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Borah High School
School Info
Conference: 5A Southern Idaho Conference - West Division Pod B
Classification: 5A
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Head Coach: Jason Burton
Years as Head Coach: 1st Season
Previous Experience: 4 years assistant at Borah and 2 at Bonneville
Record Last Year: 6-3
Assistant Coaches:
JQ Kenyon (Defensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach/Defenisve Line)
Matt White (Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
Andy Ankeny (Special Teams Coordinator)
Jeremy Dovel (Director of Football Operations)
Colby Donicht (Offensive Line)
Matt Green (Defensive Backs)
Chris Jones (Wide Receivers)
Steve Murchie (Linebackers)
Ben Johnson (Defensive Line)
Returning Players:
Mason Haley; Defensive back/Wide receiver, Senior
Caleb Christensen, Offensive/Defensive line, Senior
Marcos Cazares, Defensive line/Offensive line, Senior
Lucas Langus, Defensive line/Offensive line, Senior
Jaden Cavener, Defensive line/Offensive line, Senior
Marcos Cazares, Defensive line/Offensive line, Senior
Trevor Detwiler, Linebacker/Running back, Senior
Kegan Lester, Defensive back, Senior
Brolin Gumb; Wide receiver/ Defensive back, Senior
Returning Players with Honors:
Mason Haley, 1st All-Southern Idaho Conference and Defensive Back Honorable Mention WR
Key Players lost from last year:
Chris Hugon, WR
Hayden Brown, QB
Jace Forrey, LB/RB
Jake Paulin, WR/DB
Mark Jerome, LB/RB
Tyler Goodsell, DB
Nick Eden, OL
Mitch Collins, OL
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Photo By: Steve Conner - #1 Mason Haley
Incoming impact players:
Justin Palmer, QB/LB, Senior
Sam Loomis, TE/LB, Senior
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Team Preview:
Written by: Lucas Gebhart
The Southern Idaho Conference is stacked with teams that year after year contend for state titles and have established a winning tradition. Borah is no exception to this and they have 17 state championships to prove it.
First year head coach Jason Burton has been tasked with continuing the winning tradition. In addition to coaching as an assistant at Borah, Burton also coached at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls for two seasons.
In his first season, Burton will have to do without quarterback, Hayden Brown, receivers Chris Hugon and Jake Paulin, defensive back Tyler Goodsell, linebacker Mark Jerome, who also was a force at running back and offensive linemen Nick Eden and Mitch Collins. Hugon and Paulin also made significant contributions in the secondary with Goodsell’s assistance.
Replacing Brown at quarterback is senior Justin Palmer, who will be helped by the fact that Mason Haley, a First Team All-Southern Idaho Conference receiver is returning for his senior year.
With Brolin Gumb playing on the other side of Haley, the Lions will have a potent aerial attack. Also returning are four offensive linemen - a spot that showed inexperience last season - Marcos Cazares, Lucas Langus, Caleb Christensen and Jaden Cavener, all entering their senior seasons.
Borah had no trouble throwing the football last season. An area where Burton hopes to see improvement is the running game and the interior offensive line in hopes the Lions can run the football with authority.
The Lions will also return Trevor Detwiler at linebacker. With the additional help of Cazares, Langus and Cavener on the defensive line, Borah will have no shortage of experience in the trenches.
If the Lions can have great leadership and play with swagger, it may make up for the inexperience they have in other places on the field and lead them into the playoffs.
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