Henry County Patriots 2020

[PatriotNation]

We have some key returning players for 2020 and some key departures! Some have talked on here about #25 Zamaryion Kendall possibly leaving the program! Hope that is not true! 

Key Returners: Ryan Damron, Jamarcus Johnson, Jawon Odoms, Mekhi Sanders, Damion Rushing, Darrius Stephens

Key Departures: Joe Travis, Paul D. Atkins, Davy Harrod, Jayln Foster, Dante Davis, 

Edited November 23, 2019 by PatriotNation

[chsbobcat09]

Well dang HC fans, what happened? I was hoping to have a rematch with y’all in a couple of weeks. I saw the score last night and I was surprised to say the least. Was DC that good or did y’all just have a bad game? I sure was pulling for you guys!

[RollRed]

1 hour ago, chsbobcat09 said:

Well dang HC fans, what happened? I was hoping to have a rematch with y’all in a couple of weeks. I saw the score last night and I was surprised to say the least. Was DC that good or did y’all just have a bad game? I sure was pulling for you guys!

We were up 24-7 and got caught playing safty football. And they caught fire.  Our Defense got run down and dog tired. DC brought it.. with all the upsets  5A is anyone's guess. I picked Powell and shelbyville for state and that's ship has sunk. If DC wins next week they can be a problem for whoever. Their hungry and down to scrap I'll tell you that.

[MidTennFootball]

4 minutes ago, RollRed said:

We were up 24-7 and got caught playing safty football. And they caught fire.  Our Defense got run down and dog tired. DC brought it.. with all the upsets  5A is anyone's guess. I picked Powell and shelbyville for state and that's ship has sunk. If DC wins next week they can be a problem for whoever. Their hungry and down to scrap I'll tell you that.

Year over Year, 5A is easily the most unpredictable classification in the state

[RollRed]

3 hours ago, PatriotNation said:

We have some key returning players for 2020 and some key departures! Some have talked on here about #25 Zamaryion Kendall possibly leaving the program! Hope that is not true! 

Key Returners: Ryan Damron, Jamarcus Johnson, Jawon Odoms, Mekhi Sanders, Damion Rushing, Darrius Stephens

Key Departures: Joe Travis, Paul D. Atkins, Davy Harrod, Jayln Foster, Dante Davis, 

Sanchez Aldridge has really stepped up for HC and he should be back. Honorable mentions Louis Hudson .. and Aiden Harrod.. will be Jrs. I was waiting on someone to mention Paul D Atkins. He was a work horse.  

[RollRed]

2 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

Year over Year, 5A is easily the most unpredictable classification in the state

That's good. Way better than maryville and Oakland going to state like every year.. Gallatin perked my interest early in the year.  They had me concerned.  And BOOM they ran into summits wood chipper. 

[MidTennFootball]

2 minutes ago, RollRed said:

That's good. Way better than maryville and Oakland going to state like every year.. Gallatin perked my interest early in the year.  They had me concerned.  And BOOM they ran into summits wood chipper. 

I agree. It makes the playoffs more exciting when they are a bunch of really good programs, but no juggernaut

[westtn1]

I am surprised that Dante Davis  is listed as a departure considering how little they used him. He #7 and #17 rarely saw the field even though they were 3 of the top 6 athletes on the team, The players ‘that lined up better in practice were exposed against Dyer county. I expected it to happen in the coming weeks, but it happened earlier than I thought. These decisions were made 15 weeks ago and no reflection until now. Hopefully there has been a reflection.

[GoPats2019]

I think Henry County will be just fine. 

[MSURacer]

7 hours ago, chsbobcat09 said:

Well dang HC fans, what happened? I was hoping to have a rematch with y’all in a couple of weeks. I saw the score last night and I was surprised to say the least. Was DC that good or did y’all just have a bad game? I sure was pulling for you guys!

All due credit to DC, but It was a full blown collapse by HC. Kids simply didn’t want it bad enough in the 2nd half. DC did. Hopefully the underclassmen learned something from it. 
 

Was hoping for a rematch myself. In fact, at one point last night while we were still up big I peeped the score of yall’s game and it almost felt like fate was setting us up for a rematch, but then Dyer County had other plans. 
 

Good luck to the Bobcats next week. 

[MSURacer]

As for our 2020 prospects, I’m not even sure what all we have back next year. I know we have some key departures along with some key returnees, but idk about the meat of the roster, particularly the O-line. I know the D-line was senior heavy. 
 

I like our QB, receivers, and tight end. Also have a really solid RB returning in Jamarcus Johnson, but will need to find some depth there, especially if Z. Kendall is leaving. And I know some key pieces on D are returning. 
 

All in all it will probably be another good HC team, but I don’t know enough to say whether it can be great. 

[RollRed]

3 hours ago, westtn1 said:

I am surprised that Dante Davis  is listed as a departure considering how little they used him. He #7 and #17 rarely saw the field even though they were 3 of the top 6 athletes on the team, The players ‘that lined up better in practice were exposed against Dyer county. I expected it to happen in the coming weeks, but it happened earlier than I thought. These decisions were made 15 weeks ago and no reflection until now. Hopefully there has been a reflection.

Jayln Foster was far and away the best running back on the team. To me best in the state. I'm bias of course.  We played him to get up ahead against DC then took him out I think to try to save him for next week. What I'm getting down to is Dante Davis#27 .. what I have seen and what I've heard from teammates. He was strong and could drag a pile no doubt.  He ran hard and pretty straight.  Jayln would be more patient and wait for a hole to develop cut, twist , break tackles.  Guys on the team I've talked to said dante was more like a bowling ball. Full of power but just took the ball and tried to run hard but not really waiting that half second to let the hole open up. I know if Jalyn had not been plagued with a hamstring injury he could have broken any rushing records.  That young man was something special. Hes got heart.