Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 120, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 20 August 1997 — Page 31

sophomore running back Jeremy Stotler who logged time last season as a varsity freshman. Two new running backs for the Cavs are junior Mike Buschman and Kyle Burke, a sophomore. Wagner is counting on sophomore Patrick Flaherty as a tight end. Defensively. Mohr. Stevens. Wise and senior Dyke Minix return as experienced defensive linemen. The younger Flaherty

will be added as a defensive end while Zehner also looks for time on the fe involved at an line. A- sWp ear,y age We re At linebacker, ' A hoping doing that Culver returns the will help Bet8 et our num ' elder Flaherty and 1/ bers U P t 0 where they Hartle need to he" At defensive back, y/l However. Wagner hesithe Cavs have / £-4 {&£■' tates to term his job as Young. Stotler. ' one of building. "We re Buschman and building to a point, but we've Burke ■ * got kids returning in key post-

Culver's biggest problem at this point is one faced by many small schools: numbers. “The disappointing thing is that our numbers are still down." lamented Wagner. "Because of our numbers, fatigue and

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injuries are something we’re going to have to battle all year. It's something we had trouble with last year and it will be something we ll have to battle again this year.” Wagner is taking measures to increase Culver's numbers. “It’s going to take us a couple years to get the numbers where we need them to be. but we’ve got good numbers in junior high and we're starting a youth football program to get kids

tions who are ready to succeed right now What we want to do is build on what we have to where in the future we won't have to rebuild every year." Culver opens its season Aug. 22 hosting West Central.

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Above, this group of Cavs gather to listen to coach Wagner after their scrimmage against Caston, which was called off early due to thunderstorms.

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