 It's that time again as we begin our annual football previews of all the teams in our coverage area. The football season kicks off two weeks from today as we get things underway as we head to Johnson Central. Last season, the Johnson Central Golden Eagles accomplished a feat they've been reaching for for years. In 2015, the Golden Eagles advanced to the state championship game, but came up short. And then in 2016, it was a different story as they blinked Wayne County 51 to nothing in the class for a state championship game, making them state football champions for the first time in school history. Well, last year really, I guess you'd say wet or appetite. You know, two years in a row, we've been the bowling green. And I can't tell you what it does to you as a coach. Your mindset as a team and as a community, our goals are just to hire everything. I mean, it just raises the bar, the old saying, raising the bar for the high jumper. This past offseason, everybody's been working. I mean, these couple of days of practice that we've had, everybody's been working. So everybody's eager to get back to where we were last year. We're really just working hard. I mean, we're really just, we're out here, coming out here every day. We expect same results this year. Coaches expect same results. We're just, but one thing we got to remember is we got to work hard and nothing's given out here. I've dreamed about being a full, John Central football player since I was little, since I was like in sixth grade. I mean, it means the world to me to come out here and be able to win a state championship and bring it back home like a family out here and make it back and go to state and win our state championship. The Golden Eagles have a winning mentality about themselves as they continue to strive to be the best with the best attitude as possible on and off the field. I believe that athletics is one of the keys that helps young people accomplish great things in life. That's our mindset here. Attitude is everything. You just got to stick with it. I mean, you got to tell everybody to give it all you got. If you want to get out there and field, give it all you got. Show the coaches what you got. You just got to be ready to play every day. You got to be ready to do it. Whatever is asked of you, you got to be ready to do it. Well, you know, I love coming out here every day just with the fame of that atmosphere and everything. You know, being around just friends, we love playing football as much as me. It's just a great feeling. Coming up in this area, it's always a little kid's dream to just grow up and play on these Friday night lots for this big community. It's a great atmosphere. It's just the place to be on a Friday night in the good town in Johnson County.