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Page 1: WHS Football

The

NewsWakulla

THE WAKULLA NEWS, Thursday, September 3, 2009

WHS Football Special Section

InsIde • War Eagle Football Photos• Team Schedules• Season in Review

Page 2: WHS Football

Page 2F – The Wakulla News WHS Football Thursday, September 3, 2009

Fall means footballs, War Eagles, Seminoles, Gators

Dear Readers:The Wakulla News is pleased to present

another special section to highlight the War Eagle, Wildcat and Bear football programs in 2009.

While the major focus is on the Wakulla High School War Eagles, we have included some information on the Wakulla Middle School Wildcats and Riversprings Middle

School Bears football programs.We have included the WHS cheerleaders

and features on all aspects of the football program from the field to the press box.

The 2008 season was a 5-5 campaign that featured a playoff berth and a loss against Panama City Beach Arnold. The War Eagles could make a claim to being average last year with higher expectations despite a young team this year.

We hope that the special section will help parents, players and fans gear up for the 2009 football season. Expectations are always high for the War Eagle gridiron squad. The gridiron has been mostly kind to Wakulla.

There is also some information included about FSU from our former General Manager Ira Schoffel who is at The Osceola.

We appreciate the cooperation of the ad-ministration, coaches, boosters and players for helping us gather the information.

A big thanks to Ken Fields, Lynda Kin-sey and Karla Nelson for helping out with pictures.

Enjoy the special section and tell us what you think. Contact me at [email protected].

Good luck War Eagles, Wildcats and Bears!Keith BlackmarEditor, The Wakulla News

Dear Wakulla County sports fans,As a former athlete, teacher, coach and

principal, I have a deep appreciation for the value of athletic and extracurricular activities in the well-rounded education of our students.

Lessons learned in these activities pay off later in life and prepare our students for the challenges of adulthood.

I support all of our many programs here in Wakulla County and ask that you encourage our students. I want to wish the Wildcats, the Bears and the War Eagles the best of luck during their outstanding 2009 seasons.

Good Luck, David Miller, SuperintendentSuperintendent David B. Miller

Message from Superintendent David Miller

Former coach knows football and a few other sports, too!

1 Tre McCulloughSS, RB Jr.5-8 155

2 Morgan HenryK Sr.5-11 170

3 Darrius LewisCB, WR Jr.5-8 155

4 Jamar EllisRB, CB Sr.5-8 150

5 Deonte HutchinsonQB, CB So.5-7 150

6 Justin HelmadollarSS, RB Jr.5-9 170

7 Tamarick HolmesOLB, WR So.5-11 190

8 Chris HemmkerWR, DB Sr.5-7 150

10 Evan McCoySS, RB So.5-10 175

11 Demetrius LindseyCB, RB Fr.5-7 155

12 Casey EddingerQB, P Jr.6-0 175

13 Kyle RoddenberryFS, WR Jr.5-8 155

14 Quanzee DavisFS, WR So.5-7 165

15 Johnie RobinsonQB, FS Fr.6-0 160

17 Josh WilsonSr.

18 Damonte MorrisWR, CB So.6-0 160

20 Willie Blake

CB, RB So.5-7 150

21 Marshane GodboltRB, CB So.5-11 160

22 Antonio Kilpatrick (C) FS, RB Sr.6-0 170

23 Kevin JamesLB, RB Fr.6-0 180

24 E.J. ForbesLB, RB Sr.5-8 190

25 Antonio BowdryWR, CB Jr.6-0 165

28 Willie Thomas (C) RB, LB So.5-10 180

33 Lorenzo Randolph (C) OLB, RB Sr.6-0 200

34 Fred CummingsLB, RB Fr.6-1 205

35 Mikel CromartieCB, WR Fr.5-7 160

40 Conner HarrisonLB, RB Jr.5-8 175

42 Branden CardenOLB, TE Jr.5-8 170

44 John BrownLB So.5-8 175

50 Tyler Schmidt (C) OLB, OL Sr.6-3 240

51 Matt FieldsNG, G Jr.5-8 190

52 Tyler Brown (C) T, DT Jr.6-2 190

54 Tyler Corbett

T, DL Jr.6-2 215

55 Luke TaylorOLB, G So.5-11 190

56 Mason DotsonC, NG Jr.5-8 175

57 John Cooper (C) T, DT Sr.6-1 250

58 Nick WalkerDT, G So.5-10 255

59 Dalton HallC, DT Sr.6-0 245

65 Jacob ThomasG, DT So.5-7 175

66 C.J. RobertsNG, G So.5-8 170

67 Anthony LanierDT, T So.5-10 260

69 Caleb VernonDT, T Jr.6-2 265

72 Jeffery MillerDT, T So.6-5 265

74 Judson MesserG, DT Sr.6-0 265

77 Logan BarwickC, DT Sr.5-8 250

85 Tyler PounceyG, DT Sr.5-9 185

99 Tevin GarnerDT So.5-9 225

“C” denotes a team captain. Colors: red,

white and blue. Mascot: War Eagle. Head Coach

Scott Klees

2009 Wakulla War Eagles

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By KEITH [email protected]

The 2009 Wakulla War Eagle football team could be called young. Coach Scott Klees used the term as he unveiled his fourth edi-tion as head coach under the August sun.

Klees has youth all around the team, but the offensive line does have a core group of seniors.

The dozen seniors includes: Morgan Henry, Jamar Ellis, Chris Hemker, Antonio Kilpatrick, E,J, Forbes, Lorenzo Randolph, Tyler Schmidt, John Cooper, Dalton Hall, Judson Messer, Logan Barwick and Tyler Pouncey.

Fall practice returned a familiar face in quarterback Casey Eddinger who missed spring practice to play baseball for Coach Mike Gauger.

The economy and state budget woes forced the coaching staff to make a unique decision. With no money available to pay junior varsity football coaches, Klees decided to share the varsity and junior varsity coach-ing duties with his present staff.

• The coaches who will be stalking the sidelines include: Head Coach Scott Klees,

Defensive Coordinator and Associate Head Coach Chris Tomaini, Running Backs and As-sistant Head Coach James Vernon, Offensive Line Coach Grady Guess, Linebacker Coach and Special Teams Coordinator George Kil-bourne, Defensive Backs and Special Teams Coach Eddie Metcalf, Defensive Line Coach Marcus Farlin, Outside Linebackers Coach Bronson Sweatt, Offensive Line and Defen-sive Line Coach and JV Defensive Coordina-tor Wayne Mackin, Quarterbacks Coach T.R. Roberts, Assistant Coach Brandon Randolph, Assistant Coach Andrew Johnson and As-sistant Coach Josh Manning. Don Whaley and Matt Higgins are the trainers.

Klees said he did not want to use vol-unteer coaches for the JV because the ju-nior varsity is the life blood of the varsity program and he wanted better continuity between the two teams.

• Wakulla was limited to three double practice sessions before school started. Other districts started school later than Wakulla and had more two-a-days. But Klees was not worried.

“They have a great attitude,” he said of his players. “We’re real young and they are

working extremely hard.”Sophomore Deonte Hutchinson would

have been the starting quarterback if the games started in August, said Klees. Also in

the running for the QB position are fresh-man Johnie Robinson and junior Casey Eddinger.

Continued on Page 4F

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Continued from Page 3FExperience returns in the backfield where E.J.

Forbes, Lorenzo Randolph and Antonio Kilpatrick will run.

On defense, the three runners will play linebacker (Forbes and Randolph) and safety (Kilpatrick).

“We have nine players battling it out on the offensive line,” said Klees of the senior domi-nated position.

• The schedule drops Godby, Rickards and Madison County, but gains Lincoln, Florida High, North Florida Christian and old rival Jefferson County.

The district changes from Panama City Bay, Rickards, East Gadsden, Wakulla and Godby to Wakulla, Lincoln, Leon and Chiles.

“We feel good about the schedule,” said Klees. “It is tough as always. We have a chance to win every game and a chance to lose every game” if the team does not give a supreme ef-fort each week.

Klees said the solidifying point for the team seems to have been an FCA camp in Marianna.

“It was a turning point for these kids,” he said. “The secret to our success will be the unity built from that camp.”

• Reflecting on the junior varsity program where Coach Scott Collins roamed the sidelines last year, Klees said district teaching positions were not available this year to put a new high

school teacher in as coach.“Our JV program is our future,” added Klees.

“It puts more stress and work on the varsity coaches, but I think it will pay off. The freshman class is very strong.”

• Captains for the 2009 season include six mostly upperclassmen: Antonio Kilpatrick, Lorenzo Randolph, John Cooper, Tyler Schmidt, Willie Thomas and Tyler Brown.

Klees noted that several members of the 2009 team are sons of former players. Some of the sons, he smiled, may turn out to be better than their talented fathers.

Willie Thomas and Marshane Godbolt are talented sophomores. The freshmen impact will come from Johnie Robinson, Kevin James, Fred Cummings, Demetrius Lindsey and Mikel Cromartie. Klees said he will alter the offensive game plan to take into account the quarterbacks on the field. Robinson was a starter on a Tallahas-see team while Hutchinson started on the JV and Eddinger has varsity starting experience.

“The expectations are always high at Wakul-la,” said Klees. “We’re so young we don’t know how it will go, but it is always our goal to have a winning season and make the playoffs.”

As usual, Wakulla has a group of seniors who could find their way onto college football fields in 2010. The answers to the football questions will start to be answered on Sept. 4 against Taylor County.

Youthful A look back at the 2008 season and a 5-5 record

By KEITH [email protected]

The 2008 Wakulla War Eagle football sea-son was a challenge for Coach Scott Klees and his players as several key seniors had graduated in the spring including Florida State University Seminole Nigel Bradham and University of Miami Hurricane C.J. Holton.

The War Eagles would miss the play-making abilities of Bradham an Holton on defense and would struggle on offense finding a rhythm.

• The season opened on the road against Taylor County and the offense put 37 points on the scoreboard in a 37-7 victory Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.

Lorenzo Randolph scored three touch-downs and Zach Klees threw for 98 yards and a touchdown.

Klees used the rushing game effectively with Kendrick Hall, Kendell Gavin, E.J. Forbes, Mookie Forbes, Jamel Gavin and Antonio Kilpatrick adding yardage. Wilton Booth was the top receiver. Vince Walker led the defense.

• Game 2 featured a shootout between Leon and Wakulla that was won by the Lions, 41-28.

Zach Klees and Casey Eddinger com-bined for 119 yards passing and a touch-down. Kendrick Hall and Kendell Gavin led the rushing attack and Lee Smalls scored on a 25 yard pass play. Smalls had an intercep-tion for a touchdown. Michael Wise had a strong game on the offensive line.

• Game 3 was a thriller against Deltona Trinity Christian that came down to a last second field goal. Unfortunately, Trin-ity kicked the winning three-pointer and Wakulla lost 30-28.

Wakulla led by as many 14 points in the fourth quarter before the defense tired. Lee Smalls led the offense with two touchdowns and 103 yards worth of pass receptions. Willie Thomas rushed for 99 yards and Kendell Gavin had 52 yards rush-ing. Morgan Henry kicked a 25 yard field goal. Jordan Zuhl led the defense with nine tackles.

• Game 4 was another thriller, but this time Wakulla came out on the winning side against Rickards in overtime, 22-21. Kendell Gavin scored a touchdown after Rickards took a 14-0 lead. He added a second score late in the game to tie the contest.

Rickards scored first in overtime, but Wakulla countered with a touchdown and a two point conversion. E.J. Forbes rushed for 120 yards. Mookie Forbes and Vince Walker

led the defense with a total of 16 tackles and a fumble recovery.

• Game 5 featured another down-to-the-wire finish as the War Eagles won in Blountstown, 16-6. Wakulla scored twice in the final two minutes for the victory. Lee Smalls had two key catches in the game to be named the offensive player of the game. He had 78 yards receiving and a touchdown. Smalls also led the defense with four tack-les and two interceptions.

Antonio Kilpatrick blocked a punt and Kendell Gavin scored on a 45 yard intercep-tion return. Zach Klees and Casey Eddinger combined for 100 yards passing.

• Game 6 continued the War Eagle win-ning streak against Chiles. Wakulla won 23-2. Kendrick Hall rushed for 87 yards and Zach Klees threw for 150. Lee Smalls was the leading receiver with 56 yards.

The defense was led by Tyler Schmidt with 12 tackles, two sacks and two caused fumbles. Jamel Gavin also had a strong game

• Game 7 was a district battle against old foe Godby. There wasn’t much positive in this showdown as the Cougars topped Wakulla 40-0.

John Cooper was named the offensive player of the game for his play on the of-fensive line. Tyler Schmidt was selected as the top defensive player.

• Game 8 provided East Gadsden with a chance to get a rare victory over Wakulla, 37-14. Kendell Gavin was a bright spot with 118 yards rushing and a touchdown He also had 13 tackles and two sacks on defense. Ken-drick Hall and Casey Eddinger connected on a touchdown pass play. Willie Thomas scored on a 46 yard run and Lee Smalls and Leland Alyea had strong games.

• Game 9 was a must win for Wakulla against Panama City Bay and the War Eagles topped the Tornadoes, 28-12 to qualify for a chance to play in a tiebreaker.

Casey Eddinger and Lorenzo Randolph scored early and Kendrick Hall and Zach Klees connected later for a 22 point lead. Randolph scored later for the final margin. Vince Walker and Jordan Zuhl led the de-fense as Wakulla improved to 5-4 on the season.

• Game 9A Texas Tiebreaker. Wakulla qualified for the state playoffs by winning the tibreaker over Rickards, 7-0. Rickards defeated East Gadsden in the first portion of the tiebreaker. Kendell Gavin scored a touchdown on a two yard run and Morgan Henry kicked the extra point.

Continued on Page 5A

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Thursday, September 3, 2009 WHS Football The Wakulla News – Page 5F

Continued from Page 4F• Game 10 was another rough outing

against Madison County. Madison County topped Wakulla 62-11. Casey Eddinger threw a 65 yard touchdown pass to Lee Smalls and Morgan Henry kicked a 37 yard field goal. Wakulla fell to 5-5.

• The Playoffs. Panama City Beach Arnold topped Wakulla in the first round of the play-offs, 44-7. WHS scored on a trick play from Zach Klees to Casey Eddinger to Lee Smalls. The play covered 73 yards. But Arnold added 41 straight points to win the game. Wakulla finished the season 5-6.

Year in review

By KEITH [email protected]

Tune into the Wakulla War Eagles on WAVE 94.1 FM when the Christian music radio station broadcasts all of the War Eagle football action at home and on the road in 2009.

The team will travel from Medart to Quincy and to Tallahassee and DeFuniak Springs to play road contests in addition to five games at J.D. Jones Stadium at Jerry Reynolds Field.

Former War Eagle quarterback Craig Revell will be the play-by-play voice of the War Eagles with former another former War Eagle athlete, Ferrell Barwick, serving as a color commentator.

Revell played quarterback under former Coach J.D. Jones.

The first regular season game will be played Friday, Sept. 4 against Taylor County in Medart. Taylor County is a former district foe from Class 2A days.

Game broadcats begin at 7 p.m. with a pregame show. Kickoffs are generally at 7:30 p.m. unless they games are played in Leon County or in the central time zone, Walton County.

Those games begin at 7 p.m. The district games also start at 7 p.m. Pregame shows will start at 6:30 p.m. if games begin at 7 p.m.

Wakulla road games will be played against East Gadsden, North Florida Chris-tian, Chiles, Walton and FAMU High. Home contests will be played against Taylor County, Lincoln, Leon, Florida High and Jef-ferson County.

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Boosters for final season

From left, Jack and John Cooper and Judson and Andy Messer have formed a strong bond through their activities on the Wakulla War Eagle Gridiron Club.

The booster program provides many services for football players that the regular high school sports and school budget cannot afford.

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FSU’s new practice routine: Controlled chaosBY IRA SCHOFFEL, OSCEOLA

Warchant.com StaffJimbo Fisher calls it “controlled chaos.” And he loves it. For the first time since he, Rick Trickett

and company arrived at Florida State in early 2007, practices are being conducted at the pace Fisher prefers - somewhere between breakneck and warp speed.

“We’ve changed the whole tempo - we’re getting more reps in less time,” Fisher said. “Nobody’s standing around. Everybody’s get-ting reps, and everybody’s getting chances. That’s the way you develop young guys. You don’t learn by watching. You learn by doing.

“That’s the way we can get these young, talented guys reps. And the older guys get more reps.”

By changing the format of practice, Florida State’s players are seeing a dramatic increase in repetitions per session - by as much as double in some cases. And they’re often doing it in a shorter amount of time than in previous years, which forces the players to concentrate when they’re physi-cally tired.

“It teaches you how to play at a fast pace,” Fisher said. “It teaches you to play at a game competition level. Not a practice

level - a game competition level. Where you’re training every day like it’s a national championship game. … “What happens is you learn to control chaos. And you learn how to deal with it.”

The Seminoles are accomplishing this by frequently splitting the team across two separate fields. For example, the first- and third-string offense and defense will be on one field, while the second- and fourth-strings will be on another field.

That means players have less time to wait between plays.

“You might end up taking 10 snaps in a row,” junior offensive guard Rodney Hud-son said. “And that will be beneficial in the games because you might have a 10- or 15-play drive in a game.”

“It’s a lot more intense,” sophomore defensive tackle Moses McCray said. “Ev-erything is faster and up-tempo. The way we’re practicing now, the games should be cake.”

While the veteran players are excited about the benefits of the ramped-up work-outs, they also admit that it has been an adjustment.

“It’s definitely been tough,” senior tight end Caz Piurowski said. “Some of the tough-est practices ... you’re going from one field

to the next and one drill to the next. It’s definitely tough, but I think it’s going to be real good.”

One side benefit of the faster pace is that the players actually are getting extra conditioning work while shuffling from drill to drill.

But the biggest impact might be seen in the rapid development of the freshman class. In previous seasons, young players often were forced to wait patiently for their turns while veterans took the majority of the snaps. This preseason, they were thrown into the fire from day one.

“They’re getting every rep that the ones are getting,” Fisher said. “When you’re go-ing on both fields, they’re getting the same number of reps. Now, they may do it wrong a little bit … but instead of watching it, they’re actually physically doing it. So it actually speeds up their development.”

That is welcome news, even to the veter-ans. Though juniors and seniors never want to come off the field, they know the reality is that football is a physical game - and a starter can be sidelined on any play.

“During the season, you can’t rely on your ones the whole time,” Piurowski said. “Inju-ries are going to happen. People are going to get tired. Fatigue is going to set in. You need

to count on your twos and threes and even fours sometimes. I think this is going to be huge, because it’s not just the ones and twos getting reps and the threes getting sprinkled in here and there. Everyone is getting reps. Everyone is learning the plays.”

It also is providing an opportunity for second- and third-teamers to lead instead of always looking to the starters for guid-ance.

“If I’m not up there on the upper field and one of the younger tight ends has a question, hopefully Beau [Reliford] or Ja’Baris [Little] can help answer the question,” Piurowski said. “Some of the younger guys that can kind of develop that [leadership].”

Given all the benefits of the revised prac-tice schedules, one might wonder why the Seminoles didn’t implement these changes last year or the year before.

But Fisher said it simply wasn’t feasible. The players weren’t in good enough condi-tion to handle the constant work, and not enough players had bought in to the new philosophy.

“Not even close,” Fisher said. “Didn’t have the personnel, and didn’t have the mentality.”Ira Schoffel is the former General Man-ager and Editor of The Wakulla News.

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Thursday, September 3, 2009 WHS Football The Wakulla News – Page 7F

Leading the Wakulla War Eagle cheers in 2009

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The cheerleaders recently won awards at the UCA Cheerleading Camp in Tampa in early August.

The varsity squad won a first place in dance and a second place in cheers. The junior varsity won two first places in dance and cheers.

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Briggs, Amanda Piland, Olivia Tooke, Chaise

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1 Tre McCullough, 2 Morgan Henry, 3 Darrius Lewis, 4 Jamar Ellis, 5 Deonte Hutchinson, 6 Justin Helmadollar, 7 Tamarick Holmes, 8 Chris Hemmker, 10 Evan McCoy, 11 Demetrius Lindsey, 12 Casey Eddinger, 13 Kyle Roddenberry, 14 Quanzee Davis, 15 Johnie Robinson, 17 Josh Wilson, 18 Damonte Morris, 20 Willie Blake, 21 Marshane Godbolt, 22 Antonio Kilpatrick (C), 23 Kevin James, 24 E.J. Forbes, 25 Antonio Bowdry, 28 Willie Thomas (C), 33 Lorenzo Randolph (C),

34 Fred Cummings, 35 Mikel Cromartie, 40 Conner Harrison, 42 Branden Carden, 44 John Brown, 50 Tyler Schmidt (C), 51 Matt Fields, 52 Tyler Brown (C), 54 Tyler Corbett, 55 Luke Taylor, 56 Mason Dotson, 57 John Cooper (C), 58 Nick Walker, 59 Dalton Hall, 65 Jacob Thomas, 66 C.J. Roberts, 67 Anthony Lanier, 69 Caleb Vernon, 72 Jeffery Miller, 74 Judson Messer, 77 Logan Barwick, 85 Tyler Pouncey, 99 Tevin Garner

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Thursday, September 3, 2009 WHS Football The Wakulla News – Page 9F

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1 Tre McCullough, 2 Morgan Henry, 3 Darrius Lewis, 4 Jamar Ellis, 5 Deonte Hutchinson, 6 Justin Helmadollar, 7 Tamarick Holmes, 8 Chris Hemmker, 10 Evan McCoy, 11 Demetrius Lindsey, 12 Casey Eddinger, 13 Kyle Roddenberry, 14 Quanzee Davis, 15 Johnie Robinson, 17 Josh Wilson, 18 Damonte Morris, 20 Willie Blake, 21 Marshane Godbolt, 22 Antonio Kilpatrick (C), 23 Kevin James, 24 E.J. Forbes, 25 Antonio Bowdry, 28 Willie Thomas (C), 33 Lorenzo Randolph (C),

34 Fred Cummings, 35 Mikel Cromartie, 40 Conner Harrison, 42 Branden Carden, 44 John Brown, 50 Tyler Schmidt (C), 51 Matt Fields, 52 Tyler Brown (C), 54 Tyler Corbett, 55 Luke Taylor, 56 Mason Dotson, 57 John Cooper (C), 58 Nick Walker, 59 Dalton Hall, 65 Jacob Thomas, 66 C.J. Roberts, 67 Anthony Lanier, 69 Caleb Vernon, 72 Jeffery Miller, 74 Judson Messer, 77 Logan Barwick, 85 Tyler Pouncey, 99 Tevin Garner

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Page 10F – The Wakulla News WHS Football Thursday, September 3, 2009

Wakulla Middle School coaching staff from left, Josh Sandgren, Michael Sweatt, Drew Cook, Bill Peck and Head Coach Bobby Wells.

The War Eagle coaching staff

Head Coach Scott Klees, Defensive Coordi-nator/Associate Head Coach Chris Tomaini, Assistant Head Coach-Running Backs James Vernon, Offensive Line Grady Guess, Line-backers-Special Teams Coordinator George Kilbourne, Defensive Back-Wide Receivers-Special Teams Eddie Metcalf, Defensive Line Marcus Farlin, Outside Linebackers Bronson Sweatt, Offensive and Defensive Line- JV De-fensive Coordinator Wayne Mackin, Quarter-backs T.R. Roberts, Assistant Coach Brandon Randolph, Assistant Coach Josh manning, Assistant Coach Andrew Johnson, Trainers Matt Higgins and Don Whaley.

WHS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

09/04/2009 H Taylor County High09/11/2009 A East Gadsden High School09/18/2009 A North Florida Christian

10/02/2009 H Florida State Univ, High• 10/09/2009 H Lincoln High School10/16/2009 H Jefferson County High

Homecoming versus the Tigers• 10/23/2009 A Chiles High School10/30/2009 A Walton High Schoolin DeFuniak Springs• 11/06/2009 H Leon High School

11/13/2009 A FAMU Developmental Research School in Tallahassee

• Denotes a district contest

Class 4A, District 3

Riversprings coaches, front, Head Coach Joey Jacobs, standing rear from left, Jason Darby, Aubrey Gavin, Steve Walker, Louis Hernandez, Trey Thaxton.

Riversprings Middle School Bears

The Wakulla War Eagle coaching staff hopes to use their football knowledge to give their players the edge on the field.

Thursday, Aug.27 Jefferson County awayTuesday, Sept. 8 Havana* 6 p.m. WHSTuesday, Sept. 15 at Florida High 6 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 22 Wakulla Middle 6 p.m. at WHSTuesday, Oct. 6 Marianna* 7 p.m. WHSTuesday, Oct. 13 Quincy* 6 p.m. WHSThursday, Oct. 22 at Taylor Co. 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct.27 Bowl Game TBD. **Thursday, Oct. 29 Bowl Game TBD *** home dates**bowl game’s are dependent upon final conference standings.

Wakulla Middle School Schedule on Page 11A

Wakulla Middle School Wildcats

RMS Bear Schedule

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Thursday, September 3, 2009 WHS Football The Wakulla News – Page 11F

Tuesday, Sept 15 Havana Home 6 p.m. •Tuesday, Sept 22 Riversprings Home 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 29 FSU High Home 6 p.m. •Thursday, Oct 8 Taylor County Away 6 p.m. •

Thursday, Oct 15 Marianna Away 6 p.m. CTTuesday, Oct 20 Jefferson County Away 6 p.m.Oct. 27 Bowl Games TBA.• Indicates games which include a fifth quarter.

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Some War Eagles carry on in college

By KEITH [email protected]

Wakulla High School has 12 former football players on college campuses ranging from Division 1 to the junior college ranks.

The two most well known of the players are Nigel Bradham at Florida State University and C.J. Holton at the University of Miami.

Cory Eddinger left FSU where he was a walk-on to gain a scholarship at the University of North Alabama.

Darrion Wilson left the junior col-lege ranks to play at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Tanner Jones is in the mix to play quarterback at Troy University.

Briceton Wilson has joined the ranks at Pittsburg State.

Tim Dawson went to Butler Com-munity College.

Jamel Gavin and Deon Bryant are at Hancock College in California.

Leland Alyea is playing at Hanover College in Indiana.

Troy Walker left Wakulla for FAMU. Zach Klees went to Methodist Uni-

versity in North Carolina.“We’re proud of every one of those

guys,” said Coach Scott Klees. The play-ers continue a tradition of a number of Wakulla football players continuing their career after high school.

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Wakulla district opponent schedules; how they faredCHILES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Class: 4A - District: 3 09/04/2009 H Jefferson County High

School (Monticello)09/11/2009 A Rickards High School (Tal-

lahassee)09/18/2009 A Taylor County High School

(Perry)09/25/2009 H West Gadsden High School

(Greensboro)10/02/2009 H East Gadsden High School

(Havana)10/09/2009 H Leon High School (Tal-

lahassee)10/16/2009 H Godby High School (Tal-

lahassee)10/23/2009 H Wakulla High School (Craw-

fordville)11/06/2009 A Lincoln High School (Tal-

lahassee)11/13/2009 H Hamilton County High

School (Jasper)

LEON FOOTBALL SCHEDULEClass: 4A - District: 3

09/04/2009 A Godby High School (Tal-lahassee)

09/18/2009 A Eastside High School (Gainesville)

09/25/2009 H Madison County High School (Madison)

10/01/2009 A Mosley High School (Lynn Haven)

10/09/2009 A Chiles High School (Tal-lahassee)

10/23/2009 H Lincoln High School (Tal-lahassee)

10/29/2009 H Crestview High School (Crestview)

11/06/2009 A Wakulla High School (Craw-fordville)

11/13/2009 H Rickards High School (Tal-lahassee)

LINCOLN FOOTBALL SCHEDULEClass: 4A - District: 3

09/03/2009 H Niceville High School (Niceville)

09/11/2009 H Spruce Creek High School (Port Orange)

09/17/2009 H Florida State University High School (Tallahassee)

09/25/2009 A Rickards High School (Tal-lahassee)

10/02/2009 A Pine Forest High School (Pensacola)

10/09/2009 A Wakulla High School (Craw-fordville)

10/16/2009 A Madison County High School (Madison)

10/23/2009 A Leon High School (Tal-lahassee)

11/06/2009 H Chiles High School (Tal-lahassee)

11/13/2009 H Godby High School (Tal-lahassee)

WHS OPPONENTS: HOW DID THEY FARE?

TAYLOR COUNTY was 3-7EAST GADSDEN was 5-5NORTH FLORIDA CHRISTIAN was 6-2FLORIDA HIGH was 9-1TALLAHASSEE LINCOLN was 7-3JEFFERSON COUNTY was 1-9TALLAHASSEE CHILES was 0-10WALTON COUNTY was 6-4TALLAHASSEE LEON was 7-3FAMU HIGH was 7-3

• WAKULLA WAS 5-5

THE TOTAL WON-LOSS RECORD OF THE 2009 OPPONENTS BASED ON THE 2008 SEASON WAS 51-47.

Everybody is a winner on WHS War Eagle Picture DayBy KEITH BLACKMAR

[email protected], Aug. 15 was cloudy, breezy

and not quite as brutally hot as the tem-peratures War Eagle football players have become accustomed to in August.

Picture Day at J.D. Jones Stadium and Jerry Reynolds Field was blessed with some welcomed cloud cover.

Wakulla football players had only been practicing since Monday, Aug. 10, but the fieldhouse already had a familiar look and smell to it.

For a football player or coach it seemed like Christmas morning. Pictures to be tak-en, but no afternoon practice. Players were tucked away in the locker room getting their uniforms on for picture day and coaches were decked out in their War Eagle gear. The banter between coaches and players picked up as the gathering grew larger.

Players and coaches smiled as their pic-tures were taken for the game program and The Wakulla News. But the sun was hiding behind some clouds and the realization that there will be more August practices was not lost on players or coaches.

Thirty minutes turns into two hours, then three as a variety of photos are shot. Junior varsity players begin to get a feel for the high school program and have their turn in front of the camera as well. Fresh-men had only 1 1/2 days of school under their belts during picture Saturday.

The varsity will be sporting new uni-forms this year although the new uniforms

had not arrived in time for the photo shoot.

The words rebuilding are used to de-scribe the team, but all of the coaches enjoy the spirit of the team knowing how difficult the Class 4A District 3 schedule will be.

Tallahassee represents the enemy this year as Chiles, Lincoln, Leon and Wakulla will battle it out for two playoff spots.

Most of the coaches agreed, the first game of the season Sept. 5 in Medart against Taylor County will go a long way to determine how well Wakulla does as the team attempts to improve on the 5-5 regular season in 2008.

Seminole linebackers finding their voiceBy IRA SCHOFFEL

Of The OSCEOLA When he walks off the practice field each

day, linebackers coach Chuck Amato’s voice is usually hoarse from talking … and yelling. And he’d like to see his players share that experience.

The veteran assistant coach wants his linebackers to communicate verbally before every play, during the plays when possible, and even after the plays.

“They’re starting to get a feel for that, because they see the importance of it,” Amato said.

Gail Burton - Warchant.comWatson has spearheaded these daily post-

practice meetings.While communicating comes naturally for

some players, it’s not easy for everyone. So

senior Dekoda Watson is calling upon the other linebackers to meet in the locker room after every practice.

There, they discuss the plays that went right, the plays that went wrong, and how they can improve. There are no coaches and no excuses.

“I feel like that will help us individually and as a segment,” Watson said, acknowl-edging that the first few sessions featured some awkward silences. “But it keeps getting better and better.”

Said junior middle linebacker Kendall Smith: “We ask each other what we did wrong and what can we do to get better, and we learn from that. Then we go to meet-ings and then we tell Coach Amato what we messed up in. … Dekoda came up with the idea, and it’s working. It’s helping us be

more verbal and think about what can we do to get better.”

Watson said the key to the discussions is keeping a conversational tone. The play-ers already hear enough criticism from the coaches in practice; this is a chance for them to speak openly and evaluate themselves.

“I tell them, ‘I know this was my mistake. I know I lost this play. I know I should have been outside of this block,’” Watson said. “I show that we all make mistakes. And instead of somebody badgering, badgering and badgering, just talk to them.

“If we can communicate off the field, then it should work on the field.”

Though he isn’t there for the post-practice discussions, Amato is thrilled to see his play-ers taking that initiative.

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Continued from Page 12FHe said the only way for the linebackers

to improve is to understand their mistakes and learn from them - and there’s no bet-ter way than talking through them with peers.

“If they want to be good, they’ve got to

put some time in on their own,” Amato said. “We’re all gonna make mistakes. We’ve all got erasers on our pencils. And they all wear out before the pencil does. … If we were perfect from the get-go, we wouldn’t need to practice 29 times before we play our first game.”

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By KEITH [email protected]

It wasn’t all serious business for Wakul-la War Eagle football players at the 2009

Picture Day on Saturday, Aug. 15 at J.D. Jones Stadium and Jerry Reynolds Field.

Above, War Eagle players put on their game face after group shots were snapped. Wakulla has some size this year although speed is always a good thing to have as well.

Top right, Casey Eddinger changed his uniform from baseball to football and dis-played his quarterback arm. Teammates were catching his tosses down the field and throwing back to Lorenzo Randolph, 33, while other units of the team were having their pictures taken.

Below right, Matt Fields, Luke Taylor, Randolph, Dalton Hall and Tyler Schmidt show that their time in the weight room has not been wasted. Wakulla will need a strong, physical presence on the gridiron to take on larger schools like Lincoln, Leon, Chiles and others.

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Florida State University depth chart and scheduleQB 7 Christian Ponder | 6-2, 217, Jr., RS3 E.J. Manuel | 6-4, 223, Fr., RS16 Will Secord | 6-3, 204, Fr., HSTB 38 Jermaine Thomas | 6-1, 190, So., 1V33 Ty Jones | 5-11, 203, So., 1V39 Tavares Pressley | 6-1, 202, Jr., RS24 Lonnie Pryor | 6-1, 195, Fr., HSWR80 Jarmon Fortson | 6-3, 223, So., 1V86 Rod Owens | 6-0, 183, Sr., RS84 Rodney Smith | 6-6, 208, Fr., HS19 Josh Gehres | 6-3, 195, Fr., HSWR83 Bert Reed | 5-11, 165, So., RS9 Richard Goodman | 6-0, 191, Sr., RS14 Avis Commack | 6-4, 195, So., 1V87 Cameron Wade | 6-6, 209, So., RSWR8 Taiwan Easterling | 5-11, 187, So., RS89 Louis Givens | 5-8, 170, Sr., 3V82 Willie Haulstead | 6-3, 210, Fr., HSTE81 Caz Piurowski | 6-7, 271, Sr., 3V88 Beau Reliford | 6-7, 241, So., 1V85 Ja’Baris Little | 6-4, 226, So., 1V40 Matt Dunham | 6-2, 250, Jr., RSOT67 Andrew Datko | 6-6, 283, So., 1V

76 Garrett Faircloth | 6-6, 288, Fr., HSOT77 Zebrie Sanders | 6-5, 288, So., 1V73 Rhonne Sanderson | 6-4, 288, So., 1VOG62 Rodney Hudson | 6-2, 285, Jr., 2V73 Rhonne Sanderson | 6-4, 288, So., 1VOG79 David Spurlock | 6-5, 285, So., 1V57 Brandon Davis | 6-2, 281, Jr., RSC60 Ryan McMahon | 6-3, 282, Jr., RS63 A.J. Ganguzza | 6-3, 268, So., RS59 Henry Orelus | 6-2, 292, Fr., HSDE96 Toshmon Stevens | 6-5, 228, So., HS95 Kevin McNeil | 6-2, 257, Sr., 3V91 Craig Yarborough | 6-0, 241, Sr., 3VDE98 Markus White | 6-4, 261, Jr., 2V49 Brandon Jenkins | 6-2, 240, Fr., HS55 Jamar Jackson | 6-4, 240, So., RS93 Everette Dawkins | 6-2, 258, So., 1VNT56 Kendrick Stewart | 6-2, 271, Sr., RS72 Budd Thacker | 6-2, 276, Sr., 3V93 Everette Dawkins | 6-2, 258, So., 1VDT90 Moses McCray | 6-2, 298, So., 1V99 Jacobbi McDaniel | 6-0, 267, Fr., HS

97 D. McAllister | 6-3, 263, Fr., HSLB13 Nigel Bradham | 6-2, 235, So., 1V44 Maurice Harris | 6-0, 212, So., RSLB36 Dekoda Watson | 6-2, 226, Sr., 3V12 Nigel Carr | 6-3, 230, So., 1V16 Mister Alexander | 6-2, 227, Jr., RSLB29 Kendall Smith | 6-1, 230, Jr., 2V48 Recardo Wright | 6-2, 226, Sr., 3V51 Aaron Gresham | 6-2, 237, So., RSCB15 Ochuko Jenije | 5-10, 188, Jr., RS28 Dionte Allen | 5-11, 172, So., RS5 Greg Reid | 5-9, 175, Fr., HSCB21 Patrick Robinson | 5-11, 194, Sr., 3V26 AJ Alexander | 5-11, 180, Fr., RS27 Xavier Rhodes | 6-2, 195, Fr., HSS22 Korey Mangum | 6-0, 202, Sr., RS10 Nick Moody | 6-1, 235, Fr., RS30 Jajuan Harley | 6-2, 210, Fr., HSS20 Jamie Robinson | 6-2, 188, Sr., RS4 Terrance Parks | 6-1, 196, So., 1V37 Ed Imeokparia | 6-0, 186, Fr., RSK18 Dustin Hopkins | 6-2, 174, Fr., HS

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