OK BRONZE
School: Cedar Springs
Nickname: Red Hawks
Coach: Brian Busen
Last Year’s Record: 2-4, 5-4
Players Lost: Connor Burrows, Tyler Covell, Jake Fisk, Austin Wamser
Players Returning: Dylan Block, Cam Cooper, Andy DePiazza, Baylee Sterling, Jason Vietti
Coach’s Comment: “Our offensive and defensive lines are the strength of our team right now. If we can get our secondary together, we have a very strong defensive line and should have a solid defense, but we lack varsity experience in the skilled areas.”
School: Forest Hills Eastern
Nickname: Hawks
Coach: Tim Gibson
Last Year’s Record: 3-4, 3-6
Players Lost: Dylan Banagis, Nate Fatum, Mark Lawson, Joe Stankowski
Players Returning: Kyler Kregel, Jon McCready, Ryan Praftke
Coach’s Comment: “Our key positions are our offensive line and defensive line, and those groups must play well.”
School: Forest Hills Northern
Nickname: Huskies
Coach: Jeff Rapelje
Last Year’s Record: 2-4, 5-4
Players Lost: Nick Handeland, Mitch Larsen, Caleb Marcus, Cam Wysocki
Players Returning: Karum Abdelgader, Bob Halso, Mike Hogan, Jake Howe, Marcus Matthews, Nick Wassenar
Coach’s Comment: “We have good team speed on both sides of the ball, particularly at halfback and outside linebacker positions. We don’t have as much depth on the offensive and defensive side of the ball.”
School: Greenville
Nickname: Yellow Jackets
Coach: Dave Moore
Last Year’s Record: 1-4, 4-5
Players Lost: Colton Boehm, Ryan Culey, Luke Laidlaw, Chris Mickey
Players Returning: Luke Bontrager, Colt Harrington, Levi Helms, Curtis Heppe, Greg Krusniak, Miguel Nieto, Tyler Rasmussen
Coach’s Comment: Our team goals are simple. The first one is to beat Belding in the first game of the season and then take it one game at a time. Defensively, we think we’re going to be pretty good.”
School: Northview
Nickname: Wildcats
Coach: Greg Ganfield
Last Year’s Record: 2-3, 5-4
Players Lost: Hunter Bonney, Joe Inglot, Dareen Kapustka, Kevin Rich
Players Returning: Lawrence Houston, Brian Killinger, Robbie Meadows, Travis Meier, Taylor Roberts, Chad Walton
Coach’s Comment: The key to success will be the development of our offensive line and our depth.”
School: West Catholic
Nickname: Falcons
Coach: Dan Rohn
Last Year’s Record: 6-0, 10-3
Players Lost: Tony Brechting, Jalen Faison, Kevin Manser, Tommy Staskiewicz, Andy Zimmerman
Players Returning: Nate Archambeault, David Bacuk, Max Boorsma, Dan Green, David Kuzma, Casey Norder, Billy Schaefer, Jake Sochanek
Coach’s Comment: “Our defensive line and linebacking corps are going to be the strength in the early part of the season.”