Football Preview 2009 - Wise County Messenger

FootballPreview2009Wise CountyMessengerThursday, Aug. 27page 19New coach, quarterback hope to continue playoff streakNorthwest High Schoolhead coach Bill Pattersonis in for a challenge as thefirst-year coach of the Texans.After spending eightyears building a playoff-caliberprogram at 5A NaamanForest High School in Garland,Patterson jumps intodistrict 5-5A, arguably oneof the toughest in the statewith powerhouse EulessTrinity. After a 4-3 districtrecord and a playoff appearancelast year, Pattersonwill have to rely on the returningleadership on theoffensive side of the ball tohelp him reach his constantgoal: Another trip to the postseason.“We have everything inplace to continue to be a successfulfootball program,”Patterson said. “From returningplayers to facilities,I can’t imagine a betterplace to be.”The success of the Texanswill rest squarely on theshoulders of the quarterbackand the offensive line. Fansare going to see a slightlyNo. Name Pos. Class2 Casey Jones RB 123 Chris Bain WR 124 Cameron Langer WR 115 Tristan Ceasar RB 126 Ethan Armor OLB 127 Eric Clinton WR 128 Kevin Meek WR 129 Hector Galvan CB 1210 Casey Obenshain CB 1111 Drew Bridges S 1212 Jacob Jones QB 1113 Derreal Jackson WR 1214 Taylor Barnhill QB 1215 Chris Welch WR 1216 Alec Laffoon QB 1117 Alan Young CB 1018 Chris Prebevsek K 1219 Travis Price S 1220 Daniel Lumbantobing DL 1221 Cole Edwards WR 1222 Chris Young RB 1223 Charles Campbell S 1224 Anthony Chiofalo LB 1225 Matt Nichols CB 1226 Kerry Harris RB 12new look from the Texans,as Patterson likes to spreadout the defense in multiplereceiver threats, but thenpound the football with apowerful ground game.“My philosophy is youhave to run the football,plain and simple,” Patterson2009 Northwest varsity football team27 Jomi Ogunwolu RB 1128 JJ Flaggs DE 1229 Nathan Rusche S 1130 Brandon Tewksbury S 1231 Chad Wampler LB 1132 Michael Reed RB 1033 Ingram Carpenter CB 1234 JD Hake LB 1235 Chris Brown DE 1237 Shaun Knaust WR 1138 Eric Chiofalo DE 1040 Dak McElhannon DL 1244 Parker Hatley LB 1145 Hunter Martin DE 1249 Jared Cook DL 1150 Casey Crone DL 1151 Jason Inderlied OL 1252 Jeff Stevens LB 1155 Dylan Dykes DL 1159 Sawyer Cooper OL 1160 Tim Brown OL 1161 David Range OL 1262 Trent Thompson DL 1263 Dominque Stewart DL 1064 John Scholler OL 1265 Andrew Thrasher DL 12said. “We are going to spreadteams out and then run itdown their throats. Thatsets up the play-action andthe passing game for us.”Three guys are lockedin a battle for the quarterbackposition. Senior TaylorBarnhill and juniors JacobJones and Alec Lafoonhave all been getting looksin practice. Barnhill (6-4)is the leading candidate forthe job and with his largeframe, could prove to be theperfect fit for Patterson’soffense. None of the threequarterbacks, however, have66 Ubaldo Arriaga DL 1270 William Musgrove OL 1271 Ben Collins OL 1272 Dakota Nortan OL 1174 Blake Mortan OL 1275 Michael Aydelotte OL 1276 Dakota Brinkley OL 1277 Lewis Ray OL 1278 Anthonly Ramirez OL 1179 Jonathan Christman OL 1080 Cody Long WR 1081 Ismael Haynes WR 1182 Zach Briggs WR 1183 Steven Schrieber WR 1284 Bryan Gillham WR 1286 Aaron Jackson S 1287 Bryce Lawson WR 1188 Justin Hess S 1289 Tyler Morgan LB 1090 William Tucker DL 1297 Shane King DL 1199 Christian Gonzales DL 11Head coach: Bill PattersonAssistants: Joel Johnson, Kenny Duck, RobertJohnson, Pepper Nix, Larry Meek, Trey Aley,Monty Leaf and Bobby Hollowaymuch game experience.Running back is probablythe biggest questionmark for Northwest and aspot where Patterson needssomeone to step up and becomethe offense’s work-Continued on page 34