When you look at the final score of Friday’s Army Spring game, the Black squad held on to beat the Gold team, 16-14.
But in such context, the score itself is secondary to the play of the players themselves that the coaches had their eyes on.
Coming into the contest, several defensive players were on the shelf and have been for a significant part of spring practice. However, players like OLB Eric Ford and DL Javon Smith have stood out during the spring session.
On the offensive side and coming into the game, the play at QB has been relatively even amongst the competitors (Dewayne Coleman, Ethan Washington, Cale Hellums, and Zach Mundell).
For today’s contest, Coleman and Hellums started for the Black & Gold respectively.
During the first series of the game, Hellums looked good on his initial pass attempt as he hit RB Carson Smith for 10-yards. Speaking of running backs, Junior Lloyd Benson showed burst of speed, along running with power, as did Sophomore Briggs Bartosh, who scored the first touchdown on the evening.
However, the Gold team's initial series ended with the group punting the ball away.
Up next was Coleman and his crew and it starting off with RB Hayden Reed picking up where he left off last season, with a long burst followed by a trick play where veteran slotback Noah Short took the pitch ...
