| By Gaylen Duskey
realfang@citlink.net
So far, so good. At least that is how Calhoun County (interim) football
coach Bryan Sterns looks at things after his Red Devils hammered Paden City
in a Saturday scrimmage.
"We looked pretty good," Sterns said. "Maybe Paden City isn't quite as
strong as we thought it would be, but we looked pretty good."
The Red Devils rolled to a 5-1 (touchdown) win at the varsity level while
the junior varsity won 2-0.
"I was real happy with the defense," Sterns said. "It shut them down pretty
good. The offense did a good job too."
One of the things Stern was most pleased with was the defensive play of
Tyler Shartiger. Shartiger intercepted two pass and returned them for
touchdowns.
"He had a real good day," Sterns said. "He also had an excellent day as a
receiver. We want to throw the ball around a little more this year and so
far it is looking pretty good."
Offensively the Red Devils got a pair of touchdowns from all-state candidate
Justin Price and another from Paul Goodrich, who is moving from tight end to
the backfield this year.
"Our running game was very solid. I was pleased with the way it worked," he
said.
Calhoun, which will play Seth Sherman and Sissonville in the Herbert Hoover
Grid-O-Rama next Saturday, has 33 players out for football.
"We're a little thin. But when a school loses 70 kids from one year to the
next that is going to hit everywhere," Sterns said.
That may be offset by the Red Devils drop from Class AA to Class A this
fall.
"We have a killer schedule with five teams that went to the playoffs last
year," Sterns said
Calhoun opponents making the playoffs last season
include Williamstown, Wahama, Doddridge, Clay and Braxton. Roane narrowly
missed the playoffs and Ravenswood (which was dropped from the schedule to
make room for Wahama) was in the playoffs.
After the Grid-O-Rama the Red Devils open the regular season Aug. 27 at
Gilmer County. | 
