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Thursday, August 26, 2010 2010 Fall Sports Preview • Page 2 2010 Point Pleasant Football Preview Point football loaded with numbers, experience for 2010 BY RICK SIMPKINS feel for our Michael Musgrave, fullbacks JaWaan from. Orrin Chason, Brandon Toler, SPORTS CORRESPONDENT personnel Williams and Jason Stouffer, and and Layne Thompson all have experi- because of halfbacks Chris Blankenship and ence and will share duties. “We con- POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — their experi- Anthony Darst. Also, remember the sider all three of these young men “Potentially we are a pretty good ence. We are names Tylun Campbell, a transfer starters,” said Darst. “All three of football team,” said Point Pleasant just trying to from Columbus, and freshman Teran them can catch the ball and all three High School Head Football Coach fine tune Barnitz. know what to do once they get the Dave Darst. “The only thing wrong things right Long and Musgrave played both ball in their hands.” with that is ‘potentially’ never played now.” fullback and wingback a year ago and The one constant in football is that a football game. We have the makings The Big both are expected to see a lot of play- the better you are up front, the better of a good team, but we have a chal- Blacks lost a ing time once the season gets under- your team will be. And, after losing lenging schedule and we have to pro- lot of talent from the 2009 season. way. Williams was used mainly as a three starters from a year ago, the duce on Friday nights,” added the Big Gone are the likes of Nathan Roberts, wingback a year ago, but will see the coaching staff has to have a few play- Blacks’ fourth year mentor. Clay Krebs, Derry Osborne, Brock bulk of his playing time at fullback ers step up. Right now, there are bat- There are reasons to be optimistic, McClung, Beau Bellamy, and Cody this year. Blankenship and Darst both tles for each position. Casey Hogg though, as the Big Blacks head into Greathouse, among others. But, the played halfback a year ago and will and C.J. Payne are battling it out at the 2010 football season. Chief list of returnees is deep and talented. split time there. Stouffer has had an the center position, while Gabe among those reasons is the experi- Leading that group of returning play- excellent pre-season and the coaches Starcher, Cody Stover, Tyler Austin, ence that this squad brings to the ers is quarterback Eric Roberts. Darst say he is primed to have a big year. and Zach Thomas are neck and neck field. “We are a veteran team,” said really likes his junior signal caller. Also, Campbell and Barnitz have and neck and neck for the two start- Darst. “We are dominated by juniors “Eric is a tough kid,” said Darst. impressed the coaching staff and will ing guard slots. At right tackle, it is and seniors. We have a lot of kids “He’s smart and he’s a leader. He play a lot of football. between Dustin Spencer and Jay back from last year’s team, which grew up a lot last year and we are Toby Martin, Dakota Toth, and Trey Burdette, while the left tackle will be was a very successful football team. expecting big things from him,” Livingston have been operating at the manned by either Matt Weddington, And, we had a good idea who our added the PPHS mentor. tight end position. All three athletes or J.D. Lewis. players were heading into practice. While Darst likes his quarterback, bring something to the table and each “We saw a lot of improvement from That’s not to say that we haven’t had he is equally as pleased with his will contribute. our first scrimmage to our second,” other kids step up, because we have. entire offensive backfield. That group At the split end position, Coach said Darst. “We had something like But, for the most part, we had a good includes wingbacks Jerrod Long and Darst said he has three starters to pick 280 yards of offense in that second Thursday, August 26, 2010 2010 Fall Sports Preview • Page 3 scrimmage. If we could have cut Tug Valley, Williamstown, and down on our penalties, we would Warren Local. In their place are 2010 Point Pleasant Football Roster have put incredible numbers.” Tolsia, Scott, and Vinton County. 1 Trevor Hill WR 6-2 170 10 In his own words, Coach Darst said Tolsia and Scott are the newest mem- 2 JaWaan Williams QB-LB 6-1 182 12 3 Josh Mattox RB-DB 5-10 160 11 his defense was “solid”. And, after bers in the already tough Cardinal 4 Cody Arnold RB-DB 6-0 145 11 allowing just four first downs and 74 Conference. “The addition of Tolsia 5 Brandon Russell WR-DB 5-10 150 11 7 Garrett Norris QB-DB 5-7 138 9 total yards to Roane County in their and Scott makes a tough league a lot 8 Brandon Toler QB-DB 6-1 165 11 second scrimmage, who could argue tougher,” said Darst. “You just can’t 9 Josh Hudson RB-LB 5-8 143 9 10 Tylan Campbell RB-DB 5-9 172 10 with him. “We pride ourselves on our have an off night. It’s a playoff 11 Levi Doolittle QB-DB 5-6 134 9 defense and we expect this bunch to atmosphere every league game. But, 12 Jacob Gardner QB-LB QB-LB 150 10 play our kind of football,” said Darst. I think that’s a good thing. Playing 13 Mike Musgrave FB-LB 5-10 187 12 14 Layne Thompson FL-DB 6-0 160 11 “We want to be aggressive and hit this quality schedule gives us an 15 Zachary Hardman WR-DB 5-3 115 9 people. We want them to know that advantage in the postseason. And, 16 Josh Parsons PK 6-3 170 10 17 Eric Roberts QB-DB 6-0 180 11 they have been in a war when they make no mistake about it -- that is 18 John Kinnard WR-DB 5-10 150 11 play us. I think this group will con- our goal. We want to win on Friday 19 Zach Coe RB-DB 6-1 145 10 20 Jason Stouffer RB-LB 6-0 200 11 tinue that tradition,” added Darst. nights. We want to win our confer- 21 Donovan Powell RB-DB 5-8 155 12 Zach Thomas will be the nose ence and we want to make the play- 22 Orrin Chason WR-DB 6-3 165 12 23 Marquez Griffin RB-DB 6-0 136 10 guard, while the tackles will be Hogg offs. And, we want to win enough to 24 Robbie Wallace FB-LB 5-6 150 10 and Livingston. The ends are secure a home field advantage in the 25 Conner Templeton FB-LB 6-3 210 10 Musgrave, Josh Hereford, and Ryan playoffs. It’s a lot easier to play at 26 Gabe Loggins FL-DB 6-2 135 11 27 Teran Barnitz HB-DB 6-0 165 9 Warner. The linebackers will come home than to travel to Keyser to play 28 Ryan Warner RB-LB 6-2 200 12 from a group that includes Stouffer, a game. That’s what we want – home 29 Noah Searls WR-DB 5-3 110 10 32 Josh Hereford TE-LB 5-8 165 11 Long, Stover, and Martin. field advantage in the playoffs,” 33 Hunter Bellamy TE-DE 6-1 180 10 Cornerbacks in the fold include explained Darst. 34 Andrew Williamson WR-DB 5-7 134 10 35 Chris Blankenship RB-DB 5-8 165 12 Donovan Powell, Chase Walton, Every West Virginia high school 36 Anthony Darst RB-DB 5-8 142 11 Toler, and Darst. The safeties include has eleven weeks to play ten games. 37 Dakota Toth TE-DE 6-2 225 9 38 Tristen Randolph WR-DB 6-0 125 9 Williams, Thompson, Chason, and Action starts this Friday night, but 39 Zach Canterbury RB-DB 5-8 145 10 Campbell. the Big Blacks will not open their 40 Levi Russell FB-LB 6-3 175 9 41 Colin McDermitt RB-LB 5-8 163 9 The 2010 schedule is a little season until September 3rd when 42 Brycen Reymond FB-LB 6-0 166 9 tougher than a year ago. Gone are they travel to Tolsia. 43 Jarod Long FB-DE 6-1 230 11 44 Kyle Sprouse WR-DB 5-7 145 12 45 Tyler Doss FB-DE 6-0 180 12 46 Steven Pearson WR-DB 5-7 135 9 47 Austin Kinnard WR-DB 6-1 152 10 48 Chase Walton RB-LB 5-9 150 9 49 Eric Freeman FB-LB 6-0 180 9 50 CJ Payne T-DT 6-1 335 12 51 Leslie Schwartz G-LB 6-0 160 10 52 Christian Darst T-DT 6-4 265 11 53 Alex Sheets T-DT 6-0 200 10 54 Dustin Hart T-DT 6-0 275 11 55 Jay Burdette T-DT 6-6 280 11 56 Trevor Knopp G-DT 5-6 160 12 57 Robert McKown G-DT 5-6 165 10 58-54 Steven Hardman C-DE 5-9 170 11 59 Gabe Starcher C-DE 5-11 210 12 59 Josh Hendricks G-DT 6-0 185 9 61 Matt Weddington G-DE 5-10 210 12 62 JD Lewis T-DE 6-1 275 12 63 Elijah Cottrill C-DT 5-10 175 9 65 Cody Stover G-LB 5-10 185 12 66 Jared Smith T-DT 5-9 210 10 67 Brandon Garrison G-DT 5-9 200 10 68 Cody Schwartz T-DT 5-8 210 9 69 Tyler Autsin G-DE 5-10 215 11 70 Zach Thomas G-LB 5-9 190 11 71 James Freeman G-DT 5-10 185 11 72 Dustin Spencer T-DT 6-3 265 12 74 Levi Pickens G-DT 5-11 200 9 75 Brycen Minton G-DT 5-10 175 10 76 Casey Hogg G-DT 6-1 225 12 77 Jon Massile C-DT 5-6 175 10 78 Dakota Jeffers G-LB 6-1 172 10 79 D’Angelo Armstrong G-DT 5-10 200 9 80 Matt Foster FB-LB 5-10 185 9 82 Cody Devault WR-DB 6-2 158 10 83 Nate Thomas WR-DB 5-5 138 9 84 Toby Martin TE-LB 6-1 200 11 86 Jessie Jump WR-DB 6-0 150 9 93 Jon Stump WR-DB 6-1 185 12 95 Shane Hager WR-DB 5-9 162 9 96 Nathan Tucker T-DT 5-8 235 9 97 Trey Livingston TE-DE 6-3 240 11 99 Sid McCoy G-LB 5-10 195 9 Head Coach: Dave Darst (3rd season)) Thursday, August 26, 2010 2010 Fall Sports Preview • Page 4 Mason County Schedules 14 vs Herbert Hoover 6 p.m.