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I went to the TRN Kickoff Classic on Thursday night to watch WFHS take down Burkburnett. I wasn’t working, but I was up in the pressbox taking the game in.
Then I covered Holliday-Windthorst on Friday. Another blog is coming soon about all the weekend events, but here is what I witnessed with my own eyes during Week Zero:
* WFHS is super fast, and it’s not only Devontay Chaffin. Bubba Mathis is a sneaky little receiver who had lots of yardage after the catch, and WFHS QB Dylan Sheffield has a couple other weapons to choose. The Coyotes could very well score at least 30 points a game this season.
* But even if they do, the Coyotes won’t just have a ton of easy wins. Because I’m not sold on their defense yet. Burkburnett ran the ball pretty well on them, and the Bulldogs were a couple dropped/underthrown passes away from scoring three times through the air. The Denton Ryans of the world will hit those passes and score plenty if the Coyotes’ defense doesn’t improve.
* WFHS was able to get some soild pass rush on Burkburnett, and Sheffield had lots of time, although many of his throws were quick ones. Even though they didn’t run the ball real well, I’d say the Coyotes won the trench battle.
* Chaffin could lead WFHS in receiving and rushing. He looks to be their most dangerous backfield guy when he takes direct snaps.
* Speaking of Chaffin, I liked what I saw from Devin Chaffin of Burkburnett. He was battling through an ankle injury but kept coming back and looks like another threat in the backfield with QB Canon Cornelius.
* I liked how Burkburnett never quit in this game. I’m sure Coach Boswell would have liked to not give up 59 points, but often the Bulldogs were just overwhelmed by WFHS’ speed. And even though they led for most of the game, the Bulldogs kept battling.
* I called Chaffin’s long TD catch on 3rd-and-24. He hadn’t been in the first two plays, but the Div. I speedster lined up in the slot for that one. He got open pretty effortlessly through the Burk zone, too.
* I showed up 13 seconds into the game, and I had already missed a WFHS score on a kickoff return. Fitting in a game that featured 94 points.
Now onto Holliday-Windthorst
* I know Coach Green was pretty disappointed after the game, but I feel better about the Trojans now than I did after a similiar Holliday rout a year ago. That’s because although Joe Hoegger threw three costly picks, Windthorst’s passing game looks more in sync than at any time last year.
It obviously didn’t cost them the game, but 35 yards of penalties on their first drive was almost overcome. And besides a long TD run in the third quarter and a couple long TD runs by the Coles, they didn’t give up many big plays.
And I thought Windthorst kept Tyler Cole in check somewhat. Take out his 40-yard TD run, and he had something like 46 yards on 10 carries.
* Getting tossed out of any game isn’t smart, but the Windthorst lineman who got the boot on Holliday’s first offensive series didn’t help his team at all.
* Holliday is going to be tricky on offense this year. It only tried three passes, but didn’t really need to throw more. Their QBs — Jacob Hardin and Jacob Cole — will switch back and forth between plays, and then sometimes Tyler Cole takes direct snaps.
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