’26 QB threw for 184-yards & four (4) TDs in head coach’s first win as a HFC
Travis Burns was formerly the Defensive Coordinator for the commonwealth’s premier program, Boyle County. He was hired to take the reins of a Maroon program formerly headed up by John Hines who had bolted for South Laurel following a disappointing 4-8 work slate in ’23. Zac Anderson, a ’26 multi-faceted athlete, had quite an efficient outing leading the Maroons to the first win of the Burns’ era.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, KPGFootball.
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You will probably not see too many QBs fit the physical bill for the position any better than Pulaski County’s Zak Anderson. Anderson is a ’26, two-way star (Basketball & Football) for the Maroons.
Anderson, a 6’5,” 195-pound QB averaged 10.6-pts. per game in basketball last season and led the team with 7.9 rebounds per contest. Anderson has been doing it on the football field too.
Against Danville High, Anderson was the very model of efficiency for his offensive unit in route to a 56-6 thrashing which knotted the team’s record at 1-1. The Maroons dropped its opener, by one (1) point, to a prominent and talented Beechwood team.
There are lots of years playing Beechwood close is sufficient proof of merit in KHSAA circles, particularly in the football. If you really think Beechwood is “just a 2A” program, I just don’t know how to help you.
Anderson was 7 for 8 for 184-yards and 4-TDs against Danville
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Against the Admirals in week two, Anderson was seven (7) for eight (8) for 184-yards passing and four (4) TDs. Most importantly, Anderson’s performance helped stake new coach Travis Burns to his first win of his newly-minted, head coaching career.
The Maroons will entertain a George Rogers Clark (GRC) team coming off an incredible finish on Pond Creek against Belfry. That game was accentuated by a closing “celebration-six” INT, spanning 100-yards, to close out the action in a back and forth, well played game by both teams.
Burns formerly worked as a linebacker’s coach for GRC prior to taking the DC slot in Danville for Boyle County. Burns facing his former team will be an interesting subplot to a game which promises to pit two of the better teams on the eastern end of Kentucky.
Join us next week as we return to honor another weekly prize winner. Until then, pop some Mingua Beef Jerky in your mouth and savor the quality and flavor which sets it apart from the competition. Remember, our product is superior and one of a kind; just like Pulaski County’s, Zak Anderson.
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