Adams County Christian School coach David King is taking the upcoming football season one step at a time.

After the Rebels fell in the MAIS AAA state championship game last season for the second time in three years, King isn’t focusing on making it back to that spot just yet.

ACCS held its third spring practice Friday afternoon, and King said, right now, it’s all about making sure everyone can do their job.

“What we do in spring, is everybody has a shot to be where they want to be,” he said. “It’s their job in the two weeks of spring to win the position. We give them their wish list with the understanding that if they don’t pan out in that position, we will put them where we want them. It always works out.”

With perhaps the most influential position up for grabs, King said he has three quarterbacks returning with experience, including Jacob McDaniel.

“We don’t really know who is going to get it now,” King said. “It is still wide open, as are all the positions.”

ACCS will have to do more plugging than just at the quarterback spot, as the Rebels lost nine starters this past season to graduation.

One player ready to do his part is rising-senior Marshall Edmonds, who split time last season on the defensive line and as a fullback.

Next year, Edmonds said he plans to stick to fullback while moving to middle linebacker as well.

“We need some help there because we lost a lot of depth in the secondary,” Edmonds said. “I’ve played it before, but the only thing that will be different will be getting some actual game time.”

Edmonds said while he is eager to get his final season underway, he hopes it doesn’t go by too quickly.

“You always dream of being a senior, but then you realize you only have one season left,” he said. “For the most part it’s exciting, but we have a lot on our plate. We have a young team.”

The Rebels, who have secured 11-win seasons the past four years running, are set to play its spring game on May 11 at Oak Forest, and King said he might have a better idea of how things might look by that time.

“This group doesn’t necessarily have the same expectations (as last year),” he said. “They understand that, and they just want to keep the success up. With this group, we want to make sure we have a winning record. We are going to fight for a district championship and go from there.”