Game Preview: New-Look Lindbergh Hoping to Steamroll Oakville Again

The Lindbergh Flyers football team travels to Suburban West Conference-rival Oakville on Friday at 7 p.m. in the regular season opener for both teams.

Oakville (2-8 last year) will look to avenge last season’s 39-7 loss to the Flyers (9-3 last year). Lindbergh has defeated Oakville in each of the past four seasons.

The Tigers return eight offensive starters from their 2010 squad, including senior QB Javon Henderson and all five offensive linemen. Defensively, Oakville will rely on Henderson and brother Jaron Henderson, a senior, to lock down a talented Lindbergh aerial attack.

Lindbergh, which made it to the , returns senior QB Peter Simpson, who threw for 2,219 yards, 19 touchdowns and 19 picks in 2010. Simpson will have a new cast of skill players to get accustomed to, as the Lindbergh offense lost its top five wide receivers and top running back to graduation.

Defensively, Lindbergh will try to contain the passing and running ability of Javon Henderson with senior linebacker Chris Kew, who led the Suburban West with 83 solo tackles last year.