Not sure what they do now but we played them several years ago and they were athletic and spread it out.
They don't show their stats on Maxpreps, but looking at the game recaps from their schedule, they've had a couple of balanced games, but it seems most of the games were one-sided with more passing yards than rushing. But at the same time, Greene Central had well over 300 yards rushing against them, so I don't think the Horses will have any trouble moving the ball against them.
Yeah, I saw in their last regular season game they only had 27 players dressed. As long as the Horses can limit the big plays and control the clock, they should win this game.
As I said previously, looking at their defense we should be able to move the ball against them, so one of our best defenses would be to limit the number of possessions from their offense. If we get in the red zone we must come away with points, preferably six rather than three. The potentially next two teams will be slinging the ball around, so the coaches must get the team more prepared.
This wouldn't wake anybody up. The entire east is expecting y'all to stomp Kinston out like a cigarette butt. We'd actually have questions about the Darkhorses if you don't win by a million.
The scary thing about the Dark Horses is that we've not been playing full strength the entire year. If we ever get full strength the longer we stay in the playoffs, watch out! I did like Coach Johnson using Jalen Smith down in the red zone, using him in limited capacity. But he was extremely effective.
And the 'one sport' athletes in a smaller school like Clinton really hurts versus a larger school. When I was at Clinton, many of the football players, particularly the running backs, also ran track to help with their speed. And studies have shown that kids only concentrating on one sport can be detrimental to them due to overuse of certain muscles and tendons. Many of todays pro athletes like Pat Mahomes were multi-sport athletes in high school. Mahomes was actually such a great basketball player that he could have gotten a scholarship in that sport as well. If we can get at least a 45-50 man roster, that would greatly enhance our depth.
I see that Nick Smith is on the JV basketball roster this year. Yes, maybe he will consider playing next year, would be a great addition to the team at WR or QB. He would be the tallest QB since L.C. Stevens and Brian Williams. Hopefully those boys you mentioned could come back next year to replace some of the Seniors we'll be losing this year.
