When the Streator Bulldogs take the field at Doug Dieken Stadium on Friday, Aug. 29, to open the season against Decatur Eisenhower, fans will see a new Streator football team in just about every sense of the word.

New head coach Jay Slone brings a new philosophy and a new enthusiasm to a largely new pack of varsity Bulldogs coming off a 3-6 season under head coach Matt Cloe, who resigned in November after one season.

“They can expect to see some old-school football – hard, grit, lot of blue-collar kids that are not afraid to get their nose dirty,” Slone said of what Bulldogs fans can expect to see this fall. “It’s going to be back to old-school football, not flashy.

“Just a team coming together looking to compete every single Friday.”

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