2024 MLive Bay City
Football overviews
JOHN GLENN
LEAGUE: Tri-Valley Conference Red
TRAINER: Jon Horton, fourth year (7-20)
Record 2023: 2-7
Squad size: 45
John Glenn players run through drills on the first day of high school football practice in Bay City, Michigan, on Monday, August 12, 2024.Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
KEY OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
OL Isaac Espinosa; OL Nic Maier; OL Hayden Steiner; OL Owen Campbell; OL Mason Forest; QB Garrett Buzzard; RB Garrett Hilborn; RB Jonny Ford; WR Bradley Boyk; WR Lukas Gies; WR Blake Francis
KEY TO OFFENSE
The Bobcats have started a new, faster offense for this season under new OC Mike LeGrow, and it’s crucial for Glenn’s young team to adapt quickly. “Learning the new system and being quick and playing at a high tempo is key,” Horton said. “And we need to mature as football players on the field because we’re so young. We’re definitely athletic, but we need to reduce our mistakes.”
John Glenn players run through drills on the first day of high school football practice in Bay City, Michigan, on Monday, August 12, 2024.Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYERS
DL Jayden Brenay; DL Max Steel; DL Ethan Boyk; LB Valentino Solano; LB Bradyn Lee; LB Garrett Hilborn; LB Aiden Biddulph; DB Connor Greer; DB Colten Beson; DB Isaiah Hankinson; DB Lukas Gies
KEY TO DEFENSE
“It’s important that we continue to build on the physicality from last year,” Horton said. “We’ve been able to reduce the number of two-way players, and that’s huge. And hopefully our defense will have the opportunity to get a break while our offense is running down the field to score.”
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Landon Kogelman; P Garrett Buzzard; LS Connor Greer; KR Che Arocha; KR Bradley Boyk
John Glenn head coach Jon Horton smiles on the first day of high school football practice in Bay City, Michigan, Monday, August 12, 2024.Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com
TRAINING STAFF
Jon Horton, Head Coach
Tommy Atkinson, Assistant
Matt Balen, Assistant
Roy Hall, Assistant
Mike LeGrow, Assistant
Ryan LeGrow, Assistant
Brad Tucker, Assistant
TOPIC FOR THE TEAM
“It takes what it takes,” Horton said. “We set a goal to make the playoffs and make a splash. We looked at what it would take to get there – a long summer, a focused start to training – and decided we would do whatever it took.”
SCRIMMAGE NOTE
The Bobcats hosted Bay City Central, Lake Fenton and Alpena for their practice game and got a taste of good things. “We’re fast,” Horton said. “In practice, you compete against each other and you can’t wait to see the jerseys in different colors to see what you really look like. Offensively, it was almost shocking how much faster and better we are this year.”
TIMELINE 2024
Aug. 29 in Ortonville Brandon
6 September in Alma
September 13th against Essexville Garber
Sept. 20 in the Saginaw Swan Valley
September 27th in Bridgeport
Oct. 4 against Frankenmuth
October 11 against Freeland
October 18 at Flint Powers
October 25 against Swartz Creek
PLAYER LIST 2024
Dom Anquetil, Jr.
Che Arocha, Jr.
Colten Beson, Sr.
Aiden Biddulph, Jr.
Jameson Blair, that is.
Max Booth, Jr.
Luke Bourdon, too.
Brad Boyk, too.
Ethan Boyk, Jr.
Jayden Brenay, Sr.
Cameron Burch, too.
Garrett Buzzard, Sr.
Owen Campbell, Fr.
Joseph Cripps, Jr.
Isaac Espinoza, Jr.
Johnny Ford, too.
Blake Francis, too.
Camden Garcia, too.
Lukas Gies, so.
Connor Greer, Sr.
Isaiah Hankinson, Sr.
So, Kason Hartley.
Garrett Hilborn, that is.
Mikael Howard-Ledesma, Jr.
Max Johnson, Fr.
Marcus Joshua, Jr.
Landon Kogelman, Sr.
Izaak Kukulski, Jr.
Michael Lawrence, that is.
Bradyn Lee, Sr.
Nicolas Maier, Jr.
Gunner Mezey, too.
Liam O’Loughlin, too.
Remington Ranck, Sr.
Kippy Sanchez, fr.
Lucas Schalk, too.
Deandre Shooltz, Sr.
Valentino Solano, too.
Will Stopyak, Sr.
Max Stahl, Jr.
Ayden Stanger, Jr.
Brady Tousignant, Jr.
So, Liam Vallad.
Mason Wald, too.
Fred Wilcox, Sr.
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