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2017 Virgin Valley Football Capsule

VIRGIN VALLEY

League: Class 3A Sunrise

Head coach: Yori Ludvigson, fourth season (17-12)

2016 record: 9-2 (4-0 Sunrise League, first)

Returning lettermen: Nine

Returning starters: Three offense, three defense

Base offensive set: Pro, Spread, I-Formation

Base defensive set: 4-3, 5-2

Top offensive players: RB Jayden Perkins (Sr); QB Cade Anderson (Sr.); OL Dayton Payne (Sr.); OL Taua Fiso (So.)

Top defensive players: LB Cresent Crandall (Sr.); DE Timmy Moaie (Sr.); LB Jayden Perkins

Top newcomers: OL/DL Jeremy Perkins (So.); DB/WR Easton Jensen (Sr.)

Key losses: QB Hogan Fowles; DL/OL Chase Henderson; DL/OL Jaden Dalton

Outlook: After winning their first league title since 2007, the Bulldogs were upset — 34-16 to Chaparral — last season in the Class 3A state quarterfinals.

Despite losing 28 seniors from that team, Virgin Valley should again compete in the Sunrise League. The Bulldogs return one of the state’s top two-way players in Perkins, who rushed for 1,369 yards and 18 touchdowns and was a standout linebacker.

“The team has worked hard in the weight room and offseason,” Ludvigson said. “If we stay healthy and stay together, if could be a special year.”

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