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2021 SCHEDULE 2020 DATE OPPONENT RESULT 8/27 @ Brookfield 9/3 EAST BUCHANAN 9/10 PRINCETON 9/17 PUTNAM COUNTY 9/24 @ Milan 10/1 POLO 10/8 MAYSVILLE 10/15 @ Gallatin 10/22 @ South Harrison 10/29 Districts, TBA
0-50 0-35 n/a n/a 6-43 14-27 20-22 14-54 16-48
HEAD COACH Members of the 2021 Trenton High School football team include, from left, front row, Nate Burkeybile, Kaden Owen, Cayson Harper, Bobby Shreckengaust, Luke Schilling, Caleb Johnson, Trevor Murphy; row two, Ian Elbert, Coleman Griffin, Gabe Gamble, Gavin Chambers, Sam Gibson, Josh Mago, Gaven Kelsall, Tucker Otto, Dylan Spencer; row three, Gabe Novak, Collin Taylor, Gabe Stark, Brayden Wiggins, Brayden Hughs, Cameron Christy, Gavin Cagle, Milo Simpson, Jake Schmadeke; row four, Kaleb McCallon, Remi Olmstead, Korbin Vandevender, Hunter Ledgerwood, Devin Baker, Riley Gott, Mason Rongey, Aiden Weyer, Hunter Smith; row five, coach Trey Shields, coach Travis Leeper, head coach Kevin Hixson, coach Jon Guthrie and coach Greg Dalrymple. Not pictured are Brody Polk and Tim Kempton.
BULLDOGS ‘CAN’T WAIT’ TO TURN PAGE IN 2021
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he Trenton Bulldogs can’t wait. They can’t wait to step onto Burlington Field in Brookfield in week 1. They can’t wait to start hitting opponents. They can’t wait for the opportunity to put a winless season, one plagued by a COVID quarantine that cost them two games and set them two weeks behind every opponent the rest of the way, firmly in the past.
“ETC has always been our mantra,” head coach Kevin Hixson said. “Effort, toughness and commitment. But, this year, we talk a lot about ‘can’t wait.’ You have to have a ‘can’t wait’ attitude. You can’t wait to get to practice, you can’t wait for that first game, can’t wait to get the ball in my hands, can’t wait to throw that first touchdown pass.” Trenton is definitely eager to
put last season away and get back into the win column this year. While there remains a lot of work to do to get back to winning football games, the Bulldogs are already light years ahead of where they were at this point a season ago. Entering last season Trenton was throwing freshmen and sophomores to the wolves on Friday nights, playing what was essen-
Kevin Hixson - third year at Trenton Career Record: - 2-16 at Trenton Last Year’s Awards: Royce Jackson, second team All-GRC, all-district; Coleman Griffin, second team All-GRC; Kayden Spencer, honorable mention All-GRC; Payden McCullough, all-district.
