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Source: Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.迷你倉出租Aug. 23--Powered by a lot of juice, Hancock County High School enjoyed an outstanding 2012 football season -- finishing 9-3 overall and reaching the second round of the Class 2-A KHSAA playoffs.Now, the Hornets will attempt to remain a viable 2-A contender without their primariy power source, Justin "Juice" Hamilton, a multifaceted dynamo who closed out his illustrious career with bang last fall -- rushing for 1,771 yards and 30 touchdowns, catching 19 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns and scoring five more times on kick and interception returns."Obviously, Hamilton is our biggest loss," Hancock County head coach Chris Morris said. "He was our leading rusher, leading tackler, and he scored 39 touchdowns last year -- we're going to have to pick it up in a lot of areas without him."Morris isn't sure what to expect."It is a weird year to predict for us," he said. "We only have three seniors on the roster, so this is a concern for sure, but we have 19 juniors and several of those juniors have played a lot in the past for us -- three of them have started since they were freshmen."We're looking for leadership. We need some of these juniors to learn to lead and take some of the burden away from a small senior class."OFFENSEThe loss of Hamilton's staggering production is bound to sting, but the cupboard is far from bear for the Hornets.Explosive Beau Case, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound junior, returns for his third season as a starter. Last year, Case rushed 687 yards and 11 touchdowns, averaging 11 yards per carry. He also caught 10 passes for 285 yards and five TDs."Beau is a great all-around player," Morris said. "He's very productive any time he gets his hands on the football."The Hornets also welcome back junior quarterback Koert Morris (6-3, 190), who threw for 959 yards and 10 touchdowns in nine games laat fall."Koert's role will be expanded this year on offense," Morris said. "He has the speed to be a dual-threat quarterback and will be asked to do that this year."Also back is two-year starting fullback Trevor Garrison (5-11, 190, Jr.), who rushed for 335 yards and scored five touchdowns.Graduation hit the Hornets hard on the line."Offensive keys will be how quickly the line gels with three new starters," Morris said, "and how well we catch the football to help protect the run game better."Hancock County's attack will be tweaked somewhat in 2013."We'll still run some of the Wing-T stuff we've run in the past," Morris said, "but we've cut down the amount of stuff we are doing out of it, and we've added more spread shotgun stuff this year. We want to be better throwing the ball th儲存倉s year and be more balanced."We still want to run the ball because we've been very good at that lately, but we have to be better at protecting the run game by making teams respect the pass."DEFENSEThe quick-to-the-ball Hornets will run out of their customary 3-4 set, and Morris expects it to be a productive unit."We are an aggressive, attacking defense," he said, "and we should be strong in the secondary again this season."Case will play a huge role from his strong safety position, where last season he made 46 tackles and made three interceptions -- returning each of them for touchdowns.Garrison will be one of the key linebackers, having accounted for 109 tackles last fall; included in that total were 10 tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks.Koert Morris will play free safety after registering 20 tackles and two interceptions a year ago."The key for us defensively will be getting three new starters at linebacker playing well," Chris Morris said.Last year's defense was stout, for the most part -- limiting four foes to less than 10 points and giving up an average of only 16.7 points in 10 regular-season games.The dam finally burst in the second round of the playoffs, when eventual Class 2-A state runner-up Caldwell County eliminated the Hornets 52-25 in Princeton.SPECIAL TEAMSMichael Vaeth and Justin Rogers are both competing to be place-kicker and punter for the Hornets."They're both juniors, and they will be first-time starters at these positions," Morris said. "Getting them ready will be the key for our special teams."Case, meanwhile, will be lurking as a breakaway-threat return man."Beau will be our primary guy for punts, and he's dangerous with the ball in return situations," Morris said. "Newcomers Austin Haaff, Justin Johnson, and Case, will handle kickoff return duties."OUTLOOKDespite a bevy of key losses, including Hamilton, tight end-linebacker Troy Lasley, tight end-defensive end Ben Basham, wide-receiver-cornerback Desmond Clarkson, along with two-way linemen Logan Howard and Dalton Whitaker, Morris expects Hancock County to remain a competitive force in 2-A."We expect to be good again and to compete for the district (championship)," he said. "How good we will be will depend on how how quickly some of the new guys come along and if this year's team will play as hard as last year's team."Owensboro Catholic will be very good again, and you'll have to beat them to win the district. Union County also returns a lot of talent."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Ky.) Visit the Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Ky.) at .messenger-inquirer.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉沙田