School: Big Rapids
Nickname: Cardinals
Coach: Joe Woodruff
2013 record: 3-6
Players lost: 19
Players returning: DeSaun Griffin, Isaac Hughes
Coach’s comment: Spots are absolutely open across the board.
School: Central Montcalm
Nickname: Green Hornets
Coach: Marty James
2013 record: 4-5
Player lost: Cory Kindle
Players returning: 13
Coach’s comment: The Gold division of the CSAA is going to be tough, week in and week out. Reed City should be the team to beat, and after that, things could be very wide open. We will need to take care of the football and play solid defense if we are going to compete.
School: Chippewa Hills
Nickname: Warriors
Coach: Larry Jose
2013 record: 6-4
Players lost: 10
Players returning: Hunter Conley, Quentin Gossett, Eric Russell
Coach’s comment: We have a lot of good leadership so far.
School: Grant
Nickname: Tigers
Coach: Scott Keelean
2013 record: 1-8
Players lost: Seven on offense, seven on defense
Players returning: Four on offense, four on defense
Coach’s comment: We have been working very hard at changing the mindset of our players and our program.
School: Newaygo
Nickname: Lions
Coach: Andrew Busch
2013 record: 8-2
Players lost: Weston Butler, Heath Harrington, Zack Knight
Players returning: Zach Cantu, Ron Heinzman, Alex Bulson, Matt Melbourne, AJ Bays
Coach’s comment: This season, we hope to be in the hunt for a CSAA conference championship and another post season play-off run. We have a solid group of experienced players who were battle-tested the last few years during the playoffs.
School: Reed City
Nickname: Coyotes
Coach: Monte Price
2013 record: 10-1
Players lost: Chad Samuels, Eric Grannis
Players returning: Jon Green, Andre Jones, Patrick Jobes, T.J. Patterson
Coach’s comment: For this team, we must be physical in our effort and perfect in our execution. Staying healthy will be critical.
School: Tri County
Nickname: Vikings
Coach: Josh Hahn
2013 record: 1-8