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Coach’s comments: “We are a work in progress because of the number of starters we lost. We will miss their leadership; they had been together for a long time. So, we’re working on finding spots where our kids can be productive and help the team. The guys we have back have played in big games. We’re leaning on them. When you make a deep playoff run, our young guys had five more weeks of practice that other teams didn’t get. And that’s where you see teams traditionally do well. Those extra practices and quality reps are a good springboard going into this season. They are going to have to be great leaders for us and play well. Our seniors have started to accept that role. “Traditionally, we have been more run-orientated, but we look to be balanced and maybe a little more unpredictable. We will wind up rotating a lot of players. This is a good group to work with, a lot of fun to be around. We want to get out of the gate early against Bloomington North.”