Taylor Branstetter signs a letter of intent with Bacone College, a NAIA College in Muskogee, to play football witnessed by Bacone Head Football Coach Joseph Thrasher. Branstetter is a senior at Poteau High School. His two year totals at Poteau are 114 tackles, eight sacks and one interception returned for a touchdown. He also carried the ball 101 times for 393 yards and one touchdown. As a junior the Pirates made it to the semi-finals when he recorded 68 tackles and six sacks.He carried the ball 86 times for 365 yards and a touchdown. His senior year he was side - lined with injuries but still recorded 46 tackles and two sacks and picking off a pass and returning it for a touchdown.  

Taylor Branstetter fights for extra yardage against Broken Bow in a game played this year. Branstetter signed a letter of intent with Bacone College in Muskogee to play football for the Warriors.

Photo by John Sullivan