2025 High School Football Preview – Lakeland Athletic Conference

NOTE: This section does include the preview for Benton Harbor, the Tigers were voted out of the Lakeland Conference earlier this year, leaving the Tigers as an independent school. However the 2025 football schedules were finalized before the Lakeland vote.

The Lakeland Conference enters 2025 with renewed energy and some fresh leadership, highlighted by a coaching change at Brandywine. Berrien Springs continues to be the league’s measuring stick under third-year head coach Ben Iliff, who was previously an assistant during Elliott Uzelac’s tenure. The Shamrocks are replacing much of their offensive line but return experience at skill positions and on defense, giving them balance and the ability to contend again. Buchana

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