2026 Prep Football Summer Series: Brawley Wildcats

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - Injuries plagued the Brawley Wildcats throughout the 2025-26 season, leading to a 2-9 finish.

Now, former Calipatria head football coach Rick Stewart is at the helm, and looking to revitalize the Wildcats' deep-running culture, while instilling his own ways.

Working on chemistry off the field has already led to success on the field in the early stages of the summer, according to Stewart. It's the work the team puts in now, that'll lead to the success throughout the season - especially in one of the biggest high school football games of the Desert Southwest.

"That play call that I'm gonna make in the Bell game on October 30th... the success of that play call is happening now, and it's not just how much we bench press and squat, Stewart said. "It's the off-the-field, the bonding and the barbeque."