2015 Tonopah Football Capsule

League: Division IV Southern

Head coach: Duffy Otteson, seventh season

2014 record: 4-5 (2-5 Southern, sixth)

Returning lettermen: 11

Returning starters: two offense, two defense

Base offensive set: Wing

Base defensive set: 4-4

Top newcomers: DL Jordon Birkowitze (Jr.)

Key losses: QB/DB Connor Friel; TE/DE Jimmy Withers; RB/LB Jeb Ayers; OL/DL Ian Guthridge

Outlook: Tonopah just fell short of the .500 mark last season before missing the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

The Muckers will be young this season and will need to fill the void of last season’s top offensive (Friel) and defensive (Ayers) players.

Despite having only three seniors on the roster, Otteson said his players “will work hard to be competitive,” and will use everything they learned this summer at camp to play “hard-nosed football.”