A check of a thesaurus should have Homewood football as a synonym to the word consistency.

The Patriots are the picture of it. Homewood has qualified for the state playoffs 13 years in a row and has advanced beyond the first round nine of those years.

They appear to be primed to make that 14 straight years this fall, as Homewood has the pieces in place to be one of the top Class 6A teams yet again.

“I think it’s just the closeness of this community and our team,” Homewood head coach Ben Berguson said. “They do everything together, so they’re really close, and they play for each other.”

Berguson said this year’s team has 29 seniors on the roster. One of those is quarterback Kaleb Carson, who got a few starts toward the end of last season for an injured Will Myers and thrived.

“Kaleb go

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