The three-year starters and 4A football stars are largely gone now. Northwest Christian must attack this season like a group project.
If what 15-year head coach Dave Inness saw in the offseason can translate to the field, this team has the togetherness and the temperament to surprise some people.
"The change with this group is they don't say much. They just grind," Inness said. "This group is more of a lunch pail kind of group. There's not a dude out there that's worried about who's scoring. They show up and work hard."