Football is just around the corner, and we at BigCountryPreps.com are committed to bringing you the information you need to prepare for your favorite team’s season.
We’ll be releasing our Big Country Preps Preseason Football Preview, the most comprehensive look at the upcoming Big Country football season anywhere, on Wednesday, Aug. 17. But you won’t have to wait until then to sate your gridiron appetite.
Leading up to the first day of fall football practice on Aug. 1, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2022 as part of our annual “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.
We stay in Class 2A Division I with the De Leon Bearcats. On Saturday we will take a look at the Goldthwaite Eagles, followed by the San Saba Armadillos on Sunday.
DE LEON BEARCATS
LAST YEAR’S RECORD
- 0-10 overall, 0-5 District 4-2A Division I
ONE KEY STAT
- De Leon was outscored 490-101 last year — the Bearcats’ third consecutive losing season after a 32-9 stretch from 2016-18.
TWO NAMES TO KNOW
- Junior QB/WR/DB Justin Hornback
- Senior OL/DL Joe Leal
THREE BURNING QUESTIONS
- With 14 lettermen back, including seven offensive and six defensive starters, can the Bearcats take a significant step forward in coach Jacob Marwitz’s second season?
- Who will emerge as playmakers on both sides of the ball this fall?
- Can the trio of Joe Leal, Wyatt Rasberry and Logan Sherrard help accelerate the development of a young line group?
DON’T MISS BIG COUNTRY PREPS PRESEASON FOOTBALL PREVIEW ON AUG. 17!