 The Tug Valley Panthers exceeded expectations last year, marching two weeks deep into the playoffs, but after losing multiple skill players, the Panthers have a tough schedule ahead as we go in the huddle. After losing a good portion of their roster last season, the Tug Valley Panthers are looking to make another playoff run after losing in the second round of the Class A playoffs last season. The standard is now set as the Panthers prepare to take the field. I guess everybody knows we lost an extremely good senior class last year. They played a lot of football here and a lot of those guys are going to be hard to replace. The guys that left last year, they're really great. It's going to be hard trying to find guys like them, but we've got some new guys coming up and I think they're going to feel their shoes pretty good. We've had a lot of people get in the weight room and try to get conditioning real good, trying to feel big shoes of all the seniors that left, just trying to feel their place. Improvement is key for this young Panther team as they stroll down the road of success. These kids come out here and it works extremely hard every day and that's what I tell them. We want to get better every day if we can do that and then when Friday night rolls around and we've got a game, we put it on the line and see what happens. I'm just glad to be here at Tug Valley. I have the best teammates and the best coaches in the world. The best fans, they're loyal. They always support us no matter what's happening and I'd like to thank my mom and dad for letting me be out here. Just thanks to all the coaches, players, mom and dad. Thanks to everybody. I hope we see a big crowd out. First home game is week three, so hope to see you guys there. A quick look at Tug Valley's schedule. The Panthers open up their season on the road for the first two weeks as they head to Sherman and Meadow Bridge. And just like Dawson Eli said, the Panthers first home game is week three as they face off with Mann. And then following that, they have two more home games up against Sheldon Clark and Tulsa.