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Cardinals end spring practice with victories By BARRY BURLESON The Potts Camp football program itself is still young, but coach Shane Stone will have experience on his side when a new season arrives. “The experienced players we have coming back make things a lot easier than past years,” said Stone, who started football from scratch at the school in 2009. The Cardinals concluded their spring practice with a 28-0 win over Biggersville and a 12-6 victory over Falkner Thursday night in a jamboree at Falkner. Each game last two quarters. Twenty-five players return from last season’s team that finished 7-4. With upcoming freshmen, Potts Camp dressed 36 for the jamboree. He said quarterback Ben Bolden sat out spring football practice due to an arm problem. Jordon Harris moved to the field general position. “We want to get Ben healthy, and Jordon took over like he’d been doing it all his life,” Stone said. Jordon Harris scored three touchdowns in the win over Biggersville. Jamarquis Foster tallied the other. Foster added another TD in the victory over Falkner. Then Jordon Harris threw to his brother, Brantley Harris, for the game-winning score on the last play of the game. He said defensively, in the jamboree, his Cardinals looked good at times and tired at times. “We stayed with our base defense and just played football – not a lot of blitzing or disguising coverages,” Stone said. Even with the experience on his side, the head coach said time was still spent on fundamentals during spring drills. “We teach fundamentals every day,” he said. It will be a special season in Potts Camp in 2012. The Cardinals, road warriors the past three seasons, will play football for the first time in their new stadium on campus. They will host Marshall County rival H.W. Byers in their season opener August 17. “That will be a big night,” Coach Stone said. Mike Bush and Lee Gray will return as assistant football coaches for the Cardinals. Stone said two other coaches will also be joining the staff – Markeith Washington, former head coach at Byhalia who will also be an administrator at Potts Camp, and Andrew Aldridge, who is coming from Mantachie and will also be the new head baseball coach for the Cardinals. |
     
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