FAIRMONT — For the first time in 33 years, Fairmont and Worthington will kick off the prep football season without a familiar face along the Trojan Field sideline. After engineering a plethora of winning campaigns and numerous memorable playoff victories, legendary Trojan mentor Dennis Hale hung up his clipboard and headset after the 2009 season. In fact, Hale was inducted into the Minnesota Football Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame this summer for all of his hard work. “It’ll definitely be different without Denny coaching across the field during this year’s opener,” said fourth-year Cardinal mentor Mat Mahoney, whose lineup travels to Worthington on Friday night for a 7 p.m. nonconference clash. “He is a heckuva guy and a heckuva football coach — first class all the way. “I’ll miss matching wits with him.” Now, Mahoney will get his first chance at testing his playbook and personnel against first-year Trojan head coach Brad Grimmius.