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Black Hills Wolves
Head coach: Jack Zilla (14th season)
Last season: 3-7 overall
Offense: Shot gun spread
Defense: 4-3
Number of returning starters: 5 offense, 6 defense
Top players: OL/LB Jacob Crawford, sr., 6-2, 235; LB/RB Marquis Wall, jr., 6-0, 220; OL/DL Kyle Dunn, jr., 5-11, 200; WR/DB Kalvin Hargrave, sr., 5-10, 175; WR/DB Shayne Robinson, jr., 5-11, 190; OL Jeremy Phillips, sr., 5-11, 250; RB Cameron Stone, sr., 5-10, 190; RB/DB Matt McDonald, sr., 5-10, 185; TE/DL Colin Bushell, sr., 6-2, 205; QB/DB Josh Freeto, sr., 6-0, 190; WR/DB Mitch Stone, jr., 5-8, 175; WR/DB Nick Knittle, so., 5-8, 170; WR/DL Devin Warner, sr., 5-11, 170; RB/LB Conrad Nygren, jr., 5-8, 180.
Strengths: Unity and hustle.
Weaknesses: None listed.
Outlook: The Wolves have plenty of wealth at receiver with Hargrave, Stone and Robinson and targets for senior QB Freeto. Senior Cameron Stone will switch from receiver to starting running game. Black Hills looks to improve on its one EvCo win from last season, and coach Jack Zilla said unity and hustle are two big strengths of his squad. “We will play our typical hard-nose football,” he said. Black Hills opens with 1A Montesano and 4A Shelton, and both teams defeated the Wolves by one point each last season (29-28 and 41-40). The Wolves feature six sets of brothers -- Jacob and Caleb Crawford, Matt and Chris McDonald, Austin and Kyle Wendt, Cameron and Mitch Stone, Devin and Ben Warner and Conrad and Cooper Nygren.
Black Hills’ schedule
Home games in CAPS (at Tumwater District Stadium). All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.
* 2A Evergreen Conference game
Friday, Sept. 2 – at Montesano
Friday, Sept. 9 – SHELTON
Friday, Sept. 16 – at Centralia*
Friday, Sept. 23 – RIVER RIDGE*
Friday, Sept. 30 – at Aberdeen*
Friday, Oct. 7 – at Chehalis*
Friday, Oct. 14 – NORTH THURSTON*
Friday, Oct. 21 – TUMWATER*
Friday, Oct. 28 – at Woodland
Previous team capsules
-- Olympia
-- Shelton
-- Capital
-- Timberline
-- Yelm
-- Tumwater
