To Jamie Leither, the turnaround in Kimball football is simple: There are enough players out.
Kimball, 12 seniors strong and with 43 rostered players, has a chance to secure its first winning regular-season in more than a decade when the Cubs play Friday at Eden Valley-Watkins.
That the Cubs (4-1) are ahead of EVW (3-2) in the Central Minnesota Conference standings says much of what kind of season Kimball is having.
EVW, long a Central Minnesota and state power, had a 34-game conference winning streak snapped earlier this season. And the Cubs haven’t beaten the Eagles in many years.