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Football preview: Bellbrook
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school football for the 2010 season:
BELLBROOK (D-III, Region 12)
League: SWBL Southwestern
Coach: Kevin Basinger, 14 years
2009 record: 2-4, 2-8
Key returners:
Bryan Baird, sr., OL/DL
Jake O’Boyle, sr., DL
Josh Easter, jr., LB
Nate Eater, jr., LB
Daveon Greene, soph., RB
Matt Longo, sr., TE
Justin Nevitt, sr., RB/LB
Extra points:
The Golden Eagles suffered just their second losing season under Basinger, who went 4-6 in his first season.
“It just seemed like we couldn’t figure out how to win. That was concerning. We’ve always been a team over the years where we found a way to win. I think our luck kind of ran out on that,” Basinger said.
Five offensive starters and six defensive starters return, a good foundation to helping Bellbrook earn its first winning season since going 6-4 in 2006. The program also recorded 5-5 seasons in both 2007 and 2008.
It’s not a stretch to say Bellbrook had playoff potential in 2009. Of those eight losses, six were by seven points or less. A seventh was by 13 points. And those two wins were no slouches, either. Bellbrook beat Valley View and Milton-Union, which both finished with winning records.
“Last year was such a strange year with the number of losses we had by a touchdown or less. We were in every game. Our big thing we’re trying to stress is we competed last year but we didn’t do what we needed to win the games,” Basinger said.
Baird - a 6-foot-4, 227 pound lineman - has verbally committed to Ball State. He had 88 tackles, nine for loss (including five sacks) and forced five fumbles. He also looks be a leader on an offensive line that should be improved from last season.
BELLBROOK
Fri., Aug. 27 Miamisburg
Fri., Sept. 3 at Xenia
Fri., Sept. 10 at Carroll
Fri., Sept. 17 Milton-Union
Fri., Sept. 24 Franklin
Fri., Oct. 1 at Valley View
Fri., Oct. 8 at Eaton
Fri., Oct. 15 Brookville
Fri., Oct. 22 Oakwood
Fri., Oct. 29 at Monroe
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