Ranger Mom
08-29-2006, 08:43 AM
Greenwood head coach Steve Taylor said senior Michael Washington will start at quarterback in the Rangers' season opener against Graham in Abilene on Thursday.
The announcement comes after evaluating three quarterbacks during last Thursday's scrimmage against Pecos, in which the Rangers' first teamers scored six times. Washington was being looked at at quarterback along with senior Addison Stewart and junior Noe Rodriguez after the season-ending knee injury to junior Colton Wilber last week.
"All of our quarterbacks played and all three of them performed well, but I think Washington stood out the most," Taylor said.
Taylor added that is was Washington's athleticism that really set him apart from the other two.
"One time (a Pecos defender) had him sacked and he dodged him, dodged another kid and he ended up making a nine-yard scramble when most kids would have lost five or six yards," Taylor said. "He can make plays like that."
Taylor said he didn't rule out playing both Stewart and Rodriguez to some extent at QB on Thursday.
Washington has starting varsity experience as quarterback as he was the starter at Stanton as freshman and sophomore before moving to Greenwood prior to his junior year.
Taylor said with Washington moving from wingback to quarterback, the Ranger offense will change a little bit but added that Chad Caver and Aaron Brooks will replace Washington at that position and both have looked good early. In the defensive secondary where Washington plays safety, Taylor said Cody Smith will likely take his place and Taylor called Smith, "a smart football player who makes good decisions."
In other news from the Pecos scrimmage, Taylor said his running backs looked solid as both Lane Flowers and Bryce Williams had some nice runs.
Taylor said his young defensive secondary still needs to work on improving its pass coverage and that will be crucial because Graham likes to throw the ball.
Link to story (http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17122272&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475011&rfi=6)
The announcement comes after evaluating three quarterbacks during last Thursday's scrimmage against Pecos, in which the Rangers' first teamers scored six times. Washington was being looked at at quarterback along with senior Addison Stewart and junior Noe Rodriguez after the season-ending knee injury to junior Colton Wilber last week.
"All of our quarterbacks played and all three of them performed well, but I think Washington stood out the most," Taylor said.
Taylor added that is was Washington's athleticism that really set him apart from the other two.
"One time (a Pecos defender) had him sacked and he dodged him, dodged another kid and he ended up making a nine-yard scramble when most kids would have lost five or six yards," Taylor said. "He can make plays like that."
Taylor said he didn't rule out playing both Stewart and Rodriguez to some extent at QB on Thursday.
Washington has starting varsity experience as quarterback as he was the starter at Stanton as freshman and sophomore before moving to Greenwood prior to his junior year.
Taylor said with Washington moving from wingback to quarterback, the Ranger offense will change a little bit but added that Chad Caver and Aaron Brooks will replace Washington at that position and both have looked good early. In the defensive secondary where Washington plays safety, Taylor said Cody Smith will likely take his place and Taylor called Smith, "a smart football player who makes good decisions."
In other news from the Pecos scrimmage, Taylor said his running backs looked solid as both Lane Flowers and Bryce Williams had some nice runs.
Taylor said his young defensive secondary still needs to work on improving its pass coverage and that will be crucial because Graham likes to throw the ball.
Link to story (http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17122272&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475011&rfi=6)