Tupper Lake running back Josh Facteau carries the ball during a game against St. Lawrence last year. Facteau, a senior, will lead the Lumberjacks into action at 7 p.m. tonight at home against Potsdam to open the season. The Saranac Lake football team opens its season Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on Ken Wilson Field in Saranac Lake. (Enterprise file photo — Lou Reuter)

SARANAC LAKE — The Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake football regular seasons kick off this weekend, with both teams starting their schedules with matchups on home turf. The Lumberjacks host Potsdam this evening at Frank Tice Field, with the opening kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. The Red Storm tangle with Ticonderoga on Saturday at Ken Wilson Field, with that contest slated to start at 1:30 p.m. The Lumberjacks enter the game with a freshman quarterback in Morgan Stevens, and head coach Dennis Klossner hopes his ’Jacks will be able to mount a running attack to take some pressure off his first-year signal caller. The ground game will be led by senior Josh Facteau, who returned to the lineup late last season and made it known he was a weapon to be watched. Also lining up with Facteau is junior fullback Jordan Garrow. Klossner said that combination gives Tupper Lake one of the quicker backfield combinations it has had in recent seasons.