The 2017 Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton Bearcats

by Steve Dunford

C-Z-R Roster

3 Landen Bate 5’10” 160 QB/DB 9
7 Triston Shively 5’9″ 150 RB/LB 9
8 Austin Wampler 5’8″ 120 WR/DB 10
11 Gabriel Motsinger 5’11” 160 WR/DB 10
12 Bryce Pratt 6’3″ 175 QB/DB 10
15 Caleb Davis 5’7″ 147 RB/LB 9
16 Dustin Richard 5’10” 140 WR/DB 10
20 Grant Shaffer 5’7″ 146 QB/DB 10
21 Jason Cole 5’10” 140 RB/DB 11
22 Josh Davis 6’0″ 170 RB/MLB 10
26 Garrett Vanfossan 6’0″ 145 WR/DB 11
28 Trinton Bishop 6’0″ 160 WR/DB 12
30 Jeremiah Bright 5’10” 180 DB/LB 11
32 Dalton Humphrey 5’9″ 185 LB/RB 10
33 Greg Fletcher 6’0″ 170 TE/LB/QB 10
42 Chris Lane 5’7″ 145 RB/LB 11
52 Darrick Leiser 5’8″ 235 OL/DL 11
53 Scotty Killip 5’6″ 160 OL/DL 12
61 Camden Kirkpatrick 6’2″ 200 OL/DL 11
62 Christian Shadowens 6’0″ 205 K/OL/DL 11
65 Ryan Helfrich 6’2″ 190 OL/DL 11
68 Frankey Rebolledo 5’10” 180 OL/DL 11
70 Ryan Bond 5’11” 300 OL/DL 10
73 Gavin Jay 5’10” 170 OL/DL 11
74 Gannon Dollins 6’4″ 200 OL/DL 9
75 Zack Marvel 6’2″ 240 OL/DL 12
76 Adrian Ratajczyk 6’0″ 277 OL/DL 9
78 Aaron Abrahamsen 6’2″ 250 OL/DL 11
86 Noah Hervey 6’1″ 175 WR/LB 11
88 Cole Gelso 6’0″ 200 TE/LB 9

C-Z-R Schedule

Nickname: Bearcats
Head Coach: Anthony Hargrove
2016 Record: 0-9
2017 Classification Enrollment: 414.00

Aug 25 7:00 H Vienna [V.-Goreville Coop] 548.00
Sep 1 7:00 H Carmi (C.-White County) 370.00
Sep 8 7:00 A Fairfield 423.00
Sep 15 7:00 A Albion (Edwards County)  280.00
Sep 22 7:00 A Sesser (S.-Valier) [Coop] 488.00
Sep 29 7:00 H Eldorado 358.00
Oct 6 7:00 A Johnston City 334.00
Oct 13 7:00 H Chester 311.00
Oct 20 7:00 A McLeansboro (Hamilton County) 376.00

Link to WSIL Sports Extra Preview

http://www.wsiltv.com/story/36122570/bearcats-ready-to-hit-in-first-full-pads-practice

Link to the story in the summer where Anthony Hargrove was hired as coach

Former NFL DE Anthony Hargrove takes over as C-Z-R head coach

As stated above, Anthony Hargrove has taken over as head coach of the Bearcats.  He was the defensive coordinator last season, and has been very active in establishing a junior high program in the community.

Even though the Bearcats were 0-9 last season, there is a good crop of sophomores coming up from Christopher and Zeigler-Royalton has a very talented freshman class coming in.  You can see several freshmen dotted along the varsity roster.

The three sport athletes of QB Bryce Pratt and RB/WR Gabriel Motsinger should lead the Bearcat offense.  At the freshman level, the Bearcats had a great year, either 7-2 or 6-3.

Pratt picked up some varsity experience against Vienna-Goreville last year, and held his own.

Tonight, this is a winnable game for the Bearcats.  There could be some week 10 football in the future with this young team.  I am going to put their record this season around the 3-6 mark.