OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Oak Harbor overview:
2023 Record: 12-1 (Advanced to 3rd round of playoffs)
Head Coach: Mike May (17th year)
Top Returning Players:
Jake Ridener, Senior DL (1st Team All-Ohio)
Michael Lalonde, Senior DB (2nd Team All-Ohio)
Travis Bouyer, Junior LB (1st Team All-NBC)
Gary Brooks, Senior LB (1st Team All-NBC)
Bradie Losie, Senior LB (2nd Team All-NBC)
Isaac Schulte, Junior OL (2nd Team All-NBC)
Tyler Thompson, Senior DB (2nd Team All-NBC)
2024 Schedule:
WEEK 1 8/23 vs. Bowsher
WEEK 2 8/30 vs. Woodward
WEEK 3 9/6 @ Port Clinton
WEEK 4 9/13 @ Maumee*
WEEK 5 9/20 vs. Rossford*
WEEK 6 9/27 @ Fostoria*
WEEK 7 10/4 @ Otsego*
WEEK 8 10/11 vs. Genoa*
WEEK 9 10/18 vs. Eastwood*
WEEK 10 10/25 @ Lake*
*Denotes Northern Buckeye Conference game
Oak Harbor's introduction into the NBC resulted in the same fashion as their exit from the Sandusky Bay Conference: An undefeated conference title that led to another double-digit win campaign.
A perfect 7-0 record in NBC play set the tone for other members as they won by an average of 37.7 points per game. Not one conference game got decided by single digits last season.
"All of the guys are excited to play and we have a ton of experience," senior Michael Lalonde said. "Everybody is willing to go out there and do whatever it takes for our last year, to go as far as we can."
With 13 seniors returning for the team, Oak Harbor believes they have the parts to replicate that success.
"We're very excited. We've been saying for many years that we want to go accomplish something big and this is our last go-round," senior Jacob Ridener said. "We know we got to put in the work because this is the only chance we got."
Ridener and Lalonde both earned All-State honors a season ago.
Since 2018, this program has eclipsed 10+ wins and a playoff victory four different times. A standard that now provides the opportunity for school history.
"Definitely see the maturity, business-like in everything they do," head coach Mike May said. "We now have the opportunity to win three straight league championships, which has not been done here before. So that's one of their big goals going into the season."