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Parrinello knows each year brings a new team, different from the last. This season the team will enjoy more depth than normal and enjoy not too big of a drop-off from the starters to the second string.

“This year, we don’t have some of those superstars yet,” Parrinello said. “We’re going to have them and they’re going to emerge, but we don’t have those returning superstars. However, we’ve got a lot more overall talent. Our ones to twos are much closer in ability than they have been probably in many years here. So that depth is going to be a little bit different for us.”

Special teams were a focal point in 2022, and the team will aim for the same this year, so fans can expect plenty of points and big punts from junior kicker Noah Miller.

The newer players to the team may not be full-time football players but have showcased some impressive athleticism for Parrinello.

“There’s just a lot of guys that you go, ‘Man, there’s some talent there,’” he said. “We just have to turn them into football players. What’s really been fun about this year is every day I’m more impressed with this team. Every day I’m seeing them emerging and becoming better football players. It’s actually exciting from a coaching point of view.”

As always with Trinity, a small- er school, you can expect plenty of two-way players to shine on both sides of the ball.

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“I think our grit and determination stands out,” Visconti said. “We’ve been working hard in the mornings weightlifting and we’re getting in the gym. We’re a smaller team so I think we will have a lot of two-way players. They’re fighting hard, sweating, playing 110 plays a game and they’re going to be dying out there but they’re going to do great because we’re going to be full grit.”

The Knights are aiming to return to the playoffs after a one-year hiatus but will have to get through a tough non-league schedule and Mesquite League in the process. Trinity opens up the season with Bosco Tech and Firebaugh but will take on Arleta and Nordhoff before heading into league play.

Trinity opens league play with Arrowhead Christian, a team that reached the CIF Division 13 quarterfinals in 2022.

“The goal is to win and as long as we go out there and we win every Friday, we’re doing our job,” Frazier said. “I just want to protect my quarterback on offense and on defense I want to get back there and kill their quarterback.”

Carlson is doing everything he can with the team to make sure the Knights are ready to go.

“There’s definitely some young talent here,” Carlson said. “We’re work-