After a two week break, the Fannin County Rebels are ready to get back to work.

“They came back in and seemed to be real fresh and excited, and we had a lot of good energy,” said Head Coach Chad Cheatham about their first practice back.

Although the Rebels graduated eleven seniors off the team from last year, the team is taking it in stride.

Cheatham mentioned the strengths of the freshmen and sophomores who played last year, and then went a little bit into recruiting for this year.

“We picked up several good kids, kids that left the program even in the spring when I first got here are starting to come back in,” said Cheatham.

Rebels fans know that Cheatham led the team to the playoffs last year for the first time in several years, so BKP asked Cheatham if the team had set a standard for this year.

“Absolutely,” replied Cheatham. “I think that not only just making the playoffs, but advancing now to the playoffs…I don’t think that these guys want to accept, or will accept, anything less than that.”

The full interview can be viewed below, only on FYN TV!