Spring drills come to a close for Ada football team

May 25—The Ada High School football team wrapped up spring drills with a spirited practice session Wednesday afternoon inside the Craig McBroom Football Complex.

It capped off a series of eight spring workouts under the watch of new head coach Wade Boyles and his revamped coaching staff.

“Our coaching staff has done a fantastic job this spring of bringing the energy and teaching new terminology and just doing the things they needed to do to help us move forward as we head toward the football season,” Boyles told The Ada News. “We have a lot of new guys down here that are installing and teaching terminology and all of those guys have done a great job.”

Former Ada High School standout Chad Roark returns home as the new defensive coordinator and former East Central University assistant coach Joe Foster will assume the duties as the team’s offensive coordinator.

“They’ve come in hungry and excited about Ada Cougar football. Those two guys are going to be fantastic for our school and our football program,” Boyles said.

The rest of the AHS football coaching staff includes Justin Nail, another former Cougar, who will oversee the offensive and defensive line; Robbie Powell, the Ada High School boys golf coach who makes his return to the football coaching staff to help out with the offensive line; Blake Hollenbeck, assistant boys track coach who will now coach wide receivers and defensive lineman for the Cougar football squad; and Lane Martin, who graduated from Stratford High School and will coach linebackers and running backs.

Boyles said despite the heavy turnover with the coaching staff, Ada players entered spring practice ready to get to work.

“Our kids came in excited. There was a lot of change and turmoil for them, but they still came in excited and hungry to learn,” he said.

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Publish date : 2024-05-25 19:51:00

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