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Russell:

As I stated above, Russell was the superior team. Very good size on the LOS at Russell. The tackles in particular were tall and very large. I would venture to say the o-line will be as big as any in 3A. However, they were a bit out of shape, as a saw hands on knees pretty early on, and this was a cool (great) evening for football.

As for the skill guys, I said it before and I will say it again now, Evans DRAMATICALLY improves this team. He has the ability to make big plays with his arm that Hayes just wouldn't have. Huffine looked great in his pads and looks to be quality runner, but not super explosive. The FB, #1 had impressive size and looks like he will be able to push the pile consistently. Hayes did very little in the scrimmage, but is pretty good athlete.

Defensively, the MLB's looked good. Overall the D was pretty decent, with the DE/OLB play sort of being the weakness IMO. I would have some concern over the safeties ability to cover against strong passing offenses.

Last point. It looked like Russell had 9 of 11 guys going both ways! I understand it is 3A ball, but that is going to make it hard for them to play 4 quarters against quality competition.