SOLON — The high school football season runs nine weeks with four weeks of postseason play. Before that is “Week Zero,” where teams typically scrimmage as a chance to test the progress made in preseason practice.
This past Friday, the Spartans hosted the Maquo- keta Cardinals and Monticello Panthers on the brand new turf in Spartan Stadium. Coach Lucas Stanton said the Spartans had a good, tough preseason.
“I would say it was a little tougher preseason camp this year for our young team. We really challenged them and for the most part they have responded well,” said Stanton.
While the team had the typical ups and downs of camp for a young team, as the Spartans lost 29 seniors to graduation, the coach said it has been a fun challenge coaching them and seeing their development over the last month.
“The scrimmage went well,” Stanton said. “We came out of it pretty healthy and got some good work in all phases of the game. We got some younger guys in as well and liked what we saw.”
With Assumption, the coach said there are a lot of unknowns.
“They have a new coach. They will look different on offense and with not a lot of information on them, we will need to be ready to play. They have a good tradition over there and their kids play hard. We will get their best Friday night and we look forward to the challenge.”
The frosh-soph game starts at 5 p.m. with varsity at 7:30 p.m.
