The Westwood Rockets line up for the “Oklahoma Drill” at Wednesday’s practice(Photo by Chad Dyer)
Westwood football is close to completing their first week in pads as Coach Chad Dyer tries to ready his team for another grueling Duck River Valley Conference schedule. The Rockets, who return only 1 starter, have had some spirited competition in battles for the starting fullback and interior lineman positions in fall camp thus far. Coach Dyer went on to say that he was “pleased with the kids who are committed and haven’t missed a workout or practice.”
The young Rocket squad has close to 30 kids out for football this year and Coach Dyer is pleased with some of the speed he will have at the skill positions. The Rockets are however lacking a lot of size depth among the interior linemen. The Rockets will continue to work through preseason camp in the mornings at the Westwood practice field. Coach Dyer was also appreciative of Brandon Imhoff and Brian Turner and the crew from Premier Lawn Care for their generous donation of over $5000 toward an irrigation system for the practice field. “(Those) guys have been working their tails off for these boys to have a nice practice field” added Dyer.
Westwood will host its annual Blue/White Game on August 4th at 7 PM at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets will participate in the Cascade Jamboree on Friday, August 5th at 6:30 PM when they will take on Middle Tennessee Christian. The Rockets open the season at home on August 11th as they host the Rockets of Forrest. Kickoff is set for 6:30 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as part of our Hometown Tuesday Series. Coach Chad Dyer will be a guest on the Coffee Coaches Show on July 23rd to talk about the upcoming season.
