Olympus Titans
On Aug. 15, the Deseret News published its preview of the Olympus High School football team. Here is what
was written by reporter John Coon.
There are many teams which hope to enjoy a breakout season this fall. In the case of Olympus, the Titans
figure that climbing up the Region 6 ladder isn't an improbable daydream. It has become an expectation.
That's because, this year, Olympus finally appears to possess enough tools to effectively power a spread
offense Mark Smith installed when he first took over as head coach.
The Titans enjoy plenty of depth at receiver this fall - a crucial element in a scheme requiring four or five wide
receiver sets to effectively accumulate yards and points in rapid fashion.
"It helps when you have enough depth at receiver that you can rotate guys and you don't feel like you're losing
anything," Smith said. "I feel the strength of our team this year is our receiving core."
Among the receivers Smith expects great things from are sophomore Carter Young and senior Spencer Hille.
Young started as a slot receiver as a freshman. Hille is a newcomer to football, but has enough size and
gifted hands to make him a natural fit in the offense.
Olympus should benefit from having Hille in particular, given how well he has performed for the Titans on the
basketball court. His teammates, who finally convinced Hille to try out for the football team earlier this
summer, think he'll add a new dimension to the team's spread attack.
"He's big," senior safety Aaron Hanson said. "He's going to mow kids over."
The question of who will toss the ball to the likes of Hille and Young isn't quite settled. Lance McGavin, a
senior, and junior Spencer Harris have battled it out at the quarterback position through the summer and into
two-a-days.
Regardless of who ends up lining up behind center on Friday nights, the Titans feel confident their offense
will finally be the thorn in a defense's side the way it is designed to be.
Virtually every player on the Olympus roster has worked with the same spread offense from little league to the
junior varsity level. They feel confident they have mastered it and can finally unleash its full potential after
being exposed to it for so many years.
"You adapt to it and you can learn it," senior linebacker Will Pannier said. "It's easier to make the reads and
stuff. Instead of having one year of it, you know it through three or four years of practice."
It is that expertise in the spread that has the Titans thinking and hoping this could be the year where they
break into Region 6's upper tier.
Generating more points will be a key to their rise. Offense turned out not to be one of the team's stronger
areas a year ago when Olympus generated a mere 13.2 points per game while allowing 22.2 during the
same 10-game span.
On Aug. 15, the Deseret News published its preview of the Olympus High School football team. Here is what
was written by reporter John Coon.
There are many teams which hope to enjoy a breakout season this fall. In the case of Olympus, the Titans
figure that climbing up the Region 6 ladder isn't an improbable daydream. It has become an expectation.
That's because, this year, Olympus finally appears to possess enough tools to effectively power a spread
offense Mark Smith installed when he first took over as head coach.
The Titans enjoy plenty of depth at receiver this fall - a crucial element in a scheme requiring four or five wide
receiver sets to effectively accumulate yards and points in rapid fashion.
"It helps when you have enough depth at receiver that you can rotate guys and you don't feel like you're losing
anything," Smith said. "I feel the strength of our team this year is our receiving core."
Among the receivers Smith expects great things from are sophomore Carter Young and senior Spencer Hille.
Young started as a slot receiver as a freshman. Hille is a newcomer to football, but has enough size and
gifted hands to make him a natural fit in the offense.
Olympus should benefit from having Hille in particular, given how well he has performed for the Titans on the
basketball court. His teammates, who finally convinced Hille to try out for the football team earlier this
summer, think he'll add a new dimension to the team's spread attack.
"He's big," senior safety Aaron Hanson said. "He's going to mow kids over."
The question of who will toss the ball to the likes of Hille and Young isn't quite settled. Lance McGavin, a
senior, and junior Spencer Harris have battled it out at the quarterback position through the summer and into
two-a-days.
Regardless of who ends up lining up behind center on Friday nights, the Titans feel confident their offense
will finally be the thorn in a defense's side the way it is designed to be.
Virtually every player on the Olympus roster has worked with the same spread offense from little league to the
junior varsity level. They feel confident they have mastered it and can finally unleash its full potential after
being exposed to it for so many years.
"You adapt to it and you can learn it," senior linebacker Will Pannier said. "It's easier to make the reads and
stuff. Instead of having one year of it, you know it through three or four years of practice."
It is that expertise in the spread that has the Titans thinking and hoping this could be the year where they
break into Region 6's upper tier.
Generating more points will be a key to their rise. Offense turned out not to be one of the team's stronger
areas a year ago when Olympus generated a mere 13.2 points per game while allowing 22.2 during the
same 10-game span.
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