Shawnee Mission South (0-0) AT Shawnee Mission North (0-0)Head Coach- Ryan Lonergan (1st Season)
Last Season- 2-7 ( Beat SMN 19-3)
Key Players- QB Alex Forslund, WR Shawn Laurent, RB Gabe Guild.
Ryan Lonergan enters his first season as a head coach with a struggling Sm. South program that's searching for it's first winning season since the 1990's. Ryan is a former Sm. West assistant coach that has plenty of experience and talent to turn around the Raiders.
Lonergans first test will be shutting down an Indian offense that finally seemed to click towards the end of last season. The Raiders will look to Alex Forslund, Gabe Guild, and Shawn Laurent to have huge seasons after all three were named Sunflower League Honorable Mention last season. It will be interesting to see if Lonergan chooses to go to the air more with Forslund and Laurent, or continue to run the option with Guild. I have watched many highlight tapes on these three, and can tell you that Forslund has an arm, Laurent is pretty fast, and Guild could cause some problems for the Indians D.
For more on the Indians home opener check back here next week. For more on SMS football go to http://www.smsraiderfootball.com/. Next week we will also look at the rest of the Sunflower League games for week 1.
