LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - There’s a new energy running through Rosepine High School’s football program and it starts with first-year head coach David Weldon.

“We’re trying to bring back that excitement, that physicality, that smashmouth football,” Weldon said.

Weldon is building a tough, aggressive identity for the Eagles, focused on power and intensity — something the players have embraced from day one.

Running back Devin Janice said the new direction is exactly what the team needed.

“Coach Weldon has brought a lot to this team, something we’ve been missing,” Janice said. “That energy, that passion from our coach. We want to win this year.”

Weldon describes himself as high-energy and determined to lead the program his way. “I’m an energetic guy, and I want to come in with a lot of

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