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Video: Second day of Summerfield football of training camp
Defensive linemen run a drill during Summerfield football training camp on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.
PETERSBURG – Summerfield football coach Dylan Szegedi got a pleasant surprise as he started building his roster for the 2025 season.
Six seniors who didn’t play last fall told him they wanted to join the team.
What happened?
“We didn’t have to say anything to them,” said senior lineman Hayden Dusseau of the newcomers. “They wanted to come out and play for this team.”
Winning will do that.
Summerfield won five games or less in every season but one from 2018 to 2023.
Aside from a 6-4 mark in 2021, the Bulldogs finished with four or five wins in all six of those years.
Things changed last fall.
The Bulldogs were 8-1 in the regular season, claimed the Tri-County Conference championship and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2021.
That has sparked a passion for football in the halls of Summerfield High School.
“Last year was a special group,” Szegedi said. “We had really, really good kids. It was a great group that meshed together as a unit and pulled out wins.”
Many of the skill-position players from that team were lost to graduation, but most of the linemen are back.
Four of the five offensive linemen return to the spots they played in 2024 along with three of the four on defense.
“The line is setting the tone this year,” said senior two-way lineman Nathan Wadsworth. “We have a lot of experience in the line and great team chemistry.
“We should have a really strong line. We’ve been playing together since middle school.”
The winning attitude the Bulldogs built last season should pay dividends.
“What happened last year was a good thing,” Szegedi said. “The guys…
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