In 2024, a Cardinals team with a lot of new contributors and underclassmen struggled through some growing pains in the always-tough NUIC with a 2-7 finish. In addition to experience on the field, leadership is a quality that Forreston will have in spades. “We’ve got all seniors and juniors, pretty much, playing this year, so we’ve got a lot of experience. “Well, we’re Forreston, so everybody knows what we’re doing on offense: We’re going to run the ball,” Janicke said. We lose a big name in Hunter DeWall, who was our All-State guy last year, but we’ve got a lot of guys back.