Room to grow for young Oakridge football squad in 2026, but championship standard remains

BY SCOTT DECAMP LocalSportsJournal.com Tim Parker was not about to reinvent the wheel in taking the reins for Oakridge football last season. Not after spending about three decades in the highly successful program. “I mean, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” he said. “A lot of the stuff that was done was done when I was there with Jack (Schugars). A lot of the same things — same program, same belief system.” Following up back-to-back Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Famers in Schugars and Cary Harger is no easy task, but the Eagles were certainly respectable…