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ROSCOE — Roscoe’s final nondistrict game against Junction on Friday wasn’t high on style points — or points in general, for that matter. But at the end of the night at Plowboy Field, the home squad had more of the ones that mattered in a hard-fought 20-14 win.

The Plowboys finished the game with just 205 yards of total offense and had more punts (seven) than first downs (six), but coach Jake Freeman’s team took advantage of five Eagles turnovers in a strong defensive performance overall.

Parker Gleaton caught a pair of touchdown passes and fellow senior Julian Cuellar had three of Roscoe’s four interceptions to key the victory, which improved the Plowboys to 4-1 heading into next week’s District 6-4A Division II opener at Cross Plains.

At most levels of high school football — and especially the Class 2A Division II level — a 6-foot-4, 230-pound frame will earn you a one-way ticket to the offensive line.

For one, that kind of size isn’t teachable or easily replaced. And most at that size possess skill sets best suited for line play.

Roscoe’s Parker Gleaton is the exception to the rule. With good speed and excellent coordination to go with his size, the senior has carved out his niche as a two-way star at tight end and defensive end. And while doing so has pulled down the average weight of RHS O-line by a few pounds, it’s made the Plowboys a much more difficult team to defend and prepare for on Friday nights.

A year ago, the Roscoe Plowboys saw a promising season derailed by a series of significant injuries to a number of key players.

While coach Jake Freeman’s team was still able to reach the playoffs, extending its streak of consecutive postseason appearances to three consecutive seasons, RHS limped to a 6-5 finish that fell several wins shy of the lofty expectations it had set after returning 18 lettermen from a 10-2 squad in 2021.

Fortunately for Roscoe, which fielded a junior-heavy roster last year, it has an opportunity to run it back this fall. And with 18 returning lettermen again, including nine starters on both sides of the ball, the now senior-led Plowboys like their chances of improving on last year’s record.

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. 16. 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 July 31, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2023 as part of our annual “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.

We continue in Class 2A Division II with the Roscoe Plowboys. On Sunday we will take a look at the Haskell Indians, followed by the Santo Wildcats on Monday.

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