With August upon us, it must mean the prep football season is closing in as well. It’s hard to believe, but soon the pigskins will be flying, the shoulder pads will be popping and the helmets will be smacking against each other.

Of course, it doesn’t all magically begin when teams report for preseason practice Aug. 13. Hopefully, most players have spent the summer getting in shape, doing some weight lifting and taking part in summer contact sessions, whether it be workouts or perhaps 7-on-7 camps.

Schedules are out and that means plenty of speculating can begin. And even without seeing a single snap from center, there are plenty around the River Bend who have opinions on which teams will be the ones to beat and which will be also-rans. With that speculating comes predicting.

So let’s hear it from the fans. Which teams will be toughest? Weakest? Which have the hardest schedules? Which have the weakest schedules? And most important, which teams will be left standing at season’s end with the best chances to bring home some state championship hardware?

Let us know what you think! We’ll print the best of the fans’ opnions.

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