An Article About The Camden High Bulldogs ::

From this mornings The State newspaper:

Camden posed for title run
By AKILAH IMANI NELSON
ainelson@ thestate.com

It is too early for Camden coach Jimmy Neal to say it, but with a 6-0 record, his football team appears to be one of Class 3A’s top programs.

Neal, who led the Bulldogs to back-to-back 3A championship games in 2001 and ’02, will not say whether this squad reminds him of the team that won the ’01 title.

“Some teams fade down the stretch, and we don’t want to be that team,” Neal said. “All you can do is play one game a week. All you want to do right now is play better next week.”

While the Bulldogs’ strong start has excitement building among the fan base, Neal and his team are trying to not focus on the six games they have won by an average of 14.8 points.

“It is kind of cool how you work hard all week and it pays off every Friday,” senior tight end Drew Charles said. “We don’t need to focus on our 6-0 record. It just needs to be about doing what we have to do to win this week.”

The Bulldogs are a team-first group.

“We’ve got some guys who are a little more talented than others, but the egos are not there,” Neal said. “Our better players are concerned more about the team than their own personal recognition.”

The Bulldogs have weathered injuries and close games, but “one of the biggest things is that these guys have not panicked this year,” Neal said.

They’ve had little reason to with Dillon Morrow leading the way. The quarterback has completed 63 of 114 passes for 1,277 yards and 15 touchdowns. JoJo Brevard fuels the rushing game, averaging 60.8 yards per contest.

“We all trust each other that, no matter who’s going in, he’s going to do what he has to do,” Morrow said.

The result, on offense, has been a unit that averages 360 yards and 29 points per game.

“It’s in our heart to be winners,” defensive lineman Tim Dixon said. “It took us a while to figure that out, that we can do this, but we understand it now.”

As well as things are going for his team, Neal isn’t making any predictions of a return trip to Williams-Brice Stadium for state championship weekend.

“It’s too early yet to say anything like that,” he said. “Right now, it’s fun being around these guys, being their coach, doing what we’re doing. But teams change in a matter of weeks. Things change overnight.”

The Bulldogs are banking on that change — for the better.