Oakland County Training Camp Tour - Unfinished Business (WL Western)

The Walled Lake Western football team has some unfinished business to take care of this year.

After losing in heartbreaking fashion to Lowell in overtime in the Division 2 state semifinals, the Warriors head into the 2012 season with the hopes of returning to the state semifinals this year and advancing to the state finals at Ford Field.

Coming back this season to lead the offense for the Warriors this year will be junior signal caller Kyle Bambard who split time with senior quarterback C.J. McGorsk last year. During his sophomore campaign, Bambard proved to be one of the area’s best dual threat quarterbacks as he showed his ability to both beat teams with his arm, as well as his legs.

Looking over to the defensive side of the ball for Western, the Warriors have just one returning starter as defensive back Josh Jones will be the backbone of the defense from his safety position as he will look to continue to make life hard for opposing quarterbacks looking to throw.

Bambard will have some company on the offensive side of the ball as Jones will see some play time in a number of different ways in 2012. Along with Jones, the Warriors will have plenty of speed and athleticism on offense as Bambard will have weapons like Matt Carroll, Nik Heglin and speedy sophomore James LaLonde. That quartet of Warriors at the offensive skill positions will could become a nightmare for opposing defenses all year long.

Defensively, Western will have a very deep front seven that will continuously rotate players in and out with a linebacking group that will be led by Zach Prokes and a defensive line squad that will have Nelis Johnson leading the way.

Bambard will also hold down the Western kicking duties as he’s quickly become one of the most coveted kickers in the country at the college level. Offensive linemen Alex Joss and Noah Bednarek could be two key players for Western as the Warriors look to replace their entire offensive line from last season.

The Warriors will have a tune up game for the season against defending state champion Birmingham Brother Rice in a couple of weeks and will kick off the regular season on August 24^th against Saline.

Western will look to defend its KLAA North Division title this year after finishing last season with an unblemished division record and a 12-2 mark overall.