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A new chapter of Presbyterian College football officially began on Tuesday morning at the practice fields on campus, as first-year head coach Matt Rahl and his staff engineered the start of the fall camp schedule.
Sporting helmets and shorts for the first sanctioned team activity of the preseason, the Blue Hose worked a two-hour session that featured no-contact offensive drills and other sets specific to each position.
Our most important task at this stage of preseason is to stay focused, commented Rahl, who takes over a program that won 16 games in two seasons while he directed the offensive line.
The faster we can mature together as athletes, the faster that success will come for this group.
I feel that we have a very talented team, and now its about putting the pieces together, developing mental toughness, and making these last seven months pay off.
For the first time since 2021, Presbyterian will open up a new season on their home turf.
The Blue Hose will welcome UVA Wise to Bailey Memorial Stadium on Thursday, August 27, hoping to extend an eight-game home winning streak that dates back two years.
PCs next two non-conference matchups will occur away from Clinton, traveling to Mercer and Western Carolina.
Approaching their sixth season in the Pioneer Football League, coach Rahls gang will play the league opener in New York against Marist before returning home on October 3 to take on St.
Thomas.
Presbyterian will continue early-morning practices over the next month, introducing pads on Sunday, August 2.
They will hold two intrasquad scrimmages on the 6th and the 14th.
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