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trip over to worton, to check in on kent county its time to go inside the huddle of this years trojans team. nat pop kent county has been building something for the past few years… and is hoping its finally time for the programs big break through “oh we are always going to make sure that we got the peddle to the meddle, go to the next level, so hey, its all about how we practice and preparation throughout the week.” the trojans went 6-4 last year, before falling in the 1st round of the playoffs to rival csd nat pop look back on the 49-30 loss in the regional semifinal… it was clear what kent needed to work on “last year we averaged about 42 points per game, but we also gave up about 30. so a real big emphasis this year has been on improving our defense, and i think we are heading in the right direction with that.” one big change came from moving all-conference safety marcquan greene, up to linebacker “coach moved me to linebacker, where i can make tackles, and make big plays, and that’s really going to be effective for us.” there’s big changes on the offensive side of the ball as well, as the team moves on from the baysides all-time passing leader stevie curran, to the new man under center in tyson johnson “he’s going to be a game manager. i thought he did some things that looked pretty good. and some things we got to work on.and he is going to get better as the year goes along. and as long as he stays patient and confident then i think he is going to be okay.” the offense though starts with the greene machine, and a big offseason has helped turn the all-state athlete, into an even more complete back this year “i wasn’t a power back, i was doing a lot of juking last year, but this year, all off season i was doing routs on my own,meeting with some of my teammates, weight room. it makes a big difference because you can tell, i’m getting run overs, getting strong runs.” “on man the running game is definitely going to be big. the offensive line needs to get a great push every week. no downs, no let up, peddle to the floor.” kent county opens up their season on friday when they travel to play queen anne’s on to a little baseball some exciting news for one local high school standout, as chincoteague’s trey fisher has committed to play his college ball at old dominion. the senior to be played a huge roll in the ponies run to back to back district championships the past 2 years last season he finished with a 7-1 record, with a .91 e-r-a while striking out 55 batters, on his way to earning 1st team all district, on top of his 3rd 1st-team all-conference selection and the shorebirds were back to work tonight as they had a double header in their series with the grasshoppers after taking hte first game 5-3 the birds came right back to clinch their 7th straight win in the night cap, 5-0 the final there that’s it for sports. good news is just ahead- keep it right here — you’re watching 47 abc! catch more of the action on our sports page at 47abc.com hairstyles brought to