NATCHEZ — Trinity Episcopal Day School doesn’t have much time left to get everything in line before the 2014 football season kicks off, but the Saints will have one more shot this Thursday in a jamboree with Amite School Center and Copiah Academy.

The Saints had their first scrimmage of the year last Friday, and first-year head coach Zach Rogel is planning to build on that more this week.

“We will be trying to clean a lot of things up like missed assignments and lineman issues,” Rogel said. “I think our effort was good on Friday, so I want that to continue on Thursday.”

Trinity will take on Amite School Center at 6 p.m. and Copiah Academy at 6:30 p.m. in the event. Each matchup will be two quarters long.

Rogel inherits the reigning 2013 MAIS Class A champions from last year, but will be implementing his own spin on things.

“It’s going to be no secret,” said Rogel of the system he has installed. “We’ve got a lot of athletes, and our line is young and kind of inexperienced. We are going to run a spread type offense and try to put our athletes in place and let them do what they are good at. We’ll use their speed.”

Rogel said he has installed 100 percent of his plans on both offense and defense, but special teams will need to be covered before the season opener on Aug. 22 at University Academy.

This year’s team will also feature some new faces in Natchez High School transfers Ernest Chatman Jr., Kevontaye Caston, Cortez Adams and Jefferson County High School transfer David Jackson.

Caston, however, will more than likely bare the largest load as he takes over at quarterback, replacing Michael Whitley who threw for more than 2,300 yards and 40 touchdowns last year.

“Caston throws a real good ball,” Rogel said. “He’s a great God-gifted athlete and has good speed, and a good head on his shoulders. What we need to work on is stepping up and being a vocal leader, especially at the quarterback spot. You’re kind of required to be a vocal leader there. We need to work on his reads and progression, too.”

Rogel has seen an easy transition for the transfer students, though, and said everyone is, “starting fresh this year.”

Another key hurdle the new head-man will have to climb is building a relationship with his team.

“I couldn’t ask for it to go any better,” he said. “They signed contracts at the beginning of the year with my expectations, and the relationships I’ve been able to form with the kids have been great. They’ve all taken to the coaches well.”

For Rogel and his team, a successful jamboree this week will produce something quite simple as they approach the season.

“A successful jamboree is having the video proof of us making the plays,” Rogel said.