Oakland football fans will certainly need a roster when the 2017 high school football season begins.
The Patriots lost 19 starters from last season's team that went undefeated through the regular season and playoffs before falling 12-9 in the BlueCross Bowl championship game.
"We're going through some pains of graduation and losing some really good players," said Oakland coach Kevin Creasy. "We lost about 19 starters, and we had some guys that were vocal leaders and other that led by example. You had a senior class that wanted to do better than they did the previous year, and they did.