What does Whitley County need to do to improve in 2016? What do they need to keep doing to be successful? Remember, please be constructive.

Whitley County Will be improved. How much is the question. The Colonels have a new quarterback in Jr. Dylan Wilson. Wilson replaces departed to graduation Luke Woods. The Colonels will be faster than last year and will be bigger and stronger although not too deep along the offensive and defensive front. Numbers continue to rise and so kids are out that have not played in a year or two but will step in and help the team. Coaching additions of Randy Frazier, defensive coordinator (former Bell assistant and Middlesboro head coach) and Clark Teague (former head coach and assistant at several schools) defensive line coach will help strengthen a suspect defense from last year. Five games at home and five on the road is good but playing a couple of district rivals North and Harlan on the road poses a bit of a speed bump for the Colonels but nothing that they are not capable of handling if they continue to improve under head coach Jason Chappell.

 

Overall look for an improved Colonel team in 2016 with an eye turned towards a district championship and a good playoff run.

Nice post, ST5. I like to keep up with my Colonels. I heard they have a lot of kids coming out for football. I graduated in 1975. Not much of a football team back then.

They scrimmage Hazard the 11th @ 6pm I believe.

I think that is correct on the Hazard scrimmage. They were at Colonel stadium last year and this is the return trip.

 

Several players have joined the team. Caleb Rains (So) and Cory Johnson (Jr) are great additions to the team, also Shawn Hickey (Sr) returned to the team after a year in Georgia, these three add more athletic players with speed to a team that was a bit slow last season but worked hard in the off season to improve overall team speed.

 

Coach Chappell will be able to put a team on the field this season that will have overall more team speed and a much better understanding of Randy Frazier's defensive concept since he had so much time with them in the off season.

 

Ricky Bowling the QB coach has done a super job preparing Wilson at the QB position but also is developing several other QBs. There will be plenty of targets for Wilson to throw to as the Colonel receiving corp will be led by Jr. Cam Rose and Dawson Swain. Nathan Jackson, Hickey and Jake Paul with be a force out of the backfield.

@Purple Adoptee That was back in the day when the football field was also used as a baseball field in the spring. You should come back home sometime and see how the campus has grown and improved over the years. As an alum of Whitley I'm sure would would like the way the campus has grown and how student friendly it has become. Whitley has been blessed over the years having great leadership improving the academics as well as the athletic opportunities for the student body.