Sulphur Bulldogs

Head Coach: Jim Dixon

Assistant Coaches: Corey Cole, Keith Garrett, Robert Thomas, Drew Swartz and Linn Marshall.

Statistician: Seth Hensley.

Managers: Justin Rogalla and John Moore.

NO PLAYER CL01 Mace Mobly Sr.02 Tavius McDonald Sr.03 TJ Todd Jr.04 Brayden Standifer So.05 Logan Smith Jr.06 Daniel Amaya Fr.07 Cole Hammond Jr.08 Reese Ratchford So.09 Price Daube Sr.10 Ethan Massey Jr.11 Rowdy Standifer Fr.12 Kyle Stevenson Sr.20 Gunner Burnside Fr.21 Gage Graham So.22 Kaiden Lippert So.23 Ben McGil Fr.24 Josh Watterson Sr.28 Ko Withrow Jr.29 Spur Pitmon So.30 Luke Norton Fr.31 Jacob Bumgarner So.32 Lansen Combs Sr.33 Brex Flood So.34 Brant Flood So.35 James Hotson So.40 Cole Gentry So.41 Andrew McCurry Fr.42 Davion Willis Fr.43 Kordd Standifer Jr.44 JD Ford So.50 Cale Crowell Fr.51 Corbin Conyer Fr.52 Kyler Marshall So.53 Austin Pace Jr.54 Koda Palmer Fr.55 Sam Pigeon Fr.56 Dylan Rogers Jr.58 Kolby Woodell So.60 TJ Wright Jr.61 Cody Reynolds Sr.62 Zac Stinson Sr.63 Cade Shackleford So.64 Braxtyn Sanford So.65 Landon Lippert Fr.66 Quince Borders Fr.67 Luke Reynolds So.70 Garrett Trett Jr.71 Sage Borders Jr.72 Gage Watson So.73 Drew McGregor Fr.74 Andy Carter Sr.75 Kaden Prather Fr.76 Zane Pannell Jr.77 Brody Vandagriff So.79 Quinton Nanney So.80 Ethan Crowe So.81 Bryce Denny Jr.82 Brad Lancaster Jr.83 Remington Johnson Fr.84 Brandon Lloyd So.85 Aspen Jolly Fr.

2019 Bulldogs Roster

SULPHUR — The Sulphur Bulldogs are coming off a runner-up finish in Class 3A, and veteran coach Jim Dixon is excited to see what his team can do for an encore.

But whatever they that is, the Bulldogs will have to do it without Trey Kiser — widely regarded as one of the top players in the state on both sides of the ball in 2018.

All Kiser did last year is rush for 2,572 yards and 39 years during a stellar senior campaign last season. He also recorded 131 tackles and eight sacks on defense.

“We lost the best play-er we ever had in Trey Kiser, without a doubt,” Dixon said at the team’s annual Media Day.

However, the cup-board is far from bare in the Sulphur football camp. The Bulldogs return 13 players who started at some point last season.

“We have a lot of kids back. We have a good nucleus to build around,” Dixon said.

“We have high ex-pectations. The kids worked extremely hard this summer. We’ve got some talent. We just have to have some kids come through,” he con-tinued. “We have a lot of youngsters that will be

playing quite a bit, but they’re pretty talented. We’ll just have to see how they do.”

OFFENSEThe Bulldogs also

must replace graduated starting quarterback Cole Johnson. Junior TJ Todd is the most likely candidate to take over as the SHS signal carter, but he has been fighting a nagging injury during the preseason.

Sophomore Reese Ratchford and senior Mace Mobly could also be in the quarterback chase.

“We’ve got some tal-ent back there,” Dixson said.

The only reason run-ning back Tavius Mc-Donald didn’t have huge numbers a year ago is because he was play-ing behind Kiser. The talented senior amassed over 800 yards rushing as a junior.

He’ll be unleashed on Sulphur foes in 2019.

“He averaged about

10 yards per carry last year. He’s got a lot of speed, and he’s a good player,” Dixson said.

Junior Logan Smith is expected to see his fair share of totes this season.

“He probably aver-aged around nine yards a carry. He’s really talented. They’ll give us two good choices to give the ball to,” Dixon said.

Dixon has several can-didates at wide receiver, but it’s senior tight end Price Daube who could lead the team in recep-tions.

“Our tight end has as good hands as we have on the team. He can catch the ball extremely well,” he said.

Dixon said his cup runneth over along the offensive line. Lead-ing that charge will be returners Garrett Trett, Andy Carter and Sage Borders. Carter is a senior, and Trett and Borders are juniors.

“We have a lot of

linemen back. We have good depth in the offen-sive line,” Dixon said.

DEFENSEThe Bulldogs have

always been known for a stout defense — Sul-phur surrendered just 23 points per game last year — but that unit was hit hardest by gradua-tion.

“We lost more on defense, and that’s where we have to replace some kids. But I think the ones we’re going to put out there can run, which helps a lot,” Dixon said. “We have two back in the secondary, one or two linebackers and one or two in the front.”

By the end of the season, Dixon said he expects the SHS defense to shine.

“It depends on how much they improve. One of the keys for us is how quickly our defense comes around,” he said.

Sulphur prepares for post Kiser eraBy Jeff Cali | Sports Editor

“We have a lot of kids back. We have a good nucleus to build

around. We have high expectations. The kids worked extremely hard this summer. We’ve got some talent. We just have to have some kids come through.”

— Jim DixonSulphur Head Coach

Bulldogs Offensive Players to Watch

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