Last year, the Coahoma Bulldogs felt they had a good enough team to make and potentially win a game or two in the playoffs. But by season’s end, they found themselves on the wrong side of the postseason cutoff in a tough Lubbock-area district.

With 20 lettermen back and a move to a new —and likely more forgiving — league, coach Chris Joslin and his squad have every intention of starting a new playoff streak this season.

Coahoma, which has reached the postseason in four of Joslin’s six seasons on campus, graduated just two starters from an offense that averaged 39.5 points per game a year ago. If the Bulldogs can improve upon the 36.5 points they allowed per game last season — a goal they expect to achieve — they could be one of the teams to beat in a District 4-3A Division II lineup that also includes Wall, Merkel, Stanton and San Angelo Grape Creek.