618 Football - Wildcats' football camp brings new season closer

2007 Results

	W - Granite City , 35-19
	W - Highland , 28-26
	W - Harrisburg , 20-19
*	L - Cahokia , 21-36
*	L - Mt. Vernon , 21-35
*	W - Belleville Althoff , 50-46
*	W - Centralia , 61-7
*	W - Carbondale , 34-14
	W - Herrin , 21-14
P	W - Waterloo , 47-31
P	W - Mattoon , 28-27
P	W - Charleston , 43-22
P	L - Metamora , 34-62

2008 Varsity Schedule

	H	Granite City	08/29
	A	Highland	09/05
	H	Harrisburg	09/12
*	H	Cahokia	09/20
*	H	Mt. Vernon	09/26
*	A	Belleville Althoff	10/03
*	A	Centralia	10/10
*	H	Carbondale	10/17
	A	Herrin	10/24
	A	Taylorville	11/01
	H	Cahokia	11/08
* = League Game

South Seven Conference

2008 South Seven

P Marion Wildcats (6-3)

P Mt. Vernon Rams (5-4)

P Cahokia Comanches (11-2)

Carbondale Terriers (3-6)

Belleville Althoff Crusaders (2-7)

Centralia Orphans (0-9)

P - Clinched IHSA Playoff Bid

2007 South Seven

P Marion Wildcats (10-3)

C P Mt. Vernon Rams (7-4)

P Cahokia Comanches (6-4)

Carbondale Terriers (3-6)

Belleville Althoff Crusaders (3-6)

Centralia Orphans (0-9)

C - Conference Representative

P - Clinched IHSA Playoff Bid

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2008 Team Results

	Opponent	REC	PF	PA	CONF	Date
L	Cahokia	11-2	9	36		11/08/08
W	Taylorville	6-3	39	7		11/01/08
W	Herrin	7-2	21	14		10/24/08
W	Carbondale	3-6	63	50	Yes	10/17/08
W	Centralia	0-9	26	7	Yes	10/10/08
W	Belleville Althoff	2-7	27	12	Yes	10/03/08
L	Mt. Vernon	5-4	34	47	Yes	09/26/08
L	Cahokia	11-2	7	38	Yes	09/20/08
W	Harrisburg	5-4	42	13		09/12/08
W	Highland	6-3	22	6		09/05/08
L	Granite City	3-6	20	33		08/29/08

Second Round IHSA Football Playoff Matchups, Nov 7-Nov 8

First Round IHSA Football Playoff Matchups, Oct 31-Nov 1

Visitor	Home	CLS	time	Pick'Em
Marion	Taylorville	5A	Sat 06:00	Pick \| 65% (189) Marion

Coaches

Name	Duties	Exp
Martin, Kerry	Head Coach	18
Cima, Jeff	DEF COORD
Dunning, Jason	DEF Secondary
Skeate, Walter	O-Line
Wimberley, Darrell	Linebackers

Top Players, Marion Wildcats

Rating	#	Name	Pos	HT	WT	YR
		Nick Hudson	LB	6-2	215	JR
	8	Will Luth	RB/LB	6-0	180	JR
	25	Sam Lymon	LB	5-11	210	SR
	45	Zach Midgett	TE	6-2	220	SR
	56	Nick Raugust	OL	5-10	195	SR
	12	Dalton Robertson	QB	5-9	175	JR
	66	Justin Smart	OL	5-10	225	SR
	22	Stanley Stanley	RB/DB	6-0	165	JR

Wildcats' football camp brings new season closer

By Tim Petrowich
Sat Aug 02, 2008, 02:14 AM CDT
Marion Daily Republican It's not practice. Marion High School football coach Kerry Martin will quickly tell you so. However, the football camp at Marion High School this week was certainly designed to keep the Wildcat football program on pace with its neighbors as well as its immediate past.

"I think every coach I talk to, they would love to give their kids more time off in the summer," Martin said. "But it's become a necessary evil, because everybody's using their 25 days and it's a mad dash to get to a certain level of play. If you don't take advantage of it, you will fall behind."

This week, between 115 and 120 would-be Wildcat football players have braved temperatures in the 90s and heat indices in the low 100s to get a head start on the 2008 season.

"It's a chance for us to put the pads on and see where we're at," Martin said. "To evaluate players, to evaluate abilities, to see how they handle pressure, to see how they handle some adversity, to see what kind of team chemistry we have, and I think finding out what our strengths and weaknesses are. If you wait until Aug. 13, the first day of two-a-days, it's too late.

"Two-a-days becomes Game 1 prep almost immediately. So this gives us a chance to really focus on some fundamentals and a lot of basics and really find out where we're at as a program and as a team."

Martin and his coaching staff have spent the last week working on fundamentals as well as plays, on offense, defense and special teams.

"Our goal is to try to leave this camp so-called game ready," Martin said. "We could go play a game if we had to. Maybe not play great, but leave here with enough offense and defense and special teams in that we could play a game if we had to."

During the past two seasons, the Wildcats have won 10 games each year. Marion was 10-2 and reached the IHSA Class 5A quarterfinal in 2006. A 10-3 record put the Wildcats in the Class 5A semifinal last season against eventual state champion Metamora. Martin said the 2008 players know what kind of work it takes to get to that level.

"There's no doubt that they have bought in and they've seen what happens when you buy in," Martin said. "We were real blessed by the 2005 season where a group really bought in and they really set a precedent I think for the future classes. We remind the kids every day that as fast as you've won 10 games, you can lose seven just as easily."

And this current group of players also knows that summer camp is an important part of making that success continue in the new season.

"We've got to start with a clean slate and do the things that helped us be successful the last few years and do them well," Martin said. "What we've done the last few years doesn't put any points on that board Aug. 29. It doesn't. That scoreboard's going to say 0-0. We have to earn any success we have in 2008."

Marion opens its season Friday, Aug. 29, at home against Granite City. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.