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The 2021 Johnson County High School Longhorns
Longhorns look to burst out of the gate early in 2021 BY IVAN SANDERS STAR SPORTS EDITOR ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
MOUNTAIN CITY - The Johnson County Longhorns are hoping that 2021 will be better to them than 2020 and that is not only on the game front but the health front. After having to battle COVID in the first couple of weeks of the season, the ‘Horns finally were able to go back to work and ended their season by going 5-6 overall and 3-2 in the region which was good enough for fourth place. Their season came to an end at Alcoa being defeated 49-0. Head Coach Don Kerley is hoping for his team to get started off on the right foot in 2021. “All of our kids work hard and that is what you try to get to,” Kerley said. “Last year COVID got in everybody’s way but we have got a good group of kids and we just have to work hard and hope for the best. “We have six starters back on both sides of the football but there are a lot of new faces there too. “Usually, we get a few more when school starts but school is starting a little later this year and we are in the mid-40s. We hope to get about 10 more when school starts back.” Kerley is anxious to see how his team comes out of the gate this season Star Photo/Ivan Sanders and if there is one place that he is feeling pretty good about, he has an abunJohnson County High School dant group of linemen that should provide needed depth in the trenches. head coach Don Kerley “We have more senior linemen than what we have had in a long time so
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