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Football Division V Preview(From L to R) Bourgade Catholic’s Adan Leon (photo by Mark Jones/maxpreps.com), Northwest Christian’s Parker Valerious(photo by James Conrad/maxpreps.com) and Arizona Lutheran’s Jesse Zwick (photo by James Conrad/maxpreps.com)By Jose Garcia, aia365.comSeCtioN iRock Point: New coach will take over an inexperiencedteam that only won two games last year. But the team hasa couple of proven leaders in Sr. LB/TB Lane Becenti andWR/LB Ricky Bahe, who averaged a touchdown per gamelast season.Tuba City: The Warriors finished 7-3 in 2013, but feel theycan top that mark this season. The top players: Sr. DE/FBJustin Adair, Sr. LB/RB Sergio Oliver, Sr. RB/DB BrentonGoldtooth, Jr. QB/S Roland Becenti, Sr. WR/DB JeremyYazzie.Pinon: The Eagles graduated a large senior class in thepast two seasons and is rebuilding this year. “Our goal isto get the kids excited about playing football again andwanting to play,” coach Cameron Shepherd said. “The winlossrecord is irrelevant. Having fun and playing the sportis.” Look for Jr. athlete Zach Cody and So. Garrick Haskanto assume leadership roles.SeCtioN iiAntelope: The team only lost five seniors off of last year’steam but needs to navigate a difficult schedule in order tofinish with a plus-.500 record for the first time since 2009.The run game will be “tough” with Fernando Leon. … The2013 linebacker crew (Eduardo Gamez, Gerry Evans andMiguel Ramirez) is intact.Arizona Lutheran: Fifth-year coach Scott Indahl’s recordat the school is 43-16.Bourgade Catholic: Pat Lavin is 65-47 at the school, 184-126 overall. The team returns 13 starters from an 8-3 2013campaign. Josh Sanders (6-3, 187, 4.6 40, three-year twowaystarter), Anthony Morales (6-5, 342, two-year starter),Adan Leon (6-2, 246, three-year starter) lead the way. Sixof the team’s assistants played for Lavin.Northwest Christian: Travis Polley rushed for 1,080 yardsand 10 TD’s last year. Juniors Ben McGriff and ParkerValerious are two-year starters on the offensive line. Sr. LBAndy Hay (93 tackles in 2013) is the team’s returning leadingtackler. The mom of the Brown twins, starting linebackersNick and Nate, had a successful lung transplant.Tonopah Valley: Only lost four starters after the 2013 season.Will need every player to be prepared since it will playin the toughest section in D-5. Needed to fill some spotsup front on each side of the ball. Last year’s starting QB,Jr. Jerry Aguilar, also was the team’s leading rusher. Sr.Tahir Porter averaged 38.40 yards on kickoff returns and19.50 on punt returns. Jr. Arturo Tapia led the team in tackleslast year.page 40