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Lifegate taking advantage of spring football
Published May 6, 2007
SEGUIN — While the UIL only permits Class 5A and 4A schools to conduct spring football drills, TAPPS permits everyone to have them.
The Lifegate Christian football program is one of those TAPPS schools that is taking advantage of spring drills, and Falcons coach John Rabon likes what he has seen so far.
“It’s going real well,” Rabon said. “We’ve been working primarily on offense because it’s the hardest thing to learn. We run a lot of option, and learning the plays and assignments takes a lot of work. But, we’re having fun. I’m trying to make this as fun as possible.”
Lifegate is in preparation for its fifth season on the gridiron, and the Falcons have made improvements each season.
Lifegate was 2-9 in its inaugural season in 2003, 3-7 in 2004, 10-2 state quarterfinlaists in 2005 and 10-3 state semifinalists in 2006.
The six-man program lost a couple of key players in All-American James Hall and four-year letterman James Heikkenen, both of whom were key contributors to the recent successes for the Falcons.
The cupboard is not bare, though, for Lifegate as the Falcons are expected to suit up anywhere from 15-19 players this fall. Lifegate returns nine players from last fall, including five seniors.
Cruz Sepeda, Alex Schaeffer, Heath Jones, Robert Turner and Bart Bohslav are the incoming seniors for the Falcons.
Lifegate also welcomes back juniors Jeremy Meador and Brendan Gravett and sophomores Beau Hines and Joe Millican.
The Falcons are expecting their largest roster in their five-year history. The largest roster was last season when Lifegate suited up 11 players.
“The numbers seem to go up every year, and that’s a good thing,” Rabon said. “The guys we lost were good players, and it’ll be tough to fill their shoes, but we’ll be alright.”
Rabon said his strengths are at safety, linebacker and offensive backfield. Both linebackers return in Jones and Meador, and Sepeda returns at safety. Sepeda also will start at spreadback, which is a variation of quarterback and fullback.
Rabon is looking for defensive ends.
“We plan to run the ball more this year,” he said. “Cruz will get the ball in his hands quite a bit, which means we’ll be snapping the ball to one of the upbacks quite a bit.”
In six-man football, at least one exchange must take place during a play in order for it to be a legal running play. If Sepeda takes the snap, he cannot start running upfield. He must either hand the ball to one of his teammates, or throw a pass.
In other words, there is no quarterback sneak in six-man football.
The Falcons conclude spring drills on Tuesday.
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