Overcoming injuries. Building on last season's success. Trying to turn around programs. New coaches. It's the familiar story of Fall High School Football in the Alle-Kiski.

But this year's gridiron saga has a small plot twist: new assistant coaches with familiar faces. And it has unusual settings and characters in Tom-Tom Hill, storms, and bankers. It even has a catchphrase, 'Remember November 12th.' It's all here, every gritty detail as told by high school coaches who live it.

The chronicles of local high school football are below, detailing what's happening with area AK teams. You don't have to wait for the movie to come out though, because we have it! Catch the exclusive blockbuster video interviews with each school's coach in the online webcasts at alle-kiskitoday.com. Read it here, watch it there. Here's the Chronicles of Fall Football 05:

• AK Sports : Highland Rams Highland's Sam Albert has coached football 20 years, so he knew coming in last season in his first year as head coach of the Golden Rams, it would be a challenge. It was. But despite the down season, last year's players and this year's players hung in. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2318

• AK Sports : Springdale Dynamos "I don't think there is a greater game than high school football," notes Chuck Wagner. "Football was the key for me in regards to growing up and going in the right direction." And now Wagner is using that same key to help many young men grow up in the right direction. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2319

• AK Sports : Valley Vikings After playing in the NFL, Valley's Coach Troy Hill knows football, and he knows enthusiasm. He sees both at Valley this year. "There's more excitement here for football," Hill says. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2320

• AK Sports : Kiski Area Cavaliers Kiski Area's Chris Heater is starting his first year as the school's head football coach. He is bringing the outlook and intensity forged in the fires of Cavalier wrestling with him. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2321

• AK Sports : Riverview Raiders Coach Joe Rossi saw last year's starting quarterback go down with a serious injury and miss several games. Now this year's starting quarterback is dealing with a potentially season-affecting injury. Maybe the Raider team physician should put the position on the Endangered Species List: Raiderus Quarterbackus Bangupus! http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2322

• AK Sports : Fox Chapel Foxes Fox Chapel Coach Bryan Deal is teaching his players to be bankers. Deal owns a wealth of experience that will help his players on and off the field. The coach spent the last several years as Recruiting Coordinator at Pitt, and worked with quarterbacks with Coach Walt Harris. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2323

• AK Sports : Leechburg Blue Devils "One word: defense. We have to play defense," the coach pronounces. "We won't win another game in Leechburg till we stop someone on third down." http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2324

• AK Sports : Freeport Yellow Jackets "Overall, I'm very happy things have been working out." Bill says, "We have a nice turnout of kids coming out for the team. [And] it's nice to have some people on the staff that played here—some of the other coaches and myself. So, we have some ownership in the program." http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2325

• AK Sports : Apollo-Ridge Vikings "We're pretty excited about things," the Vikings seven-year coach states. "I've got some really key players coming back. If they can grow and keep their focus, keep determined, they'll be all right. We have some other kids that really stepped it up and are going to be nice surprises for other people." http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2326

• AK Sports : Saltsburg Trojans "Football," Saltsburg Coach Eric Kostic confirms, "taught me you just never give up. You certainly develop some fortitude, character. When the going gets tough, it's not time to step aside and back down. It's time to work harder and get after it." http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2327

• AK Sports : Plum Mustangs In the beginning, the Mustangs stood up against the Legendary Perennial Powers of Pigskin: Franklin Regional, Penn Hills, Gateway and McKeesport, all who always are in title contention. http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2328

• AK Sports : Burrell Buccaneers "The little thing we have going this summer, is [that] we've always talked about 'Remember November 12th,' because there was a lot of sad kids in that locker room. Let them use that pain to motivate them a little further this year, hopefully this year." http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2329