Few teams in the Big Country took a bigger graduation hit over the off season than the Dublin Lions.

While Dublin does return 17 lettermen from last year’s 8-3 team, it lost 19. Among them: eight offensive and nine defensive starters, including standouts Cy Wing (QB), Colten Couch (receiver) and Johnny Jurado (Dublin) among others. 

That leaves 10th-year coach Bob Cervetto with the task of cultivating a group of green players into something cohesive in time for district play.