PLYMOUTH — Welcome to Richland Source’s 2025 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview all the schools across the county. Each preview features key players, this season’s schedule and what fans can expect under the Friday night lights.

Today, we preview the Plymouth Big Red. Find all of our 2025 high school football previews here.

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Plymouth Big Red 2025 Preview

Division: VII
Region: 25
Conference: Firelands Conference
Coach: John Gillum
Last year: 2-8

Schedule 📅

Aug. 22 — at Lucas
Aug. 29 — WILLARD
Sept. 5 — WELLINGTON
Sept. 12 — at St. Paul
Sept. 19 — MAPLETON
Sept. 26 — at Crestview
Oct. 3 — at New London
Oct. 10 — at Monroeville
Oct. 17 — WESTERN RESERVE
Oct. 24 — SOUTH CENTRAL

BY THE NUMBERS 📊

1983

The year of Plymouth’s only Firelands Conference championship. The Big Red finished seventh in the FC last fall.

3

Postseason appearances in program history. Plymouth qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 2014 and made back-to-back appearances in 2020 and 2021.

7

Seniors lost to graduation, including All-Firelands Conference picks Hunter McClure, Noah Robinson and Owen Wright.

13.3

Points per game for Plymouth last year, seventh in the Firelands Conference. The Big Red were shut out four times.

PLAYERS TO WATCH 💪

BEN TRIMMER

A senior, running back and safety, Trimmer rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown and made 47 tackles last year.

LINCOLN DISTL

A junior quarterback, Distl completed 22-of-48 passes for 380 yards and four touchdowns last year.

CRYSTAL BALL 🔮

Plymouth struggled offensively last fall, but the Big Red boasted the Firelands Conference’s fifth-ranked scoring defense, allowing 26.8 points a game. The Big Red need to replace a couple of talented offensive linemen in All-Firelands Conference picks Hunter McClure and Noah Robinson. Junior quarterback Lincoln Distl has started 14 games under center and coach John Gillum is expecting big things from Distl.

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