This year’s Legacy football team looks a lot different than the Longhorns squad that won the 5A Division III state title in 2023.

And even though Legacy played an “imperfect game,” as coach Zach Monticelli put it, the younger faces and new players with bigger roles came through for the Longhorns.

Legacy received key contributions from several players across multiple facets of the game and pulled away for a 48-22 home win over Losee on Friday night.

“We’re young and we had a couple of young guys grow up tonight,” Monticelli said. “Then also those same young guys made mistakes tonight, but they’re learning from their mistakes. We’re still getting better.”

Legacy led big early, 28-8, then Losee started chipping away. Losee scored with 15 seconds left in the first half and returned the ope

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