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  Name: Markell Smith School/town: Anderson County high school Positions played: offensive tackle/defensive tackle Class: 2029 Height and Weight: 6’3, 265 Jersey Number: 54 Awards won or earned: 3rd/2nd place in weightlifting competition HUDL LINK: www.hudl.com/profile/20464110 Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. Something from last season that stuck out to me was when we went down a lot against Scott County, and during halftime everyone was upset and mad, but Coach B came in there and gave us motivation to pick our heads up and to keep trying. What is the best part in playing for Coach David Buchanan? The best part in playing for Coach Buchanan is how much he does for me, helps me, gives motivation, and pushes everyone to the best to be a better player on/off the field. What is the toughest part of playing for Coach David Buchanan? ...

Name: Hudson DeGarmo School/town: Anderson County Bearcats Lawrenceburg, Kentucky Positions played: safety, linebacker,back, running back, slot receiver, and quarterback Class: 2027 Height and Weight: 6 ft., 200 lb. Jersey Number: 12 Awards won or earned: 3rd team Allstate defense, midseason 5a Allstate defensive team, all district 2x, defensive MVP for team, academic Allstate first team HUDL LINK: www.hudl.com/profile/16462536/Hudson-DeGarmo Other sports played: Track and basketball What is the best part in playing for Coach David Buchanan? The best part about playing for Coach is the amount of love he has for me, the team, and the game of football. He is like a second father to me; I can talk to him about anything, and he is always there to check in on me mentally. Coach What is the toughest part of playing for Coach David Buchanan? The toughest part about playing for Coach is he will always be on you about everything, all the little habits inside and outside football, pushing me to ...

  Name: Joshua Belanger School/town: Wimberley High School, Wimberley, Texas Positions played: Running Back, Outside Linebacker Class of 2027 Height and Weight: 6'0, 190 Jersey Number: 24 Awards won or earned: 2024 First Team All-District Defensive End 2025 first-team all-district defensive tackle HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16658426/Joshua-Belanger/highlights Other sports played: Track Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. Our head coach retired last season, and Coach Lambert was promoted to head coach, and Coach McNeely got the OC spot. They did a great job, and our team likes and respects them along with our other coaches. The team was missing a few key players due to seniors graduating, but we had a decent run in the playoffs, so it ended up working out for us. Who or what got you started playing football? We lived in C...

  Name: Clayton Stratton School/town: Anderson County High School Positions played: Every position on the O-line except center Class: 2028 Height and Weight: 6'0", 275 Jersey Number: 70 Awards won or earned: Offensive lineman of the year for my team, 1st team academic all-state freshman and sophomore year HUDL LINK: www.hudl.com/profile/20884671 Other sports played: Basketball and track Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. I'd say the moment that stuck out to me most was senior night against DeSales. I told myself I wouldn’t cry when the seniors left, but the bonds I’ve formed this year are something that I can’t describe. Grayson Alsobrook, a senior this year, took me under his wing and made me infinitely better than in my freshman year. What is the best part in playing for Coach David Buchanan? The best part about playing f...

  Name: Crayson "Bones" Lafferty School/town: This season will be my 1st season playing at Prestonsburg High. I played for Paintsville High my freshman year and then at Martin Co. High for my sophomore and junior years. Positions played: MLB/RB Class: 2027 Height and Weight: 5'10", 205 Jersey Number: 28 Awards won or earned: Freshman KHSAA Class 1A Tackle Leader: 132 Tackles Paintsville Defensive Player of the Year Small Schools All-Area Team 2024 – Sophomore KHSAA State Tackle Leader — All Classes KHSAA Class 2A Tackle Leader 189 Tackles — Team & Class Leader KHSAA Academic All-State Honorable Mention KHSAA 2A All-District Team All-Mountain Team — 1st Team Linebacker All-State 2nd Team Defense Harvest Fest Bowl Defensive POTG 2025 – Junior KHSAA 2A All-District Team Harvest Fest Bowl Offensive POTG APSN Defensive Player of the Year 2025 All-State Honorable Mention This current season making the All-District Baseball Team and helping Prestonsburg win the 1st Dist...

  Name: Brandon Fort School: Canal Winchester Position: Running Back Coach College: University of Akron What do you feel your biggest accomplishment was as the head coach at Centennial? I feel the biggest accomplishment we made as staff was getting players to play at the next level and doing our first ever college showcase and changing the narrative at the time about the program to where we started to garner some respect and teams actually had to watch film on us. How hard is it going from a head coach to an assistant coach? Going from a head coach to an assistant coach is a humbling experience because you're so used to making the calls that now you have to humble yourself and support the vision and the mission of another coach, but after I took some time to myself to mentally prepare myself, I saw it as an opportunity to get better and also to learn from a veteran coach who has done it at a very high level for a long time, and the coolest part is that Coach Page is a great teacher...

  Name: Ollie Hightower School/town: Whetstone High School/Columbus, Ohio Positions: Head Varsity Football Coach/Instructional (SLC) Aide for students with multiple disabilities  College: Ohio State and DeVry University Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you.  One big moment for me that sticks out was getting the chance to coach in my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, to open the season. I was honored to be able to return the trip from the previous year. I was able to return to my roots of where I fell in love with the game of football. Would you let the readers know about your coaching career? From your first job to your current job? 2010–2016 - Assistant Baseball Coach - North Columbus Sports, Inc. (t-ball up to Pony Boys) 2013–2014 - Head Juniors Soccer Coach - Thompson Rec 2017–2020 - Head Pony Boys Baseball Coach - North Colum...

  Name: Gavin Garza School/town: Fairview/Sherwood, OH Positions played: RB/WR/LB/FS Class2027 Height and Weight: 5'10", 185 lbs Jersey Number: 23 Awards won or earned: All-District RB/LB 2X All-Conference LB All-Conference RB All-Conference FS HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/v/2TFV0a Other sports played: Baseball Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. Beating our rival Tinora twice. Once in regular season and again in the playoffs!! What is the biggest reward for being a multisport student athlete? The friends made and the people around the team. Fairview has a great community, so everyone is super close. It’s awesome. What is the toughest part of being a multi-student athlete? The hardest part is balancing training and schoolwork; you have to learn to sacrifice hanging out with friends sometimes and keep focused. What has been th...

  Name: Yaden Bailey School/town: Rock Hill High School, Ironton, Ohio Positions played: RB, MLB Class 2027 Height and Weight 6’0, 225 Jersey Number: 44 Awards won or earned: All-conference first team, all-district first team, all-state honors HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/v/2TEQm8 Other sports played: basketball, baseball Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. One of my favorite moments from last season when we beat Fairland for the first time since 2016 What makes you a good teammate? What makes me a good teammate is I make sure everyone does everything to make us come together to get on track. What are you going to miss the most from your teammates who graduate this year? I’m going to miss their passion they had about changing this program to a winning program; they wanted to win. What are your goals for the season? My goals for thi...