Cordell relies on seniors to win a first-round playoff game vs. Washita County rival
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Cordell senior football players, from left, Adden Zanghi, Raydon Kuehne, Gavin Jasmer, Cameron Cochran, Dane Corbin and Bode Gallagher walk the field, hand-in-hand, as part of their post-game tradition. The seniors propelled Cordell to a play off win. COURTESY PHOTO BY CHARLINDA OGLE
Dane Corbin. Raydon Kuehne. Bode Gallagher. Adden Zanghi. Cameron Cochran. Gavin Jasmer.
“Really proud of those six boys walking away right there,” Cordell head football coach Zane Trammell said Friday night, as his seniors got ready to do their annual post-game tradition of walking the field.
“Our seniors have really stepped up,” Trammell said, after the Blue Devils beat Washita County rival Burns Flat-Dill City 43-22 Friday night in a play-in round of the Oklahoma State Class A Football Championships.
When he compares this season to last season, when the Blue Devils finished 1-9 overall, Trammell points to the culture of his program.
“The program has changed,” he said. “Those six guys have really done what it takes to lead the young group. We have six seniors, but then we are really young. We start three freshmen on both sides of the ball.”
When your team is so young, Trammell said, the seniors must take control.
“They’ve done just that,” he said. “They’ve done everything it takes to put us in really good situations and win some ball games.”
Cordell’s young team and its six seniors will be put to the test Friday night when they take on Thomas (8-1 overall) in the next round of the playoffs. The game will be at 7:30 p.m. at Ross Field at Custer Stadium in Thomas.
After the game, at least, Trammell and his team were content to revel in the victory.
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