Determination, they've got it.

Inspiration, they've got that too.

But if you asked some of the members of the Coeur d'Alene High offensive and defensive line, which features 18 seniors, they've got plenty of motivation to go around.

"We're a pretty quiet group," Austin Chadderdon said. "We're not all banging our heads against the lockers getting fired up for the game. We just kind of all individually get prepared mentally and it's really simple."

Among the rotation on the offensive and defensive lines is Chadderdon, Chase Blakley, London Croutch, Brittian Noll, Roscoe Alley, Phoenix Duncan, Devin Ward, Hunter Friesz, James Pierce, Michael Hagler, Jason Stith and Matt James.

On Wednesday nights during the season, members of the offensive and defensive line get together for dinner.

"We'll have a pregame meal on game day, but we'll also do linemen feeds where one of the offensive linemen hosts it," said Chadderdon, who plays right guard on offense and defensive end. "Either we go to their house and eat, or we go out and eat. It's a pretty cool deal and really helps us get ready for the game."

Since the start of the state 5A playoffs, Coeur d'Alene has outscored Timberline and Capital High of Boise by a combined 94-23 margin. Last week, Coeur d'Alene's offensive line paved the way for the Vikings to rush for 401 yards in a 42-14 victory over Capital.

"I think we're good because we've got a close-knit family and we're a lot like brothers," Ward said. "We're just playing for each other right now."

"Our defensive line has been critical for our run these last five years," Coeur d'Alene defensive line coach Mike Gutowski said. "We set up and rotate the kids around so that they get a break on offense, because they play both offense and defense. Being able to be fresh on both sides of the ball, it keeps us ready if we need them at the end of the second and fourth quarter, we can leave them in on both sides of the ball if need be."

James, who plays left tackle and nose tackle, is in his third season as a member of the Coeur d'Alene varsity.

"It's just the guys we have on offense and defense," said James, who verbally committed in July to play at Washington. "It's a great group of guys we've got up front, both juniors and seniors. It's a really competitive group and we're always pushing each other to get better, especially in the weight room."

They've also benefited from a renovation of the school's weight training area into the Lee Shellman Strength Center, complete with new equipment and space for more to utilize the area.

"Even with our old weight room, these kids attacked it," offensive line coach Dustin Shaffer said. "But with the new equipment, it's obviously helped. Matt was one of the first to arrive and last to leave all summer."

Since a 24-21 loss to Highland on Sept. 21 dropped the Vikings to a 1-3 record, Coeur d'Alene has won seven straight games.

"It just kind of clicked for us," James said. "We don't really know what it was, but we seem to be playing with a lot more fire and playing a lot more for each other."

The Vikings (8-3) face Highland (11-0) again on Friday night at 7 p.m., this time for the state 5A championship at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow.

Coeur d'Alene beat Highland 45-38 in the 2012 semifinals at Holt Arena in Pocatello, the site of September's game.

"They're big, good and fast," James said. "We just need to do what we're told to do by our coaches and we'll be successful."

"It's going to be a battle," Ward said. "But I feel like we can prevail in the end. But it's going to be a tough game."

Despite taking a 21-3 lead over Highland two months ago, Chadderdon felt the team came out sluggish, something that he predicts won't happen twice.

When we played them down there, we just seemed flat from the get-go," Chadderdon said. "I think this time around, we're definitely going to show them what we're made of."

They'll have to do it without senior quarterback Gunnar Amos, who broke his right ankle in two places during the second quarter of the Vikings' playoff opener against Timberline.

"I think that injury just motivated us and got us all pumped up," Ward said. "Because now, we know we've got to protect (sophomore) Austin (Lee) in the backfield."

"We talk about dominating the line of scrimmage, on both sides of the ball," Gutowski said. "That's what we try to get them to understand, and if we can do that, we want to control practice and want to control the game. That's what we try to instill in those guys. They work their butts off in the offseason and work hard on the weights. They're together an awful lot off the field and pound on each other a lot. They're highly motivated of keeping up the tradition here too."

"They're a hard-working group of kids that motivate themselves," Shaffer said. "They want to win the game and they come out and want to be leaders and are physically motivated too."

Most, if not all, are highly motivated to continue playing beyond this season as well.

"There's definitely a group of kids that want to keep playing," Shaffer said. "Devin wants to go on and play college football. I know Chadderdon wants to, so does Brittan Noll. There's a handful of kids, and they're not big schools, but they want to keep playing at the next level."

"We tell them, you don't have to play Division I to go and get a quality education," Gutowski said. "Those guys can play anywhere. We've got some guys that are playing over at Carroll right now, and that's a fun situation to be in because they're in the playoffs each year."

Right now, there's probably nowhere more fun than in the trenches on the football field at Coeur d'Alene High.