The first thing you notice about the Tremont Turks is the size of their offensive line.

"We’re proud of the kids," said head coach Lou Wicks. "They worked really hard. We’ve got three 3-year starters who are coming back for their senior year and they have decent size. The big thing we’re excited about is their athletic ability for as big as they are."

The Turks have two hogs, Josh Marron and Travis Beachy, who weigh over 260 pounds. And a third, in Justin Martin, whose not far behind. All that beef should put some muscle into the Tremont rushing attack.

"We love to run the ball," said senior running back Austin Jenkins. " We’ve got the big line and we’ve got the big running backs. That’s what we’ve done the past three years and that’s what we stick to."

But according to senior lineman Travis Beachy the Turks they also run out of necessity.

"We have to have a good running game this year because we’re not going to have much of a passing game. In years past we never were a passing team. We feed off of the running backs. When they get excited we get excited."

Tremont has qualified for the playoffs 6 of the last 7 years. But the last two seasons, they've done it the hard way. Like last year, when they lost 4 of their first 5 before scrambling to make the field with a 5–and–0 finish. Wicks says a good start would be a welcome change.

"We’d like to get off to a good start and try to battle things a little better because we’d hate to be in a corner like we have been the last couple of years. We fought our way through it and in the end we became a better team because of it, but I don’t want to go every year like that, that’s for sure."