Pigskin Preview Page 4 COLDWATER FOOTBALL August 23, 2016 Otten, Cavs staying patient in 2016 By GARY R. RASBERRY
[email protected] QUICK HITS COLDWATER — The word “rebuilding” • The rub on Coldwater for hasn’t been used very often when talking hosting six games last season means the team will have only about the Coldwater football team over the four home games this year. past 20 years. The Cavaliers have their first But after having lost 22 seniors, 19 of three games away from Cav- them starters, to graduation after last year’s alier Stadium against playoff 15-0 season and the team’s fourth straight teams Kenton, Delphos Jeffer- son and Marion Local before Division V state title, head coach Chip Otten finally returning home on Sept. admits that he and his staff have had to prac- 16 to face Division VII state tice a little more patience as the Cavaliers get champion Fort Recovery. ready for the 2016 season. The schedule will return to “It’s been trying and we’ve been frustrat- the more traditional five home/ five away format as Delphos ed. Last years those guys (learned) quickly,” Jefferson departs the schedule said Otten, who goes into his seventh season and Clinton-Massie becomes as head coach of his alma mater with a 79-11 the Cavaliers’ Week Two oppo- record. “(Last year) when we got into prac- nent. Coldwater travels to Clin- ton-Massie in 2017. tice, we knew we could go • Coldwater will look to have into certain things and we a big offensive line this season.