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 BlueJay
fans entered the Ponca
City
scrimmage with the Wildcats and Enid Plainsmen, Friday night, full of anticipation and questions.
Fortunately, for us, in the media, the answer to the one
question on everyone’s mind was not apparent.
That’s right folks. We are no closer to
figuring out who the starting quarterback will be then we were
Thursday.
We did find out some stuff that was still
up in the air though. Here’s a quick breakdown.
The Bluejays can’t really go wrong at
quarterback. All three candidates (Christina Lamb, Hayden
Seifert, and Bryan Dutton) looked good Friday night,
making some very good throws throughout the evening. Sure, they
made mistakes, but that’s what happens in scrimmages. These
young men will get better, and have a pretty good jumping off
point already.
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| Senior Dustin Bowman (above) and
Sophomore Blake Belcher look to help anchor the
offensive line. |
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So everybody should just take a deep breath
and wait for the coaches to figure this thing out. It may come
down to the wire, but they’ll be okay any which way they turn.
Kentrell Brothers is going to
have a very special season. When he wasn’t jumping over
defensive backs to go get a pass as a wide-out, he was blowing
by offensive linemen on his way to the quarterback from his
defensive end spot. four catches, three sacks…good luck 5A.
This offensive line unit is the best I’ve
seen at Guthrie in a while. We’ve seen some good linemen come
through these parts, but I can’t remember a
unit that was this far at this point since…well, I won’t start
those comparisons.
The word of the year for Bluejay football
will be "platoon". At both running back and defensive back, there
are several very talented players who bring unique skill sets.
Look for the coaching staff to be running people on and off the
field constantly at those positions.
But if there’s one thing that we learned
Friday evening, it was that the Jays are well ahead of where we
thought they were. Buckle your seat belts fans. This is going to
be a fun ride.
You can listen to the radio play back call
of the scrimmage beginning Sunday night at 7:00 on Guthrie
Sports Page Radio.
Craig Fleck is a contributing writer
for Guthrie Sports Page and is the statistician for the Guthrie
BlueJay radio crew.
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