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New Coaching Era’s Begin in Alva

Bruce Dollar at Alva High School Alan Hall at Northwestern

2012 Area Football PreviewAlva Review-Courier/Newsgram

August 29, 2012

Football 2012 August 29, 2012 - Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram

By Roger McKenzieIt’s baaack!America’s sport of football has suc-

ceeded the Olympics and slipped past baseball into our consciousness again; if it ever left.

Locally, the arrival of football sea-son brings some big changes in Alva. The football programs at Northwestern Oklahoma State and Alva High School find themselves at the beginning of new coaching eras.

New Ranger head coach Alan Hall has been busy since December getting the Northwestern Oklahoma State foot-ball program, now in Division II of the NCAA, lined up to start making history. At Alva High School, new coach Bruce Dollar hasn’t been here quite as long, but he’s about to start his first season with a big goal — winning a state champion-ship.

Their paths to Alva have been two very different journeys. But this writer hopes their paths, while here, will lead to the same destination — football success and glory. They operate at very different

levels, but each one is wildly supported here in Alva. If they build successful pro-grams, rest assured, the fans will come. Even if they don’t initially succeed, the fans will come anyway. That’s the level of commitment that makes Alva such a great sports town.

Alan Hall is just 39, but his foot-ball experience ranges from junior col-lege to NAIA to NCAA Division I. He played football at Miami University in that school’s heyday. He was lured to Northwestern from a private high school, where his team totaled 15 play-ers. He has nearly 150 at NWOSU. He’s coached at Newberry College in South Carolina and at Savannah State Univer-sity. But Northwestern is his first colle-giate job as a head coach.

“From the moment I got here, I felt like this was home,” he said.

Bruce Dollar arrived in Alva from Texas via New Mexico. The 63-year-old is in his 40th year of coaching. The first 27 came in Texas at 2A and 3A schools.

He moved his family to New Mexico and continued to coach, winning a state

championship and producing a state run-ner-up at different schools.

After retirement, he started his sec-ond coaching career. He is bold enough to say he moved to Alva for one reason.

“I want to win a state champion-ship,” he said.

● ● ● ● South Barber is also undergoing a

coaching change, but while it is pro-found in that Tim Rector is the first new head coach there in over two decades, Rector is a South Barber coach who is no newcomer.

Medicine Lodge underwent it’s change last year, and is thankfully now in the second year of Coach Faron Kraft’s direction.

The rest of the school’s in this edition — Waynoka, Timberlake, Cherokee, and Alva Middle School — are being led by well entrenched coaches.

All eight schools in the Newsgram’s circulation area generate the same type of enthusiastic support. That’s why we hope you’ll read and enjoy our 2012 spe-cial football preview edition.

Football brings big changes to Alva

Northwestern Head Football Coach Alan Hall introduced himself to Alva’s Kiwanis Club back in January. Photo by Roger McKenzie

New Alva High School coach Bruce Dollar admits he came here to win a state championship.


2012 NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY RANGERS. Photo by Lynn L. Martin

By Roger McKenzieNote: A little history—After being

turned down and a subsequent year of suspense, Northwestern Oklahoma State University was accepted into the process to become an NCAA II member this past summer. The school’s athletic teams were already accepted into a new NCAA II conference pending the approval by the NCAA. The Great American Conference held its first athletic contests last season, the last season for Northwestern teams to play in the NAIA — the Central States Football League and the Sooner Athletic Conference. Now NWOSU teams will all (except for rodeo) play in the Great Amer-ican Conference as part of NCAA Division II. NCAA membership is a three-year pro-cess. The first two years are the “candi-dacy” period. That is followed by a year of “provisional” status. Then comes full membership.

The Ranger football team will be the first NWOSU team to officially play a Great American Conference contest when they face conference foe Ouachita Baptist University on Thursday, Aug. 30, in Rus-sellville, Ark., at A.U. Williams Field. Just who will the Tigers be facing?

New players — comprised of a small number of transfers and a majority of fresh-man, mostly from Oklahoma — dominate the 2012 Ranger football team, which is

headed by a new coach. Alan Hall will be starting his Ranger tenure in the first head coaching position he has ever held. He cer-tainly is not new to football, however, hav-ing coached at the NAIA and NCAA levels since his playing days at the University of Miami.

He talked about the team he and his new staff are molding. It’s a team he ad-mits he’s still learning about.

“We’re probably 70 percent new be-tween freshmen and transfers,” Hall said. “But the nice thing is that the 30 percent that’s come back from the spring has really bought in to what we’re doing.”

Currently, the Ranger team has almost 150 players, although about 50 will be red-shirted. The returnees, Hall said, are com-mitted to the advancement of the program. They are also providing leadership for the new players.

Some of the returning players will be easily recognizable for Ranger fans — quarterback Kyle Jech and running back Jared Jackson on offense, and kicker Ed-gar Colemenares. The defensive returnees outnumber the offensive ones, but may be less recognizable — linebacker Michael Harmon, defensive end Joe Esquivel, linebacker Eric Feemster, safety Zenario Shuler.

Some players eligible to return chose not to for whatever reason. Defensive

tackle Peter Brooks, defensive back Brock Wardlaw, and offensive guard Ray Grubbs are no longer listed on the roster. Also gone are familiar names like Cherokee’s Justin Schanbacher and Alva’s Jaedan Bersche and Conner Martin.

So if you need help understanding just who the Rangers are, join the club. You won’t find all the answers here. This is a work in progress. As the season advances, Ranger fans will get a better picture of the 2012 team.

Jech and Jackson are the only two of-fensive starters returning. There are five defensive returning starters, giving the Rangers a total of just seven starters who have come back from last season’s 4-6 CSFL team.

Still, Hall is pleased.“It’s a process. We’re moving in the

right direction,” he said, adding that he’d like to be moving faster.

“Some of the slowness is by design,” he noted, “because we want to do it right the first time.”

The staff is still juggling players, trying to find the right fit on offense and defense. With the majority of players new, the past weeks have been the first opportunity Hall and his coaches have had to really evaluate their skills.

Despite some key returnees, the Rangers are new, new, new

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He describes practices as a competi-tion at just about every position out there. Even the returnees don’t have the luxury to sit back and rest on what they’ve done, because there are so many new people pushing them. Of course, a few players are starting to separate themselves from the pack. But Hall has resisted putting together a depth chart in order to keep the competi-tion going.

Despite the three-year process and not being able to advance to any playoffs for a while, the Rangers and all of Northwest-ern’s teams can still win the conference championship and individual players can lay claim to honors like All-Conference. So the Rangers have discussed goals, in-cluding winning the conference champion-ship.

“If you don’t talk about it, you don’t shoot for it,” said Hall. “We also talked about a perfect season.”

That won’t happen and Hall is realistic enough to know that a conference cham-pionship is highly unlikely with so many new players.

“We have a really talented young group of kids, but realistically for me, it’s not about wins and losses this year — al-though we want to go out and win them all,” he said. “It’s about first and foremost setting the foundation that we can continue to build upon, and then having our kids understand what it takes to compete at this level. A jump from the NAIA to NCAA is big. For high school kids, its huge.”

Hall let it be known that he would take a slower but steadier approach to winning.

“We could have gone the route of bringing in a lot of transfers. Instead, we

went the high school route mostly,” Hall explained. “I’ve got to look at the big pic-ture and look two or three years down the road.”

A realistic goal Hall has is to have a winning season. More importantly, he said he wants to see his players learn how to go to school, maintain their academic fo-cus, and lay the foundation for the years to come.

A look at the offenseThe Rangers will run a spread, multiple

offense — making use of a lot of personnel in different formations.

“We just try to get the ball into the peo-ple’s hands that we think can make plays, Hall said. Then let the athletic ability take over.”

Seniors Jech and Jackson will pass and run the ball, respectively. Jech passed for over 2,000 yards last season, and Jackson rushed for 749 yards. The Rangers will throw first and run second — not just be-cause of Jech’s talent, but because Hall said, “We’re always going to be quarter-back friendly here.”

“We’ll also play to our strengths,” he added. “We have a senior quarterback and a senior tailback, so you might see more run out of us this year than I’m accustomed to, just because of the depth of experience.”

Two junior tailbacks lend support for more running. Hall said he’ll probably ro-tate the running backs quite a bit.

Behind Jech are several quarterbacks. Hall mentioned freshman Reid Miller from Pampa, Tex. Who he said was a great ath-lete and whose father, Dustin Miller, is in the Ranger Hall of Fame. He also praised returnee Jake Streck, who he called a very

smart, heady player who knows “how to distribute the ball to the right places.”

A quarterback prospect for the future is Jacob Morgan, a big 6’3”, 230-pound junior college transfer who is being red-shirted.

“I’m pleased with the direction the quarterback position is going now,” Hall said.

The receiver corps is talented, but very young. Most are new and, because of that, the line-up is still in flux while learning the system. Hall called the group “a work in progress.”

Like the receivers, the offensive line is very young, although very deep in num-bers — which Hall estimated at 24 and growing. With linemen, he noted, you have to find the right fit because they work together as a unit.

“If we started today, we would prob-ably start five freshmen,” he said. “We have to push them along quicker than we’d like because we’re going to have to play a bunch of them. We have a few returnees, but we finished spring practice with just five offensive linemen. It’s an area we’re continuing to upgrade.”

There is size and athletic ability in the linemen. Hall said they are battling hard to get better.

Offensive leadership has been placed on the shoulders of Jech, Jackson, run-ning back Hunter Wolfe, and wide receiver Chris Chamberlain.

A look at the defenseThe Rangers advertise a multiple de-

fense with three down linemen, five line-backers and three backs in the secondary. Hall said the defense will make a lot of dif-ferent adjustments as they disguise things to confuse the offense. He called his de-fense an ‘attacking-style’ defense.

“We’re going to force you to make de-cisions sooner than you want to,” Hall said.

The athleticism, the ability to move around on defense, has impressed Hall more than anything else thus far. A lot of the team’s veteran players play on the de-fense, which has helped that area greatly.

“As young as we are on offense, we need to play well on defense, Hall noted. “We’ve still got some young kids on de-fense. They are coming along. The coach-es are doing a good job getting the defense prepared.”

2012 Ranger SeniorsNo. Name Hometown/Previous School1 Josh Robinson Dallas, Texas/City Coll. of San Francisco10 Justin Laureano Temecula, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto College12 Kyle Jech Kingfisher, Okla./Kingfisher HS34 Jared Jackson Moore, Okla./Moore HS38 JosephEsquivel Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College40 Eric Feemster Inola, Okla./Northeastern Okla. A&M58 Michael Harmon Guthrie, Okla./Guthrie HS70 Wade Hammond Walton, New York/Alfred State College82 Taylor Hooper Okeene, Okla./Okeene HS89 Cameron Allen Memphis, Tenn./Lincoln Univ.


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No Name Pos Ht Wt CL 1 Josh Robinson DL 6-4 250 Sr. 2 Brandon Wolford WR 5-10 175 Jr. 3 Marvin Desir CB 6-1 198 Jr. 4 Avery Morris WR 5-8 175 Jr. 5 Traveon Kelly CB 5-10 183 So. 6 Zenario Shuler OLB 5-10 190 So. 7 Tayo Adewon OLB 6-1 180 So. 8 Reid Miller QB 6-3 195 Fr. 9 Chris Chamberlain WR 6-5 220 Jr. 10 Justin Laureano WR 5-11 175 Sr. 11 Gussie Jones CB 5-11 170 Jr. 12 Kyle Jech QB 6-3 215 Sr. 13 Jake Streck QB 6-0 200 So. 14 Ike McCullouch OLB 5-10 175 Jr. 15 Rontez Smith OLB 6-1 185 Fr. 16 Jacob Ellis WR 5-10 165 So. 17 Sheldon Abernathy OLB 6-2 195 Fr. 18 David Crumitie CB 5-11 172 So. 19 Andrew King WR 5-11 175 Jr. 20 Hunter Wolf RB 5-9 190 Jr. 21 Edgar Colmenares K 5-8 167 Jr. 22 Cenyon Usher DB 5-0 175 Fr. 23 Javari Liggins RB 5-10 210 Jr. 24 Mike Calhoun DB 5-8 165 Fr. 25 Stephen Nicholson LB 5-11 230 So. 26 Jarion Tudman WR 5-6 170 Fr. 27 Brando Eddins DB 6-2 190 Fr. 28 A.J. Brown RB 6-1 225 Jr. 29 Christian Kneisel OLB 5-11 180 Fr. 30 Chris Zines DB 6-2 160 Fr. 31 Zachary Doyle RB 5-6 165 Fr. 32 Tedarryl Carmichael FB 5-10 220 Fr. 33 Chris Ladd OLB 5-10 170 Fr. 34 Jared Jackson RB 5-10 200 Sr. 35 Colby Moore FB 6-1 215 So. 36 Steven Majike DE 6-4 235 So. 37 Tyliq Brazille CB 6-1 184 Fr. 38 Joseph Esquivel DE 6-4 220 Sr. 39 Zach Birts CB 5-9 170 Fr. 40 Eric Feemster LB 6-2 215 Sr. 41 Demarcus White LB 6 -2 205 Fr. 42 David Cowan LB 6-0 220 Fr. 43 Dusty Lindsey CB 6-1 171 44 Denzel Strayhorne LB 5-11 225 So. 45 Brayley Running OLB 6-0 205 So. 46 Steven Russell CB 5-10 170 Fr. 47 Dylan Sterling WR 6-0 175 So. 48 Larry Long CB 6-0 185 Fr. 49 Bertram Lawrence DL 6-4 250 So. 50 Chris Campbell DE 6-4 250 So.

No Name Pos Ht Wt CL 51 Gene Glenn OL 5-11 265 Jr. 52 Jeremy Gutierrez DE 6-0 240 Jr. 53 Joshua Hannah OL 6-0 255 So. 54 Keenan Santacruz LB 6-1 220 Fr. 55 Derrick Thomspon LB 6-2 213 Fr. 56 DeAndre Wynn DE 5-8 230 So 57 Tevin McGraw DT 6-1 275 Fr. 58 Michael Harmon LB 6-0 215 Sr. 59 Carrie Farmer II OL 6-0 255 Fr. 60 Eric Thigpen OL 6-4 320 Fr. 61 Matthew Cowart OG 6-1 290 Fr. 62 James Pitts OL 6-2 275 Fr. 63 Jerrod Grantz DL 6-1 250 So. 64 Austin Maly OL 6-4 330 Fr. 65 Jermaine Rice OL 6-1 247 Fr. 66 Zack Pritchard OT 6-6 285 So. 67 Kenneth Stewart OL 6-4 310 Fr. 68 Kenneth Smith OL 6-1 280 So. 69 Jose Adan Garcia Jr. OL 6-5 348 So. 70 Wade Hammond OL 6-3 310 Sr. 71 Danian Alvarez OL 6-3 240 Fr. 72 Willy Hanvold OG 6-1 290 Fr. 73 Justin Woody OL 6-0 244 Fr. 74 Gabriel Porras OL 6-2 239 Fr. 75 Stefan Simpson OT 6-3 305 Fr. 76 Tyler Volpi OT 6 -3 251 Fr. 77 Elijah Sprenkle DT 6 -1 305 Fr. 78 Jacob Galan OL 6 -3 260 Fr. 79 Dallas Whinstance OL 6-2 260 Fr. 80 Donald Atkins WR 5-9 170 Jr. 81 Richard Parker WR 5-11 175 82 Taylor Hooper WR 5-8 175 Sr. 83 Raymond Purdom WR 5-10 185 Fr. 84 Jerami Anderson WR 5-8 175 Jr. 85 Travian Parnell WR 5 -8 190 Jr. 86 Jeremiah Carter WR 6-0 175 Jr. 87 Latigo Collins WR 5-11 160 Fr. 88 Tyler Dickson WR 6-2 170 Fr. 89 Cameron Allen TE 6-3 222 Sr. 90 Ron Wilson LB 5-11 195 So. 91 Donavon Guidry DL 6-3 245 So. 92 Jarvis Graham DE 6-4 245 Fr. 93 Tyrin Bryer WR 6-1 180 Fr. 94 Seth Ulsaker DE 6-2 235 Fr. 95 Tyler Caudle K 5-9 150 Fr. 96 Charles Snider DT 6-0 260 So. 97 Joby Saint Fleur DE 6-5 225 Fr. 98 Kevin Ditch K 6-0 180 Jr. 99 Tyrone Hall DT 6 -2 290 Jr.

Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers 2012 Roster

Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator: Alan HallAsst. Head Coach/Recruiting Coor./Off. Line: Kevin Turco; Defensive Coordinator: John FalveyDefensive Backs/Special Teams: Charlie Giangrosso; Quarterbacks: Bret Story; Running Backs: Alex Haynes; Linebackers: Lonnie Messick; Director of HS Operations/Defensive Asst. Coach: Larry Parker; Wide Receivers Coach: Anthony Weeden

NWOSU Rangers2012 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeAug. 30 Ouachita Baptist* Away 7:00 Sept. 8 Colo. State-Pueblo Home 7:00 Family Day/Honor ‘71 Team Sept. 15 Truman State Away 7:00 Sept. 22 Texas-San Antonio Away 1:00 Sept. 29 Arkansas Tech* Away 6:00 Oct. 6 East Central* Away 4:00 Oct. 13 Southeastern Okla. Home 3:00 Homecoming Oct. 20 Okla. Panhandle St. Home 2:00 Oct. 27 Air Force Acad. (JV) Home 5:00 Armed Forces Appreciation Nov. 3 Southern Nazarene* Home 5:00 Ranger Preview Day Nov. 10 Arkansas-Monticello* Away 3:00

Home events are in Bold* indicates conference eventAll times are Central Standard Time

Most of the defensive experience comes in the front line and at the inside linebacker position. Outside linebacker will be mostly manned by the young.

Three returnees are secondary backs, but the rest will be new.

The team’s defensive leadership falls to three seniors — inside linebackers Mi-

chael Harmon and Erick Feemster, and defensive lineman Josh Robinson — and sophomore Charles Schneider, a defensive lineman.

Some surprisesHall named some players who have

pleasantly surprised him and his coaching staff. Offensively, the list includes receiv-ers Jeremiah Anderson and Jarion Tudman and the five offensive linemen he men-tioned earlier — guards Stefan Simpson and Willy Handhold, tackle Austin May, and centers James Pitts and Carrie Farm-er (who are battling each other for that spot). A red-shirt freshman returnee, Zack Pritchard, has also provided some surpris-es and could be the fifth starter in the line.

Defensively, Hall mentions transfer David Cowan at inside linebacker, outside linebackers Rontez Smith and Sheldon Abernathy, and safeties Chris Ladd and Brandon Eddins.

The large squad will have some attri-tion. Already 15 players have left the pro-gram. But Hall said he would keep all who “will stay and do what we ask of them. He has told his players, “Nine-nine percent committed means you are 100 percent out.”

Hall and his coaches are 100 percent committed to bringing the Rangers to the GAC table and keeping them competitive there for the long haul.


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2012 ALVA GOLDBUGS—Pictured from the left are (front row, seated) Ridge Hughbanks, Dalton Manning, Collin Fouts, Brandon Ellis, Casey Hoover, Riley Hess, Riley Duncan, Kyler Freeman, Cade Pfleider, Tanner McGehee, Travis Costello, Donnivan Pritchard; (second row) Brannon Louthan, Kolby Gann, Trey Noland, Shane Murrow, Tyler Burton, Joby Al-len, Cody Forell, Chance Davis, Mitchell Rader, Terrill Burton, Bryant Venosdel, Carter Spellman, Dakota Nusser; (back row) T.J. Gluth, Caleb Smith, Triston Cayot, Trevor Johnson, Reygan Martin, Ty Hooper, Jon VanBuskirk, Tevin Long, Noah McOsker, and Tim Pierce. Not available for the picture was Dade Graham. Photo by Lynn L. Martin

By Roger McKenzieCoach Bruce Dollar has arrived to

take over the head coaching position for the Alva Goldbugs from Ryan Laverty, who left to go back to Edmond. Dollar, in his second career after retiring from his first coaching career after much suc-cess in Texas and New Mexico, knew

what he was doing when he applied for the Alva job. He saw that the Goldbugs have a lot of experience returning, and he jumped at the chance, because he said he wants to win a state championship here.

He certainly knows how, because he’s done it before. What’s unexpected is he wants to do it now.

“I’m going to try to get the whole thing,” Dollar said matter of factly. “Why wait? If you start putting off goals, then you usually don’t ever get there. Why wait? Why not do it twice?”

Such optimism hasn’t yet fully spread to his players, who are still get-ting to know him. Dollar was a little dis-appointed in the team’s intensity during its first scrimmage with Fairview. But he’s hopeful his optimism will spread.

Dollar has reason to be optimistic. Twenty-one returnees, including nine re-turning starters on offense and eight on defense, come back from last years 5-6 squad. The Goldbugs last season were better than that record shows, and they did make the play-offs. But, they were young then. So despite the big losses to graduation of players like Gavin Wil-lyard, Silas Martin, and Henry Nigh-swonger, the Goldbugs are loaded.

This year they will be lead by 10 se-niors, including three who didn’t play

last year. All are expected to make big contributions in both their playing and their leadership.

Fifteen new players (nine freshmen, three juniors, and three seniors) join the returnees. Despite 10 seniors, the ma-jority of the team, which includes 11 juniors, will be back again next year — which is why Dollar says, “Why not do it twice?”

It won’t be as easy as it sounds. Dol-lar and his players are still learning each other

“It takes time for them to learn my personality, and how I want things done,” the coach said. “I have something that I want to see in every practice. So far I am seeing it.”

He added that with time and more practice, his expectation level will go up.

A look at the offenseDollar knows the success Alva had

passing last season. As sophomores, quarterback Ty Hooper and wide receiv-er Riley Hess combined for over 1,000 yards throwing and catching. Hooper finished with almost 2,900 yards passing and 21 touchdowns. He’s got five of his top six receivers back.

But the coach also knows that this year everyone will be expecting the

Loaded Goldbugs are getting in gear for a Gold Ball

Alva High SchoolGoldbugs

2012 Football ScheduleDate Opponent Location Time

Aug. 31 Thomas-Fay- Home 7:30 Custer Sept. 7 Morrison Away 7:30 Sept. 14 Hobart Away 7:30 Sept. 21 Chisholm* Home 7:30 Homecoming Sept. 28 Perry* Home 7:30 Oct. 5 Pawnee* Away 7:30 Oct. 12 Newkirk* Away 7:30 Oct. 18 Tonkawa* Home 7:30 Oct. 26 Dibble Home 7:30 Senior Night Nov. 1 Hennessey* Away 7:30

Home Games are in Bold * District game


ALVA SENIORS--Pictured from the left are the Goldbugs’ senior football players for 2012: (front row) Reygan Martin, Brannon Louthan, Shane Murrow, Chance Davis; (back row) Casey Hoover, Kyler Freeman, Mitchell Rader, Riley Dun-can, Tanner McGehee, and Cody Forell. Photo by Roger McKenzie


From Page 10 GoldbugsGoldbugs to throw. Hooper also threw 14 interceptions last season, so if the Goldbugs continue to throw into the teeth of defenses geared for them, that number could go up.

Dollar says he plans to run a multiple offense with different looks that will stay on the ground as much as it goes through the air.

“We’ve got a good passer, but also good running backs, too, and he (Hoop-er) can sure enough hand it off. If you can’t run the football, you’re not going to be able to throw the football, because people are just going to sit back and wait on you,” Dollar explained.

Tanner McGehee is back at running back. He led the team with almost 500 yards rushing and seven rushing touch-downs last season. He’ll have some help, including the insertion of Joby Allen in short yardage situations. Also, Dollar will be trying the explosive Rey-gan Martin at running back because he is “the fastest player on the team and needs to touch the ball more.”

“All of our kids can catch the ball. Riley can catch the ball. The other teams also know that Riley can catch the ball,”

said Dollar. “So we have to be a little more creative in what we’re trying to do. Cody Forell has great hands. Pfleider has great hands, Reygan has great hands. Tanner did a good job running the foot-ball the other night. We just have to see what the defense is going to give us, who they are trying to take away, and then make them pay for it. Because all of those kids can have a big game. We just have to be smart enough as coaches to get the ball to the right people at the right time.”

Last season the Goldbugs rushed for an average of just 66 yards a game.

“The kids who are playing running back have to get used to seeing where the running lanes are, and that doesn’t happen overnight,” Dollar said. “As they get more comfortable knowing where the running lanes are going to be, then we will be able to run the football a lot better.”

The biggest need on offense is find-ing the right combination of interior linemen and expanding the depth of available linemen — both offensively and defensively.

“We have two kids that have some

size that are playing quite a bit, but they can’t be on the field all the time,” Dollar explained. “I think we are quicker than we are big. We’re trying to figure out ways to keep players fresh so that they will be ready to go in the fourth quarter. We need some younger players to step up, to be able to go in and give us a se-ries of five or six plays.

“Defensively, we’ve put Kyler Free-man and Casey Hoover at the same spot so they can spell each other. We need someone else to step up at defensive end, because both of those guys are starting on offense and we need a third one who can rotate and spell one of those guys every once and a while. That’s basically where we’re trying to get to right now.”

A look at the defenseThe new coach is still learning who

can do what defensively, but eight re-turning starters helps.

“We have issues with size, but we have a little quickness. We’re till trying to figure out what best suits the kind of players we have,” Dollar said.

The secondary is pretty set, but changes are still coming up front.

“We’re trying to increase our speed defensively by looking at some differ-ent options up front,” said Dollar. “Our two defensive ends (Brandon Ellis and Shane Murrow) are quick, but not very big. So we’ve got to put them in situa-tions where they don’t have to be very big. That means they have to be mov-ing so big tackles can’t lock onto them. We’re going to utilize their strengths to help them be better players.”

Strengths and weaknessesWithout a doubt, the team’s biggest

strength is its experience. Returnees are plentiful, and team speed is good. The starters will be solid just about every-where, but depth can always be a prob-lem.

“We’re a little thin in the line,” said Dollar. “But, if some of the other kids come through for us, we’ll be okay.”

Casey Hoover is a move-in who has helped the line. Brannon Louthan didn’t play last season, but he has looked good in the line as well. Having such play-ers step up takes time. It will be critical when district games begin.

Even with the starters, the offense’s

3 Caleb Smith So WR/CB 5-7 130 7 Ty Hooper Jr QB 5-10 170 9 Reygan Martin Sr WR/CB 5-10 160 10 Chance Davis Sr RB/OLB 5-11 170 11 Riley Duncan Sr WR/CB 6-3 170 12 Travis Costello Fr QB/LB 6-0 155 14 Ride Hughbanks Fr WR/CB 6-0 140 20 Trevor Johnson So WR/CB 5-8 140 22 Dade Graham Fr WR/CB 5-8 130 23 Jon Vanbuskirk So WR/CB 5-7 130 25 Tanner McGehee Sr RB/OLB 6-2 180 26 Dalton Manning So WR/OLB 6-0 160 27 Riley Hess Jr WR/OLB 6-4 185 30 Joby Allen Jr RB/LB 5-10 195 31 Noah Mcosker Fr WR/LB 5-7 120 33 Carter Spellman Jr WR/LB 5-8 160 35 Cade Pfleider Jr TE/LB 6-2 210 47 T.J. Gluth Fr WR/CB 5-3 105 50 Casey Hoover Sr OL/DL 6-1 250 54 Terrill Burton Fr OL/DL 5-10 240 55 Brandon Ellis Jr OL/DL 6-1 170 56 Trey Noland So OL/LB 5-8 160

60 Brannon Louthan Jr OL/DL 5-9 230 62 Dakota Nusser Jr OL/DL 5-10 260 63 Tyler Burton Jr OL/DL 5-10 310 64 Kolby Gann Jr OL/DL 5-10 190 66 Mitchell Rader Sr OL/DL 6-0 260 70 Collin Fouts Jr OL/DL 6-1 190 71 Tim Pierce Jr OL/DL 5-8 225 72 Shane Murrow Sr OL/DL 5-8 195 73 Bryant Venosdel So OL/LB 5-8 165 74 Triston Cayot Fr OL/DL 5-6 170 76 Donnivan Pritchard Fr OL/DL 6-0 230 80 Cody Forell Sr WR/FS 5-10 170 81 Tevin Long Fr WR/CB 5-9 140

Head Coach: Bruce Dollar

Assistant Coaches: Dustin Horn, Brandon Bookout, Derrick Thomas, Connor Martin, Ryne Wilson, Dalton Beeler

Trainers: Traci Owen, Jordan Coffman, Julia Buckingham, Darian Carothers, Riley Bryant

Alva Goldbugs 2012 RosterNo Name Cl Pos Ht Wt No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt

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timing needs to improve. The return game should be exciting with Martin returning the ball. He also punts, while Chance Davis is expected to kick extra points and medium range field goals.

Tough scheduleRealignment has brought Newkirk

and Pawnee into the district, while Oklahoma Christian School and Watonga have departed. The rest of the district foes remain unchanged. However, some tough non-district teams will be new.

The Goldbug’s season opener will be at home against Class A’s Thomas-Fay-Custer, a powerhouse that is 19-1 over the past two regular seasons. Their second game is at Class A Morrison, a district’s favorite after losing just two district games in the past two years. Game three is at 2A Hobart, a team Alva has played recently. The final non-disrict opponent is 2A Dibble, which was 8-5 last season and went deep into the play-offs.

Winning the state championship. That’s a tall order, especially with Hennessey still in District 2A-1. Alva gave the Eagles all they wanted before losing 14-6 last season, however. The district championship may come down to the Goldbugs’ final regular season game with the Eagles on Nov. 1. But Dollar knows you don’t have to win the district to win the state championship. For him, it’s the end results that count.

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ALVA COACHES--The 2012 football coaches for the Alva High School Gold-bugs, from the left, are Dalton Beeler, Derrick Thomas, Head Coach Bruce Dol-lar, Dusty Horn, Connor Martin, and Brandon Bookout. Not pictured is Ryne Wilson. Photo by Roger McKenzie

ALVA TRAINERS—(right) These are the trainers who will help keep the Goldbugs going in 2012. From the left, they are Traci Owen, Jordan Coffman, and Julia Buckingham. Photo by Roger McKenzie


2012 ALVA MIDDLE SCHOOL GOLDBUGS—This year’s AMS team will play both seventh and eighth grade players in one A-team game. B-team games or fifth quarters may be played if possible to give those players who didn’t see much ac-tion a chance to play. Pictured from the left are (front row) Issac Thompson, Ethan Flynt, TW Beiswonger, Taylor Nichols, Tristen Pierce, Davion Murrow, Stanton Earnest, Ben Ryerson; (second row) Colton Craft, Ethan Swanson, Dylon Perez, Casey Harting, Tony Cain, Zane Hilbig, Michael Peek, William Parker, Lane Scarbrough; (third row) Jason Asebedo, Kennedy McKnight, Brooks Hadwiger, Tate Harjo, Chandler Starks, Dalton Hardway, Max Parsons, Jarrett Gavitt, Jer-emiah Hoover, Darian Smith; (back row) Dayde Freeman, Ethan Harzman, Tanner White, Justin Meyer, Grant Ritter, Trevor Allison, Kobee Barnett, and Chase Jones. Not pictured is Darious Martinez. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieLast year, the Alva Middle School

suffered a tough season, losing all but one of their football games. This season has increased the size of the team and brought a new enthusiasm from both the players and the coaches.

“We’re going to improve,” said a con-fident Brandon Bookout, in his third year as the head coach.

Ten players return from a year ago. Six new eighth grade players and 20 sev-enth graders have swelled the squad’s size to 26. More may be coming.

The young Goldbugs get a late start compared to high school football teams. Aug. 25 was their second practice, so the coaches are still very early in evaluating the players.

“There are a lot of new faces. We’re excited,” said Coach Jeff Levetzow, who has been coaching at AMS since 1993. “The kids are picking up the offense quickly.”

Alva Middle School football will look a lot like Alva High School football — at a lower level of skill. Bookout, who is helping coach the high school team, will try to run similar plays and schemes with

Alva Middle School big in numbers, looking to improve

the middle schoolers to help give them a head start when they transition to high school.

“We’re going to give them as much exposure as we can,” Bookout said.

That won’t always be easy with 26 players, but the coach mentioned some additional opportunities to play may come around. If an opponent has a B-team, then the team could play two games — one for the A-team and one for the B-team. Fifth quarters for giving backups more playing time may also be an option.

Head Coach: Brandon BookoutAssistant Coach: Jeff Levetzow

Alva Middle SchoolJunior Goldbugs

2012 RosterEighth Grade

No Name 7 Brooks Hadwiger 9 Zane Hilbig14 Justin Meyer19 Jason Asebedo22 Jarrett Gavitt25 Ethan Swanson45 Colton Craft55 Dayde Freeman64 Jeremiah Hoover81 Grant Ritter82 Dalton Hardway85 Ben Ryerson91 Tanner White99 Chase Jones

Seventh GradeNo Name 3 JW Beiswonger 5 Ethan Flynt 12 Tony Cain 17 Stanton Ernest 20 Davion Murrow 24 Casey Harting 28 Dylon Perez 32 Issac Thompson 48 Kobee Barnett 50 Tristen Pierce51 Taylor Nichols60 Max Parsons61 Michael Peek62 William Parker63 Tate Harjo65 Chandler Starks67 Darious Martinez75 Darian Smith78 Trevor Allison84 Lane Scarbrough

Alva Middle School2012 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeSept. 4 Mooreland Home 6:00Sept. 10 Hennessey Away 6:00 Sept. 17 Enid Home 6:00Sept. 24 Fairview Home 6:00Oct. 1 Blackwell Away 6:00Oct. 8 Tonkawa Home 6:00Oct. 15 Watonga Away 6:00Oct. 22 Chisholm Away 6:00

Home Games are in Bold


ALVA MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHES—The 2012 coaches for the AMS Goldbugs are coach Brandon Bookout (left) and long-time assistant coach Jeff Levetzow. Photo by Roger McKenzie


2012 CHEROKEE CHIEFS—Pictured from the left, (front row) Jadon Hicks, Austin Guffy, Drew Hoggard, Nicholas Cochran, Trevor Lucas, Avery Bagenstos, Conner Hester, Billy Wolfe, Cole DeWitt, manager Jarret James; (second row) manager Kelby Franks, Gavin Kennedy, Sheldon White, Braden Waugh, Grant Wilber, Caleb Smith, Kolby Gilley, Chase Puffinbarger, Tanner Bowman, Josh Argraves, manager Kolton Gilley, (third row) Evan Kingcade, Tanner Ducotey, De-metrius Highfill, Brandon Roadenbaugh, Hunter Jordan, Landon Schanbacher, Zach James, Austin Huckabee; (back row) Dakota Knabe, Austin James, Trey Salinas, Chris Klick, Grant DeWitt, Michael Lucas, Alex Castro, and Chance Smith. Not pictured is Brandon Kreimen. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieCherokee didn’t repeat their state

Class B championship last season. They did go to the play-offs and finished with an 8-3 season. That would be very satisfactory for most coaches, but this writer suspects that Coach Bryce Schanbacher wants more.

He may get it this year, but he won’t be able to boast of a Class B Gold Ball. That’s because the fates came together with the OSSAA to drop down the Chiefs to Class C for this year and the next. That’s likely to be just a two-year detour, as the Chiefs are growing again.

Coach Schanbacher has to like the 19 newcomers (17 freshmen and two sophomores) coming in to start a new foundation for coming years. They join 18 returnees from last year, giving the coaching staff a lot to choose from.

It all starts with five returning senior starters. Two of them, Josh Argraves on offense and Landon Schanbacher on defense, will be keys to the Chiefs success. But sophomore Tanner Bowman, who will quarterback the offense, and junior Alex Castro, who

Chiefs ready to roll again — in new class and district

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CHEROKEE COACHES—Pictured from the left are the 2012 Cherokee coach-es: John Farmer, Head Coach Bryce Schanbacher, Matty Guffy, Rudy Ahdo-kobo, and George Weve. Photo by Roger McKenzie

plays linebacker on defense, will also be key players.

The other senior leaders are Grant Dewitt who, at center, has one of the most important jobs on the team, along with Michael Lucas (G/DL), and Austin Huckabee (WR/DB).

Cherokee’s drop to Class C doesn’t give them an automatic district championship, even though they have

been installed as the favorites. The Chiefs are in District 3, the home of Deer Creek-Lamont, which went deep in the play-offs last season, and perennial powerhouse, Timberlake. Those teams are picked second and third.

Coach Schanbacher has confidence in his experienced defense, with


Schanbacher and Castro at linebackers and a speedy secondary. The Chiefs will mostly play a base defense, with emphasis on individual players assigned to stop the other team’s offensive threats

The up-tempo (often no huddle) offense will generally operate from a spread formation, with some more traditional I-formation plays mixed in. Quarterback Bowman is a good runner, as is Argraves. The Chiefs will take what’s given, but will try to run first, and then pass. Bowman has some good receivers, and though just a sophomore, he’s quickly improving as a passer.

The offensive line is not as large as in past years, but is more mobile. Schanbacher said they will need to “get more aggressive.”

One area of concern is at punter. Last year’s punter is gone, and the coaching staff is looking for a replacement.

The Chiefs are ranked in the top 10 by just about everybody, and as high as third according to one source. They could finish the year even higher. The Oct. 18 Senior Night game in Cherokee with DCLA will probably decide who wins district and set the tone for the Chiefs’ play-off run.

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Chiefs No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 2 Avery Bagenstos Fr QB/S 5”10” 145 3 Cole DeWitt Fr QB/DB 5’7” 120 5 Tanner Bowman So QB/DB 5’10” 165 7 Gavin Kennedy So G/DL 5’8” 205 10 Chris Klick Jr TE/DE 6’4” 195 11 Trevor Lucas Fr WR/S 5”10” 120 12 Grant DeWitt Sr C/DE 6’2” 210 15 Austin Huckabee Sr WR/DB 5’8” 150 16 Conner Hester So WR/DB 5’7” 135 18 Landon Schanbacher Sr RB/LB 6’0” 180 22 Austin Guffy Fr RB/LB 5’10” 140 23 Alex Castro Jr RB/LB 6’0” 18524 Tanner Ducotey Jr RB/LB 5’10” 165 26 Caleb Smith Fr WR/CB 5’6” 135 32 Josh Argraves Sr RB/DB 5’10” 16538 Drew Hoggard So G/DL 5’5” 180 40 Nicholas Cochran Fr FB/LB 5’11” 170

No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 45 Zach James Jr G/LB 6’0” 230 50 Michael Lucas Sr TE/DE 6’2” 215 51 Brandon Roadenbaugh So OL 6’0” 192 55 Chase Puffinbarger So OL/DL 5”10” 193 56 Dakota Knabe So G/DL 6’2” 175 60 Sheldon White Fr OL 5”11” 260 63 Billy Wolfe Fr Ol/DL 5’8” 190 65 Evan Kingcade Fr OL/DL 5’10” 190 73 Kolby Gilley Fr C/NG 5’11” 195 75 Grant Wilber Fr OL/DL 5”10 270 80 Chance Smith So RB/LB 6”0” 190 81 Braden Waugh So TE/LB 5’10” 165 82 Jadon Hicks Fr WR/S 5’2” 100 84 Hunter Jordan Fr OL/DL 6’0” 227 85 Austin James So G/DL 6’1” 220 88 Trey Salinas So TE/DE 6”3” 235 89 Demetrius Highfill Fr TE/DE 6’0” 150

Cherokee Chiefs 2012 Roster

Head Coach: Bryce Schanbacher; Assistant Coaches: Matty Guffy, Rudy Ahdokobo, John Farmer and George Weve; Managers: Jarret James, Kolton Gilley and Kelby Franks; Filmer: Dillon Cochran

Cherokee Chiefs2012 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeAug. 31 Buffalo Home 7:30Sept. 7 Bluejacket* Away 7:30Sept. 14 Carney* Home 7:30Sept. 21 Bartlesville Wesleyan* Home 7:30Sept. 28 Mountain View Gotebo Away 7:30Oct. 5 Claremore Christian Home 7:30 HomecomingOct. 12 Deer Creek Lamont* Away 7:30Oct. 18 Timberlake* Home 7:30 Senior NightOct. 26 Prue* Away 7:30Nov. 2 Kremlin* Away 7:30Nov. 9 First Round TBA TBANov. 16 Quarter Finals TBA TBANov. 24 Semi-Finals TBA TBADec. 1 Finals TBA TBA


CHEROKEE SENIORS--Pictured from the left are the Chiefs’ seniors for 2012: (front row) Michael Lucas, Grant DeWitt; (back row) Austin Huckabee, Land-on Schanbacher, and Josh Argraves. Photo by Roger McKenzie


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OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SIGNALSHIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

Ball ready for play*Untimed down

TouchdownField goal

Point(s) after touchdown

Loss of down

End of period

Encroachment (NFHS)Offside defense (NCAA)

Illegal procedure(NFHS)

False startIllegal formationEncroachmentoffense (NCAA)

Illegal shift - 2 handsIllegal motion - 1 hand Delay of game Substitution infraction

Sideline warningFirst touching (NFHS)

Illegal touching

Uncatchableforward pass

(NCAA)

Incomplete forward passPenalty declined,No play, No score,

Toss option delayedLegal touching of forwardpass or scrimmage kick

Inadvertent whistle(Face Press Box) Disregard flag

Ball deadTouchback (move

side to side)Safety

Start clock

First down

TV/Radio time-out

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22

Time-outDiscretionary or injury time-

out (follow by tappinghands on chest)


Failure to wearrequired equipment

Sideline interference

Roughing passer

Clipping Chop block

Helping runnerGrasping face mask or

helmet opening Tripping Player disqualification

Blocking below waistIllegal block

Holding/obstructingIllegal use of hands/arms

(NCAA)

Interlocked blockingIllegal use of hands

or arms (NFHS)Illegal block inthe back (NCAA)

Illegal pass/forwardhanding Intentional grounding

Ineligible downfieldon pass Personal foul

Illegal batting/kicking(Followed by pointing

toward toe for kicking)

Invalid fair catchsignal (NFHS)

Illegal fair catch signal

Running into (NCAA)or Roughing kicker

or holder

Unsportsmanlike conductNoncontact foul

Illegal helmetcontact

Forward passinterference

Kick catchinginterference

Illegal participation

23 24 27 28

29 30 31 32 33

34 35 36 37 38

39 40 41 42 43

44 45 46 47

NOTE: Signals number 25 and 26 are for future expansion. 98

OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SIGNALSHIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE


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2012 TIMBERLAKE TIGERS—Pictured from the left are (front row) Adrian Carson, Cody Carson, Brock Buller, Drake Young, Nick Mullins, Jake Woodall; (second row) Cameron Weaver, Zeb McCollum, Blaine Dungan, Kacy Reinhart, Caleb Bishop, Joel Munoz; (third row) Kylee Severin (H2O Tech); Braden Seaman, Braden Robinson, Jacob Henderson, Kashen Jackson, Layne Fleming, Landon McClain; Bailey Clift (H2O Tech) and Karly LeForce (Film Tech); (back row) Kolton Fishback, Allen Jenlink, Jordan Nichols, Braden Buller, and Nick Blewitt. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieNormally, Timberlake reloads rather

than rebuilds. This is not a normal year, however. Last year, the Tigers finished 9-3, after losing in the second round of the Class C play-offs. They should

make the play-offs again, but if they advance as far as they did last year, their accomplishment will be even greater because this is a rebuilding year.

The Tigers suffered heavy losses to graduation. Seven seniors, who took the

bulk of playing time on both offense and defense, are gone. Senior Brock Buller is the one returning starter, and will start again at offensive guard and on the defensive line.

Coach Brian Severin has led the Tigers for 18 years. This will be his 19th season at the helm. His record is 139-68. He and his staff of veterans — Garret Powell, Nate Ross, Chad Greb, and second year assistant, Tyler Severin — will be working with a lot of young, mostly inexperienced players, at least at the varsity level.

With the exception of Buller and junior Braden Seaman, most of the starters this season will be starting regularly for the first time. With 23 players, 12 of them new, Severin will be using a lot of young players. He is planning to keep his junior varsity program in place, though, so getting playing time should not be a problem for

Big losses hurt Timberlake’s chances to go far this year

TIMBERLAKE COACHES—Coaching the Tigers in 2012 are, from the left, Nate Ross, Garrett Powell, Head Coach Brian Severin, and Tyler Severin. Also coaching is Chad Grebe, who was unavailable for the photo. Photo by Roger McKenzie


From Page 26 Tigers

Timberlake Tigers2012 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeAug. 31 Ringwood Away 7:30Sept. 7 Claremore Christian Home 7:30Sept. 14 DCLA* Away 7:30Sept. 21 Sharon-Mutual Home 7:30Sept. 28 Prue* Away 7:30Oct. 4 Carney* Away 7:30Oct. 12 Kremlin-Hillsdale* Home 7:30 HomecomingOct. 18 Cherokee* Away 7:30Oct. 26 Bluejacket* Home 7:30Nov. 2 Bartlesville Wesleyan* Home 7:30 Senior NightHome Games are in Bold * District game

those young players relegated to backup roles.

“We plan on trying to do what we’ve been doing,” said Severin.

That means a spread, hurry-up offense that skips the huddle. There will be a lot of offensive formations, all designed to move the ball quickly up the field, with the emphasis on throwing first, then running.

Freshman Braden Buller will have the daunting task of trying to replace quarterback Coy Trout. His backup will be Seaman. A variety of players are being tried at tailback and fullback, including speedy junior Jacob Henderson and sophomores Braden Robinson, Adrian Carson and Layne Fleming.

Filling out the line on both offense and defense is still being worked out. Right now, the defense is ahead of the offense, with Buller at defensive end and Adrian Carson at middle linebacker providing the defensive leadership.

It’s going to to be a learning experience,” Severin admitted. “We expect to play hard and uphold the tradition here.”

That tradition has resulted in winning an average of over 10 games a year for the past five years.

District outlookThe C-3 District that Timberlake

plays in, has gotten even tougher with the addition of neighbor and recent Class B state champion Cherokee. While the Tigers will only have a few miles to No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt

2 Avery Bagenstos Fr QB/S 5”10” 145 3 Cole DeWitt Fr QB/DB 5’7” 120 5 Tanner Bowman So QB/DB 5’10” 165 7 Gavin Kennedy So G/DL 5’8” 205 10 Chris Klick Jr TE/DE 6’4” 195 11 Trevor Lucas Fr WR/S 5”10” 120 12 Grant DeWitt Sr C/DE 6’2” 210 15 Austin Huckabee Sr WR/DB 5’8” 150 16 Conner Hester So WR/DB 5’7” 135 18 Landon Schanbacher Sr RB/LB 6’0” 180 22 Austin Guffy Fr RB/LB 5’10” 140 23 Alex Castro Jr RB/LB 6’0” 18524 Tanner Ducotey Jr RB/LB 5’10” 165 26 Caleb Smith Fr WR/CB 5’6” 135 32 Josh Argraves Sr RB/DB 5’10” 16538 Drew Hoggard So G/DL 5’5” 180 40 Nicholas Cochran Fr FB/LB 5’11” 170

No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 45 Zach James Jr G/LB 6’0” 230 50 Michael Lucas Sr TE/DE 6’2” 215 51 Brandon Roadenbaugh So OL 6’0” 192 55 Chase Puffinbarger So OL/DL 5”10” 193 56 Dakota Knabe So G/DL 6’2” 175 60 Sheldon White Fr OL 5”11” 260 63 Billy Wolfe Fr Ol/DL 5’8” 190 65 Evan Kingcade Fr OL/DL 5’10” 190 73 Kolby Gilley Fr C/NG 5’11” 195 75 Grant Wilber Fr OL/DL 5”10 270 80 Chance Smith So RB/LB 6”0” 190 81 Braden Waugh So TE/LB 5’10” 165 82 Jadon Hicks Fr WR/S 5’2” 100 84 Hunter Jordan Fr OL/DL 6’0” 227 85 Austin James So G/DL 6’1” 220 88 Trey Salinas So TE/DE 6”3” 235 89 Demetrius Highfill Fr TE/DE 6’0” 150

Cherokee Chiefs 2012 Roster

Head Coach: Bryce Schanbacher; Assistant Coaches: Matty Guffy, Rudy Ahdokobo, John Farmer and George Weve; Managers: Jarret James, Kolton Gilley and Kelby Franks; Filmer: Dillon Cochran

TIMBERLAKE SENIORS—Pictured the two Tiger seniors for 2012: Nick Mul-lins (23) and Brock Buller (55). Photo by Roger McKenzie

travel when they face Cherokee on Oct. 18, they will be putting on the miles for their away game with new district member Prue. Next year, they will travel even further to play Bluejacket and Bartlesville Wesleyan in district games.

Cherokee has been installed as the

district’s pre-season favorite, with Deer Creek-Lamont, which went 10-1 last year, second. Timberlake is third.

The Tigers should definitely make the play-offs, but they’ll have to overcome their youth and inexperience to do better than last season.


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2012 WAYNOKA RAILROADERS— Pictured from the left are (front row) Colton Budy, Austin Long, Logan Meri-wether, Joshia Darr, Terrence Long, Jason Bence; (back row) Bailey Goucher, Kevin Hoy, Kelby Reed, Chad Tune, Mark Alvarado, and Bracen Ryell. Not pictured are Tyler Gavitt, Tyerell Wilcox, and Draven Smith. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieLow numbers played a big role in

last year’s sub-par performance by Waynoka. Unfortunately, they may have the same effect this season, a prospect that Coach Scott Kysar ap-proaches with the resignation that such cycles do occur in small schools.

The Railroaders have fielded win-ning teams for years.

“I can count on one hand how many losing seasons we’ve had since 1978. Not very many people can say that,” said Kysar.

He should know. He’s been the head coach at Waynoka since 1978. That makes this season his 35th at the helm of the Railroaders.

This year’s team started out with 17 players. A move-out and an exist-ing non-football injury which will pre-vent another player from participating

Waynoka’s Kysar wants team to get better each week

brings the roster down to just 15 play-ers. That’s still up from last year’s to-tal of 12.

The small number includes seven returnees, but not all of those were regular starters. One that was, and who will anchor the offensive and defensive lines, is Mark Alvarado, the team’s only senior, and its biggest player at 6’2” and 340 pounds.

Working at quarterback will be ei-ther sophomore Josiah Darr or fresh-man Logan Meriwether, or a com-bination of the two. The rest of the positions on offense and defense are still being evaluated.

Coach Kysar calls it “mix and match.” Kelby Reed and Terrance Long, both juniors, probably have a head start at the center and wide re-ceiver spots, respectively, because of their experience. The other juniors on

the team include Austin Long, Tyler Gavitt, and Jason Bence.

Everybody else, over half the ros-ter, are freshmen. Kysar and assistant coach Beau Westphal, who is back for a sixth year, are looking closely at ev-eryone.

Kysar summed up the process of mix and match.

“We try to find our eight best kids and put them on the field,” he ex-plained. “It will be interesting to see how these kids do. We are young. We just have to be patient and learn along the way.

Last year’s Railroaders finished 1-8 overall. But Kysar’s pride in that team is evident. He described those players as “a group of kids who came out and saved the program.”


From Page 30 Railroaders“We’ve been blessed with good

kids and good parents and strong sup-port from the community, and kids that go work hard. It’s made it fun and rewarding,” he said, while adding, “It you stay long enough in a little school, you are going to find ‘down’ years.

This year is likely to be like last year, with the team struggling to over-come youth and inexperience. The Railroaders play in the tough C-1 dis-trict. It includes powerhouses Shat-tuck and Forgan. Balko and Buffalo also got good words from Kysar. The district’s top four teams will advance.

The Railroaders are enthusiastic and hopeful of grabbing one of the four district spots that advance to the play-offs. The odds are against them, however.

“We’re not very big, but we never have been. We’ve never been blessed by those big, beefy kids up front (with this year’s exception of Alvarado). We’ve just had average kids that work hard. That’s the way it is this year, too,” said Kysar.

He described the team’s speed as average, not outstanding. But he em-phasized that his team this year is not slow. What the team does have is a strong work ethic.

“Hard work will overcome talent almost 100 percent of the time,” said Kysar. “We just take pride in being a blue collar bunch of kids who will go out and work hard and try to get bet-ter every day. That’s all I can ask of them.”

Getting better every week is the team’s main goal.

“We’re not worried about wins and losses,” Kysar summed up. “We just need to do the little things on the field and in the classroom, and those things will work themselves out.”

WAYNOKA COACHES AND SENIOR—The long time Waynoka coaches flank the team’s lone 2012 senior. Pictured from the left are Coach Beau Westphal, senior Mark Alvarado, and Head Coach Scott Kysar. Photo by Roger McKenzie

WaynokaRailroaders

2012 Roster No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 10 Colton Budy Fr FB/S 5’6” 120 11 Austin Long Jr FB/LB 5’9” 170 12 Logan Meriwether Fr QB/DB 5’11” 170 14 Joshia Darr So QB/CB 5’9” 150 17 Terrance Long Jr TE/DE 5’8” 150 21 Tyerell Wilcox Fr TE/DE 5’8” 130 27 Draven Smith Fr E/DB 5”6” 120 34 Jason Bence Jr TE/DE 5’11” 120 36 Tyler Gavitt Jr RB/DB 5’8” 145 40 Bailey Goucher Fr DL/DE 6’3” 180 52 Kevin Hoy Fr OL/DL 5’2” 200 54 Kelby Reed Jr C/NG 6’3 190 62 Chad Tune Fr OL/NG 6’0” 155 74 Mark Alvarado Sr OL/NG 6’2” 340 76 Bracen Ryell Fr OL/NG 5’10” 150

Head Coach: Scott KysarAssistant Coach: Beau Westphal

WaynokaRailroaders

2012 Football ScheduleDate Opponent Location TimeAug. 31 Garber Away 7:30Sept. 7 Shattuck* Home 7:30Sept. 13 Buffalo* Away 7:30 Sept. 21 Balko* Home 7:30Sept. 28 Goodwell* Away 7:30Oct. 4 Sharon Mutual* Home 7:30Oct. 12 Forgan* Away 7:30Oct. 18 Tyrone* Away 7:30Oct. 26 DCLA Home 7:30 HomecomingNov. 2 Boise City* Home 7:30 Senior NightHome Games are in Bold * District game


Oklahoma State University Football 2012

Date Opponent Location Time09/01 vs. Savannah State Stillwater, OK 6:00 p.m. CT09/08 at Arizona Tucson, AZ 9:30 p.m. CT09/15 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Stillwater, OK 11:00 a.m. C09/29 vs. Texas Stillwater, OK TBA10/13 at Kansas Lawrence, KS TBA10/20 vs. Iowa State Stillwater, OK TBA10/27 vs. TCU Stillwater, OK TBA11/03 at Kansas State Manhattan, KS TBA11/10 vs. West Virginia Stillwater, OK TBA11/17 vs. Texas Tech Stillwater, OK TBA11/24 at Oklahoma Norman, OK TBA12/01 at Baylor Waco, TX TBA

2012 OU Football ScheduleDate Opponent Location 09/01 at UTEP El Paso, Texas 09/08 Florida A&M Norman, Okla. 09/15 Open09/22 Kansas State Norman, Okla. 09/29 Open10/06 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 10/13 Texas Dallas, Texas 10/20 Kansas Norman, Okla. 10/27 Notre Dame Norman, Okla. 11/03 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 11/10 Baylor Norman, Okla. 11/17 at West Virginia Morgantown, W.V.11/24 Oklahoma State Norman, Okla. 12/01 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas

Derived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale Univer-sity.

Walter Camp was born April 17, 1859, in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Yale from 1876 to 1882, where he studied medicine and business. Wal-ter Camp was an author, athletic director, chairman of the board of the New Ha-ven Clock Company, and director of the Peck Brothers Company. He was gen-eral athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914, and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp played football at Yale and helped evolve the rules of the game away from

Rugby and Soccer rules into the rules of American Football as we know them to-day.

One precursor to Walter Camp’s in-fluence was William Ebb Ellis, a stu-dent at the Rugby School in England. In 1823, Ellis was the first person noted for picking up the ball during the soccer game and running with it, thereby break-ing and changing the rules. In 1876, at the Massosoit convention, the the first attempts at writing down the rules of American football were made. Walter Camp edited every American Football rulebook until his death in 1925.

Walter Camp contibuted the follow-ing changes from Rugby and Soccer to American football:

• one side retained undisputed pos-

session of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own viola-tions

• the line of scrimmage• 11 on a team instead of 15• created the quarter-back and center

positions• forward pass• standardized the scoring system,

numerical scoring• created the safety, interference,

penalties, and the neutral zone• tackling as low as the knee was per-

mitted - 1888• a touchdown increased in value to

six points and field goals went down to three points - 1912

The NFL or the National Football League, was formed in 1920.

American football was started in 1879

“Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of some-thing... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.”

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“Individual commit-ment to a group ef-fort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civi-lization work.”

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2012 MEDICINE LODGE INDIANS—Pictured from the left, are Logan Bertholf, Michael McLemore, Nathan Liebham, Bryant Wornkey, Dakota Lonker, Jimmy Horn, Russell Peitz; (second row) Nick Nolan, Bryan Bloesser, David Miller, Tyler Lynch, Yoost Harmsen, Cole Patton, Tyler Small, Lakin Liebst; (third row) Micah Richert, Aaron Woodward, Eric Fischer, Scott Beecher, Scott Angell, Nathaniel Hatfield, Anthony Schmidt, Trevor Thompson, Reuben Arredondo; (back row) Riley Combs, Derrek McGrath, Gage Axline, Thad Ehrsman, Tim Smith, Clayton Fischer, Ethan Harget, and Da-kota Winter. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieLast season, the Medicine Lodge In-

dians were just 4-6 as a 3-A team, but that record doesn’t reveal just how good the Indians were. Of the six losses (includ-ing one play-off game), only two were by margins of more than a touchdown. Three of those losses were decided by three points or less; and that’s against some opponents who have since been moved up to 4-A.

The Indians, however, will be play-ing opponents closer in size this season, because they have been moved down to 2-A, where they will play in District 5 with Ellinwood, Inman, LaCrosse, and Sterling.

Gone are 11 seniors from a year ago. The biggest losses were the heart of the defense — middle linebackers Jake Beecher and Kelvin Shinliver. Shinliv-er, also a tight end on offense, was the team’s leading receiver; and Beecher was the team’s leading rusher with over 750 yards gained at running back. Also gone from the offense are three of the team’s starting offensive linemen and two wide receivers.

Back to lead the Indians for a second year is Coach Faron Kraft. His return is

Coaching continuity, experience, senior leadership should make Indians better this season

a big plus. It means continuity and fa-miliarity for the 14 returning players this season. That certainly will help make things run smoother as Coach Kraft and his two new assistants, Josh Ybarra and Michael Stull,are rebuilding the Indians.

While the seniors lost will be hard to replace, the coaches have a lot to work with, including 14 seniors. Eight of those seniors return, while six are new. Of the 14 returnees, eight are lettermen who all started at one point or another. There are also 18 newcomers, including 11 fresh-men.

Coach Kraft admitted there are ques-tion marks before the season gets un-derway: on offense - a fullback, wide receiver, an offensive line spot, and a safety; on defense - a defensive end, and a cornerback still have to be decided. The kicking game needs solidified as well.

OffenseQuarterback Bryan Hellman is gone

from a year ago, but junior Scott Beecher (5’10”, 150) had a few starts of his own as a sophomore and is a solid quarter-back. He’s fast and can run the option. The Indians will run first, but Kraft will have the team throwing more this season because of Beecher’s arm.

He should have time to throw because of his running ability, and because the of-fensive line, which returns mostly intact, did a good job of pass blocking last year. Play-action passes will predominate.

Tailback is in good shape with the return of senior Bryant Wornkey, who started along with Jake Beecher last sea-son. Wornkey (5’11”, 180) is also a good receiver and accounted for almost 600 yards rushing and receiving. As of now, there is no firm decision on fullback. Re-turning senior Jimmy Horn and a new senior, Russell Pietz, are battling to win that spot in the offense.

Tight end belongs to Lakin Leibst, a senior who is a tall (6’2”) target and a good blocker. He is moving over from last year’s wide receiver spot. Wide re-ceiver is another question mark, but se-nior returnee Nathan Liebham gets the early nod on wide receiver spot, while Michael McLemore and Tyler Lynch are contending for the other receiver posi-tion.

The offensive and defensive lines are in good shape. Senior Logan Bertholf (5’10”, 175) returns at center. Another


From Page 38 Indianssenior returning starter, Tyler Small, gets one guard spot. Despite his name, he’s the team’s biggest (6’1”, 270) and best lineman, according to Kraft. Another big man, Cole Patton (6’2”, 245) has the nod at the other guard spot. Despite being a senior, Patton did not play last season.

Senior David Miller, a backup last year, will start at one offensive tackle. Returnees Scott Angell, a junior and the tallest player on the team at 6’9”, and Eric Fischer, a sophomore, will both see action at the other tackle spot.

DefenseMedicine Lodge will run a 4-4 de-

fense. Small anchors the line. Kraft de-scribes him as a “beast” — one of the best defensive linemen in the Central Plains Conference. Patton will join him on the inside, while Angell will take one end and the other is being shared at the moment by returnees Brian Blosser, a senior, and Aaron Woodward, a sopho-more.

The team’s starting linebackers all got experience playing last year. On the inside are Logan Bertholf and David Miller, who were backups last year. At one outside linebacker spot is a return-ing starter, Wornkey, while the other out-side linebacker is Liebst, who because of his aggressiveness, has moved over MEDICINE LODGE COACHES--Coaching the Indians for 2012 are, from the

left, are assistants Michael Stull and Josh Ybarra and Head Coach Faron Kraft. Photo by Roger McKenzieMedicine Lodge

Indians2010 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeAug. 31 Independent* Away 7:00Sept. 7 Bluestem* Away 7:00Sept. 14 Douglass* Home 7:00Sept. 21 Chaparral Away 7:00Sept. 28 Inman Away 7:00Oct. 5 Sterling Home 7:00 HomecomingOct. 12 Ellinwood Away 7:00Oct. 19 Sublette Home 7:00Oct. 25 La Crosse Home 7:00 Parents’ NightOct. 30 Bi-District TBA TBANov. 2 Regional TBA TBANov. 16 Sub-State TBA TBANov. 24 State TBA TBA


No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 1 Bryant Wornkey 12 RB/LB 5’11 180 3 Micah Richert 9 RB/LB 5’7 150 8 Ethan Harget 9 QB/DB 5’10 140 10 Scott Beecher 11 QB/LB 5’10 150 13 Nick Nolan 9 RB/DB 5’6 140 15 Gage Axline 9 RB/LB 5’11 170 22 Jimmy Horn 12 RB/LB 5’9 140 24 Riley Combs 9 TE/LB 5’8 160 33 Nathan Liebham 12 WR/DB 5’10 145 34 Aaron Woodward 10 TE/DL 5’10 175 42 Dakota Lonker 12 WR/DB 5’11 165 44 Russell Peitz 12 RB/LB 5’8 150 51 Logan Bertholf 12 OL/LB 5’10 175 53 Eric Fischer 10 OL/DL 6’3 200 55 David Miller 12 OL/LB 6’1 175 56 Anthony Schmidt 10 OL/DL 5’10 190

No Name Cl Pos Ht Wt 57 Tyler Small 12 OL/DL 6’1 270 59 Trevor Thompson 10 OL/DL 5’11 205 60 Bryan Bloesser 12 OL/DL 5’11 190 64 Darrek McGrath 9 OL/DL 5’10 205 65 Clayton Fischer 9 OL/DL 5’11 180 72 Thad Ehrsman 9 OL/DL 6’ 240 75 Cole Patton 12 OL/DL 6’2 245 76 Ruben Arredondo 9 OL/DL 5’8 230 77 Yoost Harmsen 12 OL/DL 6’8 250 78 Nathaniel Hatfield 11 OL/DL 6’2 260 79 Scott Angell 11 OL/DL 6’9 230 81 Michael McLemore 12 WR/DB 5’8 140 83 Tim Smith 9 WR/LB 6’2 140 84 Lakin Leibst 12 TE/LB 6’2 165 88 Tyler Lynch 12 WR/DB 6’2 160 89 Dakota Winter 9 WR/DB 5’9 150

Medicine Lodge Indians 2012 Roster

Head Coach: Faron KraftAssistant Coaches: Josh Ybarra and Michael Stull

from free safety where he started some games last year.

The defensive secondary is in flux. Nathan Liebham, who is started about half of last season at cornerback, is one starter. The other cornerback remains a big question mark, Kraft said.

At safety is Scott Beecher. He doesn’t have a lot of experience there, but is fast. He saw some action at outside lineback-er last season.

Season outlookLaCrosse, which reached the state

championship game last season, has be considered the district favorite, but Kraft says Sterling and Medicine Lodge will make things interesting. Medicine Lodge could even challenge for the dis-trict title when they meet LaCrosse in the last regular season game at Medicine Lodge on Oct. 25. Even if the Indians don’t win, they could be play-off bound.


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MEDICINE LODGE SENIORS—The 2012 Indian seniors are, from the left, (front row) Brian Bloesser, Michael McLemore, Russell Peitz, Lakin Liebst, Nathan Liebham, Cole Patton; (back row) Jimmy Horn, Dakota Lonker, Logan Bertholf, David Miller, Yoost Harmsen, Tyler Lynch, Bryant Wornkey, and Tyler Small. Photo by Roger McKenzie


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2012 SOUTH BARBER CHIEFTAINS--Pictured from the left are (front row) Tyler Martin, Daniel Jones, Dylan Allison, Jace Thurman, Lane Hess, Trenton Jahay; (second row) Patrick Lambert, Eli Corino, Landon Vogel, Peyton Yandel, Tay-lor Donaldson, Conner Black, Daniel Anderson (manager); (back row) Peyton Reeves, Zech Sowter, Travis Hoch, Bryce Roberts, and Kale Girty. Photo by Roger McKenzie

By Roger McKenzieFor the first time in over two decades,

James Johnston won’t be on the sidelines coaching for South Barber. But the 2012 Chieftains aren’t being left in the lurch. The leader on the sidelines is familiar to just about every South Barber football player. That’s because Coach Tim Rector has been coaching the junior high foot-ball team for the past five years. In fact, his first seventh grade players are now his seniors.

“The players are very used to me. It has been an easy transition,” he said.

Despite the common familiarity, Coach Rector plans some changes in the football program — a more spread out offense, a faster pace.

“We’ll run first, but we’ll definitely pass the ball,” the coach said.

And he plans on some of his younger players stepping up and playing more.

Gone are five seniors from last year’s bi-district champions, including All-Dis-trict running back and Defensive MVP (linebacker) Blake Wagenbach, All-Dis-trict quarterback Michah Polson, and Di-vision II East All-Star end Luke Yearout.

Rector and returning assistant coach Matt Cantrell will have four seniors and

New coach, new offense, new enthusiasm at South Barber

a total of 14 returnees back from last sea-son’s 8-3 team to lay the foundation for another run in the play-offs. And, he’ll have three newcomers to help provide more depth on both sides of the line.

A look at the offenseSophomore Peyton Yandel is one of

the young players Rector is asking to step up. He’ll replace the departed Polson. He saw some action last year and is very ath-letic. Rector called him a dual threat for his ability to run and throw. He’s also the team’s kicker.

Another young player asked to step up is sophomore Dillon Allison at tail-back. Like Yandell, Allison is on the small side, but that may play to his ad-vantage. According to Rector, Allison is small enough to hide behind his block-ers, and then pop out for yardage. He described the tailback as “very gifted at finding the hole (to run through).”

An experienced Conner Black is the tight end. The senior is a big, strong play-er who moves well, blocks well, and can catch. He’s also an All-League punter. Black will be sharing his wisdom and experience with Peyton Reeves, a sopho-more, who’ll also see action at tight end, as well as the offensive line.

Kale Girty, a junior, is a wide receiv-er who has good hands. He runs “great” routes, according to his coach.

Senior Jace Thurman will be the slot receiver. The returning starter is experi-enced and fast — the second fastest play-er on the team. He ‘s also worked hard this summer to improve even more.

Guards Lane Hess and Eli Corino are both returning starters. Hess is a senior, and Corino got some starts late last sea-son as a sophomore. Rector described them as big, strong players who can move.

Center is the big question mark on of-fense. Rector will be trying several peo-ple here. It’s an important position, and he wants to get it right.

The South Barber offense will feature a lot of looks and misdirection. Traps, counters, veer and option plays will all be a part of the Rector offense. He also plans to use hurry-up things, which means some no huddle trickery.

“Our quickness and speed are advan-tages,” the coach said. “We want to use our athleticism to our advantage.”

Still working on defense


From Page 44 ChieftainsSouth Barber

Chieftains2012 Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location TimeAug. 31 Skyline Home 7:00Sept. 7 South Haven Home 7:00Sept. 14 Attica* Away 7:00Sept. 21 Stafford Home 7:00 HomecomingSept. 28 Macksville Away 7:00Oct. 5 Caldwell* Home 7:00Oct. 12 Argonia* Away 7:00Oct. 19 Norwich* Home 7:00 Parents’ NightOct. 25 Cunnighanm* Away 7:00Oct. 30 Bi-District TBA TBANov. 3 Regional TBA TBANov. 9 Sub-State TBA TBANov. 17 State TBA TBA


At the time of my interview with Coach Rector (Aug. 15), he admitted, “We haven’t practiced defense much.”

That, I’m sure, has changed. Rector wasn’t sure, at the time, just what kind of defensive lineup he would favor. The im-portant thing, however, is that six start-ers return on defense. Thurman, Girty, Black, Hess, Corino, and Taylor Donald-son (a junior) provide a solid foundation for whatever sets are used.

District 4 changesDistrict 4 has lost power South

Haven,which reached the state semi-

South Barber Chieftains

2012 RosterNo Name Cl Pos Ht Wt * Conner Black Sr TE/LB 6’0” 200 * Lane Hess Sr OL/NG 5’7” 205 * Patrick Lambert Sr TE/DB 6’0” 155 * Jace Thurman Sr WR/DB 5’11” 155 * Eli Corino Jr OL/DL 6’4” 265 * Taylor Donaldson Jr WR/DB 5’9” 140 * Kale Girty Jr TE/DE 6’0” 180 * Travis Hoch Jr OL/DL 6’6” 300 * Daniel Jones Jr C/DE 5’10” 155 * Dylan Allison So RB/LB 5’9” 150 * Peyton Reeves So TE/LB 5’11” 160 * Bryce Roberts So TE/DL 6’3” 150 * Zech Sowter So C/NG 5’9” 185 * Peyton Yandel So QB/S 5’9” 155 * Landon Vogel So OL/DL 5’11” 280 * Trenton Jahay Fr OL/DL 5’11” 180 * Tyler Martin Fr OL/LB 5”9” 155

* Note: Team jerseys had not been given out yet, so no number were known

Head Coach: Tim RectorAssistant Coach: Matt Cantrell

Manager: Daniel Anderson

SOUTH BARBER SENIORS--Pictured from the left are the 2012 Chieftain se-niors: Patrick Lambert, Conner Black, Jace Thurman, and Lane Hess. Photo by Roger McKenzie

final game before losing last year, and Burrton. In their stead, the district gained Cunningham and Stafford.

Caldwell and South Barber are the favorites. The Chieftains and their new coach are hungry for a chance to go fur-ther in the play-offs. They should get the chance, but they can’t afford to take any-thing for granted.

“I’m encouraged. I feel really good,” said Rector. “The team has worked really hard in practice, especially on their con-ditioning because of our up-tempo game. They haven’t let me down.”

SOUTH BARBER COACHES--Coaching the Chieftains for 2012 are long time assistant coach Matt Cantrell (left) and new head coach Tim Rector. Photo by Roger McKenzie

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