#23 Rob Willard

Captain

Offense:

Tight End

Defense: Rush End
Ht: 6-1
Wt. 175

Offensive Lineman Award

Briefly describe your best win at Wheelersburg

  All 9 wins as a senior were great.  After going 2-4-1 as freshmen, we were not expected to do so well, especially this being the first year after Coach Miller's retirement.  We were smaller than ever.  There were no stars on this team, we won every game as a team and with bone-crunching hits on defense.  To choose one game I must say defeating Portsmouth 7 - 0 at home was our greatest victory and it was a battle for the ages. 

 Briefly describe your hardest loss at Wheelersburg

 Opening game vs. Columbus Academy.  It was a nice 2 hour trip (add 30 minutes for our bus being pulled over for speeding) up to Columbus to get our butts handed to us, 27 - 0.  This was a wakeup call for all of us, and we never wanted to have that feeling again.  The loss really brought us together as a team.  It was our only regular season loss.

 Describe the most memorable event while playing at Wheelersburg

 Running the 66 counter play action pass.  When the play was called my heart would start pounding out of my chest, because I knew a big play was coming my way.  We had such great balance on offense, that teams had trouble keying on anything.  Eaton was an outstanding ball handler, and his fakes to Hawes and Gill made it easy for me to find an open spot running the post-corner.  We connected 3 times for td's on that play, including the first play from scrimmage against Northwest.