By RICHIE HALL
Reporter Sports Editor
The players on this season’s Sheridan football team are another year older, another year wiser and ready to add their own chapter to the Blackhawks history book.
Many of last year’s offensive and defensive leader are back on the team this season. Sheridan fans got a chance to see them up close during last Friday’s scrimmage with Crawfordsville, and the Blackhawks had a nice night.
“I thought we looked decent,” said Sheridan coach Bud Wright, who begins his 52nd season as Blackhawks coach tonight when his team travels to Western Boone. “We still got a long ways to go to get better. Got to get in a little bit better shape.”
Keeping up with his year’s Sheridan running game will be as difficult as an advanced step class. Leading the way on the ground is senior Joe Callahan, who compiled 2041 yards for the ‘Hawks last season and scored 18 touchdowns.
Junior Drake Delph will return as quarterback. He was responsible for 16 touchdowns last year, nine by passing and seven by rushing. Delph also reached the 1000 all-purpose yard mark with 650 passing and 468 rushing. Other key runners back are Gunner Williams and Nicholas Burnell.
The offensive line is experienced, with senior Tanner Swindle and juniors Jesse Kolb and Ian Pence returning. Kolb and Swindle will also be prominent on the defensive line as well; Sheridan will have many two-way players, which isn’t uncommon for a small school.
“We got a pretty good line,” said Wright. “We got six linemen that can play, and hopefully we can rotate those six and get a little bit of rest for them every once in a while.”
