Eagles back with promise of new year

Coming off an 0-8 season in 2016, the now official St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse co-op high school football team is back with four more players on the roster and three returning seniors.

Chase Schluneger returns at running back/linebacker, with Dustin Fox and Levi Bailey at tight end/defensive back. Other key returning players are Trey Fleming, a sophomore quarterback; Brady Pitts, sophomore, and junior Grant Harrison, who will vie to start at center, and sophomore Jonathan Logan at running back.

“As young as we are, we’ve got a top-shelf team,” said Ken Gering, the Eagles’ third-year coach. “Thi...