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SOV coach Jeff Myers has 15 returning lettermen.

•August 22, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Usually, a high school football coach does not return youth and experience in the same year.
But that was exactly what Sullivan-Okaw Valley football coach Jeff Myers inherited in his first year as head coach.
Myers returns 15 lettermen but only six seniors.
This leaves the Redskins little room for injury this season.
“Without question the biggest weakness we have is depth,” said Myers. “Staying healthy will be a key to our success.”
Even with a young squad that has learned three offense and defenses in the last three years, Myers believes his varsity experience will help provide a balanced offense in terms of run to pass.
His expectations are pretty simple.
“We expect to win football games,” he said, “compete for a CIC championship and be a playoff team.”
For this to happen, the Redskins’ quarterback Luke Harlin will have to play a huge role for the offense to be successful.
“We require a lot of the quarterback in this system” said Myers. “He has to be a thrower, a runner, a leader, an orchestrator, and a coach on the field. This far Luke has exceeded my expectations in all those areas, and I am really excited to see what kind of season he puts together.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.