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REGION PREVIEWS REGION 6 Cathedral Prep ..........10-12 Central Tech ..............12-13 East ...........................14-15 Fort LeBoeuf .............16-17 General McLane........18-19 McDowell ...................20-22 Strong Vincent ..........24-25

REGION 3 Eisenhower ....................63 Iroquois .....................64-65 North East .................66-67 Northwestern ............68-69 Seneca .......................70-71 Maplewood .....................72 Saegertown ....................73

REGION 5 Conneaut ........................27 DuBois ............................28 Franklin...........................29 Grove City.......................30 Oil City ............................31 Meadville ...................32-33 Warren ............................34

REGION 2 Greenville .......................78 Hickory ...........................79 Lakeview.........................80 Mercer.............................81 Reynolds ........................82 Sharon ............................83 Sharpsville .....................84 Slippery Rock.................85 Wilmington .....................86

REGION 4 Conneaut, Ohio .........36-37 Corry .........................38-39 Fairview .....................40-41 Girard.........................44-45 Harbor Creek.............46-47 Mercyhurst Prep .......48-49 Titusville ....................50-51

THE COVERS

Erie: Levi Becker and

Erie County: Corry’s

Crawford County:

Mercer County:

Collin Christensen are two reasons McDowell has a potent air attack.

Brady Davis and Fort LeBoeuf’s Jared Kula provide offensive firepower.

REGION 1 Cambridge Springs ..90-91 Cochranton ....................92 Farrell..............................93 Union City..................94-95 West Middlesex..............96 Youngsville.....................97

THE REPORTER Tom Reisenweber gathered and wrote much of the content, including all team outlooks, for Kickoff 2016. He has been a high school reporter for the past eight years and is the beat writer for the Erie SeaWolves.

Hickory’s Chuck Carr and Wilmington’s Spencer DeMedal are top threats.

TEAM EFFORT

FEATURES

Kickoff 2016, a Times Publishing Company publication, features the contributions of many talented people, including reporter John Dudley, designer Rick Green, and photographers Matt Durisko, Rob Frank, Jeff Bobin, Andy Colwell and Christopher Millette.

Sports editor Jeff Kirik supervised the project.

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For the first time, an Ohio team will be a District 10 member when Conneaut competes during the regular season.

TEAM HELMETS

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The PIAA made a historic decision to expand to six classes, and the move also shook up District 10.

A special thanks to PAHelmetProject.com, which allows us to publish helmet art of District 10 schools each year. We’re grateful for their contribution.

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Meadville’s Antonio Ferraro and Journey Brown are a dangerous backfield duo.

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KICKOFF ’16: A LOOK AHEAD ERIE TIMES-NEWS PRESEASON DISTRICT 10 RANKINGS

CLASS 1A School 2015 record 1. Farrell 12-1 2. West Middlesex 8-4 3. Cochranton 4-6 CLASS 2A School 2015 record 1. Sharpsville 12-1 2. Wilmington 6-5 3. Greenville 8-4 4. Iroquois 8-3 5. North East 7-4

CLASS 3A School 2015 record 1. Hickory 11-2 2. Sharon 10-2 3. Fairview 8-3 4. Harbor Creek 6-5 5. Corry 4-6 CLASS 4A-6A School 2015 record 1. Cathedral Prep (4A) 14-2 2. McDowell (6A) 7-6 3. Conneaut (5A) 12-1 4. Meadville (5A) 6-5 5. General McLane (5A) 7-4

Rankings by Tom Reisenweber

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McDowell vs. Cathedral Prep (Sept. 9, Veterans Stadium) — How could this not be No. 1? The most intense rivalry in District 10 is in Erie between two of the biggest programs.

The Ramblers and Trojans are perennial PIAA playoff participants, and the intensity level is at an all-time high when they meet. Last year’s game was decided by a lastsecond Prep field goal.

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Sharon at Hickory (Sept. 16) — The Tigers and Hornets have developed into two of the top mid-sized schools in District 10. Sharon beat Hickory by one point last fall during region play before Hickory earned payback in the D-10 Class AA championship. With the Steel Bowl (Sharon vs. Farrell) gone, this is now the top rivalry in Mercer County.

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Meadville at Conneaut (Sept. 23) — Will this be the year of the Bulldogs? Meadville and Conneaut became a natural rivalry when the Conneaut School District consolidated three schools into one and became the size of Meadville. Meadville has not been able to beat the Eagles since they formed four years ago. The Bulldogs might break through this fall.

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Farrell at West Middlesex (Sept. 16) — Both programs have reached Hershey in the past decade. The two were almost left behind by the Mercer County region being formed in Region 2.

The Steelers and Big Reds look like the top contenders not only in Region 1 but in D-10 Class A as well.

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Hickory at Sharpsville (Oct. 7) — Although the Hornets and Blue Devils are in different classifications, this could end up being the Region 2 championship. By this point, Hickory will have played Sharon. If the Hornets and Blue Devils are both undefeated, it could be an intense night at “The Pines.”

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DuBois at Meadville (Sept. 9) — The last time these teams played, they combined for 197 points. Meadville edged DuBois 107-90 last fall in a game that gained national attention. DuBois might not have superstar quarterback Matt Miller in this game because of offseason surgery, but both teams could put up big offensive numbers, once again.

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North East at Iroquois (Oct. 21) — The Grapepickers and Braves could be undefeated in Region 3 at this point. Either way, these two could turn into rivals, and this game could decide playoff seeds in the final week of region play.

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General McLane at Fort LeBoeuf (Oct. 14) — The Lancers and Bison usually meet in Week 1 each season in a nonregion showdown. LeBoeuf has moved into Region 6, making this game mean more than just bragging rights. It could be a lot of fun in the “Bonitodome” in October.

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Fairview at Girard (Sept. 9) — Fairview looks like a favorite in Region 4, but Girard was young last year and could be a surprise team with a good young quarterback. The best time to get the Tigers this year might be early as they fill gaps left by graduation making this an interesting rivalry game in Week 3.

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Mercyhurst Prep at Conneaut (Ohio) (Sept. 16) — History will be made in Week 4 when the first District 10 region game in Ohio takes place. Not only will Region 4 teams get their first look at the Spartans, but with the Lakers appearing to be on the rise, this could be a meaningful game in the standings.

REGION COACHES’ POLLS REGION 1 School (First-place votes) 1. Farrell (6) 2. West Middlesex 3. Cambridge Springs 4. Cochranton 5. Union City 6.Youngsville

REGION 4 School (First-place votes) 1. Fairview (6) 2. Harbor Creek (1) 3. Corry 4. Conneaut 5. Mercyhurst Prep 6. Titusville 7. Girard

REGION 2 School (First-place votes) 1. Hickory (9) 2. Sharon 3. (tied) Sharpsville 3. (tied) Wilmington 5. Greenville 6. Reynolds 7. Slippery Rock 8. Lakeview 9. Mercer

REGION 5 School (First-place votes) 1. Conneaut (4) 2. Meadville (3) 3. DuBois 4. Oil City 5. Grove City 6. Warren 7. Franklin

REGION 3 School (First-place votes) 1. North East (4) 2. Iroquois (1) 3. Seneca (1) 4. Northwestern (1) 5. Eisenhower 6. Maplewood 7. Saegertown

REGION 6 School (First-place votes) 1. Cathedral Prep (4) 2. McDowell (3) 3. General McLane 4. Central Tech 5. Fort LeBoeuf 6. Strong Vincent 7. East

REGION PREDICTIONS Region Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6

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Coaches Farrell Hickory North East Fairview Conneaut Cathedral Prep

Varsity blog poll Farrell Hickory North East Fairview Meadville Cathedral Prep

Tom Reisenweber Farrell Hickory Iroquois Fairview Conneaut Cathedral Prep

10 TOP GAMES

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WHAT’S NEW IN 2016?

SIX CLASSES

The PIAA finally did it. The expansion from the traditional four-enrollment classification system to six classes had been debated in recent years, but during the offseason, the PIAA finally approved the move.

The change makes the 2016 football season one of the most anticipated and unpredictable years in state history.

In District 10 alone, the expansion to six classes caused a chain reaction of movement.

Nine teams decided to play up from 4A to 5A, and Cathedral Prep stayed put in 4A.

NEW COACHES

Five D-10 teams have new head coaches, and one coach is with a team that is new to the district.

Girard’s Mike Zona, Lakeview’s John Falconi Jr., Oil City’s Dan York, Slippery Rock’s Mike Zona Larry Wendereusz, and Youngsville’s Andy Chase take over new teams.

Rocco Dobran is in his sixth season with Conneaut, Ohio, which is new to D-10.

For more on the coaches, see Pages 42-43.

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SHUFFLED REGIONS The change in classes also triggered a shuffling of the regions in District 10. Only the big Regions 5 and 6 were spared from a dramatic change in membership.

Meanwhile, the former Erie County League teams were split up and divided between Region 4 (Corry, Fairview, Girard and Harbor Creek) and Region 3 (Iroquois, North East, Northwestern and Seneca). Fort LeBoeuf, meanwhile, moved up to Region 6.

Several of the longtime Mercer County powers, who had been in Regions 1 and 3, were shifted into the new powerhouse Region 2.

For more details on the regions and the six classes, go to Page 52.

EARLY START To accommodate for the new six-class system and the resulting PIAA playoff schedule, District 10 is opening its season earlier than usual, kicking off on Friday, Aug. 26.

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HELLO, OHIO CAREER RECORD MANIA Heading into 2016, District 10 has new career leaders in four major statistical categories. Franklin wide receiver Kahlil West (upper left) set D-10 records with 175 receptions, 3,201 yards and 32 touchdowns.

Conneaut’s Hunter Merritt (upper right) graduated as the district’s leading career scorer with 574 points.

Look out this season for Hickory’s Chuck Carr (lower left) and Meadville’s Journey Brown (lower right), who could challenge the career rushing and scoring marks.

For more stats, see Pages 99-101.

In recent years, District 10 showed a drift toward Ohio when it shifted the district swimming and track and field championships to S.P.I.R.E. Institute near Geneva.

Now, for the first time, D-10 has accepted an Ohio football program as a member — but only for regularseason games.

The Conneaut (Ohio) Spartans will compete in Region 4 this season against six D-10 teams after finishing with a 6-5 record in 2015.

Mercyhurst Prep will become the first team to play a D-10 game in Ohio on Sept. 16, when the Lakers visit the Spartans.

For more on Conneaut, go to Pages 36-37.

GOODBYE, BRADFORD As Conneaut, Ohio, enters District 10, the Bradford football program exits.

The District 9-member Owls had played regular seasons in D-10 since 2008. Bradford plays only one D-10 team this year — Warren in its season finale.

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2015: A LOOK BACK

FINAL STANDINGS

Region 1 Region Overall x-Sharpsville 6-0 12-1 y-Farrell 5-1 14-2 y-West Middlesex 3-3 8-4 y-Wilmington 3-3 6-5 Lakeview 2-4 6-4 Reynolds 2-4 3-7 Mercer 0-6 1-9 x-region champion y-qualified for the playoffs Region 2 Region Overall x-Cambridge Springs 7-0 10-2 y-Iroquois 6-1 8-3 y-Eisenhower 5-2 6-5 y-Maplewood 3-4 5-6 Cochranton 3-4 4-6 Union City 3-4 3-7 Saegertown 1-6 1-9 Youngsville 0-7 0-10 x-region champion y-qualified for playoffs Region 3 Region Overall x-Sharon 7-0 10-2 y-Hickory 6-1 11-2 y-Greenville 5-2 8-4 y-Slippery Rock 4-3 5-6 Corry 3-4 4-6 Warren 2-5 3-7 Grove City 1-6 1-9 Titusville 0-7 1-9 x-region champion y-qualified for playoffs Region 4 Region Overall z-Fairview 6-1 8-3 z-Fort LeBoeuf 6-1 7-4 y-North East 5-2 7-4 y-Harbor Creek 4-3 6-5 Seneca 3-4 6-4 Northwestern 3-4 3-7 Girard 1-6 1-8 Mercyhurst Prep 0-7 1-9 y-qualified for playoffs z-region co-champions Region 5 Region Overall x-Conneaut (AAA) 5-0 12-1 y-Oil City (AAA) 3-2 6-5 y-DuBois (AAAA) 3-2 5-6 y-Meadville (AAA) 2-3 6-5 y-Franklin (AAA) 2-3 6-6 Bradford (AAA) 0-5 1-9 x-region champion y-qualified for playoffs Region 6 Region Overall x-Cathedral Prep (AAA) 5-0 14-2 y-McDowell (AAAA) 4-1 7-6 y-General McLane (AAAA) 3-2 7-4 y-Central Tech (AAA) 2-3 5-6 Strong Vincent (AAA) 1-4 1-9 y-East (AAA) 0-5 1-10 x-region champion y-qualified for playoffs

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FINAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

RUSHING Returnees in bold Player, Team Att. Garrett Owens, North East 339 Chuck Carr, Hickory 264 Journey Brown, Meadville 179 Harold Coles, Fairview 332 Zach Stafford, Cam. Springs 186 Keyshaan Husband, Central Tech 178 Khaliq Ragster, Sharpsville 199 Hunter Merritt, Conneaut 193 Braxton Chapman, Farrell 207 Tyler Barone, Iroquois 154 Kyle Sult, General McLane 231 Jared Kula, Fort LeBoeuf 263 Trent Porter, Slippery Rock 173 Adam Fish, Seneca 160 Ryan, Lauster, Slippery Rock 148 Alex Locco-Nielsen, Harbor Creek 165 Antonio Ferraro, Meadville 152 John Eakin, Bradford 133 Kyle Nuhfer, Maplewood 201 Austin Rice, Lakeview 224 Nathaniel Kightlinger, Iroquois 134 Hunter Hause, Greenville 127 Noah Weber, Harbor Creek 123 Zakary Lynn, Franklin 173 Ta’Nauz Gregory, Cathedral Prep 103 Solomon Gross, Warren 130 Sullivan Johnson, Cathedral Prep 143 Tyrin Peavy, Sharpsville 117 Dylan McDanel, Reynolds 109 Alex Myers, Farrell 142 Zack Helsley, Mercyhurst Prep 186 Garrett Daniello, Reynolds 105 Braden Paulinellie, DuBois 135 Louie Head, Eisenhower 155 Curtis Freyermuth, Cochranton 134 Isaiah Gillette, Conneaut 111 Hunter Merwin, Oil City 146 Liam Cragg, Corry 116 Stevie Reisenauer, Cam. Springs 94 Andrew Tomko, Sharon 137 Ryan Carpenter, General McLane 117 Luke Hemminger, West Middlesex 126 Caden Parulski, Maplewood 130 Chris Hibbler, Seneca 74 Christopher Muldrew Jr., Cath. Prep 101 Malachi Newell, Farrell 87 Da’mon Rudolph, Sharon 97 Austin Mattocks, Union City 135 Daulton Kerns, Union City 150 Brady Corklin, Titusville 128 PASSING Player, Team Comp Att Matthew Miller, DuBois 206 326 Andrew Tomko, Sharon 163 280 Levi Becker, McDowell 175 363 Hunter Merritt, Conneaut 127 206 Alex Myers, Farrell 124 226 Porter Rembold, Franklin 122 248 Jacob Brooks, Girard 149 262 Jackson McFall, Oil City 104 194 Luke Brennan, Hickory 105 176 Bryce Xander, Corry 106 212 K. Patterson, Grove City 119 215 Evan Suppa, Warren 106 200 Joey Scarabino, Seneca 73 165 Joe Mischler, Cathedral Prep 97 175 Luke Henwood, Sharpsville 61 94 Spencer DeMedal,Wilmington101 184 Nick Cannone, W.Middlesex 86 211 Louie Head, Eisenhower 74 130 Gage Gladysz, Greenville 75 120 Brady Corklin, Titusville 66 177 Jason Williams, Central Tech 41 84 Zack Wellman, Maplewood 43 137 Timothy Beveridge, Cath. Prep 50 110 KennyYoungberg, Ft. LeBoeuf58 100 47 95 Kyle Kirk, Bradford Stevie Reisenauer, C. Springs 31 62 Curtis Freyermuth,Cochranton 36 79

Yards 2,914 2,517 2,497 2,448 1,964 1,910 1,690 1,532 1,429 1,475 1,399 1,393 1,311 1,295 1,275 1,256 1,230 1,167 1,159 1,141 1,128 1,121 1,095 1,088 1,039 1,020 979 967 952 941 935 885 869 866 849 822 821 814 811 804 785 766 728 712 694 683 680 662 634 590

Avg. TDs 8.6 40 9.5 38 13.9 35 7.4 30 10.6 30 10.7 22 8.5 21 7.9 31 6.9 15 9.2 15 6.1 20 5.3 19 7.6 17 8.1 17 8.6 16 7.6 8 8.1 19 8.8 8 5.8 12 5.1 9 8.3 17 8.8 9 8.9 22 6.3 12 10.1 11 7.8 14 6.8 8 8.3 18 8.7 11 6.6 16 5 5 8.4 9 6.4 11 5.6 11 6.3 7 7.4 9 5.6 9 7 10 8.6 14 5.9 11 6.7 7 6.1 6 5.6 6 9.6 9 6.9 8 7.9 11 7 9 4.9 5 4.2 8 4.6 9

Yards 3,620 2,701 2,524 2,327 2,127 2,067 1,906 1,886 1,572 1,514 1,433 1,372 1,305 1,298 1,229 1,220 1,172 1,067 1,040 972 933 895 773 764 740 729 636

TDs Int. 32 11 29 5 23 18 34 10 19 18 22 12 16 13 22 5 20 11 14 11 10 14 8 7 13 8 19 8 15 2 10 9 12 13 13 3 4 7 10 11 14 8 6 10 9 3 2 4 9 2 9 4 8 5

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Sam Peterson, StrongVincent 45 Chris Adams, East 53 Brandon Fox, Harbor Creek 38 Kyle Sult, General McLane 43 Garrett Daniello, Reynolds 40 Jake Montefiori, M’hurst Prep 44 Nathan Tewell, Northwestern 20 Connor Byers, M’hurst Prep 41 Zachary Sloan, DuBois 39 Andrew Morosky, Fairview 25 Jake Doddo, Lakeview 19 Tarrell Clark, Iroquois 22 Nate Slawson, Cochranton 21 Dane Rhoades, Saegertown 23 Daulton Kerns, Union City 13 Tanner Frye, Meadville 14 Dante Pangowish, St.Vincent 21 Jordan Keyes, Youngsville 10 Gavin Horner,Youngsville 16 Jack Garrett, Titusville 9 Killian Cooper, Northwestern18 Dylin Chapin, Oil City 13 Kirk Mumau, Meadville 9

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Ziyon Strickland 623 620 618 558 557 494 454 445 444 402 339 324 278 262 251 250 219 202 199 190 184 166 166

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RECEPTIONS Player, Team Rec.Yards Avg. TDs Dante Dawson, DuBois 80 1,327 16.6 12 Morgan Hadley, Oil City 66 1,156 17.5 16 Henry Litwin, Conneaut 62 1,371 22.1 20 Kahlil West, Franklin 61 1,181 19.4 15 Ziyon Strickland, Sharon 60 1,213 20.2 15 Dorian Connors, Girard 56 858 15.3 5 Brady Davis, Corry 47 846 18 8 Ta’Nauz Gregory, Cathedral Prep 46 682 14.8 7 Zachary Sloan, DuBois 45 807 17.9 6 Colin Read, DuBois 42 849 20.2 8 Joey DeJulia, Hickory 42 608 14.5 8 Collin Christensen, McDowell 41 543 13.2 4 Brenden Kohan, Girard 41 436 10.6 2 Ethan Reiser, Greenville 40 670 16.7 3 37 589 15.9 5 Kyle Hopson, DuBois Zach Meszaros, Sharon 37 540 14.6 1 Andrew Pryts, Hickory 35 598 17.1 8 Koran Williams, Cathedral Prep 35 533 15.2 5 Malachi Newell, Farrell 35 490 14 4 Matt Kelly, McDowell 34 758 22.3 8 Liam Cragg, Corry 34 365 10.7 4 Bryson Verrelli, Wilmington 34 357 10.5 3 Devin Nowacki, Warren 33 497 15.1 2 Brayden Martin, Grove City 31 334 10.8 2 Chris Hibbler, Seneca 30 534 17.8 6 Hunter Kallay, Mercyhurst Prep 30 492 16.4 1 Marcus McCoy, Farrell 29 656 22.6 7 Dajon Heidelberg, Cathedral Prep 29 470 16.2 5 Dontae Williams, Girard 28 366 13.1 8 Bryon Williams, Strong Vincent 27 425 15.7 3 Raquan Gray-Law, Franklin 27 334 12.4 2 Garrett Dahn, Fort LeBoeuf 25 337 13.5 3 Dylan Mercier, McDowell 25 313 12.5 1 Malik Allison, Central Tech 24 670 27.9 9 Jordan Wilson, Sharon 24 326 13.6 2 Peter Jamieson, Cochranton 23 452 19.6 6 Logan Lutz, Grove City 23 342 14.9 4 Skylar McIntyre, Titusville 22 402 18.3 7 Colt Fairbanks, Conneaut 22 363 16.5 4

Journey Brown

Noah Weber, Harbor Creek 21 Taylor Williams, Conneaut 20 Jesse Magee, Seneca 19 Marquis Altman, Sharpsville 19 Nick Davies, Grove City 19 Thomas Warren, Eisenhower 18 Brady Kesterholt,Youngsville 17 Tyrin Peavy, Sharpsville 16 Jourdan Townsend, W. Middlesex15 Hunter Cox, Cambridge Springs 13 Raheem Young, Maplewood 13

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SCORING Player, Team TDs XPs2-pt. FGsTotal Garrett Owens, North East 40 0 7 0 254 Journey Brown, Meadville 39 0 8 0 250 Chuck Carr, Hickory 38 0 0 0 228 Zach Stafford, Cam. Springs 33 0 8 0 214 Harold Coles, Fairview 34 0 3 0 210 Noah Weber, Harbor Creek 32 0 1 0 194 Hunter Merritt, Conneaut 32 0 0 0 192 Keyshaan Husband, CentralTech26 0 11 0 178 Henry Litwin, Conneaut 25 0 5 0 160 Tyrin Peavy, Sharpsville 25 0 0 0 150 Ta’Nauz Gregory, Cath. Prep 24 0 0 0 144 Alex Myers, Farrell 16 2 17 0 134 Khaliq Ragster, Sharpsville 22 0 0 0 132 Tyler Barone, Iroquois 20 0 3 0 126 Antonio Ferraro, Meadville 20 0 2 0 124 Kyle Sult, General McLane 20 0 1 0 122 Malachi Newell, Farrell 16 0 9 0 116 Jared Kula, Fort LeBoeuf 19 0 0 0 114 Adam Fish, Seneca 18 0 0 0 108 Nathaniel Kightlinger, Iroquois 18 0 0 0 108 Kahlil West, Franklin 17 0 2 0 106 Liam Cragg, Corry 17 0 1 0 104 Trent Porter, Slippery Rock 17 0 1 0 104 Ziyon Strickland, Sharon 17 0 0 0 102 17 0 0 0 102 Andrew Pryts, Hickory Braden Paulinellie, DuBois 17 0 0 0 102 Stevie Reisenauer, Cam. Springs 14 0 9 0 102 Morgan Hadley, Oil City 16 0 2 0 100 Solomon Gross, Warren 16 0 1 0 98 Ryan Lauster, Slippery Rock 16 0 0 0 96 Braxton Chapman, Farrell 15 0 2 0 94 Chris Hibbler, Seneca 15 0 0 0 90 Canyon Eells, Greenville 14 0 0 1 87 Kyle Nuhfer, Maplewood 11 0 8 0 82 Dante Dawson, DuBois 13 0 0 0 78 Dylan McDanel, Reynolds 13 0 0 0 78 Zakary Lynn, Franklin 13 0 0 0 78 Andrew Tomko, Sharon 12 5 0 0 77 Branden Haylett, Conneaut 0 74 0 1 77 Hunter Merwin, Oil City 12 0 2 0 76 Casey Eells, Greenville 5 36 0 1 69 Louie Head, Eisenhower 11 0 1 0 68 Jordan Wilson, Sharon 11 0 0 0 66 Jacob Scarton, Hickory 0 62 0 1 65 John Eakin, Bradford 10 0 2 0 64 Isaiah Manning, Meadville 10 0 2 0 64 Jake Doddo, Lakeview 8 0 8 0 64 Devaughn Green, Farrell 10 0 1 0 62 Da’mon Rudolph, Sharon 10 0 0 0 60 Anthony Lupo, Cathedral Prep 0 48 0 4 60

POSTSEASON RECAP Class A District 10 Quarterfinals Sharpsville 49, Maplewood 14 West Middlesex 27, Iroquois 20 Farrell 44, Eisenhower 0 Cambridge Springs 34, Wilmington 6 Semifinals Sharpsville 46, West Middlesex 7 Farrell 40, Cambridge Springs 21 Championship Farrell 26, Sharpsville 20, OT PIAA quarterfinals Farrell 27, Kane 6 PIAA semifinals Farrell 26, Berlin-Brothersvalley 21

PIAA championship Bishop Guilfoyle 35, Farrell 0 Class AA District 10 Quarterfinals Sharon 59, Harbor Creek 0 Greenville 50, Fort LeBoeuf 0 Hickory 41, North East 8 Fairview 28, Slippery Rock 21 Semifinals Hickory 55, Fairview 14 Sharon 15, Greenville 9 Championship Hickory 32, Sharon 19 PIAA playoffs Quarterfinals Central Martinsburg 30, Hickory 21

Class AAA District 10 Quarterfinals Conneaut 56, East 6 Franklin 31, Central Tech 22 Cathedral Prep 62, Meadville 8 Bye: Oil City (6-4) Semifinals Conneaut 60, Franklin 13 Cathedral Prep 49, Oil City 14 Championship Cathedral Prep 42, Conneaut 21 PIAA playoffs Quarterfinals Cathedral Prep 58, Thomas Jefferson 21 Bishop McDevitt 33, Susquehanna Twp. 19

Semifinals Cathedral Prep 38, Bishop McDevitt 34 Championship Imhotep Charter 40, Cathedral Prep 3 Class AAAA District 10 championship McDowell 35, General McLane 30 PIAA District 6-8-9-10 subregion State College 41, DuBois 7 McDowell 42, Brashear 2 District 6-8-9-10 subregion final State College 48, McDowell 40

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2015 IN REVIEW

INDEX

STANDINGS

Cathedral Prep .........10-11 Central Tech ............12-13 East ......................14-15 Fort LeBoeuf ...........16-17 General McLane .......18-19 McDowell ...............20-22 Strong Vincent .........24-25

Class AAA, AAAA Region Overall x-Cathedral Prep (AAA) 5-0 14-2 y-McDowell (AAAA) 4-1 7-6 y-General McLane (AAAA) 3-2 7-4 y-Central Tech (AAA) 2-3 5-6 Strong Vincent (AAA) 1-4 1-9 y-East (AAA) 0-5 1-10 x-region champion y-qualified for the playoffs

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POSTSEASON Class AAA District 10 Quarterfinals Conneaut 56, East 6 Franklin 31, Central Tech 22 Cathedral Prep 62, Meadville 8 Semifinals Cathedral Prep 49, Oil City 14 Championship Cathedral Prep 42, Conneaut 21 PIAA Quarterfinals Cathedral Prep 28, Thomas Jefferson 21 Semifinals Cathedral Prep 38, Bishop McDevitt 34 Championship Imhotep Charter 40, Cathedral Prep 3

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS New region — 4A, 5A, 6A School Enrollment Cathedral Prep (4A) 397 Central Tech* (5A) 348 East (5A) 448 Fort LeBoeuf* (5A) 283 General McLane* (5A) 300 McDowell (6A) 781 Strong Vincent* (5A) 317 *Elected to play up to 5A. 4A range: 283-397 5A range: 398-563 6A range: 564 and above

SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champion: Cathedral

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▀ Favorite: Cathedral Prep ▀ Contenders: McDowell,

General McLane ▀ Dark horse: Fort LeBoeuf

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Class AAAA District 10 Championship McDowell 35, General McLane 30 PIAA Subregional McDowell 42, Brashear 2 Subregional State College 48, McDowell 40

REGION 6 CHAMPIONS CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

PLAYER TO WATCH Keyshaan Husband, Central Tech RB/DB · 5-11, 185 Husband ran for 1,910 yards and 22 touchdowns, and caught seven passes for 124 yards and three touchdowns last fall.

(Since initial realignment in 2004) 2015 — Cathedral Prep (5-0) 2014 — Cathedral Prep (5-0) 2013 — Cathedral Prep (5-0) 2012 — Cathedral Prep (5-0) 2011 — Cathedral Prep (6-0) 2010 — Cathedral Prep (6-0) 2009 — Cathedral Prep (4-0) 2008 — Strong Vincent (4-0) 2007 — Cathedral Prep, McDowell (co-champions, 4-1) 2006 — Cathedral Prep (5-0) 2005 — McDowell (2-0) 2004 — McDowell (2-0)

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STATS Litwin sets mark; several just miss Conneaut’s Henry Litwin was the lone player to set a District 10 single-season record in 2015. He set a pair of receiving marks.

However, plenty of other players fell just short of records.

Henry Litwin had 1,371 yards Litwin to shatter the previous Conneaut mark by more than 200 receiving yards. He also set a district record by pulling in 20 TD catches.

Led by Litwin, District 10 receivers turned in the four highest single-season receiving yardage totals in D-10 history. Sharon’s Ziyon Strickland (1,271), Franklin’s Kahlil West Ziyon (1,181) and Oil City’s Strickland Morgan Hadley (1,156) Sharon also had lofty totals.

North East’s Garrett Owens (254 points) and Meadville’s Journey Brown (250) made a run at Greenville running back Andy Blatt’s district record of 264 points (1991) before finishing third and fourth, respectively.

D-10 also recorded four of the top five season rushing totals — North East’s Owens (second, 2,914 yards), Hickory’s Chuck Carr (third, 2,517), Harold Coles Meadville’s Brown Fairview (fourth, 2,497) and Fairview’s Harold Coles (fifth, 2,448).

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3,599 D-10 SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS Cathedral Prep’s Damion Terry set the single-season mark for passing yardage in 2012.

Player Blake Reddick Garrett Owens Chuck Carr Journey Brown Harold Coles Aaron Horton Jawan Walker Brian Milne DeShawn Coleman Marko Jackson Tim Colicchio Mike Archie Joe Korcinsky Kyle Mariacher T.J. Phillips Deke Ison Chris Burns Ron Park Andre Coleman Josh Kniess Dale Gregory Blake Reddick Lee Plotts Tyler Sargent J.D. Harden Carmone Parchman Javar Manning Eric Lucich Shannon Jackson Mark Tate Andy Blatt Blair Sweet Dan Van Dyke Zach Stafford T.J. Phillips Eric Quinn Hunter Merritt Jake McBride A.J. Fenton Carmone Parchman Keyshaan Husband Justin Angermeier Ron Park Josh Vogel Joe Korcinsky Dave Jazenski Josh Vogel Akeem Satterfield John Mikovich Allen Chorney Tyler Perry Cornelius Barclay Alex Svetz Thomas Miller Lorenzo Styles DeShawn Coleman Jason Cecil Fred Epps Eric Lewandowski Shannon Jackson Khaliq Ragster James Conner Brandon Reiser Tyler Donati Kellen O’Neill Hunter Merritt Anthony Weaver Darrell Brooks Journey Brown Marlon Pegues Matt Cragg Mike Miczo Mike Tome Carnell Hawkins John Moore Josh Fiske Player Damion Terry Billy Fessler Mark Kulinski Andrew Tomko Levi Becker Logan Clarke Logan Clarke Kolten Hoffman Hunter Merritt Austin Jerman Alex Myers Brian Cavanaugh Matt Voytik Austin Jerman Patrick Kahle D.J. Fehlman Porter Rembold Jeff Valentino Scottie Frisina Andrew Tomko

Rushing School Lakeview North East Hickory Meadville Fairview Mercyhurst Prep Cathedral Prep Fort LeBoeuf Hickory Sharon Cathedral Prep Sharon Greenville Mercer Sharon Lakeview Wilmington Reynolds Hickory Slippery Rock Fairview Lakeview Kennedy Catholic Fairview Sharon Sharon Meadville West Middlesex Fairview Cathedral Prep Greenville Wilmington Lakeview Cambridge Springs Sharon Central Conneaut Reynolds McDowell Sharon Central Tech Mercer Reynolds Harbor Creek Greenville Iroquois Harbor Creek Cathedral Prep Girard Fairview Fairview Mercyhurst Prep North East Lakeview Farrell Hickory Kennedy Catholic Meadville Cathedral Prep Fairview Sharpsville McDowell Northwestern Wilmington General McLane Conneaut McDowell Strong Vincent Meadville Hickory Corry Northwestern Girard Sharon Kanty Prep Fort LeBoeuf

Passing yards School Cathedral Prep Cathedral Prep Oil City Sharon McDowell Mercer Mercer West Middlesex Conneaut Warren Farrell Grove City Hickory Warren Franklin Warren Franklin Sharon Corry Sharon

Year 2013 2015 2015 2015 2015 2010 2001 1989 2011 1994 1990 1990 1996 2011 1998 2001 2007 1987 1989 2001 1992 2012 2006 2008 1995 2000 1998 2014 2012 1991 1991 1988 2004 2015 1997 1993 2013 2005 2008 1999 2015 2007 1986 2000 1997 2001 2001 2007 1963 1989 2006 2012 2011 2007 1991 2012 1998 2011 1987 2013 2015 2012 2013 2012 2008 2014 2005 2008 2014 2010 2012 1985 1976 2013 1979 1998

Rushes 263 339 264 179 332 186 280 353 209 — 215 — — 237 — — 257 — — — — 283 — — — — 351 195 267 293 293 — — 186 — 283 251 — 213 — 178 274 — 297 — 245 299 221 — 278 — 151 271 — — 151 227 227 269 262 199 155 207 208 141 201 268 141 155 224 230 — — 162 220 293

Yards TDs 2,974 33 2,914 40 2,517 38 2,497 35 2,448 30 2,444 35 2,430 33 2,419 31 2,391 33 2,380 — 2,355 36 2,334 — 2,330 — 2,314 33 2,275 — 2,273 — 2,234 38 2,174 — 2,173 — 2,172 — 2,099 — 2,091 17 2,074 — 2,071 31 2,042 — 2,038 — 2,034 29 2,026 28 2,014 23 1,999 25 1,993 — 1,974 — 1,971 — 1,964 30 1,957 — 1,945 26 1,937 24 1,936 — 1,933 24 1,927 — 1,910 22 1,908 22 1,903 — 1,894 17 1,887 — 1,883 20 1,871 17 1,861 27 1,822 — 1,805 19 1,799 26 1,783 26 1,760 23 1,756 — 1,752 — 1,730 28 1,725 — 1,722 22 1,708 17 1,708 16 1,690 21 1,680 21 1,673 28 1,665 21 1,663 20 1,663 29 1,652 18 1,651 25 1,651 22 1,649 18 1,649 24 1,648 27 1,630 17 1,617 16 1,609 26 1,601 25

Year Com. Att. Yards TDs 2012 222 333 3,599 50 2013 178 321 3,279 43 2010 204 349 3,253 35 2015 163 280 2,701 29 2015 175 363 2,524 23 2013 168 302 2,487 27 2014 190 305 2,426 25 2006 157 273 2,401 25 2015 127 206 2,327 34 2011 146 242 2,206 20 2015 124 226 2,127 19 1992 — — 2,118 — 2013 125 203 2,108 27 2012 147 241 2,092 28 2004 140 269 2,082 19 2013 109 191 2,079 30 2015 122 248 2,067 22 1998 — — 2,066 23 2009 122 252 2,065 23 2014 150 277 2,061 17

Scottie Frisina Bobby Michaels Joe Dunn Damion Terry John Napotnik Todd Rearick Jacob Brooks Julian Wested Jackson McFall Mark Kulinski Todd Smargiasso Porter Rembold

Corry West Middlesex Girard Cathedral Prep Sharpsville Sharon Girard Franklin Oil City Oil City Wilmington Franklin

Name Henry Litwin Ziyon Strickland Kahlil West Morgan Hadley Tyler Bittner Logan Way Ben Koyack Logan Lantz Kahlil West Logan Way Jarrett Johnson John Fowler Corey McWilliams Javon Rowan

Receiving yards School Conneaut Sharon Franklin Oil City Franklin Oil City Oil City Oil City Franklin Oil City Eisenhower McDowell Fort LeBoeuf Cathedral Prep

Name Tyler Bittner Logan Way Morgan Hadley Henry Litwin Logan Way Ben Koyack Kahlil West Ziyon Strickland

School Franklin Oil City Oil City Conneaut Oil City Oil City Franklin Sharon

Name Andy Blatt Joe Korcinsky Garrett Owens Journey Brown Aaron Horton Chris Burns Chuck Carr Andre Coleman Tim Colicchio Zach Stafford Blake Reddick Jawan Walker Justin Wiley DeShawn Coleman DeShawn Coleman Harold Coles Kyle Mariacher Keenan Ellison Mike Archie Marko Jackson Zach Stafford Noah Weber Hunter Merritt Brian Milne Cornelius Barclay Kevin Brodie Javar Manning Ron Park Josh Kniess Tyler Sargent Wes Phipps Ron Park Steve Witte Eric Lucich Brandon Reiser Delton Williams Brandon Roda Hunter Merritt Tim Romanski Keyshaan Husband Mark Tate Tom Kirdahy Andre Coleman Akeem Satterfield Josh Fiske Eric Divell Dan Skelton Matt Cragg Drew Astorino Dale Gregory John Moore James Conner Mike Miczo Henry Litwin Tyrone Buckner Eric Quinn Drew Astorino Joe Gabbard Eric McDay

2008 2003 2013 2010 1997 2008 2015 2007 2015 2009 1997 2014

Receptions

Scoring School Greenville Greenville North East Meadville Mercyhurst Prep Wilmington Hickory Hickory Cathedral Prep Cambridge Springs Lakeview Cathedral Prep Cathedral Prep Hickory Hickory Fairview Mercer Saegertown Sharon Sharon Cambridge Springs Harbor Creek Conneaut Fort LeBoeuf Mercyhurst Prep Farrell Meadville Reynolds Slippery Rock Fairview Grove City Reynolds Eisenhower West Middlesex Northwestern Cathedral Prep Iroquois Conneaut Strong Vincent Central Tech Cathedral Prep General McLane Hickory Cathedral Prep Fort LeBoeuf Harbor Creek General McLane Corry General McLane Fairview Kanty Prep McDowell Northwestern Conneaut Cathedral Prep Central General McLane McDowell Oil City

Year 1991 1996 2015 2015 2010 2007 2015 1989 1990 2015 2013 2001 2009 2011 2012 2015 2011 2008 1990 1994 2014 2015 2015 1989 2012 2010 1998 1986 2000 2007 2011 1987 1991 2014 2013 2012 2014 2014 1991 2015 1991 1998 1988 2007 1998 2007 2006 2012 2005 1992 1979 2012 1985 2015 2003 1993 2006 2002 1995

126 — 133 113 — — 149 135 104 128 120 123

223 — 220 211 — — 262 264 194 237 244 255

2,010 1,985 1,968 1,956 1,919 1,910 1,906 1,897 1,886 1,875 1,846 1,823

25 — 25 21 — — 16 19 22 14 28 14

Year 2015 2015 2015 2015 2007 2012 2010 2010 2014 2013 2014 1998 2009 2005

Rec. 62 60 61 66 83 62 62 59 55 69 54 41 59 46

Yards 1,371 1,213 1,181 1,156 1,127 1,100 1,031 1,031 1,026 966 961 913 911 906

TD 20 15 15 16 16 11 12 9 10 14 8 10 9 8

Year 2007 2013 2015 2015 2012 2010 2015 2015

Rec. 83 69 66 62 62 62 61 60

Yards 1,127 966 1,156 1,371 1,100 1,031 1,181 1,213

TD 16 14 16 20 11 12 15 15

TD PAT 2PT 44 — — 41 — 4 40 0 7 39 0 8 38 — 1 38 — — 38 0 0 37 — 1 36 — — 33 0 8 34 — 4 35 — — 35 — — 35 — — 35 — — 34 0 3 33 — 3 33 — 2 32 — 1 32 — 1 28 — 13 32 0 1 32 0 0 31 — 2 29 15 — 31 — 1 31 — — 31 — — 31 — — 31 — — 31 — — 30 — 1 25 26 — 29 — 4 30 — — 30 — — 24 34 1 29 — 1 29 — 2 26 0 11 29 — 1 19 52 — 27 — — 29 — — 28 1 2 20 28 — 21 43 1 28 — 1 27 — 3 26 — 6 26 — 6 26 — 3 27 — — 25 0 5 26 — — 26 — 1 26 — 1 26 — 1 26 — —

FG Points — 264 — 254 0 254 0 250 — 230 — 228 0 228 — 224 — 216 0 214 — 212 — 210 — 210 — 210 — 210 0 210 — 204 — 202 — 194 — 194 — 194 0 194 0 192 — 190 — 189 — 188 — 186 — 186 — 186 — 186 — 186 — 182 2 182 — 182 — 180 — 180 — 180 — 180 — 178 0 178 — 176 3 175 — 174 — 174 — 173 8 172 — 171 — 170 — 168 — 168 — 168 — 164 — 162 0 160 — 158 — 158 — 158 — 158 — 158

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STATS Brown’s game leads big stat year Meadville running back Journey Brown turned in the most prolific statistical game in District 10 history in 2015 when he rushed for a state-record 722 yards and set the D-10 scoring record with 68 points.

He had 10 touchdowns Journey Brown and four two-point Meadville conversions as the Bulldogs beat DuBois 107-90 in a game with so many big plays that it almost defies belief.

That wasn’t the only record-setting game that involved Meadville. Oil City receiver Morgan Hadley set district single-game records Morgan with 317 receiving yards Hadley Oil City and seven TDs against the Bulldogs.

D-10 athletes also had some monster games that weren’t district records. Consider this: ▀ North East’s Garrett Owens had two 400-yard rushing games — 434 yards and 409 yards. ▀ Three quarterbacks Garrett passed for more than Owens 400 yards in a game North East — Oil City’s Jackson McFall (421 yards), Girard’s Jacob Brooks (416) and McDowell’s Levi Becker (409). Oil City’s Mark Kulinski set the record of 444 yards in 2010.

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Harbor Creek’s Stephen Blose set the District 10 single-game rushing mark with 488 yards in 2005 against Fort LeBoeuf.

Meadville’s Journey Brown (722) shattered the record in 2015.

488 D-10 SINGLE-GAME LEADERS Player Journey Brown Stephen Blose Garrett Owens Josh Kniess Garrett Owens Blake Reddick Josh Kniess Josh Vogel Tim Colicchio Joel Giroski DeShawn Coleman Lee Plotts Blake Reddick Joe Hibbler Thomas Miller Justin Hammond Deke Ison Javar Manning Keyshaan Husband Ron Duffy Keenan Ellison Journey Brown Journey Brown Garrett Owens Aaron Horton Alex Patterson Jamie Sye Jawan Walker Justin George Kyle Kulka Tony Sanfilippo Mike Archie Eddie Leggett Deke Ison Ty Perry Garrett Owens Chuck Carr Nate Burnett Josh Kniess Hunter Merritt Harold Coles Tim Colicchio Brian Milne Jared Lane Shyquawn Pullium Trevor Litwiler Danny Van Dyke Danny Van Dyke Blake Reddick Shannon Jackson Marko Jackson Deke Ison Journey Brown Garrett Owens Jawan Walker Tyler Sargent Kyle Mariacher Kyle Mariacher Miller Peters Brian Milne A.J. Fenton Shannon Jackson Elijah Anderton Chuck Carr Player Mark Kulinski Billy Fessler Jackson McFall John Campbell Jacob Brooks Nick Gentile Levi Becker Mike Rossi Scottie Frisina Jacob Brooks John Napotnik Bob Manno Damion Terry Damion Terry Craig Costello Damion Terry Jacob Brooks Mark Kulinski Mark Kulinski Levi Becker Billy Fessler Scott Malesiewski Patrick Kahle Scottie Frisina Evan Suppa Jim Gemler Andrew Tomko Jackson McFall Todd Rearick Brian Siverling Patrick Kahle Kyle Ritchey

Rushing yards School Year Opponent RushesYards Meadville 2015 DuBois 30 722 Harbor Creek 2005 Fort LeBoeuf 28 488 North East 2015 Girard 24 434 Slippery Rock 2000 Franklin 28 419 North East 2015 Fairview 47 409 Lakeview 2013 Cochranton 12 391 Slippery Rock 2000 Grove City 22 387 Harbor Creek 2000 General McLane 37 386 Cathedral Prep 1990 McDowell 25 382 Kennedy Catholic 1994* Maplewood 13 377 Hickory 2011 Slippery Rock 18 373 Kennedy Catholic 2006 Cochranton 15 367 Lakeview 2012 Union City 33 365 Seneca 2011 Fairview 38 361 Lakeview 2007 Kennedy Catholic 20 353 McDowell 2004* Brashear 20 350 Lakeview 2001 Conneaut Lake — 349 Meadville 1998 Strong Vincent 47 347 Central Tech 2015 Meadville 26 347 Slippery Rock 1994 Lakeview 27 346 Saegertown 2008* Sharpsville* 20 346 Meadville 2014 Warren 18 344 Meadville 2015 Warren 19 341 North East 2015 Reynolds 32 341 Mercyhurst Prep 2010 Cochranton 11 338 Lakeview 2010* Saegertown 29 338 Titusville 2000 Franklin 35 337 Cathedral Prep 2001 Bishop Timon 31 337 Lakeview 1998 Cochranton 39 335 Warren 2014 Meadville 25 333 North East 1955 — — 331 Sharon 1990 Bishop McCort 12 329 Central Tech 2014 Bradford 21 329 Lakeview 2001 Cambridge Springs48 328 Fairview 2004 Eisenhower 36 327 North East 2015 Northwestern 34 326 Hickory 2015 Corry 23 325 Harbor Creek 1998 North East 39 321 Slippery Rock 2000 — — 318 Conneaut 2013 Girard 25 318 Fairview 2015 Fort LeBoeuf 29 318 Cathedral Prep 1990 Strong Vincent 17 317 Fort LeBoeuf 1989 General McLane 36 312 Fairview 2008 Harbor Creek 28 312 Cathedral Prep 2008 DuBois 15 312 Linesville 2009 Mercer 22 309 Lakeview 2004 Union Rimersburg — 308 Lakeview 2004 Keystone 40 308 Lakeview 2013 Franklin 18 308 Fairview 2013 North East 47 308 Sharon 1994 Slippery Rock 21 306 Lakeview 2000 Mercer — 306 Meadville 2015 East 12 305 North East 2015 Seneca 39 305 Cathedral Prep 1999 McDowell 24 304 Fairview 2007 Seneca 16 304 Mercer 2011 Farrell 30 304 Mercer 2011* Saegertown 35 304 Maplewood 2014 Saegertown 27 303 Fort LeBoeuf 1989 Seneca 35 301 McDowell 2009 DuBois 18 300 Fairview 2012 Fort LeBoeuf 26 300 Conneaut 2014 Mercer 14 300 Hickory 2015 Wilmington 34 300

School Oil City Cathedral Prep Oil City McDowell Girard Greenville McDowell Sharpsville Corry Girard Sharpsville Slippery Rock Cathedral Prep Cathedral Prep Tech Cathedral Prep Girard Oil City Oil City McDowell Cathedral Prep North East Franklin Corry Warren Cathedral Prep Sharon Oil City Sharon Harbor Creek Franklin Franklin

Passing yards Year Opponent 2010 Slippery Rock 2013 McDowell 2015 Meadville 1969 Academy 2015 Fort LeBoeuf 2011 Northwestern 2015 State College* 1984 Hickory 2008 Meadville 2015 Harbor Creek 1995 Mercer 1990 Lakeview 2011 Bradford 2012 Warren 1982 East 2012 Aquinas 2015 North East 2010 Sharon 2010 DuBois 2015 Canton McKinley 2013 Bishop McDevitt 1994 — 2004 Oil City 2008 Grove City 2014 Meadville 1997 Central Dauphin 2015 Harbor Creek* 2015 DuBois 2008 Fairview* 1981 Iroquois 2004 Corry 2012 DuBois

Com. 20 21 19 — 22 11 26 — 23 28 — — 15 19 — 28 27 19 20 26 20 20 19 20 13 14 14 17 17 — 18 12

Att. 33 39 29 — 34 18 46 — 36 45 — — 24 28 — 40 48 36 36 49 38 44 32 32 19 30 20 43 29 — 28 22

Yards 444 438 421 419 416 406 405 403 384 379 374 361 361 359 356 352 350 339 336 335 334 328 327 327 327 326 325 325 324 323 319 318

TDs 10 6 5 6 5 5 7 3 6 — 4 3 3 4 3 5 — 6 3 — 5 3 5 4 5 1 — 3 — 5 — — 6 6 6 5 4 3 — 3 5 5 6 2 3 3 5 4 3 3 — — 4 5 3 5 5 5 2 4 5 4 4 4 TDs 4 6 8 6 5 4 3 — 5 1 — — 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 0 2 — 1 3 4 3 5 3 5 — 3 3

Billy Fessler Mark Kulinski Jack Sindlinger Damion Terry Brian Cavanaugh Matt Voytik Broc Baker Cody Crosby Joe Dunn Chris Delmonaco Julian Wested Forrest Wested Maurice Page Frank Triggiani Jackson McFall Matt Voytik

Cathedral Prep Oil City Linesville Cathedral Prep Grove City Hickory Maplewood Eisenhower Girard Oil City Franklin Farrell Strong Vincent Hickory Oil City Hickory

2013 2010 2010 2012 1992 2013 2008 2009 2012 1989 2007 2011 1998 1992 2013 2013

General McLane Girard West Middlesex Ursuline Sharon Sharon Northwestern Youngsville Northwestern Kennedy Catholic Warren Mercer Meadville Mercer Meadville Sharon

17 18 16 21 — 12 22 21 26 18 16 19 19 — 16 12

25 30 22 28 — 19 40 29 39 27 31 27 36 — 27 16

316 313 311 310 309 309 307 306 306 303 303 303 302 300 300 300

3 2 4 5 — 1 3 2 2 — — 5 3 — 4 1

Player Logan Lantz Kahlil West Austin Hall Dallas Williams Morgan Hadley Tyler Bittner Tyler Bittner Mike Bell Tyler Bittner Kahlil West Brian McNally Morgan Hadley Ben Koyack Dorian Connors Morgan Hadley Delton Williams Tyler Bittner Joe Dahlstrand Mark Northup Kahlil West Chris Witte Kahlil West

Receptions School Year Opponent Rec. Yards TDs Oil City 2008 Eisenhower 16 222 — Franklin 2013 Warren 15 276 — Mercer 2014 Sharpsville 15 212 1 Oil City 2009 North East 15 150 — Oil City 2015 Meadville 14 317 7 Franklin 2007 Oil City 14 216 3 Franklin 2007 East 14 172 2 Franklin 2002 Titusville 13 196 — Franklin 2007 Meadville 13 177 2 Franklin 2015 Bradford 13 175 2 Girard 2012 Corry 13 146 0 Oil City 2014 General McLane 12 202 3 Oil City 2008 Hickory 11 193 — Girard 2015 Seneca 11 186 1 Oil City 2015 Conneaut* 11 183 1 Cathedral Prep2012 McDowell 11 139 2 Franklin 2007 Corry 11 107 1 Girard 1985 Corry 11 103 — North East 1978 — 10 201 — Franklin 2014 Meadville 10 173 1 Eisenhower 1988 Johnsonburg 10 153 2 Franklin 2015 DuBois 10 150 2

Player Morgan Hadley Kahlil West Ben Koyack Gio Vendemia Jaryd Shield Javon Rowan Nico Zahniser Logan Lantz Logan Lantz Tyler Bittner Tyler Bittner Mike Tomko Austin Hall Henry Litwin Dan Bokol Dorian Connors Morgan Hadley Kahlil West Mark Northup Luke Wortman

Receiving yards School Year Opponent Rec. Yards TDs Oil City 2015 Meadville 14 317 7 Franklin 2013 Warren 15 276 — Oil City 2009 Meadville 9 249 2 Greenville 2000 Oil City 8 242 4 Eisenhower 2009 Saegertown 6 234 2 Cathedral Prep2005 Franklin 4 229 2 Greenville 2011 Northwestern 7 227 3 Oil City 2008 Reynolds 8 225 — Oil City 2008 Eisenhower 16 222 — Franklin 2007 Oil City 14 216 3 Franklin 2007 Warren 9 214 3 Sharon 2008 Fairview* 8 213 3 Mercer 2014 Sharpsville 15 212 1 Conneaut 2015 General McLane 7 210 2 Iroquois 1983 Northwestern 5 208 3 Girard 2015 Fort LeBoeuf 9 203 2 Oil City 2014 General McLane 12 202 3 Franklin 2014 Titusville 9 202 2 North East 1978 — 10 201 — Warren 2013 Meadville 5 200 2

Player Journey Brown Mike Sebastian Stephen Blose Ron Coleman Mike Archie Josh Kniess Cornelius Barclay Deke Ison Eddie Leggett Tanner Bechtel Jimmy Kearns Brandon Roda Journey Brown Joe Gabbard Andy Blatt Seth Bremmer Dave Murzynski Keenan Ellison Mike Cragg Andy Blatt Mike Hinkel Javar Manning Errick Woodard Josh Kniess Wayne Boyd Brian Milne Tim Colicchio Kyle Allen Ty Perry Anthony Jordan Shannon Jackson Brandon Roda Harold Coles

School Meadville Sharon Harbor Creek Grove City Sharon Slippery Rock Mercyhurst Prep Lakeview Central Tech Conneaut Valley Linesville Iroquois Meadville McDowell Greenville Fairview Harbor Creek Saegertown Corry Greenville Cathedral Prep Meadville Fort LeBoeuf Slippery Rock Harbor Creek Fort LeBoeuf Cathedral Prep West Middlesex Fairview Cathedral Prep Fairview Iroquois Fairview

Scoring Year Opponent 2015 DuBois 1928 — 2005 Fort LeBoeuf 1962 — 1990 — 2000 Grove City 2012 Cochranton 2001 Cam. Springs 2014 Bradford 2003 Saegertown 2011 Cam. Springs 2014 Youngsville 2015 Bradford 2002 Altoona 1991 Northwestern 1977 — 2003 Central 2008 Sharpsville* 1977 Iroquois 1991 Northwestern* 1973 Clev. John Adams 1998 Strong Vincent 1996 General McLane 2000 Franklin 1977 Seneca 1989 General McLane 1990 McDowell 2008 — 2004 Eisenhower 2010* Oil City 2012 Seneca 2014 Union City 2015 Fort LeBoeuf

TD 10 10 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6

PAT — 2 8 — — — 4 — — — 1 1 — — — — — — — — 6 — — — — — — — — — — 6 —

2PT Points 4 68 — 62 — 44 — 42 — 42 — 42 — 40 2 40 2 40 1 38 — 38 6 38 1 38 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36 — 36

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KICKOFF ’16: DISTRICT 10 SCHEDULE WEEK 1

Friday, Aug. 26 Region 2 Greenville at Hickory, 7 p.m.

Lakeview at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Reynolds at Slippery Rock, 7 p.m.

Sharon at Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Region 6 Strong Vincent at Cathedral Prep (Dollinger Field), 7 p.m.

Non-region Girard at North East, 7 p.m.

Cambridge Springs at Titusville, 7 p.m.

Cochranton at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Union City at Seneca, 7 p.m.

General McLane at Grove City, 7 p.m.

Saegertown at Youngsville, 7 p.m.

Central Tech at Meadville, 7 p.m.

Sharpsville at West Middlesex, 7 p.m.

Iroquois at Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Fort LeBoeuf at Northwestern, 7 p.m.

Fairview at Conneaut, 7 p.m.

Conneaut (Ohio) at LaBrae (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Oil City at Corry, 7 p.m.

Eisenhower at Mercyhurst Prep (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Clearfield at DuBois, 7 p.m.

Brashear at Franklin, 7 p.m.

Howland (Ohio) at McDowell, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 27 Non-region Warren at East (Veterans Stadium), 1 p.m.

Farrell vs. Neshannock (at New Castle), 4 p.m.

WEEK 2

Friday, Sept. 2 Region 2 Slippery Rock at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Mercer at Hickory, 7 p.m.

Lakeview at Sharpsville, 7 p.m.

Sharon at Reynolds, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Iroquois at Northwestern, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Corry at Mercyhurst Prep (Mercyhurst University), 7 p.m.

Titusville at Fairview, 7 p.m.

Girard at Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Region 5 Conneaut at DuBois, 7 p.m.

Oil City at Franklin, 7 p.m.

Warren at Grove City, 7 p.m.

Region 6 Cathedral Prep at Central Tech (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Strong Vincent at McDowell, 7 p.m.

Non-region Saegertown at Cambridge Springs, 7 p.m.

Seneca at Cochranton, 7 p.m.

North East at Farrell, 7 p.m.

Meadville at General McLane, 7 p.m.

Maplewood at Union City, 7 p.m.

Youngsville at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.

West Middlesex at Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Champion (Ohio) at Conneaut (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 3 Region 6 Fort LeBoeuf at East (Veterans Stadium), 1 p.m.

WEEK 3

Friday, Sept. 9 Region 2 Greenville at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Hickory at Slippery Rock, 7 p.m.

Wilmington at Lakeview, 7 p.m.

Sharpsville at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Northwestern at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.

North East at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Fairview at Girard, 7 p.m.

Mercyhurst Prep at Titusville, 7 p.m.

Region 5 Grove City at Conneaut, 7 p.m.

DuBois at Meadville, 7 p.m.

Franklin at Warren, 7 p.m.

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Region 6 McDowell at Cathedral Prep (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Central Tech at General McLane, 7 p.m.

Non-region Cambridge Springs at Reynolds, 7 p.m.

Cochranton at Saegertown, 7 p.m.

Corry at Fort LeBoeuf, 7 p.m.

Carrick at Farrell, 7 p.m.

Harbor Creek at Union City, 7 p.m.

Youngsville at Seneca, 7 p.m.

West Middlesex at Iroquois, 7 p.m.

Conneaut (Ohio) at Oil City, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Region 6 East at Strong Vincent (Veterans Stadium), 1 p.m.

WEEK 4

Friday, Sept. 16

Region 1 Cambridge Springs at Cochranton, 7 p.m.

Farrell at West Middlesex, 7 p.m.

Union City at Youngsville, 7 p.m.

Region 2 Sharon at Hickory, 7 p.m.

Lakeview at Reynolds, 7 p.m.

Mercer at Slippery Rock, 7 p.m.

Sharpsville at Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Eisenhower at North East, 7 p.m.

Seneca at Iroquois, 7 p.m.

Maplewood at Saegertown, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Mercyhurst Prep at Conneaut (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Corry at Fairview, 7 p.m.

Harbor Creek at Titusville, 7 p.m.

Region 5 Oil City at DuBois, 7 p.m.

Franklin at Grove City, 7 p.m.

Warren at Meadville, 7 p.m.

Region 6 General McLane at Strong Vincent (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

East at McDowell, 7 p.m.

Non-region Conneaut at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Cathedral Prep at Benedictine (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Girard, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17 Region 6 Fort LeBoeuf at Central Tech (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

WEEK 5

Friday, Sept. 23

Region 1 West Middlesex at Cambridge Springs, 7 p.m.

Youngsville at Cochranton, 7 p.m.

Farrell at Union City, 7 p.m.

Region 2 Greenville at Lakeview, 7 p.m.

Wilmington at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Reynolds at Sharpsville, 7 p.m.

Slippery Rock at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Iroquois at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.

Seneca at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Saegertown, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Titusville at Conneaut (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Harbor Creek at Fairview, 7 p.m.

Girard at Mercyhurst Prep (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Region 5 Meadville at Conneaut, 7 p.m.

DuBois at Warren, 7 p.m.

Grove City at Oil City, 7 p.m.

Region 6 Cathedral Prep at General McLane, 7 p.m.

McDowell at Fort LeBoeuf, 7 p.m.

Non-region North East at Corry, 7 p.m.

Westinghouse at Hickory, 7 p.m.

East at Franklin, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24 Region 6 Central Tech at Strong Vincent (Veterans Stadium), 1 p.m.

WEEK 6

Friday, Sept. 30

Region 2 Sharpsville at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Hickory at Lakeview, 7 p.m.

Mercer at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Wilmington at Reynolds, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Eisenhower at Seneca, 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Saegertown at North East, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Conneaut (Ohio) at Corry, 7 p.m.

Non-region Cambridge Springs at Girard, 7 p.m.

Titusville at Cochranton, 7 p.m.

Meadville at Farrell, 7 p.m.

Iroquois at Union City, 7 p.m.

Fairview at Warren, 7 p.m.

Strong Vincent at Oil City, 7 p.m.

Fort LeBoeuf at Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Mercyhurst Prep at West Middlesex, 7 p.m.

Slippery Rock at Grove City, 7 p.m.

Conneaut at General McLane, 7 p.m.

Allderdice at DuBois, 7 p.m.

McDowell at Hollidaysburg, 7 p.m.

Franklin at Central Tech (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 1 Non-region Cathedral Prep at St. Joe’s (N.Y.), 1 p.m.

Youngsville at East (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

WEEK 7

Friday, Oct. 7

Region 1 Union City at Cambridge Springs, 7 p.m.

Cochranton at West Middlesex, 7 p.m.

Youngsville at Farrell, 7 p.m.

Region 2 Greenville at Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Hickory at Sharpsville, 7 p.m.

Reynolds at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Slippery Rock at Lakeview, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Eisenhower at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Iroquois at Saegertown, 7 p.m.

Seneca at North East, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Harbor Creek at Conneaut (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Girard at Corry, 7 p.m.

Fairview at Mercyhurst Prep (Mercyhurst University), 7 p.m.

Region 5 Oil City at Conneaut, 7 p.m.

Grove City at DuBois, 7 p.m.

Franklin at Meadville, 7 p.m.

Region 6 Fort LeBoeuf at Cathedral Prep (Dollinger Field), 7 p.m.

East at General McLane, 7 p.m.

McDowell at Central Tech (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Non-region Northwestern at Strong Vincent (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Holy Name (Ohio) at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Titusville at Warren, 7 p.m.

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct. 13

Non-region Strong Vincent at Brashear, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 14 Region 1 Farrell at Cambridge Springs, 7 p.m.

Union City at Cochranton, 7 p.m.

West Middlesex at Youngsville, 7 p.m.

Region 2 Reynolds at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Lakeview at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Wilmington at Hickory, 7 p.m.

Sharpsville at Slippery Rock, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Maplewood at Iroquois, 7 p.m.

North East at Northwestern, 7 p.m.

Saegertown at Seneca, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Conneaut (Ohio) at Girard, 7 p.m.

Corry at Titusville, 7 p.m.

Mercyhurst Prep at Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Region 5 Conneaut at Warren, 7 p.m.

DuBois at Franklin, 7 p.m.

Meadville at Oil City, 7 p.m.

Region 6 General McLane at Fort LeBoeuf, 7 p.m.

Non-region Eisenhower at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Grove City at Fairview, 7 p.m.

Austintown Fitch (Ohio) at McDowell, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 15 Region 6 Central Tech at East (Veterans Stadium), 1 p.m.

Non-region Cathedral Prep at St. Francis (N.Y.), 7 p.m.

WEEK 9

Friday, Oct. 21

Region 1 Cambridge Springs at Youngsville, 7 p.m.

Cochranton at Farrell, 7 p.m.

West Middlesex at Union City, 7 p.m.

Region 2 Mercer at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Hickory at Reynolds, 7 p.m.

Sharon at Sharpsville, 7 p.m.

Slippery Rock at Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Region 3 Saegertown at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.

North East at Iroquois, 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Seneca, 7 p.m.

Region 4 Conneaut (Ohio) at Fairview, 7 p.m.

Corry at Harbor Creek, 7 p.m.

Titusville at Girard, 7 p.m.

Region 5 Conneaut at Franklin, 7 p.m.

Meadville at Grove City, 7 p.m.

Warren at Oil City, 7 p.m.

Region 6 Cathedral Prep at East (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Strong Vincent at Fort LeBoeuf, 7 p.m.

General McLane at McDowell, 7 p.m.

Non-region Lakeview at Mercyhurst Prep (Mercyhurst University), 7 p.m.

DuBois at Punxsutawney, 7 p.m.

Bye: Central Tech, Maplewood

WEEK 10

Thursday, Oct. 27

Non-region Corry at Strong Vincent (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 28 Non-region Seneca at Cambridge Springs, 7 p.m.

Cochranton at Iroquois, 7 p.m.

Sheffield at Youngsville, 7 p.m.

Canisius (N.Y.) at Cathedral Prep (Dollinger Field), 7 p.m.

Greenville at Meadville, 7 p.m.

Mercer at Saegertown, 7 p.m.

Grove City at Sharon, 7 p.m.

Girard at Maplewood, 7 p.m.

Harbor Creek at North East, 7 p.m.

Oil City at Slippery Rock, 7 p.m.

East at Eisenhower, 7 p.m.

Franklin at Titusville, 7 p.m.

Fairview at Fort LeBoeuf, 7 p.m.

Mercyhurst Prep at Northwestern, 7 p.m.

Reynolds at Central Tech (Veterans Stadium), 7 p.m.

Grand Valley (Ohio) at Conneaut (Ohio), 7 p.m.

DuBois at Hollidaysburg, 7 p.m.

Warren at Bradford, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 29 Non-region McDowell at St. Joe’s (N.Y.), 1 p.m.

Bye: Conneaut, Farrell, General McLane, Hickory, Lakeview, Sharpsville, Union City, West Middlesex, Wilmington

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2015 IN REVIEW Nick Pold

Joshua Kovalcin

Kyle Mitchell

Fredrick Scruggs

Charles Deitrick III

2016 ROSTER No.Name Ht. Wt. Yr. 1 Charles Deitrick III 5-10 176 Sr. 2 Terry Roberts 5-10 156 Jr. 3 Garette Fritz 6-1 163 Sr. 5 Adam Malesiewski 6-0 175 Jr. 7 Joshua Kovalcin 6-1 186 Sr. 8 Henry Fessler 5-11 176 Jr. 9 Amory Coleman-Reeves 5-10 159 Jr. 10 Anthony Bolden 6-1 174 Jr. 11 Joseph Mischler 6-0 180 Jr. 12 Nathan Fischer 6-1 172 Jr. 13 Damien Keister 5-8 168 Sr. 14 Billy Lucas 6-0 188 So. 15 Chris Smith 6-2 225 Jr. 16 Nicholas Wisinski 5-10 161 Jr. 17 Robert Banister 5-7 140 Jr. 18 Ryan Sargent 6-0 202 Jr. 19 Arontino Scutella 5-9 161 Sr. 21 Matthew Lupo 5-8 178 Jr. 22 Hunter Orlando 6-0 174 Jr. 23 Luigi Yates 5-11 180 Jr. 24 Kyle Mitchell 5-7 221 Sr. 25 Tyler Oedekoven 6-1 159 Jr. 26 Nick Maloney 5-9 174 Jr. 27 Matthew Bauer 6-3 215 Jr. 28 Joseph Campbell 6-0 162 Jr. 29 Collin Irwin 6-3 199 Jr. 30 Anthony Lupo 5-4 146 Jr. 31 Alex Baldi 5-7 144 So.

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Pos. WR/DB WR/DB WR QB/DB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB QB/P QB/DB WR/DB RB/DB TE/DL QB/DB WR/DB WR/LB WR/DB RB/DB WR/DB RB/LB RB/DL WR/LB RB/DB RB/LB RB/DB TE/DL DB/PK WR/DB

32 Kyle Carter 5-10 176 Sr. 33 Jerry Roberts 6-1 225 Sr. 35 Matthew Leggiero 5-10 137 Jr. 36 Sam Purchase 5-7 144 Jr. 38 Jason Lawrence 5-10 218 So. 39 Stephen Piglowski 5-9 140 Jr. 40 Ian Malesiewski* 5-11 191 Jr. 50 Dyjheir Norman 5-11 229 Jr. 51 Matthew Carney 6-2 186 Jr. 52 Nicholas Carneval 6-1 249 Jr. 53 Matthew Carr 6-3 287 Jr. 54 Christopher Malec 5-11 206 Jr. 55 John MacKenzie 6-5 222 Jr. 56 Nick Pold 5-11 218 Sr. 57 Cameron Landis 6-4 287 Sr. 58 Evan Presta 6-4 256 Sr. 59 David Nies, Jr. 6-4 280 Sr. 62 Chad Zaczyk, Jr. 5-9 228 Sr. 64 Adam Olszewski 6-1 248 Jr. 68 Nolan Landis 6-4 261 So. 70 Benjamin Fuhrman 6-5 279 Sr. 71 Jerel Hicks 5-8 181 Jr. 74 Sidney Jones 6-0 323 Sr. 75 Fredrick Scruggs 6-4 273 Jr. 77 Niko Silvis 5-10 220 Jr. 78 Dominick Covatto 6-3 310 Sr. 79 Kawaun Deboe 6-2 272 So. 81 Owen Mowery 6-0 178 Sr. 88 Adam Lawson 6-0 185 Sr. *Will miss season with injury

OL/LB LB WR/DB RB/DB RB/LB WR/DB RB/LB OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL RB/LB TE/DL

Regular Season

At Wakulla, Fla. Strong Vincent* At McDowell* At DuBois St. Joe’s, N.Y. At Central Tech* St. Francis, N.Y. General McLane* At Canisius, N.Y. East*

L, 14-31 W, 63-0 W, 9-7 W, 63-13 W, 27-6 W, 48-6 W, 34-14 W, 34-14 W, 21-17 W, 55-6

Meadville Oil City Conneaut

W, 62-8 W, 49-14 W, 42-21

District 10 playoffs PIAA playoffs

Thomas Jefferson Bishop McDevitt Imhotep Charter *Region 6 game

Passing

Name Com. Att. Joe Mischler 97 175 Tim Beveridge 50 110 Name Ta’Nauz Gregory Sullivan Johnson Chris Muldrew Name Ta’Nauz Gregory Koran Williams Dajon Heidelberg

W, 28-21 W, 38-34 L, 3-40

Yds. TD 1,298 19 773 9

Rushing

Int. 8 3

Att. Yds. 103 1,039 143 979 100 694

Avg. 10.1 6.8 6.9

TD 12 10 9

Rec. 46 35 29

Avg. 14.8 15.2 16.2

TD 7 6 8

Receiving

Scoring

Yds. 682 533 470

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Ta’Nauz Gregory 24 0 0 144 a-Anthony Lupo 0 61 0 76 Sullivan Johnson 11 0 0 66 a-includes five field goals; Returnees in bold

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Falcons

2015 RECORD 5-6 overall 2-3 Region 6 2016: Region 6 Home field: Veterans Stadium

OFFENSE Central Tech has developed a big-play offense through a combination of talent, execution and confusion by the defense.

The single-wing offense led to the Falcons averaging 36 points per game last fall, which ranked 10th in District 10 and fourth in Class AAA. The Falcons bring back leading rusher Keyshaan Husband. He ran for 1,910 yards and 22 touchdowns and caught seven passes for 124 yards and three TDs last fall.

Husband’s breakout season was key when running back Eddie Leggett suffered an injury in the offseason. Leggett has graduated.

The Falcons also return quarterback Jason Williams, who threw for 933 yards and 14 TDs and ran for 248 yards.

Duane Conner and Kemanii Bolden are back in the backfield. Jake Dardaris and Malik McRae return on the offensive line.

The Falcons will need to find a new set of receivers with the graduation of Malik Allison and Terrell Ruffley. Allison led Central Tech with 24 catches for 670 yards and nine TDs, and Ruffley had seven catches for 99 yards. Jonny Moore is a player to watch at tight end, while Maalik Mitchell and Vincent Caggiano could battle for playing time on the line.

DEFENSE Central Tech’s loaded schedule forced the Falcons to go up against four of the top 16 offenses in District 10, including the top two last season in Conneaut and Meadville.

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............... at Meadville .................... 7 Sept. 2 .............Cathedral Prep*................. 7 Sept. 9 ..........at General McLane*.............. 7 Sept. 17 ............ Fort LeBoeuf* .................. 7 Sept. 24 .........at Strong Vincent*............... 1 Sept. 30 ................. Franklin ....................... 7 Oct. 7 ...................McDowell*..................... 7 Oct. 15 ................... at East* ....................... 1 Oct. 21 .......................Bye Oct. 28 .................. Reynolds ...................... 7 *Region 6 game 12

could make an impact. Noah Troyer, Bolden and Williams are returning starters at linebacker, Darius Williams is a returning safety and Husband is a cornerback.

Demarjon Williams and JaGannon Williams could earn playing time in the secondary.

JASON WILLIAMS

OUTLOOK The Falcons have made significant progress in turning the program around under Rob Matz. After a few competitive seasons that weren’t reflective in their record with just three wins, Central Tech had its first winning season in two decades in 2014 at 6-5. It was also the first playoff appearance in nearly two decades. The Falcons won five more games last fall and made the playoffs again. Central Tech moved into Class 5A this fall and could be a district title contender.

The Falcons have a potent offense, but the Rob Matz defense will need to 8th season improve. Central Tech 20-50 record has one of the toughest opening stretches in District 10. After a game at Meadville, Central Tech takes on Cathedral Prep and General McLane.

The Falcons also have tough games against Fort LeBoeuf and Strong Vincent before hosting McDowell. Central Tech gets a little breather late in the season against rival East and a bye week, but Reynolds won’t be an easy game in Week 10.

If the Falcons can survive the first three weeks without significant injuries, they could be headed back to the postseason.

COACH

CENTRAL TECH Junior

Quarterback

The Falcons also took on powerhouse Karns City and allowed 58 points.

Central Tech will need to find a way to cut down on points allowed in order to contend for region and district titles. One of the biggest holes left by graduation is Allison in the secondary. He was one of the top defensive backs in District 10 over the past two years and was a leader on the field.

Leggett is a loss at linebacker, while Rob Peterson and Ruffley are major losses at defensive end. Conner and McRae return on the defensive line, but finding replacements for Peterson and Ruffley will be critical.

Rayquan Crosby is a possibility to fill that gap after moving from Atlanta, where he started as a freshman for his high school.

Moore, Dardaris and Andrew Sanfelice also

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall 2015 5-6 2014 6-5 2013 3-7 2012 3-7 2011 3-7 2010 1-9 2009 0-10 2008 1-9 2007 1-9 2006 2-8

Region 2-3 3-2 1-4 0-5 1-5 0-6 0-4 1-4 1-4 1-4

Keyshaan Husband

Malik McRae

Demarjon Williams

Darius Williams

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2015 IN REVIEW JaGannon Williams

Jake Dardaris

Daniel Blue

Jonathan Moore

Noah Troyer

Yr. Pos. So. OL/DL So. RB/LB So. OL/DL Jr. OL, DL Fr. RB/LB Sr. WR/DB Jr. TE/DL So. WR/ DB So. OL/DL So. RB/DB So. RB/LB Sr. FB/DE So. RB/DL So. RB/LB Jr. OL/DL Sr. WR/DB Fr. RB/DB Fr. RB/LB Fr. RB/LB So. OL/DL Fr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB So. WR/DB Fr. OL/DL Sr. RB/DB Fr. RB/LB Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL

Jonathan Moore 6-5 288 Devyn Nicolia 5-10 305 Delvin Nolan 5-10 218 Mikel-Bryan Ott-Crosby 6-0 329 Jason Pearson 5-5 202 Almin Pehlic 6-5 230 Joeseph Previte 5-7 125 Kyle Rea 5-9 160 Jalen Rhodes 5-10 135 Andrew Sanfelice 6-1 304 Devon Scheloske 5-8 170 Dominic Sigler 5-11 230 Danada Speed 5-11 220 Trevon Tate 5-7 130 James Thompson 5-11 190 Semaj Troop 5-8 170 Noah Troyer 5-11 170 Tyler Viera 5-10 150 Darius Wall 5-7 125 Nathan Wallace 6-1 203 Saavon Ward 6-0 175 Darius Williams 5-10 175 Demarjon Williams 5-9 175 Ervin Williams 5-7 140 JaGannon Williams 5-7 165 Jason Williams 5-10 202 Dashawn Wofford 5-8 270 Note: Jersey numbers not available.

Franklin *Region 6 game

L, 22-31

So. TE/DT So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. RB/DB So. TE/LB So. RB/DB Sr. OL/DL So. FB/LB Fr. OL/DL Fr. FB/LB Fr. RB/DB So. OL/DL So. FB/LB Jr. RB/LB So. K Fr. WR/DB So. OL/DL So. WR/DB So. RB/DB Jr. RB/DB So. RB/DB So. RB/DB Jr. RB/LB So. OL/DL

Passing

Name Com. Att. Jason Williams 41 84 Name Keyshaan Husband Jason Williams Eddie Leggett Darius Williams Tony Foster

Yds. TD 933 14

Rushing

Att. Yds. 178 1,910 67 248 53 229 26 213 24 143

Avg. 10.7 3.7 4.3 8.2 6.0

TD 22 1 5 1 3

Rec. 24 7 7

Yds. 670 124 99

Avg. 27.9 17.7 14.1

TD 9 3 1

TD 26 9 6 3 3

PAT 0 0 0 0 0

2-pt. Total 11 178 1 56 6 48 6 30 0 18

Receiving

Name Malik Allison Keyshaan Husband Terrell Ruffley Name Keyshaan Husband Malik Allison Eddie Leggett Terrell Ruffley Tony Foster Returnees in bold

Int. 8

Scoring

Wt. 230 160 235 185 175 155 200 130 247 150 160 160 250 130 230 145 130 155 160 220 155 150 160 170 185 135 281 178

W, 44-8 L, 40-56 W, 48-8 W, 48-43 W, 62-22 L, 6-48 L, 34-58 W, 60-8 L, 16-36 L, 16-38

District 10 playoffs

2016 ROSTER No. Name Ht. Almin Pehlic 6-5 Alonzo Conner 6-1 Brendan Allen 5-10 Samuel Arop 6-1 Danny Blue 6-1 Kemanii Bolden 5-10 EJ Bowes 6-6 Tay Carr 5-6 Vincent Caggiano 6-1 Vincent Cassano 5-9 Alonzo Conner 6-1 Duane Conner 5-10 Rayquan Crosby 6-0 Patrick Dacus 5-6 Jake Dardaris 6-1 Brian Dean 5-7 Malkwan Dykes 5-7 Jack Elliot 5-10 Chris Fuhrman 5-11 Kaleb Hawkins 5-8 Daylen Henderson 5-11 Donnell Henderson 5-11 Caleb Houston 5-6 Nicholas Houston 5-7 Keyshaan Husband 6-0 Joe Malone 5-8 Malik McRae 6-2 Maalik Mitchell 6-0

Regular Season

At Warren At General McLane* Strong Vincent* At Meadville Bradford Cathedral Prep* Karns City East* Conneaut McDowell*

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Warriors

2015 RECORD 1-10 overall 0-5 Region 6 2016: Region 6 Home field: Veterans Stadium

Consistency has been a big problem for East over the past few years, not only with the overall program, but in each aspect of it as well. The Warriors seem to have a new set of skill position players each season, which makes it tough to develop the offense.

It’s the same thing this season after East lost its quarterback, its top five rushers, four of its top five receivers and its top five scorers to graduation. Chris Adams threw for 643 yards and three touchdowns last season, but he is gone, along with running back Elijah Harris and wide receivers Davahntae Barnes and Brevin Manus. Harris ran for 237 yards and three TDs, Adams ran for 116 yards and five TDs, while Barnes ran for 79 yards. Harris was second on the team with 11 catches for 109 yards and one touchdown followed by Manus with 10 catches for 113 yards and one touchdown. Fred Rowry, another running back gone to graduation, had five catches for 100 yards. Wide receiver Darnell Vincent graduated, along with linemen Robert Schlindwein, Henry Howse and Oumar Barry.

Wide receiver Jameel Gibbs, who had 17 catches for 215 yards last fall, is one of the top returnees. Youssef Ibrahim is a returning offensive lineman, while Quannie Roberts is back at running back.

The Warriors will need plenty of new players to step up on offense.

DEFENSE A big issue for East last year was on defense, where the Warriors ranked 42nd

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 27 ...................Warren........................ 1 Sept. 3 .............. Fort LeBoeuf* .................. 1 Sept. 10 .........at Strong Vincent*............... 1 Sept. 16 .............at McDowell* Sept. 23 ............... at Franklin Oct. 1 ...................Youngsville..................... 1 Oct. 7 ............at General McLane*.............. 7 Oct. 15 ...............Central Tech*................... 1 Oct. 21 .............Cathedral Prep*................. 7 Oct. 28 .............. at Eisenhower .................. 7 *Region 6 game 14

Bailor are new players who could step up and start on offense or defense this season.

East has to face some of the top offenses in District 10 each season in Region 6, and not only stopping, but slowing down those offenses will not be easy.

The Warriors’ defense won’t turn around overnight, but if they can start building confidence as the season goes on, they could start competing in more games.

JAMEEL GIBBS

OFFENSE

OUTLOOK It’s been a rough go for East again after two wins in the past four years. Coach Leonard Ford has kept the program going despite tough times, including the threat of losing sports in the Erie School District.

The Warriors picked up a win at Youngsville last fall after nearly beating RoyaltonHartland Central in New York. Confidence might be the biggest Leonard Ford challenge for East this 10th season season. The Warriors 17-72 record are in a brutal region and the non-region schedule doesn’t make things any easier. While winning games is always important, East just needs to start competing and staying in games into the second half. The Warriors leave Erie County just twice this season with trips at Franklin and Eisenhower. East opens against Warren before jumping into region play against Fort LeBoeuf, Strong Vincent and a road game at McDowell.

It won’t be easy for East to rebuild the struggling program.

COACH

Senior

EAST

Wide Receiver

among 43 teams with 45.7 points allowed per game.

East will need to replace most of its starters on that side of the ball.

Defensive end Deon Williams and Howse and Barry are gone from the defensive line.

Keyshawyn Goudy, Harris and Schlindwein are gone at linebacker, and Dijauhn Hemphill, Manus and Vincent need to be replaced in the secondary.

The Warriors return Jamar Hudson and Roberts at linebacker, along with Ibrahim on the defensive line and Gibbs in the secondary. The four will be counted on to be leaders on defense because the rest of the starting spots will be filled by new players.

Griffen Johnson, Jeric Johnson, Donyelle Keith, Saiheed Hollingsworth and Malcolm

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Overall Region 1-10 0-5 0-10 0-5 0-10 0-5 1-9 1-4 7-5 4-2 2-6 2-4 5-4 1-3 1-8 0-4 0-10 0-5 1-9 0-5

Youssef Ibrahim

Griffen Johnson

Rahmond Gregory

Taran Neal

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2015 IN REVIEW Saiheed Hollingsworth

Malcolm Bailor

Regular Season

Farrell At Sharpsville General McLane* At McDowell* At Royalton-Hartland Central, N.Y. Strong Vincent* At Youngsville Central Tech* Meadville At Cathedral Prep*

District 10 playoffs

Jeric Johnson

Conneaut *Region 6 game Name Chris Adams Elijah Harris

Rashard Willis

FILE PHOTO GREG WOHLFORD/Erie Times-News

Quannie Roberts is a 2015 underclassman who could emerge for East this season.

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN Wt. 165 195 160 205 165 155 175 150 170

Yr. Pos. Jr. RB/LB So. RB/DB Jr. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB So. RB/LB Fr. RB/DB Fr. WR/DB So. RB/LB

155 Jr. RB/LB 165 So. WR/DB 160 So. RB/LB

No.Name Ht. 36 Delmar Moore 5-10 40 Bokeem Salter 5-9 42 JoNathan Knight 5-10 51 Henry Howze 6-2 52 Demond Thompkins 6-0 53 Damari Overton 5-10 60 Youssef Ibrahim 6-2 72 Sebastian Thompkins 6-1 77 Hydur al-Ziebawi 5-9 79 Marcus Schreckengost 5-9 81 Nathan Hansen 6-1 86 Tony Moffitt 5-4 Jonathan Roberts 5-8

Wt. 175 165 185 235 215 190 255 260 285 185 160 125 185

Yr. Pos. So. TE/LB So. WR/DB Jr. OL/LB Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. WR/DB Fr. RB/DB Fr. OL/DL

Name Elijah Harris Chris Adams Davahntae Barnes Brevin Manus Name Jameel Gibbs Elijah Harris Brevin Manus Fred Rowry Davahntae Barnes Name Chris Adams Elijah Harris Returnees in bold

Yds. TD 643 3 60 1

Rushing Att. 77 138 12 17

Scoring TD 5 3

Int. 12 2

Yds. 237 116 79 41

Avg. 3.1 0.8 6.6 2.4

TD 3 5 1 0

Yds. 215 109 113 100 31

Avg. 12.7 9.9 11.3 20.0 7.7

TD 1 1 1 0 0

PAT 0 0

2-pt. Total 2 34 1 20

Receiving Rec. 17 11 10 5 4

L, 6-56

No.Name Ht. 5 Quannie Roberts 5-10 5-10 6 Keshawn Goudy 8 Chris Randall 5-10 11 Ian McNeill 6-5 12 Jameel Gibbs 5-10 20 Francisco Lasanta 5-8 22 Malcolm Bailor 5-9 23 Donyelle Keith 5-9 24 John Heidelberg 5-11 28 Nshimirimana Bonaventure 5-8 30 Rahmond Gregory 5-11 31 Saiheed Hollingsworth 5-9

Passing

Com. Att. 57 135 4 17

L, 0-43 L, 6-48 L, 6-50 L, 6-56 L, 16-26 L, 8-34 W, 12-0 L, 8-60 L, 24-75 L, 6-55

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Bison

2015 RECORD 7-4 overall 6-1 Region 4 2016: Region 6 Home field: Carm Bonito Field

Fort LeBoeuf might not put up gaudy numbers on offense, but the Bison are known for grinding out possessions and making it tough on opposing defenses.

LeBoeuf averaged 20.1 points per game, and almost every top skill-position player is back for the Bison. The big concern is filling holes on the offensive line. Tight end Drew Rose graduated, and offensive linemen Gavin Pacoe and Derrick Dauson are also gone to graduation.

Nate Malinowski, Brandon Riazzi and Lane Reinwald are back on the line, while Kyle Krebs, Noah Van Damia and Bryce McLaughlin could battle for playing time at offensive tackle. Trevor Holmes and Clayton Glover are candidates to start at tight end.

While the line issues will be worked out in camp, LeBoeuf has plenty of experience returning in the backfield. Quarterback Kenny Youngberg threw for 764 yards and two touchdowns last fall, while wide receiver Garrett Dahn had 25 catches for 337 yards and three TDs. Ryan Rapp caught eight passes for 108 yards.

Jared Kula, Greg Proctor and James Lewis were the top three rushers for the Bison last fall, and all three are back. Kula is a workhorse back who ran for 1,393 yards and 19 TDs on 263 carries. Proctor had 265 yards and two TDs on 46 carries, and Lewis had 35 carries for 180 yards and one TD.

DEFENSE While the Fort LeBoeuf offense was near the middle of the pack in District 10 last

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............at Northwestern................. 7 Sept. 3 ................... at East* ....................... 1 Sept. 9 ..................... Corry ......................... 7 Sept. 17 ...........at Central Tech*................. 7 Sept. 23 ...............McDowell*..................... 7 Sept. 30 ........... at Harbor Creek ................. 7 Oct. 7 .............at Cathedral Prep*............... 7 Oct. 14 ............General McLane*................ 7 Oct. 21 .............Strong Vincent*................. 7 Oct. 28 ................... Fairview ....................... 7 *Region 6 game 16

player to watch at outside linebacker, while Tyler Scott could compete for time at linebacker, and Isaac Crowell could earn playing time in the secondary.

LeBoeuf’s defense is known for slowing teams down and making it difficult to score points. The Bison defense will face a new set of challenges this season with the move to Region 6 where the speed picks up considerably.

JARED KULA

OFFENSE

OUTLOOK Fort LeBoeuf has never been a flashy team, but more of a hardworking, blue-collar team that turns toughness into wins.

The Bison will need to keep that tough mentality as they move into Class 5A and a new set of opponents in bigschool Region 6.

LeBoeuf brings back most of its skill-position players, but the Bison have some work to do Jeff Nichols on the offensive and 13th season defensive lines.

54-62 record LeBoeuf starts the season with an oldfashioned Erie County League battle at Northwestern before taking on East in region play.

It gets more challenging after the first two weeks, when LeBoeuf takes on most of the Region 6 powerhouses, along with non-region games at Harbor Creek and against Fairview.

The Bison are in a new region and enrollment classification, and how long it takes them to adjust could decide how much success they have this fall.

COACH

FORT LEBOEUF Senior

Running Back

season, the defense was near the top. The Bison had the No. 10 overall defense in D-10, and the No. 4 Class AA defense as they allowed just 20.9 points per game. In 11 games, LeBoeuf allowed opponents to score 20 points just four times. The Bison return Malinowski at defensive end and Riazzi at defensive tackle, but the departures of Rose, Pacoe and Dauson leave holes on the defensive line. Caleb Fish, Brenden Gainey and Krebs are candidates to start at defensive tackle, and Holmes and Glover could battle for playing time at defensive end. LeBoeuf brings back linebackers Brad Waite, Youngberg, Kula and Reinwald.

Dahn, Corey Shields and Rapp are back in the secondary for the Bison.

Sophomore Cole Dauson could be a

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall 2015 7-4 2014 4-6 2013 7-4 2012 5-5 2011 2-8 2010 2-8 2009 7-4 2008 4-6 2007 5-5 2006 0-9

Region 6-1 3-4 5-2 3-4 1-5 1-5 5-3 4-4 3-3 0-6

Garrett Dahn

Lane Reinwald

Nate Malinowski

Ryan Rapp

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

General McLane North East* Girard* at Seneca* at Fairview* at Mercyhurst Prep* Corry Harbor Creek* at Northwestern* at West Middlesex

District 10 playoffs

Kenny Youngberg

FILE PHOTO SARAH CROSBY/Erie Times-News

Senior Kenny Youngberg, left, brings plenty of experience to his senior season with Fort LeBoeuf.

2016 ROSTER No. Name 1 Eric Scarpino 3 Garrett Dahn 5 Isaac Crowell 8 Corey Shields 9 Ryan Rapp 10 Corey Badaracco 12 Eli Kaufman 15 Kenny Youngberg 18 Connor Lesik 20 Cole Dauson 24 Brad Waite 28 Jared Kula 30 Alex Chase 32 James Lewis

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Wt. 190 185 130 175 160 210 160 190 200 200 175 180 230 165

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Lancers

7-4 overall 3-2 Region 6 2016: Region 6 Home field: Linden Field

OFFENSE

General McLane averaged 31.7 points per game last season with a talented quarterback and solid backfield. The Lancers have some big holes to fill as Kyle Sult graduated after passing for 558 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 1,398 yards and 19 TDs. Sult’s production and his leadership will be sorely missed. Running back Ryan Carpenter had 118 carries for 780 yards and eight TDs, while wide receiver David Ingalls had 17 catches for 254 yards and three TDs. The two are gone, along with offensive linemen Tyler Czerwinski and Tre’ Schoolfield. The Lancers will lean on standout Ethan Laird, Sult’s backup last season. Laird ran for 294 yards and six TDs and caught 13 passes for 192 yards and two TDs. Laird likely is at QB, while Nasir Singleton, Evan Vincent, and Jon Carrier could step in at running back with Kyle Berger at wide receiver. Vincent ran for 245 yards and two TDs last fall, while Singleton caught seven passes for 73 yards. Riley Vaughn is back on the offensive line, and Steven Myers, Enrique Cornejo, Nick Renick and Ryan Kulka could battle for starting spots. Jake Timpano and Dom West are players to watch in the backfield, and Jack Parker could be Laird’s backup.

McLane lost a lot of leadership and talent on offense, but the program’s depth could fill the holes in training camp.

DEFENSE It was pretty simple for the General McLane defense last fall. When the Lancers allowed

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............at Grove City .................... 7 Sept. 2 ................. Meadville....................... 7 Sept. 9 .............. Central Tech*.................... 7 Sept. 16 ........ at Strong Vincent*................ 7 Sept. 23 .......... Cathedral Prep*.................. 7 Sept. 30 ............... Conneaut....................... 7 Oct. 7 ...................... East* .......................... 7 Oct. 14 ............at Fort LeBoeuf* ................. 7 Oct. 21 .............. at McDowell*.................... 7 Oct. 28 ......................Bye *Region 6 game 18

2015 RECORD

Singleton and Berger are returning cornerbacks. Carrier and Vincent are back at linebacker and will try to lead a young group on the second level. Vincent led McLane with 54 tackles, including five sacks, while Laird had 47 tackles and Carrier had 35. In addition to the returning starters, Myers, Cornejo and Kulka could step up on the line. Parker, West and Rennick will battle for playing time at linebacker, and Timpano could fill a need in the secondary.

ETHAN LAIRD

OUTLOOK General McLane has built a strong program under Jim Wells, and the Lancers seem to reload each year. The 2016 season could be a tough test of the program’s depth with the talent and leadership gone.

McLane will get to set new goals this season in Class 5A. The past two years, the Lancers could compete for a Jim Wells region title, but met 20th season McDowell for the 163-53 record District 10 Class AAAA championship.

McLane will look to get back into tournament play to win another D-10 title.

The Lancers open with interesting nonregion games against Grove City and Meadville before three region games with Central Tech, Strong Vincent and Cathedral Prep. McLane will also take on developing rival Conneaut before games at Fort LeBoeuf and McDowell. The Lancers lost a lot, but their program strength makes them a contender to win another D-10 title.

COACH

GENERAL MCLANE Senior

Quarterback

21 points or less, they were 6-0. McLane had the No. 3 Class AAA defense in District 10 last season, allowing 21.6 points per game.

McLane has some talented players to replace at all three levels of its defense.

Carpenter was a solid linebacker and was second on the team with 51 tackles, including two sacks, while Joe Dunn was fifth with 38 tackles, including two sacks.

Both are gone to graduation along with defensive linemen Josh Bastow and Schoolfield. Bastow had 26 tackles and forced two fumbles, and Schoolfield had three sacks and 39 tackles.

Adam Steiner is another loss on the defensive line after recording four sacks, and Ingalls had two interceptions in the secondary. Laird returns at free safety, and

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 7-4 3-2 2014 5-6 2-3 2013 9-4 3-2 2012 9-3 3-2 2011 10-3 5-1 2010 10-2 6-0 2009 11-1 8-0 2008 9-3 7-1 2007 8-4 3-2 2006 13-2 3-2

Scott Taylor

Owen Watkins

John Taylor

Evan Vincent

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

at Fort LeBoeuf Central Tech* at East* Oil City at Conneaut McDowell* Slippery Rock at Cathedral Prep* DuBois at Strong Vincent*

W, 28-0 W, 56-40 W, 50-6 W, 41-6 L, 13-27 L, 6-34 W, 42-21 L, 14-34 W, 41-19 W, 28-16

McDowell *Region 6 game

L, 30-35

District 10 playoffs

FILE PHOTO SARAH CROSBY/Erie Times-News

Senior Jon Carrier is one of several returning running backs for General McLane.

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name Ht. 3 Jack Parker 6-0 6-2 4 Kyle Berger 6 Logan Donahue 5-10 8 Derek Hecker 6-2 11 Brandon Dudenhoefer 5-11 14 Jon Carrier 5-10 15 Cole Kostovick 5-5 16 Ethan Laird 5-2 18 Zack Hamme 5-10 20 Cayden Connolly 5-8 21 Nasir Singleton 6-1 22 Isaac Lopez 5-6 24 Josh Larson 5-8 25 Jake Timpano 5-6 26 Tristen Lee 5-5 28 Luke Dillen 5-10 29 Josh Sulz 5-6 32 Phillip Orris 5-8 34 Dominic West 5-11 36 Evan Vincent 5-11 37 Carson Welser 5-9 40 Brett Horn 5-8 44 Cory Myers 5-10

Wt. 170 185 145 165 145 160 145 190 145 145 145 150 145 145 145 145 145 150 175 175 145 175 170

Yr. Pos. So. QB/LB Jr. WR/DB Fr. QB/DB Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB Jr. QB/LB Fr. WR/DB Jr. QB/DB Fr. WR/DB So.WR/DB So. RB/DB So.WR/DB Fr. WR/DB So. RB/DB Fr. RB/DB Fr.RB/DB/K Jr. RB/DB Fr. WR/LB Fr. RB/LB Jr. RB/LB Fr. RB/LB Fr. RB/LB Jr. RB/LB

45 51 52 53 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 77 78 79 81 84 89

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Kyle Berger

Jacob Lenhardt

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Trojans

2015 RECORD 7-6 overall 5-1 Region 6 2016: Region 6 Home field: Gus Anderson Field

OFFENSE The McDowell offense started to come together around the midpoint of the 2015 season after scoring just 24 points in the first three weeks. Part of the struggle came from new players looking to jell together, and part of it was a brutal stretch against Ohio powers Lake Catholic and Canton McKinley along with a rivalry game against Cathedral Prep.

Quarterback Levi Becker took over the starting spot midway through his sophomore season and made some big strides last fall. He threw for 2,537 yards and 23 touchdowns. He also ran for 408 yards and five touchdowns to emerge as one of the top quarterbacks in District 10.

McDowell will have to overcome the graduation of offensive lineman Camden Pauli, running back Matt Fish and receivers Matt Kelly and Dylan Mercier, but the Trojans have plenty of talent back.

Xavier Pulliam ran for 436 yards and three TDs to lead McDowell last fall, while Collin Christensen had 41 catches for 543 yards and four TDs. Trevor Simpson, Elliot Petsch and Carson Picheco return on the line, while Tim Romanski is a returning running back, and Devon Szymczak returns as a playmaking receiver. Szymczak ran for 228 yards and five TDs and caught 18 passes for 212 yards and one TD last fall. Jake Cervik is back at tight end after hauling in 18 catches for 256 yards and six TDs.

DEFENSE McDowell allowed just 23.6 points per game last fall despite playing a brutal

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ...........Howland (Ohio) ...............7:30 Sept. 2 ............Strong Vincent* ....................7 Sept. 9 ..........at Cathedral Prep* ..................7 Sept. 16 .................. East* ............................7 Sept. 23 ......... at Fort LeBoeuf*....................7 Sept. 30 ......... at Hollidaysburg....................7 Oct. 7 ..............at Central Tech* ....................7 Oct. 14 ......Austintown Fitch (Ohio) .........7:30 Oct. 21 ...........General McLane* ...................7 Oct. 29 ...........at St. Joe’s (N.Y.) ...................1 *Region 6 game 20

three interceptions. The Trojans’ big need is at linebacker, and Strong Vincent transfer Bryon Williams could be an answer. He was a big-time player for the Colonels’ defense and might fit in with McDowell right away.

Christian Ferraro, Sebastian Moubarek, Piendel and Josh Herman could be candidates to start at linebacker. Herman was fifth on the team with 63 tackles in a breakout sophomore season.

COLLIN CHRISTENSEN

OUTLOOK McDowell is the only team in District 10 to move up to Class 6A with the PIAA expansion. That means the Trojans, once again, will not play for a D-10 title over the next two seasons.

McDowell will instead use the 10-week regular season to get ready for the PIAA playoffs. The Trojans will go into a subregional with District 6 (Altoona, Brad Orlando State College) and 3rd season District 8 (Allderdice).

15-11 record McDowell would then play a team from District 2 or 4, which could be as far as Scranton, before facing the WPIAL champion. The transfer of Williams could help the Trojan defense, while Becker had a big offseason with camps and recruiting trips. McDowell has most of its line back and talented skill position players, but linebacker is a concern. The Trojans open with Ohio power Howland, which has several Division I commits, before a showdown with Prep in Week 3.

COACH

MCDOWELL

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schedule filled with out-of-state powerhouses. The Trojans will have to replace talent and leadership on defense.

McDowell graduated talented linebackers in Brandon Harvey and Jake McAndrew, along with defensive lineman Mekhi Arvin.

McAndrew led McDowell with 125 tackles, and Harvey had 111.

McDowell returns Aaron Sanford, Quentin Cook, Dylan Piendel, Caleb Tuszynski and Picheco on the defensive line along with Ed Nientimp at linebacker, and Jalen Szymczak, Devon Szymczak, Dazjon Casto and Romanski in the secondary.

Nientimp was third with 85 tackles last year, and Piendel had 69, including five sacks.

Tuszynski led McDowell with seven sacks, and Casto and Jalen Szymczak each had

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1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 7-6 4-1 2014 8-5 4-1 2013 7-6 4-1 2012 7-6 4-1 2011 8-3 4-2 2010 7-3 4-2 2009 8-3 5-2 2008 8-4 5-2 2007 6-5 4-1 2006 5-6 3-2

Levi Becker

Jake Cervik

Ed Nientimp

Devon Szymczak

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at Lake Catholic, Ohio Canton McKinley, Ohio Cathedral Prep* East* at Cardinal Mooney, Ohio at General McLane* at Austintown Fitch, Ohio Strong Vincent* St. Joe’s, N.Y. at Central Tech*

L, 7-63 L, 10-27 L, 7-9 W, 56-6 L, 0-35 W, 34-6 L, 0-29 W, 45-12 W, 44-24 W, 38-16

General McLane

W, 35-30

District 10 playoffs

FILE PHOTO ANDY COLWELL/Erie Times-News

Quarterback Levi Becker passed for 2,537 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior in 2015.

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 15 18 19 21 24 26 27 28 29 30 32 34 37 40 41

Name Collin Christensen Sean Reim Dazjon Casto Devon Szymczak Ed Nientimp Levi Becker Trevor Smith Matt Beck Matt Chiappazzi Kyle Krysiak Dylan Piendel Caleb Tuszynski Tim Romanski Nolan Tupek Jacob Paulson Jalen Szymczak Mike Lock Kyle Rice Xavier Pulliam Connor Johns Ethan Babyak Josh Herman Christian Ferraro

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Ht. 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-6 6-3 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-8

Wt. 175 172 170 185 203 205 172 192 170 155 208 173 175 160 165 175 170 165 180 165 170 185 192

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Dylan Piendel

Stefan Raya

Quentin Cook

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2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 1-4 Region 6 2016: Region 6 Home field: Veterans Stadium

OFFENSE Strong Vincent averaged 8.4 points per game last season, which ranked last among the 43 teams in District 10. The reason? A combination of struggles on offense and a difficult schedule.

The Colonels battled some of the top defenses in D-10 last fall, and they’ll need to find a way to compete with them with several solid players gone to graduation.

Running back Brandon Williams had 283 yards and one touchdown on 95 carries last fall and is gone, along with wide receiver Bryon Williams, who transferred to McDowell. He had 27 catches for 425 yards and three TDs. Vincent returns quarterback Sam Peterson, who threw for 623 yards and four TDs. Wide receivers Lucas McDaid and Jamil Grandberry are back, but the Colonels have to overcome the graduation of Jaylin Lee. He caught seven passes for 147 yards.

McDaid had 11 catches for 103 yards, and Grandberry had seven catches for 49 yards.

Lucas Harden returns at running back, while Jron Rickert is an athlete who could play several positions. Matt Diaz returns on the offensive line. Gage Emhoff, John Mann, Bill Wolfram and Jesse Ohmer are candidates to step in on the line. Arlan Pulliam and Deven Abbott could earn time at running back, with Jacob Ohmer and Charles Lacey competing at wide receiver.

DEFENSE Strong Vincent will need to improve on defense in order to hang with some of the

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ........ at Cathedral Prep* ................. 7 Sept. 2 ............. at McDowell* ..................... 7 Sept. 9 ....................East*............................ 7 Sept. 16 ........ General McLane* .................. 7 Sept. 23 ........... Central Tech* ..................... 7 Sept. 30 .............. at Oil City ........................ 7 Oct. 8 ............... Northwestern ..................... 1 Oct. 13 ............... at Brashear ....................... 7 Oct. 21 ...........at Fort LeBoeuf* ................... 7 Oct. 27 ....................Corry............................ 7 *Region 6 game

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Houston are candidates to start in the secondary.

Abbott and Emhoff could battle for playing time at linebacker, but speed will be the biggest key for the Colonels.

Region 6 and Class 5A in general will have plenty of fast offenses that Vincent will need to slow down in order to compete for region and district titles.

OUTLOOK Trying to rebuild a program in one of the toughest regions in District 10 isn’t easy.

Vincent is battling talk from the school district of possibly getting rid of sports in order to keep its athletes and try to compete.

The schedule makers didn’t do the Colonels any favors either. Vincent opens the season with PIAA Class AAA runner-up Cathedral Prep before traveling to Chris Spooner Class 6A McDowell.

2nd season After two difficult 1-9 record matchups, the Colonels take on rival East before two more tough region games against General McLane and Central Tech.

The Colonels have just one region game in the second half of the season, but Vincent has to travel to Oil City, Brashear and Fort LeBoeuf with home games against Northwestern and Corry.

The Colonels have holes to fill on both sides of the ball and a tough schedule as well. Vincent will need to come together quickly in camp to stay competitive.

COACH

STRONG VINCENT Senior

Fullback

top teams in District 10 in Region 6. The Colonels allowed 38.9 points per game, including 38.4 points per game in region play.

Vincent lost several key players to graduation, including Rashaud Taylor at defensive end and Dajee Tate at linebacker.

The two will be tough to replace, but the Colonels return six starters on defense.

Harden could be one of the top linebackers in the area and is joined by Gary Williams.

Diaz returns on the defensive line, while McDaid, Rickertt and Grandberry are back in the secondary. Vincent will need to fill in some holes quickly with another tough schedule lined up this season. Mann, Wolfram and Jesse Ohmer could step in on the defensive line, while Pulliam and sophomores Isaac Munson and Caleb

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1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 1-9 1-4 2014 2-8 1-4 2013 2-8 2-3 2012 3-7 2-3 2011 8-3 5-1 2010 4-6 3-3 2009 8-3 3-1 2008 13-1 4-0 2007 11-3 3-2 2006 8-4 3-2

Gary Williams

Sam Peterson

Matt Diaz

Arlan Pulliam

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

Lucas McDaid

Jron Rickert

Charles Lacey

Gage Emhoff

at Hickory Cathedral Prep* Central Tech* Conneaut Meadville East* North East at McDowell* at Oil City General McLane* *Region 6 game

L, 0-35 L, 0-63 L, 8-48 L, 6-49 L, 0-36 W, 34-8 L, 0-35 L, 12-45 L, 8-42 L, 16-28

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FILE PHOTO JACK HANRAHAN/Erie Times-News

Jacob Ohmer

Jamil Grandberry

No. Name Ht. 2 Jron Rickert 5-9 3 Jacob Ohmer 5-11 4 D.J. Simmons 5 Mauryce Williams 6 Eireion Hill 7 Lucas McDaid 5-10 8 Paul Noble 9 Arlan Pulliam 5-8 10 Charles Lacey 5-6 12 Tay-Zhawn Toran 13 Elmon Legget 14 Jamil Grandberry 6-1 15 Isaac Munson 5-7 16 Deven Abbott 5-10 18 Sam Peterson 6-2 21 Jerome Henderson 22 Damarion Rash 24 Lucas Harden 6-0 25 Michael Mendralla 29 Jayden Gates

Jamil Grandberry is Strong Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second leading returning receiver.

2016 ROSTER

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175 Jr. RB/SS 150 Jr. CB/RB 125 Jr. RB/CB 160 155 175 185

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No. Name 30 Dayon Lucas 33 Gary Williams 35 Gage Emhoff 40 Allen Gamble 51 Gavin Eberlin 53 Terry Holtz 57 Orion Smith 59 Brennan Huff 62 Matt Diaz 64 Brandon White 67 Zarek Causgrove 69 Cain Marko 70 Robert Proctor 71 Malik Martin 72 Andre Roussimoff 73 Christian Perez 74 Dale Doback 77 Jonathan Mann 79 Billy Wolfram 84 Jose Lopez

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2015 IN REVIEW

INDEX

STANDINGS

Conneaut ...................27 DuBois ......................28 Franklin .....................29 Grove City ..................30 Oil City ......................31 Meadville ...............32-33 Warren ......................34

Region Overall x-Conneaut (AAA) 5-0 12-1 y-Oil City (AAA) 3-2 6-5 y-DuBois (AAAA) 3-2 5-6 y-Meadville (AAA) 2-3 6-5 y-Franklin (AAA) 2-3 6-6 Bradford (AAA) 0-5 1-9 x-region champion y-qualified for the playoffs

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POSTSEASON Class AAA District 10 Quarterfinals Conneaut 56, East 6 Franklin 31, Central Tech 22 Cathedral Prep 62, Meadville 8 Semifinals Conneaut 60, Franklin 13 Cathedral Prep 49, Oil City 14 Championship Cathedral Prep 42, Conneaut 21

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS

Class AAAA PIAA Subregional State College 41, DuBois 7

New region — 4A, 5A School Enrollment Conneaut*** (5A) 285 DuBois (4A) 390 Franklin*** (5A) 295* Grove City*** (5A) 291 Meadville*** (5A) 351 Oil City*** (5A) 332** Warren (4A) 291 *Franklin has an enrollment of 236, and the Knights include 59 of 118 students from Rocky Grove in a co-op. **Oil City has an enrollment of 261, and the Oilers include 11 of 22 students from Venango Catholic and 60 of 119 students from Cranberry in a co-op. ***Elected to play up to 5A. 4A range: 283-397 5A range: 398-563

SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champion: Conneaut ▀ Favorite: Conneaut ▀ Contenders: Meadville,

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REGION 5 CHAMPIONS (Since initial realignment in 2004)

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PLAYER TO WATCH Aaron Brown, Conneaut RG/LB · 5-11, 205 Brown provides leadership for the Eagles and will help an offensive line open holes for Isaiah Gillette and Connor Mattera.

2015 — Conneaut (5-0) 2014 — Conneaut (5-0) 2013 — Slippery Rock (6-0) 2012 — Slippery Rock (6-0) 2011 — Grove City (6-0) 2010 — Grove City (6-0) 2009 — Grove City (6-0) 2008 — Grove City (6-0) 2007 — Titusville (5-0) 2006 — Titusville (5-0) 2005 — General McLane (8-0) 2004 — Strong Vincent (8-0)

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2015 RECORD 12-1 overall 5-0 Region 5 2016: Region 5 Home field: CASH Field

CONNOR MATTERA

Conneaut went 23-3 with two region championships and a District 10 Class AAA title the past two seasons. The Eagles will rebuild this year after losing two all-time players in District 10 history. Quarterback Hunter Merritt threw for 2,327 yards and 34 touchdowns and ran for 1,532 yards and 31 TDs as a senior. Wide receiver Henry Litwin caught 62 passes for 1,371 yards and 20 TDs as a senior and is one of the top receivers in D-10 history.

The Eagles also lost Grant Stevenson, Colt Fairbanks, Taylor Williams, Paul Bortnick, Peter Hippert, Branden Haylett, Kris Norris, Brandon Ebbert and Eric Melchor to graduation.

The Eagles won’t be starting from scratch, though.

CONNEAUT

Senior

Quarterback

2016 UNDERCL ASSMEN No.Name 2 Bailey Kersnick 3 Nick Lindsey 6 Nick Thom 8 Isaiah Gillette 9 Ian Hippert 10 Kyle Sheets 11 Drake Mihoci 12 Connor Mattera 14 Tyler Orr 15 Manny Schmidt 16 Griffin Osborn 17 Domenic Ellis 20 Ben Collier 21 Peyton Hearn 22 Brendan Laird 23 Nick Notarianni 26 Patrick Powell 28 Rob Cowden 32 Hunter Strait 54 Aaron Brown 56 Samuel Firkaly 58 Mahlon Schmidt 59 Jacob Monnie 60 Tyler Cobb 61 Kyle Anderson 67 Kane Kehl 73 Gavin Tompkins 75 Matt Moser 80 Tyler Singley

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Ht. 5-10 5-11 5-0 5-7 5-10 6-2 5-9 6-0 5-4 5-10 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-7 5-0 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-11 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-1 5-6

OUTLOOK

Wt. 160 160 102 170 150 170 150 170 132 160 140 125 165 145 120 132 103 158 156 205 220 125 183 170 175 230 205 180 160

Yr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr.

Pos. RB/S WR/CB WR/CB RB/CB RB/CB QB/S WR/CB QB/CB WR/OLB WR/OLB WR/OLB WR/CB RB/LB RB/LB WR/CB WR/CB WR/CB WR/CB TE/LB RG/LB G/NG LG/OLB LT/DT C/DT C/NG LG/DT LG/DT RG/DE TE/LB

Running back Isaiah Gillette ran for 822 yards and nine TDs last fall and will be featured along with Connor Mattera, who ran for 403 yards and three TDs and caught 10 passes for 154 yards and one TD. Mattera has played quarterback, but Conneaut may use training camp to find Merritt’s replacement.

Pat Gould Bailey Kersnick 12th season also could get carries, 81-40 record while Aaron Brown and Kane Kehl return to lead the offensive and defensive lines.

Add in wide receivers Manny Schmidt and Drake Mihoci and the Eagles could be tough to beat despite massive losses to graduation.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ...............Fairview ........................7 Sept. 2 ..............at DuBois* ......................7 Sept. 9 ............. Grove City*......................7 Sept. 16 ...........at Greenville .....................7 Sept. 23 ............Meadville* ......................7 Sept. 30 ......at General McLane ................7 Oct. 7 ..................Oil City* ........................7 Oct. 14 ..............at Warren* ......................7 Oct. 21 ............. at Franklin*......................7 Oct. 28 ................... Bye *Region 5 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Northwestern at Franklin* DuBois* at Strong Vincent General McLane at Meadville* at Mercer Bradford* at Central Tech Oil City*

W, 65-16 W, 45-22 W, 56-21 W, 49-6 W, 27-13 W, 35-13 W, 42-6 W, 75-6 W, 36-16 W, 63-38

East Franklin Cathedral Prep *Region 5 game

W, 56-6 W, 60-13 L, 21-42

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Hunter Merritt 127 206 2,327 34 10 Name Hunter Merritt Isaiah Gillette Connor Mattera Name Henry Litwin Colt Fairbanks

Rushing

Att. Yds. 193 1,532 111 822 62 403

Avg. 7.9 7.4 6.5

TD 31 9 3

Rec. Yds. 62 1,371 22 363

Avg. 22.1 16.5

TD 20 4

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Hunter Merritt 32 0 0 192 Henry Litwin 25 0 5 160 a-Branden Haylett 0 74 0 77 Isaiah Gillette 10 0 0 60 a-Includes one field goal; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

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Isaiah Gillette

Kane Kehl

Bailey Kersnick

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Beavers

2015 RECORD 5-6 overall 3-2 Region 5 2016: Region 5 Home field: Mansell Stadium

MATT MILLER

OUTLOOK DuBois went through an interesting season in 2015. The Beavers scored 90 points in a game they lost, but they also discovered their next big-time quarterback. Matt Miller took over under center and had a breakout sophomore season. He threw for 3,620 yards and 32 touchdowns and could be in line to challenge several state records by the time his career is over. The big challenge for DuBois will be finding new targets for Miller to throw to this fall.

Dante Dawson caught 80 passes for 1,326 yards and 12 touchdowns, and Zach Sloan had 48 catches for 908 yards and seven TDs. The two graduated in the spring along with running back Wes Russell and lineman Dom Foradora. Russell ran for 221 yards and three TDs last fall. The

DUBOIS

Junior

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN

No. Name

2 Kyle Hopson 5 Noah Schneider 7 Andrew Bankovich 8 Reinhardt Mudde 9 Braden Paulinellie 10 Gregg Lines 11 Matt Miller 13 Jacob Larsen 15 Brock Adams 17 Colin Read 19/46 Noah Shaffer 20 Tristin London 22 Dylan King 23 Izsak Kerner 24 Caleb Webster 25 Donny Wentz 26 Devin Muth 27 Cole Meighen 28 Dylan Oswalt 30 Chase Slima 32 Marcus Webster 33 Dalton Kruzelak 44 Nick LaBrasca 50 Joshua Lanzoni 51 Abraham Kramer 53 Kage PoĂ&#x2022;oloa 55 Kyle Cupp 57 John Wells 58 Dylan Guiher 60 Ryan Pasternak 61 Bryce Sallack 64 John Pendleton 65 Andrew Buskirk 66 David Henninger 70 Andrew Weese 75 Tyler Cordwell 78 Austin Butler 79 Lawrence Fetzer 83 Allen Cyphert 84 Zachary Koren 86 Dalton Perkins 87 Tyler Williams 88 Kenneth Garvey 90 Thomas Hibbert

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Ht.

5-9 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-6 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-1 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-2 5-8 5-9 6-5 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-5 5-8 5-9 6-3 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-6 6-3 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-9

Wt. Yr.

155 165 190 155 152 160 190 170 147 160 186 160 178 150 155 110 140 205 180 120 180 155 240 160 266 195 180 175 186 260 187 205 190 210 145 185 225 260 135 156 130 167 165 170

So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. So.

Pos.

WR/LB WR/DB WR/DB K WR/DB QB/WR QB/DB DB WR/DB WR/DB W/FB/LB RB/DL DB/RB RB/LB DB RB/DB WR/DB TE/LB DB WR/DB OL/DL RB/DB OL/TE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL OL/DL LB OL/DB OL/DL OL/DL LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL OL/DL RB/DB WR/DB WR LB WR/LB WR/LB

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............. Clearfield .......................7 Sept. 2 ............. Conneaut* ......................7 Sept. 9 ........... at Meadville* ....................7 Sept. 16 .............Oil City*........................7 Sept. 23 ...........at Warren*......................7 Sept. 30 ............Allderdice.......................7 Oct. 7 .............. Grove City* .....................7 Oct. 14 ............ at Franklin* .....................7 Oct. 21 ........ at Punxsutawney .................7 Oct. 28 .........at Hollidaysburg..................7 *Region 5 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Mifflin County Meadville* at Conneaut* Cathedral Prep Punxsutawney at Oil City* Bradford* at Franklin* at General McLane at Karns City

W, 51-41 L, 90-107 L, 21-56 L, 13-63 W, 47-13 W, 44-34 W, 55-0 W, 55-36 L, 19-41 L, 28-69

PIAA playoffs

State College *Region 5 game

Beavers return seven starters on offense and six on defense.

Braden Paulinellie led DuBois in rushing as a junior with 869 yards and 13 TDs on 135 carries, and Colin Read is the top returning receiver with 42 catches for 856 yards and eight TDs. Kenny Garvey returns at wide Frank Varischetti receiver and 10th season linebacker, and Ryan 65-35 record Pasternak is back to anchor the offensive and defensive lines.

Paulinellie and Pasternak will be counted on to lead the defense. Dawson was the leading tackler last fall with 99 stops.

Paulinellie had 89 and Pasternak had 79, including five sacks.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Matt Miller 206 326

Rushing

Yds. TD Int. 3,620 32 11

Name Att. Yds. Avg. TD Braden Paulinellie 135 869 6.4 13 Wes Russell 25 221 8.8 3 Name Dante Dawson Zach Sloan Colin Read

Receiving

Rec. Yds. Avg. 80 1,326 16.6 48 908 18.9 42 856 20.4

Scoring

Name Braden Paulinellie Dante Dawson Zach Sloan Colin Read Returnees in bold

TD PAT 17 0 13 0 10 0 8 0

TD 12 7 8

2-pt. Total 0 102 0 78 0 60 1 50

PL AYERS TO

L, 7-41

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Braden Paulinellie

Ryan Pasternak

Brock Adams

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Knights

2015 RECORD 6-6 overall 2-3 Region 5 2016: Region 5 Home field: Franklin Stadium

TYLER JONES

OUTLOOK Franklin pulled off a big playoff win over Central Tech last fall before running into Conneaut. The Knights had a potent passing game, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to rebuild the offense this fall. Quarterback Porter Rembold, running back Zak Lynn and wide receivers Kahlil West and Rayquan Gray-Law graduated. West is one of the top receivers in District 10 history. He had 61 catches for 1,181 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior. Rembold threw for 2,067 yards and 22 TDs. Lynn ran for 1,088 yards and 11 TDs, and Gray-Law had 27 catches for 334 yards and two TDs. Also gone is starting offensive lineman Devon Latchaw. Four starting linemen return: Tyler Jones (guard), Moose Baughman (center), Hagan Cook (guard) and

FRANKLIN

Senior

Guard/Linebacker

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 6 Logan Moon 7 Brendon Gordon 13 Bryce Murphy 17 Bailey Clark 25 Austin Clelland 28 Darian Taylor 30 Alex Salyer 32 Josiah Montgomery 33 Nick Corvino 40 Scott Perry 44 Vincent Greco 51 Tyler Jones 53 Zachery Baughman 55 Jonathan Brentley 56 Hagan Cook 57 Keegan Brisley 58 Christian Alcorn 60 Mason Powers 63 Anthony Stewart 70 Michael Smith 72 Dominic Miller 73 Ronald Young 74 Seth Ross 76 Hunter Feltenberger 77 Zach Secules 78 Joseph Dahl 79 Josh Howard 82 Trey Carulli 86 Zachary Shontz 87 Curtis Mattocks 88 Gregory Colwell 98 Noah Turk

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Ht. 5-5 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-6 5-11 5-9 5-6 6-2 6-2 5-6 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-4 5-4 5-11 5-11 5-11

Wt. 140 165 150 160 140 175 170 140 160 200 150 190 200 170 215 170 160 170 225 185 165 180 215 175 170 240 290 135 130 180 170 160

Yr. So. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So.

Pos. RB-DB QB/DB HB/DB HB/DB HB/DB HB/DB TB/LB RB/OL WR/DB TE/LB TB/LB OG./LB C/LB OT/DT OG/LB OT/DT OG/LB OG/DT C/NG OT-DT OG/LB OG/DE OT/DT OT/DT OG/DT OT-DT OL/DL WR/DB HB/DB HB/DB HB/DB WR-LB

2016 SCHEDULE

Regular Season

at Titusville Conneaut* Oil City* Reynolds Mercer at Bradford* at Fairview DuBois* at Laeview at Meadville*

W, 38-19 L, 22-45 L, 8-42 W, 41-30 W, 34-13 W, 56-21 L, 22-36 L, 36-55 L, 13-36 W, 42-25

Central Tech Conneaut *Region 5 game

W, 31-22 L, 13-60

District 10 playoffs

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COACH

2015 LEADERS

Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .............. Brashear........................ 7 Sept. 2 ................Oil City* ........................ 7 Sept. 9 ..............at Warren* ...................... 7 Sept. 16 ......... at Grove City*.................... 7 Sept. 23 ................. East ........................... 7 Sept. 30 .........at Central Tech ................... 7 Oct. 7 ..............at Meadville* .................... 7 Oct. 14 ................DuBois* ........................ 7 Oct. 21 ..............Conneaut* ...................... 7 Oct. 28 ............. at Titusville...................... 7 *Region 5 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S

Joe Dahl (tackle). Running backs D.J. Taylor and Vinnie Greco are back, but the Knights need to find a new quarterback and wide receivers. Brendon Gordon could be in line to play quarterback, and Brandon Johnson returns at wideout.

Franklin lost several defensive starters, including Tom Haynes Tanner Moore, West 20th season and Gray-Law in the 57-125 record secondary, linebackers Tyler Carey, Lynn and Rembold and linemen Noah Cowles and Latchaw.

Cook and Dahl return on the defensive line, Taylor and Moon as defensive backs and Greco, Gordon and Jones at linebacker.

Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Porter Rembold 122 248 2,067 22 12 Name Zak Lynn Porter Rembold Noah Cowles Tyler Carey

Rushing

Att. Yds. 173 1,088 101 334 39 151 25 139

Receiving

Name Rec. Yds. Kahlil West 61 1,181 Raquan Gray-Law 27 334

Scoring

Name TD PAT Kahlil West 17 0 Zak Lynn 13 0 a-Luke Dye 0 33 a-includes five field goals; Returnees in bold

Avg. 6.3 3.3 3.9 5.6

TD 11 6 0 2

Avg. 19.4 12.4

TD 15 2

2-pt. Total 2 106 0 78 0 48

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Year Overall Region 2010 3-7 1-5 2009 1-9 0-4 2008 5-5 1-3 2007 4-6 1-4 2006 6-4 2-3 29

Eagles

2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 1-6 Region 3 2016: Region 5 Home field: Forker Field

KAMERON PATTERSON

GROVE CITY

Senior

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 1 Cordell Sanders 2 Nick Davies 3 A.J. Turner 5 Qadir Muhammad 7 Trey Adams 9 Brady Callahan 10 Kameron Patterson 11 Tyler Greer 13 A.J. Miller 15 Molek Walker 16 Kyle Barger 23 Logan Lutz 24 Brayden Martin 25 Nick Murawski 27 Max Byers 28 Tate Anderson 30 Carter Chinn 37 Jack Bice 40 Joe Kosick 42 Shawn Woods 50 Jared Reppart 52 Zach Herndon 54 Dustin Rea 55 William Briggs 58 Brad Cavolo 59 Zane Fuss 60 Trenton Snow 62 Connor Thorne 63 Tyler Locktosh 64 Zane Berry 67 Ron Howard 71 Logan Minch 72 Nick Smither 74 Seth Davis 75 Nick Lanshcak 77 Zach Perrine 80 Dalee Smith 81 James Dawson 88 Preston Ross

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Ht. 5-9 5-11 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-9 6-2 5-8 6-4 5-11 6-2 5-5 5-9 5-6 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-2 5-5 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-9

Wt. 165 155 190 150 185 140 185 155 160 136 175 155 155 115 130 145 160 140 170 160 240 185 155 195 170 215 255 195 245 175 180 200 160 150 260 285 160 170 155

Yr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr.

Pos. RB/OLB WR/DB TE/MLB WR/OLB RB/MLB QB/DB QB/DB RB/MLB QB/DB WR/DB TE/OLB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB WR/OLB WR/DB TE/OLB WR/DB RB/MLB TE/OLB OL/DL OL/MLB OL/MLB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/MLB OL/DL OL/DL WR/DB TE/OLB TE/OLB

OUTLOOK Grove City bears watching in Region 5 after moving up to Class 5A. The Eagles played some top Mercer County teams the past few years. Now they’ll face a more diverse schedule.

Three senior starters graduated, but plenty of experience returns. Quarterback Kameron Patterson was the main offensive threat in 2015. He threw for 1,433 yards and 10 touchdowns and led the team with 320 rushing yards. Most of Patterson’s targets are back, including Brayden Martin, whose breakout sophomore season included 31 catches for 341 yards and two TDs. Logan Lutz had 23 catches for 342 yards and four TDs and Nick Davies had 19 catches for 300 yards and two TDs. Add in A.J. Turner (250

yards and two TDs) and the Eagles could again be a pass-heavy team.

Running back Trey Adams ran for 202 yards and two TDs last fall and is back, along with Cordell Sanders.

Tyler Locktosh, Jared Reppart, Zach Herndon, Zane Fuss, Logan Minch, Dustin Rae and Connor Thorne lead a deep Sam Mowrey group of linemen.

3rd season Tight ends A.J. Turner 3-17 record and Kyle Barger return.

Defensive linemen Turner, Locktosh, Reppart, Herndon and Fuss, return. Davies, Lutz and Martin are back in the secondary.

Rea, Adams, Sanders and Barger are returning linebackers.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ....... General McLane ................. 7 Sept. 2 .............. Warren* ....................... 7 Sept. 9 ...........at Conneaut*.................... 7 Sept. 16 ............Franklin*....................... 7 Sept. 23 .......... at Oil City* ..................... 7 Sept. 30 ........ Slippery Rock................... 7 Oct. 7 .............. at DuBois* ..................... 7 Oct. 14 .............at Fairview ..................... 7 Oct. 21 .............Meadville*...................... 7 Oct. 28 ............. at Sharon ...................... 7 *Region 3 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season at Wilmington Corry* Slippery Rock* at Greenville* Titusville* at Sharon* Farrell Hickory* at Warren* at Lakeview *Region 3 game

L, 28-38 L, 6-36 L, 18-52 L, 7-28 W, 34-6 L, 6-35 L, 9-44 L, 6-42 L, 22-26 L, 12-31

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2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Kameron Patterson 122 219 1,433 10 14

Rushing

Name Att. Yds. Avg. Kameron Patterson 107 320 3.0 Trey Adams 45 202 4.5

TD 3 2

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Brayden Martin 31 341 11.0 Logan Lutz 23 342 14.9 Nick Davies 19 300 15.8 A.J. Turner 13 250 19.2

TD 2 4 2 2

Receiving

Scoring

Name Logan Lutz Nick Davies Kameron Patterson A.J. Turner Returnees in bold

TD PAT 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 0

2-pt. Total 0 24 0 18 0 18 0 18

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Logan Lutz

Trey Adams

Nick Davies

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Oilers

2015 RECORD 6-5 overall 3-2 Region 5 2016: Region 5 Home field: The Oil Field

CADE COCHRAN

Oil City will transition from a pass-heavy offense under former coach Matt LaVerde to new head coach Dan Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run-heavy system. The Oilers have won at least five games for three straight seasons, but making the Class 5A playoffs this fall could be tough.

Oil City returns four starters on offense and four on defense, but every starting job could be open in camp with a new coach and new system. The Oilers will have a new quarterback following the graduation of Jackson McFall, who threw for 1,886 yards and 22 touchdowns. Oil City lost a leader on the offensive line in Devon Klingler along with talented running backs Hunter Merwin, Sam Gatesman and Matt Klena. The Oilers also graduated wide receiver Morgan

OIL CITY

Senior

Wide Receiver

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No.Name 1 Zach Bell 3 Austin Weller 4 Levi Lantz 6 Tanner Phillips 9 Dylin Chapin 10 Caden Highfield 11 Jake Schwab 13 Chris Dragotta 16 Sean Wilson 18 Jacob Snow 19 Cade Cochran 22 Seth Thompson 24 Josh Puleo 25 Justin Golden 26 Nakoby Whitmore 29 Seth Crose 32 Kristian Feely 36 Nico Duprea 38 Cameron Whitling 40 Seth Schell 42 Thomas Cunning 45 Hunter Wagner 47 Caleb Stahlman 50 Nolan Weaver 52 Dane Slagle 54 Cole Terrill 55 Gavin Boyd 58 Hunter Barr 61 Ty Barker 67 Seau Dearment 77 Logan Stahl 78 Tim McCauley 81 Aaron Chatley

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Ht. 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-7 5-6 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-3 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1

Wt. 175 160 160 150 170 195 150 155 180 135 165 175 150 150 175 170 165 160 160 150 165 150 190 185 210 235 225 230 220 210 260 300 195

OUTLOOK

Yr. Pos. Jr. LB/WR Jr. LB/RB Jr. LB/RB Jr. DB/WR So. DB/QB So. LB/TE So. DB/WR Jr. DB/WR So. K So. DB/WR Jr. DB/WR So. LB/RB So. DB/WR So. LB/WR Jr. LB/RB So. DE/TE Jr. LB/RB Jr. DB/WR Jr. LB/RB So. LB/RB So. LB/RB So. DB/WR So. LB/TE So. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL So. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL Jr. DL/OL So. DL/OL Jr. DE/WR/RB

Hadley. Merwin led Oil City with 821 yards and nine TDs, and Gatesman ran for 358 yards and five TDs. Hadley caught 66 passes for 1,156 yards and 16 TDs, and Gatesman caught 10 passes for 243 yards and two TDs. Oil City returns Logan Stahl and Hunter Barr on the offensive line, and Cade Cochran, Aaron Dan York Chatley and Seth 1st season Thompson in the backfield. Josh Puleo could emerge at wideout this fall. One competition to watch is quarterback, where junior Dylin Chapin backed up McFall last season and could be in line to start. Sophomore Christian Cole could compete for the starting job or earn time at receiver.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .................at Corry.......................7 Sept. 2 ...............at Franklin*....................7 Sept. 9 ........... Conneaut (Ohio) ................7 Sept. 16 ............. at DuBois* ....................7 Sept. 23 .............Grove City*....................7 Sept. 30 .......... Strong Vincent .................7 Oct. 7 ................at Conneaut*...................7 Oct. 14 ................Meadville*.....................7 Oct. 21 ................. Warren* ......................7 Oct. 28 ...........at Slippery Rock ................7 *Region 5 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

at Corry Bradford* at Franklin* at General McLane St. Marys DuBois* at Titusville Meadville* Strong Vincent at Conneaut*

W, 34-15 W, 27-0 W, 42-8 L, 6-41 L, 14-20 L, 34-44 W, 27-6 W, 74-48 W, 42-8 L, 38-63

Cathedral Prep *Region 5 game

L, 14-49

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Jackson McFall 104 194 1,886 22 5 Dylin Chapin 13 27 166 1 2 Name Hunter Merwin Sam Gatesman Jackson McFall Seth Thompson Name Morgan Hadley

Rushing

Att. Yds. 146 821 86 358 78 196 34 142

Avg. 5.6 4.2 2.5 4.2

TD 9 5 4 0

Rec. Yds. 66 1,156

Avg. 17.5

TD 16

Receiving Scoring

Name Morgan Hadley Hunter Merwin Returnees in bold

TD PAT 16 0 12 0

2-pt. Total 2 100 2 76

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

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Logan Stahl

Austin Weller

Chris Dragotta

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Bulldogs

2015 RECORD 6-5 overall 2-3 Region 5 2016: Region 5 Home field: Bender Field

OFFENSE Meadville had one of the top rushing attacks in District 10 last fall, and most of the backfield returns this season. The Bulldogs will have a new quarterback after Tanner Frye graduated in the spring. He threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns, and backup quarterback Kirk Mumau will likely step up as the new starter. In 11 games in 2015, Meadville threw the ball just 47 times.

Most of that was due to a talented backfield, led by Journey Brown.

Brown ran for 2,497 yards and 35 TDs on 178 carries, while Antonio Ferraro had 152 carries for 1,226 yards and 19 TDs. Isaiah Manning had a big sophomore season with 444 yards and eight TDs on 57 carries. The three provide Meadville with an elite running game, but the biggest need this season is on the offensive line. Tanner Collins, Nick Klippel, Jimmy Silvis and Logan Newhard graduated. Meadville returns Luke Sherrod, Barrett Hoffman and Tristan Beck on the line along with Darius Edwards at split end.

Destin Beck and William Paczkoskie could fill in on the offensive line, with Tyler Amory and Hayden Grove battling for playing time at tight end.

DEFENSE Meadville returns seven starters on defense, including five of the top six tacklers from last fall. The biggest loss could be middle linebacker Caleb Bish.

Not only was Bish second on the team with 55 tackles, but he was also an emotional leader for the defense. Manning and

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............Central Tech ..................... 7 Sept. 2 ..........at General McLane ................ 7 Sept. 9 ..................DuBois* ........................ 7 Sept. 16 ................Warren* ........................ 7 Sept. 23 ............at Conneaut* .................... 7 Sept. 30 ............... at Farrell........................ 7 Oct. 7 ................... Franklin*........................ 7 Oct. 14 ................at Oil City* ...................... 7 Oct. 21 ............. at Grove City*.................... 7 Oct. 28 .................Greenville ....................... 7 *Region 5 game 32

JOURNEY BROWN

defensive tackle, and Sherrod, who is moving to defensive end. Hoffman had 53 tackles and Sherrod had 51 as juniors.

Hoffman also had 21⁄2 sacks, but Meadville will need to replace Tyler Parady on the line. He had 21⁄2 sacks as a senior, and Paczkoskie and Beck could step up in his place.

OUTLOOK Meadville has been on the cusp of making playoff runs the past few years under coach Ray Collins. The Bulldogs could break through and be the team to beat in Class 5A in 2016. First, the Bulldogs need to get their intial win over rival Conneaut for that to become a reality.

They have plenty of athletes and speed to burn, but they need to build the offensive line and replace leadership lost to Ray Collins graduation.

3rd season Meadville will 12-10 record figure out where it stands right away this season in the season opener against Central Tech.

The Bulldogs then travel to General McLane and host DuBois in a tough opening portion of the schedule. Meadville has to travel to Conneaut, Oil City and Grove City this season, and the Bulldogs host powerhouse Farrell. Meadville loaded up its non-region schedule with some of the top teams in District 10, and if the Bulldogs can fill some small needs in camp, they’ll be a tough out this season.

COACH

MEADVILLE

Senior

Running Back

Ferraro will be outside linebackers this fall after strong 2015 seasons. Manning led the defense with 91 tackles, including two sacks, and Ferraro was fourth with 54 tackles and pulled down three interceptions.

The Bulldogs will look for Austin Kelly or Beck to fill in at middle linebacker and both could see the field most of the time.

Austin Cottrell is moving to free safety, while Brown and Edwards will line up at cornerback to lead the secondary. Brown had 55 tackles last fall, and Edwards had three interceptions.

Meadville will have to replace Frye in the secondary after he pulled down three interceptions. Julius Ream, a junior, could be in line to start at safety. The defensive line returns Hoffman, who is moving to

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 6-5 2-3 2014 6-5 3-2 2013 3-7 2-4 2012 4-6 2-4 2011 7-5 3-3 2010 5-6 4-2 2009 4-6 2-2 2008 6-5 3-1 2007 5-5 3-2 2006 0-10 0-5

Kirk Mumau

Darius Edwards

Austin Cottrell

Tristan Beck

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

Antonio Ferraro

Fairview at DuBois* at Bradford* Central Tech at Strong Vincent Conneaut* Warren at Oil City* at East Franklin*

District 10 playoffs

FILE PHOTO SARAH CROSBY/Erie Times-News

Antonio Ferraro rushed for 1,226 yards and scored 20 TDs in 2015.

Cathedral Prep *Region 5 game

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Isaiah Manning is one of three big-play backs for Meadville.

Luke Sherrod

2016 ROSTER No. Name 1 Isaiah Manning 3 Julius Ream 4 Journey Brown 5 Antonio Ferraro 10 Chris Fitzpatrick 11 Caelan Bramlett 12 Landon Beck 13 Miles Moreland 14 Brody Beuchat 15 Kirk Mumau 16 Colin Kilburn 23 Chandler Edwards 25 Darius Edwards 26 Justyce Martin 27 Max Brown 32 Drew Stewart 34 Romero Husband 36 Cain Chiemara 37 Jon Burson 43 Cameron Buzzell 46 Hayden Grove 49 Aryan Cotterman

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Ht. 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-7 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-6 5-11 5-6 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-0

Wt. 185 180 182 185 160 180 145 165 150 165 170 140 165 140 175 145 170 155 175 170 170 180

Yr. Pos. Jr. RB/LB Jr. RB/SS Sr. RB/DB Sr. RB/LB Sr. SE/DB Jr. RB/SS Fr. QB/OLB Jr. QB/DB Fr. QB/CB Sr. QB/FS So. QB/FS Fr. CB/CB Sr. RB/DB Fr. CB/CB So. RB/LB Fr. RB/FS Fr. RB/OLB Sr. RB/LB Sr. SE/DB Fr. RB/LB Jr. TE/LB Fr. RB/MLB

No. Name Ht. 50 Jacob Martin 5-9 51 Tom Pollard 5-9 53 Mike Grasso 5-9 55 Tristan Beck 6-1 59 Destin Beck 5-10 60 Derek Longstreth 5-9 65 Barrett Hoffman 6-2 66 Isaac Whistler 5-11 67 Elijah Soltys 6-3 70 Logan Hawn 5-10 72 William Paczkoskie 6-0 74 Luke Sherrod 6-1 77 Nate Panchura 6-4 78 Shay Redding 5-9 79 Jerry Hunter 6-2 80 Parker Lord 5-10 81 Austin Chess 5-9 82 Lenex Miles 6-1 83 Tyler Amory 6-2 84 Trevor McKeirnan 5-9 87 Austin Cottrell 6-1 89 Isaac Chatman 5-9

Wt. 220 170 170 215 190 150 270 220 290 170 215 270 235 175 290 165 150 180 190 145 170 145

Yr. Pos. Jr. C/DT Fr. C/DE Jr. G/LB Sr. C/LB Jr. G/LB Jr. G/LB Sr. G/DT Jr. T/DT Sr. T/DT Fr. G/T Jr. T/DE Sr. T/DE So. T/DT Fr. T/DT Fr. T/DT Fr. TE/OLB Fr. SE/DB Sr. SE/FS Jr. TE/DE Fr. SE/CB Sr. SE/FS Fr. SE/FS

Name Tanner Frye Kirk Mumau

Passing

Com. Att. 14 23 9 24

Name Journey Brown Antonio Ferraro Isaiah Manning Name Isaiah Manning Journey Brown Name Journey Brown Antonio Ferraro Isaiah Manning Kirk Mumau Caleb Bish Returnees in bold

W, 28-7 W, 107-90 W, 57-14 L, 43-48 W, 36-0 L, 13-35 W, 68-14 L, 48-74 W, 75-24 L, 25-42 L, 8-62

Yds. TD 250 3 166 0

Rushing

Int. 3 1

Att. Yds. 178 2,497 152 1,226 57 444

Avg. 14.0 8.1 7.8

TD 35 19 8

Rec. 10 9

Yds. 201 111

Avg. 20.1 12.3

TD 1 1

TD 39 20 9 0 2

PAT 1 0 0 27 0

2-pt. Total 8 251 2 124 2 58 0 27 3 18

Receiving Scoring

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Dragons

2015 RECORD 3-7 overall 2-5 Region 3 2016: Region 5 Home field: War Memorial Field

JAKE KUPCHELLA

Warren can still compete for a region title, but the regular season ultimately is a 10week preparation for Cathedral Prep in the District 10 4A championship. First, Warren has some major work to do rebuilding the offense.

Quarterback Evan Suppa graduated after throwing for 1,372 yards and eight touchdowns and rushing for 326 yards and five TDs. Star running back Solomon Gross ran for 1,020 yards and 14 TDs last fall, but he moved to Indiana. Defensive back Ryan Gorgacz and tight end/linebacker Derek Reagle graduated. Gorgacz caught 21 passes for 267 yards and two TDs, and wide receiver Devin Nowacki also graduated.

With all that offensive production gone, the

WARREN

Sophomore

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 7 Jake Kupchella 9 Brendon Matson 10 Alex Weston 14 Tristan Davis 16 Ryan Munksgard 21 Nick Desimone 28 Dawson Frederick 30 Devin McMeans 32 Connor Shultz 34 Colbin Constable 35 Ben Thomas 36 Kole Nosel 38 Caleb Ei 40 Austin Cummings 42 Bobby Govier 42 Hunter Stover 44 Dale Sheets 45 David Dickerson 52 Joe Carlson 53 Collin Salapek 55 Tanner Jenkins 58 Jordan Hawkin 60 Jack Dolinger 61 Garrett Littlefield 62 Austin Brenner 62 Josh Chimenti 64 Max Sobina 67 Gavin Lavan 68 Kyle Adams 70 Hayden Salapek 71 Jacob Kolander 73 Jerimiah Johnson 77 Connor Rosborough 78 Andrew Egger 80 Mitchell Bryant 85 Chris White 86 Marvin Bryant 90 Andrew Davidson 99 Aidan Morrison

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OUTLOOK

Wt. 180 160 145 175 180 155 145 145 145 155 140 145 160 185 180 150 125 145 225 220 225 160 225 170 200 175 245 160 170 230 165 205 275 220 140 160 170 165 175

Yr. Pos. Fr. QB/DB Jr. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB Jr. WR/LB So. QB/LB So. RB/DB Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB Jr. RB/LB Jr. RB/LB So. RB/DB So. RB/DB Fr. TE/LB Fr. RB/LB Jr. TE/DE So. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB So. WR/LB Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. QB/DB So. WR/DE Fr. RB/LB So. TE/LB Fr. TE/LB

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Aug. 27 at East Sept. 2 at Grove City* Sept. 9 Franklin* Sept. 16 at Meadville* Sept. 23 DuBois* Sept. 30 Fairview Oct. 7 Titusville Oct. 14 Conneaut* Oct. 21 at Oil City* Oct. 28 at Bradford *Region 5 game

COACH

2015 LEADERS Time 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season Central Tech at Titusville* Greenville* at Hickory* Sharon* at Slippery Rock* at Meadville Corry* Grove City* Bradford *Region 3 game

Dragons will need newcomers to step up in camp. Austin Brenner, Andrew Egger and Hayden Salapek are returning starters on the offensive and defensive lines, while running backs Austin Cummings and Nick Desimone are back.

Cummings ran for 187 yards and three TDs and could take on a much heavier Greg Latimer workload. Brendon 4th season Matson, Alex Weston 14-17 record and Aidan Morrison are back at wide receiver, while Mitchell Bryant, Ryan Munksgard and Jake Kupchella will compete at quarterback.

Warren will take on all big schools in the south in region play before its date with the Ramblers in the postseason.

L, 8-44 W, 39-33 L, 18-36 L, 6-55 L, 7-42 L, 35-42 L, 14-68 L, 33-36 W, 26-22 W, 55-28

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Name Evan Suppa

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 106 200 1,372 8 7

Rushing

Name Solomon Gross Evan Suppa Austin Cummings Name Devin Nowacki Ryan Gorgacz

Att. Yds. 130 1,020 75 326 29 187

Receiving

Rec. Yds. 33 497 21 267

Scoring

Name Solomon Gross Ryan Gorgacz Evan Suppa Austin Cummings Returnees in bold

TD PAT 16 0 6 0 5 4 3 0

Avg. 7.8 4.3 6.4

TD 14 5 3

Avg. 15.1 12.7

TD 2 2

2-pt. Total 1 98 0 36 1 36 0 18

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Year Overall Region 2010 7-4 4-2 2009 4-6 1-3 2008 2-8 0-4 2007 2-8 1-4 2006 5-6 1-4 GoErie.com/Varsity

2015 IN REVIEW

INDEX

STANDINGS

Conneaut, Ohio ...... 36-37 Corry .................. 38-39 Fairview .............. 40-41 Girard ................. 44-45 Harbor Creek ......... 46-47 Mercyhurst Prep ..... 48-49 Titusville .............. 50-51

Region Overall z-Fairview 6-1 8-3 z-Fort LeBoeuf 6-1 7-4 y-North East 5-2 7-4 y-Harbor Creek 4-3 6-5 Seneca 3-4 6-4 Northwestern 3-4 3-7 Girard 1-6 1-8 Mercyhurst Prep 0-7 1-9 y-qualified for the playoffs z-region co-champions

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REGION

POSTSEASON District 10 Quarterfinals Sharon 59, Harbor Creek 0 Greenville 50, Fort LeBoeuf 0 Hickory 41, North East 8 Fairview 28, Slippery Rock 21 Semifinals Hickory 55, Fairview 14

REGION 4 CHAMPIONS

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS

(Since initial realignment in 2004)

New region — 3A School Enrollment Conneaut, Ohio 202 Corry 274 Fairview 201 Girard 217 Harbor Creek 281 Mercyhurst Prep 207* Titusville 214 *Mercyhurst Prep has an enrollment of 181, and the Lakers include 26 of 51 students from Erie First Christian in a co-op.

3A range: 201-282

SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champions: Fairview,

Fort LeBoeuf ▀ Favorite: Fairview ▀ Contenders: Corry, Girard ▀ Dark horse: Harbor Creek

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PLAYER TO WATCH Jacob Brooks, Girard QB/LB · 6-2, 181 Brooks threw for 1,906 yards and 16 touchdowns as a sophomore. He’ll lead an offense that’s still developing after averaging 20 points per game in 2015.

2015 — Fairview, Fort LeBoeuf (co-champions, 6-1) 2014 — Fairview, Girard, Northwestern (tri-champions, 5-2) 2013 — Girard, Northwestern (co-champions, 6-1) 2012 — Corry, Northwestern (co-champions, 6-1) 2011 — North East (6-0) 2010 — General McLane (6-0) 2009 — General McLane (8-0) 2008 — North East (8-0) 2007 — Harbor Creek (6-0) 2006 — Fairview, Harbor Creek (co-champions, 5-1) 2005 — Girard (6-1) 2004 — North East (7-0)

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OUT OF STATE ...

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Conneaut’s Joslin Field, which is part of the ConneautSPARC complex, features a new 1,700-seat grandstand, including 300 blue captains seats.

OUT OF THE BOX

Ohio’s Conneaut solves conference problem with move to D-10

By TOM REISENWEBER tom.reisenweber@timesnews.com

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administration came up with was joining District 10.

“We inquired about moving to D-10 a few years ago, but they had just realigned and the timing wasn’t right,” Taylor said.

The administration took another shot this past year, and the timing worked for both sides.

“The Conneaut superintendent called, and we had a couple of conversations about his school, enrollment, District 10, etc.,” said District 10 chairman Pete Iacino. “He was somewhat familiar with D-10 having previously been at Brookfield, Ohio, where they play some D-10 schools. We spoke about the process necessary for this to happen, and of course it would be a scheduling marriage only. Conneaut would not be participating in postseason play in D-10.”

bout eight years ago, Conneaut High School administrators were losing hope.

They were fighting inevitable change in northeastern Ohio, and no matter what they tried, they couldn’t stop it.

After the 2008-09 school year, the Spartans were left without a conference.

“It has been a process over the past seven or eight years trying to figure something out after the demise of the Northeastern Conference,” Conneaut athletic director Joel Taylor said. “Teams left here and there for other conferences until we were the last one left.

“We tried to get into two or three conferences, but no one would take us. We had to just find our own way in filling schedules.” ➤ Please see CONNEAUT, 87 One out-of-the-box idea the Conneaut

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Signs show the way to the ConneautSPARC, which stands for a Social Place for Athletics, Recreation and Community.

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Spartans

2015 RECORD 6-4 overall in Ohio 2016: Region 4 Home field: Joslin Field

ALEX STURGILL

OUTLOOK

CONNEAUT, OHIO Senior

Running Back

2016 ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 21 22 23 26 27 28 32 34 35 42 44 50 51 52 54 56 62 63 67 71 75 76 78 80 85

Name Ht. Alan Christine 6-1 Erik Heinonen 6-1 Austin Pinkerton 5-10 Charlie Deeter 5-8 Tyler Culbertson 5-7 Alex Sturgill 6-0 Justin Mason 5-7 Tysen Hunt 5-10 Hunter Stiltner Victor Rockwell 6-4 Stefan Yopp Kyle Gaugh Jon West Alex Rivera 5-9 Dylan Case P.J. Matthews 5-10 Justin Franklin 5-6 Ryan Kidder Mike Williams 5-11 Jedidiah Nadeau Clay Webster Josh Snyder Nick Drew 5-7 Tanner Kapen 6-1 Nathan Pape 5-10 John Applebee Nathan Eaton Johnny Moneypenny 5-9 Nathan Lower Kyle Curtis 5-11 T.J. McCartney Jacob Daub Russell Gregory 5-10 Chance Woodworth Desean Taylor Hunter Burdick 5-10

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Wt. Yr. 225 Jr. 155 Sr. So. 160 So. 160 Jr. 210 Sr. 150 Sr. 185 Sr. So. 190 Sr. 160 So. Jr. Jr. 180 Sr. Jr. 185 So. 155 Sr. So. 163 So. So. Jr. So. 170 Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. 213 So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. 292 So. Sr. Jr. 155 Jr.

Pos. DE/TE K/P WR/CB WR/FS NG RB/MLB MLB/SB QB/FS QB FS/WR MLB/SB QB/C SS/QB RB/MLB RB/CB WR RB/SS WR WR MLB G/OLB T NG/DT C NG/G G C/NG WR/OLB

It’s a brand-new world for Conneaut, which joins District 10 as a member school in all sports. The Spartans will head back to Ohio for the postseason, but first will compete in region play. Conneaut is coming off three straight seasons with at least six wins under head coach Rocco Dobran, who has turned the program around. The Spartans return senior quarterback Tysen Hunt, who threw for 1,009 yards and 12 touchdowns and ran for 276 yards and seven TDs last fall. Senior Alex Sturgill led Conneaut with 1,107 yards and 14 TDs as a junior. A big need in camp is at wide receiver. Conneaut’s top four receivers from last season graduated. The Spartans return Alex Rivera, who had five catches for 71

yards last year. He’s back, along with most of the offensive line, including center Nick Drew, guard Chance Woodworth and tackle Nathan Pape.

Another area of concern is defense, where only three starters return. Alan Christine is back at defensive end, along with Sturgill at inside linebacker and Rocco Dobran Rivera at strong 6th season safety. Conneaut has a strong set of 20-30 record experienced players, but the Spartans have some holes to fill. Conneaut will get three scrimmages in before two Ohio games. The Spartans get their first taste of D-10 with a non-region game at Oil City before their first region game against Mercyhurst Prep.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .......... at LaBrae (Ohio)...............7 Sept. 2 ...........Champion (Ohio) ..............7 Sept. 9 .................at Oil City ....................7 Sept. 16 ........ Mercyhurst Prep*..............7 Sept. 23 .............. Titusville*....................7 Sept. 30 ............... at Corry* ....................7 Oct. 7 ...............Harbor Creek* ................7 Oct. 14 ................ at Girard*....................7 Oct. 21 ...............at Fairview* ..................7 Oct. 28 .........Grand Valley (Ohio) ............7 *Region 4 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season John Hay (Ohio) at Champion (Ohio) Geneva (Ohio) at Tuslaw (Ohio) Windham (Ohio) Pymatuning Valley (Ohio) Gilmour Academy (Ohio) at Edgewood (Ohio) at Grand Valley (Ohio) Chalker (Ohio)

L, 16-20 W, 34-9 L, 13-14 L, 39-49 W, 52-0 W, 55-6 W, 42-24 W, 17-13 L, 24-28 W, 49-6

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2015 LEADERS Name Tysen Hunt Alex Rivera

Name Alex Sturgill Justin Franklin Tysen Hunt Alex Rivera Name Alex Gerdes

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 60 121 1,009 12 6 13 21 237 3 1

Rushing

Att. Yds. 123 1,107 65 300 57 276 36 217

Avg. 9.0 4.6 4.8 6.0

TD 14 2 7 2

Rec. Yds. 31 716

Avg. 23.1

TD 10

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Alex Sturgill 14 0 0 84 Alex Gerdes 11 0 1 68 a-Erik Heinonen 0 38 0 53 Tysen Hunt 7 0 1 44 a-includes five field goals; Returnees in bold

Tysen Hunt

Alex Rivera

Chance Woodworth

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Beavers

2015 RECORD 4-6 overall 3-4 Region 3 2016: Region 4 Home field: Sheen Field

OFFENSE Corryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense battled some of the top defenses in southern District 10 the past few years. The Beavers will look to use that experience against a new set of defenses.

Quarterback Bryce Xander returns after throwing for 1,519 yards and 14 touchdowns and adding two rushing TDs as a junior. He has several targets back, including Brady Davis, Jared Fisher, Christian Hannon and tight end Bryce Higley. Davis led Corry with 47 catches for 857 yards and eight TDs as a junior, but the biggest need is in the backfield. The Beavers graduated running backs Liam Cragg and Tagen Drayer. Cragg ran for 814 yards and 10 TDs and caught 34 passes for 365 yards and four TDs. Drayer ran for 580 yards and six TDs, and caught six passes for 48 yards. Perry Capasso is a candidate to step up at running back along with Tyler Burlew who ran for 84 yards and one TD. Corry returns guards Mark Brady and Tucker Harrington and tackle Kegan Keener on the line. The Beavers graduated lineman Noah Smith, but senior Ben Long could step in and start.

DEFENSE Corry has plenty of experience back on defense, but every position could be up for grabs in camp despite the return of 10 starters. Brady, Capasso and Keener are back on the defensive line, while Kyle Hurd, Burlew and Higley are returning linebackers, Fisher and Hannon are cornerbacks, while Davis is a strong safety

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .................. Oil City.........................7 Sept. 2 .........at Mercyhurst Prep* ..............7 Sept. 9 .............at Fort LeBoeuf ..................7 Sept. 16 ............. at Fairview*.....................7 Sept. 23 .............. North East ......................7 Sept. 30 .........Conneaut (Ohio)* ................7 Oct. 7 .....................Girard* ........................7 Oct. 14 ...............at Titusville* ....................7 Oct. 21 ........... at Harbor Creek*.................7 Oct. 27 ........... at Strong Vincent.................7 *Region 4 game 38

Beavers have struggled in that area in the past. Corry has experience in all areas of the defense, but the Beavers will need to keep developing toughness to prepare for talented offenses throughout the year.

BRADY DAVIS

OUTLOOK Corry has been in a tough position since the start of region play in 2004.

The Beavers floated between Class 2A and 3A and seemed to change regions every two years. Corry struggled to develop rivals by constantly changing regions, and the Beavers are on the move again. From battling the best teams in Mercer County in Region 3 the past two years, the Beavers move into Region 4 and will play an Erieheavy schedule. After opening the season against Oil City, Corry has an interesting three-game road swing to Mercyhurst Prep, Fort LeBoeuf Adam Walstrom and Fairview. The 3rd season Beavers then host 6-14 record North East, meaning the first half of the schedule could determine the fate of the season.

Bringing back experience on the line and at quarterback is big for the Beavers, but replacing leadership gone with the graduation of Cragg and others will be critical.

Corry needs to find running backs to step up, and the Beavers will need underclassmen to push the seniors for playing time to create a competitive edge heading into the fall.

COACH

CORRY

Senior

Wide Receiver

and Cole Redrup is a free safety. Burlew led the Beavers with 73 tackles last fall; Redrup had 65 and Hurd had 46. Reese James graduated, leaving a hole at linebacker after collecting 65 tackles. Also gone is Trent Peterson, who had 57 tackles.

Cragg had 43 tackles, and Matt Allen and Jonathan Hammond had 39 apiece.

Hammond led Corry with two interceptions last fall. Drayer is another linebacker who must be replaced, and Craggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sleadership and playmaking in the secondary will be missed. Corry could receive contributions from Hunter Tasker and Zach Lesher in the secondary and Ben Long on the defensive line. Coach Adam Walstrom said controlling the line of scrimmage will be the most important thing on defense this season. The

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 4-6 3-4 2014 2-8 1-6 2013 3-7 2-5 2012 8-3 6-1 2011 6-5 2-4 2010 9-3 4-2 2009 7-4 3-1 2008 6-4 2-2 2007 1-9 1-5 2006 6-5 3-3

Bryce Xander

Mark Brady

Jared Fisher

Tyler Proctor

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

Tucker Harrington

Zack Lesher

Cole Redrup

Kyle Hurd

Oil City at Grove City* Hickory* at Sharon* at Greenville* Titusville* at Fort LeBoeuf at Warren* Slippery Rock* Union City *Region 3 game

FILE PHOTO JACK HANRAHAN/Erie Times-News

Perry Capasso

Corry quarterback Bryce Xander passed for 1,519 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior.

Bryce Higley

2016 ROSTER

No. Name Ht. Wt. 2 Jared Fisher 6-0 160 5 Christian Hannon 6-0 155 8 Hunter Tasker 5-9 150 10 Bryce Xander 6-3 195 11 Chris Sutherland 5-6 125 12 Anna Dow 5-8 135 18 Kyle Hurd 6-0 170 21 Brady Davis 5-11 175 22 Tyler Burlew 5-8 175 28 Bryce Higley 6-1 190 30 Taven McKinsey 5-9 140 36 Zack Czech 5-9 175 44 Tristen Volk 5-4 125 47 Cole Redrup 5-10 155 50 Perry Capasso 6-0 215 58 Kurtis Martin 5-7 160 62 Isaac Keeler 6-1 215

Yr. Pos. Sr. WR/DB Sr. WR/DB So. QB/WR/DB Sr. QB/DB So. WR/DB Jr. K Sr. QB/TE/LB Sr. WR/DB Jr. RB/LB Sr. TE/LB Jr. WR/DB Sr. RB/LB So. WR/DB Sr. WR/DB Sr. RB/DL So. OL/LB So. OL/DL

No. Name 66 Tucker Harrington 67 Mark Brady 71 Tyler Proctor 75 Cougar Vannucci 76 Kegan Keener 80 Nate Goode 88 Colton Ford 89 James Corbett Benjamin Long Brian McGinnett Joey Perry Alex Gordon Ryan Saxman Zack Lesher Elijah Eckonen Zach Hazlett

Ht. Wt. 6-0 204 6-0 240 5-11 190 5-11 275 6-2 185 5-10 150 6-0 200 5-7 185 5-10 220 5-4 170 5-6 150 5-9 165 6-0 160 5-8 150 5-4 125 6-1 170

Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So.

Pos. OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/LB K/P RB/LB OL/DL RB/LB WR/DB RB/LB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB RB/LB

Passing

L, 15-34 W, 36-6 L, 7-48 L, 19-35 L, 7-35 W, 55-13 L, 7-33 W, 36-33 L, 41-52 W, 54-22

Name Bryce Xander

Com. Att. 106 211

Name Liam Cragg Tagen Drayer Tyler Burlew Bryce Xander

Att. 114 79 25 46

Yds. 814 580 84 73

Avg. 7.1 7.3 3.4 1.6

TD 10 6 1 2

Rec. 47 34

Yds. 857 365

Avg. 18.2 10.7

TD 8 4

TD 18 9 6 0 2 2

PAT 0 0 0 21 0 0

2-pt. Total 1 110 0 54 1 38 1 23 0 12 0 12

Name Brady Davis Liam Cragg Name Liam Cragg Brady Davis Tagen Drayer Brendan Walsh Tyler Burlew Bryce Xander Returnees in bold

Yds. TD 1,519 14

Rushing

Receiving Scoring

Int. 11

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Tigers

2015 RECORD 8-3 overall 6-1 Region 4 2016: Region 4 Home field: Keck Field at Bestwick Stadium

OFFENSE Fairview averaged 32 points per game as the No. 5 Class AA offense in District 10 last fall, but the Tigers will need to replace one of their all-time rushers to remain a top-tier offense. Harold Coles had 332 carries for 2,442 yards and 27 touchdowns and caught three passes for 62 yards. His graduation leaves a big hole in the backfield, along with the departures of Michael Smallshaw and Zach Haile on the line and wide receiver Jose Lopez, who caught four passes for 124 yards as a senior. The big question is running back.

Clayton Halmi showed big-play potential last season, averaging 7.9 yards per carry. He ran for 461 yards and six TDs and led Fairview in receiving with nine catches for 80 yards. Fullback Noah Coffman returns after rushing for 136 yards on 32 carries.

Quarterback Andrew Morosky is back after throwing for 404 yards and four TDs, while Travis Chorney is back at wide receiver and Chris Hudson returns at tight end. Seth Williams and Walter Chevalier are two impressive tackles who could pave the way for the Fairview rushing attack this season. The Tigers need to fill holes on the offensive line at guard and center. Seniors Tom Grimaldi, Preston Nouri, Dominic Colao, Anthony Cooper and junior Tyler Konieczny could battle for starting spots, while senior Jared Hanas could step up and complement Halmi in the backfield.

DEFENSE Fairview returns most of its starters on defense, which allowed 25.5 points per game

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............at Conneaut .................... 7 Sept. 2 ................ Titusville*...................... 7 Sept. 9 ................ at Girard*...................... 7 Sept. 16 ................. Corry* ........................ 7 Sept. 23 ...........Harbor Creek* .................. 7 Sept. 30 ...............at Warren ...................... 7 Oct. 7 .......... at Mercyhurst Prep*.............. 7 Oct. 14 ................ Grove City...................... 7 Oct. 21 .......... Conneaut (Ohio)*................ 7 Oct. 28 ............ at Fort LeBoeuf.................. 7 *Region 4 game 40

52. Chorney led Fairview with three interceptions as a junior, while Halmi and Majewski had two apiece. Williams, Coffman and Chevalier could be counted on as leaders on the defensive line. Williams had a big sophomore season with 52 tackles, and Chevalier had 46. Fairview’s defense will need to stop some of the top rushing attacks in the area to get back on top of the region.

WALTER CHEVALIER

OUTLOOK Fairview has been one of the few northern small schools to compete with the southern powerhouses over the past few years. The Tigers beat Slippery Rock 28-21 in the District 10 Class AA quarterfinals before running into eventual D-10 champion Hickory in the semifinals.

Fairview has experience back on both sides of the ball, Jim Brinling but replacing Coles 7th season won’t be easy. The 34-26 record Tigers have put together a string of talented running backs over the past few years, and Halmi might be the next one after showing signs of being a playmaker last fall. Fairview opens the season with a difficult road game at Conneaut before jumping into region play against Titusville, Girard, Corry and Harbor Creek. There’s no break -- the Tigers travel to Warren one week later.

Fairview loaded its non-region schedule, and it could pay off for the Tigers in the Class 3A playoffs.

COACH

FAIRVIEW

Senior

Lineman

last fall. The Tigers’ biggest need in camp will be replacing Smallshaw at linebacker.

He led Fairview with 99 tackles, while Haile is a loss on the defensive line, and Coles and Lopez leave holes in the secondary. Josh Raymond, Hudson, Nouri and Colao are returning linebackers who will be counted on to step up. Senior Adam Majewski and juniors Lucas Brinling, Joe Sienerth and Austin Hosey are candidates to help fill the void led by Smallshaw. Colao recorded 51 tackles last fall, while Raymond had 46 and Nouri had 45. Fairview’s secondary brings back Chorney, Hanas and Halmi, but a few spots are open as well. Juniors Jonny Hunter, Jay Glus and sophomore Chris Mohra could step up and earn playing time.

Hanas recorded 81 tackles, while Halmi had

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 8-3 6-1 2014 6-4 5-2 2013 6-4 4-3 2012 6-4 4-3 2011 1-8 1-5 2010 7-3 4-2 2009 6-5 6-2 2008 7-3 6-2 2007 8-3 5-1 2006 10-2 5-1

Noah Coffman

Travis Chorney

Seth Williams

Andrew Morosky

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

FILE PHOTO GREG WOHLFORD/Erie Times-News

Jared Hanas

Tommy Grimaldi

Chris Hudson

Anthony Cooper

Junior Clayton Halmi (21) is Fairviewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top returning rusher with 461 yards.

Ht. Wt. 5-5 120 5-9 140 5-9 160 5-5 135 5-8 160 6-0 180 5-7 120 6-1 170 5-4 130 5-8 140 5-9 150 5-9 160 5-7 175 5-10 140 5-8 150 5-9 190 5-5 155 5-10 190

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Passing

Adam Majewski

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 1 Ryan Bennett 2 Will Plazony 5 Travis Chorney 6 Jay Glus 8 Christopher Hudson 11 Andrew Morosky 13 Ricky Bowersox 21 Clayton Halmi 22 Ethan Corbin 23 Harrison Talarico 24 Christopher Mohra 25 Jared Hanas 30 Austin Hosey 32 John Sima 33 Carmine Buffalo 39 Noah Coffman 40 Joshua Alger 47 Joshua Raymond

at Meadville Mercyhurst Prep* Seneca* at Harbor Creek* Fort LeBoeuf* at Girard* Franklin Northwestern* at North East*

No. Name Ht. Wt. 50 Tommy Grimaldi 5-7 200 53 Preston Nouri 5-10 180 60 Dominic Colao 5-7 170 62 Zachary Kupniewski 5-7 185 66 Anthony Cooper 5-9 215 67 Tyler Konieczny 6-1 240 68 Elijah Woodard 5-6 180 74 Seth Williams 6-2 275 75 Brett McCann 6-3 265 76 Aidan Lander 5-9 150 77 Walter Chevalier 6-2 245 79 Mitchell Schauer 6-0 250 80 Lucas Brinling 5-10 150 82 Jonny Hunter 5-9 150 85 Adam Majewski 6-2 170 89 Nicholas Sawtelle 5-6 120 98 Hunter Herrmann 5-8 150 Note: 2015 school years listed.

Yr. Pos. Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DE Jr. OL/LB So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DE Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. WR/QB So. WR/DB Jr. TE/DE Fr. WR/DB TE/DE

Name Com. Att. Andrew Morosky 25

Yds. TD 73 404 4

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Name Harold Coles Clayton Halmi Noah Coffman Jared Hanas

Att. Yds. 332 2,442 58 461 32 136 32 108

Avg. 7.4 7.9 4.3 3.4

TD 27 6 0 2

Rec. 9 4 4

Yds. 80 124 55

Avg. 8.9 31.0 13.8

TD 0 3 0

TD 30 6 0

PAT 0 0 32

2-pt. Total 2 184 2 40 0 32

Receiving

Name Clayton Halmi Jose Lopez Travis Chorney Name Harold Coles Clayton Halmi Anthony Cooper Returnees in bold

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KICKOFF ‘16: MEET NEW HEAD COACHES CONNEAUT, OHIO ROCCO DOBRAN

▀ Age: 38 ▀ Family: Wife Emily. Children: Carrick 8, Wyant 6, Roxie 4, Maisie 1 ▀ Favorite NFL team: Pittsburgh Steelers ▀ Childhood hero: Barry Sanders ▀ High school alma mater: Poland Seminary (public school) ▀ College alma mater: Muskingum College ▀ Assistant coaching experience: Massillon Washington High School: 5 years at various levels. Marion Harding High School: 6 years assistant varsity (2 years, defensive coordinator) ▀ Head coaching experience: Conneaut High School, going on 6th year ▀ Offensive philosophy: Run spread formations and take what the defense gives us. ▀ Defensive philosophy: Be physical and pursue the ball with relentless effort. ▀ Season goals: Get the players to: 1. play every down with relentless effort, 2. keep a positive, enthusiastic attitude in all situations, and 3. play for the player next to them, not themselves. ▀ Favorite motto: Win the day.

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GIRARD

MICHAEL ZONA

▀ Age: 38 ▀ Family: Wife Amy. Children: Bailey 19, Kayla 13, Nicholas 8. ▀ Favorite NFL team: Cleveland Browns ▀ Childhood hero: Uncle Pat Cuneo ▀ High school alma mater: Cathedral Prep ▀ High school highlight: Being named a captain during senior season ▀ College alma mater: Mercyhurst College ▀ Assistant coaching experience: Cathedral Prep (1999-2007), assistant coach: freshmen/junior varsity; Girard High School (2008-Present), varsity assistant: defensive coordinator ▀ Head coaching experience: None ▀ Offensive philosophy: Offenses that are effective at any level have a scheme that is understood by the players. Keep the concepts simple. ▀ Defensive philosophy: A strong defense dictates the game tempo. ▀ Season goals: Display character, hard work, desire, and commitment at all times. ▀ Favorite motto: There is no substitute for hard work. —Thomas A. Edison

LAKEVIEW

JOHN FALCONI JR

▀ Age: 29 ▀ Family: Single ▀ Favorite NFL team: New York Jets ▀ Childhood heroes: Wayne Chrebet and Rocky Marciano ▀ High school alma mater: Farrell ▀ High school highlight: Recovering two on-side kicks during our win against Beth-Center in 2004 during our first-round playoff game ▀ Assistant experience: 6 years as an assistant (one year Lisbonm, 5 at Lowellville, both in Ohio) ▀ Head coaching experience: None (1 year as boys head coach for track and field at Lowellville in 2015) ▀ Offensive philosophy: Multiple I and multiple spread for offense ▀ Defensive philosophy: Multiple sets out of the base 5-2 for defense. ▀ Season goal: To be 1-0 every week. ▀ Favorite mottos: 1) It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog; and 2) Going in one more round when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the difference in your life.

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â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Age: 59 â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Family: Wife Ann â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite NFL team: Pittsburgh Steelers â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Childhood hero: Mean Joe Greene â&#x2013;&#x20AC; High school alma mater: Oil City â&#x2013;&#x20AC; College alma mater: Clarion University â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Assistant coaching experience: Assistant coach at Oil City 11 years and Thiel College 4 years â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Head coaching experience: Head coach at Lakeview for 16 years â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Offensive philosophy: Primarily run oriented â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Defensive philosophy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Season goals: Be competitive, winning record, continue to improve. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Long-term goals: Win a district championship, contend in state playoffs. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite motto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vince Lombardi

SLIPPERY ROCK

LARRY P. WENDEREUSZ, JR.

â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Age: 42 â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Family: Wife Tricia â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite NFL team: Pittsburgh Steelers â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Childhood heroes: My parents and grandparents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I was very fortunate to grow up with 6 people that did anything and everything to make me a better person. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; High school alma mater: Seneca Valley High School â&#x2013;&#x20AC; High school highlights: Playing in the WPIAL championship game as a sophomore at Three Rivers Stadium. Being a senior and being the first team in Seneca Valley history to beat Butler. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; College alma mater: Geneva College â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Assistant coaching experience: Seneca Valley: 1995, 1998-2003, 2008-14; Grove City High School 1996; Geneva College 2004-06; Ellwood City 2007; Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 2015 â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Head coaching experience: None â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Season goals: To be successful on and off the field. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Long-term goals: To continue to be a playoff team, year in and year out. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite motto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in luck, the harder I work the luckier I get.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thomas Jefferson

YOUNGSVILLE

ANDREW CHASE

â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Age: 31 â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Family: Wife Jamie wife, Jaxon 3, Jett 6 months â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite NFL team: Pittsburgh Steelers â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Childhood hero: Hulk Hogan â&#x2013;&#x20AC; High school alma mater: Youngsville â&#x2013;&#x20AC; College alma mater: University of Pittsburgh â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Assistant coaching experience: Five years â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Head coaching experience: None â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Offensive philosophy: Spread option â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Defensive philosophy: 4-3 pressure â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Season goals: Get the kids to buy into the program. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Long-term goals: Get the parents and community to buy into the program. â&#x2013;&#x20AC; Favorite motto: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about how hard you hit.

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YellowJackets

2015 RECORD 1-8 overall 1-6 Region 4 2016: Region 4 Home field: Battles Memorial Field

OFFENSE Girard was young on offense last season and struggled at times. The YellowJackets received a breakout sophomore season from Jacob Brooks, who threw for 1,906 yards and 16 touchdowns. Brooks is back to lead an offense that’s still developing after averaging 20 points per game last fall.

Brooks will need some new targets to throw to after the graduation of Dorian Connors, Dontae Williams, Austin Stuart, Bo Scalise and running back Brenden Kohan. Connors was Girard’s leading receiver with 56 catches for 858 yards and five TDs, while Kohan caught 41 passes for 436 yards and two TDs. Williams had 28 catches for 366 yards and eight TDs as a tight end, and Scalise had 12 catches for 146 yards. Kohan also leaves a big hole in the backfield after rushing for 160 yards last year. Girard will need to rebuild the line as well with the graduation of linemen Ryan Metzler, Robbie Gatesman, Robert Bossick, Adam Vasilik, Quinton Kooken, Jake Sack and Nick Warner. The YellowJackets return running backs Kyle Zampogna and Shane Boyles. Zampogna led Girard with 404 yards and five TDs on 106 carries in 2015. Morgan Silman ran for 106 yards last year and could step in at wide receiver. Eli Johnson and Devin Shew are returning linemen.

DEFENSE The defense returns five starters, but the YellowJackets need to fill in some big holes in order to improve. Girard allowed 43 points per game last fall, which ranked near

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............. at North East .....................7 Sept. 2 ...........at Harbor Creek* ..................7 Sept. 9 .................Fairview* ........................7 Sept. 16 ............Northwestern .....................7 Sept. 23 ...... at Mercyhurst Prep*................7 Sept. 30 ....... Cambridge Springs.................7 Oct. 7 ................... at Corry* ........................7 Oct. 14 .......... Conneaut (Ohio)*..................7 Oct. 21 ................ Titusville*........................7 Oct. 28 ............. at Maplewood.....................7 *Region 4 game 44

YellowJackets will have plenty of camp battles to set the starting lineup. Girard will take on several dangerous offenses this fall, and slowing them down will be key for the ’Jackets to turn things around.

KYLE ZAMPOGNA

OUTLOOK Girard will be under new leadership this season, but it might not necessarily be a new system. Former assistant Mike Zona takes over for Jim Funk, who remains on staff.

Zona said there won’t be major changes, but he could make some tweaks on offense and defense.

Girard has a standout quarterback along with several athletes on both sides of the ball back this season, but the ‘Jackets need to build depth after winning just one game last fall.

Girard opens with a tough Erie County League matchup at North East before Mike Zona traveling to Harbor 1st season Creek the following week to open region play.

The ’Jackets follow with two rivalry games against Fairview and Northwestern, continuing a tough opening stretch.

Girard will also travel to Mercyhurst Prep and Corry, with interesting home games against Cambridge Springs and Conneaut (Ohio) mixed in.

The Jackets will need to buy into a new but familiar head coach this season to get back on track. The ’Jackets have a solid program, and the lower levels will need to step up in a big way.

COACH

GIRARD

Senior

Running Back

the bottom of District 10. Johnson and Shew return on the defensive line, but Girard has to replace Metzler, Gatesman, Bossick, Vasilik, Kooken, Sack and Warner. Seniors Dillon Stancliff and Shawn McNally, along with juniors Jacob Smith and Joel Friend, could step up on the line.

Boyles is back as a leader in the secondary, while Zampogna is a linebacker.

Tony Oduho could play several positions on defense. Alex Bartone and Chris Mottillo transferred from Cathedral Prep and could make an immediate impact. Bartone is a linebacker; Mottillo is a defensive end. Add in senior defensive backs Josh Anderson and Henry Oduho, along with junior linebacker Dakota Barnes and junior defensive back Scott Ecke, and the

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 1-8 1-6 2014 7-3 5-2 2013 10-3 6-1 2012 6-4 4-3 2011 3-6 2-4 2010 4-6 3-3 2009 5-5 4-4 2008 7-4 5-3 2007 2-7 1-5 2006 2-7 1-5

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Jacob Brooks

Shane Boyles

Josh Anderson

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Joel Friend

Devin Shew

Tony Odudo

Chris Mottillo

2016 ROSTER No. Name Ht. 3 Trey Merritt 6-1 5 Corey Dinger 5-10 6 Cole Fails 5-9 7 Henry Oduho 6-2 8 Dakota Barnes 6-0 9 Jakob Wassong 6-4 10 Wes Hansen 5-11 11 Morgan Silman 6-3 12 Cameron Feathers 6-1 13 Jacob Brooks 6-2 16 Adam Muse 5-11 17 David Mascaro 5-6 18 Marshall Marfinetz 5-6 19 Austin Ryan 6-2 20 Buxton McCaslin 5-11 21 Josh Anderson 6-2 22 Cobey Blarr 6-1 23 Tony Oduho 6-3 24 Tyler Hawkins 5-9 25 Corey Russell 5-8 26 Jacob Ryan 5-9 30 Shane Boyles 5-10 31/51 Ian Heitman 6-1 32 Anthony Cook 5-10

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Wt. 152 135 163 160 186 157 135 155 145 181 135 115 130 155 150 145 150 180 150 137 126 200 170 180

Yr. Pos. Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB Sr. K Jr. WR/DB So. RB/LB So. TE/DB Jr. WR/DB Jr. QB/DB Fr. QB/DB So. QB/LB So. WR/DB So. WR/DB Fr. RB/LB Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/LB Jr. WR/DB Jr. WR/LB Jr. TE/DB Fr. RB/LB Fr. WR/DB Fr. WR/LB Jr. RB/LB Fr. TE/OL Jr. TE/LB

No. Name Ht. 33 Ben LaRiccia 5-6 34 Kyle Zampogna 6-1 38 Cameron Romba 6-0 40 Dominic Criscione 5-9 44/70 Zack Larsen 5-10 50 Paul Raupers 6-3 52 John Mason 5-10 53 Derek Kovaly 5-11 54 Eli Johnson 5-10 56 Dillon Stancliff 5-10 57 Devin Shew 5-9 59 Jacob Smith 5-9 62 Tyler Graves 6-2 63 Nathan Dieteman 5-6 64 Jonathan Ball 5-9 68 Joel Friend 5-10 71 Alex Peterson 5-9 74 Brian Yeaney 5-8 76 Kaine Miles 6-3 77 Dakota Meyer 5-8 79 Blake Thomas 5-10 81 Zach McMillen 5-8 85 Tyler Bruno 5-10 88 Scott Ecke 5-11

Wt. 137 180 141 150 191 210 153 205 201 200 247 220 186 180 207 175 207 174 280 204 190 130 130 136

Yr. Pos. Fr. RB/LB Jr. RB/LB Fr. WR/LB So. WR/LB So. RB/OL Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/LB Fr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/LB Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL So. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB So. WR/DL

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at Maplewood Northwestern* at Fort LeBoeuf* Mercyhurst Prep* at North East* Fairview* at Cambridge Springs Seneca* at Harbor Creek* *Region 4 game

Name Jacob Brooks

Passing

Com. Att. 149 262

Name Kyle Zampogna Brenden Kohan Morgan Silman Jacob Brooks Name Dorian Connors Brenden Kohan Dontae Williams Bo Scalise Kyle Zampogna Name Dontae Williams Dorian Connors Kyle Zampogna Jacob Brooks Returnees in bold

L, 20-28 L, 0-47 L, 40-56 W, 21-14 L, 34-57 L, 13-41 L, 0-49 L, 33-47 L, 19-48

Yds. TD 1,906 16

Rushing

Int. 13

Att. 106 48 10 57

Yds. 404 160 106 44

Avg. 3.8 3.3 10.6 0.8

TD 5 1 1 3

Rec. 56 41 28 12 10

Yds. 858 436 366 146 80

Avg. 15.3 10.6 13.1 12.2 8.0

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Huskies

2015 RECORD 6-5 overall 4-3 Region 4 2016: Region 4 Home field: Paul J. Weitz Stadium

OFFENSE Harbor Creek will have to rebuild its offense after heavy graduation losses. The Huskies return Joe Newara at center, Reece Ferguson on the line and Zach Mosbacher at running back, but every other starting position is open. Quarterback Brandon Fox threw for 618 yards and six touchdowns, and he ran for three TDs. Fox is gone to graduation, along with star running backs Alex Locco-Nielsen and Noah Weber.

Locco-Nielsen ran for 1,256 yards and eight TDs on an injured knee last season. Weber had 1,095 yards and 22 TDs on 123 carries.

Weber also led Harbor Creek with 21 catches for 415 yards and six TDs, while fellow graduate Gabe Mattson had 21 catches for 262 yards and three TDs. Add in the graduation of Eric Metz, Nick Beerbower and Luke Brooks on the line, running back Nick Manna and wide receiver Tony DeDionisio, and the Huskies will have almost a brand-new offense this fall. Brandon Burnett and Mosbacher will be counted on as leaders in the backfield, while Gabe DeVore could start at fullback, Jared Nelson could earn carries at running back, and Collin Askins might start on the line. Riley Plyler is the leading candidate to start at quarterback, but he will have to earn the job in camp.

DEFENSE When the defense played well last fall, the Huskies won games. Harbor Creek went 5-1 when it allowed fewer than 30 points, with the only loss coming at Fort LeBoeuf, 17-14.

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .................. Iroquois........................ 7 Sept. 2 .................... Girard* ........................ 7 Sept. 9 ................at Union City.................... 7 Sept. 16 .............. at Titusville* .................... 7 Sept. 23 .............. at Fairview*..................... 7 Sept. 30 ..............Fort LeBoeuf .................... 7 Oct. 7 ............ at Conneaut (Ohio)* .............. 7 Oct. 14 ............Mercyhurst Prep* ................ 7 Oct. 21 .....................Corry*......................... 7 Oct. 28 ................at North East.................... 7 *Region 4 game

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with Zach Cassidy and Lee Barney at linebacker, and Ryan Kruszewski, Domenic Viscuso, Dan Hedlund and Hunter Purpura on the defensive line. Harbor Creek has experience up front and some talented linebackers returning this fall, but the secondary could be an issue early on. The Huskies will battle some tough, solid offenses this season, and they need to address their needs right away in camp.

REECE FERGUSON

OUTLOOK Harbor Creek has 11 wins in two seasons under Ned Bailey after winning two games total the previous two years.

The Huskies have some work to do with most of their skill position players lost to graduation, including most of the secondary.

Harbor Creek ran into powerhouse Sharon in the District 10 Class AA playoffs, and the Huskies may Ned Bailey see the Tigers again in 3rd season the 3A playoffs this 11-10 record fall.

Harbor Creek opens with rival Iroquois before an interesting game against Girard.

The Huskiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toughest road stretch could come in Weeks 4 and 5, with trips to Titusville and Fairview.

Harbor Creek gets Fort LeBoeuf, Mercyhurst Prep and Corry at home, but the Huskies also have to head to Conneaut (Ohio) and North East.

If Harbor Creek can get new offensive leaders to step up, it could be an interesting team in Region 4 and Class 3A.

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HARBOR CREEK Senior

Tight End

In the Huskiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; other four losses, they allowed 42.5 points per game. The defense has more experience back this season than the offense. Askins, DeVore and Ferguson are all back on the defensive line, while Burnett and Mosbacher return at linebacker. Harbor Creek will have to fill some big shoes in the secondary with the graduations of Locco-Nielsen, Weber, Fox, Manna, Mattson and Christian Loeffler. Metz and DeDionisio are big losses at linebacker, as are Beerbower and Brooks on the defensive line. Harbor Creek will look to Nelson to help fill the void at defensive back along with Plyler, Nick Uht, Derek Nowakowski, Alex Wisniewski and Jacob Calkins.

All could battle for playing time along

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

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Joe Newara

Brandon Burnett

Chris Burkett

Sam Wilczynski

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

at Iroquois at Seneca* at North East* Fairview* Mercyhurst Prep* Northwestern* at Union City at Fort LeBoeuf* Girard* at Saegertown

District 10 playoffs

Sharon *Region 4 game

Name Brandon Fox Collin Irwin

Name Alex Locco-Nielsen Noah Weber Name Noah Weber Gabe Mattson Sam Sallot

Passing

Com. Att. 38 102 3 8

L, 34-42 W, 29-21 L, 31-35 L, 28-34 W, 34-13 W, 35-34 W, 42-20 L, 14-17 W, 48-19 W, 39-26 L, 0-59

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Avg. 7.6 8.9

TD 8 22

Rec. 21 21 2

Avg. 19.7 12.5 12.5

TD 6 3 0

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Yds. 415 262 25

Yr. Pos. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr.

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Noah Weber 32 0 1 194 Alex Locco-Nielsen 8 0 0 48 a-Alex Gorski 0 30 0 36 Gabe Mattson 3 0 1 20 a-includes two field goals; Returnees in bold

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Att. Yds. 165 1,256 123 1,095

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No. Name Ht. Wt. 3 Elijah Langer-Williamson 5-11 130 4 Nick Uht 5-11 155 5 Trevor Nelson 5-6 120 10 Hunter Lewis 5-6 140 13 Jared Nelson 5-9 140 14 Tony Langer-Williamson 5-4 105 19 Lee Barney 22 Sam Sallot 5-6 135 25 Zach Mosbacher 5-11 185 28 Derek Nowakowski 5-6 130 30 Andrew Stroker 5-4 150 32 Jacob Calkins 5-8 145 34 Zach Cassidy 5-7 170 36 Alex Stafford 5-6 150 43 Mike Fitzgerald 5-7 150

RB/DB PB/LB SE/DB RB/LB HB/DB HB/LB RB/LB RB/LB

No. Name 44/52 Reece Ferguson 45 Brandon Burnett 53 Danny Durst 56 Gabe DeVore 57 Seth Morton 59 Dan Hedlund 68 Eric Kiskadden 70 Chris Clark 71 Domenic Viscuso 72 Hunter Purpura 73 Joe Newara 77 Collin Askins 79 Ryan Kruszewski 81 Riley Plyler 84 Ryan Rose 88 Alex Wisniewski

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Lakers

2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 0-7 Region 4 2016: Region 4 Home field: Veterans Stadium

OFFENSE Mercyhurst Prep had a young team last fall, including an offense that steadily improved throughout the year.

The Lakers averaged fewer than 10 points per game, but their growing pains in 2015 could pay off this season. Mercyhurst Prep lost quarterback Jake Montefiori to graduation, along with guard Colin Zeyfang.

Montefiori threw for 494 yards and one touchdown and ran for 211 yards and four TDs. Connor Byers started the last few games of the 2015 season at quarterback and threw for 445 yards and two TDs. Sophomore running back Zack Helsley had a breakout freshman season with 935 yards and five touchdowns on 186 carries. He is joined by fullback Desmar Polk in the backfield, while Kaleb Bratt, Derek Loringer, Jon Reddinger and Ren Rivers are back on the offensive line. The Lakers have a strong receiving corps to balance their rushing attack. Shareef Salvi and Hunter Kallay are senior leaders on the outside, while Jesse Luketa is developing into a college prospect.

Kallay had 30 catches for 492 yards and one TD. Salvi had seven catches for 57 yards and Luketa had six catches for 88 yards last fall.

Mercyhurst Prep has an experienced line, with young but talented skill-position players. If the Lakers can gain confidence throughout the season, the offense will average more than 9.6 points per game this fall.

DEFENSE

Mercyhurst Prep was in the middle of the

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............ Eisenhower........................ 7 Sept. 2 ................. Corry* ........................... 7 Sept. 9 ............ at Titusville*....................... 7 Sept. 16 .... at Conneaut (Ohio)*................. 7 Sept. 23 .............. Girard*........................... 7 Sept. 30 ......at West Middlesex .................. 7 Oct. 7 .................Fairview* ......................... 7 Oct. 14 .........at Harbor Creek* ................... 7 Oct. 21 ............... Lakeview.......................... 7 Oct. 28 ..........at Northwestern .................... 7 *Region 4 game 48

and Damon Willcot on the inside. Dylan Schley, Isaiah Johnson, Nick Byerly, Tyree Russell and Jake Woodring are younger newcomers to watch on the defensive line.

The Lakers were young at most positions last season, but their defense could improve this year if that experience pays off.

Mercyhurst Prep will face the full range of offenses this season, from tough, deliberate teams that grind out points to athletic and fast offenses that can score in an instant.

REN RIVERS

OUTLOOK Jeff Root took over the program three years ago and inherited a numbers problem.

The Lakers have regained stability with participation, including a co-op with Erie First Christian Academy. Mercyhurst Prep’s next goal is to start competing with some of the toughest teams in the area. The Lakers moved up to Jeff Root Class 3A and have 3rd season loaded their non3-17 record region schedule with Eisenhower, West Middlesex, Lakeview and Northwestern. Mercyhurst Prep has been young the past two seasons with multiple freshmen and sophomores getting significant playing time. It’s not easy rebuilding a program against tough competition, but the Lakers area headed in the right direction. Mercyhurst Prep has another young team this year with a handful of returning senior starters, but if the Lakers continue to develop and build team chemistry, the future is bright.

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MERCYHURST PREP Senior

Tackle

pack on defense last fall, allowing 28.5 points per game. The Lakers dealt with some tough, grinding offenses in Region 4, and although they will face some familiar opponents, they’ll have to battle new, potent offenses as well. Mercyhurst Prep graduated defensive end Ryan Komar, defensive tackle John Seol and linebacker Sean Stevenson, but everyone else is back for the Lakers.

Salvi returns at safety, and Andrew Montefiori and Khalil Barnes are returning defensive backs. The three will need to support the front seven, including Reddinger at defensive end and Rivers at defensive tackle. Mercyhurst Prep brings back an experienced group of linebackers, including Luketa and Helsley on the outside, and Jeremy Montefiori, Tyrese Tate

Year Overall Region 2015 1-9 0-7 2014 2-8 0-7 2013 3-7 3-4 2012 8-3 6-1 2011 9-2 7-1 2010 12-1 8-0 2009 10-1 8-0 2008 5-5 5-3 2007 13-1 8-0 2006 11-1 8-0

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P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND

Hunter Kallay

Shareef Salvi

Zack Helsley

Damon Wilcott

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at Saegertown at Fairview* Northwestern* at Girard* at Harbor Creek* Fort LeBoeuf* Maplewood at North East* Seneca* Iroquois *Region 4 game

Passing

Name Jake Montefiori Connor Byers

Com. Att. 44 107 41 48

Att. 186 77 16 3 6

Rec. 30 7 7 7 6

No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 10 14 15 16 17 21 22 24 28 33

Name Nygee Young Jesse Luketa Connor Byers Khalil Barnes Jake Coughenour Jeremy Montefiori Trevor Luce Hunter Kallay Ryan Krafty Clay Palmer Orion Smith Shareef Salvi Andrew Montefiori Tyrese Tate Zack Helsley Tim Wyler

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Ht. 5-9 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-7 6-1 5-10 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-7 6-1 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-8

Wt. 145 185 165 165 135 190 160 175 155 155 135 170 160 165 175 135

Yr. Pos. So. TB/DB So. WR/S Jr. WR/DB Fr. TB/LB Fr. WR/DB Jr. TE/LB Fr. QB/LB Jr. WR/DB So. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB Jr. WR/S Fr. TB/DB Fr. FB/DB Fr. TB/LB Fr. WR/DB

No. 34 38 45 50 51 52 66 72 74 75 79 80 82 85 90

Name Damon Wilcott Bogden Scychuk Matt Ahrens Mike Balko Zach Bratton Derek Loringer Jon Reddinger Kaleb Bratt Tyree Russell Ren Rivers Isaiah Johnson Nick Byerly Scott Coughenour Ben Guild Daniel Johnson

Ht. 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-3 5-8 5-11 6-5

Wt. 175 160 165 175 210 215 215 270 245 275 295 195 140 170 235

Yr. Pos. So. TB/LB Jr. WR/LB Fr. TE/DE Jr. G/DE Fr. G/DT Fr. T/DT So. G/DE Jr. C/DT So. G/DT Jr. T/DT Fr. T/DT Fr. TE/DE So. WR/DB Fr. WR/LB So. TE/DE

Avg. 5.0 2.7 6.5 13.7 4.0

TD 5 4 1 0 0

Yds. 492 82 67 57 88

Avg. 16.4 11.7 9.6 8.1 14.7

TD 1 0 0 0 1

PAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2-pt. Total 0 30 2 28 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6

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2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN

Int. 7 2

Yds. 935 211 104 41 24

Receiving

Name Hunter Kallay Connor Byers Sean Stevenson Shareef Salvi Jesse Luketa

Zack Helsley rushed for 935 yards and five touchdowns as a freshman to lead Mercyhurst Prep in 2015.

Yds. TD 494 1 445 2

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Name Zack Helsley Jake Montefiori Khalil Barnes Mike Krafty Damon Wilcott

W, 14-0 L, 6-35 L, 0-30 L, 14-21 L, 13-34 L, 7-30 L, 14-20 L, 0-40 L, 21-40 L, 7-35

Name Zack Helsley Jake Montefiori Khalil Barnes Connor Byers Hunter Kallay Jesse Luketa Clay Palmer Returnees in bold

Dylan Schley

Tyrese Tate

TD 5 4 1 1 1 1 1

Derek Loringer

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Rockets

2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 0-7 Region 3 2016: Region 4 Home field: Carter Stadium

OFFENSE Titusville is transitioning from a southernbased schedule into a northern region and has plenty of experience back at the skill positions. Quarterback Brady Corklin threw for 972 yards and 10 touchdowns last fall, and he led the Rockets in rushing with 590 yards and nine TDs. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a leader on offense, while backup QB Jack Garrett ran for 161 yards and could step up at running back. Titusville graduated running back Donovan Vroman along with wide receivers Chase Ackerman, Cooper Lamey, Skylar McIntyre and Jordan Sutara.

The Rockets scored just 15.4 points per game last fall, but they were young and inexperienced. Titusville returns a strong group of players looking to turn the corner in a new region.

Running back Luciano DeRose, wide receivers Locke Platt and Mike Watkins and offensive linemen Logan Nosko and Colin Hofmeister will join Corklin as offensive leaders. Platt caught 13 passes for 72 yards and two TDs last fall, while DeRose ran for 72 yards and one touchdown on 53 carries.

DEFENSE Titusville struggled to slow down the powerhouses in Region 3 in 2015 with 36.7 points allowed per game. The Rockets allowed at least 27 points in all nine losses, and their win came after holding Maplewood to 20 points. Titusville has some speed and toughness to replace in several areas of the defense. Ackerman is gone at

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ....... Cambridge Springs ............... 7 Sept. 2 .............. at Fairview* ..................... 7 Sept. 9 ......... Mercyhurst Prep* ................ 7 Sept. 16 .......... Harbor Creek* ................... 7 Sept. 23 ......at Conneaut (Ohio)*............... 7 Sept. 30 .......... at Cochranton ................... 7 Oct. 7 ..................at Warren....................... 7 Oct. 14 .................. Corry* ......................... 7 Oct. 21 ................at Girard*....................... 7 Oct. 28 ................. Franklin ........................ 7 *Region 4 game 50

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standouts on the line, and Kaleb Dunlap, Joe Downing, Gavin Reisinger, Corey Davenport, Joe Burger, DeAnthony Edwards, Jade Bush, Ethan Zdarko and Steven Partridge could all earn playing time in camp.

OUTLOOK Titusville will get a new set of opponents this season in Region 4, with more northern teams in Class 3A. Titusville, much like Corry, had to deal with the top Class AA teams in D-10 in region play over the past few years with long trips to Mercer County.

The Rockets have a few more long trips this cycle, but they get COACH away from teams like Hickory and Sharon.

Titusville was young in 2015, and if the Rockets can Senior Quarterback translate that experience into safety, while linebackers Lamey, McIntyre, success, they could be Sutara and Vroman graduated. Harger, Tom Hancock an interesting team to Farducci and Kerr leave big holes on the 4th season watch in Region 4. defensive line. Corklin is a leader on 6-24 record Titusville opens the offense, and he will need to lead a young season with a tough secondary as a returning safety. Watkins is back at cornerback, but Titusville will count non-region game against Cambridge Springs before jumping on new players to step in at defensive back, right into region play against Fairview, possibly Garrett and Ryan Sines.

Mercyhurst Prep, Harbor Creek and a trip The Rockets have Platt and DeRose back to Conneaut, Ohio. at linebacker, and the candidates to earn The Rockets follow with non-region playing time alongside them include Parker games against improving teams Harvey, Nate Brown, Shawn Frazinni, Cochranton and Warren before a big Michael Van and Kristian Vroman.

The biggest key will be replacing the de- region showdown with Corry.

Titusvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success this fall could come fensive line, with some strong running ofdown to how much toughness the program fenses to stop on the schedule. built from its years in the south.

Nosko and Hofmeister are returning

TITUSVILLE

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 1-9 0-7 2014 4-6 2-5 2013 1-9 1-6 2012 3-7 2-5 2011 3-7 1-4 2010 0-10 0-5 2009 2-8 0-7 2008 4-6 2-5 2007 9-1 5-0 2006 8-3 5-0

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Jack Garrett

Luciano DeRose

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Franklin Warren* Sharon* at Slippery Rock* at Grove City* at Corry* Oil City Greenville* at Hickory* at Maplewood *Region 3 game

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ty Lohr/Titusville Herald

Senior Locke Platt, right, is Titusvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading returning receiver after catching 13 passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns in 2015.

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 3 Michael Watkins 7 Parker Harvey 10 Ryan Sines 11 Jack Garrett 12 Noah LaRoque 15 Luciano DeRose 18 Hunter Wagner 22 Brady Corklin 23 Cole Culver 24 Nate Brown 26 Ralph Turchio 27 Shawn Frazinni 31 Josiah Jacobson 38 Riley Corklin 51 Kaleb Schrum 55 Dan Kessen 56 Caleb Stephens

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Ht. 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-10 6-1 5-7 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-6

Wt. 130 165 132 140 145 150 135 150 135 165 142 160 150 160 244 175 200

Yr. Pos. Jr. SR/C Fr. RB/S So. SR/C So. QB/C Jr. WR/C So. RB/LB Jr. SR/C Jr. QB/S Fr. QB/S Jr. RB/LB Fr. WR/C So. RB/LB So. SR/C Fr. RB/LB Fr. T/DL So. G/DL Jr. C/NG/T

No. Name Ht. 57 Corey Davenport 6-0 59 Joseph Downing 5-9 60 Logan Nosko 5-10 61 Joseph Burger 5-9 62 DeAnthony Edwards 6-0 64 Colin Hofmeister 5-11 65 Jade Bush 5-10 66 Michael Van 5-9 67 Caleb Smith 5-6 70 Ethan Zdarko 6-0 71 Dalton Haggerty 5-10 72 Gavin Reisinger 5-11 76 Steven Partridge 6-0 85 Mitchell Wilson 6-0 86 Kristian Vroman 5-7 88 Locke Platt 5-7

Wt. 170 180 200 190 235 190 204 180 165 155 155 175 200 195 150 135

Yr. Pos. Jr. T/T Jr. G/T Jr. T/T So. T/T Fr. T/DL So. T/T So. G/DT Jr. G/DE So. G/T Fr. C/LB So. G/DL Jr. T/T Fr. T/DL Fr. G/DL So. SR/LB Jr. WR/C

Name Brady Corklin Jack Garrett

Passing

Com. Att. 66 177 9 28

Name Brady Corklin Jack Garrett Skylar McIntyre Luciano DeRose Name Skylar McIntyre Locke Platt Cooper Lamey Name Brady Corklin Skylar McIntyre Cooper Lamey Locke Platt Returnees in bold

L, 19-38 L, 33-39 L, 13-42 L, 8-35 L, 6-34 L, 13-55 L, 6-27 L, 12-35 L, 12-42 W, 32-20

Yds. TD 972 10 190 2

Rushing

Int. 11 1

Att. 128 23 20 53

Yds. 590 161 126 72

Avg. 4.6 7.0 6.3 1.4

TD 9 0 1 1

Rec. 22 13 12

Yds. 402 72 240

Avg. 18.3 5.5 20.0

TD 7 2 2

Receiving

Scoring TD

9 8 2 2

PAT 2-pt. Total 0 1 56 0 1 50 0 0 12 0 0 12

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MOVING PAINS? FILE PHOTO/Erie Times-News

General McLane and Fort LeBoeuf, shown here last fall, both will be in the 5A classification in the PIAA’s new six-class system this season.

As PIAA expands to 6 classes, 9 District 10 teams opt for new 5A

By JOHN DUDLEY john.dudley@timesnews.com

F

ort LeBoeuf coach Jeff Nichols said the toughest part of his team’s move up in classification for the next two years was the initial shock.

The Bison, who were a Class AA team in 2015, expected to move up one classification to 3A under the revamped

statewide six-class system.

Instead, they came in one male student over the threshold and ended up in 4A. “Initially there was just the disappointment of moving up,” Nichols said. “Once we got past that, we felt we had to do what was in our best interests. The final destination is to get out of District 10 and into the state playoffs.”

Nichols and Fort LeBoeuf

Fort LeBoeuf Central Tech Moves up to 5A General McLane Moves up to 5A from 4A Moves up to 5A from 4A from 4A

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officials agreed their best path was moving up another class to 5A, and they were far from alone.

In one of the more dramatic developments statewide on the heels of the PIAA’s class expansion, nine teams — including Fort LeBoeuf — opted to jump to 5A from 4A. LeBoeuf had 283 boys in its top three classes, which would

have made it the smallest team in 4A and only one boy away from being Class 3A. Instead, LeBoeuf opted to play up to 5A, where the enrollment range is 398 to 563.

In the Bison’s case, Nichols said the thought process was pretty simple.

“For us, we just felt we had a better shot at getting out of the district if we weren’t in 4A,” he said.

Meadville Conneaut Franklin Moves up to 5A Oil City Moves up to Strong Vincent Moves up to 5A Grove City from 4A Moves up to 5A Moves up to 5A Moves up to 5A from 4A 5A from 4A from 4A from 4A from 4A

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PLAYING UP

Nine District 10 football teams that qualify for Class 4A are playing up to Class 5A this season, including Central Tech, upper left, Conneaut, upper right, Grove City, left, Fort LeBoeuf, lower left, and General McLane, lower right. The move leaves only Cathedral Prep and Warren in Class 4A.

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This latest realignment — the seventh since 2004 for D-10 teams once entrenched in conferences that created decades-old rivalries — also brings other significant changes: ▀ The old Erie County League — nearly revived the last two seasons with seven former teams in the same region — is now more widely dispersed than ever. ▀ Region 2 has become a southern D-10 powerhouse, home to schools that have made 12 district finals appearances in A or AA since 2012, including four champions. ▀ Two classes are nearly bereft of teams, with only Cathedral Prep and Warren remaining following the mass exodus from 4A, and McDowell all alone in 6A. ▀ Like the old ECL, the former French Creek Valley Conference has been widely scattered, with those schools now aligned in three separate regions.

Like the Metro League, which largely broke apart years ago, the Erie County League is now little more than a memory.

Since 2014, Region 4-AA has borne a striking resemblance to the former 10-team ECL, with Fairview, Fort LeBoeuf, Girard, Harbor Creek, North East, Northwestern and Seneca.

Some of those teams even managed to line up non-region games against other exECL rivals, further restoring the feel of the league’s old schedule.

Now, no more than four are grouped together, with Iroquois, North East, Northwestern and Seneca in Region 3 as 2A teams; Corry, Fairview, Girard and Harbor Creek in Region 4 as 3A teams; and Fort LeBoeuf and General McLane in Region 6 as 5A teams.

That’s left some coaches feeling sentimental about a league that for decades featured some of the most intense rivalries in D-10.

“Myself, I’m partial to the ECL,” North East coach Matt Shesman said. “I played in the ECL, I’ve coached in it, and I like it. But at the same time I’m not going to pout when we don’t have all our old teams together anymore. Things change.”

Shesman points out that North East, now in Region 3, was able to maintain its backyard rivalry with Harbor Creek, now in Region 4, by scheduling a Week 9 meeting.

The caveat is that game will be canceled if one of the teams makes the playoffs.

Like Shesman, Fairview’s Jim Brinling grew up playing in the ECL and rejoined the league as a coach.

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Initially there was just the disappointment of moving up. Once we got past that, we felt we had to do what was in our best interests. The final destination is to get out of District 10 and into the state playoffs.” — Jeff Nichols, Fort LeBoeuf coach 53

Realignment: 9 teams opt for 5A Continued from Page 53 “It was a tight-knit community of coaches who liked to compete with each other,” Brinling said. “One of the things I’ll miss is those relationships.”

But the vast majority of coaches, including Shesman and Brinling, have now adopted an approach similar to that of Harbor Creek’s Ned Bailey, who takes a bigpicture view of realignment. “Obviously you want to win your region,” Bailey said. “But a District 10 championship is the big goal for most high-caliber teams.”

That description would fit most of the schools in Region 2, a nine-team murderer’s row of 2A and 3A heavyweights that includes five-time defending AAA champion Hickory; Sharpsville, which has won three of the past five A titles; and perennial contenders Greenville, Lakeview, Sharon, Slippery Rock and Wilmington.

Simply winning Region 2 will involve meeting a playoff-caliber team nearly every week now that Sharpsville, Wilmington and Lakeview have moved up.

On the other hand, one byproduct of the new six-class system is the dwindling number of teams left in D-10 Class A. As recently as 2011, the classification was able

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Meadville lost to Cathedral Prep 62-12 and 62-8 in the playoffs the past two years. The Bulldogs won’t play Prep in the postseason for at least two years after they opted to move up to Class 5A. to fill an eight-team playoff bracket, with every postseason qualifier having at least five regular-season wins.

Now Class A is down to six teams, three of whom — Cochranton, Union City and Youngsville — combined to finish 7-23 in 2015.

Then again, at least in terms of numbers, Class A is better off than 4A, where Cathedral Prep and Warren will meet for the D10 title by default over the next two seasons, and 6A, where McDowell again will advance straight to a PIAA subregional game.

Prep coach Mike Mischler said he bears no ill will toward the teams that opted up to 5A in an obvious move to avoid meeting the defending state runner-up Ramblers.

General McLane had played up in Class AAAA for the previous two cycles, but now the Lancers are joined in 5A by Conneaut, Central Tech, Fort LeBoeuf, Franklin, Grove City, Meadville, Oil City and Strong Vincent.

Most of those teams had faced Cathedral

Prep in the Class AAA playoffs within the past eight years as Prep advanced to the title game each of those seasons and won five titles. Grove City and Conneaut beat Prep in AAA title games — Grove City in 2011 and Conneaut in 2014.

Still, the nine schools decided to play up to Class 5A, where, prior to the mass movement of schools, only East had qualified based on enrollment alone.

“That’s their prerogative,” Mischler said.

“It’s up to them to make decisions they feel are in their best interest, but it doesn’t really affect the way we approach things.”

Mischler added that while 4A might now be lean in D-10, that’s hardly the case statewide.

“It might be one of the most difficult classes in the state now,” he said. “It’s a gauntlet to get through if you’re trying to compete for a state title.”

For his part, Nichols hopes Fort LeBoeuf enjoys the dual benefits of playing a difficult Region 6 schedule that includes Cathedral Prep, McDowell and General McLane and the improved odds of being in a postseason classification that doesn’t include a state powerhouse.

“Our mentality is we’re part of a region with some of the best teams in District 10, and that’s going to be something different for us,” said Nichols, whose team is scheduled to meet McDowell, Prep and General McLane during one four-week stretch from Weeks 5 to 8.

“We’re going to see the kind of speed we haven’t seen,” Nichols said. “The kids are excited. It should be good for us to play teams like that — as long as we come through it with healthy bodies.”

J O H N D U D L E Y can be reached at 870-1677 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.

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THE LANDSCAPE OF D-10

A look at how the regions have changed since realignment 12 years ago 2003 METRO Cathedral Prep Central East McDowell Mercyhurst Prep Strong Vincent

ERIE COUNTY LEAGUE Corry Fairview Fort LeBoeuf General McLane Girard Harbor Creek Iroquois North East Northwestern Seneca

FRENCH CREEKVALLEY Cambridge Springs Cochranton Conneaut Lake Conneaut Valley Lakeview Linesville Maplewood Saegertown Union City MERCER COUNTY Greenville Grove City Hickory Kennedy Catholic Mercer Reynolds Sharon Sharpsville Slippery Rock West Middlesex Wilmington INDEPENDENT DuBois Eisenhower Sheffield Youngsville ALLEGHENY Altoona Central Mountain Hollidaysburg McDowell State College NORTHWEST Central East Franklin Meadville Oil City Strong Vincent Titusville Warren Note: Teams that played in the Northwest and Allegheny conferences also played in other leagues.

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Cochranton Conneaut Lake Kennedy Catholic Lakeview Linesville Sharpsville West Middlesex

Cochranton Conneaut Lake Farrell Kennedy Catholic Lakeview Linesville Mercer Sharpsville West Middlesex

Conneaut Lake Conneaut Valley Farrell Kennedy Catholic Lakeview Linesville Mercer Sharpsville West Middlesex

Conneaut Lake Conneaut Valley Farrell Kennedy Catholic Lakeview Linesville Mercer Sharpsville West Middlesex

Conneaut Farrell Kennedy Catholic Lakeview Mercer Sharpsville West Middlesex

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Conneaut Valley Eisenhower Fairview Iroquois Saegertown Union City Youngsville

REGION 3 Greenville Grove City Hickory Mercer Reynolds Sharon Slippery Rock Wilmington

REGION 4 Fort LeBoeuf Girard Harbor Creek Maplewood Mercyhurst Prep North East Northwestern Seneca

REGION 5 Corry East Franklin General McLane Meadville Oil City Strong Vincent Titusville Warren

REGION 6 Cathedral Prep Central McDowell

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Conneaut Valley Eisenhower Iroquois Maplewood Mercyhurst Prep Saegertown Union City Youngsville

REGION 3 Greenville Grove City Hickory Northwestern Reynolds Sharon Wilmington

REGION 4 Corry Fairview Fort LeBoeuf Girard Harbor Creek North East Seneca

REGION 5 Franklin Meadville Oil City Slippery Rock Titusville Warren

REGION 6 Cathedral Prep Central East General McLane McDowell Strong Vincent

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Cochranton Eisenhower Harbor Creek Youth Services Iroquois Mercyhurst Prep Saegertown Union City Youngsville REGION 3 Greenville Hickory Oil City Reynolds Sharon Slippery Rock Titusville Wilmington

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Cochranton Eisenhower Iroquois Maplewood Mercyhurst Prep Saegertown Union City Youngsville

REGION 3 Greenville Hickory Reynolds Sharon Titusville Wilmington

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Fairview Fort LeBoeuf General McLane Girard Harbor Creek Maplewood North East Northwestern Seneca

Fairview General McLane Girard Harbor Creek North East Northwestern Seneca

REGION 5 Corry Franklin Grove City Meadville Warren

REGION 6 Bradford Cathedral Prep Central Tech East Strong Vincent *McDowell played in WPIAL

REGION 5 Corry DuBois Franklin Grove City Meadville Oil City Slippery Rock

REGION 6 Bradford Cathedral Prep Central Tech East Fort LeBoeuf Strong Vincent Warren

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Cochranton Eisenhower Iroquois Maplewood Mercyhurst Prep Union City Youngsville

REGION 3 Greenville Grove City Hickory Reynolds Saegertown Sharon Titusville Wilmington

REGION 4 Corry Fairview Fort LeBoeuf Girard Harbor Creek North East Northwestern Seneca

REGION 5 Bradford DuBois Franklin Meadville Oil City Slippery Rock Warren

2014-16 REGION 1 Farrell Lakeview Mercer Reynolds Sharpsville West Middlesex Wilmington

REGION 2 Cambridge Springs Cochranton Eisenhower Iroquois Maplewood Saegertown Union City Youngsville

REGION 3 Corry Greenville Grove City Hickory Sharon Slippery Rock Titusville Warren

2016-18 REGION 1 Cambridge Springs Cochranton Farrell Union City West Middlesex Youngsville

REGION 2 Greenville Hickory Lakeview Mercer Reynolds Sharon Sharpsville Slippery Rock Wilmington

REGION 3 Eisenhower Iroquois Maplewood North East Northwestern Saegertown Seneca

REGION 4

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Fairview Fort LeBoeuf Girard Harbor Creek Mercyhurst Prep North East Northwestern Seneca

Conneaut, Ohio Corry Fairview Girard Harbor Creek Mercyhurst Prep Titusville

REGION 5 Bradford DuBois Conneaut Franklin Meadville Oil City

REGION 5 Conneaut DuBois Franklin Grove City Meadville Oil City Warren

REGION 6

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Cathedral Prep Central Tech East General McLane McDowell Strong Vincent

Cathedral Prep Central Tech East General McLane McDowell Strong Vincent

Cathedral Prep Central Tech East Fort LeBoeuf General McLane McDowell Strong Vincent

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EVER-CHANGING LOOK OF DISTRICT 10 How the regions have evolved since realignment 12 years ago

CENTRAL TECH

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GEN. MCLANE

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Bradford, Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Valley, Harborcreek Youth Services, Kennedy Catholic and Linesville also competed in District 10 regions at some point during the past 12 years. Bradford returned to District 9, Kennedy Catholic and Harborcreek Youth Services disbanded their programs, and Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Valley and Linesville merged to form Conneaut Area.

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KICKOFF: TOP COACHES

LEADING WINNERS AMONG COACHES IN D-10 SCHOOLSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; HISTORY:

Coach School(s) Terry Verrelli Wilmington* J.B. Leidig Warren Jim Wildman Sharon Mina George Kanty Prep, Cathedral Prep, Girard Bob Stone Greenville Lou Falconi Farrell* Paul Piccirilli Sharpsville Gus Anderson Central, East, Millcreek Walt Nottingham Cambridge Springs Dan Budziszewski Harbor Creek Jack Bestwick Fairview Jim Wells General McLane Mike Mischler Cathedral Prep, Iroquois Frank Amato Reynolds Ed Snyder Greenville Dan McCullough Linesville Lowell Drake Academy Joe Shesman Fort LeBoeuf Ed Poly Lawrence Park, Iroquois Jim Hyde Central, East, Academy Ken Achenbach Meadville, Saegertown Lou Hanna Corry Bob Johnston Sharpsville Matt Shesman North East Toby Shea Warren Jeff Bell Grove City Dave Stewart Sharon Sam Kramer Strong Vincent Tony Paulekas Farrell* Ken Walker Union City, General McLane Active coaches in bold; *Win total includes victories as a District 7 member

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Wilmington coach Terry Verrelli is just 12 wins from hitting 300 in his career. He is the leading career winner among schools from District 10 , but some of his wins were compiled when Wilmington was in District 7.

W 288 270 231 230 222 210 185 167 165 165 163 163 161 156 152 152 148 148 139 132 129 127 125 123 117 115 114 107 104 100

L 127 124 95 126 75 91 60 71 105 146 45 53 55 67 66 106 67 76 94 97 94 63 77 103 55 66 64 114 80 62

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Coach Jim Wildman, center, is up to 231 career wins with the Sharon football program.

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KICKOFF: 2015 D-10 TEAM STATISTICS Team Conneaut Meadville Cambridge Springs Hickory Sharpsville DuBois Iroquois Cathedral Prep Sharon Central Tech Farrell Seneca North East Fairview Oil City General McLane Harbor Creek Franklin Eisenhower Corry McDowell Slippery Rock Greenville Union City Lakeview Reynolds Warren Maplewood Wilmington Fort LeBoeuf Girard Northwestern Cochranton West Middlesex Bradford Titusville Grove City Mercyhurst Prep

Total 630 508 502 518 514 430 411 590 435 396 554 341 361 352 352 349 334 356 305 277 358 302 311 251 218 241 241 240 231 221 180 196 193 221 163 154 148 96

Avg. 48.5 46.2 41.8 39.8 39.5 39.1 37.4 36.9 36.3 36.0 34.6 34.1 32.8 32.0 32.0 31.7 30.4 29.7 27.7 27.7 27.5 27.5 25.9 25.1 24.2 24.1 24.1 21.8 21.0 20.1 20.0 19.6 19.3 18.4 16.3 15.4 14.8 9.6

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DEFFENSE SCORING Team Cambridge Springs Sharpsville Hickory Farrell Sharon Cathedral Prep Conneaut Greenville Iroquois Fort LeBoeuf West Middlesex General McLane Lakeview Cochranton Wilmington

Total 104 145 162 210 168 252 218 206 206 230 256 238 199 226 256

McDowell Northwestern North East Eisenhower Fairview Oil City Maplewood Reynolds Seneca Mercyhurst Prep Harbor Creek Slippery Rock Corry Franklin Central Tech Grove City Mercer Union City Titusville Meadville Saegertown Strong Vincent Warren Girard Bradford DuBois East Youngsville

307 244 269 275 281 302 303 277 277 285 320 341 311 384 356 338 339 364 367 410 337 389 406 387 453 501 503 506

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2015 IN REVIEW

INDEX

STANDINGS

Eisenhower ............... 63 Iroquois ............... 64-65 North East ............ 66-67 Northwestern ......... 68-69 Seneca ................ 70-71 Maplewood ............... 72 Saegertown .............. 73

Region Overall z-Fairview 6-1 8-3 z-Fort LeBoeuf 6-1 7-4 y-North East 5-2 7-4 y-Harbor Creek 4-3 6-5 Seneca 3-4 6-4 Northwestern 3-4 3-7 Girard 1-6 1-8 Mercyhurst Prep 0-7 1-9 y-qualified for the playoffs z-region co-champions

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POSTSEASON District 10 Quarterfinals Sharon 59, Harbor Creek 0 Greenville 50, Fort LeBoeuf 0 Hickory 41, North East 8 Fairview 28, Slippery Rock 21 Semifinals Hickory 55, Fairview 14 Sharon 15, Greenville 9 Championship Hickory 32, Sharon 19 PIAA Quarterfinals Martinsburg Central 30, Hickory 21

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS New region — 2A School Enrollment Eisenhower 141 Iroquois 146 Maplewood 149 North East 186 Northwestern 174 Saegertown 146 Seneca 188 2A range: 141-200

REGION 3 CHAMPIONS

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PLAYER TO WATCH SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champion: Sharon ▀ Favorite: Seneca ▀ Contenders: North East,

Northwestern

▀ Dark horse: Maplewood

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Tyler Barone, Iroquois RB/DB · 5-8, 185 Barone led Iroquois with 1,475 yards and 15 touchdowns on 154 carries last fall. He added eight catches for 123 yards and two TDs.

(Since initial realignment in 2004) 2015 — Sharon (7-0) 2014 — Slipper Rock (7-0) 2013 — Greenville (7-0) 2012 — Grove City, Hickory, Wilmington (tri-champions, 6-1) 2011 — Wilmington (5-0) 2010 — Sharon (5-0) 2009 — Sharon, Wilmington (co-champions, 6-1) 2008 — Wilmington (7-0) 2007 — Wilmington (6-0) 2006 — Wilmington (6-0) 2005 — Wilmington (6-1) 2004 — Greenville, Grove City (co-champions, 6-1)

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KICKOFF ‘16: D-10 PLAYERS TO WATCH TYLER BARONE IROQUOIS

CHUCK CARR HICKORY

JOE MISCHLER CATHEDRAL PREP

SENIOR RB, 5-9, 185

SENIOR RB, 5-8, 190

JUNIOR QB, 6-0, 180

▀ He is an outstanding back who can score as a runner, receiver and return man.

Barone rushed for 1,475 yards and struck for 20 touchdowns as a junior.

▀ Despite suffering a broken collarbone in the opener and undergoing surgery, he returned to pass for 1,298 yards and 19 TDs. It will be interesting to see what kind of numbers Mischler could post in a full season.

MATT BAUER CATHEDRAL PREP

BRAXTON CHAPMAN FARRELL

JOEY SCARABINO SENECA

JUNIOR LB, 6-3, 215

SENIOR RB, 6-1, 190

SOPHOMORE QB, 6-1, 195

▀ The big-hitting all-state linebacker has numerous major-college offers, including Penn State and Michigan State. He has a nonstop motor and pursues the ball with abandon.

▀ After the graduation of key seniors, Chapman will carry much of the Steelers’ workload. He rushed for 1,427 yards and 15 TDs while helping Farrell to a state runner-up finish in 2015.

▀ He had a huge freshman season with 1,305 passing yards and 13 TDs. He also rushed for 8 TDs. Seneca must replace his top two targets, both of whom graduated.

LEVI BECKER MCDOWELL

DOMINICK COVATTO CATHEDRAL PREP

FREDRICK SCRUGGS CATHEDRAL PREP

SENIOR QB, 6-3, 200

SENIOR DT, 6-3, 310

JUNIOR OL/DL, 6-4, 273

▀ He passed for 2,537 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior. Look out for a huge year if he can raise his completion percentage (48 percent) and cut down on his interceptions (18).

▀ The nose guard is a force in the middle of the Ramblers’ defense as he plugs up ground games and provides pressure in the passing game.

Covatto has many college offers.

▀ The athletic all-state tackle already has numerous major-college offers, including Penn State and Michigan State. He’s an imposing lineman who should only get better.

JACOB BROOKS GIRARD

KEYSHAAN HUSBAND CENTRAL TECH

ZIYON STRICKLAND SHARON

JUNIOR QB, 6-1, 175

SENIOR RB, 5-11, 185

JUNIOR WR, 5-9, 170

▀ Had a breakout sophomore season, passing for 1,906 yards, including 416 yards in one game and 379 in another. Can he help Girard produce wins in 2016?

▀ The speedster rushed for 1,910 yards and averaged 10.7 yards per carry.

Husband also is a threat as a receiver and as a return man.

▀ The big-play receiver caught 20 passes for 1,215 yards as he averaged more than 20 yards per catch. Can he repeat those stats after the graduation of star QB Andrew Tomko?

JOURNEY BROWN MEADVILLE

JARED KULA FORT LEBOEUF

BRYON WILLIAMS MCDOWELL

SENIOR RB, 5-11, 180

SENIOR RB, 5-10, 185

SENIOR WR, 6-2, 200

▀ Rushed for a state-record 722 yards and 10 TDs in one game on the way to 2,497 yards and 35 TDs. He has more than 4,200 career yards and 400 points.

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▀ He has been selected as the District 10 Preseason Player of the Year (Page 74).

A four-year standout, Carr could become D-10’s leading career rusher and scorer if he matches last season’s statistics.

▀ He’s the latest in a long line of Bison power running backs. Kula rushed for 1,393 yards and 19 touchdowns. He will try to repeat that success against Region 6 this season.

▀ Arguably Strong Vincent’s best player in 2015, he transferred to McDowell in the offseason.

He could be a force as a wideout and defensive back with the Trojans.

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Knights

2015 RECORD 6-5 overall 5-2 Region 2 2016: Region 3 Home field: Riley Memorial Field

ADAM PASCUZZI

OUTLOOK Eisenhower put together another playoff season in 2015, finishing third in Region 2 before running into state runner-up Farrell in the first round of the District 10 Class A tournament. That game gave the Knights a glimpse of what to expect in the future. With expansion to six classes, Eisenhower remained in Class 1A but moved into Region 1 with Farrell and West Middlesex. The Knights were young last fall and lost only a handful of seniors to graduation. Quarterback Louie Head, however, is a big loss. Head threw for 1,067 yards and 13 touchdowns and ran for 866 yards and 11 TDs. In addition, the Knights lost Corey Schnars, a three-year starter on the offensive line. Junior Spencer Head will likely take over for his brother at

EISENHOWER

Senior

Running Back

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 4 Jaydon Hayes 9 Spencer Gray 12 Spencer Head 15 Thomas Warren 17 Ross Venman 20 Jeremy Carlson 21 Joahna Samuelson 23 Adam Pascuzzi 30 Nick Gourley 32 Eric Course 34 Bryon Braswell 36 Owen Nizzi 42 Matt Huling 52 John Bortz 56 Justin Hagberg 58 Zack Schulz 59 Curtis Ruland 60 John Hummel 62 Lucas Rizzardi 63 Dustin Wolcott 64 Ryan Schnars 67 Reece Gray 74 Hunter McNutt 75 Mike Ott

Ht. 6-3 6-4 5-9 6-3 5-8 5-11 5-7 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-7 5-9 6-2 6-3 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-3 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-11 5-10

Wt. 205 195 145 245 130 176 143 156 145 174 190 150 170 220 200 200 145 182 255 168 170 220 245 253

Yr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

Pos. WR/DB RB/LB RB/DB TE/LB K/P TE/LB RB/DB RB/DB WR/LB TE/LB RB/LB RB/DB RB/LB OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H Thomas Warren

John Bortz

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ....... at Mercyhurst Prep...............7 Sept. 2 .............. Youngsville .....................7 Sept. 9 ........... Northwestern* ..................7 Sept. 16 ..........at North East*...................7 Sept. 23 ..............Iroquois* ......................7 Sept. 30 ............ at Seneca* .....................7 Oct. 7 ............. at Maplewood*..................7 Oct. 14 ................at Mercer ......................7 Oct. 21 .............Saegertown*....................7 Oct. 28 ....................East...........................7 *Region 3 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

at Mercer at Youngsville* at Iroquois* Cambridge Springs* Saegertown* Union City* Sharpsville at Maplewood* Cochranton* at Sheffield

L, 14-41 W, 62-3 L, 14-28 L, 0-39 W, 47-0 W, 41-30 L, 14-42 W, 28-14 W, 19-14 W, 66-20

COACH

2015 LEADERS Name Louie Head

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 74 130 1,067 13 3

Name Louie Head Adam Pascuzzi Bryon Braswell

Rushing

Att. Yds. 155 866 87 540 75 359

Avg. 5.6 6.2 4.8

TD 11 6 2

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Adam Pascuzzi 20 176 8.8 Thomas Warren 18 320 17.8 Spencer Gray 16 222 13.9

TD 1 4 1

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Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Louie Head 11 0 1 68 a-Grant Venman 1 32 0 44 Adam Pascuzzi 7 0 0 42 a-includes two field goals; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

Farrell *Region 2 game

L, 0-44

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quarterback after serving as backup last fall. Adam Pascuzzi ran for 540 yards and six TDs, and Bryon Braswell had 359 rushing yards and two TDs. Tight end Thomas Warren, tackles Hunter McNutt and John Bortz and guards Ryan Schnars and John Hummel return on the offensive line.

Jim Penley Warren had 18 catches 13th season for 320 yards and four 59-65 record TDs, and Pascuzzi had 20 catches for 176 yards and one TD. Hummel, Braswell and McNutt are returning starters on the defensive line; Warren, Bortz and Matt Huling at linebacker; and Pascuzzi, Jaydon Hayes and Jonah Samuelson in the secondary.

Spencer Gray

Hunter McNutt

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Braves

2015 RECORD 8-3 overall 6-1 Region 2 2016: Region 3 Home field: John L. Post Stadium

OFFENSE Iroquois had one of the top Class A offenses in District 10 last fall. The Braves averaged 37.4 points per game, which ranked seventh overall in D-10 and third among A teams. Most of the offense returns, but the Braves will have to overcome the loss of running back Nathaniel Kightlinger, wide receiver Collin Maruca and linemen Seth Cowan, Austin Smith, Thomas Galvin and Riley Weismiller. Kightlinger ran for 1,128 yards and 17 touchdowns on 134 carries, and Maruca had six catches for 102 yards and three TDs. Quarterback Tarrell Clark threw for 324 yards and six TDs and ran for 303 yards and seven TDs. Clark stepped in after Mike Lasher won the job in camp but missed most of the season with a knee injury. Lasher is back, which could shift Clark to running back. Senior running back Tyler Barone led Iroquois with 1,475 yards and 15 TDs on 154 carries, and eight catches for 123 yards and two TDs. Running backs Brandon Ashley and Zach Laniewicz and wide receiver Kyle Edwards also return. Logan States is back at tight end, and Matt Michael and Draven Douglas return on the offensive line. The Braves could fill in some holes with running back Joe Galvin and offensive lineman Koby McLean.

DEFENSE Iroquois had a strong defense as well in 2015. The Braves return seven starters from that unit, including Douglas and Galvin on the line, McLean at linebacker, Barone and

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ...........at Harbor Creek.................... 7 Sept. 2 .......... at Northwestern* .................. 7 Sept. 9 ........... West Middlesex.................... 7 Sept. 16 ............... Seneca* ......................... 7 Sept. 23 ..........at Eisenhower* .................... 7 Sept. 30 ............at Union City...................... 7 Oct. 7 ..............at Saegertown*.................... 7 Oct. 14 ..............Maplewood* ...................... 7 Oct. 21 ...............North East*....................... 7 Oct. 28 ...............Cochranton ....................... 7 *Region 3 game 64

ZACHARY LANIEWICZ

slow down opposing offenses. The Braves have plenty of leadership back on defense, but they have a few holes to fill as well.

Iroquois will be going up against some tough offenses in Region 3, and its success on defense could determine how far the Braves go this season.

OUTLOOK Iroquois has 14 wins over the past two years as the Braves continue to build the program into a championship contender.

Iroquois moved up to Class 2A with the expansion to six classes, and the Braves will take on some new opponents in Region 3 this season.

Iroquois travels to rival Harbor Creek in Week 1 before a tough road trip to Northwestern the following week.

The Bravesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; loaded non-region schedule continues in Week 3 against Class 1A Matt Morgan powerhouse West 12th season Middlesex before a 92-41 record region battle with Seneca that could play a big role in determining the Region 3 champion.

Iroquois also travels to Eisenhower, but the Braves get North East at home in region play.

Iroquois has plenty of experience back on both sides of the ball, and if the Braves continue to gain confidence in playing with traditional powerhouses, they could be a tough team to beat in region play and in the District 10 playoffs.

COACH

IROQUOIS

Senior

Wide Receiver

Edwards at cornerback and safeties Clark and Laniewicz. McLean led Iroquois with 105 tackles, and Clark had 70 tackles, including four sacks. Laniewicz collected 91 tackles and three interceptions, and Cowan had 90 tackles. Cowan graduated at linebacker along with Kightlinger. Smith, Galvin and Weismiller, leaving significant holes on the defensive line, and Maruca is a loss in the secondary. Kightlinger is another big loss after collecting 69 tackles, including three sacks. States and Michael could battle for playing time on the defensive line, while Jake Rose, John Sharp and Lasher could earn playing time at linebacker during camp. Scott Warner and Zack Hepp are two more defensive linemen to watch as Iroquois has built toughness on defense to

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 8-3 6-1 2014 6-5 5-2 2013 3-7 3-4 2012 3-8 3-4 2011 3-7 2-6 2010 4-6 3-5 2009 5-5 4-4 2008 6-5 5-3 2007 6-5 6-2 2006 5-6 5-3

Tarrell Clark

Draven Douglas

Scott Warner

Brandon Ashley

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Koby McLean

Matthew Michael

Mike Lasher

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name Ht. 2 Zach Laniewicz 5-10 5-6 3 Joe Galvin 4 Kyle Edwards 6-1 5 Jeremy Laniewicz 5-3 8 Tyler Coon 5-11 9 Tarrell Clark 5-11 10 Mike Lasher 6-0 11 Marquelle Goodwine5-9 12 Jake Rose 5-9 13 Ashton Graves 5-9 20 John Sharp 6-0 23 Senad Hucic 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;5 28 Matthew Tarr 5-5 32 Jeff Stewart 6-2 34 Noah Chupp 5-6 40 Sam McFadden 5-9

Wt. 165 180 155 105 150 185 200 160 150 150 165 150 145 180 145 185

Yr. Pos. Jr. WR/DB So. RB/DL Jr. WR/DB Fr. QB/DB So. RB/DB So. RB/S So. QB/LB Fr. RB/DB So. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB So. WR/LB Fr RB/DB Fr. RB/LB So. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB Fr. RB/LB

No. Name 42 Brandon Ashley 44 Tyler Barone 51 Matthew Michael 52 Scott Warner 53 Draven Douglas 60 Tyler Swanson 63 Koby McLean 64 Emerson Waide 66 Zach Hepp 75 Terence McGarvie 77 Michael Junkin 80 William Henley 83 Logan States 85 Kiyonn Lewis 86 Andrew Rihel

W, 42-34 W, 54-22 W, 28-14 W, 33-0 W, 34-18 W, 68-7 L, 21-35 W, 55-8 L, 21-34 W, 35-7

West Middlesex *Region 2 game

L, 20-27

District 10 playoffs Passing

Name Tarrell Clark

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Iroquois running back Tyler Barone rushed for 1,475 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2015. He scored 126 points to lead the Braves.

Harbor Creek at Maplewood* Eisenhower* at Union City* Cochranton* at Youngsville* at Seneca Saegertown* Cambridge Springs* at Mercyhurst Prep

Ht. 5-8 5-8 6-0 6-4 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-5 5-2 6-1

Wt. 140 185 210 275 190 200 210 265 180 270 190 150 190 105 180

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Name Att. Tyler Barone 154 Nathaniel Kightlinger 134 Brandon Ashley 52 Tarrell Clark 55

Int. 3

Yds. 1,475 1,128 367 303

Avg. 9.2 8.3 6.6 4.6

TD 15 17 5 7

Rec. 8 7 6

Yds. 123 84 102

Avg. 15.4 12.0 17.0

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TD 20 18 7 6 0

PAT 0 0 0 0 35

2-pt. Total 3 126 0 108 3 46 0 36 0 35

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Name Tyler Barone Zach Laniewicz Collin Maruca

Scoring

Name Tyler Barone Nathaniel Kightlinger Tarrell Clark Brandon Ashley Kyle Edwards Returnees in bold

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Grapepickers

2015 RECORD 7-4 overall 5-2 Region 4 2016: Region 3 Home field: Ted Miller Stadium

OFFENSE North East was basically forced to transform its offense last fall with the dominant play of Garrett Owens.

Instead of handing the ball off to the running back and giving him just nine blockers, the Grapepickers put him in at quarterback to gain another blocker. The move paid off as Owens broke all kinds of school records with 2,914 yards and 40 touchdowns on 339 carries, and he threw for 149 yards.

North East scored 32.8 points per game last fall, which ranked fourth among all Class AA teams in District 10.

In order to keep scoring at a high level, the ‘Pickers will have to find replacements for Owens and fellow playmakers Trent Leonard, along with tight end Luke Still and linemen Robert Wagner and Kevin Cooney.

Leonard ran for 261 yards and one TD, and he caught 10 passes for 110 yards. Jeff Kraemer, Tim Cooner, Zach Rogers, Greg Discher and tight end Dylan Garske are returning starters on the offensive line, while Noah Alex is back at split end, and Tyler Hoyt and Brady Conn return in the backfield. Conn ran for 373 yards and seven TDs, and Hoyt ran for 154 yards and two TDs. Brock Conn and Josh Lundborg could battle for carries in the backfield, while Alex Furmanek could step up at quarterback.

The ‘Pickers have a big, experienced line back this season, but replacing Owens, Leonard and Still won’t be easy.

North East will need several players to step into leadership roles this fall.

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ................ Girard............................7 Sept. 2 ............... at Farrell..........................7 Sept. 9 .......... at Maplewood*.....................7 Sept. 16 .......... Eisenhower*.......................7 Sept. 23 .............. at Corry ..........................7 Sept. 30 .......... Saegertown* ......................7 Oct. 7 ..................Seneca* ..........................7 Oct. 14 .........at Northwestern* ...................7 Oct. 21 .............at Iroquois* .......................7 Oct. 28 ............Harbor Creek ......................7 *Region 3 game 66

BRADY CONN

and Kraemer had 52 tackles with two sacks.

Senior Alex Stewart and juniors Christian Dombrowiak and Hunter Hill could contribute on the defensive line. Senior Austin Lutz, Lundborg, a junior, and sophomores August Neff and Dylan Muscarella could earn playing time at defensive back, along with junior Jake Kraemer and sophomore Devin Sites at linebacker. Lucas Russell is another sophomore who could step in at multiple positions.

Furmanek is a solid safety back this season, and he could be a leader on both sides of the ball.

OUTLOOK COACH

NORTH EAST

Senior

Running Back

DEFENSE The North East defense was impressive at times last season, but still allowed 24.5 points per game. North East posted two shutouts in a row, but allowed 127 points in its four losses. Losing Wagner on the defensive line, Cooney and Still at linebacker, and Leonard and Owens in the secondary will be tough to overcome.

Cooney had 87 tackles. Leonard had two interceptions, and Still had 52 tackles.

Kraemer and Cooner return at defensive tackle, Garske is back at defensive end, Brady Conn and Alex at linebacker and Furmanek and Brock Conn in the secondary.

Alex had 53 tackles, including two sacks,

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 7-4 5-2 2014 6-4 4-3 2013 5-5 3-4 2012 7-4 4-3 2011 9-2 6-0 2010 8-3 5-1 2009 9-3 7-1 2008 9-2 8-0 2007 7-4 4-2 2006 6-4 3-3

North East remained in Class 2A after the PIAA went to six classes but moved into Region 3 and could be one of the top contenders to win the region title. North East has always been Matt Shesman one of the toughest 23rd season places for opponents 123-103-1 record to win, and the ‘Pickers get Eisenhower and Seneca at home. Those two games could factor heavily into its Region 3 title chances, along with road games at Northwestern and Iroquois. North East also has big non-region games with Girard, Farrell, Corry and Harbor Creek.

North East lost one of the top players in District 10 to graduation in Owens, but the ‘Pickers’ program depth and experience will help them reload at several positions instead of rebuilding..

Greg Discher

Tim Cooner

Tyler Hoyt

Jeff Kraemer

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2016 ROSTER

2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

at Greenville at Fort LeBoeuf* Harbor Creek* at Northwestern* Girard* at Seneca* at Strong Vincent Mercyhurst Prep* Fairview* Reynolds

L, 12-27 L, 6-13 W, 35-31 W, 35-20 W, 57-34 L, 40-46 W, 35-0 W, 40-0 W, 44-36 W, 49-21

District 10 playoffs

Hickory *Region 4 game

L, 8-41

Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Garrett Owens 14 32 149 0 Trent Leonard 5 13 44 2

Int. 3 1

Name Att. Garrett Owens 339 Brady Conn 63 Trent Leonard 58 Tyler Hoyt 25 Noah Alex 16

Avg. 8.6 5.9 4.5 6.2 4.9

TD 40 7 1 2 0

Rec. Yds. Avg. 10 110 11.0 5 30 6.0

TD 0 2

Rushing

Name Trent Leonard Luke Still

Yds. 2,914 373 261 154 79

Receiving Scoring

2-pt. Total 7 254 0 42 0 29

Ht. 5-6 5-8 5-9 6-1 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-7 5-7 5-11 5-3 5-6 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-10 5-6 5-10 5-11

Christian Dombrowiak

Wt. 145 140 195 175 170 180 170 142 140 160 178 135 115 167 195 185 170 110 180 225

Yr. Pos. No. Name Ht. So. APB/DB 51 Tim Cooner 5-10 So. WR/DB 53 Jacob Zuccolotto 5-10 Sr. TE/DL 54 Colin Jones 6-1 Fr. QB/TE/LB 55 Tameron Hoyt 5-8 Fr. RB/LB 56 Hunter Hill 6-0 So. QB/DB 58 Lucas Marzka 5-10 So.QB/AP/DB 59 Devin Sites 5-11 Fr. RB/DB 63 Austin Craig 5-11 So. APB/DB 64 Max Galbreath 5-4 Fr. RB/DL 65 Darren Lanagan 5-10 Jr. RB/DB 70 Michael Urbanik 5-11 Fr. RB/LB 72 Isaiah Bartlett 5-11 Fr. WR/DB 74 Christian Dombrowiak 5-11 Sr. WR/DB 76 Caleb McFeely 5-9 Sr. RB/LB 77 Jacob Kraemer 5-7 Sr. APB/LB 78 Zach Rogers 5-10 So. RB/DB 79 Jeff Kraemer 5-11 Fr. RB/DB 80 Dylan Garske 6-0 Sr. RB/LB 81 Abraham Reynolds 5-9 Sr. OL/DL 88 Kevin Zuccolotto 5-10

Jacob Kraemer

Wt. 285 150 185 225 165 193 195 156 225 200 180 200 218 155 180 205 275 215 135 135

Yr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr.

Pos. OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/LB OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL TE/DL WR/LB TE/DB

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Name TD PAT Garrett Owens 40 0 Brady Conn 7 0 Dylan Garske 0 29 Returnees in bold

No. Name 2 Lucas Russell 4 Napezi Schulte 7 Alex Stewart 10 Cortland Hill 11 Harley Meyers 12 Alex Furmanek 14 August Neff 16 Dylan Sayers 20 Dylan Muscarella 21 Damian Trusty 22 Josh Lundborg 27 Carter Swabik 28 Justin Thompson 30 Austin Lutz 32 Brady Conn 33 Noah Alex 34 Brock Conn 37 Devin Muscarella 42 Tyler Hoyt 50 Greg Discher

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Wildcats

2015 RECORD 3-7 overall 3-4 Region 4 2016: Region 3 Home field: Rogers Field

OFFENSE Northwestern will have some work to do in training camp after losing almost everyone to graduation on offense. The Wildcats’ biggest need might be at quarterback, where they’ll need to replace Nate Tewell. Tewell threw for 454 yards and eight touchdowns, and he ran for six TDs in 2015. Tewell’s departure could pave the way for junior Killian Cooper, last season’s.

As a sophomore, Cooper passed for 184 yards and two TDs and also caught seven passes for 84 yards and one TD. Cooper is a good athlete who will need help in the backfield with the departures of Derek Bird and Ryan Clinger. Bird led the Wildcats with 531 yards and seven TDs, and Clinger ran for 244 yards and two TDs. Kyle Williams is back after rushing for 273 yards, and Aaron Hull ran for 187 yards. Northwestern returns Noah Hoover and Cole Mundkowski on the offensive line. They’ll be counted on to lead a younger unit with the graduation of Christian Linn and Jake Hanson. Matt Lauscher is another player to watch on the line as he returns as a junior tight end, while Ethan Randall and Tyler Keiper will try to fill a void at wide receiver created by the departures of Ben Smith and Michael Luba.

DEFENSE Northwestern allowed 24.4 points per game last season, including six total points in the Wildcats’ three wins.

Northwestern shut out Girard and Mercyhurst Prep and allowed one touchdown to Seneca, but the Wildcats went

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............. Fort LeBoeuf.....................7 Sept. 2 .................Iroquois* .......................7 Sept. 9 ............ at Eisenhower*...................7 Sept. 16 ............... at Girard........................7 Sept. 23 .......... at Saegertown* ..................7 Sept. 30 ............ Maplewood*.....................7 Oct. 8 .............at Strong Vincent .................1 Oct. 14 ............... North East* .....................7 Oct. 21 ................at Seneca* ......................7 Oct. 28 ........... Mercyhurst Prep..................7 *Region 3 game 68

several potent, run-heavy offenses.

Northwestern has to travel to play face athletic offenses like Strong Vincent and Seneca and tough, grinding offenses like Eisenhower and Girard.

If the Wildcats want to improve on their three-win season from 2015, the defense needs to step up this fall.

NICK HILINSKI

OUTLOOK After years of sub-.500 football, Northwestern won at least five games for four straight seasons.

The Wildcats went through some tough times last fall, but the program has remained competitive.

Northwestern beat Seneca, a playoff team, but also suffered heartbreaking losses at Harbor Creek -- by one point -- and at Fairview -- by one touchdown.

D.J. Hough The Wildcats lost to 6th season Fort LeBoeuf by 11 29-26 record points and Cambridge Springs and North East by two touchdowns.

Northwestern loaded its non-region schedule with Fort LeBoeuf, Girard, Strong Vincent and improving Mercyhurst Prep.

The Wildcats are nearly starting over in camp with only a few starters back on both sides of the ball.

If Northwestern can get help from new players and build team chemistry, it has a chance to be a Region 3 contender and a dark horse team in Class 2A..

COACH

NORTHWESTERN Junior

Lineman

0-7 when allowing oponents to score two TDs or more. Northwestern brings back Kyle Pollick-Knapp and Jeff Bish on the defensive line, with Hoover and Mundkowski also competing for starting spots.

The Wildcats will have to replace Linn and Hanson on the defensive line, along with Bird at linebacker and Tewell at safety.

Bird and Tewell are losses not only in ability but leadership as well.

Randall and Keiper could be counted on in the secondary, along with Lauscher, Hull and possibly Cooper, who could play different positions on defense as well.

Northwestern is in a new region with several new opponents, but the Wildcats will still have to find a way to slow down

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 3-7 3-4 2014 5-6 5-2 2013 9-3 6-1 2012 7-4 6-1 2011 5-6 3-3 2010 3-7 1-5 2009 4-6 3-5 2008 3-7 2-6 2007 0-10 0-6 2006 3-7 1-5

Killian Cooper

Matt Lauscher

Caden Pabon

Kyle Bendure

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

at Conneaut at Girard* at Mercyhurst Prep* North East* Seneca* at Harbor Creek* Sharon at Fairview* Fort LeBoeuf* Cambridge Springs *Region 4 game

Passing

Name Com. Att. Nate Tewell 20 49 Killian Cooper 18 31

Name Derek Bird Kyle Williams Ryan Clinger Nate Tewell Aaron Hull

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Aaron Hull brings experience back to the Northwestern backfield after rushing for 187 yards in 2015.

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Wt. Yr. Pos. 130 170 140 135 145 140 140 180 165 150

No. Name 51 Cooper Wagner Jr. WO/DB 57 Aaron Winkelman So. OL/LB 60 Connor Kuzma Fr. RB/DB 62 Dylan Cowger So. TE/DL 64 Tyler Pacansky Jr. QB/DB 65 Cole Mundkowski Jr. WR/DB 68 Noah Hoover Fr. WR/DB 70 Kyle Pollick-Knapp So. RB/LB 71 Nick Hilinski So. RB/DB 74 Caden Pabon Fr. RB/LB 75 Jeff Bish So. QB/LB 79 Isaac Simitoski So. RB/DL 83 Eugeniu Sinchevici Fr. OL/DL 84 Isaak Schwartz Jr. WR/DB 86 Nathan Bishop So. OL/DL

Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. 5-9 150 So. OL/LB Fr. OL/LB 5-10 190 Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL 5-8 150 So. OL/DL 5-11 170 So. RB/LB 6-0 210 Jr. TE/LB 5-9 155 Jr. OL/LB 5-10 145 So. OL/DL 5-5 180 Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/LB Fr. OL/DL Jr. WO/DB Fr. OL/DL Jr. WR/DL

Att. Yds. 74 531 43 273 51 244 56 208 42 187

Int. 6 1

Avg. 7.2 6.3 4.8 3.7 4.5

TD 7 1 2 6 1

Rec. Yds. Avg. 9 143 15.9 9 116 12.9 7 84 12.0 7 63 9.0 5 95 19.0

TD 3 0 1 0 2

Receiving

Name Nate Tewell Derek Bird Ben Smith Jarett Bird a-Ryan Clinger Kyle Williams a-includes one safety Returnees in bold

Jake Simpson

Yds. TD 454 8 184 2

Rushing

*Scoring

Ethan Randell

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name Ht. 2 Ryan Presser-Palmer 5-7 3 Kenton Gurnee 4 Jeremy Dohanic 8 Matt Lauscher 6-1 13 Ethan Randall 5-8 14 Tyler Keiper 5-6 22 Tyler Sumner 23 Mitchell Hansen 5-10 24 Aaron Hull 5-9 25 Cameron Hill 32 Killian Cooper 5-9 43 Kyle Williams 6-0 48 Hunter Moore 48 Hunter Ries 5-10 50 Kyle Bendure 5-9

Name Ben Smith Michael Luba Killian Cooper Ryan Clinger Jarett Bird

L, 16-65 W, 47-0 W, 30-0 L, 20-35 W, 20-6 L, 34-35 L, 0-42 L, 21-28 L, 8-19 L, 0-14

TD 6 8 3 2 2 2

PAT 16 0 0 0 0 0

2-pt. Total 0 52 0 48 0 18 1 14 0 14 1 14

Aaron Winkelman

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Bobcats

2015 RECORD 6-4 overall 3-4 Region 4 2016: Region 3 Home field: Diffenbacher Field

OFFENSE Seneca quarterback Joey Scarabino made an immediate impact on the Bobcats’ offense with a breakout freshman year. The Bobcats had a potent runnin game behind Adam Fish and Chris Hibbler, and Scarabino added an aerial element to balance the offense. Seneca ended up scoring 34.1 points per game, third among Class AA teams in District 10. The only AA teams to score more points were powerhouses Hickory (39.8 points per game) and Sharon (36.3).

Scarabino threw for 1,305 yards and 13 touchdowns, and ran for 391 yards and eight TDs. He will be counted on to raise his play even higher this year with Fish and Hibbler, the top two scorers in school history, lost to graduation.

Fish ran for 1,309 yards and 17 TDs. Hibbler ran for 712 yards and nine TDs and caught 30 passes for 534 yards and six TDs. Jesse Magee is another big loss at wide receiver after hauling in 19 passes for 490 yards and six TDs. Ryley Moneta, Jon Shuhart and Noah Runser are gone on the line, and playmaker Matt Hamilton has departed as well. Jake Hajec, Mike Bleil and Ryan Weaver return on the offensive line, along with Brandon Foley and Hunter Libra at wide receiver. The Bobcats have a rising star at quarterback and some experience on the line, but replacing an explosive backfield won’t be easy.

DEFENSE Seneca’s defense was solid at times last season, but the Bobcats allowed 31.3 points

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ...............Union City.......................7 Sept. 2 .............at Cochranton ....................7 Sept. 9 ............... Youngsville ......................7 Sept. 16 ............ at Iroquois*......................7 Sept. 23 ..........at Maplewood* ...................7 Sept. 30 ............Eisenhower* .....................7 Oct. 7 ...............at North East*....................7 Oct. 14 ..............Saegertown*.....................7 Oct. 21 ............ Northwestern* ...................7 Oct. 28 .......at Cambridge Springs..............7 *Region 3 game 70

Forren, Kyle Woinelowicz, Dominik D’Antonio, Carson Sontag and Dominic Rupp could all battle for playing time. Nick Cole is a sophomore linebacker looking to step in, and Libra, Ethan Stafford and Jake Schneider will compete for time in the secondary. Seneca needs to replace several leaders on defense from last fall, and the Bobcats will need seniors to step up.

JOEY SCARABINO

OUTLOOK The Bobcats have 13 wins and a District 10 Class AA playoff berth over the past two seasons. They’ve steadily improved under head coach Dave Frank, and they remain in Class 2A after the expansion to six classes.

They appear to be on the cusp of becoming a D-10 contender as one of the top returning teams in Region 3. If they can hang with the southern Dave Frank powerhouses in the 6th season playoffs, they could be 20-31 record an interesting team to keep an eye on this fall.

For the first time in six years, Seneca returns its starting quarterback in Scarabino, who could be one of the top passers in the area this season.

Seneca could be 3-0 when it starts region play with a big game at Iroquois.

The Bobcats also have to travel to North East in region play, making training camp important in addressing needs while building team chemistry and mental toughness for the upcoming season.

COACH

SENECA

Sophomore

Quarterback

per game in region play. Seneca will need to find some leaders in the secondary and at linebacker in camp after suffering big losses to graduation. Hamilton played all over the defense and is gone to graduation, while Hibbler and Magee are gone from the secondary, Moneta and Fish are losses at linebacker, and Shuhart and Runser are losses on the line.

The Bobcats have six returning starters, including most of the defensive line.

Scarabino and Weaver are returning defensive ends, while Tom Bedow and Bleil are defensive linemen. Mike Shearer returns at linebacker, and Foley is back in the secondary. Seneca will need some help on the defensive line, and Hajec, Jarod

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 6-4 3-4 2014 7-4 4-3 2013 3-7 2-5 2012 3-7 1-6 2011 1-9 1-5 2010 1-9 0-6 2009 3-7 2-6 2008 3-7 2-6 2007 4-6 1-5 2006 7-4 4-2

Hunter Libra

Jacob Hajec

Mike Bleil

Tom Bedow

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

at Union City Harbor Creek* at Fairview* Fort LeBoeuf* at Northwestern* North East* Iroquois at Girard* at Mercyhurst Prep* Youngsville *Region 4 game

Passing

Name Com. Att. Joey Scarabino 73 165 Name Adam Fish Chris Hibbler Joey Scarabino Matt Hamilton

FILE PHOTO GREG WOHLFORD/Erie Times-News

Junior wideout Brandon Foley is Seneca’s leading returning receiver after catching 10 passes for 114 yards last season.

Josh Farmer

Michael Shearer

Brandon Foley

Ethan Stafford

Name Chris Hibbler Jesse Magee Brandon Foley Matt Hamilton Adam Fish

Name Adam Fish Chris Hibbler Joey Scarabino Jesse Magee Nick Srnka Returnees in bold

Ryan Weaver

Yds. TD 1,305 13

Rushing

Att. Yds. 159 1,309 73 712 100 391 17 133

Scoring TD 18 15 8 8 0

Int. 8

Avg. 8.2 9.8 3.9 7.8

TD 17 9 8 1

Yds. 534 490 114 62 67

Avg. 17.8 25.8 11.4 12.4 16.8

TD 6 6 0 0 1

PAT 0 0 0 3 26

2-pt. Total 0 108 0 90 3 54 0 51 0 26

Receiving Rec. 30 19 10 5 4

W, 51-24 L, 21-29 L, 21-55 L, 19-21 L, 6-20 W, 46-40 W, 35-21 W, 47-33 W, 40-21 W, 55-13

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 1 Joe Scarabino 4 Mike Shearer 7 Ethan Stafford 8 Hunter Libra 12 Nick Srnka 13 Brandon Foley 14 Kyle Diluzio 23 Josh Farmer 24 Carson Sontag 33 Mike Bleil 34 Shane Watkins 43 Tom Bedow 45 Brad Pence

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Ht. 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-9 5-6 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-4 5-9

Wt. 190 145 145 145 135 140 135 120 155 195 155 155 150

Yr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr.

Pos. QB/LB RB/LB WR/DB WR/DB K/P QB/DB WR/DB RB/DB TE/DE TE/DE RB/DB RB/DL RB/LB

No. Name Ht. Wt. 51 Cortlen Williams 5-7 165 54 Joey Brigham 5-6 145 55 Adam Fisher 5-9 155 68 Jarrod Forren 5-10 200 70 Mike Lee 5-8 220 72 Jake Hajec 6-0 200 82 Dominik D’Antonio 5-7 140 83 Nick Cole 5-9 130 84 Jake Schneider 5-11 145 88 Andrew Schwartz 5-6 135 Note: 2015 school years listed.

Yr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Pos. OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/DE SE/LB SE/DB SE/DB

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Tigers

2015 RECORD 5-6 overall 3-4 Region 2 2016: Region 3 Home field: Maplewood Stadium

RAHEEM YOUNG

MAPLEWOOD

Junior

Wide Receiver

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No.Name Ht. 2 Hunter Groger 5-5 3 Cameron Bienio 5-6 4 Kor-jonn Henderson 5-7 6 Raheem Young 6-0 7 Zack Wellman 5-10 8 Chevy Blake 5-9 9 Austin Wright 6-3 5-7 10 Dylan Proper 11 Jacob Roser 5-10 12 Nick Byerley 6-1 14 Nate Sorger 5-6 15 Jeb Parker 6-2 20 Mark Crago 5-7 21 Derek Glancy 6-3 25 Chandler Cruz 5-6 27 Ky Brown 5-7 34 Evan Wyant 5-10 50 Michael Wright 5-9 51 Brody Price 5-10 52 Kyle Wellman 5-9 53 Scott Tatters 5-10 54 Taylor Donovan 5-7 58 Kobe Brown 5-10 59 Luke McPherson 6-0 60 Zade Faunce 5-6 62 Eddie Kaszynski 5-10 71 David Potts 5-11 75 John Roberson 5-10 77 Mike Hart 5-10 84 Aaron Motter 5-7 85 Nick Atha 5-9 88 Ethan Wright 5-7

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Wt. 130 145 150 180 185 170 200 145 160 170 155 180 140 165 135 165 150 225 175 175 185 175 160 195 180 175 165 210 225 150 165 150

Yr. Pos. Fr. QB/DB Fr. WR/DB So. TB/CB So. WR/DB Jr. QB/RB/S Fr. RB/LB So. TE/DE So.QB/RB/DB So. WR/DB Jr. TE/LB Fr. TE/LB So. QB/RB/LB So. RB/LB Jr. WR/DB Fr. WR/DB So. RB/LB So. WR/DB Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL/FB Fr. OL/DE Jr. OL/DL Fr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL/TE Fr. OL/DL So. OL/DL So. WR/DB So. WR/OLB Fr. WR/DB

OUTLOOK Maplewood recahed the District 10 Class A playoffs last season before falling to Sharpsville in the quarterfinals. The Tigers have experience back on both sides of the ball, but they have to replace linemen Shawn Baldwin, Chris Tatters and Wyatt Wright, along with running backs/ linebackers Caden Parulski and Kyle Nuhfer.

Quarterback Zack Wellman is back as a leader after throwing for 895 yards and six touchdowns and rushing for four TDs. The big issue will be replacing Nuhfer and Parulski at running back. Each ran for more than 750 yards as seniors.

Juniors Kor-jonn Henderson, Mark Crago and Evan Wyant and sophomore Chevy Blake could battle for carries in camp.

Raheem Young caught 13 passes for 224 yards and two TDs and is back at wide receiver, along with Jacob Roser, who had 12 catches for 292 yards and two TDs. Luke McPherson and Eddie Kaszynski are returning starters at offensive tackle, along with Mike Hart and Bryan Borkovich Taylor Donovan at 5th season guard and Mike 15-27 record Wright at center.

Defensively, McPherson and Wright are returning starters on the line, Donovan, Parker and Wellman at linebacker and Crago, Proper, Roser and Young in the secondary. The Tigers will need to find a few playmakers to return to the playoffs.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............Cochranton ................... 7 Sept. 2 ..............at Union City.................. 7 Sept. 9 ...............North East*................... 7 Sept. 16 ..........at Saegertown*................ 7 Sept. 23 ............... Seneca* ..................... 7 Sept. 30 ........ at Northwestern* .............. 7 Oct. 7 ................Eisenhower* .................. 7 Oct. 14 .............. at Iroquois*................... 7 Oct. 21 ..................... Bye Oct. 28 ................... Girard ....................... 7 *Region 3 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Girard Iroquois* Cochranton* at Youngsville* at Cambridge Springs* at Saegertown* at Mercyhurst Prep Eisenhower* at Union City* Titusville

W, 28-20 L, 22-54 W, 28-6 W, 34-12 L, 0-54 W, 38-6 W, 20-14 L, 14-28 L, 22-28 L, 20-32

Sharpsville *Region 2

L, 14-49

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Zack Wellman 43 137 895 6 10

Rushing

Name Att. Yds. Kyle Nuhfer 201 1,162 Caden Parulski 130 764 Kor-jonn Henderson34 202 Name Raheem Young Jacob Roser

Avg. 5.8 5.9 5.9

TD 12 6 3

Rec. Yds. Avg. 13 224 17.2 12 292 24.3

TD 2 2

Receiving Scoring

Name Kyle Nuhfer Caden Parulski Zack Wellman Returnees in bold

TD PAT 12 0 6 5 4 0

2-pt. Total 8 88 4 49 0 24

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

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Zack Wellman

Kor-jonn Henderson

Taylor Donovan

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Panthers

2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 1-6 Region 2 2016: Region 3 Home field: Canon Memorial Field

MARC KIGHTLINGER

OUTLOOK

SAEGERTOWN Senior

Lineman

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 3 Ezra Mattocks 4 Zack Nishnick 5 Brent Elizon 15 Dillion Blaylock 18 John Jackson 20 Zach Posego 21 Dalton Talkington 22 Tony Offi 34 Shane McClinton 57 Daytona English 60 Dominic Steiger 61 Drake Hazlett 64 Adam Kralj 65 Marc Kightlinger 66 Tyler Brooks 73 Sam Micheals 80 Tylor Luikart 82 Jeff Baldwin 84 Chris Dejohn

Ht. 5-4 5-11 5-10 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-4 5-4 5-4 5-6 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-7

Wt. 160 140 165 130 130 155 160 160 175 145 135 225 225 210 195 245 150 220 145

Yr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr.

Pos. OL/DL QB/DB TE/DE QB/LB SE/DB HB/DB HB/DB HB/DE HB/LB OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL SE/DB OL/DL SE/DB

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Shane McClinton

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Tony Offi

Saegertown fought through adversity in 2015, including a forfeit resulting from extensive injuries. Coach Adam Horne kept the program going despite the struggles, and they’ll try to turn things around this fall.

Saegertown returns most of its team after losing a handful of seniors, including linemen Chris MatternGilchrist, Chandler Hazlett and Tyler Acker.

The Panthers will also be without quarterback Dane Rhoades, who isn’t playing this season. Saegertown returns Tony Offi, who could step in at quarterback. Running backs Zach Posego, Shane McClinton and Ezra Mattocks also return. McClinton led the Panthers with 494 yards and four touchdowns, and Posego ran for 405 yards and three TDs. Posego also

caught eight passes for 98 yards and one TD. Tyler Brooks is back on the offensive line along with fellow starters Marc Kightlinger, Sam Michaels and Daytona English.

Freshmen Reese Larson and Ethan Hayes could battle for starting jobs on the line, and Lloyd Ruhl is a candidate Adam Horne to get time at split 2nd season end. McClinton, an 1-9 record all-region first-team linebacker, returns on defense, along with Posego, a second-team strong safety.

For the Panthers. winning games this season might not be as important as building for the future and creating stability in the program.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............ at Youngsville ..................7 Sept. 2 .......at Cambridge Springs............7 Sept. 9 ...............Cochranton ....................7 Sept. 16 ............Maplewood* ...................7 Sept. 23 .......... Northwestern* .................7 Sept. 30 ...........at North East*..................7 Oct. 7 .................. Iroquois*......................7 Oct. 14 ............... at Seneca* ....................7 Oct. 21 ............at Eisenhower* .................7 Oct. 28 .................. Mercer........................7 *Region 3 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season Mercyhurst Prep at Cambridge Springs* Union City* at Cochranton* at Eisenhower* Maplewood* at Lakeview at Iroquois* Youngsville* Harbor Creek *Region 2 game

L, 0-14 L, 0-63 L, 8-40 L, 6-34 L, 0-47 L, 6-38 L, Forfeit L, 8-55 W, 28-7 L, 26-39

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2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Dane Rhoades 23 54 262 1 2

Rushing

Name Att. Yds. Shane McClinton 117 494 Zach Posego 85 405 Brent Elizon 30 135 Name Zach Posego Zack Nishnick

Avg. 4.2 4.8 4.5

TD 4 3 1

Rec. Yds. Avg. 8 98 12.3 7 69 9.9

TD 1 0

Receiving Scoring

Name Shane McClinton Zach Posego Dane Rhoades Returnees in bold

TD PAT 6 0 4 0 1 0

2-pt. Total 3 42 0 24 2 10

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

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Ezra Mattocks

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DISTRICT 10: RETURNING ALL-STARS DISTRICT 10 PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHUCK CARR HICKORY Senior RB 5-8, 190

RETURNING ERIE TIMES-NEWS DISTRICT 10 ALL-STARS

Offense Chuck Carr, Hickory, sr. RB Ziyon Strickland, Sharon, jr. WR Jake Cervik, McDowell, sr. TE Fredrick Scruggs, Cathedral Prep, jr. OL Keyshaan Husband, Central Tech, sr. AP Offense Dominick Covatto, Cathedral Prep, sr. DL Matt Bauer, Cathedral Prep, jr. LB Jerry Roberts, Cathedral Prep, sr. LB Journey Brown, Meadville, sr. AP

RETURNING REGION ALL-STARS REGION 1 ALL-STARS (current year listed) First team Offense Pete Jamieson, Cochranton, sr. WR Curtis Freyermuth, Cochranton, so. AP Jordon Peterson, Cambridge Springs, sr. OL Defense Brad Stoeger, Cambridge Springs, sr. DL Todd Hall, Cambridge Springs, sr. LB Second team Defense Wandell Murray, Farrell, sr. DL Note: Cambridge Springs and Cochranton were in Region 2 last season.

The two-time all-District 10 pick rushed for 2,517 yards and 38 TDs as a junior. He has a chance to become D-10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career rushing and scoring leader as he enters the season with 4,531 career yards and 402 points.

REGION 2 ALL-STARS (current year listed) First team Offense Bryson Verrelli, Wilmington, jr. WR

Marquis Altman, Sharpsville, sr. WR Ziyon Strickland, Sharon, jr. WR Chuck Carr, Hickory, sr. RB Defense JaQuan Waller, Sharon, sr. DL Spencer DeMedal, Wilmington, sr. DB Luke Henwood, Sharpsville, sr. DB

Second team Offense Luke Henwood, Sharpsville, sr. QB Tanner Reddick, Lakeview, sr. AP Cole Rickert, Reynolds, sr. OL Dante Dellibovi, Sharon, sr. OL Special teams Jacob Winters, Wilmington, jr. K Defense Dakota Griffin, Sharpsville, sr. LB Jared Uhrin, Reynolds, sr. LB Stephen Heller, Slippery Rock, sr. LB Chuck Carr, Hickory, sr. LB Ethan Reiser, Greenville, sr. DB Dylan McDanel, Reynolds, sr. DB Note: Reynolds, Sharpsville and Wilmington were in Region 1, and Greenville, Hickory, Sharon and Slippery Rock were in Region 3 last season.

REGION 3 ALL-STARS (current year listed) First team Offense Thomas Warren, Eisenhower, sr. TE Tyler Barone, Iroquois, sr. RB Jeff Kraemer, North East, sr. OL Defense Zach Laniewicz, Iroquois, sr. LB Shane McClinton, Saegertown, jr. LB Tyler Barone, Iroquois, sr. DB

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Offense Spencer Gray, Eisenhower, sr. WR Raheem Young, Maplewood, jr. WR Hunter McNutt, Eisenhower, sr. OL Mike Hart, Maplewood, sr. OL Special teams Kyle Edwards, Iroquois, sr. K Kyle Edwards, Iroquois, sr. P Defense John Hummel, Eisenhower, sr. DL Jeff Kraemer, North East, sr. DL Dylan Garske, North East, sr. DL Thomas Warren, Eisenhower, sr. LB Adam Pascuzzi, Eisenhower, sr. DB Zack Posego, Saegertown, sr. DB Jacob Roser, Maplewood, jr. DB Note: Eisenhower, Iroquois, Maplewood and Saegertown were in Region 2, and North East, Northwestern and Seneca were in Region 4 last season.

REGION 4 ALL-STARS (current year listed) First team Offense Walter Chevalier, Fairview, sr. OL

(current year listed) First team Offense Journey Brown, Meadville, sr. RB Braden Paulinellie, DuBois, sr. RB Ryan Pasternak, DuBois, sr. OL Aaron Brown, Conneaut, sr. OL Special teams John Eakin, Bradford, jr. P Defense Ryan Pasternak, DuBois, sr. DL Aaron Brown, Conneaut, sr. LB Tyler Jones, Franklin, sr. LB Second team Offense Caden Highfield, Oil City, jr. TE Colin Read, DuBois, sr. WR Isaiah Gillette, Conneaut, sr. RB Antonio Ferraro, Meadville, sr. RB Hagan Cook, Franklin, sr. OL Kane Kehl, Conneaut, sr. OL Special teams Noah Schneider, DuBois, sr. P Defense Hagan Cook, Franklin, sr. DL Luke Sherrod, Meadville, sr. DL John Eakin, Bradford, jr. LB Connor Mattera, Conneaut, sr. DB Antonio Ferraro, Meadville, sr. DB Cade Cochran, Oil City, sr. DB Note: Warren was in Region 3 last season.

REGION 6 ALL-STARS (current year listed) First team Offense Jake Cervik, McDowell, sr. TE

Keyshaan Husband, Central Tech, sr. RB Fredrick Scruggs, Cathedral Prep, jr. OL Special teams Corey Badaracco, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. K

Defense Dominick Covatto, Cathedral Prep, sr. DL Nathan Malinowski, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. DL Matthew Bauer, Cathedral Prep, jr. LB Lucas Harden, Strong Vincent, sr. LB Jerry Roberts, Cathedral Prep, sr. LB Lane Reinwald, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. LB Devon Szymczak, McDowell, sr. DB Garrett Dahn, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. DB Second team Offense Collin Christensen, McDowell, sr. WR Bryon Williams, McDowell, sr. WR Garrett Dahn, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. WR Levi Becker, McDowell, sr. QB Jared Kula, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. RB Devon Szymczak, McDowell, sr. AP Cameron Landis, Cathedral Prep, sr. OL Elliot Petsch, McDowell, sr. OL Carson Picheco, McDowell, sr. OL Special teams Ethan Laird, General McLane, sr. P Defense Carson Picheco, McDowell, sr. DL Kimani Bolden, Central Tech, sr. LB Jared Kula, Fort LeBoeuf, sr. LB Ethan Laird, General McLane, sr. DB Bryon Williams, McDowell, sr. DB Keyshaan Husband, Central Tech, sr. DB Note: Fort LeBoeuf was in Region 4 last season.

Second team Offense Jacob Brooks, Girard, jr. QB Clayton Halmi, Fairview, jr. AP Special teams Anthony Cooper, Fairview, sr. P Defense Travis Chorney, Fairview, sr. DB Jesse Luketa, Mercyhurst Prep, jr. DB

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INDEX

STANDINGS

Greenville ................ 78 Hickory .................... 79 Lakeview ................. 80 Mercer .................... 81 Reynolds .................. 82 Sharon .................... 83 Sharpsville ............... 84 Slippery Rock ............ 85 Wilmington ............... 86

Region Overall x-Cambridge Springs 7-0 10-2 y-Iroquois 6-1 8-3 y-Eisenhower 5-2 6-5 y-Maplewood 3-4 5-6 Cochranton 3-4 4-6 Union City 3-4 3-7 Saegertown 1-6 1-9 Youngsville 0-7 0-10 x-region champion y-qualified for the playoffs

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POSTSEASON District 10 Quarterfinals Sharpsville 49, Maplewood 14 West Middlesex 27, Iroquois 20 Farrell 44, Eisenhower 0 Cambridge Springs 34, Wilmington 6 Semifinals Farrell 40, Cambridge Springs 21

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS

REGION 2 CHAMPIONS (Since initial realignment in 2004)

New region — 2A, 3A School Enrollment Greenville (2A) 185* Hickory (3A) 251 Lakeview (2A) 144 Mercer (2A) 147 Reynolds (2A) 142 Sharon (3A) 243 Sharpsville (2A) 177 Slippery Rock (3A) 259 Wilmington (2A) 145 *Greenville has an enrollment of 174, and the Trojans include 11 of 21 students from Living Word Christian in a co-op.

2A range: 141-200 3A range: 201-282

SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champion: Cambridge

Springs

▀ Favorite: Hickory ▀ Contenders: Sharon,

Sharpsville ▀ Dark horse: Greenville

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2015 — Cambridge Springs (7-0) 2014 — Cambridge Springs (7-0) 2013 — Eisenhower (7-0) 2012 — Eisenhower (7-0) 2011 — Youngsville (8-0) 2010 — Mercyhurst Prep (8-0) 2009 — Mercyhurst Prep (8-0) 2008 — Saegertown (8-0) 2007 — Mercyhurst Prep (8-0) 2006 — Mercyhurst Prep (8-0) 2005 — Fairview (7-0) 2004 — Fairview (7-0)

PLAYER TO WATCH Ziyon Strickland, Sharon WR/DB · 5-10, 170 Strickland had a breakout season last fall. One of the most talented receivers in District 10, he had 60 catches for 1,215 yards and 15 touchdowns.

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Trojans

2015 RECORD 8-4 overall 5-2 Region 3 2016: Region 2 Home field: Stewart Field

ETHAN REISER

OUTLOOK Greenville has been a top team in Mercer County over the past three years with a 30-7 record. The Trojans have dealt with some of the toughest midsize schools in District 10, and now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting thrown into the Region 2 fire for the next two years. Four starters return on offense and four on defense, so the Trojans have some holes to fill from graduation.

Quarterback Gage Gladysz is gone after throwing for 1,114 yards and four touchdowns and rushing for 501 yards and three TDs. Running backs Hunter Hause, Matt Crawford and Casey Eells graduated, along with lineman Adam Clark. Hause ran for 1,119 yards and nine TDs, and Eells ran for 345 yards and five TDs. Greenville has three starters back on

GREENVILLE

Senior

Wide Receiver

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 17 18 20 21 22 23 27 29 33 36 40 52 54 55 57 60 64 66 68 70 72 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 89

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Name Ethan Reiser Brady Gentile Nate Bell Brenden Calvin Josh Hittle JJ Rogge Nick Jones Gage Peterson Brady Kalchthaler Michael Blaney Cody Tumpak Joey Arana Connor Gilfoyle Austin Hamilton Isaac Unruh Canyon Eells Matthew Guy Mason Wilkerson Dylan Steuart Paul Smith Josh Christner Adonis Scriven Nathan Krall Dillon Hawthorne Hayden Musser Roy Wilt Jacob Hopkins Skylar Mitchell Sean Perseghetti Nathan Weaver Josh Giardina Joe Fenton Louis Smeltzer Dakota Blom Austin Pistorius Justin Upperman Kyle Wingard Ian Porter Nathan Catalano Anthony Detullio

Ht. 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-7 6-2 5-7 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-6 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-6 5-7 6-0 5-7 5-7 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-6 5-9 5-3 5-4 6-0 5-6 5-8 6-0 6-4

Wt. 155 145 160 185 150 140 195 145 175 155 170 140 165 156 125 170 130 145 165 150 145 165 277 225 195 200 230 200 215 235 220 284 150 135 157 175 135 145 155 195

Yr. Pos. Jr. WR Fr. RB So. QB So. HB So. QB Fr. RB Fr. QB So. WR Jr. QB So. WR So. WR Fr. RB So. TE Fr. TE Fr. WR So. RB Fr. WR So. WR Jr. WR So. WR So. RB So. RB So. T Jr. G So. C Fr. C Jr. G So. G So. T Jr. T So. G Jr. T Fr. G Fr. WR So. WR So. TE So. WR Fr. WR Jr. WR Jr. TE

the offensive line in Dillon Hawthorne, Josh Giardina and Hayden Musser, along with wide receiver Ethan Reiser. Reiser led the Trojans with 43 catches for 717 yards and three TDs and will be counted on as a leader at strong safety. Brady Kalchthaler returns at defensive end and Adonis Scriven and Mike Blaney are Brian Herrick returning linebackers.

10th season Greenville will need a 68-36 record new quarterback, which could be junior Nate Bell, while Canyon Eells, Brenden Calvin and Josh Christner could step in to run the ball. The Trojans will need to get into midseason form quickly with an opener at Hickory and a big road game at Sharon two weeks later.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .............. at Hickory*................... 7 Sept. 2 ............ Slippery Rock*................ 7 Sept. 9 ................at Sharon* ................... 7 Sept. 16 ...............Conneaut .................... 7 Sept. 23 ............ at Lakeview*.................. 7 Sept. 30 .............Sharpsville* .................. 7 Oct. 7 .............. at Wilmington*................ 7 Oct. 14 ................ Reynolds* ................... 7 Oct. 21 ..................Mercer* ..................... 7 Oct. 28 ...............at Meadville .................. 7 *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

North East at Slippery Rock* at Warren* Grove City* Corry* Hickory* Reynolds at Titusville* Sharon* at Sharpsville

W, 27-12 W, 27-22 W, 36-18 W, 28-7 W, 35-7 L, 9-28 W, 21-18 W, 35-12 L, 21-33 L, 13-34

Fort LeBoeuf Sharon *Region 3 game

W, 50-0 L, 9-15

2015 LEADERS Name Gage Gladysz Name Hunter Hause Canyon Eells Gage Gladysz

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 78 120 1,114 4 7

Rushing

Att. Yds. 128 1,119 104 518 93 501

Avg. 8.7 5.0 5.4

TD 9 14 3

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Ethan Reiser 43 717 16.7 Aaron Emmett 12 148 12.3 Michael Blaney 11 136 12.4

TD 3 0 0

Receiving

Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Canyon Eells 14 0 0 84 a-Casey Eells 5 36 0 69 Hunter Hause 9 0 0 54 a-includes one field goal; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

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Anthony Detullio

Dillon Hawthorne

Josh Giardina

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Hornets

2015 RECORD 11-2 overall 6-1 Region 3 2016: Region 2 Home field: Hornet Stadium

TYLER BISHOP

OUTLOOK Hickory has become one of District 10’s most successful programs and will try to continue to win district championships in Class 3A after dominating Class AA. There are losses to overcome, including Stanford recruit Andrew Pryts and wide receiver Joey DeJulia, fullback John Sims, linebacker Nate Aikins and linemen Anthony Nardone, Dylan Mitchell, Gary Facemyer and LaRon Allen. The Hornets have experience back on both sides of the ball, but they’ll need camp to fill holes on both lines.

Tyler Bishop and Frank Swogger are returning starters on the offensive line, and Cam Pica, Hayden Gallagher and Bishop are back on the defensive line. Quarterback Luke Brennan is having a solid career after

HICKORY

Senior

Offensive Lineman

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 32 39 42 43 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 59 65 71 72 76 89

Name Will Gruber Natoreus Atwood Joshua Scovil Luke Brennan Simeon McKinley Chuck Carr Evan McCrensky Brandon To Hayden Gallagher Robert Markle Noah Parker Cameron Pica Parker Hoye Troy Scurry Caleb Gagliardi A.J. Hammond Darren Mitchell Trevon DeVito Asher Patton Matt Greimann Michael Filardi Matt Jenkins Julius Oakes Nathan Marchand Kendall Brest Travis Trowbridge Domenic Clary Skylar Collins Tyler Bishop Dominic Tedde Frank Swogger Trevor Lightner Matthew Hess John Daniels Dulton Poole Ben Morton Joshua Baum Vincent Hoye Jacob Scarton

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Ht. 5-7 5-7 5-6 6-0 6-1 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-5 6-2 6-1 5-5 5-10 5-7 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-1 5-7 5-10 6-1 5-3 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-7 5-9 5-8 5-7 6-1 5-6 5-3 6-2

Wt. 145 160 140 180 185 190 165 155 170 175 190 170 135 185 190 155 150 165 165 165 165 155 160 160 190 100 190 180 230 185 190 210 170 180 195 190 160 190 135

Yr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr.

Pos. WR/DB RB/DB RB/DB QB/DB WR/DB RB/LB RB/LB RB/LB QB/LB RB/DB OL/LB WR/DB WR/DB TE/DE RB/DB RB/LB WR/DB RB/LB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB RB/LB RB/LB TE/DE RB/DB OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/LB TE/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL K/K

throwing for 1,572 yards and 20 touchdowns as a sophomore, and Chuck Carr is climbing the District 10 rushing list with 2,515 yards and 38 TDs as a junior. Carr is being heavily recruited. Hickory also returns Will Gruber, Darren Mitchell and Pica at wide receiver, and Caleb Gagliardi could see time at running back or Bill Brest wideout. On defense, 7th season Evan McCrensky, Nate 65-14 record Marchand, Swogger and Carr return at linebacker, and Gruber, Gagliardi, Mitchell and Josh Scovil are back in the secondary. Hickory is experienced and deep at most positions, but the Hornets will need to fill in holes on the offensive and defensive lines.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ................ Greenville* ..................7 Sept. 2 ................... Mercer*.....................7 Sept. 9 ............at Slippery Rock* .............7 Sept. 16 ................. Sharon* ....................7 Sept. 23 .............Westinghouse ................7 Sept. 30 ..............at Lakeview*.................7 Oct. 7 ................ at Sharpsville* ...............7 Oct. 14 ................Wilmington* .................7 Oct. 21 ................at Reynolds*.................7 Oct. 28 ....................... Bye *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Strong Vincent at Sharon* at Corry* Warren* Slippery Rock* at Greenville* at Wilmington at Grove City* Titusville*

W, 35-0 L, 34-35 W, 48-7 W, 55-6 W, 43-10 W, 28-9 W, 42-6 W, 42-6 W, 42-12

North East Fairview Sharon

W, 41-8 W, 55-14 W, 32-19

2015 LEADERS Name Luke Brennan

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 105 177 1,572 20 11

Rushing

Name Chuck Carr Andrew Pryts Hayden Gallagher Name Joey DeJulia Andrew Pryts Will Gruber

Att. Yds. 264 2,515 30 141 23 136

Avg. 9.5 4.7 5.9

TD 38 8 2

Rec. Yds. Avg. 42 608 14.5 35 598 17.1 9 257 28.6

TD 9 8 4

Receiving

Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Chuck Carr 38 0 0 228 Andrew Pryts 17 0 0 102 a-Jacob Scarton 0 62 0 65 a-includes one field goal; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs PIAA playoffs

Martinsburg Central *Region 3 game

L, 21-30

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Luke Brennan

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Sailors

2015 RECORD 6-4 overall 2-4 Region 1 2016: Region 2 Home field: Maplewood Stadium

TANNER REDDICK

OUTLOOK Lakeview heads in a new direction this season under first-year head coach John Falconi Jr. Falconi has his work cut out for him right away not only installing a brandnew system, but playing in arguably one of the toughest leagues in the state in Region 2.

Lakeview will have to overcome the graduation of quarterback Jake Doddo and running back Austin Rice.

Doddo threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 491 yards and nine TDs, and Rice ran for 1,141 yards and nine TDs. Junior Garrett Gadsby, senior Cole Richael and freshman Luke Hostetler will battle for the starting quarterback job, while Tanner Reddick, Wyatt Armstrong and Braden Yeager are back at running back. Reddick ran for 334

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Senior

Running Back

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 3 6 9 10 13 17 19 20 21 22 27 28 30 35 38 40 44 51 58 59 60 61 63 66 70 72 76 77 87

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Name Austin Mathieson Tanner Reddick Braden Yeager Tyler Foust Owen Clayton Kage Ibbs Wyatt Armstrong Justin Chaffee Skylar Curry Cole Richael Garrett Gadsby Kyan Reynolds James Grossman Austin Lumley Chris Allias Jared Alcorn Landon Yoder Jerry Young Wyatt Womer J.P. McGee Greg Ferlin Wyatt Slater Donnie Mouck Trent Legal Lucas Sheffer Andy Hailey Pierce Bowser Joe Egger Sawyer Daugherty

Ht. 5-9 6-1 5-9 5-2 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-6 5-5 5-7 5-11 6-4 5-10 5-10 5-8 5-6 6-1 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-10 5-9 6-1

Wt. 129 180 164 112 141 145 180 153 170 158 135 190 140 159 176 171 225 263 248 234 191 294 175 281 277 265 263 210 198

Yr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So.

Pos. SE/DB RB/LB RB/LB RB/DB SE/DB WR/DB RB/LB OL/LB RB/LB RB/DB QB/DB TE/DE SE/DB RB/LB RB/DL FB/LB TE/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/DE

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ............. at Mercer*......................7 Sept. 2 ........... at Sharpsville*...................7 Sept. 9 .............Wilmington* ....................7 Sept. 16 .......... at Reynolds* ....................7 Sept. 23 ............ Greenville*......................7 Sept. 30 ..............Hickory* .......................7 Oct. 7 .............Slippery Rock* ..................7 Oct. 14 .............. at Sharon*......................7 Oct. 21 ........at Mercyhurst Prep ...............7 Oct. 28 ....................Bye *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season at Youngsville at West Middlesex* at Mercer* Farrell* Reynolds* Sharpsville* Saegertown at Wilmington* Franklin Grove City *Region 1 game

W, 68-7 L, 16-22 W, 37-0 L, 8-49 W, 30-29 L, 6-39 W, Forfeit L, 6-28 W, 16-13 W, 31-12

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yards and seven TDs and caught eight passes for 139 yards last fall. Richael could step in at running back or wide receiver if he’s not under center. J.P. McGee returns on the offensive line and at linebacker. The Sailors have several starters back on defense, including McGee up front, John Falconi Armstrong and 1st season Yeager at linebacker, and Reddick and Richael in the secondary. Camp will be critical to learning Falconi’s system and filling holes left by graduation. Lakeview faces a challenging road game against Sharpsville in Week 2, then hosts Wilmington, visits Reynolds and hosts Greenville and Hickory.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Name Jake Doddo

Passing

Com. Att. 19 49

Name Austin Rice Jake Doddo Tanner Reddick

Rushing

Yds. TD Int. 339 2 7

Att. Yds. 224 1,141 81 491 57 334

Avg. 5.1 6.1 5.9

TD 9 9 7

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Tanner Reddick 8 139 17.4 Cole Richael 4 35 8.8

TD 0 0

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT Jake Doddo 8 0 Austin Rice 10 0 Tanner Reddick 8 0 Returnees in bold

2-pt. Total 8 64 0 60 4 56

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Dylan McConnell

Trent Legal

Wyatt Armstrong

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Mustangs

2015 RECORD 1-9 overall 0-6 Region 1 2016: Region 2 Home field: Mercer Stadium

JIMMY AMON

OUTLOOK Mercer went through a difficult rebuilding year in 2015, opening the season with a rout of Eisenhower before losing nine straight games. The Mustangs, though, were young, and the growing pains they experienced last fall could fuel a turnaround this season. The downside to being in the southern part of District 10 is there is no room for error.

The Mustangs will have to find a way to win in a stacked Region 2 that features some of the best teams in District 10.

Mercer returns seven starters on offense and defense. Eric Gawne and Dylan Hetrick shared time at quarterback in 2015. Gawne threw for 105 yards, and Hetrick passed for 43 yards. Josh Robertson, Jimmy Amon and Isaiah

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Junior

Running Back

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 2 5 9 10 13 14 15 18 20 22 23 42 51 53 54 55 56 65 66 68 73 77 78 88

Name Brian Shevitz Josh Robertson Nathan Knopp Eric Gawne Hunter Kaster Dylan Hetrick Rikky Corner Jimmy Amon Adam Walker Isaiah Bartolone Zack Previty Austin Hesselgesser Shane Rodgers Garrett Shiemke Brandon Stevenson Danny Foore Andrew Weinel Josh Adams Joe Prentice Bob Gregory Bill Priester Cam Peters Cody Forrester Dillon Johnston

Ht. 5-7 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-5 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-10 5-11

Wt. 155 175 160 170 155 160 160 210 175 180 150 165 210 215 160 145 160 180 225 280 185 215 165 175

Yr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So.

Pos. RB/LB RB/DB QB/DB QB/LB RB/DB QB/LB RB/LB RB/LB TE/DE RB/LB RB/LB RB/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/LB OL/LB OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL Ol/DE TE/DE

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Nathan Knopp

Dylan Hetrick

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Cody Forrester

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............Lakeview* ......................7 Sept. 2 ..............at Hickory* .....................7 Sept. 9 ............. Sharpsville*.....................7 Sept. 16 .......at Slippery Rock* ................7 Sept. 23 ...........Wilmington* ....................7 Sept. 30 ............ at Sharon*......................7 Oct. 7 ................ Reynolds* ......................7 Oct. 14 ..............Eisenhower .....................7 Oct. 21 ............ at Greenville*....................7 Oct. 28 ........... at Saegertown ...................7 *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season Eisenhower at Wilmington* Lakeview* at Sharpsville* at Franklin at West Middlesex* Conneaut Reynolds* Farrell* Brockway *Region 1 game

W, 41-14 L, 0-42 L, 0-37 L, 12-48 L, 13-34 L, 0-32 L, 6-42 L, 6-29 L, 0-36 L, 7-25

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Bartolone return to lead an experienced backfield. Amon led the Mustangs with 623 yards and five touchdowns, followed

by Robertson with 248 yards and one TD and Bartolone with 211 yards. Cam Peters, Adam Walker and Bill Priester anchor the offensive line. Bobby Gregory, Amon and Walker return on the Patrick McClearn defensive line, along 12th season with Bartolone, 65-55 record Gawne and Austin Hesselgesser at linebacker and Nathan Knopp and Robertson in the secondary. The Mustangs didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complete a TD pass in 2015 and scored only 13 TDs overall. They open with seven straight region games before taking on Eisenhower.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Name Eric Gawne

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 9 24 105 0 6

Rushing

Name Att. Yds. Jimmy Amon 135 623 Austin Hall 71 274 Josh Robertson 39 248 Isaiah Bartolone 59 211

Avg. 4.6 3.9 6.4 3.6

TD 5 2 1 0

Name Austin Hall

Avg. 11.5

TD 0

Receiving

Rec. Yds. 8 92

Scoring

Name Jimmy Amon Austin Hall Returnees in bold

TD PAT 5 0 5 0

2-pt. Total 1 32 0 30

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Isaiah Bartolone

Eric Gawne

Bill Priester

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Raiders

2015 RECORD 3-7 overall 2-4 Region 1 2016: Region 2 Home field: Reynolds Stadium

JOEL LEISE

OUTLOOK Although Reynolds won only three games last season, the Raiders’ program continues to gain strength while competing with some of Mercer County’s top teams. Reynolds lost by just 14 points against Wilmington, one point at Lakeview and three points at Greenville.

The Raiders will look to keep building confidence and depth in the program this season as they venture into a tough region.

Reynolds returns most of its offensive firepower, including quarterback Garrett Daniello. He threw for 557 yards and eight touchdowns and ran for 885 yards and nine TDs last fall.

Fullback Jared Uhrin and running backs Dylan McDanel and Joel Leise return as well. McDanel led the Raiders with 952 yards

REYNOLDS

Senior

Tight End

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 1 Kaleb Johnston 2 Dylan McDanel 3 Tylir Shannon 4 Dalton Daniello 5 Tyler Gill 6 Joel Leise 7 Garrett Daniello 8 David Baptiste 9 Matt Gosser 10 Sam McClimans 16 Damion Gearhart 21 Austin Carrera 22 Ryan Park 25 David King 26 Andrew Bertolasio 28 Kyle Porterfield 34 Jared Uhrin 51 Ethan Kasbee 54 Riley Miller 56 Cole Rickert 71 Mike Huffman 74 Jarod Miller 79 Zach McCarty 88/78 Devin Weaver 95 Alex Axe

Ht. 5-10 5-10 5-3 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-10 5-7 6-0 6-3 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-4

Wt. 170 155 102 135 125 185 160 150 130 160 155 165 170 150 135 140 200 128 190 245 305 240 205 190 190

Yr. Pos. Jr. WR/DB Jr. RB/DB So. QB/DB So. QB/WR/LB So. WR/DB Jr. RB/LB Jr. QB/WR/DB Jr. TE/LB So. QB/WR/LB Jr. WR/DB Jr. RB/LB So. RB/LB So. RB/LB So. WR/DB Jr. WR/DB So. WR/DB Jr. FB/LB So. OL/LB So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. OL/DL Jr. OL/DL So. TE/DL Jr. TE/DL

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H Cole Rickert

Dylan McDanel

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Aug. 26 at Slippery Rock* Sept. 2 Sharon* Sept. 9 Cambridge Springs Sept. 16 Lakeview* Sept. 23 at Sharpsville* Sept. 30 Wilmington* Oct. 7 at Mercer* Oct. 14 at Greenville* Oct. 21 Hickory* Oct. 28 at Central Tech *Region 2 game

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Time 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

W, 35-0 L, 10-46 L, 20-44 L, 30-41 L, 29-30 L, 7-21 L, 18-21 W, 29-6 W, 42-19 L, 21-49

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COACH

2015 LEADERS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Cochranton at Farrell* Sharpsville* at Franklin at Lakeview* Wilmington* at Greenville at Mercer* West Middlesex* at North East *Region 1 game

and 11 TDs on just 109 carries. He was also the team’s leading receiver with 10 catches for 190 yards and three TDs. Cole Rickert is back to anchor the line, but the Raiders must replace the rest of the offensive front.

Reynolds returns seven starters on defense, including Daniello, McDanel and Tyler Gill in the Josh Mull secondary, Uhrin, Leise 4th season and David Baptiste at 10-20 record linebacker and Rickert on the line. Mike Huffman, Riley Miller and Jarod Miller are candidates to start on both lines. Alex Axe and Baptiste could battle for playing time at tight end.

Reynolds will need to rebuild its lines as soon as possible to compete in Region 2.

Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Garrett Daniello 40 112 557 8 9 Name Dylan McDanel Garrett Daniello Name Dylan McDanel

Rushing

Att. Yds. 109 952 105 885

Avg. 8.7 8.4

TD 11 9

Rec. Yds. Avg. 10 190 19.0

TD 3

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Dylan McDanel 13 0 0 78 Garrett Daniello 9 0 1 56 a-Michael Ryhal 0 23 2 36 Adam Ballish 3 0 0 18 Jared Uhrin 3 0 0 18 a-includes three field goals; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Garrett Daniello

Damion Gearhart

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Tigers

2015 RECORD 10-2 overall 7-0 Region 3 2016: Region 2 Home field: Tiger Stadium

JAQUAN WALLER

OUTLOOK Sharon put together an impressive 2015 season. The Tigers had just one loss on the field, which came in the District 10 Class AA title game against rival Hickory.

Sharon had a strong senior class and will need the underclassmen to step up this season with only four seniors on the roster.

The Tigers’ first task will be to replace talented quarterback Andrew Tomko. He threw for 2,701 yards and 29 touchdowns and led the Tigers with 804 rushing yards and 12 TDs. Running back Damon Rudolph graduated after rushing for 680 yards and nine TDs. J.P. McComb was Tomko’s backup and could step in as the starter. Sharon will turn to Jordan Wilson in the backfield. He had a breakout freshman season with 515 yards

SHARON

Senior

Defensive End

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 1 2 4 8 9 11 12 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 37 39 43 45 50 51 53 56 58 59 63 64 66 68 70 72 75 77 78 81

Name Jeremiah Norris Jahmeer Jordan Evan Hawkins Ziyon Strickland JaQuan Waller J.P. McComb Luke Gaston James McKinney Nick Alexander Pap Keeler Braeden Hoover Dionte Colwell Isaac Connelly Niko Augustine Jordan Wilson Josh Torr Jacob Albright Isaiah Zajac Jake Torr Jamar Leak Frank Shaffer Jayquan Odem Tyzeke Cameron Michael Robinson Amahjai Matthews Keyshawn Barnett Cameron Niemi Dorian Jefferson C.J. Malloy Dakota Burnett Jacob Gonder Dustin Perozich Zach Steines Dante Dellibovi Brenden Masotto Josh Burns Braxton Cataldi Gabe Wilkins Jaylan Odem Brian Timlin Hunter Stubbs Elijah Ivy

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Ht. 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-6 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-7 5-8 5-9 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-7 5-9 6-2 5-6 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-8 6-4 6-0 5-8

Wt. 165 180 200 170 190 185 130 155 150 215 160 165 140 175 190 180 210 155 135 155 180 135 170 135 170 150 155 245 245 220 160 210 160 225 205 225 225 215 260 320 320 150

Yr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. So.

Pos. RB/DB WR/DB TE/DB WR/DB TE/DE QB/LB QB/DB WR/DB QB/DB TE/LB WR/K WR/LB WR/DB FB/LB RB/LB TE/LB TE/LB WR/DB WR/DB RB/DB WR/LB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB RB/DE WR/DB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL WR/DB

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Aug. 26 at Wilmington* Sept. 2 at Reynolds* Sept. 9 Greenville* Sept. 16 at Hickory* Sept. 23 Slippery Rock* Sept. 30 Mercer* Oct. 7 Holy Name (Ohio) Oct. 14 Lakeview* Oct. 21 at Sharpsville* Oct. 28 Grove City *Region 2 game

and eight TDs on just 58 carries. Ziyon Strickland, who busted out for 1,215 yards and 15 TDs on 60 catches, is one of the most talented receivers in District 10. Jeremiah Norris is another receiver to watch.

Dante Dellibovi and Brian Timlin are back to leadtheoffensiveline.

Defensive end JaQuan Waller is the Jim Wildman top returning tackler 29th season wirth 70 tackles, 231-95-7 record including 111⁄2 sacks.

Dellibovi had 51⁄2 sacks.

Others who could earn playing time include Frank Shaffer, Josh Torr, Jayquan Odem, Dorian Jefferson, Nick Alexander, James McKinney, Jordan Volpe, Hunter Stubbs, Brendan Masotto, Dustin Perozich and Braxton Cataldi.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Time 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

At Struthers (Ohio) Hickory* at Titusville* Corry* at Warren* Grove City* at Northwestern Slippery Rock* at Greenville*

L, forfeit W, 35-34 W, 42-13 W, 35-19 W, 42-7 W, 35-6 W, 42-0 W, 44-0 W, 33-21

Harbor Creek Greenville Hickory *Region 3 game

W, 59-0 W, 15-9 L, 19-32

Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Andrew Tomko 163 280 2,701 29 5 Name Andrew Tomko Damon Rudolph Jordan Wilson

Rushing

Att. Yds. 137 804 97 680 58 515

Avg. 5.9 7.0 8.9

TD 12 9 8

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Ziyon Strickland 60 1,215 20.3 Zach Meszaros 37 540 14.6 Jordan Wilson 21 306 14.6

TD 15 1 2

Receiving

Scoring

Name Ziyon Strickland Andrew Tomko Jordan Wilson Returnees in bold

TD PAT 17 0 12 4 11 0

2-pt. Total 0 102 0 76 0 66

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

ONLINE: GoErie.com/sharon-football

Ziyon Strickland

Evan Hawkins

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Blue Devils

2015 RECORD 12-1 overall 6-0 Region 1 2016: Region 2 Home field: Sharpsville Field

LUKE HENWOOD

OUTLOOK Sharpsville has won at least 10 games in six of the past seven seasons, including 12 wins in 2015. The Blue Devils came just one yard short of the District 10 Class A championship last fall.

Sharpsville has some standout players to replace because of graduation, including playmakers Khaliq Ragster and Tyrin Peavy.

Ragster ran for 1,690 yards and 21 touchdowns, while Peavy ran for 967 yards and 18 TDs. Sharpsville is known for having a talented line, but the Blue Devils will have to replace Brady Hogue, Bobby Demofonte, Mitchell Swartz, Chris Mueller and tight end Donny Keck.

Quarterback Luke Henwood returns after throwing for 1,229 yards and 15 touchdowns.

SHARPSVILLE Senior

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 2 3 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 22 25 28 32 33 36 44 45 48 52 55 58 59 60 61 63 64 66 67 73 77 78 81

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Name Jordan Powel Lucas Keck Jared Rogan-Laird Luke Henwood Tyler Layman Dakota Griffin Luke Levis Donnie Breneman Marquis Altman Kevin Evans Connor Williams Nick Hanahan Peyton Schell Benjamin Henwood Cameron Prebble Brandon Yesko Noah McCall Joseph Bornes Damon Tedrow Bobby Besser Kobe Joseph Hunter Kos Ty Duncan Lee Kalogitonas Nathan Mitchell Anthony Milano Matt Harenchar Drew Gordan Connor Kruisselbrink Kurtis Keiper Jacob Yudt Anthony Patton Jaquay Hubbard Gabe Bennett Macord Selders Anthony Yeager Tristan Stoner Gabe Phillips

Ht. 5-8 5-7 5-9 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-6 6-4 5-4 5-8 5-3 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-5 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-6 5-3 6-3 6-6 6-4 5-6

Wt. 135 130 145 175 140 225 155 140 125 140 190 110 130 110 155 135 165 155 175 160 150 190 140 115 180 170 200 140 165 240 215 260 385 165 245 340 300 140

Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. So.

Pos. WR/DB HB/DB HB/DB QB/DB HB/DB TE/LB QB/DB QB/DB WR/DB HB/DB K/P HB/DB HB/DB WR/DB HB/DB WR/DB HB/LB HB/DB TE/LB HB/DB HB/LB TE/DE HB/DB WR/DB G/DE G/DE C/DT G/LB C/DE T/DT G/DT C/DN T/DT G/DT G/DT T/DT T/DT HB/DB

Also back is Bobby Besser, who ran for 370 yards and five touchdowns. Marquis Altman caught 19 passes for 449 yards and six TDs. Altman returns with Henwood and Besser in the secondary.

Cameron Prebble also is back at defensive back and could see more touches on offense, while Dakota Griffin is back at tight Paul Piccirilli end and linebacker.

21st season Jaquay Hubbard and 185-60 record Anthony Milano are returning linemen who could be counted on to lead a young group.

Sharpsville has several skill-position players back, but the Blue Devils will need to rebuild their line and find a rushing attack to get back to the D-10 title game.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ........ at West Middlesex ...............7 Sept. 2 ............... Lakeview* .....................7 Sept. 9 ............... at Mercer* .....................7 Sept. 16 ......... at Wilmington* .................7 Sept. 23 ............. Reynolds* .....................7 Sept. 30 ...........at Greenville*...................7 Oct. 7 ...................Hickory*.......................7 Oct. 14 ..........at Slippery Rock*................7 Oct. 21 .................Sharon*.......................7 Oct. 28 .....................Bye *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Otto-Eldred East at Reynolds* Mercer* West Middlesex* at Lakeview* at Eisenhower at Farrell* Wilmington* Greenville

W, 39-6 W, 48-6 W, 44-20 W, 48-12 W, 37-6 W, 39-6 W, 42-14 W, 26-8 W, 42-7 W, 34-13

Maplewood West Middlsex Farrell *Region 1 game

W, 49-14 W, 46-7 L, 20-26

District 10 playoffs

ONLINE: GoErie.com/sharps-football

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Luke Henwood 61 94 1,229 15 2 Name Khaliq Ragster Tyrin Peavy Bobby Besser Luke Henwood

Rushing

Att. Yds. 199 1,690 117 967 55 370 36 171

Avg. 8.5 8.3 6.7 4.8

TD 21 18 5 3

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Marquis Altman 19 449 23.6 Tyrin Peavy 16 362 22.6

TD 6 6

Receiving

Scoring

Name Tyrin Peavy Khaliq Ragster Bobby Besser Returnees in bold

TD PAT 25 0 22 0 9 0

2-pt. Total 0 150 0 132 2 58

1 0 -Y E A R T R E N D Year 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

Overall Region 12-1 6-0 11-4 4-2 8-5 3-3 11-2 5-1 13-1 7-0

Year Overall Region 2010 10-2 7-1 2009 10-3 6-2 2008 6-5 5-3 2007 3-7 3-5 2006 9-4 6-2 GoErie.com/Varsity

Rockets

2015 RECORD 5-6 overall 4-3 Region 3 2016: Region 2 Home field: Slippery Rock Field

SETH SLATER

OUTLOOK

SLIPPERY ROCK Junior

Running Back

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 3 5 6 10 12 13 16 18 19 20 21 25 28 32 33 40 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 71 72 73 75 77 78 79 83 86

Name Seth Slater Kaleb Kamerer Calvin Rossi Bailey Mertens Hunter Prementine Elijah Hilliard Michael Antal Jacob Shaffer Max Pierce Patrick Shea Jonah Foster Tanner Haney Nicholas Stutz Mason Hildebrand John Thompson James Scarborough Jordan Martsolf Stephen Heller Coulter Walker Alex LaVan Ryan Broad Justin Heitzenrater Jon Durban Eithan Beckwith Cole Bell Tristan Albert Mitchell Houston Noah Smithbauer Nick Gills Casey Bruno Braden Rider Cody Gibbons Luke Brandon Matthew Hartz Sean Northcott

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Yr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr.

Pos. RB/LB RB/LB TE/LB QB/LB RB/QB/DB TE/DB RB/DB QB/LB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB WR/DB K RB/LB RB/DB WR/LB G/LB G/LB OT/LB G/LB OT/DT OT/DT G/DE G/DE C/DT OT/DT C/DT C/DT G/DT OT/DT OT/DT G/DE TE/DE WR/DB OT/DT

Slippery Rock will have its third different coach in three years after Travis Sarver resigned in the offseason. Larry Wendereusz takes over in hopes of getting the Rockets back to the playoffs.

Slippery Rock went 5-5 in the regular season in 2015 before falling to Fairview in the District 10 Class AA quarterfinals. While the Rockets bring back quarterback Bailey Mertens, they must replace a big chunk of their offense. Slippery Rock had two 1,000-yard backs last fall, but both graduated, along with leading receiver Gunner Coleman. Trent Porter ran for 1,311 yards and 17 touchdowns and Ryan Lauster ran for 1,275 yards and 16 TDs, but both are gone. Seth Slater ran for 302 yards and three

TDs and could step up to fill the void, along with Hunter Prementine, who carried the ball 37 times for 138 yards. Cole Bell returns at center to lead a depleted offensive line.

Mitch Houston and Braden Rider could battle for playing time on the line.

On defense, Patrick Shea and Slater return in the secondary.

Larry Wendereusz Stephen Heller, Jordan 1st season Martsolf and Calvin Rossi are back at linebacker and Jon Durban and Luke Brandon have experience on the defensive line.

Slippery Rock remained in Class 3A with the expansion to six classes, but the Rockets moved into a new region in a very competitive Region 2.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .............. Reynolds* .....................7 Sept. 2 .............at Greenville*...................7 Sept. 9 .................Hickory*.......................7 Sept. 16 ............... Mercer* .......................7 Sept. 23 .............at Sharon*.....................7 Sept. 30 ........... at Grove City ...................7 Oct. 7 ............... at Lakeview* ...................7 Oct. 14 ..............Sharpsville*....................7 Oct. 21 ........... at Wilmington* .................7 Oct. 28 ..................Oil City........................7 *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Perry Greenville* at Grove City* Titusville* at Hickory* Warren* at General McLane at Sharon* at Corry* Wilmington

W, 24-13 L, 22-27 W, 52-18 W, 35-8 L, 10-43 W, 42-35 L, 21-42 L, 0-44 W, 52-41 L, 23-42

Fairview *Region 3 game

L, 21-28

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Bailey Mertens 7 32

Rushing

Yds. TD Int. 122 0 3

Name Att. Yds. Trent Porter 173 1,311 Ryan Lauster 148 1,275 Seth Slater 56 302 Bailey Mertens 45 238 Hunter Prementine 37 138

Avg. 7.6 8.6 5.4 5.3 3.7

TD 17 16 3 4 0

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Gunner Coleman 3 34 11.3 Calvin Rossi 2 31 15.5

TD 0 0

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Trent Porter 17 0 1 104 Ryan Lauster 16 0 0 96 a-Nicholas Stutz 0 37 0 52 a-includes five field goals; Returnees in bold

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

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Bailey Mertens

Jordan Martsolf

Jon Durban

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Greyhounds

2015 RECORD 6-5 overall 3-3 Region 1 2016: Region 2 Home field: Wilmington Stadium

REESE BENDER

WILMINGTON Senior

Linebacker

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 15 16 18 19 23 24 27 28 33 50 52 55 56 57 58 59 61 63 64 66 68 71 72 75 79

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Name Jack Behm Spencer DeMedal Jack Patton Colton Marett Reese Bender Bryson Verrelli Noah Hunt Nick Copple Kyle Slicker Jacob Winters Dan Hanssen Robert Pontius Colton Richards Nathan Shaw Cameron Marett Jeremy Clark Garret Guth Isiah Garguilo Alex Ramirez Jordan Gray James Reed Matt Jamison Jorden Williams Anthony Berardi Josh Sanders Ryan Byler Jayden Williams Alex Whitmore Emilio Griffin Ryan Morse Russell Cyphert Kyle Hagens Zach Andrews Andrew Welsh

Ht. 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-0 5-5 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-7 5-4 6-3 5-9 5-8 5-3 5-9 5-10 5-7 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-9

Wt. 140 182 155 160 196 150 148 130 197 160 143 155 188 127 137 110 128 156 173 212 180 157 192 260 186 158 171 170 160 150 206 146 203 184

Yr. Pos. Fr. SE/CB Jr. QB/RB/S So. RB/C So. TE/OLB Jr. QB/RB/OLB So. QB/SE/S Fr. RB/ILB Jr. SE/S Jr. RB/DE So. K Fr. TE/QB/OLB Fr. QB/OLB Fr. RB/ILB So. RB/ILB Fr. RB/S So. SE/C Fr. RB/C So. RB/OLB Fr. G/ILB Fr. T/T Fr. T/DE So. C/ILB Fr. T/T Jr. T/T Fr. T/T Jr. G/DE Fr. C/T So. G/DE So. G/DE Jr. G/DE So. T/T Jr. G/DE So. T/T Fr. G/DE

OUTLOOK Wilmington had a young team in 2015, but the Greyhounds managed to still make the playoffs and have another winning season under legendary coach Terry Verrelli.

Wilmington returns eight starters on offense and seven on defense, but the ’Hounds will have some holes to fill because of graduation.

Quarterback Spencer DeMedal threw for 1,220 yards and 10 touchdowns and ran for 573 yards and eight touchdowns last fall.

Running backs Reese Bender, Jack Patton, fullback Kyle Slicker and wide receiver Bryson Verrelli are also playmakers. Patton ran for 215 yards and three TDs, and Verrelli caught 34 passes for 357 yards and three TDs. Tight end Colton Marett caught 16 passes for 253 yards and

two TDs, and Slicker caught 15 passes for 153 yards and three TDs. Wilmington will have to fill in most of the offensive line because center Matt Jamison and tackle Anthony Berardi are the only returning starters.

DeMedal, Cam Marett and Colton Marett are back in the secondary, while Terry Verrelli Bender and Patton are 39th season back at linebacker, and Slicker and Ryan Byler 288-127-3 record return on the line.

Wilmington has an experienced team back, but the ’Hounds are in a tough region. The ’Hounds open the season with rival Sharon before a tough nonregion game against West Middlesex and the gauntlet of talented Region 2 teams.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ................Sharon*.......................7 Sept. 2 ........... West Middlesex .................7 Sept. 9 ............. at Lakeview* ...................7 Sept. 16 ............Sharpsville*....................7 Sept. 23 ............. at Mercer* .....................7 Sept. 30 ........... at Reynolds* ...................7 Oct. 7 .................Greenville*.....................7 Oct. 14 ...............at Hickory*.....................7 Oct. 21 ............Slippery Rock*..................7 Oct. 28 .....................Bye *Region 2 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season At Grove City Mercer* East Liverpool (Ohio) at West Middlesex* Farrell* at Reynolds* Hickory Lakeview* at Sharpsville* at Slippery Rock

W, 38-28 W, 42-0 W, 28-13 L, 7-24 L, 6-37 W, 21-7 L, 6-42 W, 28-6 L, 7-42 W, 42-23

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Spencer DeMedal 101 184 1,220 10 9

Rushing

Name Spencer DeMedal Jack Patton Cameron Marett Kyle Slicker Name Bryson Verrelli Colton Marett Kyle Slicker

Att. Yds. 114 573 42 215 24 192 45 191

Avg. 5.0 5.1 8.0 4.2

TD 8 3 1 3

Rec. Yds. Avg. 34 357 10.5 16 253 15.8 15 153 10.2

TD 3 2 3

Receiving

Scoring

Name TD PAT Spencer DeMedal 8 0 Kyle Slicker 6 0 Jack Patton 5 0 Returnees in bold

2-pt. Total 0 48 0 36 0 30

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

Cambridge Springs *Region 1 game

L, 6-34

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Spencer DeMedal

Kyle Slicker

Colton Marett

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CONNEAUT: Out of state Ohio school solves conference problem with move to District 10 Continued from 36

Conneaut was approved to become an associate member of D-10, starting this fall.

The Spartans will compete in region play but will return to Ohio for the playoffs in all sports.

Conference fades away The Northeastern Conference had a proud tradition that dated to 1951, but consolidations and schools’ departures spelled the end of the conference in 2009.

In 2001, Harbor and City high schools in Ashtabula consolidated to form Lakeside. Six years later, the school left for the Premier Conference. Madison and Painesville Riverside already had left for the Premier Conference in 1998. That conference became defunct when the teams left in 2015 for the Western Conference.

Geneva, Painesville Harvey, Jefferson and Ashtabula Edgewood all left in 2009 for various conferences, leaving Conneaut on its own.

“After we were turned down by two Ohio leagues, we tried to form our own,” Conneaut football coach Rocco Dobran said. “That idea wasn’t progressing. When I heard about the opportunity to join D-10, I was hopeful and excited. I’m happy to be part of a league, and excited that the kids will have the chance to compete for a conference championship.”

In addition to not being able to play for league championships, Conneaut administrators faced a big problem when it came to filling out schedules.

“It was frustrating,” former Conneaut athletic director Jim Campbell said.

“Some sports were tougher than others.

In football, the toughest thing was finding games after the third week. Usually the first three weeks for schools are nonconference games, then they play league games the rest of the way. It was tough to find open weeks. We were going across the state or clear across to the other side of Cleveland for opponents.”

Heading out of state The idea of schools playing in other states is not unprecedented.

“The OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) does not object to our member schools belonging to a league in another state. There are several schools in southeast Ohio that already do that with neighboring schools in West Virginia,” said Tim Stried, an OHSAA administrator.

“The OHSAA only controls the postseason tournaments, so our member schools can decide their own conference affiliations for the regular season.”

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Three District 10 teams — Mercyhurst Prep , Titusville and Harbor Creek — will visit Joslin Field.

CONNEAUT, DISTRICT 10 TRAVEL From Conneaut to: Opponent Miles Oil City ............... 86.4 Corry.................. 62.9 Girard................. 15.0 Fairview ............. 22.1 Total: 186.4 miles, 46.6 average miles per trip

D-10 to Conneaut: Opponent Miles Mercyhurst Prep ...34.6 Titusville............. 69.1 Harbor Creek ..... 42.0 Total:145.7 miles, 48.6 average miles per trip

Over the next two years, Conneaut’s football team will compete in Region 4 against Corry, Fairview, Girard, Harbor Creek, Mercyhurst Prep and Titusville.

Fairview coach Jim Brinling was the first coach to welcome the Spartans.

“The whole thing was a big surprise, but I like the out-of-the-box thinking by the Conneaut administrators,” Brinling said. “It shows they want to play for a championship. Just talking with Coach Dobran, it seems like they are excited to be a part of a league and compete for a larger goal than just a win every Friday. I think it also helps our region, because without them, we’d have just a six-team region.”

Dobran said that the D-10 coaches have been very welcoming since the news broke.

His players, however, initially had mixed reactions.

“The guys seem excited to play in a conference, but they were just unsure of the competition since they never played any Pennsylvania teams,” Dobran said.

“They were also a little upset we can’t play a few of our rivals, mainly Edgewood because it’s right down the road, but I believe we will quickly make new rivals and enjoy the fun of playing for a conference championship.”

Home and away Conneaut plays its home games at Joslin Field, which is part of the ConneautSPARC complex. SPARC stands for “Social Place for Athletics, Recreation and Community.”

Joslin Field features has a new 1,700-seat grandstand, including “preferred seating” featuring 300 captains seats.

The Spartans will travel an average of 46.6 miles per game in Pennsylvania this season, with their longest trips to Oil City (86.4 miles) and Corry (62.9). Harbor Creek, Mercyhurst Prep and Titusville travel to Conneaut for region games, which is an average of 48.6 miles per trip for the three teams.

Conneaut will play its first two games of the season against Ohio competition. The Spartans will visit LaBrae on Friday and then host Champion on Sept. 2.

Conneaut then will travel to Oil City on Sept. 9 for its first game this year against a District 10 opponent. It will open Region 4 play on Sept. 16 when it hosts Mercyhurst Prep.

“I haven’t heard anything negative from D-10 schools about the decision,” Iacino said. “A number of our schools were playing them in various sports, anyway.

We viewed this as a help for our own schools as well. It helps our schools with filling their schedules, and it coincided with what Conneaut needed. It helped solve a problem for us in maintaining a reasonable number of teams in some regions, and it worked out for both sides.”

T O M R E I S E N W E B E R can be reached at 870-1707 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNreisenweber. Read the Varsity blog at GoErieBlogs.com/varsity.

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INDEX

STANDINGS

Cambridge Springs ...90-91 Cochranton .................92 Farrell .......................93 Union City ..............94-95 West Middlesex ...........96 Youngsville .................97

Region Overall x-Sharpsville 6-0 12-1 y-Farrell 5-1 14-2 y-West Middlesex 3-3 8-4 y-Wilmington 3-3 6-5 Lakeview 2-4 6-4 Reynolds 2-4 3-7 Mercer 0-6 1-9 x-region champion y-qualified for the playoffs

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REGION

POSTSEASON District 10 Quarterfinals Sharpsville 49, Maplewood 14 West Middlesex 27, Iroquois 20 Farrell 44, Eisenhower 0 Cambridge Springs 34, Wilmington 6 Semifinals Sharpsville 46, West Middlesex 7 Farrell 40, Cambridge Springs 21 Championship Farrell 26, Sharpsville 20, OT

HOW REALIGNMENT LOOKS

PIAA Quarterfinals Farrell 27, Kane 6 Semifinals Farrell 26, Berlin-Brothersvalley 21 Championship Bishop Guilfoyle 35, Farrell 0

New region — 1A School Enrollment Cambridge Springs 139 Cochranton 123 Farrell 81 Union City 121 West Middlesex 120 Youngsville 123* *Youngsville has an enrollment of 119, and the Eagles include 4 of 8 students from Warren County Christian because of a co-op.

1A range: 140 and below

SEASON OUTLOOK ▀ 2015 champion:

Sharpsville ▀ Favorite: Farrell ▀ Contenders: Cambridge Springs, West Middlesex ▀ Dark horse: Cochranton

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REGION 5 CHAMPIONS (Since initial realignment in 2004)

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

PLAYER TO WATCH Peter Jamieson, Cochranton RB/WR/DB · 5-10, 163 Jamieson ran for 251 yards and two touchdowns in 2015. He also led the Cardinals with 23 catches for 452 yards and six touchdowns.

2015 — Sharpsville (6-0) 2014 — Farrell, Lakeview, Sharpsville, West Middlesex, Wilmington (quin-champions, 4-2) 2013 — Lakeview (5-1) 2012 — West Middlesex (6-0) 2011 — Sharpsville (7-0) 2010 — Farrell, Sharpsville (co-champions, 7-1) 2009 — Farrell (8-0) 2008 — Farrell, Linesville, Mercer (tri-champions, 7-1) 2007 — Mercer (8-0) 2006 — West Middlesex (8-0) 2005 — Kennedy Catholic (6-0) 2004 — Sharpsville (6-0)

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Blue Devils

2015 RECORD 10-2 overall 7-0 Region 2 2016: Region 1 Home field: Baird Field

OFFENSE Cambridge Springs had one of the top offenses in District 10 last season -- and the best in Class A -- averaging 41.8 points per game. But it has plenty of work to do to rebuild on that side of the ball this fall.

The Blue Devils were hit hard by graduation, including half the offensive line and most of the backfield. One of the most difficult players to replace is running back Zach Stafford, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career rushing and scoring leader. Stafford ran for 1,964 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior and finished with 214 points on 33 TDs overall in 2015. Fellow running back Hunter Cox also graduated after rushing for 212 yards and three TDs and catching 13 passes for 327 yards and four TDs. Quarterback Stevie Reisenauer threw for 729 yards and nine TDs, but he, too, is gone, along with career receiving leader Kris Silbaugh, who had eight catches for 207 yards and two TDs. Add in the graduations of linemen Blaine Wolfrom, Deven Simpson and Josh Ebright, and the Blue Devils will have a dramatic new look on offense this fall.

Noah Reisenauer could step up to replace his brother at quarterback, with running backs Cody Lanning, Carter Babb and Todd Hall returning in the backfield.

Lanning ran for 509 yards and five TDs on 68 carries, and Babb ran for 176 yards and two TDs. Tight end Tom Detelich is the top returning receiver after catching five passes for 92 yards and two TDs. Guards Jordan Peterson, Brad Stoeger and Dustin Kingsley return to anchor the line.

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............at Titusville.....................7 Sept. 2 .............. Saegertown ....................7 Sept. 9 .............. at Reynolds ....................7 Sept. 16 ......... at Cochranton* .................7 Sept. 23 ........ West Middlesex* ................7 Sept. 30 ...............at Girard.......................7 Oct. 7 ................ Union City* ....................7 Oct. 14 ..................Farrell*........................7 Oct. 21 ............at Youngsville*..................7 Oct. 28 ..................Seneca........................7 *Region 1 game 90

line. Stafford had 12 sacks, and Wolfrom had 60 tackles. Peterson and Stoeger will anchor the defensive line, and Hall and Babb lead the linebacking corps. Blake Richardson, Jamie Brown and Kingsley could step in on the line, but the biggest concern is the secondary, where Noah Reisenauer, Trent Merry, Levi Henderson and Chase Schultz could all compete for time.

JORDAN PETERSON

OUTLOOK Along with heavy roster turnover, the Blue Devils switched to Region 1 during the offseason. That brings some familiar teams coupled with southern powers Farrell and West Middlesex.

Cambridge Springs won 10 straight games last season after an overtime loss to West Middlesex in Week 1.

The Blue Devils hung with Farrell in the District 10 semifinals before losing, 40-21.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a shot at Justin Grubbs both in region play -2nd season and possibly again in 10-2 record the postseason.

The Blue Devils open at Titusville before a rivalry showdown with Saegertown.

The toughest stretch could be from Week 3-6 with a trip to Cochranton, a home game against West Middlesex and a road game at Girard.

October 14 brings a rematch with Farrell at home. Cambridge Springs lost some of the top playmakers in school history, but the program has successfully rebuilt in recent years. That depth and tradition will be seriously tested this fall.

COACH

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS Senior

Lineman

DEFENSE Cambridge Springs also had one of the top defenses in D-10 in 2015, allowing 8.7 points per game. As with the offense, there are big holes to fill thanks to graduation. Simpson, a linebacker, led the Blue Devils with 139 tackles and had four sacks and five forced fumbles. Also gone are several contributors in the secondary. Cox had 100 tackles and three interceptions, while Stevie Reisenauer had 43 tackles and two interceptions. Silbaugh also departs from the secondary, but junior Brody Swab is back to lead the unit after picking off two passes last fall. Stafford, Wolfrom and Patrick Johnson are gone from the defensive

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 10-2 7-0 2014 8-3 7-0 2013 8-3 6-1 2012 3-7 2-5 2011 5-6 4-4 2010 6-5 5-3 2009 7-4 6-2 2008 7-4 6-2 2007 4-6 3-5 2006 5-6 5-3

Tom Detelich

Todd Hall

Cody Lanning

Noah Reisenauer

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season at West Middlesex Saegertown* Youngsville* at Eisenhower* Maplewood* at Cochranton* Girard Union City* at Iroquois* at Northwestern

Brad Stoeger

District 10 playoffs

Wilmington Farrell *Region 2 game CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Cambridge Springs went 5-0 at Baird Field in 2016.

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Stevie Reisenauer 31 62 729 9

Wt. 153 144 147 144 149 155 188 150 149 124 83 136 140 193 115 159

Yr. Jr. So. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Pos. RB/LB QB/DB RB/LB WR/DB RB/LB QB/DB RB/DB RB/DB RB/LB RB/LB WR/DB RB/LB QB/LB TE/DE RB/DB OL/DL

No. Name Ht. Wt. 52 Jacob Ferris 5-8 163 53 Lucas Sheldon 5-8 159 55 Brad Stoeger 6-1 244 56 Cullen McCandless 5-5 144 59 Ryan Shaffer 5-9 147 61 Blake Richardson 5-9 209 62 Joe Powell 6-2 302 65 Jacob Kingsley 5-11 218 67 Jordan Peterson 5-10 258 71 Jamie Brown 5-9 236 72 Dustin Kingsley 6-3 225 80 Deryk Taylor 6-0 160 85 Nate Bowens 6-1 160 88 Tom Detelich 6-4 276 89 Dan Muzzy 5-10 145 Note: 2015 school years listed.

Yr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr.

Pos. OL/DE OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/LB WR/DB TE/DE WR/DB

Name Zach Stafford Stevie Reisenauer Cody Lanning Name Hunter Cox Kris Silbaugh Tom Detelich Name Zach Stafford Stevie Reisenauer Hunter Cox Cody Lanning Returnees in bold

Rushing

Att. Yds. 186 1,964 94 811 68 509

Receiving Rec. 13 8 5

Yds. 327 207 92

TD 33 14 8 5

PAT 0 0 0 0

Scoring

Int. 4

Avg. 10.6 8.6 7.5

TD 30 14 5

Avg. 25.2 25.9 18.4

TD 4 2 2

2-pt. Total 8 214 9 102 2 52 7 44

Ht. 5-10 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-8 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-4 5-8 5-0 5-5 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-11

W, 34-6 L, 21-40

Passing

Jamie Brown

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 5 Todd Hall 7 Noah Reisenauer 9 Zach Boylan 11 Brody Swab 12 Carter Babb 20 Ty Turner 25 Cody Lanning 26 Trent Merry 29 Rick McWilliams 30 Tristin Findlay 31 Anthony Stover 33 Chase Schultz 34 Levi Henderson 44 Alex Wheeler 48 Garrett Boylan 51 Jerry Mosconi

L, 20-22 W, 63-0 W, 65-0 W, 39-0 W, 54-0 W, 43-7 W, 49-0 W, 66-8 W, 34-21 W, 14-0

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Cardinals

2015 RECORD 4-6 overall 3-4 Region 2 2016: Region 1 Home field: Cochranton Stadium

CURTIS FREYERMUTH

OUTLOOK Cochranton just missed out on the District 10 Class A playoffs last fall with a team full of underclassmen.

The Cardinals gained plenty of experience and could be a dark horse team in Region 1 this season. Farrell and West Middlesex are southern powerhouses and Cambridge Springs is a perennial contender, but Cochranton could surprise a few teams and make a run at the Region 1 and D-10 Class 1A titles.

Quarterback Curtis Freyermuth had a breakout freshman season with 636 yards and eight touchdowns through the air, and he led the team in rushing with 849 yards and seven TDs. He also led the defense with two interceptions.

COCHRANTON

Sophomore

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 10 11 12 15 20 23 24 30 31 32 33 34 35 40 50 52 56 60 75 77 79 80 84 86 88 91

Name Kohl Bernarding Shane Hoban Peter Jamieson Nate Slawson Cam Geist Nick Slawson Zack Swan Blake Miller Seth Brenot Garrett Long Garrett Yoder Curtis Freyermuth Cavin Gilliland Kenny Custead Alex Suder Hayden Miller Dylan Neff Jeriah Hostetler Dalton Boozer Tyler Freyermuth Cameron Kramer R.J. Kuhn Brenden Ace Logan Shreve Cale Miller Kolten Boozer

Ht. 5-7 5-5 5-10 5-11 5-7 5-6 5-6 6-1 5-7 5-6 5-9 5-10 5-6 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-5 5-8 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-1

Wt. 120 105 163 180 155 130 118 180 170 160 170 175 155 160 175 228 180 165 215 215 260 170 135 170 140 155

Yr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So.

Pos. QB/DB WR/DB DB/RB/WR QB/DB/OLB RB/LB WR/DB WB/DB MLB/TE/RB RB/LB/KR RB/LB DB/RB/QB QB/LB/RB LB/WR OL/LB DE/OL C/DL/G OL/DL C/DE OL/DL OG/DE/C DT/OT WR/DB OL/LB WR/LB/PR WR/DB WR/LB/K

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H Peter Jamieson

R.J. Kuhn

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ........... at Maplewood ..................7 Sept. 2 ..................Seneca........................7 Sept. 9 ............ at Saegertown ..................7 Sept. 16 ..... Cambridge Springs* .............7 Sept. 23 ............Youngsville*.................... 7 Sept. 30 ...............Titusville.......................7 Oct. 7 .......... at West Middlesex* ..............7 Oct. 14 .............. Union City* ....................7 Oct. 21 ................at Farrell*......................7 Oct. 28 ............... at Iroquois .....................7 *Region 1 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

at Reynolds Union City* at Maplewood* Saegertown* at Iroquois* Cambridge Springs* West Middlesex Youngsville* at Eisenhower* at A-C Valley *Region 2 game

L, 0-35 W, 26-20 L, 6-28 W, 34-6 L, 18-34 L, 7-43 L, 8-24 W, 55-17 L, 14-19 W, 25-0

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The backfield returns seniors Blake Miller and Peter Jamieson. Miller ran for 340 yards and two TDs, and Jamieson ran for 251 yards and two TDs. Jamieson led the Cardinals with 23 catches for 452 yards and six TDs last fall, while Miller, a linebacker, led Cochranton with 87 tackles. Senior Tyler Nathan Liberty Freyermuth is back to 5th season anchor the defensive 22-18 record line after recording three sacks last season.

The Cardinals have plenty of experienced linemen back, including Kenny Custead and Dylan Neff.

R.J. Kuhn, Nate Slawson, Garrett Yoder and Logan Shreve are returning starters on both sides of the ball.

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Curtis Freyermuth 36 79 636 8 5 Nate Slawson 21 43 278 3 1

Rushing

Name Curtis Freyermuth Blake Miller Peter Jamieson Seth Brenot

Att. Yds. 134 849 59 340 39 251 77 245

Avg. 6.3 5.8 6.4 3.2

TD 7 2 2 2

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Peter Jamieson 23 452 19.7 R.J. Kuhn 9 138 15.3

TD 6 3

Receiving Scoring

Name TD PAT Curtis Freyermuth 8 0 Peter Jamieson 8 0 Kolten Boozer 2 10 Returnees in bold

2-pt. Total 0 48 0 48 0 22

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

Nate Slawson

Tyler Freyermuth

Blake Miller

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Steelers BRAXTON CHAPMAN

Running Back

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name 2 Kyi Wright 3 Braxton Chapman 11 Christian Lewis 13 Donald Phillips 15 Elijah Harper 19 Everton Rawlins 20 Jamylan Coleman 22 Tymir Green 24 James Jackson 25 Joe Ivan 26 Roy Timmons 32 Josh Nix 52 Tyrese Somerville 55 Wandell Murray 57 Kobe Hilton 58 Vincent Purdue 59 Isaac Green 66 Rayquan Freeman

Ht. 6-3 6-0 5-9 6-0 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-5 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-8 5-10 5-10

Wt. Yr. Pos. 212 Fr. QB/TE/LB 204 Jr. RB/LB 150 Fr. RB/LB 165 Jr. WR/DB 140 Fr. QB/DB 140 Fr. WR/DB 170 Jr. WR/DB 175 Fr. RB/DB 147 Jr. RB/DB 305 Jr. RB/LB 152 So. WR/DB 155 So. RB/LB 267 Jr. OL/DL 285 Jr. OL/DL 225 Fr. OL/DL 225 Fr. OL/DL 205 Fr. OL/DL 258 Jr. OL/DL

1 0 -Y E A R T R E N D Year Overall Region 2015 14-2 5-1 2014 8-4 4-2 2013 4-5 2-4 2012 6-5 3-3 2011 6-5 4-3 GoErie.com/Varsity

14-2 overall 5-1 Region 1 2016: Region 1 Home field: Falconi Field at Paulekas Stadium

OUTLOOK Farrell caught fire in the 2015 postseason with an upset of Sharpsville in the District 10 Class A championship before a string of thrilling wins on the way to Hershey.

The Steelers came up one win short of a state title, but their run was memorable.

Farrell stopped Sharpsville at the goal line in overtime for the D-10 title before handling Kane in the PIAA quarterfinals, then using a 76-yard touchdown pass from Alex Myers to Marcus McCoy to win a semifinal against BerlinBrothersvalley.

The Steelers are starting over this year after suffering heavy graduation losses.

Farrell will turn to senior playmaker Braxton Chapman and five classmates after losing multiple playmakers to graduation.

FARRELL

Senior

2015 RECORD

Year Overall Region 2010 13-2 7-1 2009 14-1 8-0 2008 12-3 7-1 2007 9-3 7-1 2006 3-8 1-7

2016 SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time Aug. 27 ...........at Neshannock..................4 Sept. 2 ............... North East .....................7 Sept. 9 .................. Carrick ........................7 Sept. 16 ...... at West Middlesex* ..............7 Sept. 23 .......... at Union City* ..................7 Sept. 30 .............. Meadville ......................7 Oct. 7 ................Youngsville*.................... 7 Oct. 14 ..... at Cambridge Springs* ...........7 Oct. 21 ............. Cochranton* ...................7 Oct. 28 Bye *Region 1 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

at East Reynolds* West Middlesex* at Lakeview* at Wilmington* Bishop Kearney (N.Y.) at Grove City Sharpsville* at Mercer* at United

W, 43-0 W, 46-10 W, 42-0 W, 49-8 W, 37-6 W, 42-28 W, 44-9 L, 8-26 W, 36-0 W, 44-20

Eisenhower Cambridge Springs Sharpsville

W, 44-0 W, 40-21 W, 26-20

Kane Berlin-Brothersvalley Bishop Guilfoyle *Region 1 game

W, 27-6 W, 26-21 L, 0-35

District 10 playoffs PIAA playoffs

First up is finding a quarterback to replace Myers. Kyi Wright was the backup in 2015 but could move to running back. Chapman rushed for 1,427 yards and 15 touchdowns, and Christian Lewis is back in the defensive backfield. Standout wide receiver James Jackson is back, and Wandell Murray and Kobe Hilton return on the line. Farrell could be bolstered by the Jarrett Samuels transfers of talented 9th season Sharon linebacker 80-25 record Pap Keeler and West Middlesex receiver Jourdan Townsend.

Brandon Chambers and Roy Timmons are players to watch as well. Farrell has a young but talented team that needs its senior class to step up and lead.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Name Alex Myers Kyi Wright

Passing

Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. 124 226 2,217 19 18 3 5 56 0 1

Rushing

Name Braxton Chapman Alex Myers Malachi Newell Davaughn Greene Tyrrell Adkins Name Malachi Newell Marcus McCoy John Jackson Tyrrell Adkins Kyi Wright

Att. Yds. 207 1,427 142 941 87 683 37 362 24 342

Avg. 6.9 6.6 7.9 9.8 14.3

TD 15 16 11 6 5

Rec. Yds. Avg. 35 490 14.0 29 656 22.6 15 211 14.1 11 219 19.9 11 187 17.0

TD 4 7 2 1 2

Receiving

Scoring Name Alex Myers Malachi Newell Braxton Chapman Davaughn Greene Marcus McCoy Returnees in bold

TD PAT 16 0 16 0 15 0 10 0 7 4

2-pt. Total 19 134 9 114 3 96 1 62 1 48

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Bears

2015 RECORD 3-7 overall 3-4 Region 2 2016: Region 1 Home field: Bears Stadium

OFFENSE Union City is beginning to steadily improve offensively, and the Bears are no longer near the bottom of the District 10 scoring list after averaging 25.1 points per game in 2015.

Most of the offense is back, including quarterback Daulton Kerns, who threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns last fall.

He also rushed for 634 yards and eight TDs on 150 carries.

The Bears will need to replace running back Austin Mattocks, who ran for 662 yards and five TDs, and wide receiver Joshua Still, who caught a team-leading five passes for 137 yards and two TDs. Cameron Kesselring returns at running back after carrying 67 times for 527 yards and seven TDs in 2015.

Kesselring likely will have to take on a heavier workload to help replace Mattocks’ production.

Kyler Brown ran for 151 yards last season and could also take on a bigger role in the backfield.

Emmett Murphy returns as an all-purpose player, and Paul Lindstrom, Jared Goodenow, Alex Boylan and Brenner Ferringer are back to anchor the offensive line.

Those four will be counted on to lead with the losses of Austin Kesselring and Justin Douglass up front.

Union City could also receive contributions from sophomore running back Gavin Henry and junior running back Xander Shields.

The overall focus is on building confidence and depth on offense.

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..................at Seneca ......................7 Sept. 2 ................. Maplewood.....................7 Sept. 9 ................Harbor Creek ...................7 Sept. 16 ............ at Youngsville*..................7 Sept. 23 .................. Farrell*........................7 Sept. 30 ..................Iroquois .......................7 Oct. 7 .......... at Cambridge Springs*............7 Oct. 14 .............. at Cochranton*..................7 Oct. 21 .............West Middlesex* ................7 Oct. 28 ....................... Bye *Region 1 game 94

and Matthew Long, Jordan Eliason and Garrett Kesselring could compete for playing time as well. Cameron Kesselring, Brown, Kerns and Murphy are all back in the secondary, but a big concern could be at linebacker. Union City has size up front and speed in the secondary, but coming together with a new set of linebackers will be crucial.

The Bears went 3-0 last season when allowing 22 points or fewer and 0-7 when allowing at least 26 points. Union City’s offense continues to make strides, and if the defense can catch up, the Bears could be a tough out in Region 1 and Class A.

CAMERON KESSELRING

OUTLOOK It wasn’t easy for Union City to try to rebuild in Region 2 with several strong programs in the way and against what became an annual battle with low numbers.

Coach Randy Randy Gunther Gunther seems to 18th season have gotten the 61-112 record program past the participation problems, and the offense is starting to improve as the players understand the system.

Now it’s time for the other side of the ball to catch up.

The Bears have to improve defensively to compete, especially in a region with so many perennial playoff teams.

If the Bears can fill the holes in the backfield and continue to develop cohesion, they could be an interesting team to keep an eye on this fall.

COACH

UNION CITY

Junior

Running Back

DEFENSE The defense struggled to stop top offenses in Region 2 last fall, and the Bears will need to improve on that to contend for a playoff spot. Region 1 features fast offenses in Farrell and West Middlesex and tough, grinding offenses in Cambridge Springs and Cochranton. Union City needs a big effort from its defense to keep progressing as a program. The Bears will have to replace Austin Kesselring and Douglass on the defensive line, along with Mattocks at linebacker.

Lindstrom, Goodenow, Boylan and Ferringer are back on the defensive line,

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

1 0 -Y E A R TREND Year Overall Region 2015 3-7 3-4 2014 0-10 0-7 2013 1-9 1-6 2012 3-7 3-4 2011 2-8 2-6 2010 5-5 5-3 2009 7-4 6-2 2008 7-4 5-3 2007 1-9 1-7 2006 1-9 1-7

Garrett Kesselring

Jared Uber

Jared Goodenow

Collin Hedderick

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2015 IN REVIEW Regular Season

Seneca at Cochranton* at Saegertown* Iroquois* Youngsville* at Eisenhower* Harbor Creek at Cambridge Springs* Maplewood* at Corry *Region 2 game

Passing

Name Com. Att. Daulton Kerns 13 39

L, 24-51 L, 20-26 W, 40-8 L, 0-33 W, 59-21 L, 30-41 L, 20-42 L, 8-66 W, 28-22 L, 22-54

Yds. TD 251 3

Rushing

Int. 4

Name Austin Mattocks Daulton Kerns Cameron Kesselring Riley Cross Kyler Brown

Att. 135 150 67 19 31

Yds. 662 634 527 179 151

Avg. 4.9 4.2 7.9 9.4 4.9

TD 5 8 7 3 0

Name Joshua Still Riley Cross Brenner Ferringer Xander Shields Gabe Pieper

Rec. 5 2 2 2 1

Yds. 137 40 37 28 20

Avg. 27.4 20.0 18.5 14.0 20.0

TD 2 1 0 0 0

Receiving

Scoring

Name Daulton Kerns Cameron Kesselring Joshua Still Austin Mattocks Riley Cross Returnees in bold

TD 8 8 6 5 4

PAT 2-pt. Total 0 4 56 0 0 48 0 2 40 0 2 34 0 3 30

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Junior Daulton Kerns is Union Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading returning passer, rusher and scorer.

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. Name Ht. 2 Cameron Kesselring 5-8 5 Kyle Babcock 5-8 7 Gabe Pieper 6-3 10 Jacob Uber 5-11 11 Gavin Henry 5-10 15 Daulton Kerns 5-10 16 Harley Nichols 5-7 19 Emmett Murphy 5-11 20 Howard Chase 5-7 21 Riley Cross 5-10 22 Xander Shields 5-9 24 Collin Hedderick 5-7 25 Kyler Brown 5-9

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Wt. 145 165 185 150 150 155 130 140 175 150 160 130 150

Yr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. So.

Pos. RB/DB RB/LB TE/LB RB/LB QB/LB QB/DB WR/DB WR/DB RB/LB RB/DB RB/DB WR/DB RB/LB

No. Name Ht. 28 Blake Hornaman 5-1 30 Justin Northrop 5-9 40 Brandon Richardson 5-6 44 Matthew Long 5-8 45 Brenner Ferringer 6-0 50 Tyler Hedderick 5-6 51 Jared Goodenow 6-2 54 Alexander Boylan 5-11 55 Jordan Eliason 5-10 56 Paul Lindstrom 5-10 61 Richard Best 5-5 63 Garrett Kesselring 5-10

Wt. 100 135 175 185 185 175 200 240 215 180 175 200

Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. So. So. So.

Pos. WR/DB RB/LB RB/LB RB/LB TE/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Jeff Bobin

Kyler Brown is a junior running back for Union City.

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Big Reds

2015 RECORD 8-4 overall 3-3 Region 1 2016: Region 1 Home field: Big Red Stadium

JOSHUA PORTERFIELD

WEST MIDDLESEX Senior

Quarterback

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 5 8 9 10 15 18 28 40 44 56 57 58 63 67 75 79

Name Chase Staunch Shannon Slovesko Cody Kobielus Dustin Murray Joshua Porterfield Logan Hurley Clayton Parrish Jacob Jarzenske Cade Franks Colton McElrath Josh Angleton Zach Long Anthony Trippy Tommy Blair Joseph Wansack Rye Yanak

Yr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. So.

Pos. WR/LB QB/DB WR/LB WR/LB QB/LB WR/DB RB/LB RB/DB RB/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

OUTLOOK West Middlesex continues to be a perennial contender for region and district titles as a small school.

The Big Reds have won at least seven games in five straight seasons and could be an instant contender in Region 1 and District 10 Class 1A. West Middlesex will have plenty of work to do in order to continue its success after massive graduation losses.

The Big Reds lost quarterback Nicky Cannone along with running back Luke Hemminger and playmakers Jason Ash and Dylan Long.

Cannone threw for 1,172 yards and 12 touchdowns, while Hemminger ran for 766 yards and six TDs. Ash ran for 378 yards and five TDs and

caught 14 passes for 157 yards, while Long ran for 117 yards and one TD and caught 12 passes for 126 yards.

Josh Porterfield is a major loss on the offensive line, while up-and-coming wide receiver Jourdan Townsend transferred back to Farrell.

Joshua Porterfield — not the lineman that graduated — Ed Roberson could be the 4th season quarterback after 25-12 record rushing for 100 yards last fall. Chase Staunch caught 10 passes for 96 yards, and he could battle Porterfield for the quarterback job.

Either way, both will be on the field full time for offense that needs playmakers to emerge.

COACH

2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 ..............Sharpsville.....................7 Sept. 2 ............ at Wilmington ..................7 Sept. 9 ............... at Iroquois .....................7 Sept. 16 ................Farrell*........................7 Sept. 23 ... at Cambridge Springs* ...........7 Sept. 30 ........ Mercyhurst Prep ................7 Oct. 7 ............... Cochranton* ...................7 Oct. 14 ............at Youngsville*..................7 Oct. 21 ............ at Union City* ..................7 Oct. 28 .....................Bye *Region 1 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season

Cambridge Springs Lakeview* at Farrell* Wilmington* at Sharpsville* Mercer* at Cochranton Homer-Center at Reynolds* Fort LeBoeuf

W, 22-20 W, 22-16 L, 0-42 W, 24-7 L, 6-37 W, 32-0 W, 24-8 W, 25-8 L, 19-42 W, 13-10

Iroquois Sharpsville *Region 1 game

W, 27-20 L, 7-46

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Att. Yds. TD Int. Nicky Cannone 86 212 1,172 12 13 Shannon Slovesko 4 7 38 0 0

Rushing

Name Att. Yds. Luke Hemminger 126 766 Jason Ash 66 378

Avg. 6.1 5.7

TD 6 5

Name Rec. Yds. Jourdan Townsend 15 307 Jason Ash 14 157

Avg. 20.5 11.2

TD 4 1

Name TD PAT Jason Ash 7 0 Luke Hemminger 6 0 Jourdan Townsend 4 0 Chase Staunch 2 11 Returnees in bold

2-pt. Total 0 42 0 36 1 26 1 25

Receiving Scoring

P L A Y E R S T O W AT C H

District 10 playoffs

Cody Kobielus

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Zach Long

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Dustin Murray

Chase Staunch

Colt MacElrath

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2015 RECORD 0-10 overall 0-7 Region 2 2016: Region 1 Home field: Mike Shine Field

BRADY KESTERHOLT

Youngsville is in a tough transition right now with another new head coach this fall.

Assistant coach Andy Chase takes over after John Victor became the school’s athletic director. Youngsville has two wins in the past four seasons after an unbeaten regular season in 2011.

The Eagles had the No. 41 offense in District 10 at 8.7 points per game, and the worst defense, allowing 50.6 points per game in 2015. Youngsville had a young and inexperienced team, and the Eagles lost most of their top offensive players.

Jordan Keyes, Seth Ecelberger, Noah Myers and Aaron Morris all were offensive contributors as underclassmen, but none of the four plans to play this season.

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Senior

Wide Receiver

2015 UNDERCL ASSMEN No. 2 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 14 20 22 34 40 43 45 48 50 54 55 56 63 64 66 67 70 72 73 74 75 83 88

Name Krys Miller Ethan Curry Owen Engstrom Brady Kesterholt Gavin Horner David Tremblay Brandon Victor Levi Hendrickson Devan Murray Dasan McAvoy Mikhyle Fehlman Jarred Silvis Sam Hoover Dylan Burt Alex Oswalt Timmy Massa Zane Olsen Mason Benjamin Austin Spear Ryan Bush Max Smith Collin Sutton Andrew Haehn Brandon Lindstrom Paul Schwanke Justin Eck Anthony Wiler Matt Summerville Joe Frazier Braden Wilson Wyatt Rugar

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Ht. 5-8 6-0 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-9 5-0 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-8 6-0 5-7 5-8 6-2 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-8 5-7 5-10 5-7 5-8 6-2 5-7 5-8 6-1 5-7

Wt. 145 135 140 140 170 145 100 150 140 145 135 150 150 160 150 140 150 250 215 200 160 175 180 180 250 270 255 250 240 130

OUTLOOK

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Pos. RB/LB RB/DB WR/DB WR/DB QB/DE QB/LB WR/DB K/K QB/LB TE/DE RB/LB WR/LB TE/LB RB/LB WR/DE TE/DE OL/DL RB/DE OL/DE OL/DL OL/DL RB/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB WR/DB

2016 SCHEDULE Regular season

Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 .............. Saegertown ..................7 Sept. 2 ............. at Eisenhower.................7 Sept. 9 .................at Seneca ....................7 Sept. 16 ............. Union City*...................7 Sept. 23 .......... at Cochranton*................7 Oct. 1 ..................... at East ......................1 Oct. 7 .................. at Farrell*....................7 Oct. 14 ...........West Middlesex* ..............7 Oct. 21 ........ Cambridge Springs*............7 Oct. 28 ................. Sheffield.....................7 *Region 1 game

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S Regular Season Lakeview Eisenhower* at Cambridge Springs* Maplewood* at Union City* Iroquois* East at Cochranton* at Saegertown* at Seneca *Region 2 game

L, 7-68 L, 3-62 L, 0-65 L, 12-34 L, 21-59 L, 7-68 L, 0-12 L, 17-55 L, 7-28 L, 13-55

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Gavin Horner appears to be the favorite to start at quarterback after passing for 199 yards and two TDs. Dylan Burt ran for 228 yards and two TDs. Wide receiver Brady Kesterholt returns after making 17 catches for 292 yards and one TD. Wyatt Rugar added eight catches for 154 yards and two TDs. Youngsville moved Andy Chase into Region 1 this 1st season season as a Class A team. The Eagles open with Saegertown before a rivalry trip to Eisenhower. It doesn’t get any easier, with Seneca the next week before road trips to Cochranton, East and Farrell. Youngsville is looking for stability in its program. Under Chase, the Eagles will try to improve each week.

COACH

2015 LEADERS Passing

Name Com. Jordan Keyes 10 Gavin Horner 16 Seth Ecelberger 15 Name Noah Myers Dylan Burt

Att. 38 49 62

Rushing

Yds. TD Int. 202 1 3 199 2 6 152 1 5

Att. Yds. 79 338 58 228

Avg. 4.3 3.9

TD 4 2

Name Rec. Yds. Avg. Brady Kesterholt 17 292 17.2 Aaron Morris 9 73 8.1 Wyatt Rugar 8 154 19.3

TD 1 1 2

Receiving

Scoring

Name TD PAT 2-pt. Total Noah Myers 4 0 0 24 a-Levi Hendrickson 0 7 0 13 a-includes two field goals; Returnees in bold

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DISTRICT 10 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

CLASS AAAA 2015: McDowell 35, General McLane 30 2014: McDowell 29, General McLane 19 2008-2013: No title game played 2007: Cathedral Prep 15, McDowell 13 2006: Cathedral Prep 35, McDowell 14 2005: Cathedral Prep 20, McDowell 19 2004: McDowell 32, Cathedral Prep 14 2003: Cathedral Prep 33, McDowell 14 2002: McDowell 14, Cathedral Prep 13 2001: Cathedral Prep 33, McDowell 21 2000: Cathedral Prep 62, McDowell 21 1999: Cathedral Prep 54, McDowell 14 1998: Cathedral Prep 34, Meadville 0 1997: McDowell 21, Central 7 1996: McDowell 24, Central 0 1995: McDowell 14, Cathedral Prep 0 1994: Central 28, Cathedral Prep 15 1993: Central 21, McDowell 6 1992: Cathedral Prep 14, McDowell 13 1991: Cathedral Prep 13, Meadville 0 1990: Cathedral Prep 21, Meadville 7 1989: Cathedral Prep 21, Franklin 6

CLASS AAA 2015: Cathedral Prep 42, Conneaut 21 2014: Conneaut 14, Cathedral Prep 7 2013: Cathedral Prep 63, General McLane 21 2012: Cathedral Prep 48, General McLane 14 2011: Grove City 33, Cathedral Prep 0 2010: Cathedral Prep 28, Grove City 16 2009: Cathedral Prep 47, Grove City 21 2008: Strong Vincent 28, Cathedral Prep 0 2007: Strong Vincent 41, General McLane 6 2006: General McLane 19, Strong Vincent 7 2005: General McLane 23, Strong Vincent 20 2004: Strong Vincent 28, General McLane 7 2003: Strong Vincent 36, Franklin 15 2002: General McLane 42, Warren 6 2001: Wilmington 28, Greenville 7 2000: Wilmington 16, Greenville 7 1999: Greenville 42, General McLane 6 1998: Oil City 25, General McLane 18 1997: Greenville 35, Grove City 6 1996: Greenville 24, Corry 0

1995: Sharon 20, Greenville 6 1994: Sharon 36, Strong Vincent 12 1993: Greenville 9, Sharon 7 1992: Sharon 22, Corry 0 1991: Strong Vincent 14, Sharon 10 1990: Sharon 28, Strong Vincent 0 1989: Reynolds 26, Titusville 12

CLASS AA 2015: Hickory 32, Sharon 19 2014: Hickory 12, Greenville 7 2013: Hickory 21, Girard 10 2012: Hickory 39, Wilmington 7 2011: Hickory 35, General McLane 13 2010: Sharon 14, Hickory 6 2009: Wilmington 19, Sharon 0 2008: Wilmington 21, Slippery Rock 14 OT 2007: Wilmington 18, Harbor Creek 6 2006: Wilmington 23, Fairview 6 2005: Reynolds 21, Wilmington 0 2004: Grove City 33, Harbor Creek 7 2003: Slippery Rock 34, Girard 13 2002: Slippery Rock 17, Sharon 7 2001: Sharon 33, North East 0 2000: Sharon 35, Girard 0 1999: Sharon 13, Wilmington 6 1998: Sharon 35, Wilmington 7 1997: Wilmington 42, Sharon 0 1996: Wilmington 19, Northwestern 7 1995: Wilmington 21, Grove City 19 1994: Wilmington 27, Mercer 0 1993: Northwestern 7, Mercer 6 1992: Fairview 13, Northwestern 6 1991: Hickory 21, Greenville 20 1990: Fort LeBoeuf 20, Fairview 13 1989: Hickory 34, Fairview 10 CLASS A 2015: Farrell 26, Sharpsville 20, OT 2014: Sharpsville 29, West Middlesex 14 2013: Lakeview 27, Sharpsville 0 2012: Sharpsville 28, West Middlesex 0 2011: Sharpsville 21, West Middlesex 13 2010: Farrell 39, Mercyhurst Prep 0 2009: Farrell 34, Sharpsville 7

2008: Farrell 28, Linesville 7 2007: Mercyhurst Prep 21, Mercer 19 2006: West Middlesex 35, Sharpsville 13 2005: Kennedy Catholic 34, Sharpsville 12 2004: Sharpsville 21, Linesville 14 2003: West Middlesex 7, Cochranton 6, 2OT 2002: West Middlesex 21, Eisenhower 17 2001: Sharpsville 39, Iroquois 6 2000: Sharpsville 14, Kennedy Christian 7 1999: Sharpsville 61, Linesville 12 1998: Kennedy Christian 6, Sharpsville 3 1997: Sharpsville 14, Cambridge Springs 7 1996: Cambridge Springs 13, Sharpsville 10 1995: Iroquois 31, Eisenhower 8 1994: Kennedy Christian 16, Eisenhower 15 1993: Eisenhower 15, Maplewood 0 1992: Eisenhower 15, Iroquois 14 1991: Iroquois 36, Eisenhower 12 1990: Iroquois 13, Eisenhower 10, 2OT 1989: Kennedy Christian 27, Linesville 22

BEFORE FOUR-CLASS RANKINGS DIVISION I 1988: Cathedral Prep 12, Sharon 10 1987: Cathedral Prep 18, Sharon 0 1986: Cathedral Prep 9, Meadville 0 1985: Sharon 53, Greenville 7 DIVISION II 1988: Hickory 32, Reynolds 20 1987: Reynolds 33, Grove City 7 1986: Reynolds 41, Lakeview 6 1985: Northwestern 40, Reynolds 7 DIVISION III 1988: Cambridge Springs 16, Saegertown 3 1987: Conneaut Valley 28, Kennedy Christian 7 1986: Sharpsville 7, Cambridge Springs 6 1985: Farrell 50, Kennedy Christian 8 MOST DISTRICT 10 TITLES 20: Cathedral Prep (12 AAAA, 5 AAA, 3 Division I) 10: Wilmington (8 AA, 2 AAA) 10: Sharon (4 AAA, 5 AA, 1 Division I) 9: Sharpsville (8 A, 1 Division III) 7: Hickory (7 AA, 1 Division II) 6: McDowell (7 AAAA) 5: Strong Vincent (5 AAA)

DISTRICT 10 IN PIAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

YEAR CLASS RESULT 1988 Class A Camp Hill 18, Cambridge Springs 7 1989 Class AA Hickory 30, Montoursville Area 22 1990 Class A Marian Catholic 21, Farrell 13* 1991 Class AAAA Central Bucks West 26, Cathedral Prep 14 1991 Class AAA Strong Vincent 29, Conestoga Valley 20 1994 Class AAA Berwick 27, Sharon 7 1995 Class AAA Berwick 43, Sharon 6 1997 Class A Sharpsville 10, Riverside 7 1999 Class AAAA Central Bucks West 14, Cathedral Prep 13 2000 Class AAAA Cathedral Prep 41, Central Bucks West 35, OT 2004 Class AA Lansdale Catholic 40, Grove City 17 2006 Class AAA General McLane 28, Pottsville 23 2006 Class A Southern Columbia 56, West Middlesex 14 2008 Class AA Wilmington 35, West Catholic 34, 2OT 2012 Class AAA Cathedral Prep 24, Archbishop Wood 14 2015 Class A Bishop Guilfoyle 35, Farrell 0 2015 Class AAA Imhotep Charter 40, Cathedral Prep 3 *Farrell was a District 7 member in 1990

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STATS Watch rushing, scoring leaders District 10 could have a new career rushing leader and scoring leader by the end of this season.

Hickory senior Chuck Carr enters the season with 4,531 yards and Meadville senior Journey Brown has Chuck Carr 4,236.

Hickory If both repeat their performances from 2015 — Carr had 2,517 yards and Brown had 2,497 — both would surpass the mark of 6,548 yards that Lakeview’s Blake Journey Brown Reddick set in 2013.

Meadville Conneaut’s Hunter Merritt set D-10’s career scoring record in 2015 when he pushed his fouryear total to 574 points.

However, both Carr (402 points) and Brown (400) Hunter figure to threaten Merritt Merritt’s standard.

Conneaut Three district career receiving records also were set in 2015 when Franklin’s Kahlil West shattered two marks and edge out a third.

West graduated with Kahlil West Franklin record totals of 175 receptions, 3,201 yards and 32 TDs, which broke Oil City tight end Ben Koyack’s records of 152 catches, 2,591 yards and 30 TDs.

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Blake Reddick holds the District 10 career rushing yards total.

Hickory’s Chuck Carr (4,531) and Meadville’s Journey Brown (4,236) should challenge the mark this fall.

6,548 D-10 CAREER LEADERS

Player Blake Reddick T.J. Phillips Hunter Merritt Joe Korcinsky Mike Archie Garrett Owens Jawan Walker Josh Fiske Justin Napotnik Ron Park Zach Stafford Chuck Carr Ross Gargano Blair Sweet Lee Plotts Mike Millero Harold Coles Journey Brown Shannon Jackson Carmone Parchman A.J. Fenton Aaron Horton DeShawn Coleman Josh Vogel Justin Platz Cornelius Barclay Javar Manning Deke Ison Chris Burns Josh Kniess Kyle Mariacher Marko Jackson Elijah Anderton Eric Lucich Josh Hobson Andre Coleman Sutton Whiting Mike Miczo Andy Blatt Dave Murzynski Chris Clark Al Chorney Joel Laird Kel Barnes Dan Green Jason Cecil Jayson Nickson Adam Fish Justin George Jeremy Snyder Matt Cragg Tim Colicchio Trevor Litwiler Tyler Johnson R.J. Bowers Danny VanDyke Artrel Foster Brandon Reiser Derrick Burns Tyler Perry Gary Dance Kevin Daly Errick Woodard John Pascuzzi Ian Price Ron Duffy Steve Witte Robert Harvey Ian Quarles Cliff Crosby Matt Lewandowski Jeff Benedict Donte Harden Jeff Davis Dan Chase Justin Angermeier Stephen Blose Corey Dunton Foster Reznor Doug Williams Doug Farley Eric Lewandowski Ed Underwood Paul Kafando Wes Phipps Ryan Sherwood-Ericsson Alex Svetz Mark Tate Brandon Roda Brian Milne Colton Noble Player Damion Terry Logan Clarke Mark Kulinski Andrew Tomko Jackson McFall Scottie Frisina

School Lakeview Sharon Conneaut Greenville Sharon North East Cathedral Prep Fort LeBoeuf Sharpsville Reynolds Cambridge Springs Hickory Kennedy Catholic Wilmington Kennedy Catholic Reynolds Fairview Meadville Fairview Sharon McDowell Mercyhurst Prep Hickory Harbor Creek Girard Mercyhurst Prep Meadville Lakeview Wilmington Slippery Rock Mercer Sharon Conneaut-Linesville West Middlesex Cambridge Springs Hickory Wilmington Northwestern Greenville Harbor Creek Grove City Fairview Reynolds Girard Cambridge Springs Kennedy Catholic Mercyhurst Prep Seneca Lakeview-Kennedy Titusville Corry Cathedral Prep Linesville North East West Middlesex Lakeview Meadville Northwestern Wilmington Fairview Cathedral Prep Oil City Fort LeBoeuf Eisenhower Saegertown Slippery Rock Eisenhower Cambridge Springs Franklin East Cambridge Springs Eisenhower Strong Vincent McDowell Fort LeBoeuf Mercer Harbor Creek Cambridge Springs Grove City Linesville Linesville Cathedral Prep Reynolds Central Tech Grove City McDowell North East Cathedral Prep Iroquois Fort LeBoeuf Cambridge Springs

School Cathedral Prep Mercer Oil City Sharon Oil City Corry

Final year Rushes Yards TDs 2013 778 6,548 61 1999 — 6,241 — 2015 750 6,024 95 1997 — 5,197 91 1990 — 5,136 — 2015 752 5,128 68 2001 605 4,865 68 1999 — 4,664 — 1999 — 4,600 — 1987 — 4,537 — 2015 490 4,533 69 Active 573 4,531 67 2006 635 4,464 65 1988 653 4,451 — 2006 546 4,448 — 2014 705 4,315 52 2015 603 4,296 56 Active 349 4,236 58 2013 630 4,228 43 2000 — 4,224 — 2008 600 4,207 54 2010 372 4,182 62 2012 360 4,141 61 2001 648 4,139 — 2000 — 4,085 — 2012 403 4,082 57 2000 — 4,057 — 2001 — 4,008 — 2007 — 3,991 — 2000 — 3,854 — 2011 453 3,846 50 1995 — 3,812 — 2014 572 3,807 46 2014 401 3,798 48 2006 652 3,774 29 1989 — 3,710 — 2010 423 3,710 54 1985 676 3,670 48 1991 — 3,667 41 2004 — 3,534 — 2007 — 3,534 — 1990 587 3,444 40 1992 — 3,443 — 2014 453 3,432 42 2000 531 3,415 35 1998 — 3,400 — 2006 390 3,360 30 2015 512 3,357 32 2000 — 3,332 — 1996 — 3,316 34 2012 575 3,299 40 1990 320 3,297 47 2009 526 3,295 — 2011 444 3,265 28 1991 — 3,264 — 2004 588 3,250 — 2012 499 3,249 33 2013 481 3,247 43 2009 419 3,235 46 2006 — 3,235 52 1986 492 3,222 30 2013 536 3,221 40 1996 — 3,201 — 2012 598 3,198 26 2008 — 3,146 40 1994 — 3,129 — 1991 465 3,115 32 1993 414 3,096 27 1989 — 3,089 27 1993 379 3,080 — 1990 501 3,077 36 1979 459 3,076 33 2007 374 3,068 40 1969 510 3,045 43 1988 — 3,021 — 2007 — 3,000 — 2005 390 2,989 46 2010 — 2,954 30 2013 403 2,914 40 2007 430 2,902 41 2008 370 2,878 30 1987 474 2,841 31 1989 — 2,833 — 2012 372 2,816 31 2011 368 2,810 57 2001 474 2,808 34 2011 454 2,787 34 1991 402 2,764 36 2014 406 2,743 38 1989 — 2,727 — 2013 371 2,707 30

Passing yards Final year 2012 2014 2011 2015 2015 2009

Com 448 436 378 374 325 336

Att 752 787 655 665 621 697

Yards 7,266 6,159 6,045 5,739 5,261 5,078

TD 87 65 60 55 61 55

Int 21 37 24 14 26 36

Kolten Hoffman Joe Dunn John Napotnik Austin Jerman Cody Crosby Hunter Merritt T.J. Wiley Porter Rembold Jeff Valentino Rich Cerro Nate Smith Alex Myers Matt Stapleford Mike Miodus Todd Smargiasso Trey Staunch Mike Schneider Jeff Eaton Tim Haworth Billy Fessler Julian Wested Eric Kuhn Brian Cavanaugh Jake Buzard Chad Eisenhooth Trevor Litwiler Chad Vogt Maurice Page Pat Hoderny Eric Mikovich Kameron Patterson Eric Carlson Chris Delmonaco

West Middlesex Girard Sharpsville Warren Eisenhower Conneaut Titusville Franklin Sharon Franklin Corry Farrell Warren Strong Vincent Wilmington West Middlesex Sharon Warren Linesville Cathedral Prep Franklin Strong Vincent Grove City West Middlesex Cochranton Linesville Harbor Creek Strong Vincent McDowell Northwestern Grove City Cathedral Prep Oil City

Player Kahlil West Ben Koyack Tyler Bittner Logan Lantz Logan Way Andrew Pryts Brian McNally Nolan Varee Brayton Edwards Morgan Hadley Charlie Fessler Dan Bokol Luke Houpt Henry Litwin Dave Ashton Todd Baker Jeremy Shreve Jesse Rice Gio Vendemia Dallas Williams Delton Williams Ziyon Strickland

School Franklin Oil City Franklin Oil City Oil City Hickory Girard Conneaut Valley Mercer Oil City Cathedral Prep Iroquois Greenville Conneaut Strong Vincent Girard Union City Oil City Greenville Oil City Cathedral Prep Sharon

Player Kahlil West Ben Koyack Logan Lantz Logan Way Andrew Pryts Tyler Bittner Henry Litwin Brian McNally Josh Lustig Morgan Hadley Charlie Fessler Nolan Varee Ziyon Strickland Dan Bokol Gio Vendemia Player Hunter Merritt Joe Korcinsky Zach Stafford Mike Archie Garrett Owens Cornelius Barclay Jawan Walker Chris Burns Stephen Blose Dan Skelton Andy Blatt DeShawn Coleman Josh Fiske Chuck Carr Ron Park Journey Brown Andre Coleman Blake Reddick Aaron Horton Harold Coles Drew Astorino Sutton Whiting

2006 2013 1997 2012 2009 2015 1997 2015 1998 2003 2013 2015 2010 1995 1997 2014 2001 2007 1986 2013 2008 1989 1992 2002 2013 2009 1991 1998 1999 1986 Active 1999 1989

— 53 — 48 39 58 37 36 — 29 36 29 30 — — 35 — 36 — 47 29 — — — 38 40 41 — 21 47 32 39 28

— 25 — 17 — 24 — 29 — — 39 26 22 — — 20 — 30 — 13 — — — — 19 — — — — — 25 — —

Final year Rec. 2015 175 2010 152 2008 149 2010 146 2013 144 2015 124 2013 112 2011 108 2014 107 2015 106 2014 106 1983 106 2013 106 2015 103 1989 100 1987 100 2000 100 2013 96 2000 95 2010 95 2012 92 Active 90

Yards 3,201 2,591 2,089 2,326 2,313 2,147 1,791 1,700 1,449 1,748 1,730 1,672 1,565 2,013 1,503 1,488 1,172 1,206 1,663 1,562 1,516 1,674

TD 32 30 26 18 25 27 17 14 15 25 19 19 21 31 — 5 — 6 — 21 15 20

Receiving yards School Final year Rec. Franklin 2015 175 Oil City 2010 152 Oil City 2010 146 Oil City 2013 144 Hickory 2015 124 Franklin 2008 149 Conneaut 2015 103 Girard 2013 112 Cathedral Prep 2000 79 Oil City 2015 106 Cathedral Prep 2014 106 Conneaut Valley 2011 108 Sharon Active 90 Iroquois 1983 106 Greenville 2000 95

Yards 3,201 2,591 2,326 2,313 2,147 2,089 2,013 1,791 1,759 1,748 1,730 1,700 1,674 1,672 1,663

TD 32 30 18 25 27 26 31 17 24 25 19 14 20 19 —

Receptions

— 356 — 301 302 269 — 253 — — 262 229 320 211 — 302 — 249 257 199 — 262 — — 226 211 250 168 219 121 244 141 —

Scoring School Final year Conneaut 2015 Greenville 1997 Cambridge Springs 2015 Sharon 1990 North East 2015 Mercyhurst Prep 2012 Cathedral Prep 2001 Wilmington 2007 Harbor Creek 2005 General McLane 2006 Greenville 1991 Hickory 2012 Fort LeBoeuf 1999 Hickory Active Reynolds 1987 Meadville Active Hickory 1989 Lakeview 2013 Mercyhurst Prep 2010 Fairview 2015 General McLane 2006 Wilmington 2010

— 590 — 501 601 469 — 518 — — 588 436 583 392 — 563 — 471 558 363 — 493 — — 460 384 443 372 456 240 439 305 —

5,060 4,936 4,597 4,349 4,221 4,025 4,016 3,982 3,953 3,861 3,847 3,829 3,796 3,765 3,734 3,652 3,649 3,624 3,614 3,606 3,603 3,594 3,534 3,531 3,475 3,389 3,365 3,311 3,307 3,235 3,210 3,159 3,102

TD PAT 2PT 95 — 2 91 — — 79 — 22 75 — 3 73 — 7 60 87 0 72 — — 71 2 2 46 93 3 46 132 3 70 — — 70 — — 69 — — 67 — — 66 — 2 62 — 14 66 — 1 63 — 10 65 — 1 62 — 7 62 — 4 61 — 2

FG Points — 574 — 546 — 518 — 456 — 452 — 447 — 432 — 430 18 429 4 426 — 420 — 420 — 414 — 402 — 400 — 400 — 398 — 398 — 392 — 386 — 380 — 370

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