EAST JORDAN — The East Jordan Red Devils had a heck of a 2023 season, and they are hoping to build on top of it in 2024. Varsity football head coach Adam Grybauskas can’t wait to start the season at home against Manistique on Aug. 29.
The Red Devils were back on the gridiron Wednesday with the third day of practices that come with a lot of high hopes for the season. “We have a great group of guys,” Grybauskas said. “When you’ve done this for a long time with the group of guys and you know how they get along and their character, sometimes that’s more important than you even know how they are as athletes.
They are fun to be around each day.” Grybauskas enjoys the practices more than the Friday nights at Boswell Stadium, but he wouldn’t go too far to put it against Friday nights in Boswell Stadium when the leaves change colors, adding it’s one of the best football stadiums in all of Michigan. East Jordan is the fourth stop for the veteran head coach who has been coaching for more than 20 years.
He’s been in a ton of football of stadiums throughout his time and said nothing compares to when the leaves that surround Boswell Stadium change colors in the fall. “I have a good friend who coached at the neighboring schools, but he is downstate now, and he told me, ‘Man ,you got the best stadium around,’” Grybauskas said with a smile. “It’s beautiful today, but when the colors change, it’s hard to beat.
” East Jordan was a hard team to defeat in 2023.