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chance to be successful. Offensively, Underwood had praise for running backs Steve Henley, a freshman and two time All-Stater for the state champion Louisville Wildcats; Jarvis Smith, a sopho– more from Soddy-Daisey High School in Ten– nessee; and Andy Sagona, a sophomore from Sebastopol. The Warrior head coach said Henley "reported in great condition with a great atti– tude" and added Smith "really tanle into his own at mid-season and played very well." Smith was one of the m ost highly recruited playe rs in Tennessee in 1996. Sagona is d escribed as "one of ou r better players-a tough kid- a good football player." Under– wood said Sagona will sec action at tailback and wide receiver. Underwood also cited sophomore wide receiver Jeff Brown of Forest who transferred from Delta State University in January. "Jeff is going to be a quality receiver-he's a big kid (6'0", 190} that can run and catch the ball, and is a tremendous blocker." Other offen.,.ivc standouts include return-

DI'CAIUR-With only 16 sophomoreS ~tummg from last year's squad-including JUSt seven with actual game experience- head football coach Terry Underwood remains optim1stic about the 1998 Warriors. In fact, the (jrst year head mentor said this year's squad ,., once agam filled with talented athletes who have ckd•cated themselves to having a third straight wmmng campaign. "Everyone reported in pretty good condi– tion, and I thought we had very positive results following endurance and strength test– ing. The players have a great attitude and are working very hard," Underwood said. East Central, which begins the Under– wood era at Northwl'St on September 3, expe– rienced 1ts best ever back-to-back seasons the past two years, p

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s,utl l•·~h J I "' 'Y· il freshman from Philadel– phht t• 1l!-..,: .tgood job handlingkicking and put~lll•i\ t!Hli• llard.y is also a quarterback ,mtl ~ H'lr iH•I h Underwood said the Warriors