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Morehead

LAST SEASON: 5-7, 2-4 Triad 3-A (5th place), advanced to first round of playoffs.

OPENING IT UP: New head coach Jason Smart brings a no-huddle shotgun spread to his alma mater. “We’ve got athletes,” said Smart, the 2006 North State 2-A coach of the year while at McMichael. “We can get them the ball in open space and cause some damage.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Quarterback/defensive back Joe Glasgow, linebacker/offensive lineman Matthew McFatter and running back/wideout/linebacker Dante Perkins and Tyson Scales. Also watch sophomore quarterback/defensive back Jawaan Winfield, whom Smart says has “huge upside.”
GAME TO WATCH: The Panthers host McMichael in their third game of the year, the school Smart spent the last seven years at. He never beat Morehead while with the Phoenix, and now he’ll be coaching against many of the same staff he worked with there. “As a coach, you’ve kind of got blinders on,” Smart said. “But yeah, it will be weird.”