Walker Valley coach Glen Ryan will try to get the Mustangs ready for a return trip to the TSSAA playoffs this fall.Coach: Glen Ryan (5-6 here; 55-52 in 11 years overall)
Last year: 5-6; lost 44-16 to Lenoir City in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs
'13 dreams: Coming off a playoff appearance, the goal could be to maintain the initial success coming off Ryan's first season. But that was a senior-laden team and the 2013 team has 38 freshman and only nine seniors on the roster, so the expectation will be to be competitive every week.
13 years ago: In the last season of the school, the Charleston football team won a school-record 11 games and advanced to the Class 1A state quarterfinals before falling to Boyd-Buchanan, which gave the Panthers both of their losses during the season. Walker Valley opened in the fall of 2001.
2013 Schedule
Aug. 23 at East Ridge
Aug. 30 Sequoyah
Sept. 6 East Hamilton*
Sept. 13 Rhea County
Sept. 20 at Bradley Central*
Sept. 27 at Polk County
Oct. 11 at Ooltewah*
Oct. 18 Cleveland*
Oct. 25 McMinn County*
Nov. 1 at Soddy-Daisy* * District 5-AAA game; game time 7:30 Eastern
Roster
No. Name Class
1 Arkel Pitner Sophomore
2 Tevin Shaw Senior
3 Brandon Panis Junior
4 Brady Swafford Freshman
5 Cory Cook Junior
6 Brendan Gilbert Junior
7 Tanner Dillard Senior
8 Elijah Haynie Junior
9 Zach Blair Junior
11 Holt Spencer Junior
12 Tucker Mendenhall Freshman
13 Ryan Baker Senior
14 Grayson Rountree Freshman
15 Zach Eslinger Freshman
16 David Thompson Junior
17 Turner Lay Junior
18 Cody McCracken Senior
19 Hayden Spencer Freshman
20 Colton Morrow Senior
21 Dallas Kuykendall Junior
22 Kyle Baker Sophomore
23 Bryce Nunnelly Freshman
24 Mason Oren Freshman
25 Jaylon Martin Sophomore
26 Joseph Munoz Sophomore
27 Morgan Goodman Junior
28 Nathan Pruitt Junior
29 Avery Jones Sophomore
30 Jake Johnson Junior
31 Cooper Melton Freshman
32 Peyton O'Daniel Junior
33 Alex King Freshman
34 Dalton Taylor Freshman
35 Chandler Hunt Senior
36 Donell Armour Freshman
37 Trey Starkes Freshman
38 Hunter Collins Freshman
39 Corey Castello Junior
40 Skyler Swafford Freshman
41 Reed Jacobs Junior
42 Zach Nicodemus Freshman
43 Noah Davis Freshman
44 Xzayvier Beckingham Freshman
45 Jacob Smithson Freshman
46 Kristian Williams-Soto Freshman
47 Bradley Thomas Freshman
48 Zack Carroll Freshman
49 Kevin Sabany Junior
50 Blake Miller Freshman
51 Giles McDaniel Junior
52 Josh Davis Sophomore
53 Alex Diaz Freshman
54 Hunter Newport Junior
55 Johnathan Davis Junior
56 Billy Raulston Senior
57 Cody Swafford Senior
58 Chris Ogle Freshman
59 Sadler Bartula Junior
60 Chris Price Junior
62 Ian Stanbery Junior
64 Bryson Bradley Sophomore
65 Caleb Lamon Freshman
67 Brendan Berryman Freshman
68 Ric Kennett Junior
69 Cody Morfield Freshman
71 Tyler Stewart Freshman
72 Noah Wallace Freshman
73 Tymber Newsome Freshman
74 Sam Noble Sophomore
75 C.J. Schwark Sophomore
76 Brett Geren Junior
77 Brandon Forsythe Freshman
78 Marvin Bullington Junior
79 Garrett Moore Senior
80 Dexter Yarbrough Freshman
81 Brice Gibson Sophomore
82 Cooper Tentler Freshman
83 Cameron Richardson Freshman
84 Ben Clark Sophomore
85 Dylan Blackwell Freshman
86 Blake Sims Sophomore
87 J.J. Flores Freshman
88 Duncan Waddell Junior
88 Robert Varner Freshman
89 Justin Rowland Freshman