With a pair of zero week games on tap, the Flintridge Prep and Hoover High football teams are looking to start 2013 out on the right foot in front of their home fans Friday.
Both games will kick off at 7 p.m. with the Rebels and Tornadoes facing the same season-opening opponents from 2012, Army-Navy and Blair, respectively. Prep plays host at Occidental College, while Hoover breaks in Moyse Field.
Flintridge Prep is eager to start strong with a win, something it didn’t do last year, dropping three of its first four games, including an overtime loss to Army-Navy.
Hoover isn’t concerned with the final result, as long as it plays the right way.
“I think it's definitely important to get off to a good start, more so because we're a young team,” said Flintridge Prep Coach Antonio Harrison, whose team is coming off hell week. “We're junior-heavy and a couple losses to start the season can set the tone and it's tough to get up from that if you've never experienced it at the varsity level. I would like to see them have some success, especially with how hard they've worked.”