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"Self played a little bit at guard last year. We moved him out to tackle," Collins said. Freshman Bryce Bradley starts at the other guard. "We got some guys behind them who are f ighting and clawing and pushing to try earn that spot which is really making everybody better," Collins said. "It's a much better situ- ation than we were in last year line- wise because we finally got a little bit of depth there." DEFENSE Defensive Line Good-sized freshman Dallas Harri- man and eighth grader Bryson Sams play ends with Austin Cagle at nose guard. "Austin Cagle's got an impressive motor for his size, hopefully hold down the middle of the defensive line," Collins said. "Right now we're in a really fortunate position that none of them play offensive line," Collins said. Linebackers Martinez started every game last year at middle linebacker and will again this season. "He's got a little bit of help this year so if he gets too tired, he can get a break on offense or we've got kids behind him on defense this year that will be able to play," Collins said. Price and Jones play outside line- backer with several kids expected to see action at the spur linebacker including: Kase Ingram, Trace Wallace and Chris West. "Hopefully, one will develop to kind of take over that spot, but right now it's on a rotation," Collins said. "It's nice in practice to have a backup. One makes a mistake, you pull him out, you talk to him about it, you send him in again and they're getting a lot of reps." Secondary Returning starters Birkes and Price play cornerback with Brewer at free safety. SPECIAL TEAMS Progress occurred with the special teams units last week. According to Collins the junior Wolves are getting pretty confident in kickoffs and ran a kickoff return a few times working on blocking assignments. "Catching the football is the first thing for us. One of our goals on special teams is to catch every kick that's kicked to us — because you're going to give up yardage for free if you don't catch it," Collins said. CONFERENCE T h i s y e a r t h e j u n i o r Wo l v e s compete in the 3A-1 for the first time since the 2011 season. Collins hasn't had much experience playing any of the conference opponents, but he isn't taking them lightly. "I know there is some teams that are going to put up a heckuva fight and we're going to get everything from Cedarville's Wing-T look to Charles- ton's spread look and maybe a little taste of everything in between those two so it's going to be a challenge teaching the kids this is how we play this week, and this is how we line up this week and this is what this team wants to do," Collins said. "I think the focus is going to be, 'this is what we do on defense and here's how we play,' instead of trying to adjust every week and change the defense totally. Teach the kids, 'this is your job and this is what you're taking care of.' Hopefully, we'll play a little faster and not be so worried about changing how they line up every week." 10C Enterprise-Leader Wednesday, August 26, 2020 F o o t b a l l P r e v i e w Go TiGers! Poor Man's Auto Parts, Inc. 315 E Pridemore Dr • Lincoln, AR (479) 824-3840 (877) 904-5111 Have a great season! PO Box 664, Lincoln, AR 72744 Office: 479-824-4147 Cell: 479-236-5799 23 1/2 Hour Towing & Recovery Damage Free Underlift Towing For Autos, Rvs, Semis Abandon vehicle Removal Flatbed Available WILLIE LEMING SON & • Teardowns • Clean-ups • BACKHOE & DOZER SERVICE • Sand • Dirt • Gravel www.a1MiniStorageCenter.com A-1 Mini Storage 600 W. Pridemore Drive Lincoln 479-824-5588 We Support Lincoln Football LincoLn FootbaLL ScheduLeS LINCOLN VARSITY FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time Aug. 28 at Elkins 7 p.m. Sept. 4 Westville, Okla. 7 p.m. Sept. 11 Huntsville 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Bye Sept. 25 at Hackett* 7 p.m. Oct. 2 West Fork* 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at Greenland* 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Mansfield* 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Charleston* 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Lavaca* 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Cedarville* 7 p.m. * — 3A-1 Conference game LINCOLN SEVENTH GRADE/JUNIOR HIGH Date Opponent Time Aug. 27 Elkins 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Sept. 3 at Westville, Okla. 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Sept. 10 at Huntsville 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Sept. 17 Cedarville 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Sept. 24 Hackett* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Oct. 1 at West Fork* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Oct. 8 Greenland* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Oct. 15 at Mansfield* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Oct. 22 at Charleston* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH Oct. 29 Lavaca* 5:30 p.m. 7th/JH * — 3A-1 Conference game CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9C JUNIOR WOLVES: This Year Team Competes In 3A-1 For First Time Since 2011 2020 LincoLn VarSity FootbaLL roSter No. Player Grade 1 Rafael Pena 11 2 Weston Massey 12 3 Kyler Calvin 11 4 Matthew Sheridan 12 5 Levi Wright 12 10 Tristan Gilbreath 11 12 Brodey Bowen 11 15 Tyler Brewer 12 16 David Murrary 11 17 Tristan Norton 10 18 A.J. Garner 11 20 Nick Moa 10 21 Lincoln Morphis 11 22 Lane Sellers 10 24 Austin Munyon 12 25 Eugene Hill 10 25 Malik Bagsby 12 32 Cody Webb 12 40 Caleb Matthews 11 42/50 Audie Ramsey 12 52 Kevin Lee 10 54 Noah Moore 12 55 Josh Pack 10 56 Victer Lewis 11 57 Dakota Christianson 11 60 Dakota Drain 12 61 Bryce Swinford 12 63 Lucas Adkins 10 66 Jose Correa 12 67 Mason Beeks 12 68 Jaime Garcia 12 73 Dakota Dossey 10 75 Grant King 10 76 Sam Murphy 10 77 Val Diaz 10 78 Kris Martinez 12 80 Brennin Davis 11 88 Daytin Davis 12 Mason Adkins 10 Hunter Muray 10 David Murray 12 Head coach: Reed Mendoza Defensive coordinator: Beau Collins Assistants: J Keith, Mason Wann, Isaac Johnson, Tyler Asher Athletic trainer: Eli Martin Managers: Rachel Duplanti, Hannah Noyce, Eli Rich, Jackson Endacott LincoLn Junior high FootbaLL roSter No. Player Grade 1 Paxton Price 9 2 Drew Moore 9 5 Kase Ingram 9 6 Sawyer Copeland 8 7 Trace Wallace 9 8 Sebastian Flake 9 9 Paul Mays 9 10 Kellar Price 9 11 Caden Brewer 8 12 Harrison Coker-Gage 9 13 Jesup Young 8 17 Jace Birkes 9 20 Gauge Davis 9 21 Triston Garner 8 22 Malakhai Marrero 8 24 Chris West 9 28 Tristan Raines 9 42 Kale Jones 9 44 Nick Martinez 9 51 Ryan Provence 9 52 Kaleb Roy 9 54 Bryson Sams 8 55 Austin Cagle 9 56 William White 9 58 Aiden Olson 9 61 Remington Lund 8 63 Dimetrius Self 9 65 Austin Mourning 9 66 Dallas Harriman 9 68 Ruger Remington 8 72 Bryce Bradley 9 73 Thomas Cunningham 9 80 Ty Burks 9 Head coach: Beau Collins