[charlie22]

I would agree with Charlie and Stardust on this one Whackem....last year they had a crop of them with a few brand names but this is actually the year of the unknown from the Sr. Class. Many of the aforementioned kids like Gall, Gold, Sullivan, Hollingsworth, Duenas, Bishop, etc....have had to sit back and wait their turn and will likely step up now that it is time. Gold caught the big TD in the state finals his soph year but then Drennan comes in and he his PT diminished somewhat. There will be a lot of ****ry kids out there in this years Sr class which will be different than year's past where you had the proven SR's who all logged many varsity minutes their soph and Jr years.

I think you are spot on in re this group of seniors wanting to prove something.

Many of them did make major contributions last year. Frankly, we could not have won state last year without the big efforts from Hahn, Seidl, Compton, Huddleston, Gold, Sullivan and the rest. But those kids heard so much about how talented last year's senior class was and they heard or read about opponents being so glad that last year's senior class was graduating, they've had to had a chip on their shoulder and something to prove since the day after last year's state game. All reports I've heard are that the seniors have worked very hard in the weight room and in conditioning drills. It won't be easy to do a 4-peat. JC should be particularly good this year and I'm sure some other teams from the East will be ready and primed to beat the Birds if given a chance. But I still like our chances.