It will be a case of home sweet home for the Lumberjacks
this season. They will host six of the 9 games on
the slate. That's where the favorable aspect of
the schedule ends because those home games include the
opener against cross county rival Heritage, Midland
High, Dow, Bay City Central, rival Saginaw High
and oh by the way, state power Traverse City West is
coming to town.
On a brighter note the Jacks are loaded at the skill
positions with virtually every starter in the backfields
returning. Another year of the system will be a
huge benefit as well. Head Coach Townsend runs the
same system throughout all three levels of the high
school, so by the time the Freshman come up to Varsity
they have a good handle on the playbook. This will
be Coach Townsend's first full group of Juniors that
played under his system as Frosh. Arthur Hill
should be good at tossing the ball around, but it is the
running game and interior that Coach Townsend wants to
establish more than anything. He commented that if
all we do is pass, the opposing defenses can just throw
everybody back into coverage. He wants to keep the
D honest. They have been focusing on the run game
more than ever, since last season.
Arthur Hill has to be considered a darkhorse in the
league because of their potential. As we all know
potential doesn't always equal success. Even with
a core of returning talent, this Lumberjack team is
still fairly young and over the next couple of years
should be a very formidable foe.
Coach Townsend has also been busy instilling a different
mindset in his players other than what happens on the
field. Hitting the books as well as the pads.
The team's Grade Point Average is one of the best in the
entire area and trails only Midland High and Midland Dow
by a small margin. He preaches success off of the
field as much as he does on it. Football
involves as much mental toughness as it does physical
toughness and in turn is helping the Hillites get back
on the winning track.
The Veterans
Ashton Cooper (WR/DB), Jeff
Jones (WR/LB), Terrell Washington (WR/DB), Brent Cork
(QB/DB), Craig Meredith (WR/DB), Hardy Williams (WR/DL),
Joshua Sullivan (WR/DL), James King (QB/LB), Bruce
Taylor (WR/DB), Greg Lawson (OL/DL), Brian Richardson
(RB/DB), Lamar Shacks (RB/DL), Demarques Lawson (OL/LB),
David Greenfield (OL/DL), Marcus Fitzpatrick (OL/DL),
Stephen Babers (OL/DL), Christopher Ryan (OL/DL),
Justin Shorter (OL/DL)
The Future
Latreze Mushatt (WR/DB),
Kenneth Sutter (WR/DB), Gerald Little (RB/LB), Domonic
Houston (WR/LB), Jarriel Wilson (RB/LB),
John Ketchum (OL/DL), Robert Delgado (OL/DL), Isaiah
Martinez (OL/DL), Markeen Baker (OL/DL), Darquavis
Tucker (WR)
Mark Your Calendar
8.26.05
Heritage 9.09.05
Midland High
9.30.05
Traverse City West 10.21.05 Saginaw
High
