The Skinny
Coach Charles Hammon enters his 5thseason as the head coach of the Chattooga Indians. Under his direction, the team has reached the post season in each season in Hammon’s tenure. But if the Indians are to reach the playoffs for a fifth straight season, they’ll nee to develop depth at each position. Coach Hammon said this will be one of the biggest challenges going into 2018.
Coach Hammon said, “Quality leadership among players,” will be key as well entering the 2018 season.
Senior Devin Price was the teams leading receiver in 2017 with 363 yards and 5 TDs. Price is a versatile playmaker that can also line up at quarterback and running back. He was second on the team in rushing with 451 yards. That was second only to rising sophomore EJ Lackey. In his freshman season, Lackey led the Indians with 653 yards rushing and 6 TDs. Senior Clayton Johnson returns at quarterback for the Indians. Last season he passed for 590 yards and 9 TDs.
The Indians could also get additional production from rising freshman Shaun Lester.
Malachi Mack (LB/DE), Jackson Lowenberg (LB) and Luis Medina (DL) enter the season as leaders from last year’s defense . They should also get some help from the aforementioned Lester who is projected to play linebacker as well for Chattooga.
There are no particular games circled on the schedule, as the Indians are taking things one practice, one game at a time. We asked Coach Hammon what would a successful season look like.
“Extending our state playoff streak to 5 years and improving on last year’s record,” he said.
There are certainly a few playmakers on both sides of the ball that can make that happen for the Indians.
