Q. What do you think about the team this year?
A. I think that the team can be very good and they worked all summer long and they played very well against fairfax.

Q. What have you done to prepare the team for the upcoming season?
A. We brought them in last year at the end of the school year for a week to evaluate talent and also had green days this summer where they had the chance to work with the older guys. They lifted weights, speed stuff, and we also had a camp. The green days were three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Q. What school do you think will be the most challenging to go against?
A. I think they are all are going to be challenging, but if they work hard, and get better everyday [then] I really like our chances.

Q. What are your goals for this season?
A. To win Districts.

Q. Who are your key players?
A. We got Taylor Johnson, Beau Hatch, Tucker Mack and Luke Daggle. But all of them do a great job.

Q. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
A. Speed and size are our strengths. Weaknesses is [the fact] that they’re freshman [because] they’re new to it and the whole transition into high school is difficult.

Q. What is different about this team than other freshman teams in the past?
A. These guys are pretty mature from any other freshmen and this team has really put in a lot of work, especially with the green days this year.

Q. What impresses you the most about your team?
A. The work ethic because they’ve shown a lot of strength.