The Skinny
Coach Blair Harrison enters his 12th season overall as the head coach of the Brookstone Cougars. Harrison led the Cougars from 2003-2010 and then rejoined the team as head coach in 2017. During his tenure, the Cougars have only missed the playoffs once. We asked Coach Harrison what his biggest challenge was coming into the 2019 season.
“Depth and size,” he said.
Like many Class A schools, this is a challenge year in and year out.
The Cougars return two of their top three running backs from last season. Rylan Cowart and Clark Smith combined for 1,272 yards and 11-TDs a year ago.
They should factor large again in the Cougars run oriented offense. (Last season, Brookstone averaged over 286 yards per game on the ground.)
Defensively for the Cougars, Branche Sheffield led the team in total tackles and sacks a season ago and is set to anchor the defensive line. Linebackers Andrew Newton, DJ Jones and Hap Perkins all return as well.
We asked Coach Harrison if there were any games circled on the schedule this season.
“All of them!” he exclaimed.
How will the Cougars define success this season?
Harrison said, “Get better every week.”
