Western Hills High School
2016 Season Wrap-Up
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Freshman
FRESHMAN
The Freshman football team ended the season on a high note. On Wednesday, November 2nd, they avenged an early season loss to the Southwest Raiders by the score of 7-6.
~Coach Ribinskas
JUNIOR VARSITY
The Junior Varsity football team finished the season with a dominating 38 - 6 victory over the Trimble Tech Bulldogs. With the win the Junior Varsity team finished second in district play with a 6 - 1 record and 7 - 3 overall.
~Coach Clark
2016 Honors
Several Western Hills Football players were awarded All-District honors for their performance on the field. These young men were voted as honorable mention, 2nd team, or 1st team All-District by the coaches of District 7-5A.
2016 Offense:
Nico Smith - Honorable Mention Offensive lineman
Gabe Spearman - Honorable Mention Offensive Lineman
Tyler Sutton - Honorable Mention - Wide Receiver
Zack Smothermon - 2nd team Quarterback
Tyler Morgan - 2nd Team Running Back
Eric Hall - 2nd Team Fullback
Detraylon Floyd - 2nd Team Wide Receiver
Stephen Barefield - 2nd Team Offensive Lineman
Luis Garcia - 1st Team Kicker
2016 Defense:
Stephen Barefield - Honorable Mention - Defensive Tackle
Nico Smith - Honorable Mention - Defensive End
Brendan Buggage - Honorable Mention - Inside Linebacker
Chris Zamora - Honorable Mention - Inside Linebacker
Bryan Polk - Honorable Mention - Outside Linebacker
Gabe Spearman - 2nd Team - Defensive Tackle
Steryling Lang - 2nd team - Outside Linebacker
LeRondre Alston - 2nd Team - Cornerback
Hayden Miller - 2nd Team - Punter
Keon Jones - 1st Team - Safety
VARSITY
The Varsity Football Team lost a hard fought game to Trimble Tech on Thursday, November 3rd. Final score was 45-43. The final Varsity record was 4-6. While this is not where we want to be, this was the best Varsity record in the last 5 years.
The future of the program is bright. There were 33 seniors on this years football team. This is a testament to these young men. In their previous three years as high school students, they had seen a total of 2 varsity wins. It would have been easy for them to quit and not want to be a part of a "losing" team. They gutted it out, fought through the ridicule and negativity, and believed that WE were building something here. For the past two years, we have been talking about building a foundation for this football program. Although the season didn't go exactly as we wanted, these 33 seniors have helped to put the walls up. Next year, we hope to add the roof!
Class of 2017 THEN...
...and NOW! GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!!