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DEFENSE Defensive Line Eldridge feels like the defensive line has really shored up led by senior return- ing starter Braden Bullington (6-2, 212). "He's a senior returner, has a high motor, makes plays, does a good job there," Eldridge said. Home schooler David Stettmeier (6-1, 246) lines up at defensive tackle along with senior Dawson Triplett (6-1, 230), who made his presence known during the spring game. "[Junior] Carter Moad (5-11, 180) and [junior[ Scout Morrison (6-2, 175) have done a great job on the other side at defensive end so excited about our defen- sive line and just being able to get better there," Eldridge said. Linebackers Returning junior starter Cooper Gardenhire (5-10, 205) is out five weeks with injury. Prior to that Eldridge predicted he's going to be really good for the team. Farmington graduated the bulk of its experienced linebacking corps but a group of young linebackers, junior Andrew Disheroon (5-10, 155), sophomore Cole Cantrell (5-8, 170), Zach Ralston, Trey Moser, Landon Morris, Brendon Morgan, are ready to take their place. Safeties According to Eldridge junior Sam Wells (5-11, 160) and Wyatt Powell (5-11, 160) have just been doing a great job through- out spring and into the summer at safety. Cornerbacks Players have shifted spots with some switching over from offense. The Cardi- nals plan to play a trio of cornerbacks, junior Walker McCumber (6-2, 160), senior Kyler Petree (5-10, 160) and senior Chase Welkley (5-8, 145). "I feel like we've got our personnel in the right spots right now and they're going a good job of developing in this new defense and have done really good so far," Eldridge said. SPECIAL TEAMS Kicking Game Senior Luis Zavala (5-9, 160) converted 11-of-13 extra-point kicks and made good on 5-of-9 field goal attempts last year and sent many kickoffs into the end zone. "Luis is doing a great job for us. He's going to be able to really hopefully provide an advantage for us on our kick- off coverage and then also he's got good range with his PATs/field goals. We've been working that so excited about what Luis is going to be able to do for us," Eldridge said. Elsik will handle the punting chores. "In spring we installed all of our special teams and Caden Elsik can boot the ball at punter so we're excited about what he's going to be able to do when we punt the football," Eldridge said. OUTLOOK Eldridge appreciates what's been drawn out of the upper classmen in the program noting the senior class has done a great job of buying in demonstrated through earnest participation in offsea- son program and throughout the summer schedule with really good attendance, energy, effort and focus on a daily basis. "I've just really been excited about seeing them develop in the systems that we're trying to teach them, both in the weight room, on the field for conditioning and also our offense, defense and special teams so it's been great to see these guys develop and grow throughout the time I've been here," Eldridge said. Eldridge wants Cardinal fans to know every effort has been put forth to achieve success on the gridiron this season. "The biggest thing I want them to know is our players are hungry and we're going to work every single day," Eldridge said. "There's not a minute for us that is unplanned. We're trying to plan every minute so that every minute matters for our football staff." FARM • HOME • LiAbiLity 2209 North Henbest Drive • Fayetteville • w a s h i n g t o n i n s . n e t 479-442-2612 S e r v i n g A r k A n S A S S i n c e 1 9 2 2 Have A Great Season! Washington County Farmers Mutual Fire I N S U R A N C E Company Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Enterprise-Leader 3C 2 0 2 1 F o o t b a l l P r e v i e w FARMINGTON 2021 SCHEDULES 2021 FARMINGTON VARSITY Date Opponent Time Aug. 19 Van Buren scrimmage 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Rogers Heritage 7 p.m. Sept. 3 Prairie Grove 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at Springdale 7 p.m. Sept. 17 Bye Sept. 24 at Harrison* 7 p.m. Oct. 1 Vilonia* 7 p.m. Oct. 8 Morrilton* 7 p.m. Oct. 15 at Clarksville* 7 p.m. Oct. 22 Pea Ridge* 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at Greenbrier* 7 p.m. Nov. 5 Alma* 7 p.m. * — 5A-West Conference game 2021 FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH Date Opponent Time Aug. 17 at Van Buren scrimmage 6 p.m. Aug. 23 Bentonville West* 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Prairie Grove 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at Rogers* 7 p.m. Sept. 13 Rogers Heritage* 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Siloam Springs 7:45 p.m. Sept. 30 Springdale Central* 7:45 p.m. Oct. 7 at Springdale Lakeside* 7:45 p.m. Oct. 14 Springdale Southwest* 7:45 p.m. Oct. 21 Springdale George* 7:45 p.m. Nov. 1 7A West Championship* TBD * — 7A West Conference game 2021 FARMINGTON 7TH-8TH GRADE Date Opponent Time Sept. 2 at Prairie Grove 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Rogers Lingle* 5:30/6:45 p.m. Sept. 16 at Bentonville Washington* 5:30/6:45 p.m. Sept. 23 at Siloam Springs 4:45/6:15 p.m. Sept. 30 Springdale Central* 4:45/6:15 p.m. Oct. 7 at Springdale Lakeside 4:45/6:15 p.m. Oct. 14 Springdale Southwest* 4:45/6:15 p.m. Oct. 21 Springdale George* 4:45/6:15 p.m. Oct. 28 at Fayetteville Ramay* 5:30 p.m. 8th Grade TBD 7A West Championship* TBD *—7A West Conference game FARMINGTON VARSITY ROSTER 2021 No. Player Year Hgt. 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Pos. 1 Marcus Clevenger 11 5-10 150 DB 2 Walker McCumber 11 6-2 160 QB/DB 3 Maddox Sawin 12 5-11 180 TE/CB 4 Devonte Donovan 12 6-3 165 WR/DB 5 Joey Richards 10 6-0 145 CB 6 Kyler Petree 11 5-10 160 DB 7 Brayden Penne 10 — — — 8 Sam Wells 11 5-11 160 DB/WR 9 Wyatt Powell 11 5-10 160 DB 10 Justin Logue 12 5-8 150 WR 11 Tate Pickens 11 5-10 150 WR/DB 12 Cameron Vanzant 10 6-0 165 QB 13 Andrew Disheroon 11 5-9 150 WR/DB 14 Myles Harvey 11 6-1 200 QB/DB 15 Gavin Shadden 12 6-1 165 DB 16 Drew White 11 6-0 145 SS 17 Lawson Devault 11 5-10 160 WR/DB 18 Caleb McChristian 11 5-9 160 DB 19 Caden Berger 11 5-9 160 RB 20 Cole Cantrell 10 5-6 165 LB/FB 21/83 Chase Welkley 11 5-8 145 WR/SS 21 Will Hellard 11 5-11 — WR/DB 23 Gabe Burfitt 10 5-11 180 RB 24 Caden Elsik 11 5-11 180 RB 25 Kanye Taylor 12 5-11 180 RB 27 Jagger Gordon 10 — — — 28 Luis Zavala 12 5-9 160 WR/K 29 Ty Bynum 10 5-11 140 — 31 Giovanni Gambino 10 5-9 157 — 32 Traylen Moser 11 6-0 180 LB 33 Peyton Funk 11 6-0 170 WR/DB 35 Chase Brown 12 6-3 210 TE 36 Caden Berger 11 5-9 160 RB 37 Colby Mobley 10 — — — 38 Jayton Patterson 12 — — — 39 Riley Brashears 10 6-3 175 WR 40 Michael Douglas 10 — — — 40 Landyn Faught 11 5-6 — TE/MLB 42 Brendon Morgan 12 5-10 145 TE/MLB 44 Cooper Gardenhire 11 5-10 205 LB 45 Alec Duncan 12 5-9 180 LB 46 McAllister Dooly 10 — — — 47 Landon Morris 11 5-9 155 LB 48 Asher Hendrix 10 — — — 49 Wyatt Powell 10 5-11 160 DB 49 Keshawn Clark 10 — — DE 52 Mason Dooly 11 6-1 225 OL 53 Carter Moad 10 5-11 180 DE 55 David Stettmeier 11 6-1 246 DT 56 Alex Duncan 12 5-9 165 MLB/FB 56 Parker Alford 11 5-8 — OL/DE 57 Tarren Appleman 10 — — — 58 Kamden Petree 11 5-9 — OL/DL 59 Jordan Walker 11 5-10 200 LB/OL 60 Hunter Marshall 10 5-10 250 C/DL 60 Lance Williams 11 — — — 61 Jaden Montez 10 — — G 61 Hunter Bentley 11 — — — 62 Zach Ralston 11 5-10 165 S/OLB 63 Garrett Taylor 12 6-0 260 OL/DL 64 Scout Robinson 11 6-2 175 DE/OL 65 Kaleb Harris 10 6-0 240 DL/OL 66 Dillon Linn 10 — — DT 68 Riley Lockard 11 5-11 240 OL/DL 69 Will Ingraham 12 5-11 233 DL/OL 69 Hamilton Hickman 10 6-2 250 OL/DL 70 Jackson Boudrey 12 6-2 255 OL/DL 71 Dawson Triplett 10 6-1 230 DL/OL 74 Jacob Johnson 10 — — — 75 Deklen Gardenhire 12 6-2 265 OL/DL 76 Quinton Walker 10 5-9 230 OL/DL 78 Alan Martinez 10 5-11 240 OL/DL 79 Landen Beaver 11 6-0 — OL/DL 79 Emery Waddell 11 — — OL/DL 80 Noah Burton 11 — — — 81/66 Wyatt Ballard 11 5-9 150 DB/WR 82 Brendon Morgan 12 6-0 160 LB 82 Josh Brown 12 — — WR 84 Hunter Reaves 10 — — — 86 Michael Deronda 10 — — — 87 Michael Jernigan 11 5-9 — TE/ILB 89 Jet Hooper 10 — — — 90 Noah Burton 11 — — OLB 99 Braden Bullington 11 6-2 212 DL/OL — Ty Bynum 10 — — — — Kasey Lehman 10 — — — — Drew Williams 10 5-3 100 — — Michael Douglas 10 — — — — Allen Azriman 10 — — — — Caden Brashears 10 — — — — Jaxen Hummel 10 — — — — Gavin Guraedy 11 — — — — Joey Pierce 10 — — — Head coach: J.R. Eldridge Assistants: Steve Morgan, Jay Harper, Georgeio Milam, Clint Scrivner, Austin Lewis, Jarrod Mattingly, Payton Covington, Joshua Fonville CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2C CARDINALS: Senior Returner Bullington Expected To Lead Team's Defensive Line