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FARMINGTON — The brand new state- of-the-art $16 million Farmington Sports Complex and Cardinal Stadium provides an excellent launchpad for the football program. OFFENSE Quarterback Projected starter Tate Sutton is out with an injury. Quick senior wide receiver Marqueveon Watson (5-7, 150), and speedy junior Ian Cartwright (5-11, 170) are battling for the starting job. "They both have some speed so that's a dimension we haven't had here at quar- terback in a little while so that will be something to take advantage of," said head coach Mike Adams. Sophomore Myles Harvey (6-0, 165) also has a shot at earning some playing time. Tailbacks "Senior Jaden Schrader has been a guy who's been a receiver all the way through his career up until this (past) off-season when we moved him to tailback," said Adams. "He's a big kid, he's grown. He's a little over 6-1 and weighs 212. He runs downhill, a hard, power runner so we kind of got the pitch going well in our offense." Sophomore Caden Elsik (5-10, 155) has good speed with ability to make tacklers miss. Junior Josh Cartwright (5-8, 145) missed a large part of camp with a concus- sion, but may be the best zone runner. Junior DeCory Thomas (6-1, 140) looked good during the fall. Fullbacks Senior Josh Stetmier (6-2, 220) and Terrion Swift (5-11, 230) are both among the strongest Cardinals. "We feel like that position's in good hands right there," Adams said. Receivers While admitting he's biased, Adams said he hasn't seen a better receiver in Arkan- sas than senior Drew Sturgeon (6-0, 165), who has improved his physical stature and plays like it. "He's grown a little bit, he's got a little bit bigger. He's had two or three pancake blocks during fall camp. He's become a more physical player, but he's always had the great hands, good route running, fantastic body control and good speed," Adams said. "All of those things combined, he's a weapon that we got to get the ball to." Sophomore Devonte Donovan (6-2, 170) is one of the fastest Cardinals gifted with soft hands. Tate Pickens (5-8, 130) is another sophomore with great hands. Pick- ens had three punt returns for touchdowns as a freshman last year playing junior high football. Junior Collin Hummel (5-10, 145) is also in the mix. Tight end Returning starter senior Ben Macedo (6-4, 225) trimmed down. Sophomore Chase Brown (6-2, 175) is a little light and needs to improve his blocking, yet plays leverage and catches the ball well. Soph- omore Caleb Matthews (5-10, 180) makes the position three deep. Taking it down the field — 6C Enterprise-Leader 2019 Football Wednesday, August Photo courtesy of Lifetouch NatioNaL studios Farmington's 2019 Senior High football team has the honor of being the first varsity team to represent the school at the brand new state-of-the-art $16 million cardinal stadium. Cardinal Stadium Provides Launchpad To Reach By Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER