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2. LAMAR FALL SPORTS 2010, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
LAMAR
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Cory
Fassiotto Branson Jennings
moves from will start the season
quarterback under center for the
to tight end Savages.
this season.
John Contreras
John Contreras The Lamar Ledger
The Lamar
Ledger
LAMAR
PREP SOFTBALL
Softball team eyes new season in the pitching circle will be Chelsea Vallejos. Sophomore
By John Contreras
sophomore Katie Crampton Abigail Cruz from Wiley is
2010 SCHEDULE
The Lamar Ledger
and senior Whitney Crown. also tabbed to see duty in the Tues., Sept. 7 - at La Junta, 14 - ST. MARY’S, V, 4:00 ACADEMY, V/JV,
The Lamar High School “I think our pitching will outfield. V, 4:00 Thurs., Sept. 23 - at Rocky 11:00
definitely be a strength this Thurs., Sept. 9 - at Limon, Ford, V/JV, 4:00 Thurs., Oct. 7- at Dolores
girls softball team is coming Looking ahead to this sea- V/JV, 4:00
off a 13-8 season a year ago. year,” said Forney. “We return Sat., Sept. 25 - at Sierra, V, Huerta, V/JV, 4:00
Katie and she worked hard son, Forney said, “You always Fri., Sept. 10 - at Burlington 2:00 Sat., Oct. 9 - at Florence, V/
Lamar was one of four set your goals higher every Tournament, V
over the summer and looks Mon., Sept. 27 - ROCKY JV, 11:00
teams that received an at large year. This year, we definitely Sat., Sept. 11 - PUEBLO
stronger. Whitney can also EAST, V/JV, 11:00 FORD, JV, 4:00 Sat., Oct. 16 - District
bid to play in the Class 3A want to finish higher in the Tournament, TBA
throw and I have some other Mon., Sept. 13 - LA JUNTA, Thurs., Sept. 30 - LA JUNTA,
state tournament. As the No. league and I think we can. I V, 4:00 Oct. 22-23 - State
girls who can come in. We’ll JV, 4:00
16 seed the Lady Savages want to see us be more consis- Tues., Sept. Sat., Oct. 2 - CLASSICAL Tournament, Aurora
didn’t catch much of a break be fine pitching wise.”
Forney will be counting on tent. I really think we return
as they faced No. 1 seed and some girls who know the
eventual state champion Erie some young players to fill the
void at catcher. Candidates for game.”
and lost 14-4.
Craig Forney heads into his the job are junior Felicity Per- The Lady Sav-
second year as the helm. ales, and sophomores Vanessa ages will com-
Galindo and Veronica Jime- Tessa Peacock
He said last year was a pete in Dis- returns to lead the
nez. trict 2 for
learning experience for him Lady Savages on
“The position of main con- the
and now with one season un- defense at
cern is catcher,” he said. “I’m
der his belt his expectations shortstop.
trying to find that every day
are higher.
catcher because it’s such a vi- John Contreras The
“Just getting to know the
tal position.” Lamar Ledger
players was new for me and The infield should be solid
thank goodness for my assist- with several players return-
ant coaches,” he said. “It took ing but Forney explained
us a while to really mesh as a they will see duty at differ-
team. Early in the season, we ent positions.
struggled for a bit and we had Senior Madison Do-
some tough games. But I renkamp will play at
thought we were playing our first base while fresh-
best softball at the end of the man Abbie Reed moves
year and that’s all you can ask in at second base. Sen-
for as a coach.” ior Tessa Peacock will
This season, Forney has 35 make the move from third
players out for the team. base to shortstop while senior
“Having the numbers is a Tanner Campbell will play the
good problem to have,” he hot corner at third base. Also
said. “But it’s hard to get a seeing work in the infield will postsea-
good evaluation of all of the be senior Tanisha Kisamore. son with the top
players.” In the outfield, Whitney two teams advancing to
Forney lost the services of Crown will move from right the 3A state tournament.
his top two pitchers from last field to center field. Battling
year. He said another area of for the position in right field The seven teeams in Dis-
concern will be behind the will be seniors Kaitlin Ybarra trict 2 include Lamar, Clas-
plate where he also lost his top and Ashley Lawrence. sical Academy, Dolores
two catchers. Playing left field will be an- Huerta, Florence, La Junta,
Looking to pick up the slack other freshman prospect in Rocky Ford, and St. Mary’s.
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PREP VOLLEYBALL
2010 SCHEDULE
Sat., Sept. 4 - MANITOU
SPRINGS, C/JV/V, 1:00
Thurs., Sept. 9 - at St.
Mary’s, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Sept. 11 - LCC
Tournament, C-team, 9:00
Sat., Sept. 18 - at
Burlington, C/JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Sept. 21 - TRINIDAD,
C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Sept. 23 - at La
Junta, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Sept. 25 - ELLICOTT,
C/JV,/ V, 1:00
Tues., Sept. 28 - at James
Irwin, C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Sept. 30 - ST.
MARY’S, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 2 - at Fowler
Tournament, JV/V, TBA
Tues., Oct. 5 - SIERRA, C/
JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 9 - at Trinidad, C/
JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Oct. 12 - LA JUNTA,
C/JV/V, 4:00
Thurs., Oct. 14 - at Rye, C/
JV/V, 4:30
Sat., Oct. 16 - at Ellicott, C/
JV/V, 1:00
Tues., Oct. 19 - JAMES
IRWIN, C/JV/V, 4:00
Sat., Oct. 23 - Cross-
Divisonal Playoff, 1:00
Sat., Oct. 30 - District
Tournament
Sat., Nov. 6 - Regional
Tournament
Nov. 12-13 - State
Tournament, Denver
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LAMAR
PREP SOCCER
Lamar boys make jump to varsity keeper will be senior Miguel now. We’re looking forward to tournament
By John Contreras
Martinez from Granada High the season and the kids are Thurs., Nov. 4 - State
The Lamar Ledger
School and freshman Mark working hard and working to- tournament
Sat., Nov. 6 - State
It will be the beginning of a Sanchez.At the defender posi- gether.” tournament
new era for the Lamar High tions, Roman will count on Lamar will open the season Tues., Nov. 9 - State
School boys’ soccer team. senior Jonathan Adame, sen- at home against Manitou tournament
After two successful sea- ior Tarjei Svendson, senior Ian Springs on Thursday, Sept. 2.
sons at the junior varsity level, Wheaton, senior Ryan Choat,
the Savages will make the big and sophomore Santiago Cha-
jump to the varsity level. vez. Leading the way as mid- 2010 SCHEDULE
The Savages will be under fielders will be senior Aaron Thurs., Sept. 2 - MANITOU
the direction of new head Westhoff (captain), senior SPRINGS, V/JV, 4:00/5:30
Juan Chavez, senior Omar Sat., Sept. 4 - at Vista
coach Miguel Roman after the Ridge, V, 11:00
departure of former head Martinez from Granada, sen-
Sat., Sept. 11 - at Vanguard,
coach James Rooks. ior Santiago Corralero, junior V/JV, 1:00/2:30
Roman isn’t new to the pro- Kimo Muro, junior Reyes Du- Sat., Sept. 18 - COLORADO conveniently
gram as he served as an assist- que, junior Luis Rivera; and so- SPRINGS SCHOOL, 11:00
pomore Fabian Tovar from Thurs., Sept. 23 - at Salida, located in
ant coach the last two years.
Granada.Top players at the V/JV, 4:00/6:00
“I’m very excited and hope- Thurs., Sept. 30 - at Pueblo Lamar
fully we can put a pretty good forward positions will be sen- East, 4:00
team on the field,” said Ro- John Contreras The Lamar Ledger ior Roberto Herrera, junior Sat., Oct. 2 - at James Irwin, Eads
man. “I learned a lot from Lamar High School soccer players Roberto Herrera (top) and Adam Sanchez, sophomore V/JV, 12:00/1:30
James but I also have a lot of Jonathan Benito Adame work on technique during a recent Jose F. Rosario, and sopho- Tues., Oct. 5 - SIERRA, 4:00 Widefield
experience. I’ve played soccer practice. more Josh Aguilera. Thurs., Oct. 7 - at St.
since I was five years old. I Looking ahead to playing a Mary’s, V/JV, 4:00/5:30 Fowler
Sat., Oct. 9 - at Classical
have a pretty good knowledge won’t succeed. I want the kids of talent,” he said. “If the kids varsity schedule, Roman said, Academy, V/JV, 1:00/2:30
of the game.” “I’ve talked to our kids and Cheyenne Wells
to have fun and learn the are willing to learn and play Tues., Oct. 12 - FOUNTAN
One of the biggest things game. That’s what soccer is all with intensity, we’ll be fine.” they know it won’t be easy. VALLEY, V/JV, 4:00/5:30 LaJunta (2 Locations)
Roman said he learned from The last couple of years we Sat., Oct. 16 - ALAMOSA, V,
about.” “We lost some key seniors 1:00
Rooks is interacting with the were scoring a lot of goals in
players. Roman has over 30 players last year,” added Roman. “But our matches. This year it will Fri., Oct. 22 - VANGUARD,
“That plays a big part,” said on the roster which includes a we’ve got some players ready be different. But our guys are
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Golf team
This year’s Lamar High School golf team will be comprised of front row, l-r, Ratna Malkan, Erin O’Neill, Jacob Reed, Jorge Morales, Chris Flippin, and Andrew Becker. Back row, l-r,
Kaleb Owens, Sam Houria, Austin Peck, Joe Perales, Thomas Fierro, Josh Dowen, Tanner Hasser, and Coy Mahanay. Not pictured Chandler Hill and Holly Pennington.
2010 LAMAR FOOTBALL TEAM (Sophomores and Freshmen): Front row, l-r, Jorge Jimenez, Logan Bender, Demetrius Miramontes, Chris Johnson, Zach Ramsay, Nick Coberly, Cesar
Serrano, and Colin Muhanay. Middle row, l-r, Jonathan Ortiz, Kelby Fassiotto, Tyler Trout, Jason Terrell, Horacio Maldonado, Gabe Salazar, Payden Breneman, Isaac Tate, Uriel
Vasquez, and Rodney Wilson. Back row, l-r, Chance Amrine, Jamin Tate, Paul Dellinger, Kaden Pierson, Dylan Emick, Casey Fassiotto, Javier Becerra, Kodiak Ratzlaff, Josh
Schemahorn, Vicent Chavarria, Abel Sala-zar, and Talon Shipman. Not pictured Layne Fleshman and Brandon Reed.
JV softball team
2010 LAMAR JV SOFTBALL TEAM: First row, l-r, Swayzee Bellomy, Jodi Maestas, Viviana Bosquez,Emily Williams, Ciarra Lantis, Suleme Escobedo. Second row, l-r, Chelsea Figueroa,
Alex Juarez, Becky Esteb, Amber Torrez, Hillary Perales. Third row, Audrey Aguierre, Kayla Sal-dana, Brandi Thompson, Amanada Esquibel, and Erica Dominguez. Fourth row, l-r, Geni
Vargas-Soto, Janicia Montes, Ariel Jimenez, Lucero Madrid, and Marina Enciso.
8. LAMAR FALL SPORTS 2010, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
WILEY
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Ledger Staff Report
2010 WILEY
VOLLEYBALL TEAM:
Front row, l-r, Tarynn
Lane, Bailey Dodson,
Tanisha Gra-ham, and
Shelby Aguilera. Middle
row, l-r, Jordan Sniff,
Jessica Millspaugh,
Sabra Perdue, Beth
McDougal, Koby Rohr,
and Kim States. Back
row, l-r, Sheleana
Mangum, Brenna
Cash, Maggie
Schneider, Kacey
Wells, Erika Ragland,
Taylin Spitzer, Teri
Johnsen, Tessa
McDonald, and
Desiree Daniels.
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GRANADA
PREP FOOTBALL
2010 GRANADA
FOOTBALL TEAM:
Front row, l-r, Jose
Sanchez, Cruz Vega,
Xavier Martinez, Marcus
Camacho, and Armando
Hernandez. Middle row,
l-r, Brynden Burns,
Chase Holdren, Bryan
Gonzales, Antonio
Huerta, Kyle Hartshorn,
Tony Esquibel, Saul
Pizarro, and Juan
Morales. Back row, l-r,
Tanner Grasmick, Sam
Rink, Caleb Harris,
Brady Rink, Dillon
Bohlander, Kolby
Palmer, Traegon
Marquez, and Abran
Solorzano.
John Contreras
The Lamar Ledger
Bobcats
hungry
for more
By John Contreras Valley Conference first-team se-
The Lamar Ledger lection.
Marquez will be joined in the
Facing some heavy losses to backfield by sophomore Saul
graduation, most observers felt Pizarro at tailback and junior
that Granada High School foot- Tony Esquibel and sophomore
ball program would face a re- Caleb Harris rotating at full-
building mode last season. back.“Traegon is our veteran
However, rebuilding isn’t a back there and he did a good
word that veteran coach Man- job for us last year,” praised
uel Gonzales likes to use. Gonzales. “I feel Saul, Tony,
He was forced to put some and Caleb will give us a good
young players into action and running game.“Receivers will
they responded with a fairly feature sophomores Kolby
successful season. Palmer, Bryan Gonzales, and
Last year, Granada started Brynden Burns.
the season with three straight On the front line, sophomore
losses to defending state cham- Sam Rink gets the inside nod at
pion Dayspring Christian, 41-14; center while Brady Rink, a jun-
Stratton, 38-14; and Cheyenne ior, will play right guard and
Wells, 34-8. sophomore Dillon Bohlander at
But the Bobcats went on to left guard. Many of the same
win four of its five games in the players will play on the defen-
Senior Traegon Arkansas Valley 8-man Confer- sive side of the ball but Gon-
Marquez returns ence. They defeated Spring- zales will also count on senior
for his second field, 24-7, before losing a close Kyle Hartshorn, junior Juan
season as the game to Walsh, 34-28. Morales, and sophomores Tan-
quarterback for Granada then rolled off three ner Grasmick, Chase Holden,
the Bobcats. straight wins over McClave, and Antonio Huerta to contrib-
50-22; Wiley, 61-19; and edged ute on the defensive
John Contreras Holly, 30-28.
The Lamar Ledger
side.“We’ve still got a lot of
The conference race ended young kids,” said Gonzales.
in a three-way tie for first place “We’ve been hitting it pretty
between Walsh, Springfield, hard in practice and we’re
and Granada that resulted in a going to play hard.“Looking at
California playoff that was the Arkansas Valley Confer-
played at Savage Stadium in La- ence, Gonzales gives the nod to
mar. Walsh. From there he feels it is
In the first half, Granada fell wide open.
to Springfield, 26-0, but
bounced back to beat a banged- 2010 SCHEDULE
up Walsh team, 8-0, in the sec- Fri., Sept. 3 - CHEYENNE
ond half to earn the No. 2 seed WELLS, 7:00
for the cross-divisional playoffs. Fri., Sept. 10 - STRATTON,
HAVE FUN “We did okay last year,” said
7:00
Fri., Sept. 17 - at Rolla, Ks.,
Gonzales. “We knocked off
AND A GREAT some good teams like Spring-
7:00
Fri., Sept. 24 - WILEY, 7:00
SEASON field and Holly and that sur-
prised me.“In the cross-division-
Fri., Oct. 1 - at Springfield,
7:00
Granada
Lamar al playoffs, Granada defeated
Hoehne, 26-6, but the season
Fri., Oct. 8 - WALSH, 7:00
Fri., Oct. 15 - at McClave,
Bobcats
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Bobcats return with core players Otto lost only one starter
KEY By John Contreras
RETURNERS The Lamar Ledger from last year so she returns
for Granada as nucleus of players.
include front For Granada volleyball The Granada coach will be
row, l-r, coach Cindy Otto it seems ev- counting on the following play-
Selena ery time she heads into a new ers to turn things around.
Demers and season it’s been a young team Leading the way will be Car-
Alyssa that she’ll put on the floor. rie Marrow, a 5-8 junior setter;
Dulac. Back Britt Widener, a 5-6 junior
That seems to be the case
row, l-r, middle hitter; Selena Demers,
again this year.
Brittani a 5-5 junior middle hitter; Ky-
The fifth year head coach
Widener, reth Tirado, a 5-4 junior mid-
Carrie has 21 players out for the team
but has only one senior on the dle hitter; Marlena Rojas, a 5-6
Marrow, and sophomore outside hitter;
Marlena roster. The rest of team will in-
clude six juniors, seven sopho- Alyssa Dulac, a 5-4 sophomore
Rojas. setter; and Rebecca Gomez, a
mores, and seven freshmen.
John Contreras
However, she isn’t going to 5-6 junior middle hitter.
The Lamar
Ledger complain about the numbers. Competing in one of the
When she first took over the tougher districts in the state,
program she barely had Otto knows it’s been tough for
enough players to practice her team to break into the win-
with. ning column.
“We’re going to be young In District 2, McClave and
again, but hopefully the expe- Kit Carson have been the
rience some of our players teams to beat but have suf-
have gained will pay divi- fered some tough losses due
dends,” she said. to graduation.
Last year, the Lady Bobcats The rest of the District 2
struggled as far as victories field includes Cheraw, Chey-
were concerned but Otto said enne Wells, Eads, Karval, and
she measured the success of Plainview.
the season with the progress 2010 SCHEDULE
her players made. Thurs, Sept. 2 - HOLLY, 5:30
Fri., Sept. 3 - CHEYENNE
WELLS, 4:00
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Animas, 5:00
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McCLAVE
New coach to direct Lady Cardinals
Former assistant row,” explained Dunning.
Looking ahead to the sea-
takes over son, Dunning stated, “Our ex-
program pectations have not changed.
We know what our goals are
and we will do what it takes to
By John Contreras achieve those goals.”
The Lamar Ledger
2010 SCHEDULE
Entering the 2010 season, Thurs., Sept. 2 – at
the McClave High School vol- Cheyenne Wells, 5:30
leyball program will be under Fri., Sept. 3 – at Manzanola,
the direction of a new head 5:00
coach Rachel Dunning. Sat., Sept. 4 – FOWLER,
Dunning takes over the 2:00
reins from former coach Fri., Sept. 10 – SWINK, 4:00
Brianne Howe, who guided Sat., Sept. 11 – at LCC
the Lady Cardinals for five Tournament (JV)
years. Thurs., Sept. 16 – at
Dunning won’t be a stranger Plainview, 5:00
to the program as she served Fri., Sept. 17 – GENOA-
as the assistant coach the past HUGO, 4:00
five years. Howe had a suc- Tues., Sept. 21 – CHERAW,
cessful tenure at McClave as 5:00
she led the Lady Cardinals to Fri., Sept. 24 – at
the state tournament all five Springfield, 4:00
years including a state runner- Tues., Sept. 28 – at Las
up finish in 2005. Animas, 4:00
In last year’s state tourna- Fri., Oct. 1 – at Walsh, 4:00
ment, McClave went 1-2 in Thurs., Oct. 7 – at Eads,
pool play and finished the sea- 4:00
son with a 19-9 record. Fri., Oct. 8 – HOLLY, 4:00
In the state tournament, John Contreras The Lamar Ledger Sat., Oct. 9 – McCLAVE
TOURNAMENT, TBA
McClave opened with a three- 2010 McCLAVE VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Melissa Navarrette, Kelsey Thaxton, Sydney Curley, Karlee Stuart, Sabrina Brewer,
game sweep over North Park. Tyler Ann Clodfelter. Back row, l-r, Maranda Co-berly, Camie Idler, Tausha Sniff, Sara Turner, Jordan Nolder, and Danica Fleshman. Not Thurs., Oct. 14 – KIT
pictured Kenzie Shields and Mariah Caldwell. CARSON, 4:30
In their next match,
Fri., Oct. 15 – GRANADA,
McClave tangled with top seed 4:00
and eventual state champion so well and can set the ball middle hitter, but I’m expect- hitter, also saw some valuable Idler, a 5-8 sophomore setter;
anywhere to perfection.” varsity playing time last year and Tausha Sniff a 5-11 sopho- Fri., Oct. 22 – at Wiley, 4:00
Otis and gave the Lady Bull- ing more from her this year
dogs everything they wanted espcially with blocking. Like and moves into a starting posi- more middle hitter. Tues., Oct. 26 – Districts at
Curley, a 5-11 senior middle tion. “We’re basically a pretty Higher Seed, TBA
before falling 27-25, 27-25, and Karlee, she’s going to be a vi-
25-15. hitter, played mostly in the The new head coach will young team,” said Dunning. Fri., Oct. 29 – Districts, TBA
tal player for us.”
front row last year. However, also look for big contributions “So we’re going to depend on Fri., Nov. 5 – Regionals, TBA
Playing for a spot in the
she is going to play all around Dunning said that Kelsey from Sara Turner, a 5-10 soph- our first seven players to play Nov. 12-13 – State
semifinal round, McClave fell
this year. “Sydney is a great Thaxton, a 5-7 junior outside omore outside hitter; Cami both in the front and back tournament, TBA
in five games to Weldon Valley
25-27, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, and
12-15.
McClave lost six senior
BEST
Good luck and BEST OF Have a great
have a season & floor
starters from last year’s team
so Dunning has some holes to
OF LUCK great season LUCK
fill. the competition
Returning starters for the AREA McCLAVE AREA McClave Cardinals!
Lady Cardinals will be Karlee
CARDINALS TEAMS conveniently
Stuart, Melissa Navarrette,
and Sydney Curley.
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Dunning said that Stuart, a
5-0 senior outside hitter, will
Lamar
carry the load at the net for Eads
the Lady Cardinals.
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Eads football to field young team rich, junior Jon Mitchek, and
By Rhonda Uhland
The Lamar Ledger junior Justin Lenox.
At the end positions will be
Starting his third season as sophomores Logan Crawford
the head coach for the Eads and Troy Miller or freshman
High School football team, Blaine Winder.
Dustin Uhland would like Uhland said that many of
nothing better than to see his the players above will also see
athletes have a successful sea- work on defense.
son. Playing at linebacker will be
The 2009 season ended with Randolph, Guiterrez, Troy
Miller, and Crawford.
Eads making their way to the
At the defensive ends will
Final Four in the Class A
be Lenox, Mitchek, and Wei-
6-man state playoffs before be-
rich and Winder will play at
ing eliminated by Hi-Plains in
safety.
a high scoring affair, 59-47.
Rounding out the roster is
The loss snapped a six-game Tyler Harris, T.J. Mitchell,
winning streak for the Eagles Kyle Crow, Taylor Weirich,
as they finished the season Logan Smith, and Daniel Orte-
with a 7-3 record. ga.
Rhonda Uhland Courtesy Photo
Although Eads lost a mass “We’re still trying to iron
2010 EADS FOOTBALL TEAM: Front row, l-r, Auston Randolph, Tyler Harris, T.J. Mitchell, Blaine Winder, and Jon Mitchek. Back row, l- of athletic seniors to gradua-
r, Alberto Gutierrez, Kyle Crow, Taylor Weirich, Justin Lenox, Logan Smith, Cory Miller, Daniel Weirich, Logan Crawford, Daniel Ortega out some positions,” explained
tion, this year’s team is re- Uhland. “But things are start-
and Troy Miller. building with strong under- ing to take shape. We’ll know
classmen who have good work more when we get that first
WE’LL BE ethics and a will to win.
If there is a weakness for
game under our belts.”
Eads will start the season on
CHEERING the Eagles it is that they are the road with games against
young, as they only have one Edison and Deer Trail before
FOR YOU returning senior, two juniors, returning to play at home in
eleven sophomores and one
ALL SEASON! freshman.
mid-September when the Ea-
gles take on the Hi-Plains Pat-
“We definitely are going to riots
be a young team this year,”
HAVE FUN said Uhland. 2010 SCHEDULE
The strengths seem to out- Sat., Sept 4 - at Edison,
AND A GREAT weigh the weaknesses though 1:00
Fri, Sept. 10 - at Deertrail,
with Eads having pretty good
SEASON numbers for 6 man football
7:30
Fri, Sept. 17 - HI-PLAINS,
Eads
Lamar and their size will also work in
their favor.
7:30
Fri, Sept. 24 - at South Baca
Eagles
Savages Uhland will turn to sopho-
more Cory Miller to run the
(Vilas), 7:00
Fri, Oct. 1 - CHERAW, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 9 - at Bethune,
offense at quarterback. Also in 1:00
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