I have witnessed all 10 spring practices and its my opinion that HHS will have a very competetive team but I dont think that they are as strong as the 2009 team. The reason is that last year Towles was put in the QB position with a great supporting group of players and he responded by doing a great job. This year will be a good test for him. The offensive line has only 2 experienced players from the 2009 team and that leaves some question marks on who will step up and do the job.
The defense will again will be very strong both at the defensive back positions and a very fast and aggresive group of linebackers. There will be many new faces on the defensive line but their performance in spring ball has been very good.
The running backs performance will somewhat be determined by the development of the offensive line. There is 4 or 5 backs that will get the bulk of the carries. (Compton, Streeter, True and Bishop)
The recieving core of Gold, Gall, Sheehan will be very good.
In summary this team has a good chance again to get to the state finals but
it will not be easy and I dont think they will go undefeated.
GO BIRDS