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It's a new season, there's a new face on the sideline, sort of, but the same expectations are looming at St. Mary's.

Following an 8-3 season that concluded with a 26-20 victory over Archbishop Spalding to claim the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference title, St. Mary's coach Mike Clay was let go and replaced with Brad Best.

Best, who compiled a 59-41 record and three conference championships over a 10-year career at St. Mary's from 1989-99, was given the interim label and is looking to take a new class of players back to the title game.

"Teams are going to play harder...