August 18, 2026 • 22 mins
Lee County football head coach Dean Fabrizio breaks down the Trojans’ impressive 56-21 scrimmage performance against Carver-Columbus, including a huge night from Jordan Bush and strong play throughout a suddenly deep quarterback room.
Coach Fabrizio also previews Lee County’s 2026 season opener against Hapeville Charter and explains why the Trojans must stay focused on the defending state runner-up before turning their attention to Miami Carroll City.
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Coach Fabrizio also previews Lee County’s 2026 season opener against Hapeville Charter and explains why the Trojans must stay focused on the defending state runner-up before turning their attention to Miami Carroll City.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome in, guys, time for yet another week of talking
to Lee County Trojan football Week two already technically in
terms of how many weeks we've been doing the show,
but as far as game week, this will be number
one and we're gonna be talking to the Lee County
head football coach Dean Fabrizio, who you see there on
the screen.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We're gonna be doing this every week.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hope you guys will join us as we welcome into
the head coach of the Lee County Trojans, coach Dean Fabrizio.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
How are you, Bill, I'm doing good. Thanks for having me.
It's a good looking shirt you got on there too, man.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I was gonna say, listen, Yes, we did call each
other guys, and I said, Dean, what you're wearing?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I just didn't, but listen, I'm sporting the Lee County colors.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Obviously we've got the Lee County helmet, got the Lee
County I.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Call it to Boggin. Does anybody say to Boggin anymore?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
The bucket the bucket hat. So we're talking about, yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
The bucket hat right there.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
And listen, I want to say something I Coach Dean
Fabrizio was one of the very first coaches to give
me what I call swag and uh, and I want
to take the time to appreciate to thank him.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I appreciate it, Coach.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I've told you before, this stuff means I'm a pretty
simple guy, man, and stuff like that means everything to me.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
So I really thank you for this.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And now we got everybody copying us. You're welcome, Phil,
but everybody, cause just like everything else, we do it
and then everybody tries to copy it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
You know, absolutely well listen, and I'm thankful for all
of it, but also I'm thankful for good football.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Coach. Let's talk about this scrimmage now.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
As scrimmages go, everybody was really looking forward to seeing
you guys in Carver, Columbus.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And again as scrimmages go, it was a game that
does not count in the standings, but man, I bet
you wish it did. Uh.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You guys really, you guys really look good, coach.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
And for those that weren't able to make it or
see it, and maybe they don't even know what the
final score was, tell us about this game.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Well, you know, first off, you know, we we want
to scrimmage somebody good, you know, I know coach, you know,
Jarvis Jones done a great job there and as a
friend of mine, and you know, we decided to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
To scrimmage again. Two good teams.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
They're you know, two time defending state champions, they're unanimous
ranked number one and heavy favorites to win it again
in three A this year. You know, they've got a
head of a football team. Uh, you know, and they're
a little small division than us. But I always get
a kick out of it because people have people don't
say anything when we go play a cultuet or Allowns
or any of that. There's probably probably less enrollment difference
between US and Carruth than there is between US and
(02:29):
Culquit or US in the Louse.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
So it's kind of funny to me.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Everybody's all there are a lot of smaller school and
I'm like, well, people.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Don't have a problem when we got to play up.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
But uh, they're a great team and it was really
good work for us. Uh. You know, we we we
got all right off the bat. You know, Jordan Bush
through a touchdown pass uh to a sophomore Morey Weston
uh to start off. Then he had a touchdown run
put us up. Uh, you know, and uh played played
really well. You know, Jade Upshaw. We expect him to
(02:56):
play well, but he stepped up.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
He had a uh he had a kick off return
for a touchdown. You know.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Jordan Bush, you know, threw a touchdown pass, ran for
a touchdown, and caught two touchdown passes Cohen Lawson.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
So I don't know if we've ever had a kid
do that score WOA rushing receiving.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Are you serious? Jordan Bush did?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Jordan Bush threw for a touchdown, ran for a touchdown,
and had two touchdown receptions.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So I don't think we've ever had a kid do
that in the game. Wow.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, he lined up at quarterback, he lined up a
running back, receiver all over the place, and he's just
a head player, you know, versuss getting a great player
in him. Our offensive line did a good job, of course,
you know Carver's Carver's really talented and they got us
a few times and they're going to have a great
team this year.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
But fortunately we were able to.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Come out on top fifty six to twenty one, and
for a scrimmage it was it was really good.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Got a lot of good work in.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
There's a lot of things we need to correct, but
saw a lot of good things as well. You know,
we had four different running backs score touchdowns or four
different backs rushing touchdowns. We scored every offensive series we
got the ball, so so it was a good night.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
It was a good night. We got a lot of
things to shore up.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But you know, Carver's got a good team, so there's
there's some things you know, that they hit us on
that they made some good plays too, so so we
got definitely some things to shore up.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
But it was a good scrimmage.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So you guys, now, so if I'm understanding you correctly,
you guys jumped down on top twenty eight nothing.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
I think it was twenty one nothing and then they scored.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I could be miss corrected, but we jumped out twenty
one I think fourteen or twenty one nothing and they scored.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
You know, we kept it up pretty much most of
the game. But it was good. It was good. Good
work for us, good work for them.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Everybody came out healthy, I believe, or I know for us,
hopefully for them, everybody was healthy.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
So a lot of good things in that game.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
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(05:23):
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Speaker 3 (05:32):
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Speaker 4 (05:39):
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Speaker 3 (05:41):
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Speaker 4 (05:45):
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Speaker 3 (05:48):
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Speaker 4 (05:52):
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Speaker 1 (05:53):
I agree, and I know you say that in Jiz,
but I'm with you at one hundred percent. Yeah, all right,
so let's let's again. Let's i't want to go back
to the scrimmage. Coach, Listen, I know it's a scrimmage.
Carver Columbus, though, is considered to be one of the
best teams in the state of Georgia, regardless of classification.
I know, those of us that keep up with football,
(06:15):
high school football, that's kind of the word on the street,
so to speak. Okay, that Carver Columbus is one of
those rare teams that could probably match up and go
head to head with anybody in the state.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But they had not lost I think in what two
three years.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
So if they lost another fifteen to oh last year,
I'm not sure, and they were state champions the year before.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I'm not sure if they lost a game that year
or not, or if they went fifteen to oh.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
But it's been a while since they've lost the game,
and of course they still haven't because that was just
a scrimmage game, but you know some statistics from it.
You know, Jordan Bush was you know, he threw four passes,
four completions, one touchdown. He had two receptions eighty six yards,
two touchdowns, eight rushes fifty three yards in a touchdown.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Cohen Lawson came in.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
It was six of nine for one hundred and fifty
five yards and two touchdowns. You know, Jade Nupshaw had
several big plays in the game, Amari Weston and receiving touchdown.
Dominique Ball you know, you are our main running back.
You know he didn't get a lot of work. He
carried the ball five times for one touchdown and you
know the work, yeah, yeah, we didn't want to overwork
(07:20):
him in this game. You know he's gonna get plenty
of workers this year goes on. You know, Jamarion Roddy
had a touchdown and uh Sadarian Davis, a young sophomore
is gonna be a great player for us, had another touchdown.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
So really good night, really good night for us.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Offensively, like I said, we scored every time we got
the ball, plus a kickoff return for a touchdown, So
good night.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
We only played ten minute.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Quarters so it was a little bit short in game,
but a lot of a lot of good things in
the game. A lovy Bryce and Crawford came in and
looked looked great uh late in the game for us too.
So really pleased with the quarterback play. All three guys
came in and played well in the game.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Well, that's fantastic, coach.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And here's one thing I want to point out, and
again there's a lot of people watching who may be
familiar with where you were with the quarterback situation.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I mean, you really were kind of using in Jordan a.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Player, good quarterback, but really probably as his performance showed,
probably better and more valuable.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
At other positions. I guess what I'm trying to say
is he's not that.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Natural quarterback, but he's so talented and gifted athletically that
he was able to make do.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And then some.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
But my point being, you guys went from having the
one quarterback trying to make it, you know, fit with Jordan,
and now you've got, you know, basically three guys that
can step in there with you at any given time
and play the position. So a major upgrade, I will say,
just a major difference in where you were just a
(08:46):
few weeks ago to where you.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Are now with the quarterback.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I think so, you know, Jordan has worked really hard
this whole offseason, was passing. You know, Bryce and Crawford
sophomore gonna be a really good player for us as
doing some good things. And you know Colin Lawson coming
in picking up the offense. He's picking it up every week.
He came in and played really well. You know, Jordan
was still our starter right now. We'll probably play coing
some in this first game, and you know, we'll kind
(09:09):
of see how things go during the week of practice.
You know, I'm already talking to here to Monday. We
already got our first practice in. You know, we went
at six am this morning.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
The uh, the heat.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
You know, we're not as as as ritchy and glamorous
with these indoor practice facilities as some of these other schools.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
You know, we don't have one.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
We're just a little we're just a little old country
school out here having to compete with these big money,
big money city schools like you know, Coffee and Douglas
and coul Putting all three and TCC and all these
guys with the tiff County who's now got one you know,
I think we're we're one of the few in the
region that don't have one.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Uh but uh, but that's okay.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yes, we have to adjusts because it's I think that
wet bowl was probably gonna get us every day this
week in the afternoon, So so we went in the mornings,
had really had all every kid was there on time,
and we had a great practice.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
So really proud of that, you know.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And uh, defensively in the game the other night, you know,
kJ Johnson, it was the first team All Region player.
Last hear them d line at an excellent game or
two inside backers Jace Murray, Uh, Jace Murray and Greg
Batson played really really well. Prestor Manriguez another good game.
And you know a guy you need to be going
to look out for it was a junior, Carson Cook
(10:15):
played a phenomenal game at outside linebacker.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
You know, he's one of the top wrestlers in the state.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
He's actually participates in a lot of strongman competitions and
he's a heck of a football player and you're gonna
be hearing a lot about him.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Our secondary led by Trey Bush, who's a third year
starter and who's a third year starter and is only
a junior. Along with Trey Clay played played excellent back there.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Every time I talked to you, you got this budding
star that kind of steps up out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Obviously you see him.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
But you know, my point being that you're able to
kind of, uh tell us for the first time, you know,
remember this name, remember that name, And that tells me
that obviously there is a lot of talent and talent
dipth on your football team.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Well, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
You know, we we you know, we have a lot
of kids in our program or coaches at the lower
levels do a great job. You know, our coaches do
a great job then running their touch flaff and coach
socially run our weight room, do a phenomenal job. And uh,
you know it's it's the great thing. And I've said
this many times on your show. Uh, the great thing
about coaching high school football is you know you're going
to if you have a good program, you're going to
lose great players every year. But when you're dealing with
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you know, fourteen fifteen, sixteen year old kids.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
The jump they can make in a year sometimes is phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
And you know, you not only in size and strength,
but in confidence and the games slowing down for him
and just really everything, you know, everything just.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Kind of clicking for him.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
And you see the changes in kids, and that's the
neat thing about high school football, and you know, and
you go back to one of the you know, Western Bryant,
who was a really good football player as a sophomore,
really good player as a junior, but the jump he made,
you know, and he wrestling was a younger kid for
his grade. He was only seventeen years old playing a
senior year for US, and the jump he made from
his junior year he was a good football player to
(12:01):
his senior year where he was not only a great
football player, he was an elite player. Was just phenomenal.
But you see that with kids at this age, kids
that work hard, that buy in, and you know, we're
fortunate with that.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
You know.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Mauri Weston's another young kid, a sophomore who is going
to have his big kid. He's six y' one, two
hundred and fifteen pound receiver. As a sophomore, he had
a touchdown pass in the game and another really good reception.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
He's going to be an exceptional.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Player, and you know, guys just step up and things
change from year to year and players get bigger, they
get stronger, kids change, kids develop, kids' confidence changes, and
that's that's the great thing and neat thing about coaching
high school football is that jumps kids can make in
a year, both ability wise and an understanding of the game.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
And you have talked about that before and it is
pretty recognizable, you know when you see a young man. Yeah,
I think it kind of fools people when they go
from like just one year.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
You know, people don't realize what a big jump that is.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Like you, like you just described in terms of talent,
I guess, like the the maturity, I guess the word
I'm looking for, and in the physical and the mental
side of things.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Absolutely absolutely, you know, we've got a d lineman everybody's
gonna be talking about because he'd be six foot eight
Steven Williams six foot eight, two hundred and ninety pounds junior,
new to the game, but it's got just tremendous potential.
Played really well for his first football game to play
in the other night, So we're expecting really big things
out of him as a year goes on. So return
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game with Jade Nupshaw. You've got jay Nupshaw back their
returning kickoffs and punts. You've got Champ Brown back the
returning kickoffs of punch. You've got Trey Bush, You've got
Trey Clay. So we've got a host of good guys
to return the ball. In the kicking game are two kickers,
Danny Dill Santos and Wyatt Lane, both alternated kicking you know,
field goals, extra points, and punts. And they're still battling
(13:52):
it out. You know, I was pleased with some things
they did. They got some work to do, but they're
still battling it out.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
See. You handles those duties, all three of them, all
three duties. Wow.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
See that's the other thing that you've I've been able
to gather just in our short conversation we've had already.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
You've got multiple guys that you can utilize in multiple positions.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Goes along with the depth thing we've taught about you knowing,
do you have depth in numbers, but you've got depth
in ability.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Well, in some spots we do and some you know,
where it's a little leaner, the drop offs a little leaner,
and so hopefully we you know, like everybody, we've got
to stay healthy and stay healthy in the right spots.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
You know Carter Blackwell, our big tight end was limited
with a with a high angle sprain this week. You
didn't play a whole lot in the game play maybe
the first quarter and fought through it, but we kept
him out trying to can't get him healthy.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Hopefully he'll be back full strength this week. Uh.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
You know Destin Bell, another great receiver for Uce, returning starter,
it's gonna be a junior.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Was was out this week. Hopefully he'll be back within
a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
So so you know, in some spots we've got really
good skill or we've got really good depth.
Speaker 4 (14:56):
Other spots not quite as much. Right now, we're working
on some young guys to build that up there.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
All right, coach, let's talk about game week one opponents.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Who is it? When is it?
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Charter? This Friday night here at in Leesburg seven thirty kickoff.
Hopefully a lot of people come out.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
You know, they played for the state championship last year,
so they've got a heck of a football team coming down.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
They're little bit.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Smaller school than us, but still they're they're a definite
power in their own right. In fact, they played Carver
for the state championships, So you know, we're expecting a
tough football game.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
You know, last year we had to come.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Play them, and then had we played these played them
I think four years in a row, and you know,
we came out the first several years in the upper hand.
But last year, you know, they really took it to us.
We had going to halftime zero zero and actually had
to come back and finish it because the lightning Land
of Tuesday and winning I think twenty eight seven or
twenty eight fourteen. I can't remember the next score, but yeah,
but they were heck, and everybody was kind of, oh,
(15:51):
what's wrong, and heck. I'm like, well, they're a pretty
good team, and they end up going to the state finals,
and you know, we the big thing we've got it
going against this week.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Is, you know, Miami Carroll City is game after that.
They're ranked eleventh in the nation.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
They're getting all kinds of media hype with all these
prospects that have transferred in there and that are playing
for them.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
You know, Nipplineer, who's one of the top rated receivers.
And then if he's a top receiver in Florida. You
know you'll go and Jane Upson's top receiver in Georgia.
That'll be a great matchup.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
But they're getting so much publicity and so much hype
that there's big build up for that game. And like
I talked to our kids this morning, we can't look
past Hateville. All our focus has to be on Hateville
because there's certainly a team that can that can is
capable of beating us. We don't without a doubt. We've
got to come out and play.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Really well to beat these guys, and we cannot look
ahead to Miam and Carrol Sitting. That's something we have
to guard against because it's gonna be another tough test
for us this week.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
I was just going to say that same thing, you know,
if there was ever a trap game, And that sounds
crazy because it is hate to do a Charter.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Who played for a state championship.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
But I guess because they are, you know, a quote
unquote smaller classification. To me, I can see how that's
you're able to do. But now you gys have got
pret good history with hate Bill Charter.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah, Coach Gordon believes in playing tough teams. He's like us.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
He struggles to find people to play up there in
the Atlanta area. We struggle to find people to play
down here in South Georgia. You know. Unfortunately, uh, you
know a lot of the teams around us will not
play and and you know, I understand their viewpoint, but
also it just I hate it because it's it would
be great for the communities and I think for football
in this area, for us, for us to play, and
great as far as making money at the gate, and
(17:28):
great for the fans. But you know, unfortunately, we've got
to find games where we can't and you know, hate those.
One that believes kind of the same philosophy is us
playing good people, and we've we've been able to play
them the last few years. Coach Gordon has done a finale.
Of course, he started the program there. He's they started
the school there essentially, and uh.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
He's the he does a phenomenal job.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And you know, they're there's gonna be a tough test
for us Friday night, so we've got to we've got
to strap it on. Hopefully we continue to get better
this week. That's kind of our thing. Every week, win
or lose, we want to focus on our mistakes, correct them,
keep fine tuning and doing the things we do well,
find a way.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
To do them better. And we're gonna need to do
that this week to beat Hateville.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Big thanks to Phoebe or the Betis and Sports Medicine
sponsoring our weekly talk with coach Dein Fabrizio. We'll tell
a little bit more about them as before we get
off here with coach, So, what is it that you've
got to be concerned about. What is it that you
are concerned about. What is it that you've got to
really prepare for, probably more than anything with this hate
(18:25):
Field charter team.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Tell us a little bit about these guys, their makeup.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
It's hard to tell because they didn't have a scrimmage game,
so we really don't have a lot.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
We're kind of going into this blind a little bit. Wow,
you know, I know in the.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Past they've they should have several several talented players back,
especially on offense.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Last year they were very skilled.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Of course, they had a big they had a big lineman,
the one of course, their best lineman signed with Alabama
last year.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
He was a heck of a player, so he's not back.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
But they got several other big linemen back the quarterback position.
I believe he's back, and he's a heck of a player. Defensively,
they're they're they're always physical on defense, defensive line really fast,
that's traditionally what they've had there, and I expect that
again this year. And we're you know, we're we're gonna
have to do a good job, you know, on offensive
staying Last year, they got us off off schedule a
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lot where they're putting this in the long guarded situations,
and we've got to do a good job of staying
on schedule.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Got to do a great job with ball security.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Defensively, we've got to guard a big plays because they've
got that big play potential.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
All right.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Wrapping up here with Dean Fabrizio, head coach of the
leak Anty Trojans, getting ready for their first official game,
the one against Carver. Sure seemed like it was a
real game. Leak Anty looked really good. Let's hope that
they can continue to play dominant football that they showed
against one of the vistings in the state in.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Carver, Columbus.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Uh So, I got to ask, now, I mentioned it
briefly earlier, do we have a quarterback controversy at league Haunt.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Well, I don't think there's a controversy against that because, uh,
you know, Jordan can line up all over the field,
So definitely not a controversy. I think we've got a
good you know, I think we've got a good situation there.
And the thing about these guys is they're all very
unselfish and team oriented. Uh, you know, they're all cheering
for each other the other night when the other one
was in and uh, of course Jordan wasn't able to
do as much because he's still on the field, but uh,
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you know.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
So we're just going to see.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Our philosophy always been to play the guy gives us
the best chance to be successful.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Different types of quarterbacks.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Here, you know, and uh and going into quarterback, you know,
who gives us the best chance overall to win the game.
And that's kind of what we've got to gauge still.
You know, Cohen is still learning the offense here. Uh,
you know, but but we're we're we're fortunate in that
regard and that we feel like, you know, either of
them can get it done for us, and and uh
and probably Bryson too, So we're we're We're that was
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kind of an area, you know, going in with lack
of experience there and and going into the season that
that you know, we feel is kind of turning into
a strength for us. So hopefully they'll continue to make progress,
both of them, and you know right now, both of
them got a lot of work with the first team
unit practice this week.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
You know, Jordan, like I said, probably still gonna be
our guy.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
But you know, we'll kind of gauge out as practice
goes this week too and make a decision.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
All right, coach.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
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know a lot of people play tennis, but I'm not
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Speaker 4 (21:38):
I've never played.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
I probably should take it up. But well, thank you
for everything you do and look forward to speaking to
your next speaking with you next week and hopefully all
the listeners come on out Friday night, seven point thirty
kickoff at Trojan Field here in Liesburg.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
Come on out Sports Trojans.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Good luck to you, coach, Thank you all right, see
you later. There.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
He is Dean Fabrizio, head coach of the league Atty
Trojans Man, loving these weekly talks with coach, so glad
to have him back, and I know you guys are
too so.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
As coach said, though, get up there, support the guys.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
It's going to be a big one Friday night, Hateville
Charter and it is week one, opening week of the season.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Win, lose a draw. We'll come back and talk with
coach about it next week right here at it g
next
Welcome in, guys, time for yet another week of talking
to Lee County Trojan football Week two already technically in
terms of how many weeks we've been doing the show,
but as far as game week, this will be number
one and we're gonna be talking to the Lee County
head football coach Dean Fabrizio, who you see there on
the screen.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We're gonna be doing this every week.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hope you guys will join us as we welcome into
the head coach of the Lee County Trojans, coach Dean Fabrizio.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
How are you, Bill, I'm doing good. Thanks for having me.
It's a good looking shirt you got on there too, man.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I was gonna say, listen, Yes, we did call each
other guys, and I said, Dean, what you're wearing?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I just didn't, but listen, I'm sporting the Lee County colors.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Obviously we've got the Lee County helmet, got the Lee
County I.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Call it to Boggin. Does anybody say to Boggin anymore?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
The bucket the bucket hat. So we're talking about, yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
The bucket hat right there.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
And listen, I want to say something I Coach Dean
Fabrizio was one of the very first coaches to give
me what I call swag and uh, and I want
to take the time to appreciate to thank him.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
I appreciate it, Coach.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I've told you before, this stuff means I'm a pretty
simple guy, man, and stuff like that means everything to me.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
So I really thank you for this.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And now we got everybody copying us. You're welcome, Phil,
but everybody, cause just like everything else, we do it
and then everybody tries to copy it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
You know, absolutely well listen, and I'm thankful for all
of it, but also I'm thankful for good football.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Coach. Let's talk about this scrimmage now.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
As scrimmages go, everybody was really looking forward to seeing
you guys in Carver, Columbus.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And again as scrimmages go, it was a game that
does not count in the standings, but man, I bet
you wish it did. Uh.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You guys really, you guys really look good, coach.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
And for those that weren't able to make it or
see it, and maybe they don't even know what the
final score was, tell us about this game.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Well, you know, first off, you know, we we want
to scrimmage somebody good, you know, I know coach, you know,
Jarvis Jones done a great job there and as a
friend of mine, and you know, we decided to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
To scrimmage again. Two good teams.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
They're you know, two time defending state champions, they're unanimous
ranked number one and heavy favorites to win it again
in three A this year. You know, they've got a
head of a football team. Uh, you know, and they're
a little small division than us. But I always get
a kick out of it because people have people don't
say anything when we go play a cultuet or Allowns
or any of that. There's probably probably less enrollment difference
between US and Carruth than there is between US and
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Culquit or US in the Louse.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
So it's kind of funny to me.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Everybody's all there are a lot of smaller school and
I'm like, well, people.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Don't have a problem when we got to play up.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
But uh, they're a great team and it was really
good work for us. Uh. You know, we we we
got all right off the bat. You know, Jordan Bush
through a touchdown pass uh to a sophomore Morey Weston
uh to start off. Then he had a touchdown run
put us up. Uh, you know, and uh played played
really well. You know, Jade Upshaw. We expect him to
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play well, but he stepped up.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
He had a uh he had a kick off return
for a touchdown. You know.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Jordan Bush, you know, threw a touchdown pass, ran for
a touchdown, and caught two touchdown passes Cohen Lawson.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
So I don't know if we've ever had a kid
do that score WOA rushing receiving.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Are you serious? Jordan Bush did?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Jordan Bush threw for a touchdown, ran for a touchdown,
and had two touchdown receptions.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So I don't think we've ever had a kid do
that in the game. Wow.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, he lined up at quarterback, he lined up a
running back, receiver all over the place, and he's just
a head player, you know, versuss getting a great player
in him. Our offensive line did a good job, of course,
you know Carver's Carver's really talented and they got us
a few times and they're going to have a great
team this year.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
But fortunately we were able to.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Come out on top fifty six to twenty one, and
for a scrimmage it was it was really good.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Got a lot of good work in.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
There's a lot of things we need to correct, but
saw a lot of good things as well. You know,
we had four different running backs score touchdowns or four
different backs rushing touchdowns. We scored every offensive series we
got the ball, so so it was a good night.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
It was a good night. We got a lot of
things to shore up.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But you know, Carver's got a good team, so there's
there's some things you know, that they hit us on
that they made some good plays too, so so we
got definitely some things to shore up.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
But it was a good scrimmage.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So you guys, now, so if I'm understanding you correctly,
you guys jumped down on top twenty eight nothing.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
I think it was twenty one nothing and then they scored.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I could be miss corrected, but we jumped out twenty
one I think fourteen or twenty one nothing and they scored.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
You know, we kept it up pretty much most of
the game. But it was good. It was good. Good
work for us, good work for them.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Everybody came out healthy, I believe, or I know for us,
hopefully for them, everybody was healthy.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
So a lot of good things in that game.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
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Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know comment on that Phil first, Thanks to Phoebe
for doing that. But if you get hurt playing pickleball,
it might be time to end your athletic career.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
It might be time to just walk.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
If you get hurt, if you got an injury playing pickleball,
it's time to just start walking.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
That's the only excise you need to be doing anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, you need to All competitive athletics need to be
over if you get hurt playing pickleball.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Three brothers.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I agree, and I know you say that in Jiz,
but I'm with you at one hundred percent. Yeah, all right,
so let's let's again. Let's i't want to go back
to the scrimmage. Coach, Listen, I know it's a scrimmage.
Carver Columbus, though, is considered to be one of the
best teams in the state of Georgia, regardless of classification.
I know, those of us that keep up with football,
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high school football, that's kind of the word on the street,
so to speak. Okay, that Carver Columbus is one of
those rare teams that could probably match up and go
head to head with anybody in the state.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But they had not lost I think in what two
three years.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
So if they lost another fifteen to oh last year,
I'm not sure, and they were state champions the year before.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I'm not sure if they lost a game that year
or not, or if they went fifteen to oh.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
But it's been a while since they've lost the game,
and of course they still haven't because that was just
a scrimmage game, but you know some statistics from it.
You know, Jordan Bush was you know, he threw four passes,
four completions, one touchdown. He had two receptions eighty six yards,
two touchdowns, eight rushes fifty three yards in a touchdown.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Cohen Lawson came in.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
It was six of nine for one hundred and fifty
five yards and two touchdowns. You know, Jade Nupshaw had
several big plays in the game, Amari Weston and receiving touchdown.
Dominique Ball you know, you are our main running back.
You know he didn't get a lot of work. He
carried the ball five times for one touchdown and you
know the work, yeah, yeah, we didn't want to overwork
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him in this game. You know he's gonna get plenty
of workers this year goes on. You know, Jamarion Roddy
had a touchdown and uh Sadarian Davis, a young sophomore
is gonna be a great player for us, had another touchdown.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
So really good night, really good night for us.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Offensively, like I said, we scored every time we got
the ball, plus a kickoff return for a touchdown, So
good night.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
We only played ten minute.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Quarters so it was a little bit short in game,
but a lot of a lot of good things in
the game. A lovy Bryce and Crawford came in and
looked looked great uh late in the game for us too.
So really pleased with the quarterback play. All three guys
came in and played well in the game.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Well, that's fantastic, coach.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And here's one thing I want to point out, and
again there's a lot of people watching who may be
familiar with where you were with the quarterback situation.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I mean, you really were kind of using in Jordan a.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Player, good quarterback, but really probably as his performance showed,
probably better and more valuable.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
At other positions. I guess what I'm trying to say
is he's not that.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Natural quarterback, but he's so talented and gifted athletically that
he was able to make do.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And then some.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
But my point being, you guys went from having the
one quarterback trying to make it, you know, fit with Jordan,
and now you've got, you know, basically three guys that
can step in there with you at any given time
and play the position. So a major upgrade, I will say,
just a major difference in where you were just a
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few weeks ago to where you.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Are now with the quarterback.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
I think so, you know, Jordan has worked really hard
this whole offseason, was passing. You know, Bryce and Crawford
sophomore gonna be a really good player for us as
doing some good things. And you know Colin Lawson coming
in picking up the offense. He's picking it up every week.
He came in and played really well. You know, Jordan
was still our starter right now. We'll probably play coing
some in this first game, and you know, we'll kind
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of see how things go during the week of practice.
You know, I'm already talking to here to Monday. We
already got our first practice in. You know, we went
at six am this morning.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
The uh, the heat.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
You know, we're not as as as ritchy and glamorous
with these indoor practice facilities as some of these other schools.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
You know, we don't have one.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
We're just a little we're just a little old country
school out here having to compete with these big money,
big money city schools like you know, Coffee and Douglas
and coul Putting all three and TCC and all these
guys with the tiff County who's now got one you know,
I think we're we're one of the few in the
region that don't have one.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Uh but uh, but that's okay.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yes, we have to adjusts because it's I think that
wet bowl was probably gonna get us every day this
week in the afternoon, So so we went in the mornings,
had really had all every kid was there on time,
and we had a great practice.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
So really proud of that, you know.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And uh, defensively in the game the other night, you know,
kJ Johnson, it was the first team All Region player.
Last hear them d line at an excellent game or
two inside backers Jace Murray, Uh, Jace Murray and Greg
Batson played really really well. Prestor Manriguez another good game.
And you know a guy you need to be going
to look out for it was a junior, Carson Cook
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played a phenomenal game at outside linebacker.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
You know, he's one of the top wrestlers in the state.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
He's actually participates in a lot of strongman competitions and
he's a heck of a football player and you're gonna
be hearing a lot about him.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Our secondary led by Trey Bush, who's a third year
starter and who's a third year starter and is only
a junior. Along with Trey Clay played played excellent back there.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Every time I talked to you, you got this budding
star that kind of steps up out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Obviously you see him.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
But you know, my point being that you're able to
kind of, uh tell us for the first time, you know,
remember this name, remember that name, And that tells me
that obviously there is a lot of talent and talent
dipth on your football team.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Well, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
You know, we we you know, we have a lot
of kids in our program or coaches at the lower
levels do a great job. You know, our coaches do
a great job then running their touch flaff and coach
socially run our weight room, do a phenomenal job. And uh,
you know it's it's the great thing. And I've said
this many times on your show. Uh, the great thing
about coaching high school football is you know you're going
to if you have a good program, you're going to
lose great players every year. But when you're dealing with
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you know, fourteen fifteen, sixteen year old kids.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
The jump they can make in a year sometimes is phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
And you know, you not only in size and strength,
but in confidence and the games slowing down for him
and just really everything, you know, everything just.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
Kind of clicking for him.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
And you see the changes in kids, and that's the
neat thing about high school football, and you know, and
you go back to one of the you know, Western Bryant,
who was a really good football player as a sophomore,
really good player as a junior, but the jump he made,
you know, and he wrestling was a younger kid for
his grade. He was only seventeen years old playing a
senior year for US, and the jump he made from
his junior year he was a good football player to
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his senior year where he was not only a great
football player, he was an elite player. Was just phenomenal.
But you see that with kids at this age, kids
that work hard, that buy in, and you know, we're
fortunate with that.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
You know.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Mauri Weston's another young kid, a sophomore who is going
to have his big kid. He's six y' one, two
hundred and fifteen pound receiver. As a sophomore, he had
a touchdown pass in the game and another really good reception.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
He's going to be an exceptional.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Player, and you know, guys just step up and things
change from year to year and players get bigger, they
get stronger, kids change, kids develop, kids' confidence changes, and
that's that's the great thing and neat thing about coaching
high school football is that jumps kids can make in
a year, both ability wise and an understanding of the game.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
And you have talked about that before and it is
pretty recognizable, you know when you see a young man. Yeah,
I think it kind of fools people when they go
from like just one year.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
You know, people don't realize what a big jump that is.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Like you, like you just described in terms of talent,
I guess, like the the maturity, I guess the word
I'm looking for, and in the physical and the mental
side of things.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Absolutely absolutely, you know, we've got a d lineman everybody's
gonna be talking about because he'd be six foot eight
Steven Williams six foot eight, two hundred and ninety pounds junior,
new to the game, but it's got just tremendous potential.
Played really well for his first football game to play
in the other night, So we're expecting really big things
out of him as a year goes on. So return
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game with Jade Nupshaw. You've got jay Nupshaw back their
returning kickoffs and punts. You've got Champ Brown back the
returning kickoffs of punch. You've got Trey Bush, You've got
Trey Clay. So we've got a host of good guys
to return the ball. In the kicking game are two kickers,
Danny Dill Santos and Wyatt Lane, both alternated kicking you know,
field goals, extra points, and punts. And they're still battling
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it out. You know, I was pleased with some things
they did. They got some work to do, but they're
still battling it out.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
See. You handles those duties, all three of them, all
three duties. Wow.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
See that's the other thing that you've I've been able
to gather just in our short conversation we've had already.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
You've got multiple guys that you can utilize in multiple positions.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Goes along with the depth thing we've taught about you knowing,
do you have depth in numbers, but you've got depth
in ability.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Well, in some spots we do and some you know,
where it's a little leaner, the drop offs a little leaner,
and so hopefully we you know, like everybody, we've got
to stay healthy and stay healthy in the right spots.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
You know Carter Blackwell, our big tight end was limited
with a with a high angle sprain this week. You
didn't play a whole lot in the game play maybe
the first quarter and fought through it, but we kept
him out trying to can't get him healthy.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Hopefully he'll be back full strength this week. Uh.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
You know Destin Bell, another great receiver for Uce, returning starter,
it's gonna be a junior.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Was was out this week. Hopefully he'll be back within
a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
So so you know, in some spots we've got really
good skill or we've got really good depth.
Speaker 4 (14:56):
Other spots not quite as much. Right now, we're working
on some young guys to build that up there.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
All right, coach, let's talk about game week one opponents.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Who is it? When is it?
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Charter? This Friday night here at in Leesburg seven thirty kickoff.
Hopefully a lot of people come out.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
You know, they played for the state championship last year,
so they've got a heck of a football team coming down.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
They're little bit.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Smaller school than us, but still they're they're a definite
power in their own right. In fact, they played Carver
for the state championships, So you know, we're expecting a
tough football game.
Speaker 4 (15:29):
You know, last year we had to come.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Play them, and then had we played these played them
I think four years in a row, and you know,
we came out the first several years in the upper hand.
But last year, you know, they really took it to us.
We had going to halftime zero zero and actually had
to come back and finish it because the lightning Land
of Tuesday and winning I think twenty eight seven or
twenty eight fourteen. I can't remember the next score, but yeah,
but they were heck, and everybody was kind of, oh,
(15:51):
what's wrong, and heck. I'm like, well, they're a pretty
good team, and they end up going to the state finals,
and you know, we the big thing we've got it
going against this week.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Is, you know, Miami Carroll City is game after that.
They're ranked eleventh in the nation.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
They're getting all kinds of media hype with all these
prospects that have transferred in there and that are playing
for them.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
You know, Nipplineer, who's one of the top rated receivers.
And then if he's a top receiver in Florida. You
know you'll go and Jane Upson's top receiver in Georgia.
That'll be a great matchup.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
But they're getting so much publicity and so much hype
that there's big build up for that game. And like
I talked to our kids this morning, we can't look
past Hateville. All our focus has to be on Hateville
because there's certainly a team that can that can is
capable of beating us. We don't without a doubt. We've
got to come out and play.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Really well to beat these guys, and we cannot look
ahead to Miam and Carrol Sitting. That's something we have
to guard against because it's gonna be another tough test
for us this week.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
I was just going to say that same thing, you know,
if there was ever a trap game, And that sounds
crazy because it is hate to do a Charter.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Who played for a state championship.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
But I guess because they are, you know, a quote
unquote smaller classification. To me, I can see how that's
you're able to do. But now you gys have got
pret good history with hate Bill Charter.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah, Coach Gordon believes in playing tough teams. He's like us.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
He struggles to find people to play up there in
the Atlanta area. We struggle to find people to play
down here in South Georgia. You know. Unfortunately, uh, you
know a lot of the teams around us will not
play and and you know, I understand their viewpoint, but
also it just I hate it because it's it would
be great for the communities and I think for football
in this area, for us, for us to play, and
great as far as making money at the gate, and
(17:28):
great for the fans. But you know, unfortunately, we've got
to find games where we can't and you know, hate those.
One that believes kind of the same philosophy is us
playing good people, and we've we've been able to play
them the last few years. Coach Gordon has done a finale.
Of course, he started the program there. He's they started
the school there essentially, and uh.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
He's the he does a phenomenal job.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And you know, they're there's gonna be a tough test
for us Friday night, so we've got to we've got
to strap it on. Hopefully we continue to get better
this week. That's kind of our thing. Every week, win
or lose, we want to focus on our mistakes, correct them,
keep fine tuning and doing the things we do well,
find a way.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
To do them better. And we're gonna need to do
that this week to beat Hateville.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Big thanks to Phoebe or the Betis and Sports Medicine
sponsoring our weekly talk with coach Dein Fabrizio. We'll tell
a little bit more about them as before we get
off here with coach, So, what is it that you've
got to be concerned about. What is it that you
are concerned about. What is it that you've got to
really prepare for, probably more than anything with this hate
(18:25):
Field charter team.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Tell us a little bit about these guys, their makeup.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
It's hard to tell because they didn't have a scrimmage game,
so we really don't have a lot.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
We're kind of going into this blind a little bit. Wow,
you know, I know in the.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
Past they've they should have several several talented players back,
especially on offense.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Last year they were very skilled.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Of course, they had a big they had a big lineman,
the one of course, their best lineman signed with Alabama
last year.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
He was a heck of a player, so he's not back.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
But they got several other big linemen back the quarterback position.
I believe he's back, and he's a heck of a player. Defensively,
they're they're they're always physical on defense, defensive line really fast,
that's traditionally what they've had there, and I expect that
again this year. And we're you know, we're we're gonna
have to do a good job, you know, on offensive
staying Last year, they got us off off schedule a
(19:13):
lot where they're putting this in the long guarded situations,
and we've got to do a good job of staying
on schedule.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Got to do a great job with ball security.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Defensively, we've got to guard a big plays because they've
got that big play potential.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
All right.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Wrapping up here with Dean Fabrizio, head coach of the
leak Anty Trojans, getting ready for their first official game,
the one against Carver. Sure seemed like it was a
real game. Leak Anty looked really good. Let's hope that
they can continue to play dominant football that they showed
against one of the vistings in the state in.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Carver, Columbus.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Uh So, I got to ask, now, I mentioned it
briefly earlier, do we have a quarterback controversy at league Haunt.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Well, I don't think there's a controversy against that because, uh,
you know, Jordan can line up all over the field,
So definitely not a controversy. I think we've got a
good you know, I think we've got a good situation there.
And the thing about these guys is they're all very
unselfish and team oriented. Uh, you know, they're all cheering
for each other the other night when the other one
was in and uh, of course Jordan wasn't able to
do as much because he's still on the field, but uh,
(20:16):
you know.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
So we're just going to see.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Our philosophy always been to play the guy gives us
the best chance to be successful.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Different types of quarterbacks.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Here, you know, and uh and going into quarterback, you know,
who gives us the best chance overall to win the game.
And that's kind of what we've got to gauge still.
You know, Cohen is still learning the offense here. Uh,
you know, but but we're we're we're fortunate in that
regard and that we feel like, you know, either of
them can get it done for us, and and uh
and probably Bryson too, So we're we're We're that was
(20:45):
kind of an area, you know, going in with lack
of experience there and and going into the season that
that you know, we feel is kind of turning into
a strength for us. So hopefully they'll continue to make progress,
both of them, and you know right now, both of
them got a lot of work with the first team
unit practice this week.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
You know, Jordan, like I said, probably still gonna be
our guy.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
But you know, we'll kind of gauge out as practice
goes this week too and make a decision.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
All right, coach.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
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know a lot of people play tennis, but I'm not
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Speaker 4 (21:38):
I've never played.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
I probably should take it up. But well, thank you
for everything you do and look forward to speaking to
your next speaking with you next week and hopefully all
the listeners come on out Friday night, seven point thirty
kickoff at Trojan Field here in Liesburg.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
Come on out Sports Trojans.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Good luck to you, coach, Thank you all right, see
you later. There.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
He is Dean Fabrizio, head coach of the league Atty
Trojans Man, loving these weekly talks with coach, so glad
to have him back, and I know you guys are
too so.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
As coach said, though, get up there, support the guys.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
It's going to be a big one Friday night, Hateville
Charter and it is week one, opening week of the season.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Win, lose a draw. We'll come back and talk with
coach about it next week right here at it g
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