The Terrible Terry Tate Defensive MVP Award goes to senior safety Michael Shook for the second time this season. He has been the team's leading tackler in four of Hickory's six games. His tackle stats last week were more impressive than ever - which is both good and bad. I'm certainly excited about his hustle and his talent for getting to the man with the football and taking him down. However, I am not happy that our safety is having to make all the tackles!I made mention of it in my pre-game post.
"We simply can't afford to have the safety making all the tackles tonight. If Mikey Shook is forced to be the run stopper then Hickory will lose, period."Well, Mikey led the team in tackles with 25. That's 12 more than the second guy on the list, Buddy Withers. So not only was Mikey the top tackler but he was the top tackler by a mile! We're running a 4-4 defense, people. With eight men in the box why is the safety leading the team in tackles almost every week? Why is it that Shook's total of 25 is more than the combined tackles of Cole Smithey, Drew Siciliano, Clay Johnson, Dijon McGill, Chavis Shuford, Alex Dezayas and D.J. Holloway? Shook had 14 solo tackles. Basically this means that 14 times in the game if Mikey doesn't make the tackle, the Tigers score. What's up with that? Just sayin'...
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