High school football preview: Brookville

The following is a brief high school football preseason preview.

High school: Brookville Blue Devils

Division / region: D-V, Region 18

League / conference: Southwestern Buckeye League, Southwestern Division.

Head coach: Mike Hetrick, 14th year at Brookville, 74-58 record; career record 99-91.

Assistant coaches: Jay Fullenkamp, Marcus Lamb, Shawn Hein, Scott Broerman, Brannon Dunn, Braden Kindell.

2013 record: 2-4 SWBL; 5-5 overall.

2013 highlights / notable achievements: Recovered from a narrow 38-36 setback to Tri-County North in the opener to win four straight, beating Anna, Preble Shawnee, Eaton and Dixie. But won just one more game and dropped three straight to end the season. The SWBL schedule rotation has Milton-Union replacing Preble Shawnee and visiting in Week 7.

Key returners:

Luke Bricker, 6-3, 165, sr., WR/DB

Marcus Brisco, 6-1, 195, sr., TE/DE

Jared Daniels, 5-10, 225, sr., OL/ILB

Derek Day, 5-10, 155, sr., K

Devin Pennington, 5-11, 170, sr., WR

Austin Brown, 6-1, 210, jr., OL/DE

Devon Cook, 5-9, 170, jr., RB/OLB

Kyle Wheat, 6-0, 215, jr., OL/DL

Key newcomers:

Justin Heck, 6-0, 190, jr., QB

Harry Hall, 6-0, 200, jr., RB/ILB

Michael Lander, 5-9, 160, jr., RB/DB

Coach's comments: We will have a lot of new varsity starters but we are excited to see how the young players develop. SWBL should be a very competitive league.

Schedule:

Fri., Aug. 29 at Tri-County North, 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 5 at Anna, 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 12 Dixie, 7 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 19 at Bellbrook, 7 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 26 at Monroe, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 3 Oakwood, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 10 Milton-Union, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 17 at Eaton, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 24 Valley View, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 31 Franklin, 7 p.m.

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