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WHEELING - The playbook is set, the equipment is ready, the players are eager to take the field and the decades-old rivalries are ready to be renewed. It's time for Ohio Valley football. As the season is ushered in, seven top Ohio Valley programs will have a new feel this season as seven new head coaches join the ranks. Mark Asher (East Liverpool), Tom Bruney (Brooke), Chris Daugherty (Wheeling Park), Jose Davis (Bellaire), Mark Holenka (Shadyside), Ty Sichina (Buckeye Trail) and Tom Taylor (Weir) will try to leave their mark on the programs and their fanbases. Each new coach has his work cut out for him in his inaugural season. Wheeling Park is one of the largest schools in West Virginia but has failed to capture a state championship in its history. Daugherty hopes to bring the drive to accomplish that to the football program, a feeling he knows from leading the Patriots boys' track and field team to a state title in 2007. "It might be different sports, but it's the same approach," Daugherty said. "You have to get kids to work harder than they think they can, and you have to get them to commit to training harder than they think can. "You have to be lucky too, and be in the the right place at the right time." Daugherty replaces Mark Nardone as head coach. He was on Park's staff last season as the offensive coordinator, so he's familiar with the players and will keep the offense the same - for the most part.