STAFFORD – Stafford's two-year starters FB/LB Dylan Brozek; second team All-Heart of the Plains RB/LB Cody Knoche headline the Trojans' lineup.

Quarterback Jacob Simmons joins Brozek and Knoche for an experienced backfield with a goal of a 60/40 mix of running and passing with some no-huddle offense. Receivers will be Landon Baird, Knoche and James Engelbrecht.

"We'll strive for a solid play each down," said Stafford first-year coach Jeff Chambers. "We like to run scripted plays that we can polish. Our goal is to minimize offensive mistakes." 

Offense always takes time to develop.

"When the guys see success, it allows them to trust our system and buy into what we're trying to do," he said. "Our offense has improved a long ways in the past few days. Defense is typically ahead of the offense."

Linebackers Brozek and Knoche will spark the defense.

"Our defense has picked up things very well," Chambers said. "We've got decent speed from sideline-to-sideline."

Chambers anticipates five players will start both ways with six players playing either offense or defense.

The Stafford Trojans earned the school’s first football playoff victory in school history with a 54-28 victory over South Haven in 2018. The Trojans have qualified for the 8-man playoffs seven times.

STAFFORD

8-MAN 2, DISTRICT  6— Victoria 9-2 (3-0), Hodgeman County 5-4 (3-1), Macksville 3-6 (1-4), St. John 3-6 (1-3), Stafford 2-7 (0-4)

TROJAN ROSTER

0—Gary Smiley, 5-6, 125, WR/DB, 10

1—Jacob Simmons, 5-10, 158, QB/WR/CB, 11

1—James Engelbrecht, 5-8, 150, TB/DB, 10

4—Cody Knoche, 6-1, 170, TB/LB, 12

6—Sam Lowther, 6-0, 135, PK, 12

11—Tuff Pope, 5-7, 150, QB/DB, 10

12—Dylan Brozek, 6-0, 185, FB/LB, 11

17—Landon Baird, 5-9, 140, WR/DB, 12

21—Brock Downing, 6-2, 200, G/NG, 12

33—Jacob Johnson, 5-10, 180, OL/DL, 10

77—Jackson Mead, 5-7, 170, TE/OL/LB, 10

78—Tanner Denio, 5-7, 175, OL/DL, 10

SENIORS—Iago Lima; Dominic Rodriguez; Joseph Valadez, 5-5, 120

JUNIOR—Maylin Sanders

SOPHOMORES—Pol Beltran; Pablo Diaz; Damon Van Venrooy

NINTH GRADERS—Tristan Williams; Alex Gould, C/G; Jace Kreutzer; Landon Marks, 5-10, 130; Brock Oleson, 5-6, 145; Gabriel Chapman, 5-6, 125

STAFFORD SCHEDULE

8-30—at Argonia Jamboree (South Central)

9-5—Reno County

9-13—at Pretty Prairie

9-20—at Hutchinson Central Christian

9-27—Macksville

10-4—*at Hodgeman County

10-11—*Victoria

10-18—*at St. John

10-25—at Fairfield

10-31—8-man playoffs