Sikora Out at Berkley.

Written Thursday May 25th at 11:10 PM

The Berkley Bears will have a new football coach this fall.

Berkley coach Chris Sikora has resigned according to the Berkley Bears Football Facebook Account.

Here is the response from Sikora surrounding his resignation from the football program. "With strong emotions, I am announcing that I am resigning from my position as head football coach at Berkley High School. I feel incredibly thankful for the opportunity to guide these young men to victories on and off the field over the past four years. Since the day I was hired, I've done everything I can to make the school proud, to be a role model for our young men, and to provide them the best opportunity to be successful. I plan on guiding my replacement during the transition and will continue to aid in support recruiting for our student athletes. I will continue to be a teacher in the school district so please let me know if there is anything I can do to make this transition easier on all parties. I will always be grateful for the opportunity to teach others about football, life, hard work, and responsibility."

Sikora posted a 24-17 record in his four seasons as head coach of the Bears. He led Berkley to their first district title in school history back in 2015 and had a regional final appearance before losing to Livonia Franklin. Sikora was the Junior Varsity Coach under coach Jeff Burnside whom left Berkley for Novi in 2012.

The Bears open up the 2017 season at Hurley Field against Farmington in August.

Thoughts.

This one is a shocker, Sikora is a very good football coach. The Bears were prepared to go to the White this season. This move comes as a surprise. I'm curious whom will be the next coach at Berkley.

I think Ray Ostrowski would be a PERFECT fit to coach this program. He was Sikora's assistant. It would make perfect sense for Ostrowski to take over this football program.

We'll see what happens.

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