[Hatz]

Ryle will be 1 dimensional this year. Travis Elliot will be a beasty senior but with no Hemple they will be worse. Just set up a run defense and have a fast hard hitter spying him all day and the birds will win by 2 scores at least.

Boyle graduated all their starters at skill positions so I would guess H would have an upper hand with them.
Elder was the dumpster of the GCL south last year, but still is Elder. Should be a good game... I just hope we dont throw QP Fade every play.

Im most concerned about Cov Cath to be honest. Birr was pretty good last year as a soph. They gave H a scare last year with a super young team. graduated timmerman and conelley but i think the classes coming up are more balanced for the colonels.

Actually Boyle returns their most explosive runner, Devin Cox who split the time with Cook at RB. Cox still had over 1500 yards and 17 TD's last season. He will be a senior this next year.

Zach Hester (who started at LB last year) will be moving to the offensive side as well I believe.

Blake Mason played a lot last year at TE and is a good prospect as a Junior next season. He had 7 TD catches last year which led the Rebels in that Department.

Steven Talbott likewise returns as a tall receiver with 2 TD catches in 2010.

Lloyd Hall snagged 18 throws last year and will be back for his Junior campaign.

Finally, Bryant Warnock showed up at the end of the season as a transfer and didn't have time to learn the system. Still he rushed 5 times for 49 yards and 1 TD in only 4 games.

The Rebels return more at the skill positions than you think.

That said, they are still having to find some replacements off the last squads that led the way (Most notable being Lamar). I look for Highlands to win the early matchup but the Rebels should improve as the season progresses. If they get a chance to hook up again later in the year I think Boyle might make a better game of it then. :Thumbs: