BILL SPELTZ 406 MT Sports

MISSOULA — Success has catapulted Scobey to a higher level and it's showing in preseason workouts.

The Spartans might just be ready to take over for Fairview as the top team in Montana 8-man football. Scobey gave the two-time defending state champion Warriors their toughest test in the playoffs last year and Fairview will be hard-pressed to three-peat with a lot of new faces and a new coach in former Montana Grizzly wideout Ben Hardy.

"Our expectations are high — we've got so many guys coming back from last year," Scobey 12-year coach Brock Berryhill said. "Whenever you have a returning core of guys, the experience goes a long ways, especially early in the year when they know what they're doing already and you're not teaching them anything new.

"It's like anyt

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