Monarch gridders want to put 2023 campaign in rearview mirror
Sports
August 23, 2024
Marysville’s varsity football squad is pictured from left, front row, Landyn Hustead, X’Zayvon Bromley, Carter Hickman, Griffin Scheiderer, Brody McSwords, Jacob Fisher, Brandon Dunn, Cage Counts, Brennan Stillion, Jayson Bickerstaff, Ethan Clarridge, Brenden Willis and Zack Cooper; second row, Justin Henry, Talen Wolford, Rivers Hodges, Hunter Sheldon, Brock Powers, Tate Dyal, Eli Helmuth, Justin Severance, Justin Tompkins, Evan Beany, A’Viyoun Peppers, Antonio Puerta, Brady Watkins and Corbin Wallace; third row, Collin Wimmers, Steven Shearer, Cooper Foughty, Reagan O’Dell, Landon Wimmers, Brycen Luelleman, Isaac Heller, Andy Buckholder, Abe Hanselman, Deacon Henry, Aloyisius Roseburrough, Keefer Stackhouse and Matt Hoyer; fourth row, Grady Evans, Waylon McDaniel, Kaden Hines, Zach Bisang, Wyatt Bryant, Allen Vanhassel, Maddox Barker, Eric Nunez, Christian Smith, Paul Green, Jackson Snyder, Trevor Helmuth and Brady Carper; fifth row, Charles Brown II, Eric Nunez, Luke Connolly, Ennis Modie, Cooper Cromwell, Mamour Saidy, Raymond Bymaster, Owen Harbold, Oscar Olding, Matthew Page, Tyson Barker and Alex McNamara; sixth row, equipment manager Larry Fox, trainer Darren Clancy, managers Rachel Braun, Abby Pratt, Ryan Melish, Carter Dunn, head coach Brent Johnson, Mitchell Evans, Shane Brickner, manager Kaetlyn Bickerstaff, trainer Ashley Hardbarger and manager McKinley Heard; seventh row, assistant coaches Kevin Brandfass, Mike Young, Scott Freeland, Aaron Rossi, John Melish, Craig Conley, Jason Harrah, Tristan Kehres, Ashton Schmutz, Justin Louck, Steve Devine, Nathan Snyder and Tony Brake. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Monarch gridders want to put 2023 campaign in rearview mirror

By Tim Miller 

The Marysville High School football squad had to navigate a brutal “Year of the Quarterback” during the 2023 season.

MHS was tested by high-flying signal callers from the likes of Hilliard Darby, Olentangy, Grove City and Olentangy Berlin.

Those schools accounted for five of the team’s seven set...

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