CROSS PLAINS — Coming off their fifth consecutive winning season, marking the longest stretch of sustained success in program history, the Cross Plains Buffaloes appear poised to extend that streak this fall.

With 11 lettermen returning from last year’s 8-3 squad, including seven starters on both sides of the football, coach Daniel Purvis’ 2021 team looks a lot like the ones that posted a combined 36-20 record from 2016-2020.

While there are still some significant questions to answer — chief among them, who will man the quarterback position — the Buffs are confident they’ll put another formidable club on the field. And if things break right, they feel this could be the year they finally break through a second-round playoff barrier that has existed since the program’s inception in 1924.