The home football season opens with the Bucs’ Pride game held Friday at Buccaneer Stadium starting at 7 p.m.  Each player will wear a name on their jersey to honor those who have passed away or been affected by cancer. This game is organized by the Bucs’ Pride association.

Below is a list of players/honorees.

Player:  #3 Drew Bruursema

Playing in memory of: William Schippers

Relation: Great Grandpa

Player: #5 Levi Overway

Playing in memory of: Grandpa Sam

Player: #6 Jake Kostner

Playing in memory of: Grandpa Kostner

Player: #7 Luke Larkin

Playing in memory of: Mary Larkin

Relation: Grandma

Player: #8 Evan Kaufman

Playing in memory of: Smith and Kaufman family members

Player: #9 Joe Sepeshy

Playing in honor of: a friend

Player: #10 Aaron Cummings

Playing in memory of: Robin Bye

Relation: Friend and mentor

Player: #11 James Harding

Playing in honor of: Grandma

Player: #12 Ashkii Wilson

Playing in honor of: Ked Rhode

Relation: Coach Smith’s good friend

Player: #13 Casper Attermann

Playing in memory of: Grandmother

Player: #14 Schaefer Thelen

Playing in honor of: Uncle Bob

Player: #15 Lukas Steffel

Playing in honor of: Bev Deal

Relation: One of Dr.Larry Poel’s receptionists

Player: #16 Joey Zelenka

Playing in memory of: Ruth Baker

Player: #18 Spencer Botner

Playing in memory of: Kaleb Schmidt’s grandma and Mike and Amy Schmidt’s mom

Player: #22 Wayne McLaughlin

Playing in honor of: Denise North’s dad

Player: #23 Zac Marsman

Playing in memory of: Dough Burton

Relation: Former Buccaneer Athlete

Player: #24 Trey Bledsoe

Playing in honor of: Grandmother

Player: #25 Zach McKinnon

Playing in memory of: Grandpa Carl

Player: #30 Chase Pego

Playing in memory of: Luis Guillen

Player: #32 Taylor Siegel

Playing in honor of: Tia

Player: #34 Austin Rutherford

Playing in honor of: Sorrelle Family

Player: #40 Fortune Anyanwu

Playing in honor of: Sheri Stone

Player: #42 Reis Lannin

Playing in memory of: Matt Barnes

Player: #44 Matt VanHeest

Playing in memory of: Mary Zitta

Relation: Former Grand Haven Teacher

Player: #45 Nick Mulcahy

Playing in honor of: Tom Holmes

Player: #50 Drew Danskine

Playing in memory of: Uncle John

Player: #51 Andrew Dalman

Playing in honor of: Grandmother

Player: #53 Trevor Springer

Playing in memory of: Trevor Howard

Relation: 8 year old taken in by the football team who recently lost his battle with Leukemia

Player: #54 Nathan VanZee

Playing in honor of: Kim

Relation: Friend of Steve

Player: #55 Hunter Bessinger

Playing in memory of: Jan Ledinsky and Ruth Valliere

Player: #58 Juan Bucerra

Playing in honor of: Aunt Angie

Player: #62 Ben VanderBroek

Playing in honor of: Aunt Marilyn

Player: #63 Connor Gundy

Playing in honor of: Ann Tibbe

Relation: Girlfriend’s mom

Player: #64 Zach Benson

Playing in honor of: All of Grand Haven High School Staff

Player: #66 Alexander Zelazquez

Playing in memory of: Charlie Clark

Player: #67 Rylee Brown

Playing in memory of: Marilyn Mergener

Relation: Grand Haven teacher for 35 years

Player: #68 John Struntz

Playing in honor of: Amy Fontaine

Relation: A young Grand Haven mom

Player: #72 Thompson McWatters

Playing in honor of: Uncle Mike

Player: #76 Mike Olthof

Playing in memory of: Grandpa Olthof

Player: #77 Junior Pedroza

Playing in honor of: Bucs Pride

Player: #78 Chase VanHoef

Playing in memory of: Carol VanHoef

Relation: Grandma

Player: #88 Destin Meirs

Playing in honor of: Cal Jager

Relation: Grand Haven High School senior