2018 Western Football Capsule

WESTERN

League: Class 3A Sunset

Head coach: Jesse Dailey, first season

2017 record: 1-8 (0-5 Sunset, sixth)

Returning lettermen: Five

Returning starters: Three offense, three defense

Base offensive set: 11 personnel

Base defensive set: 4-3

Top offensive players: QB Hah’saun Blackburn (Sr.); WR Jeremiah Towns (Sr.); OL/DL Chris Cisneros (Sr.)

Top defensive players: LB Sam Pale (Sr.); DE Jason McWilliams (Sr.); FS Juwon Matthews (Jr.)

Top newcomers: WR/DB Daron Jackson (Jr.); C/LB John Narcida (Jr.); DE/RB Lydell Hamon (So.)

Key losses: QB Joey Medley; SS/RB Giovanni Garcia; TE/MLB Eric Hughes; WR/FS Anthony Shelby; RB/OLB Rajon Reed

Outlook: Western snapped a 43-game losing streak with a win over Rancho last season, but then lost its final eight games.

Still, Dailey is upbeat as his first season begins. He will be Western’s sixth head coach since 2008, and third in the past three seasons.

“After getting our first win in almost a decade, interest of football has sparked a changing tradition at Western,” Dailey said.

Cisneros was a second-team All-Sunset League pick last season on the offensive line and should be a key contributor on offense.

The Warriors scored a total of 65 points last season while allowing 363.

“We have a lot of young guys that are committed, willing to lay the wood and guys that can score on both sides,” Dailey said. “We are going to shock a lot of teams and make playoffs.”