Last year, a young Sweetwater squad took its lumps, struggling through a 1-9 campaign to snap a streak of four consecutive seasons with double-digit win totals.

This fall, coach Ben McGehee is hoping the lessons learned from that experience will help the Mustangs get back on track and back into the playoffs for the fifth time in six years.

That might seem like a tall order, given that SHS was outscored 451-179 last season and lost as many letterman from that team (15) as it brings back. But McGehee saw enough positive signs down the stretch in 2018 to believe a return to the postseason is a realistic goal one year later.