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The 2021 Unaka High School Rangers
Rangers have untapped potential to be a solid team Landon Ramsey Quarterback
BY IVAN SANDERS STAR SPORTS EDITOR ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
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he Unaka Rangers had a breakout season in 2020 finishing second in the region and hosting a playoff contest for the first time in a long time. Many Ranger supporters up on Stony Creek are carrying over high expectations for this year’s squad and they have a good reason with two of the top players in Class 1-A in 2020 in wide receiver and defensive back Devin Ramsey and quarterback Landon Ramsey. Coach O’Brien Bennett welcomes those expectations but also knows that it is going to take many of the young Rangers to quickly turn their potential into results. “We always want to be raising expectations,” Bennett said. “Carter County, in general, has a lot of great football programs and the expectations for football in Carter County whether it’s Hampton, Happy Valley, Cloudland, or Elizabethton you have got high expectations for football programs. “We want to get to where we belong in the same breath with those guys and we want in the same breath consistently because they are great programs year in and year out.” Bennett said his team has looked pretty good in the summer’s seven-on-seven competitions with a lot of kids who have shown great Star Photo/Dawn Lambert potential. However, he added that potential only means that you Unaka High School head coach haven’t done it yet and while improvements have been made, the O’Brien Bennett.
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