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Football preview: Oakwood
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school football for the 2010 season:
OAKWOOD (D-III, Region 12)
League: SWBL Southwestern
Coach: Paul Stone (14 years)
2009 record: 1-5, 1-9
Key returners:
Matt Carpenter, sr., QB/DB
Trent Jervis, jr., RB/LB
Tucker Jones, sr., OL/DL
Kevin Lee, sr., RB/DB
Levi Miller, jr., WR/LB
Colin Morris, sr., RB/DB
Dan Roll, jr., RB/LB
Extra points:
The bad news: The Lumberjacks relied heavily on sophomores last season. The good news: Those sophomores are now juniors and bring back some hard-knock experience. Of the 48 players on the roster in 2009, 17 were sophomores. Or to put it another way, just two less than the senior and junior classes combined.
“To be honest a lot of them weren’t ready for it. Now as juniors they feel a lot better and the game is going to slow down for them. We don’t have a lot of seniors, but the ones we do have are tremendous leaders,” Stone said.
Eight seniors are on the roster this season, including Carpenter, Jones, Lee and Morris.
Carpenter toured college camps this summer and is getting looks from the MAC and Ivy League, especially for his defensive talents.
“Matt has really caught some eyes, not just offensively but defensively, too. … As a quarterback the MAC schools have talked about him, but they really like him as an outside linebacker or free safety type player. Princeton has been very interested in him. Northwestern has shown interest. … I told Matt the best recruiting he can do is to win games. But he’s going to play football next year, that’s for sure,” Stone said.
The losing season was Stone’s first at Oakwood. A 17-14 win against Bellbrook in Week 9 was the Lumberjacks’ lone win.
“To be honest we haven’t even mentioned 1-9. We just talk about getting better and getting stronger. Faster and stronger always makes you a better coach, in my opinion,” Stone said.
Depth and size continue to be a concern for the Lumberjacks, but they hope to counter some of that with improved speed and quickness. The team showed some flashes last season but struggled to score points. Oakwood scored 14 points or less in seven games. Opposing offenses, meanwhile, scored 28 or more points in eight games.
OAKWOOD
Fri., Aug. 27 Bishop Fenwick
Fri., Sept. 3 at Milton-Union
Fri., Sept. 10 Carlisle
Fri., Sept. 17 at Valley View
Fri., Sept. 24 Eaton
Fri., Oct. 1 at Brookville
Fri., Oct. 8 Waynesville
Fri., Oct. 15 Monroe
Fri., Oct. 22 at Bellbrook
Fri., Oct. 29 at Franklin
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By amy
August 2, 2010 2:30 PM | Link to this
GO JACKS!!!!!