By Hayden Swope
Landon Preston of Andover Central was a first team all-league linebacker last season for the Jaguars, and he’s hoping to add to his accolades again this year as well as become a better team leader.
“Goals for this year are to get back to the state title game but with a championship this time,” Preston said. “Also to cut down our three losses last year to maybe one. I would like to break 120 tackles and have more turnovers myself. Also become more of a whole team leader and take that defensive leadership role over.”
Tradition holds a deep meaning at Andover Central, and Preston is excited to experience it all one last time.
“I’m most excited to get to play my last nine to 13 games with the same group of seniors I’ve been playing with since third grade,” Preston said.
While everyone is hungry for that Class 4A state championship title, Preston knows it won’t be an easy journey to get there.
“We also have a lot of returning starters and I think that’s everyone’s excited because they know we are capable of winning the state title,” Preston said. “We will be playing with a target on our back most of the year but I am excited for the three games we lost last year.”
Preston has aspirations to continue playing either football or baseball at the next level in college.
“I’m still undecided on my college yet,” Preston said. “I’m still looking at options for both baseball or football.”
