Coach Terry Hessbrook’s Ithaca football program is ready to take on some major challenges this fall.

“Our schedule is tough every season,” Hessbrook said. “We are playing Week No. 1 on the road at Hudson. It is a very difficult place to play. Our TVC schedule will be very good again. Playing (Michigan Lutheran Seminary) and Nouvel again this season will be very difficult games.

“We also have a TVC crossover with Bullock Creek that will be a very tough, physical game, not to mention our week No. 8 TVC crossover and our week No. 9 game with 

Shepherd. So our schedule is plenty challenging.”