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west oo Sept. 3, experienced its best-ever back-to-back seasons the past two years, posting a 7- 3 mark last fall after going 10-1 in 1996. Underwood was assis– tant oo both squads to Will ie Coats, who retired following a successfgul coaching career en the college and high school levels. Underwood said the '98 Warriors, although ranked fourth with Co-Lin in Th e Clarion-Ledger's pre-season poll, have a chance to be suc– cessful. Offensively, Underwood had praise for running backs Steve Henley, a 5'11", 225- pound freshman and two-time All-Stater for the state cham– pion Louisville Wildcats; Jarvis Smith, a 6'1", 255-pound

before the first game to be much more poised unit," Ur derwood said. "Our emphasi right now is an the run, but know we've got to be able t throw the ball to be successfu Ideally, a team would like t run the ball h alf the time ant throw the other half. 0 course, we as a coaching staJ are going to do what we thin our players do best, and I'r: starting to see some good thing on offense. It just takes longer a offense, but like I said, we hav some good players and I thin we' ve got some weapons tha can make us a good offense." Defensively, Underwoo said, the Warriors might sw prise some folks. "I personally feel we have : chance to have a good defen sive unit, even though one o the biggest worries I had in th off season was the defense sine we lost a lot of key players wh' are now playing at senior col leges," Undenyo<>

~ophomore from Soddy-Daisey High School in Tennessee; and Andy Sagona, a 5'10", 180- pound sophomore from Sebas– topol. Un~erwood said Henley "reported in great condition with a grea!_ attitude" and added that Smith "really came into his own at mid-season and played very well." Smith was one of the most highly re– cruited players in Tennessee in 1996. Sagona is described as "one of our better players--a tough kid--a good football player." Underwood said Sagona will see action at tail – back and wide receiver p osi– tions. "I think our offense has a

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