HASKELL — On paper, the 2025 season looks like an opportunity for a step forward for the Haskell football team. 

The Indians return eight offensive and seven defensive starters among 19 lettermen from last year’s 4-6 team and should get additional help from last year’s 7-2 JV squad. 

That’s on paper.

On the field, Haskell will have one crucial task in front of it to be successful: Executing a new system under first-year coach Creighton Henderson. If the Indians succeed, they should put together a better product than what was seen in 2024. 

“That’s the plan,” said Henderson, a former assistant at Wellington who is now a head coach for the first time. “That’s our belief. We just have to figure a way to get it done.”