10B CLINTON DAILY NEWS

 SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2018

2018 Clinton High School Freshman team

Freshmen Football Schedule
Aug. 30................................. vs. Cache
led by talented
Sept. 6............................ @ Woodward
Sept. 13........................... @ Anadarko backfield
Sept. 17..............................vs. El Reno
BY COLLIN WIEDER or defensive line. A strong decision-making, tossing
Clinton Daily News side to this is fresh legs up catchable completions
front but an obvious down across the field. Seabolt
Sept. 24.............................. @ Elk City For the first time since
1993, Eugene Jefferson
side is lack of depth at the
skill positions on offense
will take the pressure off
him, as he’s a seasoned vet
will not be roaming the and secondary players on in the backfield. His shifty,
Oct. 4......................... vs. Weatherford sidelines with Mike
Blackburn during Clinton
defense.
Luckily for the offense, it
hard-to-tackle running
style translated well in the

Oct. 8....................................... @ Elgin

freshmen football games,
as he moved up with his
promotion to Clinton High
Oct. 22...........................vs. Kingfisher School athletic director.
Now, it’s “Blackee” along
with recently-promoted
junior high assistant Rhett
Blundell and new addition
Quinton Hand that will
coach up the non-varsity
team for CHS. Although
the staff has seen changes,
the goal is still the same
that it’s always been.
Blackburn’s been coaching
freshmen ball since 1995,
so he’s seasoned in getting
players to the next level.
has a star-studded back-
field that’s quite familiar
with each other. Caden
Powell moves from full-
back to quarterback, and
he will handoff to third-
year, starting running
back Aaron Seabolt.
The duo helped produce
a 13-2 middle school record
and was responsible for
the majority of touch-
downs the last two years.
Powell moving to QB only
makes the team more
dangerous.
He’s a dual-threat quar-
terback with the power to
scrimmage win.
Blackburn was pleased
with Powell’s first game
at QB, but he didn’t want
to make the spotlight only
shine on him.
“Well, we’re hoping he
(Powell) carries the big
load,” he said. “He’s not
going to be a one-man
show by any stretch. He
can only go as far as the of-
fensive line blocks for him.
When they block for him
in a passing situation, he
has to hit the open receiv-
er. The open receiver has
to catch it. I thought he

This Football Season

“We have a long way to run through tackles and threw the ball well versus
go,” Blackburn said. “But, score in the red zone on El Reno.”
we’ve got several good the ground, but he also Ivan Trout moves to

Come to Sonic athletes and several more

besides them. They’re
going to work hard to
has a laser-rocket arm
through the air. Against
El Reno in the scrimmage,
fullback and can play tight
end. Mitchell Lister and

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to Enjoy an Ice Cold get better. I have full
confidence in Rhett and
Quinton that we’ll get the
he was smart with his

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rough at first, but our
objective is to make them

Before or After Red Tornadoes.

“You want to win as
much as you can, but our

the Game! objective is to get as many

guys as possible to the
high school level – that’s
what we’re going to do.”
This team has 23 play-
ers, but it’s a line-heavy
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listed on either offensive

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Bradon Snider makes a catch up the seam
against El Reno in the freshman team’s 7-0
scrimmage victory.

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Back row from left: Easten Powell, Vince Jones. Front row from left: Sutton Hernandez,
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