"Coach Talk" Week 4

We caught up with the Head Coach Hunter Adams for his thoughts on last weeks 47-20 loss to the #2 ranked Dadeville Tigers, as well as his thoughts on this weeks match up against the #3 ranked Central Clay Vols....

1) There are a lot of positives to take away from the Dadeville game, as a youngteam it is important the we accentuate the positives. You take 7 plays out of
that game, all of which were self-inflicted mistakes on our part, and it is a
one-sided game in our favor. We played with great resolve and never submitted in
the face of a large deficit. the 1st four minutes were catastrophic and it would
have been very easy to give up and lose by 50. Instead we bounced back and moved
the football as well as making some big plays defensively. Jarmal Kendrick had
an all-star caliber night with 232 all purpose yards and 7 tackles.

2) This weeks practices have been limited by a rash of injuries that have
depleted what little depth we had as a team, and more so than ever we will
require some young and inexperienced players to step up in major roles Friday
night. We have a HUGE challenge coming to Holtville in the form of Central-Clay
High School. They are large, physical, deep, and athletic. I expect us to play
our best game of the season.

AHSAA Class 4A Week 3 Rankings

1. Oneonta (31) (2-0) 

2. Dadeville (2-0)

3. Thomasville (2-0)

4. Central-Clay County (2-0)

5. Beauregard (2-0)

6. UMS-Wright (1-1)

7. Anniston (2-0)

8. Handley (1-1)

9. Andalusia (2-0)

10. Madison County (2-0)

11. Brooks (2-0) 

12. Fairview (2-0)

13. J.O. Johnson (2-0)

14. St. James (2-0)

15. Bibb County (1-1)

16. North Jackson (0-2)

17. Dora (2-0)

18. Charles Henderson (1-1)

19. Rogers (1-1) 

Week 2 Highlights Vs Handley 9-7-2012

  For the second week in a row the Holtville Bulldogs (0-2, 0-1) tasted defeat losing their Region opener to the #8 Handley Tigers (1-1, 1-0) 42-12. This marked Coach Hunter Adams first home game as the new general. “Handley is a great team and it is easy to see why they are the defending state champions. Their team uses their size and athleticism very well, and they are very well coached and play with great effort and discipline. The effort on our end was greatly improved; our players continued fighting with a disregard for the score. It is definitely something we can build off of. However we missed too many opportunities on offense to be competitive in a game against such a strong opponent. Our offense made mistakes in either blocking schemes, pass routes, or dropped balls on 69% of our offensive plays. We had 11 plays that could/should have been 20+ yard plays but were negated due to self inflicted mistakes. We are a very inexperienced team, so the potential is there to improve that with time”. Adams stated. The Bulldogs gained a total of 168 yards Friday night with Senior RB Jaquille Ellis racking up 76 of those yards on the ground, while QB Hayden Lott was 5 of 16 for 51 yards and 1 TD. “We missed way to many opportunities offensively and we did not get drives going like we needed to” Lott stated. The Bulldogs got the goose egg off their backs in the 3rd quarter as QB Lott found RB Jarmal Kendrick from 15 yards out to give them their first score of the season; Lott would also cash in once more in the 4th quarter to make it a final 42-12. Defensively the dogs were lead by JR OLB/DE Devin Goodwin who finished the night with 11 tackles, but Adams knows the key to success is defense. “Defensively we were in position make tackles all night that we didn’t make, some of that falls on having as many as 6 first time football players on that side of the ball, some of it falls on"want-to". I expect us to correct and continue to build on Friday night's game”.  Adams said. This week the Bulldogs will travel to Dadeville to take on the #2 ranked Tigers, look for a preview this week.

Jamboree Highlights Vs Marbury 8-23-2012