Team Profile
Photos by Andy Mitchell Photography
Q&A with Coach Wes Stone
Q. How would you characterize this year’s team?
A. We are a very young football team with only four seniors.
Q. What will be the keys to your success?
A. Developing leadership within our team.
Q. Who will be your key leaders on the team?
A. Our four seniors as well as Jamychal Buckner, Aatravious Smith, Jordan McClendon, JR Hardrick, Logan Sisk, and Zech Green.
Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?
A. We have some talented younger guys who are eager for their opportunity to step up this season.
Q. What will keep you up at night?
A. Losing 18 of 22 starters from 2023 and only having four seniors this year.
Q. What can you build on from last year?
A. We were able to establish a physical identity again so we are looking to continue to build on a physical brand of football.
Q. Any lessons learned from last year?
A. The importance of being able to run the football effectively. We made big improvements between 2022-23 and it paid off last year.
Q. Will we see anything different this year?
A. Offensively, we will be similar. Defensively, we will tweak some things as we welcome back Coach Shawn Peek as our defensive coordinator.
