New chief in town

The Howe Bulldogs will start season number 74 on Friday night with a home opener with the defending Class 3A, Division II state champion Gunter Tigers

Howe will look a little bit different to spectators from the team Head Coach Zack Hudson has won with for the past three seasons

Gone is the entire varsity coaching staff from a year ago who have been replaced by another solid core of assistants One of the key losses on the coaching staff is the former offensive coordinator Dale West who left for the athletic director position in Collinsville With West leaving, his slotT offense left with him and has been replaced by the wing-T installed by new offensive coordinator Michael Hartsfield The Bulldogs are expected to throw the football around ten times per game this year. In 2016, Howe passed an average of 2 54 times per game During the slot-T era of -2016, the Bulldogs threw the ball 1 89 times per game

Coach Hudson says that the changes in philosophy is a reflection on the type of athletes he has Hudson expects to be able to have success with 6'6" receiver Ty Harvey and new freshman quarterback Cirby Coheley