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Ribbon with Football	$1.00
Football sticker	.25
'Go Big Red' pencils	.50
Tattoos: Designs listed belowRed & Black on the Attack Go Fight Win Ready to Rumble Devil Head Go Big Red I Love Football (heart for love & football for football) E (Red outlined in black) Red Megaphone (Go Team) Football breaking through paper	1.00
Shaker Poms (Red & White)	1.00
Proud Parent Pin	2.00
Football Player Pin	2.00
Neoprene Wrist Bands	2.00
Neoprene Sunglasses Strap	5.00

The Spirit Store is open Thursday & Friday of each week.  Elementary students will purchase items during their PE time.  Send your child’s money in an envelope with their name and items wanted on the outside. Thank you for supporting the Red Devils!!!!

ARDMORE VS ELKMONT PRE-GAME NOTES

Ardmore:
Look for:
Offense - Running the football out of the"Stack I" formation.  They will line up with multiple backs in the backfield. Tyler McCarley (running back) is expected to be the go to guy this year.

Defense - A 4-3 defense that is meant to stop the run; some of the most experienced players on the team are on the defensive line. Focused on the running game; may be weak against the pass.

Underclassman - only nine upperclassman; the younger players will have to grow up fast

Lots of emotion; this game is always a barn burner; emotions run hot.  Look for some intensity.

School Schedule
Date Participants Req Site Location Game Name Results 08/31/2012 @ 07:00 pm Elkmont High School (3A) Ardmore High School 09/07/2012 @ 07:00 pm Butler, S. R. High School (4A) R Ardmore High School 09/14/2012 @ 07:00 pm North Jackson High School (4A) R North Jackson High School 09/21/2012 @ 07:00 pm Randolph School (3A) R Ardmore High School 09/28/2012 @ 07:00 pm Clements High School (3A) Clements High School 10/05/2012 @ 07:00 pm Johnson, J.O. High School (5A) R Johnson, J.O. High School 10/12/2012 @ 07:00 pm Pope John Paul II Catholic (4A R Ardmore High School 10/19/2012 @ 07:00 pm Madison County High School (5A R Madison County High School 10/26/2012 @ 07:00 pm Smith DAR, Kate D. High School R Ardmore High School 11/02/2012 @ 07:00 pm West Limestone High School (4A West Limestone High School

Team Roster

Jersey Num Name Position Grade Height Weight 1 Dominic Clemons WR/DB 10 6'1" 165 5 Zac Free QB/LB 9 6'0" 155 10 Zach Ellis RB/DB 12 5'10" 160 11 Garett Miller QB/DB 10 6'0" 165 12 Tyler Mccarley RB/DB 12 5'7" 155 15 Bradley Hovis RB/LB 11 5'8" 180 19 Eric Haney RB/LB 11 5'7" 190 20 Braydon Edwards RB/DB 9 5'8" 142 22 Richard Stapleton RB/LB 10 5'8" 175 23 Christian Ellis WR/DB 10 5'9" 140 25 Josh Meloon RB/DB 9 5'7" 140 28 Jordan Kearns WR/DB 9 5'8" 155 30 Cory Claunch WR/DB 9 5'8" 125 31 Christopher Green K 10 5'4" 130 32 Scott Thornton TE/DL 12 6'0" 210 34 Chris Welling TE/DL 10 6'0" 1200 35 Ricky Lowery RB/LB 10 5'8" 192 38 Travis Frost RB/LB 9 5'6" 165 40 Cody Fox RB/LB 9 5'5" 1155 41 Hayden Durrett TE/LB 11 6'0" 215 43 Ben Magnusson TE/DL 9 6'0" 180 50 Richard Clanton OL/DL 11 5'7" 1145 51 Corey Walker OL/LB 10 5'5" 150 52 Jacob West OL/DL 9 5'9" 175 53 Ryan Quick OL/DL 9 5'7" 225 54 Adam Davis OL/DL 10 5'7" 175 56 Kodee Kuncho OL/DL 9 6'0" 245 57 Garrett Hogan OL/DL 9 6'0" 275 59 Carson Pack OL/LB 11 5'10" 170 60 Creagan Lewter RB/DL 12 5'5" 155 61 Josh Brewer OL/DL 9 5'6" 170 63 Caleb Combs OL/DL 11 5'10" 295 64 Harley Campbell OL/DL 9 5'0" 182 65 Levi Carter OL/DL 9 5'3" 195 66 Jesse Rich OL/DL 12 6'1" 205 71 Peyton Lewter OL/DL 11 5'6" 230 72 Clay Culberson OL/DL 10 5'10" 180 75 Robert Cothren OL/DL 10 6'2" 245 77 Anthony Brown OL/DL 12 5'7" 242 78 Tristan Mcculley OL/DL 10 5'10" 195 88 Austin Parks TE/DB 10 5'8" 155

News  Courier Prediction -  Elkmont at Ardmore

7 p.m., Cooper Field
Preview: Elkmont coach Sean Holt and Ardmore coach Shannon Brown both admitted their teams needed work after jamboree losses last week. The game could come down to which team has improved the most and makes the least amount of mistakes.

What to look for: Turnovers. Elkmont turned the ball over six times against East Lawrence, while Ardmore fumbled three times against Westminster last week.

Players to watch: Ardmore running back Tyler McCarley; Elkmont linebacker Jared Bailey

Last year’s result: Elkmont won 41-7

Series history: Ardmore leads 39-23

News Courier prediction: Elkmont 27, Ardmore 18

Ardmore Quote: 

"Our opener against Elkmont is always a big rivalry.  It's a standing room only crowd; that's a great way to start out the season.  Whether you are playing at Elkmont or here it's an absolute wonderful environment to be a part of." 

"They’ve had our number the last few years, so we’re going to have to play better.”

READY TO RUMBLE?

Elkmont football travels to Ardmore tomorrow night to play our big rival, the Ardmore Tigers.  This is a much anticipated game each year.  Elkmont has caged the Tigers every year since 2009 and each game is hard hitting and hotly contested.  To help you get ready for tomorrow, here is the video from last year's game.  Click on video title to get to the game.

2011 Elkmont vs Ardmore 



KICK OFF: 7 PM

SEATS WILL DISAPPEAR FAST TOMORROW.  DON'T GET THERE LATER THAN 6:15 IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEAT.

FOOTBALL SEASON PASSES: $30

Admits you to all regular season home games: Varsity, JV, and MS. 

Playoffs not included.

Passes may be purchased in the front office.

ELKMONT SCORES 23 POINTS IN FOURTH QUARTER

Jonathan Deal chose our game to cover last night.  Please send him an email telling him how much you appreciate him coming.  Be sure to grab a copy of today's paper for those scrapbooks

By Jonathan Dealjonathan@athensnews-courier.com

ELKMONT — It was too little to late for Elkmont Thursday night as the Red Devils dropped a preseason game to East Lawrence 26-23 on their home field. The Eagles led 26-0 after three quarters before a furious Elkmont nearly paid off with a win.

It was Elkmont’s inexperienced, younger players that nearly pulled off the dramatic comeback. Entering the game with a chance to show out and earn some playing time, Elkmont’s youngsters did not disappoint.

“We’re just young, no way around it,” said Elkmont head coach Sean Holt. “We’ve got to grow, but the good things is we can get better. It gives me hope that we’ve got some people that can push each other in practice maybe. Everybody is working to get better. We stated earlier this week that we’re hunting 11 players. We don’t care who the 11 are.”

With little to play for but pride, Elkmont finally got on the board mid way through the fourth quarter when a pair of freshman hooked up for an 11-yard touchdown.  Quarterback Jordan Nelson rolled out to his right and lobbed a ball to Aaron Moss, who made a juggling catch it the goal line for the score.

Click on the video below for 2 minutes of Elkmont football

After Elkmont’s defense forced its second consecutive three-and-out, running back Mike Tucker marched the Red Devils down the field with several hard runs for first downs. Tucker finished as the team’s leading rusher with seven carries for 72 yards, all in the second half. Holt said he challenged his team at halftime to run the ball better in the second half.

“First half, our kids were a little shell-shocked,” Holt said. “They handed it to us, but we came back out with our starters versus theirs and ran the ball in the third quarter. We purposely said we are going to try and run the ball and we did.”

Elkmont finished the drive with an Alexis Hernandez 27-yard field goal in what seemed like nothing more than a special teams exercise, trailing 26-9 with four minutes remaining in the game.

Three plays later and the game were flipped upside down as Elkmont scored two defensive touchdowns in less than a minute. The first from a Bradley Broadway 60-yard interception return for a touchdown. Broadway caught the ball near the visiting sideline and streaked down the field to pull the Red Devils within two scores.

Two plays later and Josue Ferrazas found the ball at his feet from after an East Lawrence fumble. The junior scooped it up and carried it 26 yards for another Elkmont touchdown with 3:01 remaining in the game.

The Eagles were able to hang onto the ball and the game on the next possession as they ran out the clock. Despite the loss, Holt said his team should learn from the highs and the lows of the preseason game.

“We just have to have some kids that finally realize that they can’t say ‘who’s going to do it other than me?’ They know now that, ‘It’s got to be me and I’ve got to get it done,’” said Holt.

Elkmont committed six turnovers in the game while forcing three of its own.  Hayden Renew carried the ball 10 times for 50 yards in the loss.

East Lawrence was led by quarterback Terrance Deloney who carried the ball 15 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Carrington Coffey had six carries for 123 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win.

East Lawrence will open its season at Lawrence County while Elkmont travels to Ardmore. Both games are at 7 p.m. Friday August 31.

Great pictures of the East Lawrence vs Elkmont Jamboree can be found at  Down Home Portraits

JAMBOREE - EAST LAWRENCE COMES TO ELKMONT

Eagles open at Elkmont

BY CHRIS YOW STAFF WRITER - MOULTON ADVERTISER

Published: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:44 AM CDT

It took a last-second interception to secure a 19-16 win in last year's jamboree against Elkmont for East Lawrence.

This year, the Eagles hope a veteran offense and revamped defense can overcome the Red Devils once again.

Elkmont returns just five starters from last season. The Devils lost do-it-all quarterback Hayden Huseth to graduation, and will likely rely on sophomore Jared Bailey to pick up where Huseth left off.  In addition to losing Huseth, Elkmont must replace leading receiver Cole Glass, something the Red Devils may find more challenging than they would like.  East Lawrence will counter the Red Devils youth with experience.  The Eagles return five starting offensive linemen, all seniors. Something head coach Ernie Feguson is very excited about.

In addition to the linemen, 2011 Advertiser Player of the Year Terrance Deloney returns, giving the Eagles an offensive weapon not many teams will be able to defend.  Defensively, East Lawrence coaches are optimistic about this season, much more so than last. The numbers are up, although depth might be a problem. Counteracting the Red Devils' Wing-T offense will be the true test.  Elkmont runs their offense out of shotgun, much like the Eagles.

Ferguson knows his team will need to be focused and disciplined to slow down Elkmont, but feels like his team is prepared.

Game Time:  August 23 - 6:30 pm      
Location: Elkmont High School

East Lawrence Team Roster
Jersey Num Name Position Grade Height Weight 1 Malik Garth WR/DB 10 6'0" 162 2 Carrington Coffey RB/LB 12 6'0" 170 3 Skye Flynn WR/DB 9 5'6" 150 4 Ben Copeland WR/LB 10 5'10" 165 5 Allen West QB/DB 11 6'0" 142 7 Brian Kemper WR/LB 12 6'1" 170 8 Levi Garner RB/LB 11 5'7" 175 9 Justin Dotson QB/DB 9 5'6" 130 10 Arin Jones WR/DB 9 5'6" 125 12 Adam Terry WR/LB 9 5'10" 140 13 Dustin Hooie WR/DB 12 5'8" 131400 15 Tyler Nitchen WR/DB 10 5'5" 115 16 Austin Hooie WR/DB 12 5'11" 155 17 Eli Nolen WR/LB 10 5'9" 145 20 Brian Swain RB/LB 10 5'9" 156 21 Zachary Nitchens WR/DB 12 5'5" 140 22 Terrence Deloney QB/DB 12 5'9" 195 24 Jeffery Millwood RB/LB 11 5'9" 165 31 Amadi Bolden RB/DB 9 5'6" 130 33 Joe Hardison WR/DB 12 5'11" 140 34 Ryan Dillard WR/DB 11 5'10" 180 35 Timus Lowe RB/LB 9 5'10" 160 50 Ryan Carr OL/DL 11 6'0" 190220 51 Brandon Towe OL/DL 12 6'1" 235 55 Hunter Reeves OL/DL 10 5'10" 256 56 Zeke Sherrell OL/DL 12 6'0" 285 57 Zachary Sherrell OL/DL 12 6'0" 305 60 Tyler Face OL/DL 9 5'9" 180 62 Joe Bailey OL/DL 10 5'8" 215 63 David Chadwick OL/DL 11 5'8" 155 64 Canaan Brooks OL/DL 11 6'0" 215 65 Quamell Fuqua OL/DL 12 6'1" 230 66 Curtis Brown OL/DL 12 6'2" 225 70 Joseph Bailey OL/DL 12 5'9" 250 71 James Robinson OL/DL 10 6'0" 225 74 Joseph Burks OL/DL 10 6'0" 285 75 Terrance Thomas OL/DL 11 5'10" 278 80 Tristan Harris TE/DB 10 5'10" 170 88 Blake Harris WR/DB 9 5'4" 127

CHANNEL 19 ELKMONT FOOTBALL PREVIEW

The Red Devils are coming off one of the biggest upsets in school history when they defeated a 10-0 Hanceville squad in last year’s second round of the playoffs. That team had 13 seniors who accounted for 17 starting positions on offense and defense.

 In order for Elkmont to compete this year, they need solid performances from several inexperienced players. Head Coach Sean Holt has gone back to the fundamentals this August, but no matter how well his kids play at practice he knows things are different on Friday nights.

GRIDIRON PREVIEW

The News Courier had a special preseason football section in the Sunday paper, August 19.  You can still get a copy at the newspaper office in Athens.  Here are some of the highlights; quotes are by Coach Holt.

What to watch for on offense:
Change. Elkmont will change up what is done in the past and trade the spread for a more traditional offense with a mixture of formations.

What to watch for on defense:
Athletes: Elkmont's 4-2-5 defense emphasizes getting outside linebackers/safety in multiple positions.  "You have to get your best athletes on the field. They are run-pass players that are just athletes."

The team will be better if... they can grow up in a hurry.  Elkmont only has two returning starters on offense and three on defense.

Strength on offense:
Offensive line. While young, lineman is the deepest position on the team.

Strength on defense:
Attitude.  Elkmont will put their best players on the defensive side of the ball. "We've got some really good kids that are working really hard.  They're easy to coach."

Key Players:
Jared Bailey and Hugo Hernandez.  The pair of linebackers must fill the shoes of departing all-county players, Dan Logan and Cody Martin who were responsible for more than 300 tackles last season.

Season will be a success if... Elkmont can make it five out of six playoff appearances.