Three Rivers District- Prediction 1st
Head Coach– Matthew Saunders (13th season) Record at Radford: 83-60, Overall 92-71 Last Year: 12-2( lost in state semifinals to Graham)
Asst. Coaches – Josh Woods- 8th yr., Roger Hollins- 7th yr., Greg Ridpath- 11th yr., Josh Smith- 4th yr., Cameron Sellers- 4th yr., Sergio Render – 2nd yr., Grayson Howard- 2nd yr., Tanner Dotson- 1st yr.
Returning offensive starters: 5 Returning defensive starters: 5
Players to watch: RB/ DB PJ Prioleau (5-10, 165, Jr.), QB/ DB Zane Rupe ( 6-2, 200, Jr.), OL/DL Ben Cox ( 6-5, 290, Sr.) committed to Vanderbilt, WR/LB Justice Marshall ( 5-8 ,160, Sr.), OL/DL Kip Green (6-5 285, Sr.), K Conner Lytton ( 6-2, 195 Jr.), DL/ WR Ethan Hoffman ( 6-3, 195, Sr.), OL/DL Andrew Olverson ( 6-0, 325, Sr.), OL/DL Spencer Perdue (5-11, 225, Jr.), OL/DL Alex Kanipe ( 6-1, 210, Jr.)
2018 Summary– Bobcats went 12-2 after going 2-8 in 2017. They lost to Graham in state semifinals 57-13. 1-1 after losing to Galax 41-21 the Bobcats then won 11 in a row. They finished 9-1 at the end of the regular season. The playoffs saw them defeat Fort Chiswell 22-0, Gretna 20-7 and defending state champs Appomattox 28-25. PJ Prioleau, Zane Rupe, and Justice Marshall helped lead the Bobcats last year.
2019 Outlook– The Bobcats have some very experienced and some very athletic players returning off of last years state semifinal appearance. Head Coach Matthew Saunders said,” We lost some really good senior leadership last year. Some of the guys returning will need to step up for us to be as good this year. We not that deep in places and we need to avoid injuries. We lost some players on offense and defense. Upfront we could be really good. Offensively we are ahead og our defense. We not as strong on defense as last year. We may be faster on that side of the ball, though.” Coach then added,” We will be multiple sets on offense. We will have RPO’s from the spread. Defensively we will go with the 4-4 look. The secondary will be man-to-man and zone, depending on the team and circumstances.”