 The Johnson Central Golden Eagles are gearing up for another spectacular season as after they advance to the state football finals for the first time ever in school history. The Eagles return multiple starters as they look for experience to help lead them this season as we go in the huddle. In the Huddle is brought to you by A-plus Rintles. We'll be remembered for as long as there's a Johnson Central High School. You guys have done something that nobody else in school history has done. No one else has done. Last season Johnson Central made it to Bowling Green for the first time ever for the Class 4A State Football Championship, but after falling to Southworn 36-6, it left the Golden Eagles wanting more as they look to make another run for Bowling Green this season. Amado is kind of stay hungry and stay humble. That's kind of how we're telling our kids, you know, last year was the greatest season overall in the history of our school, but you know, we really like to take that one step and bring another state championship to the mountains. Really you can't expect anything less than, you know, last year we made it there and got the experience and, you know, kind of got the jitters out and this year you can't expect any less but to win it, I mean, runner-ups really not acceptable anymore now that we're there. I mean, it's a state championship, you know, we had to improve on last year and last year we made it to the state championship game, we came up short. This should be one winner thing, that's the only improvement we can make and we want to do it. The Golden Eagles have much more than winning a state football championship on their mind. They also have the memory of former teammate Luke Cottle who passed away tragically just a few short months ago. The freshman quarterback was in line to lead the Eagles this season, but instead the Eagles will lead the way for him as they look to win for Luke. It's hard to, it's hard to think about, you know, losing a freshman quarterback. Luke Cottle, we're going to try to play this season for him. The thing about him is, you know, it makes our team just work harder and play a lot harder. Luke Cottle, he's one of my best friends. We hung out every weekend pretty much, you know, his sister's still my good friend. We hang out all the time still, but we'll miss Luke, you know, he's, he's just a great kid in January. You know, he had fun. He made us laugh. Kept us loose. I just, this was for him as well. Hey, it's not just for the community. He, we need to do this for him as well. Reporting in Johnson County for EKV Sports, I'm Mikaela Colley. The Golden Eagles open up the season with three home games out of the gate. First up next Friday, August 26th, Johnson Center will host the number one pre-season ranked capital West Virginia. And then on September 2nd they will host Lexington Catholic and wrapping up the first of their three home games, South Charleston, West Virginia. For a full look at all of our in the huddle previews, you can tune to EKBTV.com.