[#55PirateFan]

Speaking of Dixon, anyone have his final individual stats for the game?

If Belfry finished with 300 yards rushing I would have to think he would be close to 130 or so.

Belfry posted stats but do not have individual rushing numbers up.

If my estimate is correct that would put Dixon right around 1400 rushing yards for the year. Impressive year for the Sophomore, in fact you might have to go back to Doug Howard (or maybe even further) to see a Sophomore post 1400 rushing yards in Belfry's Offensive system.

The kid is going to be special.

A backfield of Coleman (QB), Hensley & Webb (FB), Dixon (HB), and Bentley (HB) will be a machine next year.

The line has massive holes to fill, but you have to love having Wolford back as he will be one of the best Linemen in the State hands down. Garrett Smith, Aidan Smith, and Sean Cochran can all put themselves in position to start with a good offseason. Wolford is going to have to take over as the vocal leader and get these young guys busting their hump because Belfry's title hopes in 2019 will rest on how they play. I feel confident he will judging by what I have heard.

We have to find a way to keep Mounts and Cook healthy. We are a much better Defense when those two are out there. Secondary is relatively in tact. I think you see Dixon improve significantly on Defense. D-Line returns experience but we have a loooooong way to go still as evident by this season.

Hope to see Belfry sure up the kicking game.

I agree EKUAlum05, I think Belfry will be the favorite in the East to make it to state, maybe be the favorite to win it all. But I'm pretty sure CAL and DeSales may have something to say about that.

As far as our team I really think, except for the O-Line where we lose 4 out of 5 starters, we may be a better all around football team next year. And our O-Line could again be special. Remember, after the 2016 class graduated alot of folks thought we were done up front only to see us produce one of the best O-Lines in 3A since. As you said, Wolford is back. He was and will be the anchor of that unit. I know he's my son and I may be a little bias but I really believe Wolford is one of the best Centers in the state. I'll be shocked if he's not considered for All State honors as a junior. Cochran played alot of minutes and started some so he's got plenty of experience and will lock up one of those tackle spots. Garrett Smith is another one I think will start next year. We have other big body linemen just waiting for a chance.

Backfield will be explosive as ever! Bentley and Dixon will again have their way with most defenses next year. I'm hearing that Hensley may be done playing football. I hope its not true but if it is then that's a tough blow to us at Fullback. I think Webb will be just fine but there may be some depth issues there. Brett Coleman will be a superstar at QB "IF" he plays it next year. Again, I've heard he may not. Our offense will be just fine in 2019.

Defensively we have some really talented players on D but they just didnt gel together this year. Names like Grayson Cook, Ben Bentley, Isaac Dixon, Isiah Birchfield, Brett Coleman, Seth Mounts, Jacob Baisden, and Peyton Hensley (if he plays) to name a few will all be back. Most of them seniors. We've got to get better on the D-Line, plain and simple! But that's not our biggest concern. Our biggest concern is that we have to stay healthy! I'm not sure if Hensley played 2 games all year. Cook missed some time. Mounts is a great football player when he's on the field. These guys weren't the only ones. Their were others that missed key minutes due to injuries. But these 3 are some of our big time defensive players that we miss dearly when their not in. Gotta stay healthy and play. If we can tighten up on the defensive front and and play through some injuries we'll have a great chance at winning another title. If we don't, look for much of the same as this year.

Remember, this group of seniors, our 2020 class, was the team that went undeafeated and won the 8th grade middle school championship. Only time a Belfry middle school team ever went undeafeated and won it all to my knowledge. I know a lot has changed since then but this is still a special group of young men that will be hungry as ever and will want to finish their high school careers going out on top. I look for 4 or 5 from this 2020 class to be playing on Saturdays after their finished on Pond Creek. Cant wait until next year. Until then, let's go wrestle!!!