BRUSHY PRAIRIE - High school football scrimmages are all about learning. On Friday, LaVille traveled to Prairie Heights as both teams prepared for the 2024 season. Each varsity team got to play offense v. defense for 53 plays each before the junior varsity teams finished the final 16 plays on offense and defense. The ultimate goals for the Lancers are for the coaches and players to see live action. Plenty of film was watched yet Friday night, and more over the weekend for multiple coaches around the state. "We felt the offense did a decent job at times," said second-year LaVille coach Jeff Kaiser. "We ran a very modified offense against Prairie Heights to focus on simple techniques that we teach daily and allow us to get on film and look at what we need to work on.  Overall there were some good things and also things I feel we can correct very quickly in which we need to very quickly, with Triton on our doorstep Friday Night." Several players graduated from a team that went 11-2 overall last season, including a 2A sectional championship. Among the graduates was Lucas Plummer, who played quarterback, defensive back, punter, kick-off, and place-kicker. During the summer and all of pre-season, Kaiser and his staff has watched and coached both senior Collin Czarnecki and junior Brayden Schwitz in preparation for the upcoming season. "We have been in a QB battle all summer and have allowed 50/50 on snaps to allow both to develop and shine at times," Kaiser explained when asked about a QB update.  "This has allowed us to coach up both of them evenly.  Now we have them on film against an opponent and feel good about where we are at with both of them.  Whoever does get the nod to start may or may not take all the snaps, you could see them at other positions if not under center.  Also to add to that, we could use multiple QB's in a game.  This will be a week to week thing at this point based on the matchup and what the staff feels gives us the best option to win the game." Kaiser and his staff also got to work the film session on what the defense looked like. "At times we played defense well and at others I felt like there wasn't much intensity," noted Kaiser.  "I know the intensity is there as I have seen it at practice a majority of the time.  Our tackling needs to improve and overall pursuit needs to sharpen up.  I did like how physically we played. We just need to work on consistency and do the little things a little sharper.  Again, our guys know that and these things mentioned will be a focus this week and moving forward.  First time the unit has been on film against an opponent and the film session on Saturday was very solid and understanding on things of concern." Kaiser knows there are things to tweak in the coming days, but overall likes what he has seen. "Prairie Heights has been a struggling program for many years and I felt we struggled to match their intensity at times which we cannot afford to do on Friday nights," concluded Kaiser.  "They ran more of a spread type offense and gave us trouble with some matchups in the secondary.   Defensively they were aggressive with their MLB's and caused us some issues before we made some adjustments.  It was a great challenge for us and our entire team learned things and that is what the scrimmage is all about. "We have a tremendous opportunity to be a solid team.  I have seen it throughout camp and so far as the fall season has begun.  I'm excited to see our continued development and commitment to WIN EVERYDAY!!" As the game was a scrimmage, no score was kept, just the plays of a particular series. Just a few more days until Friday Night Lights