2013 - Grundy County Yellow Jackets

photo Grundy County Yellow Jackets senior Mike Nolan

Grundy County Yellow Jackets

Coach: Nick Bryant (23-21 in four years here and overall)

Last year: 5-6, lost to Cheatham County in the first round of the playoffs

'13 dreams: Grundy will be able to score with various options and the ability to run and throw from the spread, led by eight returning starters including sophomore quarterback Houston Mainord and senior running backs Mike Nolan and Dylan Cleek. Nolan and Cleek are among seven returning defensive starters who'll be in a 3-3 stack this year after the 5-3 alignment last season.

13-for-13 contenders: Nolan and Cleek rarely come off the field, and each is a three-year starter, but the Jackets also have high hopes for senior lineman Arthur Roberts (6-foot-3, 375) and junior receiver Trevor Hampton (6-3, 165).

Number of interest: The Yellow Jackets have struggled off and on, and one has to go all the way back to 1978 to tally 13 winning seasons for the program. Their best year in that time was in 1993, when they won 10 of 13 games.

13 years ago: Bryant was a senior playing quarterback for Grundy County, which had a 5-5 regular season and the school's first playoff win in seven years - 26-19 over Greenbrier. The Jackets lost to Portland the next week.

Program superstition: None, said Bryant, adding, "We like to say they're tricks of the devil."

1-through-3: Running back/linebacker Mike Nolan

Q. What's your take on last year's performance?

A. We did pretty well, especially considering we had a bunch of young guys playing. We will have a more mature team this year because of it, though.

Q. Grundy's made the playoffs three years in a row. What's the goal this year?

A. We definitely want to make it past the first round [of the playoffs].

Q. Where does Grundy fit in the District 7-AA race?

A. It's looking like Signal [Mountain], but I feel we can stand toe-to-toe with just about anybody. We have some young talent that is stepping up, we have more seniors than we've had in a while and we've been having 50 or more at practice. That's 15-20 more than in the past."

- Ward Gossett

2013 Schedule

Aug. 23 Marion County

Aug. 30 at Grace Academy

Sep. 6 at Sequatchie County *

Sep. 13 Silverdale Baptist

Sep. 20 at Signal Mountain *

Sep. 27 South Pittsburg

Oct. 11 Chattanooga Christian *

Oct. 18 at Bledsoe County *

Oct. 25 at Cumberland County

Nov. 1 Notre Dame *

*District 7-AA game

2012 Stats

Passing C-A-I Pct. Yards TDs

Houston Mainord 74-103-4 907 7

Josh Rhea 72-155-7 1063 16

Rushing Att. Yards TDs

Mike Nolan 122 829 9

Josh Rhea 104 674 7

Hayden Holland 33 174 2

Dylan Cleek 28 163 1

Receiving No. Yards TDs

Hayden Holland 62 972 11

Trevor Hampton 38 480 8

Austin Cooper 18 202 1

Roster

No. Name Class

1 Mike Nolan Senior

2 Jesse Goodman Senior

3 Logan Meeks Junior

5 Dakota Jones Sophomore

7 Hogan Holland Freshman

8 Trevor Hampton Junior

10 Joelton Dees Freshman

11 Christian Brown Junior

13 Alex Nunley Junior

15 Kevin Stewart Junior

16 Houston Mainord Sophomore

17 Carter Kilgore Sophomore

18 Trent Hampton Freshman

20 Dylan Cleek Senior

21 Logan Borne Sophomore

23 Nathan Carretto Junior

24 Kevin Castro Freshman

25 Kaleb Meeks Freshman

26 Mikey Myers Freshman

29 Skylar Burgess Senior

30 Devan Hampton Senior

32 Greg McDaniel Junior

33 Matthew McFarland Sophomore

35 Hunter Collins Freshman

37 Travis Cunningham Sophomore

45 Levi Jacks Junior

50 Andrew Sanders Freshman

51 Dakota Cantrell Senior

52 Chase Nunley Senior

54 Terrince Bramhall Junior

55 Steven Baskin Junior

56 Eldon Posey Junior

57 Matt Underhill Sophomore

58 Tyler Land Senior

60 Joe James Junior

61 Cody Crisp Sophomore

62 Jack Rice Junior

63 Dalton Mason Freshman

64 Jacob Partin Freshman

65 Josh Torbitt Sophomore

68 Jordan Tate Junior

71 Michael Posey Freshman

72 Sam Cassidy Sophomore

74 Zach Johnson Junior

75 Spencer Dent Sophomore

76 Dakota Travis Sophomore

77 Arthur Roberts Senior

78 Daniel Anderson Sophomore

79 Chris Wetsel Junior

80 James McDaniel Freshman

81 Tyler Jackson Freshman

83 Skylar Trussell Freshman

87 Conner Whiting Freshman

88 Elston Harris Sophomore

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