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2 ZONE 3, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011 WWW.THESTATE.COM THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA EAU CLAIRE SHAMROCKS
Anglican
CHURCH OF THEAPOSTLES
Meeting at the State Museum
Gervais Street; follow signs
Discovery Center nursery!
Worship: 9:00 a.m.
and 10:45 a.m
www.apostlescolumbia.org
ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA
ChristianScience
FIRST CHURCHOF CHRIST,SCIENTIST
1114 Pickens Street
S.S. & Church 10:30 a. m.;
Wed. 7:00 p.m.
Reading Room: Tuesday &
Thursday 10am 1pm, 1114
Pickens Street
Cooperative
Baptist
Fellowship
KATHWOOD BAPTISTCHURCH, CBF
Reverend Mark Tidsworth, Pastor
Traditional-Liturgical-Inclusive
Information: 803-787-3434
www.kathwoodbaptist.org
Episcopal
ST. LUKESEPISCOPALCHURCH
1300 Pine Street
(corner of Pine and Lady Sts.)
8:45 a.m. - Christian Education10:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist
The Rev. Calvin R. Griffin, Rector
www.stlukescolumbia.org
803-254-2327
CHURCH OF THECROSS
7244 Patterson Road, 776-1864
Turn off Garners Ferry Rd.
Across from Walmart.
Holy Communion
Sunday 10 a.m.
Nursery Provided
ST. MARTINSIN- THE-FIELDS
5220 Clemson Avenue(between Trenholm Rd. & Forest Dr.)
All are welcomed!
8AM & 10:30AM
Holy Eucharist
(Nursery 10:15AM-12 noon)
The Rev. Sarah V.
Johnston, Rector
www.stmartinsinthefields.com
ST. MICHAEL& ALL ANGELS
6408 Bridgewood Road
782- 8080
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite One
8:45 a.m. Breakfast
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite
Two Nursery 9 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Church School 9:30-10:15
Taize Service: 1st Sunday of
each month @ 7:00 p.m.
www.stmichaelepiscopal.com
ST. TIMOTHYSEPISCOPAL CHURCH
900 Calhoun Street
(1 block from Governors Mansion)
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:00 a.m. Church School
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
TRINITY EPISCOPALCATHEDRAL
1100 Sumter Street - across from
the State House - Summer Sunday
services of Holy Eucharist:
8:00 & 10:00 a.m. in the
Cathedral 6:00 p.m. in Keenan
Chapel Nursery available
for the 10:00 a.m. service
Weekday Holy Eucharist:
Monday at 5:15 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri. at
12:15 p.m.
Wed. at 7:30 a.m.
803-771-7300
www.trinitysc.org
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church In
America
ASCENSIONLUTHERAN
CHURCHWildwood & Arlington St.
S.S. 10 a.m.,
Worship/Communion 11 a.m.
Ron Brown Pastor
www.alccsc.com
GOOD SHEPHERDLUTHERAN CHURCH
3909 Forest Drive, Cola.
Contemporary Service: 8:30am
Sunday School 9:25 am
Traditional Service: 10:30 am
787-4413
www.gslc.com
REFORMATIONLUTHERAN
1118 Union @ River Dr.
New Worship Schedule
Worship: 9:00 & 11:15 a.m.
Phone: 252-1507
A RIC congregation
Friends
(Quakers)
RELIGIOUS SOCIETYOF FRIENDSMeeting for Worship
(Unprogramd)
Harmony School,
3737 Covenant Rd.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
Information 252-2221
Independent
Evangelical
COLUMBIAEVANGELICAL
CHURCH1013 Barnwell Street - 799- 1628
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Worship 10:45 a.m.Bible Study & Youth 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m.
Non-
Denominational
BIBLE WAY CHURCHOF ATLAS ROAD2440 Atlas Road SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. Early Morning Worship
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
Childrens Church (Ages 3- 11)
Tuesday 7:00 p.m.
Mid-Week Service
Visit www.bwcar.org for a
Live WebCast of these services.
Presbyterian
A.R.
CENTENNIAL A.R.PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH1413 Laurel Street
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.,
Worship 11:00 a.m.
765-0368
FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCHLady & Marion
Sunday Worship Service
8:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sundays 11:00 a.m.
WISW 1320 AM
Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson,
Pastor 799-9062
www.firstprescolumbia.org
SHERWOOD FOREST
A.R. PRESBYTERIANCHURCH
4325 Wilmot Ave.,
Columbia SC 29205
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
(803) 787-6370
www.sherwoodforestchurch.org
Presbyterian
Church in
America
EAU CLAIREPRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHMonticello Rd. at Wildwood Ave.
S.S. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
803-252-9296
www.ECPChurch.org
Presbyterian
U.S.A.
EASTMINSTERPRESBYTERIANCHURCH USA
3200 Trenholm Rd.
Cola., SC 29204
Phone (803) 256-1654
www.eastminsterpres.org
Dr. Bradley D. Smith, Pastor
Rev. Jonathan S. Wagner,
Associate PastorsMr. Jeffrey S. Smith
Dr. James I. St. John
Worship each Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Sun. 10:30 a.m. Jubilee S.S. 9:30 a.m.
Children & Adults
Nursery Available
FOREST LAKEPRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH6500 North Trenholm Road
Columbia, SC 29206
803-787-5672
www.flpc.org
Rev. Ellen Fowler Skidmore - Pastor
Worship Services 9 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
LADSONPRESBYTERIAN
1720 Sumter St. - 765-9192
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.
SHANDONPRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH607 Woodrow Street
Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: 771-4408
Fax: 771-6223
shandonpres.org
Worship, 8:45AM & 11AM
Fellowship, noon
Sunday School (all ages) 9:45AM.
Nursery/childcare provided
Agnes Norfleet, Pastor
Child Development Center
8 weeks to after-school
8th grade Phone: 799-8533
shandonprescdc.org
Roman Catholic
GOOD SHEPHERDCATHOLIC CHURCH
809 Calhoun St.
Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8:00 & 9:15 a.m.
Coffee Following 9:15 a.m. Mass
Confessions on Sat. 4:30-5 p.m.
ST. JOSEPH
CATHOLICCHURCH
3600 Devine St.
Saturday Vigil 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8:15 a.m.,
10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
ST. MARTIN DEPORRES CATHOLIC
CHURCH2229 Hampton Street
Sat. Vigil Mass 5:00 p.m.
Sun. Masses 9 & 11:30 a.m.
ST.PETERS CHURCH1529 Assembly Street
Saturday, (Sunday Liturgy)
5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m.,
10:00 a.m., 12 Noon
5:30 p.m. Sunday evening
Masses scheduled during the
week: Monday 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday through Friday 8:00 a.m.
803-779-0036
www.visitstpeters.org
Seventh-day
Adventist
COLUMBIA MIDTOWNSEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH831 Maple St.
(Corner of Maple & Preston)
803-834-9115
www.midtownchurch.net
Sabbath school - 10:00 a.m.
Sabbath worship - 11:15 a.m.
Southern
Baptist
SHANDONBAPTIST CHURCH
5250 Forest Drive
Dr. John R. Lincoln, Pastor
Worship Service 10 & 11:30 a.m.
Sun. Schl. 8:45 a.m. & 10 a.m.
www.shandon.org
Main Office 782-1300
24 Hour Prayer Room, 790- AMEN
UnitarianUniversalist
UNITARIANUNIVERSALIST
2701 Heyward Street
www.uucolumbia.org
Worship Service, Sunday 11 a.m.
A Wilderness Survival Guide by
Rev. Dr. Neal Jones.
Sat. Aug. 20, used books &
media sale 8am to noon
UnitedMethodist
BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST
(Gamewell off Forest Dr., at
Brueggers Bagel, to 4600 Daniel Dr.)
9:45 Sun. Schl.;
11 Morning Worship
Todd Davis, Minister
Bonnie Lutz, Dir. of Youth & Educ.
I. DEQUINCEYNEWMAN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCHRev. Joseph A. Wilson II, Pastor
7801 Wilson Blvd. 786-9894
Sun. Schl. 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.
SHANDON UNITEDMETHODIST
3407 Devine St.
8:45 & 11 a.m. Traditional
Worship 11:05 a.m. LifeLine
Contemporary Worship
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
Nursery Provided
Dr. Michael L. Guffee, Sr.,
Senior Minister
www.shandon-umc.org
256-8383
Deadline for changes or deletions is Friday - 2 p.m. Call Antoinette Frazier at 771-8323
Ronnie Baker begins histhird season as coach atEau Claire, and, eventhough he has seen prog-ress, he is not sure howmuch last years improve-ment meant.
In his first year, theShamrocks finished 1-9but made the Class 2Aplayoffs thanks to a fourth-place finish in the region.Last year, they improved to4-6 but missed out on thepostseason. They play in
the same region as heavy- weights Batesburg-Lees-ville, Columbia and StromThurmond.
Its hard to measure im-provement in wins andlosses when we won morelast year but didnt makethe playoffs, Baker said.We want to make sure ev-ery day we step out on thefield we are getting better.Hopefully, that will trans-late into our goal of makingthe playoffs every year.
The improved victory to-tal has increasedinterest inthe program. Baker saidthe most players ever par-
ticipated in the offseason
program, and he hopesthat will carry over to thefield.
Baker likes where histeam is skill position-wise,but the Shamrocks lostseveral key members alongthe offensive and defensivelines.
Marquise Boyan willstart at quarterback for the
third consecutive year. Hebeings a strong knowledgeof the Shamrocks spreadoffense and accounted formore than 2,000 yards last
year. He is being recruitedby a handful of FCSschools, including GeorgiaState, Central Arkansasand Georgia State. He alsohas an offer from Marshall.
Marquise Jones will beBoyans go-to option at re-ceiver. Hes a three-yearstarter along with fellowreceiver Jordan Stuckey.
Jones has offers fromDuke, Vanderbilt, Mar-shall, Toledo, Furman and
South Carolina State.
If we can find time tothrow the ball, we have achance to move it againstmost anybody on ourschedule, Baker said.
Baker hopes WayneHenderson willbe his start-ing running back. Hender-son is facing discipline is-sues, and its unknown ifhe will be allowed to play.
Carlos Dubois is a bighitter for the defense atlinebacker, and he will seeextensive action on the of-fensive line.
Given the improvementlast year, Baker scrim-maged perennially strongMarlboro County and Cal-houn County thispreseason.
Playing that type ofcompetition helped usidentify our weakness ear-ly, Baker said. Our goalsof making the playoffs andadvancing far in the play-offs are still in place. Hope-fully, this is the season that
takes us over the top.
Marquise Boyan returns for his third season at quarterback for Eau Claire.
GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Jordan Stuckey is a three-year starter at wide receiver for the Shamrocks.GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Shamrocks seekreturn to playoffs
Last year, teammissed postseasondespite improved
record
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 19 at Fairfield Central 8 p.m.Aug. 26 C.A. Johnson 7:30 p.m.Sept. 1 at A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 Dreher 7:30 p.m.Sept. 17 Lower Richland 2 p.m.Sept. 30 at Keenan 7:30 p.m.Oct. 6 Batesburg-Leesville 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Strom Thurmond 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Columbia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 at Gilbert 7:30 p.m.
No. Name Pos.1 Marquise Boyan QB/DB2 Eric Johnson RB/DB3 Jordan Stuckey WR/DB4 Vonterrious Craig QB/DB5 Marquise Jones WR/DB6 Darius Vanover WR/LB7 Wayne Henderson RB/DL8 Wallace Green WR/DB
9 Devonte Griffin WR/DB10 Dequan Warren WR/DB11 Jordan Thompson QB/DB13 Demarcus Butler WR/DB17 Michael Diggs QB/LB20 Artiz Adeyinka RB/LB21 Devontrey Brock WR/DB22 Tyquan Owens WR/DB23 Mikel Johnson RB/LB24 Rickey Burgess WR/DB25 Joseph Anderson WR/DB27 Khalia Davis WR/DB
28 Eric Porterfield RB/LB31 Kareem Jones RB/LB34 Marquise Taylor RB/DB35 Arthur Wright WR/DB42 Jerry Arrington-Smith RB/LB50 Carlos Dubois OL/LB51 Devon Dinkins OL/DL52 Antonio Ashford OL/DL54 Takari Robinson OL/LB
56 Paul Medlock OL/DL60 Dorian Allen OL/DL65 Matthew Curry OL/DL69 Dequan Cullar OL/DL70 Donovan Bell OL/DL71 Trevor Buis OL/DL72 Jamal Johnson OL/DL77 Ernest Mitchell OL/DL80 Shaquille Jacobs WR/DB81 Nicholas Vanover WR/DB86 Tyler Jones WR/DB88 Kendrick McCaskell WR/DB
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No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt.
1 Jarrett Thomas DB Sr. 5-9 187
2 Shaiheem Joyner DB Jr. 6-1 163
3 Lucas Carlton WR Sr. 5-9 1724 Dylan Salley WR Jr. 5-9 146
5 Jake Lewis QB Jr. 6-2 172
6 Darian Jones DB Jr. 5-9 158
7 Will Turman DB Jr. 5-9 154
8 Jamario McGraw LB Jr. 6-0 157
9 Donte Lovett LB Sr. 5-11 232
10 Jamey Dye WR/DBSr. 5-10 162
11 Cameron Asbill RB Jr. 5-9 156
12 Stephen Cagle QB Sr. 6-3 214
13 Schroder Carlton WR/K Jr. 5-7 144
14 Thomas Wright DB So. 5-6 136
15 Chris Asbill QB So. 5-10 148
16 Caleb McComb QB So. 5-8 152
20 Juwan Ayers LB Jr. 5-10 163
21 Tyan Vereen LB Jr. 5-9 169
22 Russell Pruitt DB Jr. 5-11 138
23 Dakota Bryant DL/LB Jr. 5-11 16124 Kenneth Roddey DB So. 5-10 148
25 R.J. Joyner RB Jr. 5-8 173
27 Kentrell Jones-Kimble RB Sr. 5-8 198
28 Aven Pollard DB So. 5-7 163
30 Brandon Williams WR So. 5-9 148
31 TJ Drescher DB So. 5-9 142
32 Christian Washington LB So. 5-11 180
33 Keith Goss LB Jr. 5-10 198
34 Devonte Hardy DE Sr. 5-9 182
35 Connor Desmond RB So. 5-8 163
36 Connor Fordham LB So. 5-6 144
37 Bryce Fernandez K Jr. 6-0 164
41 Reese Mathis LB So. 5-10 179
43 Abel Delfin LB/FB Sr. 5-10 184
44 Jordain Sutherland K Sr. 5-9 171
45 Chris Fitzsimmons K Jr. 5-8 159
50 Bennett Tarr OL So. 5-11 184
51 Devyn Williams OL So. 6-1 221
53 Will Musser OL So. 6-0 189
54 Nathan Boykin OL Sr. 5-11 192
55 Donato Pelzer DL Jr. 6-0 223
60 Jay Hill OL Jr. 6-0 203
63 Matt Ulmer OL Jr. 6-1 201
65 Max Reeder OL Sr. 6-1 258
66 Jared Caree DL Jr. 6-1 237
68 Matt Hall OL Sr. 6-0 213
70 Jarrvis Johnson DL Jr. 6-0 236
72 Stone Whitener OL So. 6-0 254
73 Reed McGowan DL Sr. 6-2 227
74 Josh Blackmon DL So. 5-11 260
75 Marcus Black OL Jr. 6-0 260
76 Karease Hardy DL So. 6-0 244
77 Mike Barnes DL Sr. 6-3 277
78 Dequan Miller OL Sr. 6-1 272
79 Sheldon Newman OL So. 6-4 21780 George Roach WR Jr. 5-10 144
81 Tenorio Johnson WR Sr. 6-1 166
82 Johnathan Boutte WR So. 5-11 146
83 Mills Carlton WR So. 5-9 151
84 Anthony Wilson WR Sr. 6-0 171
85 Brandon Burns TE Sr. 6-1 196
88 Raquan Ruff DE Sr. 6-2 212
89 Carlton Washington TE/DE So. 6-5 216
Coaches: Dean Howell, Mark Cagle, Dennis Quinn, Bart
Miller, Micah Kurtz, Robert Wells, Dustin Curtis, Todd
McClinton, Jamie McLeod
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One of the worst sightsthat A.C. Flora coach DeanHowell could have wit-nessed during last week-ends Richland Sportsara-
ma was senior quarter-back Stephen Cagle sittingon the bench with his an-kle wrapped in an ice pack.
He did.Scheduled to play a
quarter, Cagle hobbled offthe field with an ankle in-
jury late in the opening pe-riod and was on crutchesthe last Howell heard. Thatputs his availability for theseason opener against Gil-bert in jeopardy. The ex-tent of the injury was notknown at press time.
Cagle was a key compo-nent as the Falcons com-piled a 10-2 record last
year one of the best sea-sons in school history. Heis going to be counted onto improve on his 1,300passing yards and be aleader for a solid nucleusof returning players.
Weve been relativelyhealthy all preseason,Howell said. We arent asdeep as I would like us tobe, so weve limited con-tact a little more than I
would like. Then Caglegoes out and gets hurt inthe final tune-up beforethe regular season. Hope-fully, its not going to be se-rious and well go fromthere.
The injury limits the Fal-cons in terms of leadershipand ability. Cagle is the sonof former White Knollcoach Mark Cagle, who ison the A.C. Flora staff, andHowell said having Ste-phen Cagle out of the line-up is like losing a memberof the coaching staff.
Hes been around thegame since hes been ableto walk, Howell said. Ibelieve he could call ouroffense without us helping
him. Hes just that knowl-edgeable to what were do-ing. He has a strong arm,and his mobility has gottenbetter. Hes a naturalleader.
The Falcons lost 24 se-niors from last yearsteam. But the junior varsi-
ty team went undefeated,so there is talent in place.
Jamey Dye will play akey role as a receiver, run-ning back and defensiveback. Keith Goss was theprojected starter at run-ning back but was lost forthe season with a torn
ACL. That will leave thebulk of the running backduties to Cameron Asbilland R.J. Joyner, both of
whom starred on the JVsquad last year.
Tenorio Johnson is abig-play threat at wide re-ceiver, and Schroder Carl-ton and Brandon Burns
will provide pass-catchingdepth.
The offensive line will
be anchored by seniorsDequan Miller, Matt Halland Max Reeder.
We have some new kidsin key positions, but welike the direction wereheading, Howell said.
The defense is led by se-nior linebacker Donte Lo-
vett, an All-Area selectiona year ago. Hes collectedmore than 300 tackles thepast two years and is theheart and soul of the de-fensive attack.
The defensive line is themost experienced group.Seniors Raquan Ruff,Reed McGowan and Mike
Barnes lead a talentedgroup. They have size andexperience, and thatshould help until the line-backers and secondary getup to speed.
The defensive backfieldsuffered major losses, andthe replacements at sever-al positions have not beendetermined. Jarrett Thom-as has emerged as a leaderof a group that needs togrow up early if the Fal-cons are to match the suc-cess they had last year.
Howell said its a workin progress with a youngteam. Plus theyve gonefrom the hunter to the hun-
ted because of the successthey experienced last year.
Weve had to start over with just the little thingsbecause these kids justdont fully know our sys-tem yet, Howell said. Weunderstand were going toget everybodys best shot.That comes with the terri-tory when you win. Its stillto be determined how
were going to fare in thefavorites role, but we wel-come the challenge.
Quarterback Stephen Cagle is a veteran leader for A.C. Flora, but he sustained an ankle injury during Saturdays Richland Sportsarama.
GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Falcons counting on
Cagle for leadershipSenior QB hurts
ankle duringSportsarama
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
AC Floras Schroder Carlton looks to run aftermaking a catch during the Sportsarama at
Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 19 Gilbert 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 at Columbia 7:30 p.m.Sept. 1 Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Swansea 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Saluda 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Airport 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Midland Valley 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Lower Richland 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 at Dreher 7:30 p.m.
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803-462-4499No. Name Pos.1 Kenneth McDonald WR/LB2 Wilbert Jones RB/LB3 Diquan Cleckley WR/DB4 Charles Mallory WR/DB5 Ikeem Anthony WR/DB6 Hakim Meyers RB/LB7 Rakim Meyers RB/LB8 Mike Davis RB/DB9 Kevin McDonald TE/LB10 Michael Knox WR/LB12 Peter Goodman WR/DB15 Eddie Boatwright QB/DB22 Anthony Eaddy RB/DB24 Dominick Nixon WR/DB26 Reginald Carter WR/DB
30 Dominique Tucker WR/DB
32 Tarik Pryor RB/LB40 Stephon Smith RB/LB44 Michael Watts RB/LB50 Tyquan Turner OL/DL55 Daquan Boyles OL/DL58 Julius Grooms OL/DL66 Eric Washington OL/DL70 Michael Ashford OL/DL72 Terry Meyers OL/DL76 Eric Goodwin OL/DL77 Wendell Bing OL/DL78 Caesar Nieto OL/DL80 William Tobe OL/DL88 Michael Milhouse WR/DB89 Brandon Hopkins WR/DB
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For the first time in JerryJacksons four seasons ascoach at C.A. Johnson, theHornets will field a junior
varsity team.In the past, Jackson had
to use any athletes whowere interested in playingon the varsity because of alack of numbers. Slowly
but surely, that is chang-ing, and more interest hasallowed Jackson to startbuilding his program.
That is the lifeblood forgrowing a program, Jack-son said. The JV guys hadto play varsity before, andthey were getting beat upand ended up quitting.Now we hope to have thoseguys stay in the programand stay together four
years.Even with that positive
development, Jackson isstruggling to get players tomake a year-round com-mitment. He has had better
success in that regard withthe skill-position players,whom he can take to vari-ous 7-on-7 camps to keepthem engaged.
Play on both sides of theline is suffering, though.Before C.A. Johnson tookthe field last week in theRichland Sportsarama,most of the linemen hadbeen in camp for only a
week.We are hurting on line-
men, Jackson said. Someof them didnt come in thefirst week, and we havent
had a huge chance to work with them. I am pleasedwith what we are capableof doing once we start
working with them. Im ve-ry optimistic about thisteam.
Eddie Boatwrightserved as Jonathan Good-
wins backup at quarter-back last season, and nowit is Boatwrights turn. Heis more of a thrower than arunner, the same asGoodwin.
The receiving corpsshould be the strength ofthe offense. Michael Knox,Kevin McDonald, Kenneth
McDonald and PeterGoodman have experienceand will be counted on tocarry the load. Wilbert
Jones moves to runningback after playing a varietyof positions last year, and
Jackson hopes using himin one spot will increasehis production. AnthonyEaddy also will contributeat running back.
These guys practicedtogether all summer, and
that should help us as theseason progresses, Jack-son said. They have a feel
for each other. But, again,the key is going to be howquick we can get the line tocome together.
One of the biggest sur-prises has been the devel-opment of Tyquan Turner.He transferred from New
York last year and neverhad played organizedsports, but should be astandout on the offensiveand defensive lines.
Mike Ashford is in hisfourth year in the programand will complementTurner on both sides of theline.
Jackson has about 30
players on the varsityteam, so he needs his teamto stay healthy to be in theplayoff hunt.
Were still young andthin in many positions,
Jackson said. Hopefully,these guys will have somesuccess early so we canbuild some confidence inthem. We finished 2-8 last
year, and we dont want tohave another season likethat.
Eddie Boatwright takes over the quarterback duties fromJonathan Goodwin at C.A. Johnson.
GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Building blocksin place at CAJ
But coach still isseeking bettercommitment
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 19 at North 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 at Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 Keenan 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 at Pelion 7:30 p.m.Sept. 15 Ben Lippen 7:30 p.m.Sept. 29 Great Falls 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at McBee 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Chesterfield 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at Lewisville 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 North Central 7:30 p.m.
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Keenan experienced amajor drop-off last sea-son, when the Raiders
went 1-9 following a 9-2mark in 2009.Keenangraduated 19 seniorsfrom its 2009 team, with13 going on to play in col-lege. Coach Mitchell Mo-ton said that left him withan inexperienced teamlast season, but he hopesbeing thrown into the fire
will produce some coolresults in 2011.
We were a bunch ofpuppies being thrown in-to the ring with the
wolves last year, Moton
said. We played closewith nearly everyone, butin the fourth quarter,
when depth became an is-sue, we had young legsand couldnt keep up.Hopefully that willchange for us this year. It
was hard to replace thattalented senior class.
Moton has his offen-sive line back, three of
whom Jonathan Gath-ers, Brandon Smalls and
Joseph James will bethird-year starters.
The Raiders will rotatetwo players at quarter-back. Eric Griffin is moreathletic and more of adual-threat, option-typesignal-caller, while TitusHopkins is the betterpasser. Both will play ex-tensively this season, Mo-ton said
Whoever is under cen-ter will have a couple ofreliable targets at receiv-er. Tight end Matt Belton
led the team in receptionsand touchdown catcheslast season, and JoshuaMcCord has big-play po-tential on the outside.
The running game willrely on Dytrone Hyman,Pete Essaw and David Mi-chael Clarke.
I like what were doingon the offensive side ofthe ball, Moton said.
The offensive line is thestrength of our team, andI think we have someguys that can make someplays behind them.
The defensive line re-sembles a college line inregard to size. The Raid-ers average well over 300pounds across the front,led by 6-foot-6,330-pound ShanquanHarrell. More heft is pro-
vided by 340-pound Kev-in Canzater and320-pound Jerry Thomas.
We took our lumpslast year, but weve grownup, stayed together and
came out with great fo-cus, Moton said. Thoseguys up front make it eas-ier on our linebackersand secondary to limit thebig plays.
Linebackers TylerGeorge, Tyler Smith,Preston Perkins and Jere-my Austin should benefitfrom playing behind thehuge line. George led theteam in tackles last year,and Perkins was also astandout.
D.J. McCollum and To-ny McWhite lead a youngbut aggressive secondary.
I feel much betterabout where were at this
year than I did last year,Moton said. We need tostay healthy just like ev-eryone else, but theseguys really made an effortin the offseason to getbetter. I think last year
was a stumbling block,but we should be back onthe way up now.
Keenanback on
the way upRaiders stumbled
last season, butyoung players
gainedexperience
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
Keenan quarterback Titus Hopkins looks for areceiver during the Richland Sportsarama at
Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
KEENAN SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 at Blackville-Hilda 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at C.A. Johnson 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 Swansea 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 at Airport 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Sumter 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Strom Thurmond 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 at Gilbert 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 20 Batesburg-Leesville 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 at Columbia 7:30 p.m.
A team roster was not provided
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.1 Mitchell Barber Jr. DB/WR 5-9 1553 Heath Gilmore So. QB/DB 5-10 1654 Marcus Edmond Jr. QB/DB 6-0 1755 Kendrick Roach Sr. RB/LB 5-9 1606 Joshua Cofield Jr. WR/DB 5-11 1657 Kwashaun Ward Sr. WR/DB 5-11 1808 Justin McCoy Jr. WR/DB 5-9 16012 Stephon Gridine Fr. QB/DB 5-9 15015 Raheem Peterson Sr. RB/DB 5-11 17516 Jaylen Bacon So. WR/DB 6-0 16517 Jontrai Jackson So. WR 5-10 16018 Javon Dawkins Fr. WR/DB 5-10 15520 Justin Phillips So. P/L 5-9 15021 Javier Ferguson Jr. RB/DB 6-2 17522 Anterius Smith So. WR/DB 5-9 15525 Lawrence Tucher So. RB/LB 5-8 17529 Nicholas Weston Sr. RB/DB 5-8 17530 Donte Seabrook Sr. WR/DB 5-9 17031 Jarron Garrick Sr. LB 5-11 20032 Tomas Minder Jr. RB/LB 6-1 22033 Almondo Brown Jr. Jr. RB/LB 5-11 17034 Arthur Jones Jr. RB/LB 5-10 17037 Jaleel McCall Fr. RB/DB 5-11 18542 Joshua Harris Sr. RB 6-1 20044 Malik Williams So. RB/LB 5-10 16545 Freddie Solomon Jr. RB/LB 5-10 180
48 Jacob Myers So. RB/LB 5-10 17550 Charles Hopkins So. WR/LB 5-11 17051 Raymond Weston Sr. OL/LB 5-10 22552 Jaquan Keel So. OL/DL 6-1 23055 Casey Powell Jr. RB/LB 5-11 21056 Tariq Mack So. OL/LB 5-10 18560 Myreon Broomfield Jr. OL/DL 5-11 23561 Quinton Salley Sr. OL/DL 5-10 22562 Devante Hinton Fr. OL/DL 5-11 23065 William Ballard So. OL/DL 5-10 29066 Samuel Sabb Fr. OL/DL 5-11 28567 Xeric Griffin So. OL/DL 5-10 22068 Tre Goodwin So. OL/DL 6-1 23070 Khalil Suber So. OL 6-0 24571 Joshua Brown Jr. OL 6-1 23072 Toney Benson Jr. OL/DL 5-10 26073 Vernon Dennis Jr. OL/DL 6-0 27574 Robert Shiver Fr. OL/DL 5-10 22575 Kevin Anderson So. OL/DL 5-11 250
78 Vernon Griffin So. OL/DL 6-0 27080 Alex Young Jr. WR 5-10 16582 Darius Griffin Sr. WR/DB 5-11 16084 Marquis Davis So. WR/DB 5-10 17085 Cedric C.J. Davis Jr. TE 6-2 21087 Juwan Hinton Jr. WR 5-11 19088 Alonzo Gibson Jr. TE/DL 6-2 23090 Devonte Perry Jr. TE/DL 6-1 21094 Joseph Davis So. TE/DE 6-0 21099 Ricky Hagood So. OL/DL 6-0 315
Coach: Wayne Farmer
Assistants: Jamie Brunson, Jason Bush, Bryan Buffkin,
Mark David, Dedric Tisdale, Reggie Wedner, Sean Gilley,
Michael Burrell
LOWER RICHLAND ROSTER
Lower Richland this year looks more like theteams that featured futureNFL players Richard Sey-mour, Lance Lauryand Da-
vid Patten than the small-roster squads of recent
years.That has put second-
year coach Wayne Farmerin a muchbetter mood thanlast year. He was 2-8 in2010, but he hopes a foun-dation was laid for thefuture.
They learned the sys-tem and understand thementality were trying totranslate, Farmer said.We are getting better withour discipline and our
want-to as far as sacrificingto be a successful footballteam. The challenge now isto learn how to winballgames.
The Diamonds havemore than 70 players onthe roster but only eightseniors.
They lost eight starterson offense, and one of thereturning players, MarcusEdmond, is moving fromrunning back to quarter-back to run the wing-T op-tion attack. KendrickRoach will be counted on to
pick up the slack for Ed-mond, a 1,000-yard rusherlast year.
Senior Raymond West-on and Quinton Salley arereturning starters on theoffensive line, but the levelof experience tails off afterthat.
We lost a lot of our of-fense, Farmer said. Were
young all over the place, so we need to get those youngsters up to speedquickly. My biggest con-cern is our offensive lineand their youth.
Tight end C.J. Davis willbe counted on to be a big-play threat and to blockin arun-orientated offense.
The defense returns nostarters in the secondary.Roach, who also plays line-backer, and defensive ends
Alonzo Gibson andQuayshawn Waters willanchor the defense.
But Farmer likes his
teams approach so far.We have to learn to
transition the things we doin practice to game situa-tions under the lights, hesaid. Inexperience is stilltaking place. With onlyeight seniors, Im lookingforward to the things tocome down the road. Everytime we have a chance toget reps in, we need to takeadvantage of it and get a lit-tle better every day.
Lower Richlands Marcus Edmond runs to a touchdown against Keenanduring the 51st annual Sportsarama at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Farmer draws a crowdat Lower RichlandLOWER RICHLAND SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 19 at Columbia 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 Spring Valley 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 Lakewood 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 at Richland Northeast 7:30 p.m.Sept. 17 at Eau Claire 2 p.m.Sept. 30 Dreher 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 Airport 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Midland Valley 7:30 p.m.
After several leanyears, Diamondshave 70 on roster
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
Lower Richlands Jarron Garrick stiff-armsKeenans Tyler George during the Sportsarama.
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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.1 Josh Wilkins LB/WR 6-1 185 Sr.2 Joe Fennessy QB/WR 6-2 205 Sr.3 Kendall Taylor WR 6-1 180 Jr.4 Tyrell Speech DB 5-9 155 Jr.5 William Bloch DB 5-8 155 So.7 Tyrek Outler QB/WR 5-8 160 So.8 Chris Bernadin WR 6-0 175 Sr.9 Howard Henderson QB 5-9 150 Fr.10 James Huggins WR 6-1 170 Sr.11 Korey Williams FS 5-9 160 Jr.12 Jason Carter LB 6-2 190 So.15 Kwayshon Drayton DB 5-10 165 Jr.20 Keenan Drayton DB 5-9 140 Jr.
21 Artemious Corbett DB/RB 5-9 185 Sr.22 Aaron Outen DB/RB 6-9 160 Sr.23 Deshawn Gooden DB 5-10 165 Jr.24 Chris Bloch WR/DB 5-8 160 Jr.25 Andrew Goyins RB 5-7 155 Jr.26 Zaki Pickett DB 5-9 150 Jr.30 Giovanni Dwight DL 6-0 200 Sr.32 Jeremy Jenkins LB 5-9 215 Sr.33 Devin Barnes FB/DL 5-6 180 Sr.34 Ross Branch LB 5-10 175 So.36 Dashawn Davis LB/FB 5-8 205 Sr.37 Collin Dryden LB 6-1 180 So.41 Wesley Mousseau K 5-10 160 Fr.44 Yusef Dornik DL 5-7 140 Sr.
45 Jad Sheehi K 5-9 155 Sr.52 Drayton Hastie OL 5-10 195 So.53 Tyriq Dunmore OL 5-11 215 So.54 Jonathan Crabtree OL/DL 6-3 260 Sr.55 Chris Yogodzinsky OL 6-3 230 1262 Bruce Mousseau OL/LS 6-2 230 Sr.64 Andrew Price OL 6-0 190 So.70 Tyslin Tucker OL 6-2 230 Jr.72 Jeffrey Wider OL/DL 5-10 290 Fr.73 Thomas Yancey DL 5-10 220 So.74 Justin Fordham OL 5-11 260 Sr.75 Mason Brandes DL 5-10 225 Sr.76 Bryant Favor DL 6-4 285 Jr.80 Bradford Lemmons WR 6-0 155 So.
81 Quinton Ethridge WR 6-0 180 Jr.82 Alex Cowsert WR/P 5-10 160 Sr.83 Michael Slattery WR 5-9 160 So.84 Damien Gates WR 6-0 170 Jr.85 Mike Ford DL 6-1 220 Fr.86 Kasseem McKee WR 6-1 170 Jr.87 Reggie Shiver WR 6-2 190 Sr.88 Malik Fordham LB 6-0 155 Jr.
Coach: Joshua Stepp
Assistants: Bobby Dan McGlohorn, Treigh Sullivan, Damien
Jackson, Derrick Hines, Corey Seawell, Brandon Gantt, Brent
Patrick, TJ Wilson, Stacie Bell, Bryan Sipes.
ROSTER
When Dreher left thefield at Memorial Stadiumafter the Sportsarama onSaturday night, coach JoshStepp couldnt hide his en-thusiasm, even though heteam had played only atwo-quarter scrimmage.
As he gathered his play-
ers beyond the end zone,he let them know their yearof hard work was payingoff. His next hope is the0-10 nightmare of last sea-son soon will be a distantmemory.
Last year, we were dealta tough hand, Stepp said.We took over a team thatlost 22 starters. That forcedus to play a bunch of fresh-men and sophomores andkids that had no playing ex-perience, and they wereforced to get their experi-ence on the field. After last
year, anytime we can getany type of success, that is
huge for these kids.The Blue Devils, who at
times started 11 freshmenlast year, feel like they havethe athletes necessary torun the spread offense bet-ter than they did a seasonago, and they hope the ad-dition of defensive coordi-nator Bobby Dan McGlo-horn will improve a de-fense that allowed an aver-age of more than 450 yardsper game.
McGlohorn, who wascoach at Lakeland Chris-tian School in Florida, hasscrapped the 3-4 look for a4-3 alignment.
The defense will be ledby linebackers Devin
Barnes and Josh Wilkinsand defensive back
Kwayshon Drayton. Allthree played key roles last
year and will be counted onto be leaders.
Weve had a tremen-dous offseason in the
weight room and duringthe summer, Stepp said.We are starting to see thefruits of our labor, and thekids are seeing how theirhard work will pay off.
Joe Fennessy is a senior who will start in his first year playing quarterback.Last year, he was comingoff shoulder surgery, soStepp had him at wide re-ceiver when he was
healthy enough to play.Fennessy has a strong arm,knows the offense and is anatural leader in the hud-dle, Stepp said.
Running backs JamesHuggins, Barnes and An-drew Goyins will be thestrength of the offense.
Wilkins also will see time atreceiver, with Reggie Shiv-er and Kendall Taylor pro-
viding big targets.The offensive line will be
thin and lack experience,but Stepp hopes runningthe spread will aid the unit.
The Blue Devils arent like-ly to smash the ball downthe field, so they want tospread opponents out andlet their guys get in spaceso they can make plays.
When you get a yearunderneath your belt and a year to install yourprogram, from the weightroom to what you do on thefield (that) makes a
world of difference, andthe kids are seeing that.Stepp said. We feel like wehave the athletes to run thespread. We feel like that isthe best thing for us withour lack of size up front.
Dreher quarterback Joe Fennessy hands the ball to running back James Hugginsduring the Sportsarama at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Dreher making
progress under SteppTeam growing upafter winlesscampaign
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 18 Richland Northeast 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 Columbia 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 at Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.Sept. 15 Mid-Carolina 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Fairfield Central 8 p.m.Sept. 30 at Lower Richland 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Midland Valley 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at Airport 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.
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No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt.
1 Braden Shockley WR/DB Jr. 6-0 160
2 Ronald Brown LB Jr. 5-10 175
3 William Graham DB Sr. 5-10 155
4 Garrett Ayers WR So. 5-11 130
5 Joey DeAngelis RB/WR Sr. 5-11 185
6 John Allen Babson OLB/DB Sr. 5-9 160
7 Quayshon Myers DB/WR Jr. 5-7 145
8 Harris Pharr DB Sr. 5-10 170
9 Logan Smith OLB/WR So. 5-11 165
11 Nick Garrett QB/WR Fr. 5-10 155
12 Jake Nidiffer QB Jr. 6-3 170
13 McIver Prickett K Sr. 6-3 18514 Charlie Black DB So. 5-9 145
17 Parker Hanshaw DB Sr. 5-10 145
18 Caleb Woody WR So. 5-9 135
20 Coker Courie WR Sr. 5-7 130
21 Fred Wadsworth DB So. 5-10 140
22 B.J. Bennett RB/WR Sr. 6-1 195
30 Wells Mealing OLB Fr. 5-10 155
33 Robbie Gandy DE/TE Sr. 6-0 190
42 Charlie Corrigan LB Sr. 6-1 185
45 Stephen Mitchell OLB Jr. 5-10 170
50 Roo Daniels OL/DL Jr. 6-2 250
51 Jordan Cox DL/OL So. 6-0 210
52 Patrick Kneece OL/DL So. 6-2 225
54 William Love OL/MLB Jr. 5-11 195
55 Cole Brown OL/DL Sr. 6-3 21056 Calhoun McDougall OL/DL So. 5-9 200
57 Patrick Fawcett OL/DL Sr. 5-10 235
62 Will Turner DL So. 5-10 180
65 Donald Fawcett OL So. 5-10 200
70 Peter McWilliams OL/DL Jr. 6-3 205
71 James Courie OL So. 5-10 190
79 Patrick McLean OL/DL Fr. 6-0 240
80 Doak Fisher WR/OLB So. 6-3 185
84 Cannon Smith TE/DE So. 6-4 220
Coaches: Erik Kimrey, Chris Elliott, Gene Smith,Bralyn Bennett, Kurt Wilson, Jeff Barnes, Bill Kimrey
ROSTER
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 at Cardinal Newman 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Wilson Hall 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 Florence Christian 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 Orangeburg Prep 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 Ben Lippen 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 at Pinewood Prep 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Laurence Manning 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 at Porter-Gaud 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 Heathwood Hall 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 at Augusta Christian 7:30 p.m.
When you have won astate-record five consecu-tive state championships,the last thing you thinkabout is rebuilding. Dur-ing its run, Hammond hasreloaded more than it hasrebuilt. But this seasoncould present the biggestchallenge for coach ErikKimrey.
The Skyhawks return
seven starters three onoffense and four on de-fense so Kimrey is waryof allowing expectationsto overwhelm his youngsquad.
The only pressure theyfeel is the day-to-day pres-sure of getting better withevery repetition theytake, Kimrey said. Were
young and inexperiencedbut very eager. Knowl-edge is courage, and that
is something you gain ov-er time. Were trying to getthese guys in their com-fort level so they can per-form to their highestability.
Hammond averagedmore than 400 yards of of-fense last year and al-lowed less than 190, andthose numbers will behard to match with such a
young team.The offense will be built
around the running tan-dem of B.J. Bennett and
Joey DeAngelis. Kimreysaid Bennett was one ofthe most talented playershe has coached. DeAnge-
lis averaged 10 yards percarry last season, andboth are explosive,smooth runners who canrun inside or out and willshare time in the slot.
Those two will carry theload behind a young of-fensive line and a newquarterback. Gone is two-
year starter Dave Nidiffer,and in his place undercenter is younger brother
Jake Nidiffer, a junior. The
younger Nidiffer has astrong arm and pocketprescience, but he needsexperience to reach thelevel of his brother.
Jake brings a lot of thesame qualities as Dave,Kimrey said. Hes a bigkid that can really throwit. When he gains experi-ence, hes going to be ableto run the offense fully.
Roo Daniels is the onlyreturning starter on theoffensive line. He will be athree-year starter at cen-ter. Others expected to seetheir first extensive action
will be Cole Brown, Wil-liam Love, Peter McWil-
liams and Patrick Kneece.The receivers are inex-
perienced as well, but Ni-differ will have a couple ofbig targets: tight end Can-non Smith (6-foot-4, 210)and Doak Fisher (6-3,185).
Were still going to be abalanced team betweenthe run and the pass,Kimrey said. We need tobe able to do both. B.J and
Joey might have to carry
us early, but we should bemore balanced once weget the kids in their com-fort levels.
Defensively, the onlyreturning starter on theline is end Robbie Gandy.
Jordan Cox, Patrick Faw-cett and Patrick McCleanshould be in the mix.
Logan Smith and JohnAllen Babson are solid atlinebacker, and BradenShockley is a hard hitterat safety. That core shouldbe the strength of the de-fense, and Kimrey expectsthose three to lead by ex-ample. Ronald Brown,Stephen Mitchell,
Quayshon Myers and Har-ris Pharr are expected tocontribute at linebackerand in the secondary.
Again, until some ofthe younger guys are com-fortable with what weredoing, the veterans aregoing to have to lead us,Kimrey said. We had agreat spring and have car-ried that over to presea-son practice. I really like
where we are right now.
B.J. Bennett reaches for a pass during practice. Hammond coach Erik Kimrey said Bennett is one of the most talented players he has coached.
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title streak
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
Quayshon Myers receives the ball from quarterback Jake Nidiffer during a recent practice.Nidiffer takes over as Hammonds quarterback, replacing his brother David.
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For second-year Cardi-nal Newman coach AndySmyth, going to practicehas been a much morepleasant experience thisseason. Last year, the Car-dinals were limited by alack of participation andinjuries, and they limpedhome with a 0-10 record.
They had 21 players onthe roster, and on manyFriday nights suited up 18and had as many as eight
who played every snap. Soto have 35 players comeout for the team this sea-son has made planningpractice an easier task.
We didnt win a gamelast year, so we have to goup from there, Smythsaid. We had to go out andfind more kids to get in-
volved. We revamped the weight program. We were limited in what wecould do last year. We feellike weve made a good
turn in both numbers andthe quality of players.The Cardinals have
strong senior (15 mem-bers) and sophomore (16)classes. They will be test-ed by a challenging earlyportion of the schedule,
which includes five-timedefending state championHammond in the opener.
Senior Nick Palevich will be counted on to re- vive a running game thataveraged 120 yards pergame last year. He hasbeen a three-year starterat a variety of positions but
will be the featured backthis year. He is a straight-ahead runner who fits theoffense well.
Sophomores Cole Ba-con and Evan Dubois willbe expected to contributeto the running game as
well.
Given the offense werun, moving the ball on theground will be key for us,Smyth said.
The quarterback battleis coming down to transferDalton Halfacre and last
years backup, Kody Wat-son. Whoever wins the job
will have some big targets:Jake Wilson, Jacob Augustand Austin Ajukwa are alltaller than 6-foot-2.
Were a little more ath-letic in several positionsthan we have been be-fore, Smyth said. Wethink weve got some piec-
es in place. I cant tell youhow that translates into
wins and losses, but Ithink well put a signifi-cantly better football teamon the field.
The offensive line willbe anchored by guard Bil-ly Solomon and tackleDan Maroney, both three-
year starters. Jack Moore,Mackie Reibold and MacSnoddy will providedepth.
Solomon is the onlyplayer expected to start onboth sides of the ball. He
will anchor the defensiveline, with Taylor Patten,
August and Snoddy alsoseeing time.Matt Erdman led the
team with more than 100tackles last season eventhough he played eachgame with a cast on atleast one of his hands be-cause he broke bones ineach hand. Bacon and Wil-son likely will be the otherstarters.
The secondary lost bothstarting cornerbacks, butSmyth thinks he can findthe right combination ofplayers to fill the voids.
Were going to be young, he said. Weforced people to fit last
year, but we have guys thatfit now. Key is to stay awayfrom injuries. We feel, ifthat happens, we have achance to move these kidsaround and give them achance to be successful.
Cardinals have moreoptions this year
After winless 2010campaign, moreplayers join team
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.1 Austin Ajukwa 11 WR 6-5 187
2 Garrett McNerney 10 QB/DB 5-9 1604 Jacob August 11 WR/DB 6-5 203
5 Jack Doran 12 LB 5-11 170
7 Jake Wilson 12 WR/DB 6-2 1828 Dalton Halfacre 12 QB/DB 6-2 180
9 Logan Parker 10 RB/DB 5-8 155
10 Eddie Colombo 10 WR/DB 5-9 15512 Hunter Gatling 10 WR/DB 5-11 147
15 Kody Watson 11 QB 6-0 178
17 Cole Bacon 10 RB/LB 6-0 18821 John Greenwood 10 RB/DB 6-0 170
22 Evan Dubois 10 RB/DB 5-1015525 Nick Palevich 12 RB/DB 6-0 170
27 Chris Kolp 10 RB/LB 5-9 157
34 Taylor Patten 12 DL 6-1 19041 Matt Erdman 12 RB/LB 6-1 190
45 Danny Winterstein 11 WR 5-8 160
50 Kevin Han 10 OL/DL 5-1119052 Eric Joiner 10 LB 5-5 152
53 Brendan Jervey 10 OL/DL 6-2 240
54 Billy Solomon 12 OL/DL 6-0 21555 Jacob Leitner 12 OL/DL 5-7 145
56 Zack Khammash 12 OL/DL 6-1 242
60 Nick Costagliola 10 OL/DL 5-8 17862 Mac Snoddy 10 OL/DL 6-1 200
63 Jack Moore 12 OL/DL 5-1119064 Heyden Johnson 10 OL/DL 5-10282
65 Dan Maroney 12 OL/DL 6-3 215
70 Sean Nottoli 12 DL 6-4 26072 Mackie Reibold 10 OL/DL 6-2 202
73 Thomas Wilczewski 12 OL/DL 6-0 175
75 Shawn Davis 12 OL/DL 5-9 20080 Andrew Wilczewski 12 WR/DB 6-1 180
82 John Whelahan 10 WR 5-9 155
Coach: Andrew Smyth
Assistants: Maurice Chapman, Steve Davis, Russ Dubiski,
Marvin McGhee, William Plowden, Dwight Stenson
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SCHEDULE
Date Opponent TimeAug. 26 Hammond 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Augusta Christian 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 Bishop England 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Pinewood Prep 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 at Laurence Manning 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at Orangeburg Prep 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 Porter-Gaud 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Wilson Hall 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Ben Lippen 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 at Heathwood Hall 7:30 p.m.
CAMDEN
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 19 at Spring Valley 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 Ware Shoals 7:30 p.m.Sept. 1 at West Florence 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Lugoff-Elgin 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 Andrew Jackson 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 Crestwood 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Hartsville 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Darlington 7:30 p.m.Oct. 20 Lakewood 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 at Marlboro County 7:30 p.m.
CHAPIN
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 at Dutch Fork 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Swansea 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 Irmo 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 at Newberry 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 Mid-Carolina 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 Clinton 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Union County 7:30 p.m.Oct.14 Blue Ridge 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Chapman 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 at Greer 7:30 p.m.
DUTCH FORK
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 19 Irmo 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 Chapin 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at North Augusta 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 Lugoff-Elgin 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 at White Knoll 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Lexington 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 Richland Northeast 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Ridge View 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at Blythewood 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Spring Valley 7:30 p.m.Nov. 4 at Irmo 7:30 p.m.
GILBERT
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 19 at A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 White Knoll 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 Mid-Carolina 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 at Pelion 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 Swansea 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at Batesburg-Leesville 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Columbia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Keenan 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at Strom Thurmond 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.
AIRPORT
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Fairfield Central 8 p.m.Sept. 9 Hartsville 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Keenan 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 at South Aiken 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 Midland Valley 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Lower Richland 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Dreher 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 at Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 Lexington 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Mid-Carolina 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 at Newberry 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Saluda 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Brookland-Cayce 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 Gilbert 7:30 p.m.Oct. 6 at Eau Claire 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 Columbia 7:30 p.m.Oct. 20 at Keenan 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 Strom Thurmond 7:30 p.m.
BLYTHEWOOD
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 19 at South Florence 7:30 p.m.Aug. 26 at Fairfield Central 8 p.m.Sept. 2 Lexington 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 Northwestern 7:30 p.m.Sept. 22 at Rock Hill 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 Lancaster 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Spring Valley 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Richland Northeast 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 Dutch Fork 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Irmo 7:30 p.m.Nov. 4 at Ridge View 7:30 p.m.
BROOKLAND-CAYCE
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 at Airport 7:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Newberry 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 White Knoll 7:30 p.m.Sept. 16 at Columbia 7:30 p.m.Sept. 23 Batesburg-Leesville 7:30 p.m.Sept. 30 A.C. Flora 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 Lower Richland 7:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Dreher 7:30 p.m.Oct. 21 at Midland Valley 7:30 p.m.Oct. 28 Airport 7:30 p.m.
OTHER MIDLANDS SCHEDULES
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Ben Lippen lost threegames last year includinga 9-7 setback to AugustaChristian in the first roundof the SCISA Class 3A play-offs in which it heldfourth-quarter leads. With asolid nucleus returning,coach Reggie Shaw hopesthe Falcons find a way to win
those games and improve ontheir 7-4 record.
The Falcons welcomeback 12 starters, includingquarterback Austin Irish,leading rusher Tyler Renewand a host of defensive play-ers. The biggest concern isreplacing four starters onthe offensive line.
The interior is a concern,and weve still got some
work to do, Shaw said. Wearent where we want to beright now, and we have somequestion marks, but I alsofeel like we have some guysthat have been tested andare capable of making
plays.Ben Lippen is in the sameregion as five-time champi-on Hammond and opensagainst Heathwood Hall in akey region game Aug. 26.Shaw hopes the experienceof his team pays dividendsagainst a difficult schedule.
The offensive attack willcenter on the arm of Irishand the running of Renewand Tuck Benefield. Irishthrew for a little more than1,000 yards last year and hasthe potential to greatly im-prove, Shaw said.
Renew rushed for morethan 1,000 yards despitemissing three game becauseof injury. Benefield will seeplenty of action in the back-field and will double as theleader of the defense fromhis linebacker spot.
Branson Despres is theonly returning starter on anoffensive line that paved the
way for more than 2,500yards in 2010. Despres willbe a three-year starter attackle. Blake Holloman and
Seth Rhoden will be countedon to log a lot of snaps as
well. Shaw is counting onthese same players on thedefensive line as well.
Irish will have Taylor Ste-vens and Fraser Hahn as big-play targets at wide receiver.
Greg Williamson will re-join Benefield to give the Fal-cons a solid linebackingcorps. Hunter Spivey re-turns in the secondary and
will have help from KeatonWalker, James Patterson and
Michael Parks in a deep, ath-letic unit.
With the low participationnumbers, Shaw knows histeam has to stay healthy.
We have some guys ondefense that we feel reallygood about, Shaw said.Last year we suffered someinjuries and maybe didnttrain the best way possible.
We changed our focus in theoffseason to make surethese guys are ready to playa longer season this year.
Falcons return solidnucleus of players
But not many ofthem are interior
linemen
By CHRIS DEARINGSpecial to The State
Austin Irish returns at quarterback for Ben Lippen but will have a mostly new
offensive line in front of him.
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SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
Aug. 26 Heathwood Hall 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Pinewood Prep 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 Augusta Christian 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 at C.A. Johnson 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 at Hammond 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 at Porter-Gaud 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Wilson Hall 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 Laurence Manning 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 at Cardinal Newman 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 Orangeburg Prep 7:30 p.m.
No. Name Pos. Yr.
5 Michael Parks QB/DB Jr.
7 Austin Irish QB Sr.
9 Randy Liang RB Sr.
10 Taylor Stevens WR/LB Sr.11 Tuck Benefield TE/LB/K Sr.
12 Levi Walters DB Jr.
13 Keaton Walker WR/DB Sr.
14 Graham Temples DB Jr.
15 Paul Amick TE/LB Jr.
16 Chris Flores WR/DB Jr.
17 Greg Williamson LB Jr.
18 Jack Liang DB Jr.
24 Tyler Renew RB/LB Jr.
31 Hunter Spivey DB Sr.
44 Blake Tindle OL/LB Sr.
52 Abraham Bamba OL/DL Jr.
58 Josh Parks OL/DL Sr.
66 Will Capel OL/DL Jr.68 Zach Hightower OL/DL Jr.
70 Blake Holloman OL/DL Jr.
71 Branson Despres OL/DL Sr.
78 Dylan Grunsky OL/DL Jr.
79 Paul Glasser OL/DL Jr.
88 Daniel Salazar WR Jr.
NA Seth Rhoden OL NA
NA Fraser Hahn WR NA
NA James Patterson DB NA
Coach: Reggie Shaw
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