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Written by David Wolman

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 08:00

If we haven’t already moved past the two losses to Louisburg and Paola during district play, which by no stretch of the imagination is easy because of the high expectations the Osawatomie football team set for itself this season, it would be very helpful. Those are two games Osawatomie would like to forget about, especially because it knocked them out of the playoff hunt.

This much is clear: the groundwork has been set for what can be an exciting future for Trojan football. Not too many teams can improve its record from 3-6 to 7-2 in one season. Osawatomie did. That’s what experience does (nine starters returned on each side of the ball). That’s what the hard work put forth during the off-season did: with weights, conditioning and competing in a weekly 7-on-7 league.

Attending football camps, including one in which the Trojans competed against Class 6A’s Blue Valley West and Olathe Northwest.
All of that hard work translated into a seven-win season, and more importantly, an outright Pioneer League title.

It was an exciting season full of late comebacks (Anderson County and Tonganoxie) and a double-overtime thriller (Wellsville). It had it all.
Offense and special teams carried the Trojans through the early part of the season. Lining up behind an experienced offensive line that provided junior quarterback Seth Jones, who put on 20 pounds of muscle, with time to through the ball, and he went on to throw for more than 1,000 yards and 19 touchdowns. That same line also created plenty of holes for senior tailback Jameson Greenwood, who rushed for three 200-plus yard games. Wide receivers Daine Needham, Brandon Oakes and Hunter Taylor proved to be valuable weapons in Jones’ arsenal.

The defense, which forced nearly 30 turnovers, improved during the second half of the season. A big reason was the improved play in stopping the running game. That same defense also helped Osawatomie close out the season in style as they limited Prairie View to 63 total yards in a 32-0 shut out.

Questions still loom heading into the off-season. The biggest one is: who will fill the holes that will be left by a good senior class, most notably on the offensive and defensive lines as well at wide receiver?

While the season ended a little prematurely, we can’t help but recall what a great season it was. Let’s hope the future continues to hold good fortunes for Osawatomie.

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