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happy to be here, so it makes step into some important roles. us all happy to be here, too. His enthusiasm I think On offense, Millbrook must Continued from 20 means the most. I like that.” replace its entire offensive the Pioneers have given Haymore’s enthusiasm and line, as well as find replaceHaymore plenty of reason for love for the game was on full ments for former quarterback optimism. display on Saturday, Aug. 10, Justin Neff (2,200 yards, 21 touchdowns) and running “We’ve been practicing hard. the first day high school teams were allowed to conback Justin Anderson (1,222 I think with the seniors that duct full-contact drills in full yards, 13 touchdowns). have stepped up to be leadpads. Rather than wait until ers, they’re showing a lot of Haymore was not willing to the next Monday to hold the name a frontrunner or even excitement in practice, first contact practice, they’re running around full name the players that are Haymore held a 90-minute speed,” Haymore said in competing for the quartersession at midnight that between practices on Aug. back spot, but he did say the Saturday morning under the competition is between two 15. “When they get in there lights of Millbrook’s stadium. seniors and a sophomore, and the chinstraps are strapped up, they’re turning Haymore said the idea was although one of them has it on. First impressions are something that he took from been injured and has fallen good.” coach Brad Lutz at to the back of the pack. Broadway, where Haymore Millbrook’s roster of 53 “The two that are healthy served as an assistant for the players has hit the practice are competing — they are past two years. field hard as the Pioneers neck-and-neck,” Haymore gear up for the 2013 season. “I just thought it was a new said. “It’ll be down to the Players energetically moved tradition for this place. wire to make that determinafrom drill to drill during a They’ve never done it before tion, because I know there’s a recent practice, and enthusi- and I want to bring in a lot of controversy there, it’s just a asm ran rampant amongst new traditions,” Haymore matter of who can take that the players and the coaching said. “I know [Prosser] was pressure when guys that staff whenever a play was very successful here and want to rip their heads off worthy of praise. went to the playoffs a lot ... are on the other side of the ball.” That enthusiasm, which is a but I think we need to get a staple of Haymore’s coaching little bit more tradition. And The running back spot is maybe those traditions will style, is something that has also unclear, with about five get us a couple more wins in been eagerly embraced and or six guys competing for the accepted by the current crop the playoffs or a couple more opportunity to handle most of wins in the regular season. I of Pioneers. the carries for Millbrook, love football, and I love these “He brings a new enthusiaccording to Haymore. kids and I just want them to asm to our team, he gets On defense, the Pioneers do everyone psyched,” said sen- have a good time.” return some experience, with ior defensive end Jonathan If Millbrook hopes to make a Crowley, senior defensive Crowley, who tied for the return trip to the playoffs back Taylor James, senior team lead with 99 tackles this season, the Pioneers will linebacker Devon Sharp (87 last season. “You can tell he’s have to have some new faces tackles) and junior linebacker Dylan Wisman (74 2012 STATS tackles) all coming back. • Record: 6-5, 2-2 Northwestern • Passing leader: Justin Neff (137 for 270, 2,200 yards, 21 touchdowns, 14 interceptions) • Rushing leader: Justin Anderson (1,222 yards, 13 touchdowns) • Receiving leader: T.J. Bruce (44 catches for 876 yards, 12 touchdowns) • Total tackles: Jonathan Crowley (99) • Sacks: Jonathan Crowley (6) • Interceptions: Rze Culbreath (7)
“Defense wins championships, so we’re just coming out trying to be the hardest, most physical, fastest defense out there,” said James, who recorded 31 tackles and an interception last season. The Pioneers open their 2013 campaign on the road
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at Broadway on Aug. 30, and Haymore and the rest of the Millbrook program will get its first glimpse of how well some of the younger players can fill in to their new roles. “We lost seniors, but it’s not like it hasn’t been done before. Teams have come back, and that’s what we’re
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here to do,” James said. “We’ll find people to do the job. The younger people, we’re teaching them, so they’re growing day by day. We’ll just put people in there who can do the job.” Contact sports writer Brad Fauber at 540-465-5137 ext. 184, or bfauber@nvdaily.com
2013 ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 30 32 33 35 40 45 51 54 55 56 57 59 60 62 63 64 66 68 70 71 74 75 78 79 81
Name P.K. Kier Justin Singh Joseph Mason Taylor James Dylan Wisman Devin Lewis Taylor Evans Josh Dantzler Austin Detray Channing Tully Adam Paxton Mark Paxton Conner Faint Gabriel Quecedo Tyler Gray Jakob Albert Nazeeh Johnson Jaime Gutierrez Devon Sharp Tre Baylor Jake Mihill Michael Brandon Dylan Lee Mitchell Shiley Elijah Doyle Ethan Hicks Jonathan Crowley Logan Weems Keith Funk Jonathan Conner Isaiah Payne Devon Davis Austin Crone Matt Trumm Deion Blowe Aaron Seal Manuel Griffin Michael Dawson Johnathan Pearson Lorenzo Guzman Tyler Russell Tyler Fuller Tristan Stockli Collin Graves
Pos. RB/DB WR/DB TE/DL WR/DB RB/LB WR/DB WR/DB TE/DL QB/DL WR/DB QB/DB QB/DB WR/DB WR/DB K WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB RB/LB RB/DB RB/DB RB/LB RB/LB RB/DB RB/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL WR/DB
Ht. 5-7 5-7 6-0 5-7 5-9 6-2 5-6 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-6 5-8 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-6 5-10 5-5 5-7 5-9 5-4 5-10 5-11 5-9 5-6 5-7 5-11 5-10 5-7 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-3 5-10 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-8 6-0 5-9
Wt. 162 132 220 144 185 176 145 188 206 170 163 162 130 154 145 157 141 123 205 165 175 170 182 193 197 180 230 230 200 233 230 205 170 234 235 225 231 279 271 325 213 281 285 154
Year Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr.