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Cleburne
Football 2011
Special Supplement to the Times-Review
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After Cleburne’s 6-4 run in2009, the Yellow Jackets had highhopes entering 2010Those high hopes were dashedas Cleburne struggled to a 1-9 re-cord in its first season of play inDistrict 7-4AThe secondary was suspect androutinely exploited for big plays bymore athletic teams such as DallasMadison, Everman and MansfieldSummitCleburne’s lone victory in 2010came over Joshua, 56-28 TheOwls ended up 0-10A silver lining was the emer-gence of Quade Coward as thequarterback of Cleburne’s futureAs a sophomore, he split playingtime with junior Chaston Cuffee inthe backfield His accuracy anddecision-making along with hismobility have made him the starterfor Cleburne in 2011 as it tries tomove forward from last year’s dis-appointmentHead Coach Phil Young said histeam is further along this year aftertwo scrimmages instead of one andan extra week of practice“We’re definitely further along just because we’ve had that extraweek with pads,” Young said“We’re also a little more dinged upbecause of it”Cleburne returns eight starters,four on each side of the ball Se-nior receiver Cooper Walls, wholed 7-4A last year in receptions, re-turns along with tight end PeteBlack, a three-year lettermanIn the backfield, Coward hasseveral options including seniorPatrick Morgan, Zach Haler and junior Khalil HallHall is the speediest of thethreeOn defense, Cuffee is thesafet and And Anderson returnsfor his senior season as an outsidelinebacker Connor Martyniuk, asenior, will play inside linebackeralong with Brock Sanders Both areundersized at around 170 poundsOn the defensive line is whereCleburne’s strength may lie ChazArmistead, Clayton McLaurin (aRio Vista move-in), German Her-nandez, Eduardo Cassio and AaronPerez are all available for duty inthe trenches James Thornburg re-turns at the linebacker slot andTanner Marchel is back on the lineafter missing last season with a leginjuryCleburne will operate out of amultiple-front look on both offenseand defense The Jackets usuallygo with a 4-3 defensive front, butthey were exploited in the second-ary last year With Cuffee playingpredominantly in the safety posi-tion this season, Young said thehope is he can prevent big playsfrom happeningOn offense, Cleburne has been amore run-centered team lately, butwith the departure of speedy run-ning back LJ Holmes, a first-teamall-district selection last year, theJackets may be forced to rely moreon the passing game until the run-ning backs developYoung said he feels good aboutthe extra practice Cleburne has got-ten this year“We’re good when we stick toour assignments,” he said “Whenwe start to peak and look around onthe offensive line, we’re not asgood“Andy [Anderson] has turnedinto a fantastic football playerHe’s improved the most of anyoneand he’s going to be fantastic thisyear”Young mentioned Black andWalls will be key again for Cle-burne“Those guys caught the major-ity of our balls last year,” he said“They can catch the ball in a lot of different situations They’ve bothgot a lot of speed and are very fastin their positions They might bethe fastest at their positions in thedistrict”Walls might be the most danger-ous offensive weapon Cleburnepossesses, Young said“I think his expectations are tocatch every ball that comes hisway,” he said “They’ll put theirbest guy on him every game Get-ting off the line, he’ll have to showup every game and understand he’sgoing to get the best kid and prob-ably be double-teamed“He’s a very unselfish kid andthat’s his best attribute along withbeing very athletic”
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Th Clburn offns will fatur diffrnt looks at th running back position with playrs lik Tuckr Nolan (11) and Patrick Morgan along with ZachHalr and Khalil Hall. Andy Andrson will also s tim at running back.
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Cleburne has a deeproster for 2011
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