Healthier, not healthy

Greenwood, the defending Class 6A state champion, has been beset by injuries this year and just about the time the Bulldogs were getting back to normal more injuries have hit.

“I’ve coached 21 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Greenwood coach Chris Young said. “We were just getting healthy and getting everybody back and then we lose two players the caliber of Jake Glover and Storm Scherrey on Friday night.”

Glover went down early in a 35-7 win over Russellville on Friday and is out for the season. He broke his ankle on the second series. Glover rushed for seven touchdowns and led the Bulldogs in rushing with 576 yards.

Scherrey, a junior defensive back, separated both shoulders on Friday night and is also out for the remainder of the season.

Junior quarterback Hunter Houston is back, however, and appears to be back in form after missing two games earlier due to a minor knee injury.

Friday, he threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns with two of them going to Luke Brewer, who also missed a game earlier this season.

Greenwood started its fourth-string quarterback two weeks ago in a 31-7 win over Lake Hamilton and sophomore Cole Kindle threw for 103 yards and guided an offense that committed no turnovers.

“He played great and managed the game for us well,” Young said. “He rotated some in the seventh and eighth grade. He’s a big, strong athletic kid. He came in with short preparation and played really well.”

Houston’s backup, Slade Dean, broke his hand in the first quarter in the conference opener against Little Rock Parkview but played through it. He’s back now.

Scherrey, the third-string quarterback in addition to being a starting safety, is now out.