2016 Pahranagat Valley Football Capsule

PAHRANAGAT VALLEY

League: Class 1A Southern

Head coach: Ken Higbee, 22nd season

2015 record: 12-0 (7-0 Division IV Southern League, first)

Returning lettermen: 22

Returning starters: Six offense, six defense

Base offensive set: Pro style

Base defensive set: 3-3-2

Top offensive players: QB Tabor Maxwell (Sr.), RB Christian Higbee (Sr.), TE Cody Williams (Sr.), RB Ike Taylor (Sr.), TE Culen Highbe (Jr.)

Top defensive players: DL Garrett Higbee (Jr.). LB Christian Higbee (Sr.), LB Williams (Sr.), DE Daved Wilson (Sr.), DE Tyson Jorgensen (Sr.), CB Taylor (Sr.)

Key losses: TE/LB Shawn Wadsworth, OL/DL Mateo Linares, OL/DB Cody Stirling, TE/DE Jacob Roemer

Outlook: The team’s winning streak is alive at 93 games, and the Panthers are again in position to keep that winning mentality.

Maxwell, who passed for 2,766 yards and 45 touchdowns last season, is back at quarterback for the fourth consecutive year. He should again be one of the league’s top players, but will have to find a new favorite target as Wadsworth has graduated.

Garrett Higbee, who finished with 73 tackles last season, will anchor the defense from the line.

“The team will look for senior leadership,” Ken Higbee said. “Tabor Maxwell continues at the helm of an offense he has led since starting as a freshman, (and last season’s) Defensive Player of the Year Garrett Higbee returns and is a year older and stronger.”