Page 12 Eagle-Gazette, Aug. 24, and Extra, Aug. 28. 1989 Fairfield Union To succeed, young Falcons will have to mature quickly Fairfield Union Falcons FU Opp Date Opponent 8- 25 SHERIDAN 9- 1 at Heath 9-8 at Teays Valley 9-15 BLOOM-CARROLL 9-22 LOGAN ELM 9- 29 at Hamilton Township 10- 6 LIBERTY UNION 10-14 at Berne Union 10-20 at Amanda-Clearcreek 10-27 CANAL WINCHESTER denotes Mid-State League games CAPS home games i 1 ZZZ. JL tiV 4 yN ft 4.
I I I I -t i i -f; By DAVE BICKHAM E-G Sports Writer WEST RUSHVILLE How guickly a young team can mature Lwill be the key to Fairfield Union's football season this fall. With only 10 returning letter-'jnen and five returning starters, the Falcons will have their work cut out for them if they want to repeat last season's 8-2 record. 'We're so much smaller than we usually are," head coach Greg Rosser said. "We've only got about two kids over 200 pounds. We've also got very low team depth and very little experience." While the Falcons aren't blessed with the size they've had in the past, they do have more quickness this year.
"We're quicker than a year ago," Rosser pointed out. "We don't have anybody that's real fast, but overall we're quicker." Offensively, the Falcons will try to do a lot of different things. I "We're going to try to mix it up," Rosser said. We're not going to be big enough to constantly 'We've got to get off to a good start. We need to play well our first game and we need to win our first to get ready for he league.
We can't get off to a bad start. 'I'm really excited jabout the season. We Tost a lot of players last season's eam, but we've got a of good, young kids ith a lot of Greg Rosser over people, and we've got a inew quarterback, so we're going to a lot of play action stuff and bootlegs and misdirections." Leading the offense will be senior quarterback Jim Nelson (5-foot-8, 170 pounds). Joining liim in the backfield will be fullback Jason Minnard (5-10, 165) tailback Ted Engle (5-9, 170). Handling the blocking duties will be junior center Adam Roby (5-8, 160).
Flanking him at guards will be sophom*ore Jeff Clark (5-8, FAIRFIELD UNION quarter- back Jim Nelson (45) throws a pass during pre-season football practice. Nelson will take over the Falcons' signalcalling duties Eagle-Gazette photo by Juno D. DeCunp this season, replacing the gra- duated Tom Engle, now playing minor league baseball for the New York Mets. Ray Woodside Ted Engle 175) and junior Matt Kelley (5-11, 190). A pair of seniors will take up the tackle slots with Brant Noland (6-1, 190) and Ray Woodside (6-5, 225) handling the duties.
When Nelson puts the ball in the air, he'll be looking for tight end Chad Canter (6-0, 190, Sr.) or senior split end Brad Bosch (5-8, 140). Defensively, the Falcons will be led by Woodside at end. According to Rosser, Woodside will be starting for his third year and will be looking to repeat his First Team All-League performance of a year ago. Joining him on the line will be Noland at end, while junior David Riggs (5-8, 165) and senior Richard Peters (5-8, 185) will be at the tackle spots. The linebackers will consist of Go Through No Player Pot Ht Wt Yr 11 Bart Hampson QB-DB 5-10 145 10 13 Chad Schmelzer WB-DB 5-9 150 11 14 Rob laVeck QB-DB 5-11 160 11 24 Jamie Newell TB-DB 5-9 170 12 25 Kyle Holland SE-DB 5-9 145 11 28 Jason Minnard' FB-LB 5-10 165 11 32 David Riggs WB-DT 54 165 11 36 Mark Egger FB-DB 54 140 10 38 Brad Bosch SE-DB 5-8 140 12 43 Jim Nelson QB-DB 54 170 12 46 Ted Engle TB-DB 5-9 170 12 47 Jeremy Winegardner WB-DB 5-10 170 12 52 Richard Peters C-DT 54 185 12 53 Adam Roby C-LB 54 160 11 54 Jeff Clark G-DT 54 175 10 Kelley at middle linebacker, while Minnard will fill one outside linebacker, slot, with Canter at the other.
In the defensive backfield, senior Jamie Newell (5-9, 170) will play cornerback, while senior Jeremy Winegardner (5-10, 170) will be at halfback. The safeties will be Bosch at free safety and Engle at strong safety. According to Rosser, the key to the entire season will be getting off to a good start. "We've got to get off to a good start," he said. We need to play well our first game and we need to win our first couple to get ready for the league.
We can't get off to a bad start." While it may be easy to look at this season as a rebuilding year, Rosser isn't taking that outlook. "I'm really excited about the season. We lost a lot of players from last season's team, but we've got a lot of good, young kids with a lot of enthusiasm," he noted. Because of the low number of players on the team (27) and the few returning lettermen, the Falcons are not expected to repeat last year's season as league champion. However, Rosser doesn't this is accurate.
"I feel we'll be better than we're predicted to be. I think the include city editor Chuck Nelson, senior news reporter Mark Williams, staff reporter Karen Ring, managing editor Larry Howsare, associate editor Ron Johnson, and sports reporters Dave Bickham and Jeffrey Saks. 60 Matt Kelley' 63 Brent Noland 65 Brian Woodside 72 Tony Miller 74 Scott Wood 75 Ray Woodside' 76 Carl Headley 79 Keith Kemmerer 81 Chris Thornton 83 Adam Drake 87 Chad Canter G-LB OT-DE G-DE OT-DE G-DE OT-TE G-DT OT-DT SE-LB TE-DB TE-LB 5- 11 190 11 6- 1 190 12 6-3 6-2 64 6-5 170 11 185 11 170 10 225 12 5- 10 150 11 6- 2 235 10 64 140 11 5-11 150 10 64 190 12 'Denotes returning lettermen. Head coach: Greg Rosser (13-7). Assistant coaches: Ed Wilkinson, Bob Ritchie, John Young.
1988 record: 8-2. key to our season is not getting anybody hurt. If we don't get anybody hurt, we're going to be in good shape, but you never know about things like that," he stated. "I think we can play with any body in our league." Greg Rosser GOOD LUCK TO ALL AREA TEAMS CARTER TREE SERVICE 'Stump Removal' 654-8796 GOOD LUCK MSB With The Sportsman's Choice! General Grabbers Gazette pigskin pickers ready for another season a.p. SIZE i'l 'i it miT: IV'-- I Ik? i The Eagle-Gazette pigskin prognosticated have been dusting off their crystal balls and thumbing through all the football previews they can find as they gear up for the upcoming high school and college football seasons.
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