Your Linfield Wildcats just wrapped up their 2nd of 3 weeks of the 2010 Spring Football season and Wildcat11 likes what he's seeing. While there is not pads and full tempo live scrimmaging during spring ball at the division III level there is plenty of work that can be accomplished in terms of returning players starting to work together on getting on the same page and the coaching staff tweaking technique and schemes that will be used during the 2010 season.
So far there have been no major developments during camp. The 'Cats WR has to find that home run hitter to replace Trevor Patterson and the reliability of Gunner Cederberg but that vacuum is looking like is being filled by our hard working returning vets in Ryan Henderson, Chris Slezak, Buddy Saxon, and Deidre Wiersma. It also looks like some of the younger WR's are starting to come around nicely and I saw a couple of new faces that have some potential to develop.
The offensive line is losing some outstanding starters in Scott Millenbach, Kyle Otineru, Chris Buck, and tight end Russell Sells. However, the cupboard is far from bare as guard Jordan Barnes and offensive tackle Aaron Heston are returning along with Tight End Chris Saunders. There is a gaggle of other young and vets that are battling to fill those vacated starting spots and the reports WC11 is getting is there is some strong talent looking to make their mark.
I'm not too worried about the quarterbacking position for next season as Linfield returns Aaron Boehme behind center. The interesting battle is happening behind Aaron has a number of young arms are trying to move up the ranks. While backup QB, Cole Bixenmann, is tearing up the diamond for the 'Cats baseball team, a number of young arms in Micky Inns, Aaron Hire, Zach Cuaresma, and Ryan Cook (Andy Hunthausen is recovering from injury) have been taking reps in trying to establish themselves as the heir apparent to Boehme. I'll be keeping a close eye on the backup position headed into next fall.
Running backs...I don't even know if we should talk about this group as we're returning the entire group that saw time last year. They are going to be a fun group to watch.
Next week I'll give some quick thoughts on what's happening over on the defensive side of the ball.
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