No butterfingers here
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com
Quarterback’s best friend is a sure-handed receiver. Kingston sophomore signal caller Nate McLain is quickly becoming buddy-buddy with senior Cameron Smith.
Smith averaged over 20 yards per catch, hauling in 25 balls for 570 yards as well as five scores last year.
Standing at 6-foot-3 and only 180 pounds, there’s nothing that stands out for Smith until he gets out there on the field.
“He just does a great job of catching with his hands and not using his body,” Kingston coach Jeremy Atwood said. “It’s a lost art nowadays.”
And Smith continues to just do his thing so far in scrimmages. Atwood said Smith has had huge play in both scrimmages, where he’s just able to leap up and snatch it away from everyone else.
It wasn’t too long ago that any score would have excited the Kingston faithful. Three years ago, Kingston only tallied 26 points while giving up more than 43 points per contest.
My, how things have changed.
Welcome back, two-way player: The numbers were so low last year at Marietta that no one was allowed to play on both sides of the ball.
It’s all about baby steps for a team that finished 0-10 last season. This year, one sole player will get the opportunity to play both ways. Eric Gomez will play center as well as linebacker for the Indians.
This will be Graham Snelding’s first year as the Marietta coach. He was an assistant in Texas and missed being at the helm. He previously coached at Pawhuska.
All-around talent: Is there anything Austin Rogers can’t do for Davis?
Simple answer is no if you ask Wolves coach Jody Weber. Davis brings along two jerseys to every game for Rogers. One is a lineman’s jersey while the other is his jersey for a tight end. Truth is Weber doesn’t know how he’ll utilize Rogers until it gets to game time.
Rogers can also play defensive tackle as well as center. And if you ask Weber, he said Rogers could even pull off being a wide receiver.
Weber said his team has been extremely lucky and has not had any major injuries going into Friday night’s home game against Wynnewood.
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