Grundy County Yellow Jackets
Coach: Nick Bryant (23-21 in four years here and overall)
Last year: 5-6, lost to Cheatham County in the first round of the playoffs
'13 dreams: Grundy will be able to score with various options and the ability to run and throw from the spread, led by eight returning starters including sophomore quarterback Houston Mainord and senior running backs Mike Nolan and Dylan Cleek. Nolan and Cleek are among seven returning defensive starters who'll be in a 3-3 stack this year after the 5-3 alignment last season.
13-for-13 contenders: Nolan and Cleek rarely come off the field, and each is a three-year starter, but the Jackets also have high hopes for senior lineman Arthur Roberts (6-foot-3, 375) and junior receiver Trevor Hampton (6-3, 165).
Number of interest: The Yellow Jackets have struggled off and on, and one has to go all the way back to 1978 to tally 13 winning seasons for the program. Their best year in that time was in 1993, when they won 10 of 13 games.
13 years ago: Bryant was a senior playing quarterback for Grundy County, which had a 5-5 regular season and the school's first playoff win in seven years - 26-19 over Greenbrier. The Jackets lost to Portland the next week.
Program superstition: None, said Bryant, adding, "We like to say they're tricks of the devil."
1-through-3: Running back/linebacker Mike Nolan
Q. What's your take on last year's performance?
A. We did pretty well, especially considering we had a bunch of young guys playing. We will have a more mature team this year because of it, though.
Q. Grundy's made the playoffs three years in a row. What's the goal this year?
A. We definitely want to make it past the first round [of the playoffs].
Q. Where does Grundy fit in the District 7-AA race?
A. It's looking like Signal [Mountain], but I feel we can stand toe-to-toe with just about anybody. We have some young talent that is stepping up, we have more seniors than we've had in a while and we've been having 50 or more at practice. That's 15-20 more than in the past."
- Ward Gossett
2013 Schedule
Aug. 23 Marion County
Aug. 30 at Grace Academy
Sep. 6 at Sequatchie County *
Sep. 13 Silverdale Baptist
Sep. 20 at Signal Mountain *
Sep. 27 South Pittsburg
Oct. 11 Chattanooga Christian *
Oct. 18 at Bledsoe County *
Oct. 25 at Cumberland County
Nov. 1 Notre Dame *
*District 7-AA game
2012 Stats
Passing C-A-I Pct. Yards TDs
Houston Mainord 74-103-4 907 7
Josh Rhea 72-155-7 1063 16
Rushing Att. Yards TDs
Mike Nolan 122 829 9
Josh Rhea 104 674 7
Hayden Holland 33 174 2
Dylan Cleek 28 163 1
Receiving No. Yards TDs
Hayden Holland 62 972 11
Trevor Hampton 38 480 8
Austin Cooper 18 202 1
Roster
No. Name Class
1 Mike Nolan Senior
2 Jesse Goodman Senior
3 Logan Meeks Junior
5 Dakota Jones Sophomore
7 Hogan Holland Freshman
8 Trevor Hampton Junior
10 Joelton Dees Freshman
11 Christian Brown Junior
13 Alex Nunley Junior
15 Kevin Stewart Junior
16 Houston Mainord Sophomore
17 Carter Kilgore Sophomore
18 Trent Hampton Freshman
20 Dylan Cleek Senior
21 Logan Borne Sophomore
23 Nathan Carretto Junior
24 Kevin Castro Freshman
25 Kaleb Meeks Freshman
26 Mikey Myers Freshman
29 Skylar Burgess Senior
30 Devan Hampton Senior
32 Greg McDaniel Junior
33 Matthew McFarland Sophomore
35 Hunter Collins Freshman
37 Travis Cunningham Sophomore
45 Levi Jacks Junior
50 Andrew Sanders Freshman
51 Dakota Cantrell Senior
52 Chase Nunley Senior
54 Terrince Bramhall Junior
55 Steven Baskin Junior
56 Eldon Posey Junior
57 Matt Underhill Sophomore
58 Tyler Land Senior
60 Joe James Junior
61 Cody Crisp Sophomore
62 Jack Rice Junior
63 Dalton Mason Freshman
64 Jacob Partin Freshman
65 Josh Torbitt Sophomore
68 Jordan Tate Junior
71 Michael Posey Freshman
72 Sam Cassidy Sophomore
74 Zach Johnson Junior
75 Spencer Dent Sophomore
76 Dakota Travis Sophomore
77 Arthur Roberts Senior
78 Daniel Anderson Sophomore
79 Chris Wetsel Junior
80 James McDaniel Freshman
81 Tyler Jackson Freshman
83 Skylar Trussell Freshman
87 Conner Whiting Freshman
88 Elston Harris Sophomore