Running back matures at right time for Valley Lutheran
October 27, 2010
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Don Ketchum,
AZPreps365
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By Don Ketchum
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The maturation of Dimitri O’Brien continues as a running back. He and his Phoenix Valley Lutheran teammates are hopeful that the experience will be able to help the team defeat host Superior on Saturday (Oct. 30) in the Class 1A eight-man quarterfinals. Kickoff is 2 p.m. "="">
The other quarterfinal games are on Friday (Oct. 29) at 7 p.m.: Mayer at Bagdad, defending champion Joseph City at St. David and Elfrida Valley Union at Heber Mogollon.
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O’Brien, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior, has rushed for 1,705 yards and 25 touchdowns. He has completed 6 of 11 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns out of the Wildcat formation. And he has caught 8 passes for 83 yards.
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Valley Lutheran coach Bob Wolf has worked with O’Brien all three years.
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“As a freshman, we had him step in to the varsity situation, which you can have with a smaller team (nearly two dozen), and last year, we watched him grow in terms of a maturity level and developing into a reliable player,’’ Wolf said.
