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Football preview: Monroe
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school football for the 2010 season:
MONROE (D-III, Region 12)
League: SWBL Southwestern
Coach: Brett Stubbs, first season
2009 record: 5-1, 9-3
Key returners:
Clayton Campbell, sr., OL/DL
Zach Fugate, sr., DB
Ryan Hayes, sr., RB/LB
David Routson, sr., QB
Bret King, sr., C
Devin King, sr., RB
Logan Stanger, sr., TE
Jake Webb, sr., DL
Jayson Mulvihill, sr., DB
Extra points:
This is Stubbs’ first head coaching job after 23 years as an assistant, most recently at Monroe and Middletown.
“As much as you think you’re going to be prepared, you’re not. … It’s not a bad thing, but the amount of time you spend on things actually surprised me. And we’re not even into the season yet,” Stubbs said.
Monroe moves into the big-school Southwestern Division, switching places with Milton-Union which is now in the Buckeye Division.
“Obviously we’re going into a tough division … and it’s going to be a lot tougher schedule for us with our non-league games. It’s going to be a very difficult schedule for us but we’re so excited about moving up in the division,” Stubbs said. “We know these schools so we have a pretty good idea of what they do. … There’s no doubt it’s going to be tough.”
The Hornets return talent, highlighted by 1,000-yard rusher Devin King, and will run a version of the Wing-T with some shotgun mixed it. The defense goes to a 3-3 stack.
Monroe was loaded with senior talent in 2009 so many of the returning players didn’t see significant varsity playing time. To help with depth in case of injury, players are learning both an offensive and defensive position during two-a-days. But they’ll only play one of them in a game.
Stubbs isn’t easing into his role with soft expectations. His — and the team’s — goal?
“We’re going into it planning to be 15-0 and winning a state championship. Right now everybody is 0-0 and you have to wait to see what happens. We’re looking at being a solid team. We’re all about team and doing it for each other,” Stubbs said.
MONROE
Fri. Aug. 27 Meadowdale
Fri. Sept. 3 Ross
Fri. Sept. 10 at Talawanda
Fri. Sept. 17 at Franklin
Fri. Sept. 24 at Valley View
Fri. Oct. 1 Eaton
Fri. Oct. 8 Brookville
Fri. Oct. 15 at Oakwood
Fri. Oct. 22 Northrige
Fri. Oct. 29 Bellbrook
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By Bridle Creek B
August 12, 2010 12:30 PM | Link to this
If Routson is as bad of a passer as he was last season then we are in real trouble. We will NOT win the division.