Lookout Valley High School

Team Profile

Photos by Andy Mitchell & Courtesy of Lookout Valley High School

Q&A with Coach Joshua Payne

coach joshua payne

Q. How would you characterize this year’s team?

A. Young, but experienced.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Staying healthy.

Q. Who will be your key leaders on the team?

A. Thaxton Fowler, Zander Murasso, Gabe Laymon, and Diego Ibach.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. Everyone is back this season, and everyone got a lot of experience last year.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. Depth and injuries.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. The experience and learning what it’s going to take to compete and win.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. You have to be more committed in the summer.

Q. Will we see anything different this year?

A. Not really.

Q. How would you characterize your team’s speed?

A. Average.

Stats

Coach name: Joshua Payne (7 yrs. as a head coach, 7th as head coach at Lookout Valley)

Class/Region: TN 1A – Reg. 3

2024 Overall Record: 0-10

2024 District Finish: 6th

Mascot: Yellow Jackets

 

2025 Schedule

August

22 Sunbright (A)

29 Red Boiling Springs (H)

September

5 Grundy Co. (H)

12 Innovation Academy (H)

19 Whitwell (A)

26 Huntland (A)

October

3 Copper Basin (A)

10 South Pittsburg (H)

24 Sale Creek (H)

31 Howard (a)

 

Coach’s View

Our success will be determined by the commitment during the summer months. We have to worry about getting ourselves ready to play earlier in the season against a very strong 1A schedule.

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