NU gridders hope more experience leads to better season
Sports
August 20, 2025
North Union’s football team is pictured from left, front row, Ethan Miller, Preston Larson, Brock Smith, Griffin Osborne, Gavin Potts, Landry Dible, Nick VanHoose, Gavin Delp, Blaine Ware and RJ Hillyard; second row, Peyton Wood, Carter Hamilton, Wyatt Arver, Brycen Delawder, Jaxon Heminger, Nickolas Hajjar, Trenor Kyte, Ryun Eager, Xavier Gruber, Dainon Lindsey and Kadrin Riffle; third row, Jessanie Pfister, Tristen Granlee, Kory Ransome, Luke Brown, Mason Andrews, Broden O’Reilly, Dylan Asher, Grayson Smith, Bradley Cline and Rylan Potts; fourth row, Easton Duvall, Wyatt Larson, Kaiden Dixon, Jace Phipps, Dominic Hamline, Ethan Wilcox, Hayze Miller, Cain Holloway, Hudson Bugg and Grayson Bledsoe; fifth row, Noah Huddleston, Gabe Hayes, Hayden Bright, Colton Lee, Charles Oberdier, Owen Wilcox, Deegan Parks, Hayden Young and Gunner Delp; fifth row, manager Bray Wenger, assistant coaches Jake Blevins, Joe Kyte and Jesse Miller, head coach Nick Hajjar and assistant coaches Cam Miller and Andrew Owens. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

NU gridders hope more experience leads to better season

By Bob Putman 

The 2024 football season did not go as well as North Union would have liked as it finished with a 2-8 record.

However, the learning process of those returning for 2025 may lead to a better season for the Wildcats.

North Union returns 19 lettermen, including 10 seniors, from last year’s team.

Returnin...

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