COLEMAN — After an extended rebuilding period that saw them post a 9-22 record from 2017 to 2019, the Coleman Bluecats are back.

Coming off the program’s first winning season since 2016, coach John Elder’s squad is loaded with experienced talent and will be welcoming reinforcements from a 10-0 junior varsity squad.

And if that’s not reason enough for excitement about the upcoming season, the Bluecats will have an added bit of motivation driving them in 2021.

As the Big Country’s only team to have its season ended early by COVID-19 last fall, CHS had to watch district mate Goldthwaite take the spot it earned in the Class 2A Division I playoffs. So no team will be more hungry than the Bluecats to get back to the postseason this year.