Besides losing the speed of Johnson and Dick (key members of the school’s back-to-back 5A state championship track team) and the playmaking of Burrus, Grandview will also be without hard-nosed running back Moosah Alsaffar. On offense, the team lost all three of its top wide receivers in Evan Johnson, Tristan Burrus and Charlie Dick, who combined for nearly 1,500 of the team’s 1,914 yards through the air a year ago. To do that, they must overcome the losses to graduation that hit hard in several places. The Wolves - who missed the postseason for the only time since 2004 during the fall 2020 season when the coronavirus pandemic shrunk the size of the playoff field - will certainly have to reload to get back to the point that has led them to the semifinals in three of the past four seasons (2017, 20). “They worked really hard this summer and they just keep battling every day in practice, so there are really no regrets up to this point,” added Doherty, who finished with a 10-3 record and a semifinal appearance (a loss to Valor Christian) in his first season on the sideline. “Obviously I’m excited for the opportunity to coach this group of guys and they’ve done everything they can do up to this point to put themselves in position to be successful,” Doherty said at the annual Denver Broncos Media Day, where he was joined by seniors Zach Henning, Max Kibbee, Gibby Leafgreen, Brody Robinson and Mulamba Wa-Kalonji along with juniors Liam Szarka and Preston Emken. The same characteristics remained when Tom Doherty took over as head coach after the retirement of John Schultz and Grandview appears stocked again in 2022 as it seeks a state playoff berth for the 17th time in the last 18 seasons. Tough and talented on both sides of the football year in and year out, the Wolves seem to always factor in some way in how the final few weeks of the season play out as the Class 5A state champion is determined, though the only time the Aurora program hoisted the championship trophy came back in 2007. It was not announced where he plans to go next.For going on a couple of decades, the Grandview football program has been one of the state’s most consistently successful programs. Cal also signed Steamboat Springs quarterback Austin Hinder. Martin signed with the Bears in February after decommitting from Notre Dame. I need to venture away from home and start my college career somewhere else where I don’t have those distractions.” “For me to focus and truly reach my potential, I need to leave many of the distractions I have here at home in the Bay Area. “My decision to transfer definitely does not reflect on the football program or the academics at Cal,” Martin said. Martin, an Oakland, Calif., native who moved to Aurora last year, told The Oakland Tribune he decided to transfer because there are too many distractions for him in the Bay Area. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬhris Martin, a former Parade magazine All-American from Grandview High School, has ended his football career at California before it started.īears coach Jeff Tedford said Tuesday that Martin, the nation’s top-ranked high school outside linebacker by last year, is transferring from Cal.
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