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Leading the way will be quarterback Sean McDonald, who has worked on improving his passing skills in the offseason.
“He’s a lot stronger overall,” Parker said. “He’s always thrown, in my opinion, a good ball, but he’s refined his technique. You can tell that.”
CLARKE COUNTY EAGLES Withers and Buck Bloomingdale are all returners. Ben Wallace and Vince Zduoba will each see time at tight end. “I figure [our experience] is going to help us a lot,” Parker said. “We have to take care of business on the practice field, but I think we’ll be prepared to play.”
The Eagles also return some valuable experience on the defensive side of the ball. Wallace, Estep, Withers and The running game will be led by seniors Josh Dulaney, Andy King and Bloomingdale return on the defensive line. Clarke County defensive Kasey Lake. coordinator Casey Childs said Julius The Eagles will have quite a few Green will also see playing time on players back on the offensive line. the defensive front. Luke Estep, Carson Perkins, Logan Dulaney and King will lead the way 2012 STATS at the linebackers spots, with Perkins joining them in the middle. • Record: 6-5 (3-3 Bull Run)
• Passing leader: Sean McDonald (48 for 117, 961 yards, 8 touchdowns, 10 interceptions) • Rushing leader: Davey Hardesty (183 carries for 1,454 yards, 25 touchdowns) • Receiving leader: Davey Hardesty (28 receptions for 454 yards, 4 touchdowns) • Total tackles: Josh Dulaney (145) • Sacks: Ben Wallace (3.5) • Interceptions: Kasey Lake (4)
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“Last year I was a leader on the team, but I didn’t have as much influence as a whole,” McDonald said. “But this year we got me, Josh [Dulaney] Andy [King], Buck [Bloomingdale] all of the big seniors. I have just as much voice as they do this year. Being a quarterback you have to have the strong voice, and I’m not afraid to tell people what we need to do to win, because you only have so many years of high school and if we waste time then it’s gone.”
Lake and Wayne Rouse will lead the way in the defensive backfield. Childs said McDonald will also see playing time back there, but they will try to give him some breaks so he can focus on his quarterback duties. “I think we return eight kids that got experience on defense in some way, and it’s the second year running the same defense,” Childs said. “The
McDonald said losing in the first round of the playoffs has become a habit that the Eagles want to break. “It’s definitely something that we want to get over,” McDonald said. “We feel like that’s a big monkey on our back — to win that first playoff game. I feel like if there’s any year we’re going to do it, it’s going to be this year. With us adding more passing, I feel like we’ll have a better chance not only in our district, but in the region and in the state.
“We definitely want to get as far as we can, especially for the seniors, because this is their last year and Last year the Eagles went 6-4 in the they want to go out with a bang.” regular season, but lost to Contact Assistant Sports Editor Buckingham County in the first Tommy Keeler at 540-465-5137 round of the playoffs. ext. 155, or tkeeler@nvdaily.com
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kids are a lot more in tune with what what they did last year. we’re trying to do. We’re trying to put “Our goal every year is to win the every athlete we have, on the field on state championship,” Parker said. the defensive side.” “You gotta start from day one. I honThe kicking and punting duties are estly take it game by game. Our goal up in the air, but the coaches said obviously is to go as far as we can they like the prospects that they have. and have that trophy in our sight.” Coming off a 6-5 season in which they lost a lot of close games, the team is motivated to build off of
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Name Kasey Lake Greg Shippa Scottie Aycock Steven Walker Wayne Rouss Jaxon Ottobre Andy King Matthew Dang Sean McDonald Justin Dulaney Michael Fields William Jackson Robbie Kenny Ben Wallace Jordan Turner Tommy Kenny Josh Dulaney Jordan Robinson Vince Zduoba Brady Hayes Josh Jones Sam Tintaya Clayton Murphy Julius Grant Chris Large Carson Perkins Cody Moulds Logan Withers Zach Melusen Lee Louthan Alexander Broome Evan Whirley Christian Camacho Buck Bloomingdale Daniel Johnson Daniel Moseley Jacob Buckman Mark Alexander Luke Estep Sam White Will Roper Matt Cleary
Height 6-0 5-8 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-2 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-11
Weight 170 155 160 160 170 140 205 160 200 185 165 150 160 190 165 185 205 185 210 170 185 170 205 220 160 215 180 200 200 200 200 195 205 210 185 255 230 250 240 180 180 165
Pos. RB/DB QB/DB RB/DB RB/DB RB/DB QB/DB RB/LB RB/DB QB/DB TE/DB RB/LB RB/DB RB/DB TE/DE RB/DB TE/DE RB/LB RB/LB TE/DL RB/DB TE/LB OL/DE OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/LB TE/DE
Year Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Jr.