Two quarterbacks again

Hornets Coach Michael Meador has had the luxury of not one but two good quarterbacks in recent seasons.

That will be the case again in 2022. Cole Ketchum returns at quarterback after coming on in relief in the seventh game of the season and starting the final four games, throwing for 1,016 yards and 14 touchdowns as a sophomore and guiding the Hornets to the playoffs.

Bryce Hamilton is another touted quarterback. He will be a sophomore.

Ketchum will remain at quarterback with the 6-1 Hamilton playing receiver now.

“He is a good quarterback but for us and what he does dynamically as far as wide receiver and with Cole being at quarterback he will help us more at wide receiver,” Meador said. “Again, we have two good quarterbacks. For a small school, we’ve been blessed with good quarterbacks. This is my fourth year, and we’ve had two good quarterbacks every year.” Hamilton recently turned heads at a Razorback football camp with a 4.59 time in the 40 but has also grown recently.

“He’s grown six inches in a year-and-a-half,” Meador said. “He’s matured and gotten so much better. He’s always been a good athletic, now he’s sprouted. He’s gotten God-given talent, but he works extremely hard. He’s always the first one to show up and the last one to leave. On our days off, he’s texting if the fieldhouse is open. He will definitely make a huge impact on our team this year.”

After the mandated two-week dead period, the Hornets will gear up to four days a week of workouts and will participate in a senior high team camps, first to Pottsville on July 12, Ozark on July 20, Mena on July 26 and at home on July 26.