While the Royal Palm Beach High School Wildcats football team doesn’t open its regular season until Friday, Aug. 23 at Port St. Lucie High School, the team has been putting in the work this summer trying to get stronger, fitter, faster and better.
Under the leadership of third-year head coach Chuck Kenyon, his Wildcats football team has been improving since he took control of the program in 2022.
“In 2022, we were 2-8,” Kenyon said. “And, last year, we were 3-7, and we should have been 5-5.”
According to Kenyon, he and his assistant coaches have been overseeing conditioning sessions where the players have been focused on getting better every day.
“We have been doing a variation of weightlifting, conditioning and installing a new offense,” he said. “We are going to be different this year.”
Kenyon took his team to the Keiser University team camp in mid-June. It was a beneficial experience for the entire team.
“The Keiser camp was very beneficial for us,” he said. “Overall, we are continuing to lay the foundation for a successful season. I’m very optimistic that we’ll have a strong season this fall.”
Between now and late July, when fall practice officially begins on July 29, the members of the Wildcats football team will continue to focus on improving their strength, stamina, speed and endurance so they can produce a winning regular season record and enhance the team’s chances of making a push for the Florida High School Athletic Association’s postseason.
“Our young kids who started last year are starting to see the benefits of last season,” added Kenyon, whose team will also benefit from players who have transferred to his program from Palm Beach Central High School and Boynton Beach High School.
According to Kenyon, one of the key cogs of his team’s new offense will be the play and leadership of sophomore quarterback Max Griner, who is a transfer from Boynton Beach.
