Irish: No lack of playmakers…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Bishop McGuinness (9-2) vs. Sallisaw (10-1)
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Sallisaw (I’ll be there)
Every team gets hit by injuries, you know, it’s part of the game. But much like its private school counterpart Heritage Hall, Bishop McGuinness is starting to get all those injured players back at the right time.
It started last week with the return of junior RB LaRone Richardson from a high ankle sprain. Not too much can be gained because he told me he was only tackled once by the Tecumseh defense.
It gets better as Quinn Shanbour should be able to help the team this week. He’s getting more and more reps on defense, so he might be able to step up against a talented Sallisaw offense.
I asked Richardson if the injuries have been blessings in disguise because it’s led to other people (Camden Tharp, Kyle Ahmad, Jameel Whitney, etc.) stepping up and now people know the Irish are more than just Richardson.
Quote:
Not really. We knew coming in that we had a lot of good players coming back from last year. Most of them just hadn’t had the opportunity, but we weren’t really worried that we had a lack of playmakers on this team.” – Richardson
I think most 4A-1 teams can out-tough the other squads, except in 4A-4. It was fun watching the battles between Sallisaw, Broken Bow, Wagoner and Poteau.
Three big games matchup 4A-1 vs. 4A-4 teams this week as Douglass is at Wagoner and Broken Bow at Weatherford to go along with the Irish at Sallisaw.
McGuinness is a lot more physical than people give it credit for. I think the difference is most teams don’t have the speed to go with the physicality like the Irish.
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