Meet the teams Football

MEET THE TEAMS

Sport: Football

Head Coach: Matt Cochran

Total years coaching: 26

Number of years at present school: 21

Assistant coaches: Matt Davis, Caleb Noland, Josh VanSlyke

Last year's record: 6-5

Last year's conference record/standing: 4-2/Second (tied)

This year's strengths: We should have pretty good depth, With 41 kids out, that depth allows us to do more things. There will be much competition for starting spots, and that should help us overall. We have several kids that started last year, so our experience should be a plus, too.  We will be much more physical than we have recently. This group is full of hard-nosed kids. We will also be big up front which we have been lacking for awhile.

This year's weaknesses: We will have a few new starters so just learning the offensive and defensive systems we run.

Offense/Defense this season: Offense: Split-back veer  Defense: 4-4 will be our base

Players lost to graduation: Logan Harris, Connor Pruitt, Tanner Pitts, Zachary Shannon, Jacob Weeks, Peyton Reynolds, Dylon Novovesky, Zach Ball, Nick Bunch

Returning lettermen:  Nick Preston, Hunter Steen, Cameron Tallman, Gavin Reed, Kyler Six, Anson Johnson, James Keating,Dylan Bell, Josh Collins, Dakota Harris, Noah Koehler

Seniors: Seth Baker, Dylan Bell, Josh Collins, Denton Cunningham, Chase Dillon-Newport, Nick Preston

Probable Starters (class, post-season honors):

There are several starting positions still up for grabs so this isn’t set in stone.

Offense:

QB - Hunter Steen - Jr.

RB - James Keating - Jr.

RB - Cameron Tallman - Jr.

SB - Gavin Reed - Jr.

WR - Cooper Mead - So./ Dakota Harris - Jr.

TE - Nicholas Preston - Sr.

C - Evan Tolle - Jr.

G - Kyler Six - So.

G - Josh Collins - Sr.

T - Anson Johnson - Jr. (HM All-Conference)

T - Keaton Cook - Fr. / Cody Westmoreland - Jr. / Dylan Bell - Sr.

Defense:

DT - Anson Johnson - Jr.

DT - Evan Tolle - Jr.

DE - Josh Collins - Sr.

DE - Brody Ford - So./ Seth Baker - Sr. / Keaton Cook - Fr.

ILB - James Keating - Jr.

ILB - Cameron Tallman - Jr.

OLB - Dakota Harris - Jr.

OLB - Nicholas Preston - Sr.

CB - Gavin Reed - Jr.

CB - Hunter Steen - Jr.

S - Cooper Mead - So.

Punter: Cameron Tallman - Jr.

Kicker: Noah Koehler - Jr. (2nd Team All-Conference)

Comments: The kids have really bought into the team concept. Practices have been going really well. This should be a fun team to watch. We have a good group of upperclassmen that are really physical. If we can stay away from injuries, the sky’s the limit for these guys. We are all really looking forward to getting the season underway.