Life transitions put us behind the football season. No time like the present to catch up and learn and be entertained with four chats with coaches before the IHSA football season began.

Plus, Chris Walker led the Mendota-Waltham-Dimmick Lady Tribe softball team to a third-place finish in the IESA Class 1A State Tournament, only a month after having a field named after him by Putnam County.

Walker (5:38)

Mendota Coach Jim Eustice (27:24)

Hall-Putnam County Coach Nick Sterling (43:18)

La Salle-Peru Coach J.J. Raffelson (56:20)

Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio Coach Scott Payne (1:11:08)