High school football preview: Muscatine

MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) - The Muscatine Muskies are focused on turning the culture of the program around in Mike Truitt’s 3rd season as head coach.

“My biggest goal for our team at the end of the 2026 season is that when we’re done, whenever that is, that these guys feel like they played in a different program” said Truitt.

“Like it wasn’t what they were used to the year before, the year before that, the year before that. I wanted to feel like they were in a different program” he said.

“Everybody here is really working on changing the culture and really working on being one team” said sophomore Gavin Green.

“One family, not breaking each other down and really bonding together as a year comes apart” he said.

The Muskies have 16 seniors leading the way.

“Leadership has really stepped up and lifting guys up, encouraging guys to come out, make a mistake, talk them up, not yell at them” said senior Josh Koch.

The goal for the seniors is to leave the program in a better place.

“Guys before me when I was younger classes, you know, I strive to, you know, want to be like them when we leave this place because when I started, it was a great program, great culture” said senior Sander Sotelo.