42 players greeted coach John Montgomery Monday as the TMP-Marian football team held their first practices of the new season.

It’s a new era of sorts for the Monarchs, who will play in the Mid-Continent League.

Montgomery’s Monarchs have gone 2-7 over each of his first two seasons as head coach, but the third year head coach feels they’ve made steady progress each season and looks for better things to come.

2014 TMP-Marian Schedule
Sep. 5 vs. PHILLIPSBURG
Sep. 12 vs. ELLIS
Sep. 19 at Smith Center
Sep. 26 vs. PLAINVILLE
Oct. 3 at Cimarron
Oct. 10 at Oakley
Oct. 17 vs. BELOIT
Oct. 24 at RUSSELL
Oct. 30 vs. NORTON