TEAM OUTLOOK

The Grandville Bulldogs and their Power T attack roll into the 11th season under head coach Eric Stiegel, and 2024 may prove to be one of their better for the ‘Dawgs, who are looking to secure the OK-Red title and make a deep playoff push with a team filled with experience, but facing a very difficult schedule.

In the middle of the attention for this team, is junior RB Jayden ‘Tank’ Terry. Terry holds six D1 NCAA offers and is coming off a 1st-team all-state selection in 2023 during his sophomore campaign – the lone underclassmen on the D1 1st-team list.

Ethan Newville will be the experienced 3rd-year varsity starter on the defensive side of the ball moving full time to under center, where he will operate the ‘T’, and will have a wealth of returning weapons like Easton Suidinski and Braylen Haney, along with a group of new pieces as well. Up front: Jay Weiss, Carson Kubczak, and Daniel Wylie return to anchor the front line on both sides of the ball. Additionally Garret Nawrocki and GVSU-signed Gibby Connelly provide downfield weapons and strong blocking from TE.

The defense welcomes in a new Defensive Coordinator, K.C. Zenner, in 2024 – Coach Zenner was last on the defensive staff under Tim Lester at Western Michigan. Along with strong pieces up front – all three starting linebackers are back for 2024. Reid Graverson returns from injury and will have Nawrocki along with Braylen Haney – each back after they were starters last year as sophomores. Easton Suidinski, also is back and healthy and will command a secondary that will feature Josh Crater and Miguel Rojas as returners for the 2023 unit – we may even see more of Terry playing in the secondary, as he has done in past seasons.

INTERVIEW WITH ERIC STIEGEL & OL JAY WEISS