An outlook on football’s season

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Ethan Barnes

Football team takes field for homecoming game against Gila Ridge

Football’s season has had many standout players to watch.

According to assistant coach Nathan Harder, “[The defense’s] improvement has been [mainly] technique-wise.”

Perry’s defense has only allowed 57 points this season, second in D1 behind Hamilton who has given up 48 points.

Senior wide receiver Brandon Lenzen is having a breakout season with 12 receptions for 186 yards. He has five touchdowns in the four games with an average of 15.5 yards per catch.

The key player for the rest of the season will be Austin Nightingale. Nightingale has completed 52 of 84 with an average of 13.1 yards per pass. He has had a resilient season as he is getting 173.3 yards per game.

The Puma special teams has been experimenting with their many kickers and sees the most benefit in sophomore Cristian Zendejas and senior Austin Bull as starting kickers. Zendejas will be used for mainly short distance kicks, while Bull will take on longer distances. Additionally, senior Walker Ange will continue to be the teams main punter.

Bull has a 90 percent kicking percentage and Zendejas holds 80 percent, while they are both 1-2 in field goal attempt