Holtville prepares to live up to rare high expectations
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File / Tallapoosa Publishers Holtville’s Peyton Cox (3) returns as one of the key skill players for the Bulldogs on offense this season.

Winning a season opener for the first time since 2009 set the stage for a historic season last year as Holtville broke negative streaks and found itself in the postseason for the first time since 2010. Now, the Bulldogs are poised to make another breakthrough as they are in search of their first home playoff game since 1993 and their first region title since 1986.

“The change that coach (Jason) Franklin has come in and made to this program is awesome,” Holtville’s Hunter Martin said. “The changes we have made as a team and a community, Holtville has really changed. It’s a blessing so we’re really excited to see what this year holds and what the years to come are going to look like.”

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.