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School: East Kentwood
Nickname: Falcons
Coach: Jeremy Gasper
Last Year’s Record: 2-5, 3-6
Players Lost: Jason Dickey, Brandon VandenToorn, Braden Miller, Parker Wiese
Players Returning: Alex Browley, Tim Carter, Houston Glass, Ricky May, Kaelin McKenzie, Nate Williams
Coach’s Comment: “We should be very strong on defense. We think we should have a pretty good football team this year. We have a lot of kids back, and we’re excited about this group of juniors.”
School: Grand Haven
Nickname: Buccaneers
Coach: Mike Farley
Last Year’s Record: 6-1, 8-2
Players Lost: Scott Stall, Dakota Smith, Devin Howard, Tory Appel
Players Returning: Connor Moynihan, Matt Mulcahy, Isaac Newhouse, Jeff Olson, Mike Penland, Abe Westerman
Coach’s Comment: “I think our kids are excited about the overall program. They have been working hard, and we’ve had a real good summer.”
School: Grandville
Nickname: Bulldogs
Coach: Michael Lapciuk
Last Year’s Record: 0-7, 0-9
Players Lost: Colin Dekam, Dean DeVries, Dylan Bergbower, Justin Snyder, Colton Hunt
Players Returning: Utah Bartholic, Andrew Friesen, Connor Hanson, Dylan Jolliffe, Tyler Kendregen, Courtney Meyers, Andrew Vavere
Coach’s Comment: “Keeping everyone healthy is our number one priority. I think we will be much improved from last year to this year.”
School: Hudsonville
Nickname: Eagles
Coach: Dave Lidgard
Last Year’s Record: 3-4, 4-4
Players Lost: Blake Hibbitts, Matt Postma, Hunter Prince, Derek Brouwer, Brad Lidgard
Players Returning: Nate Boschma, Jake Bull, Dakota Butcher, Dustin Cole, Ty Elenbaas, Nate Kaboos
Coach’s Comment: “Our focus is to get Hudsonville football back to a high-level place. Our overall team speed looks much quicker this year.”
School: Rockford
Nickname: Rams
Coach: Ralph Munger
Last Year’s Record: 7-0, 11-2
Players Lost: Mark LaPrairie, Aaron Weston, Brandon Lubenow, Ben Braden, Anthony DeDamos
Players Returning: Connor Darby, Randy Garvin, Jared Johnson, Blake McDonald, Kyle Short, Brent Showers, KC Zenner
Coach’s Comment: “We face major challenges on the offensive and defensive lines. We have a solid senior class and a great work ethic and attitude.”
School: West Ottawa
Nickname: Panthers
Coach: Rory Zegunis
Last Year’s Record: 4-3, 6-4
Players Lost: Brandon Allen, Jackson Brown, Connor Schilling, Danny Vorpagel
Players Returning: Nate Colvin, Atu Condelee, Miguel Correa, Seth Mika, Austin Sanders, Tyler VanTubergen, Ryan VerHelst
Coach’s Comment: “Offensively, we want to continue to click like last year and get better. The biggest key is to get our defense ready.”