolan Smith.
“Coach Lanning said a lot of my measurements resemble [Smith] and not your typical 6-5 guys, but they can still make it up at 6-2, 6-3, 220, 230, but be able to make it fly, that’s what Tosh and Lanning are looking for,” Wyatt said. “Looking at every college and how they wanted me to play in their defense, Oregon just had a different energy and a different feel.”
In 2023, Oregon experienced a 17.5% increase in cranberry production compared to the previous year, attributed to favorable weather and growing conditions. Despite a 5% decrease in the overall U.S. cranberry harvest, Oregon’s output contrasted positively, as reported by USDA data. Oregon’s cranberries, constituting about 5% of the national harvest, are noted for their deep red color and high proanthocyanidin (PAC) content.
Cal Bewicke, CEO of Ethical Naturals Inc. (ENI), highlighted the challenges faced in 2022 with the supply of high-grade cranberries and the anticipation of better pricing and supply conditions into 2024 due to Oregon’s robust harvest. ENI, which launched its Cranberex ingredient in 2017, has observed increasing demand for high-quality cranberry extracts, especially from the European market, amidst global supply constraints. Cranberry, as a herbal dietary supplement, ranked sixth in the mainstream multi-outlet channel in the US in 2022, with significant sales figures reported.
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Oregon will look to build on its 12-2 season from one year ago under second-year offensive coordinator Will Stein and third-year head coach Dan Lanning.
Lanning spoke to the success Stein has had since arriving in Eugene as the Ducks prepare for their jump to the Big Ten Conference this fall.
“I just think that he does a great job as a coach and working with other coaches, a really collaborative effort,” Lanning said during spring training. “I think he has a great vision of exactly what we want to look like and articulates that vision. He’s brought some great, you know, ideas. He’s one that is always constantly studying what other things exist and doesn’t have an ego. I think that’s really important in this profession. You got to figure out where you can improve and grow. Will’s done an outstanding job of doing that.”
He came into his own down the stretch last season during his first season as OC. Once Oregon got rolling, Stein deserves a lot of credit for how the Ducks shredded defenses all of last year. An entire offseason with Dan Lanning in Eugene will only help in that regard.
Stein came to Oregon after serving as a co-offensive coordinator at UTSA in 2022, but last season marked his first running an offense on his own. With that in mind, the numbers he put up were quite impressive, though there’s certainly room for him to improve being so young in his career.
The Ducks will likely face tougher defenses next season with their transition to the Big Ten Conference. Add in the fact that a lot of their offensive production came through former quarterback Bo Nix, who finished third in last season’s Heisman voting, and leading rusher Bucky Irving.
Oregon went out to get Dillon Gabriel out of the NCAA transfer portal this offseason to replace Nix, now a Denver Bronco, at quarterback. He’ll also have Tez Johnson, who had 86 catches for 1,182 yards and 10 touchdowns this past season, back as the Ducks’ top receiver.
This past season at Oklahoma, Gabriel had arguably the best season of his career yet. He finished with 3,660 yards, 30 touchdowns, six interceptions, a 69.3% completion percentage, 373 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.
Throughout his five-year college career, Gabriel has 14,865 yards, 125 touchdowns, 26 interceptions, a 63.1% completion percentage, 1,060 rushing yards and 26 rushing touchdowns. With that kind of resume behind him, there was no better candidate in the portal to take over Oregon’s starting quarterback job in year two of Will Stein’s offense.
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