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"We are going to run an alternative of- fense to take the pressure off of the quar- terback," Denzer continues. "If some- thing were to happen to Monato, we don't skip a beat, we can put somebody else in his place. I have been teaching the quarterback spot to several different kids, so that if something happens we put some else in and we don't skip a beat." Denzer has a lot of good receivers on this years teams including, senior Robert Thang who was all-state football and soccer last year. He is one that also serves as the kicker for the team and is able to split the uprights from 40 yards out. Brandon Montano's young broth - er, Jackson, who is a 10th-grader now, proved himself with several touchdowns by finding the holes in the defense and running through them into end zone for the junior high team last year. The Bulldogs have three lineman re- turning for their final year with Decatur. Mason Potter, who serves as the center, Randall Fipps and Larry Thompson. Coming up from the last years junior high team will be sophomores Daryle Hobbs and Wayland Wills. Another pair of returning seniors are Landon Watson and Marvin Gramajo, who have the abil - ities to play both sides of the line. In 11-man football, the Decatur Bull- dogs have a real chance at a winning season in 2022. And Jake Denzer has put together a winning varsity team with a host of returning players plus those from the junior high team that distin- guishing themselves as football players last season. The first senior high contest is a home game at Bulldog Stadium against anoth- er former eight-man league team, the Episcopal Wildcats, from Little Rock on Aug. 26 with start time at 7 p.m. The junior high and seventh grade teams start its season against the Gentry Pioneers Aug. 25 also at Bulldog Stadium in Decatur. Game time for the seventh grade is at 5:30 p.m. and junior high at 7 p.m. Denzer sums up the entire football experience this way. "Being a Decatur Bulldog is something special," Denzer concludes. "We kind of got away from that in the eight-man and when we go back to 11-man we can stir up that excitement among the players, coaches and Bulldog football fans once again." Fall Sports Are Back! Good Luck to all the teams! Springdale 410 E. Huntsville Ave. 479-756-9337 decatur 252 N. Main St. 479-752-3399 elKinS 2049 Twin Oaks Dr. 479-643-2004 2022 Football Preview Wednesday, August 24, 2022 n C15 Herald-Leader/Westside Eagle Observer BULLDOGS Continued from Page C14 Mike Eckels/2022 Football Preview Bulldog Landon Watson (4 left) helps a teammate bring down a Mustang running back during the Decatur-Midland 8-man football contest in Decatur Sept. 24, 2021. Watson returns to the gridiron for the Bulldogs 2022 11-man football season which starts Aug. 26 in Decatur. Mike Eckels/2022 Football Preview Bulldog Randall Fipps (55) moves in to assist Robert Thang (49) and another teammate bring down the Mustang quarterback during the Sept. 24, 2021, Deca- tur-Midland 8-man football game at Bulldog Stadium in Decatur. Both Fipps and Thang will play their final season as Bulldogs when Decatur kicks off its 11-man football season Aug. 26 at home.