Written Thursday August 18th at 3:00 PM
If Oakland Press sportswriter Pat Caputo's blog is true then you can expect great things from the Dragon football program in 2016.
Caputo is very high on the Dragons football team coming into the season but there are doubters that aren't so optimistic.
Orion is 8-10 in their last two seasons including two bad losses to Stoney Creek and Troy Athens last season.
But every team is different.
There is optimism surrounding this team especially with the scrimmage with Lapeer. The Lightning are expected to be a very good football team this season in the tough Saginaw Valley League in the Red Division.
The defense which has been a major problem the last two seasons improved slightly from a year ago allowing 156 points, 17.3 points per game. In 2014 the Dragons allowed 246 points, 27.3 points per game.
The offense took a step back only scoring 184 points, 20.4 points per game. They will look to try to get back on track after a rough 2015. The offensive line should be back this season especially with Nick Novak and Jeff McCarty. Novak committed to Navy is a three star prospect.
The Dragons have a quarterback battle with either John Marshall or Ryan Kolp battling for the job after Caiden Preiskorn left for Orchard Lake St. Marys.
Also Orion lost running back Keith Fields whom transferred to Waterford Mott but the Dragons have running backs waiting in the wings who can carry the load this season.
The Red will be tough with Clarkston, Southfield Arts and Tech, West Bloomfield, Stoney Creek, Troy Athens, and Oxford. It clearly won't be an easy league nor an easy schedule. The schedule is tough with Chippewa Valley to open up at Wayne State before going into league play. Seaholm and Bloomfield Hills will be tough non league games.
Maybe having a tough schedule will benefit the 2016 Dragons this season. There are no easy games.
If everything that Caputo said is true about the Dragons like he said in 2010 and we remember what happened there, then expect good things around Lake Orion this season.
You can read what Caputo said about the Dragons right here.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/20160818/pat-caputo-tradition-grit-numbers-should-put-lake-orion-football-back-on-winning-track-in-2016
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