Football Preview 2009 - Wise County Messenger

Wise CountyMessengerThursday, Aug. 27page 14FootballPreview2009Eagles hope a little more depth produces better resultsLast year’s record:4-6, 2-3 in districtReturning lettermen: 27Offensive starters: 3Defensive starters: 5y ROBERT MORGANDecatur head footballoach Kyle Story has beenfortunate guy in his nineears leading the program.e has been blessed with aot of talent and a coachingtaff that has had very littleurnover this decade.However, he was not soucky last year as he had theisfortune of an issue alloaches face in some pointinjuries. The Eagles, whoometimes played withoutny of the linebackers thattarted the season, hads many as seven startersidelined at once last yearecause of injuries.Story is hopeful that willPlayer Position Class1 Alec Torres REC Jr2 Colton Parker LB/QB So3 Cole McCurdy DB/REC Jr4 Colby Moore DE/RB Sr5 Hunter Hargrave DB/REC Sr6 Dillon Quinn REC Jr7 Cookie Zamora DT/RB Sr8 Brevon Blaylock DB/REC So9 Zach Gage LB/REC Sr10 Brandon Climer REC Jr11 Taylor Hawkins DB/REC Sr12 Wesley Coleman DB Jr13 Sterling Hicks DE Sr14 Ross Madden DB/REC Sr15 Preston Cone LB Jr17 Danny Hardin DB/REC Jr20 Blake Haney LB/REC So21 Brandon Jones DB/REC Sr22 Colton White LB Sr24 Clint Taylor LB Sr25 Alejandro Beltran RB Jr26 Chance Gasperson LB/RB Sr28 Juan Aldape DB Sr30 Jose Martinez RB Jr31 Nick Mackenrodt LB Jr33 Ryan Thomas DE/REC Sr39 Ashton Hacker LB Jrnot be a problem this yearnow that his group has a littlemore depth and severaltalented players back from a2009-10 Decatur varsity football team4-6 team. Most of the experienceis on defense where fivestarters return from a groupthat could be one of the best44 Tyler Hodges DB/RB Jr48 Van Speed LB Jr50 Kaleb Montes LB/OL Jr53 Jonathan Alling DT/OL Jr54 Ethan King LB/OL So55 Jase Reeves DT/OL Sr56 Francisco Perez DT/OL Sr58 Jacob Murphey OL Jr62 Nathan Alling OL Sr63 Bobby Byrd DE/OL Jr64 Nick Martinez DE/OL Sr65 Taylor Archer OL Sr66 Marcus Dwinnell DE Jr67 Chase Glasscock DT Jr68 Zack Park OL Sr71 Jaime Gomez DE/OL Jr73 Ryan Maxson OL Jr74 Clint Moore DT/OL Sr79 Isaac Aranda DE Sr80 Kyle Green REC Sr88 Justin Smith LB SrCoaches: Kyle Story, Chris Jones, Glenn Vrba, JackReeves, Dennis Cobb, Chris Carter, Tim Mynarcik,John Speed, David Park, Heath Tullous, Nick Stokes,Casey Jones, Chris Hornsby, Randon Jean, Dene Matthewsand Samuel Alaniz.in District 5-3A.The most improved areaon the team is looking to bethe front line where nearlyevery returnee saw playingtime on varsity last year.The Eagles, who will playmore of a 4-3 defense insteadof the 3-4 like last year, willbe led by senior Clint Mooreand junior Jonathan Allingat tackle. Seniors CookieZamora and Francisco Perezwill also rotate in thosespots to give DHS plenty ofmuscle on the line.Story is excited about theend positions where a pairof talented starters returnin seniors Ryan Thomas andNick Martinez. They will bebacked up by seniors ColbyMoore and Jase Reeves aswell as junior Marcus Dwinnell.Martinez is the leadingtackler back this year afterposting 96 a year ago.“We should be real goodup front. Those guys can getafter it,” said Story. “We areContinued on page 16