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Upcoming Events
9/6/2010
Repeating Event - Monday Practice
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM
- Labor Day Practice
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM
9/7/2010
- School Starts
7:50 AM - 2:40 PM
Repeating Event - Tuesday Practice
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM
9/8/2010
Repeating Event - Wednesday Practice
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM
 
Football Announcements
  WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 30 - SEPT 6

MONDAY - Varsity practice 3-540 .  JV and Freshmen are 300 to 540.  Watch your practice film on Hudl.

TUESDAY -Varsity/JV/FR practice 3-5:0 - meet in the classroom at 3. Watch your practice film on Hudl

WEDNESDAY - 
Varsity practice 3-540 - Watch your film on Hudl.  Freshmen game begins at 430 PM  @ Swartz Creek.  JV game will begin about 20 minutes after - with an estimated kickoff team of 630 PM .  Both teams play Swartz Creek away. 

THURSDAY - JV and Freshmen 
practice 300 - 500 - meet in the classroom for films.  See Coach Maynard and Coach Barkey for details.  

VARSITY GAME HOME V. SWARTZ CREEK- 7 PM.

PARENT NIGHT: Parents are to be on the Track at 605 we will start @ 620. 

PLEASE BE IN THE LOCKER ROOM BY 130 PM - BUS.  WE WILL HAVE A WALK THROUGH @ 1:50 ON THE PRACTICE FIELD.  YOU NEED YOUR RED JERSEYS, GAME PANTS AND RED  SOCKS.


FRIDAY - NO PRACTICE - DUE TO LABOR DAY

SATURDAY - NO PRACTIE DUE TO LABOR DAY

MONDAY - SEPT 6 - VARSITY & JV WILL PRACTICE FROM 3PM TO 540 PM. 
FRESHMEN WILL PRACTICE FROM 500 TO 745 PM



Attention Holly Fans & Former Players
 Coach Keefer Night!!!

On Friday, September 24, 2010 the Holly Football Program will honor former long-time coach and teacher Chuck Keefer for his many years of service to the program and community. The Holly Football program would like to invite all former players back that evening to honor Coach Keefer for a HALF-TIME celebration. That evening, the Holly Bronchos take on the Clio Mustangs starting at 7:00 PM. This plans to be an outstanding evening. Please check back to the site for more details and we look forward to seeing all of you on September 24th!
Holly-Fenton game to honor U.S. troops--from Tri-County Times
 
Wounded Warrior Project

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Holly-Fenton game to honor U.S. troops

Wounded Warrior Project to benefit from football game

By David Troppens
Published: Saturday, August 14, 2010 6:17 AM EDT
 Jake Georgakopoulos understands the importance of the military.

 His dad was a veteran of Desert Storm.

 So when he heard that the Fenton-Holly game would honor veterans this football season, he was excited about the opportunity.

 And apparently so are both teams. In conjunction with The Wounded Warrior Project, this season’s football game pitting Holly at Fenton on Sept. 17 will honor U.S. military personnel, sending much of the proceeds earned with various projects to the Wounded Warrior Project. The Wounded Warrior Project’s mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors.


 And one of the ways the players will honor U.S. veterans is through their jerseys. Both teams will wear MHSAA-approved camouflage jerseys. On the backs each jersey will be the last name of someone who has served or is serving in the military. Once the game is completed, the families sponsoring jerseys will take the jersey home, with the proceeds of each jersey sale going to the Wounded Warrior Project.

 Georgakopoulos’ name will look familiar to him. It will be his own, but for this game it will honor his father.

 “It’s a special game. I’m happy we can do it for our senior year,” Georgakopoulos said.

 “Wearing my dad’s name on the back of my jersey is honorable. Even if it is my last name, it’s for him. It’s an honor to all the soldiers and all of them who are fighting for us. It’s definitely something very special.”

 The idea was generated when the Fenton football program wanted to do something to honor the troops.

 “They wanted to do something to honor service men and women and we came up with this idea from a fundraising standpoint to help the troops,” Fenton varsity coach Jeff Setzke said.

 Holly was asked to join in the night’s cause and embraced the idea immediately.

 “I got an e-mail over the summer,” Holly varsity football coach Ryan Culloty said. “I’m happy they let us be a part of something that will really help people out.

 “The kids have been really receptive. They are a really good group of kids. They realize what is going on in the world and the kids are really on board with it.”

 Other unspecified events are being planned as well. T-shirts will be sold.

 “It will be a fun night and we will raise a lot of money for the Wounded Warrior Project,” Setzke said.

 “It’s a neat thing the are doing. We hope it only gets bigger and bigger. We haven’t even made it public and it’s already generating a lot of interest.

 “We are local rivals so it should create a great gate.”

 The varsity contest, as with all of the tri-county Friday night games, is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickof
Holly Season Preview

Holly football team to air it out

, August 25, 2010 11:33 p.m.

Ryan Culloty is entering his third season has Holly's head football coach -(Courtesy photo)
FLINT, Michigan — Air Culloty!
   
It might not be that far-fetched a notion. Since coming to Holly in 2008. Ryan Culloty has employed a run-oriented wing-T offense.
    
His offense has been very successful, annually racking up huge rushing numbers.
   
Last year, the Bronchos averaged 277.8 yards per game - 223.6 on the ground.
   
While Holly's rushing numbers have been solid, the Bronchos have struggled in the won-loss column, posting back-to-back 2-7 seasons.
   
In attempt to take his team to the next level, Culloty has beefed up his passing game, which averaged only 54.2 yards per game in 2009.
    
To increase his passing numbers, he has brought in former Michigan State University quarterback Jeremy Barkey, who was the offensive coordinator at Pontiac High last year.
   
He will be the Bronchos' quarterbacks and wide receivers coach this fall.
   
"(Barkey) has brought some things to the passing game that we like," Culloty said. "I think we'll have the ability to throw more than we did in the past. We still want to be able to run the football."
   
Holly returns seven starters on offense, led by senior running back Anderius Gray.
 
The Bronchos have three experiened receivers back in three-year starter, senior wide receiver Cody Brotherton, senior Jake Schuermann and senior Evan Zott. 
   
The Holly coaching staff also has high hopes for junior wide receiver Austin Hopkin. Starting at quarterback for the Bronchos will likely be either junior Ryan Houldsworth or sophomore Johnny Williams.
   
"We have a good stable of running backs," Culloty said. "Putting people in space creates a lot of problems."
    
The Bronchos are counting on receiving solid contributions from several first-year varsity performers this season.
    
Holly's junior varsity and freshman teams both went 7-2 last year and several players from those teams are now on the program's varsity squad.
    
One player the Bronchos feel will make an immediate impact is sophomore safety Evan Papuga.
   
"You can tell they have been around football a lot," Culloty said of his young players. "If they step up and play like I know they will, it will be a lot of fun to watch them."
   
Holly plays arguably the Metro's toughest schedule to open the season, with its first four games coming against Lapeer East, Swartz Creek, Linden and Fenton.
   
All four teams had winning records last year and Linden and Fenton both advanced to the postseason.
   
"We're going to find out real quick what type of team we have," Culloty said. "That will be our challenge."
   

Holly

 

 2009:   2-7, eighth place in Metro

Coach: Ryan Culloty (third year, 4-14; eighth year overall, 42-30)

 Top returning players: RB-DB Anderius Gray, WR-DE Cody Brotherton, LB Jake Schuermann, OT Zack Coxen, OG-DL Joe Piwowarski, CB-WR Evan Zott, LB-RB T.J Peake, DT Marcus Cotton

 Top newcomers: S Evan Papuga, QB-LB Johnny Williams, DE-QB Ryan Houldsworth, WR-DB Austin Hopkin

Top players lost: QB Josh Houldsworth, RB-DB Reggie Bowden, OL-DL Tom VanScoyoc, OL Austin Legant, WR Lance Hopkin.

 Overview: Holly returns seven starters on offense, led by senior running back Anderious Gray and senior wide receivers Cody Brotherton and Jake Schuermann. Holly will have a tough stretch to open the season as it will face Lapeer East, Swartz Creek, Linden and Fenton. All four had winning records last year and Fenton and Linden both made the playoffs.  

 

 Schedule:

Aug. 27 at Lapeer East

Sept. 2   Swartz Creek

Sept. 10 at Linden

Sept. 17 at Fenton

Sept. 24 Clio

Oct. 1 Kearsley

Oct. 8 at Lapeer West

Oct. 15 at Lansing Waverly

Oct. 22 Brandon

Bronchos Start 2-a-days--from Tri-County Times
 

Holly preparing for big season after strong summer sessions

Holly coach Ryan Culloty (left) talks with some of his players during Monday’s first practice of the fall sports season.

By David Troppens
Published: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:33 AM EDT
 Holly — Joe Piwowarski is excited about football practice already starting.

 But you can forgive him if he’s already looking forward to getting the pads on Thursday.

 After all, he is a lineman.

 “I’m excited about the start of football,” Piwowarski said. “I’m ready for pads. I want to wear the pads. That’s when it will be exciting. The coaches expect more out of you and you want to raise it to the next level.”


 But for three days, without pads will have to do for the senior starting left guard and the rest of the Michigan prep football world. That’s because when practices officially started for the 2010 prep football season on Monday, teams are required to go three days without pads. When players get three days of practice under their belts, that will change, starting Thursday.

 Monday’s first day couldn’t have been under better weather conditions for the Holly Bronchos. They started practice early in the morning, which meant they took advantage of some pretty cool and overcast weather. It made the first day almost perfect.

 “It’s going really well,” said junior quarterback and defensive end Ryan Houldsworth. “We have things we have to work out, but all in all, it’s going pretty good for our first two-a-day sessions.

 “Today’s perfect for two-a-days. There is no sun and there’s a breeze. It’s perfect.”

 Holly hopes to reverse the fortunes of the last three seasons. In that time, the Bronchos have won just seven games. Since 1990, the Bronchos have had just one winning season (2006). The team seems to think that this year’s squad can change those fortunes. First off, the Bronchos have worked hard during the offseason.

 “This year our team is a lot stronger,” Piwowarski said. “Last year there was a little bit of separation between the players, but this year we’re a lot stronger and that’s good.

 “We had a lot of guys work out in the winter and we did weight training and conditioning all through the summer. We went to football camp at Albion and that was a success. The team really came together and we’ve been working together ever since.”

 The Bronchos started last season with five straight losses. However, they were a better team down the stretch, going 2-2, and one of those losses was a tough one-point setback to Oxford.

 Holly coach Ryan Culloty is optimistic.

 “The best thing you can learn about a team during the first day is how much

you can throw at them,” said Culloty, who was referring to the amount the kids can learn during the session.

 “Over the summer we had workouts and those types of things. Now, it’s a question is did it stick or are you back to square one. We’ve had both ends of the spectrum with that. With this group, it seems we are doing a lot more polishing than teaching. That’s a good sign.”

 Holly opens its season with a road game at Lapeer East on Aug. 28.
Fall Season Begins---from Tri-County Times
 

Fall Sports Season Key upcoming dates Fall Sports Season

Holly’s Aaron Kizer

Published: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:33 AM EDT
 For those who haven’t noticed the football players hitting tackle sleds or throwing footballs around on Monday or Tuesday, here’s a word of warning — the prep football season is here. Monday marked the first official day of practice for prep football programs around the state of Michigan with every team in the area taking advantage with two-a-days. The first tri-county team to begin a practice was Fenton, who held its annual Midnight Madness practice at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. They were followed by Holly’s and Lake Fenton’s early morning practices later that day and then LInden’s tradtional late-afternoon practices.  Here are a few more key dates that are coming up over the next few weeks.

r TODAY

 While football started on Monday, the rest of the fall sports teams start today. That list includes volleyball, boys soccer, cross country, girls swimming and diving, sideline cheer, girls golf and boys tennis.

 THURSDAY


 Football practice began on Monday, but for most players they’ll be wearing pads for the first time on Thursday. That’s because players on every team must have three full days of practice without pads before wearing their shoulder pads and other equipment. This is the next sign that games are around the corner.

AUG. 17

 Already, at least one team will participate in its first fall sporting event of the season. The Fenton varsity girls golf team is expected to host Carman-Ainsworth at Tyrone Hills.

r AUG. 19

 For those who can’t wait for football season to start, this will be a good day to get your fix. All four tri-county teams will be involved in scrimmages, and three will be at  home — Holly, Fenton and Lake Fenton. Linden will be going to Davison.

 AUG. 27

 Finally, football games start. Fenton hosts Lapeer West, while Lake Fenton hosts Gabriel Richard. Linden travels to Swartz Creek and Holly travels to Lapeer East.
2010 Challenge Champions

Congratulations to Team Curl!

At the end of our 16 week off-season competition Team Curl arrived as our winning team. Through hard work, dedication and teamwork this grouped bested the other five teams to win our 2010 Broncho Challenge. Congratulations to all the team members.

McNeely, David
Peake, TJ
Coxen, Zack
Lewandowski,AJ
Lindsay, Clayton
Stuckey, Josh
Konzer, Cannon
Torres, Jesse
Milleur, Rex
Hopkin, Austin
Lindsay, Nick
Sayles, Josh
Currier, Alex

YOUTH FOOTBALL SIGN-UPS ARE HERE

Do you have a youngester in grades 3-6 who wants to play football? Click
Here for more information about Holly Youth Football
Attention Parents!!!!
Looking for information on camps, calendars, maps to games?
Click
HERE to view all downloads.
T-Shirt Sale

ATTENTION ALL HOLLY BRONCHO FOOTBALL PARENTS,PLAYERS & FANS

The Annual Football T-Shirt Sale is HERE!

Every Holly Football Player will be selling our 2010 Football Shirts Starting on Friday April 23rd

Each Shirt will cost 10 Dollars

Be sure you are seen supporting Holly Football this Fall in one of these outstanding looking T-Shirts

Act Now as Supplies are Limited!

For any questions contact Coach Culloty
ryan.culloty@has-k12.org

HOLLY POWERLIFTING TEAM FINISHES SECOND IN THE STATE 

The Holly Varsity Powerlifting Team finished second in the state at the Michigan High School Powerlifting Meet in Grand Rapids on Saturday. The Bronchos, led by ten lifters who finished in the top five in their respective weight classes, missed the state championship by a mere four points in finishing just behind three-time defending state champion Lake Orion.

Sixteen Holly lifters earned their way to the state meet through the Fenton and Jenison regionals, giving the Bronchos a lineup that put lifters in all but four of the possible weight classes.  In the 114 pound class, freshmen Kevin Dumont and Nick Sammut took second and third place.  In the 123 pound division, sophomore Tony Reyes and juniors Stevie Gonzales and David Dryer filled out the fourth, fifth, and sixth place slots, while junior Adam Schmeider and sophomore Anthony Konas represented the Bronchos well at 132 with fourth and sixth place finishes, respectively.  Holly's top finish of the day came in the 145 pound class, as senior Jake Albritton's combined total of 980 pounds on the squat, bench press, and deadlift earned him a second place medal.

While the Bronchos had an excellent day in the lower weight classes, the team had outstanding performances in the extremely competitive middle classes and upper middle classes as well.  Junior Dallas Crandell's deadlift of 500 pounds put him in position to earn a fourth place medal at 165, while senior James Nichols battled his way to third place in the 181 division with a combined total of 1150. In the 194 class, senior Danny Gregory's 1170 pound total gave him a third place finish in a very tough field.  Wes Hammond, also a senior, finished a successful day in fifth place in the 207 class with a total of 1110 pounds.

In the JV meet, the Bronchos took fourth place in spite of having many freshmen and sophomores who moved up to the varsity.  Alec Miller, Zach Diehl, AJ Lewandowski, Clayton Lindsey, Pat O'Connor, David McNeely, and Aaron Suttles all finished in the top ten in their weight classes. 

HOLLY WINS POWERLIFTING REGIONAL!!!

The Holly Varsity Powerlifting team turned in an excellent performance on Saturday in winning the Fenton Regional Powerlifting Meet.  Holly's 92 team points put them in first place, ahead of last year's state champion Lake Orion, which came in second with 81 points.  The Bronchos were carried by three first place finishes, three second place finishes, and three third place finishes which earned points in seven different weight classes.

In the 114 pound class, freshmen Kevin Dumont and Nick Sammut took the top two spots, while in the 123 pound division sophomore Tony Reyes and junior David Dryer garnered second and third place medals.  Adam Schmeider, a junior, held down third place at 132, while senior Jake Albritton's combined squat, bench press, and deadlift of 955 pounds put him in third place in the 145 pound class.  Junior Dallas Crandell's final deadlift of 475 finalized his first place standing in the 165 pound division.  At 181, senior James Nichols was carried by his squat of 415 pounds and deadllift of 455 pounds in finishing in second place.  Danny Gregory, a senior, won the 194 pound class on his final deadlift of 485 pounds.  Finally, senior Wes Hammond qualified for the State Meet in the 207 pound class.

The Broncho JV team came in third place in the junior varsity division, just three points behind first place Henry Ford High School.  Alec Miller, AJ Lewandowski, Clayton Lindsay, Pat O'Connor, David McNeely, and Aaron Suttles all qualified for the State Meet in their respective weight classes.

The Bronchos, who tied for fourth place in 2009, hope to have another successful showing at the State Powerlifting Finals in Grand Rapids on March 20th

Coach Millhouse
Houldsworth - State Champs TV / Wendy's Athlete of the Week!

2009 All Conference Player and Captain Josh Houldsworth - State Champs TV / Wendy's Athlete of the Week!


On Wednesday, Dec. 9th Josh Houldsworth was photographed and interviewed by the TV show HS State Champs.  That evening, the tv cameras rolled at the Holly vs. Howell match.  To view the highlight video that was broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 12th go to www.statechamps.tv and click on Wendy's athlete of the week.  On the left side you will find the 12/12/09 clip of Josh.  Josh is a State Champion wrestler and will be Ivy League bound as he will attend Columbia University next fall. Congratulations Josh!

Holly Football Academic All State
On behalf to the Holly Football Program, I like to announce that the Holly Football Team was named Academic All State for the second year in a row with a team G.P.A. of 3.509.
 
Also, we would like to recognize Lance Hopkin, his G.P.A. is 4.0 which places him 1st in the class and he was named to the Academic All State Football Team.

Congratulations to everyone that made this possible.

Ryan Culloty
Holly Football
2009 HOLLY FOOTBALL AWARD WINNERS
 
 
FLINT METRO ALL CONFERENCE ATHLETES
 

2009
2nd Team Flint Metro League All-Conference

Josh Houldsworth                  DB

Austin Legant                         OL
 
Honorable Mention
Anderious Gray                      RB
Dillon Kittell                            DL
Lance Adams                         DL
Lance Hopkin                         End
 
 
Cornerstone Award—4 year player in Holly Football Program
 
 
2009 (13)
Lance
Adams
Josh
Houldsworth
Travis
Messenger
Trevor
Andres
Dillon
Kittell
Dillon
Parker
Mike
Baudino
Joe
Lindsey
James
Rogers
Reggie
Bowden
Scott
Malvich
Tom
Vanscoyoc
Wes
Hammond
 
 
FLINT METRO SCHOLAR ATHLETES
2009
Josh Houldswoth             Scott Malavich               Lance Hopkin     Dylan Klinger
Thomas Peake                 Joe Piwowarski             Nicholas Vanlanduyt
 
 

HOLLY FOOTBALL

TEAM AWARD WINNERS
 
 
Most Valuable Player
 
Team Award
2009 Josh Houldsworth
 
2009 James Rogers
 
 
 
Offensive MVP:
 
Sportsmanship
2009 Josh Houldsworth
 
2009 Travis Messenger
 
 
 
Offensive Skill Player of the Year
 
Special Teams MVP:
2009 Lance Hopkin
 
2009 Anderius Gray
 
 
 
Scout Player of the Year/Most Dedicated
Offensive Linemen of the Year
 
2009 Jake Albritton
2009 Austin Legant
 
 
 
 
Most Improved Award
Defensive MVP:
 
2009 Evan Zott
2009 Dillon Kittell
 
 
 
 
Leadership
Defensive Skill Player of the Year
 
2009 Jake Albritton
2009 Tom Vanscoyoc
 
 
 
 
Scholar Athlete
Defensive Linemen of the Year
 
2009 Lance Hopkin
2009 Dillon Kittell
 
 
 
 
 
2009 Football Athletes of the Week
Football - Austin Legant (HHS Lineman of the Year)...Austin did an outstanding job this season starting at right tackle.  Week in and week out, he was consistently among our highest grading linemen.  For the season, he graded with an 88% blocking average and did a fantastic job opening holes for our running backs. Austin was a key in our success in the running game and brought great attitude and spirit to the game.  Austin received 2nd team all-league status as he was recognized as one of the league's top offensive linemen.  Congratulations Austin!

Football - Josh Houldsworth...Josh (OB/DB) had 16 tackles on defense and racked up 82 rushing yards on 14 carries (average 6 ypc) and 3 rushng TD's.  Josh completed 2 of 8 passes for 57 yards and 1 passing TD.  Josh had a great game on both sides of the ball as he demonstrated great leadership the entire contest.  From his running, throwing, tackling, and blocking on Friday night, Josh was clearly the best player on the field.
Thank You Holly Football Supporters!
 
 
 
 
Thank You Holly Football Supporters
Holly Booster Club
 
Melanie
Jackson
 
Adams
Family
 
Klinger
Family
 
Spencer
Family
Holly Cheer Team
 
Kathy
Kahn
 
Albritton
Family
 
Konzer
Family
 
Zott
Family
Holly NHS
 
Brett
LaClair
 
Baudino
Family
 
Malvich
Family
 
 
 
Kent
Barnes
 
Steve
Lenar
 
Broderick
Family
 
McNeely
Family
 
 
 
Robert
Basydlo
 
Casey
Lombard
 
Brotherton
Family
 
Messenger
Family
 
 
 
Cindy
Bentley
 
Ellen
Lounds
 
Coffin
Family
 
Parker
Family
 
 
 
Bill
Broadway
 
David
Nuss
 
Coxen
Family
 
Peake
Family
 
 
 
Anthony
Coggins
 
Laura
Oldaugh
 
Guzdziol
Family
 
Piwowarski
Family
 
 
 
Ann
Fischer
 
Michelle
Shepherd
 
Hopkin
Family
 
Rogers
Family
 
 
 
Brian
Hacker
 
Deb
Vankuiken
King
Family
 
Spaine
Family
 
 
 
 
A Special THANK YOU for the Bronchos’ Banquet To:
Mr. & Mrs. Peake
&
Food provided by: Villagers Restaurant
Mike & Mark Ruhlig
1121 N Saginaw St
Holly, MI 48442
(248) 634-2600‎
 
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