High school football preview: Davenport North Wildcats

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Coming off a 6-3 season and a trip to the playoffs, the North Wildcats have great expectations for the upcoming season.

“Building off of last year you know we got a really a lot of young talent this year that’s eager to live up to last year and try to do better” said head coach Adam Hite who is entering his 8th season leading the program.

“Our goal every year is dome and I think these guys are ready to take that next step.”

The Wildcats will need to replace several key players from last year’s team including quarterback Neil Brown. Sophomore Jett Sheedy will take over the position. Record setting receiver David Joiner must also be replaced. North’s seniors are ready to step into bigger roles of leadership.

“The culture is changing here: said Rhett Butler.

“I mean historically we haven’t been the best team you look back at our records over the past twenty years and now you see us and you can tell there’s a different energy in the team, there’s a different energy in the weight room” he said.

“We have really good leaders and our leaders push everybody around us to be better” said Donovan Holloway.

“We are gonna continue to get better over the year and we don’t want to play our best football right now, we want to play it when it really matters” he said.

North will kickoff the season on the road against Muscatine August 28th.