Glass talks football, athletics

PRESCOTT – Curley Wolf Head Coach Brian Glass was the guest speaker for the Prescott Rotary Club Tuesday.

He told the club the Wolves should be good this season. The regular season kicks off on a strange night this year, Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. Prescott’s first game will be against a familiar foe in Bismarck. The game will be played in War Memorial Stadium. This is the second straight year the Wolves have opened their grid campaign in Little Rock.

Glass said the Wolves don’t have a lot of size, but are “long”, meaning tall in this case, especially at receiver. Carston Poole will be returning as the starting quarterback and will have some tall targets to wing the ball to.

The Wolves, Glass said, return 11 starters on offense and defense. However, the offensive line won’t be big, though it will be anchored by Avery Hubbard. One of the larger players is Rocco Patrick, who weighs in around 250 and is still growing.

Defensively, Glass told the Rotarians the Wolves have some hitters and everyone will “get after” the opposing team. Rashawn Bell returns. He led the team in interceptions last year with five. Jerry Glass is also in the secondary, he had the pick six that gave Prescott the win over Centerpoint last season. He said the defense has a lot of experience and are big hitters, especially the linebacking corps. The team, he continued, is strong and fast, and the defensive ends will be making life difficult for opposing offenses, as will the defensive line.

Glass said this was the best summer for the Wolves since he’s been here. If there’s a weakness, it will be special teams, as the Wolves lost Calvin Harris, who broke the school record for punting, averaging around 45 yards per kick last year.

He was asked about a special award he recently received – Overall Coach of the Year. “They fooled me,” he said. “They pulled a fast one.” He told how he got a call initially concerning the Curley Wolf track team, which had won it’s fifth straight state title, and how the person interviewing him on the phone turned the topic to football. “He asked a lot of questions about football, but I can talk about track and football all day long.” The committee also called others, including members of Glass’s family. When time came for the awards ceremony, he was expecting to be Coach of the Year for track, an award he received. However, at the end of the ceremony, the speaker continued talking and Glass’s photo flashed on stage as he was announced Overall Coach of the Year.

Glass pointed out the junior high track team has won 18 consecutive district titles while the high school squad has brought home 15 straight including five state titles in a row. “Our athletic program is in good shape,” he said.

In other business, the club members were told the club needs to submit information on what it does, along with pictures of events it works at for a Rotary newsletter. In talking about the upcoming Fall Festival, scheduled for Oct. 8, the club was reminded there needs to be enough people to set up, take down and work the club’s booth.

The club will be doing its sock tree for children again. Trees will be set up at both banks. Socks can be taken to either bank or brought to club meetings.