MERCER REGION 1 MUSTANGS
2018 RECORD 4-5 OVERALL, 0-3 REGION 1 HOME FIELD: MERCER STADIUM
2018 RESULTS
OUTLOOK C OAC H
JEFF LOCKARD 1ST SEASON PLAYERS TO WATCH
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BOGGS SR•RB/DL
Mercer finished 2018 with a 4-5 record, but the Mustangs were a few plays away from a winning season. Mercer lost at Northwestern 10-7, and fell to Union City 44-33. The Mustangs will go in a new direction this season as Jeff Lockard takes over as head coach. Lockard inherits an experienced team that graduated only a few starters on both sides of the ball. One of the big priorities will be to replace quarterback Dylan Hetrick, who threw for 578 yards and three touchdowns as a senior. The Mustangs return P.J. Boggs and Aidan Bright in the backfield, Ian Taylor at tight end and Isaiah Phillips, Mike Ayers and Mason Hesselgesser on the offensive line. Bright had a breakout sophomore season with 468 yards and six touchdowns on 79 carries, and Boggs ran for 153 yards and five touchdowns. Bright also had 22 catches for 263 yards and two touchdowns. The Mustang defense features six returning starters, including Noah Speer and Taylor on the line, Gabe Wiley, Hesselgesser and Boggs at linebacker and Bright in the secondary. Mercer will need to fill some big holes in the secondary that were left by graduation. Mercer averaged just 17.7 points per game, which ranked in the lower half of District 10, but the Mustangs had the No. 12 defense with 21 points allowed per game. Mercer needs someone to step up at quarterback and defensive back, but the Mustangs have a solid team back for Lockard to lead this fall. One big factor for Mercer is opening the season with three home games against Cochranton, Northwestern and Eisenhower before three brutal games with road trips to Reynolds and Union City and a showdown with Farrell. If the Mustangs grow in camp and the first three weeks, they could be an interesting team to watch in region play.
REGULAR SEASON
at Cochranton at Northwestern at Eisenhower Reynolds* Union City at Farrell* Saegertown West Middlesex* at Lakeview *Region 1 game
2018 LEADERS
PASSING
Dylan Hetrick
RUSHING
Aidan Bright Brian Shevitz Andrew Weinel P.J. Boggs Danny Foore RECEIVING
Aidan Bright Brian Shevitz Zack Previty SCORING
Gabe Wiley
Aidan Bright Brian Shevitz P.J. Boggs Andrew Weinel Returnees in bold
Ian Taylor Isaiah Phillips
2019 SCHEDULE Aug. 24 Cochranton Aug. 30 Northwestern Sept. 6 Eisenhower Sept. 13 at Reynolds* Sept. 20 at Union City Sept. 27 Farrell* Oct. 4 at Saegertown Oct. 11 at West Middlesex* Oct. 18 Lakeview Oct. 25 Bye *Region 1 game
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
W, 21-6 L, 7-10 W, 19-13 L, 7-20 L, 33-44 L, 0-47 W, 28-0 L, 0-35 W, 44-14
Com. Att. Yds. TD Int 52 92 578 3 5 Att. Yds. Avg. TD 79 468 5.9 6 85 420 4.9 5 83 256 3.1 3 34 153 4.5 5 11 67 6.1 1 Rec. Yds. Avg. TD 22 263 12.0 2 16 94 5.9 0 14 223 15.9 1 TD 9 5 5 3
PAT 0 11 0 0
Michael Ayers
2018 UNDERCLASSMEN
No. Name 3 Ryan Winner 5 Logan Conner 6 Zack Swartz 7 Ross Hesselgesser 8 Nate Slater 9 Gabe Wiley 10 Ethan Wiley 11 Ryan Moore 17 Austin Smith 18 Ian Taylor 21 P.J. Boggs 22 Jacob Smith 23 Alex Kirby 32 Anthony McCrea
2-pt Total 0 54 0 41 0 30 1 20
Pos. WR/DB RB/DE RB/LB RB/LB RB/LB QB/LB QB/LB WR/DB WR/DB TE/DE RB/DL RB/LB RB/DB RB/DB
Yr. Ht. So. 5-9 Jr. 6-1 Fr. 5-7 Fr. 5-6 Jr. 5-8 Jr. 6-1 Fr. 5-10 Jr. 5-8 So. 5-9 Jr. 6-2 Jr. 5-10 So. 5-9 Jr. 6-0 Jr. 5-11
Wt. 150 195 160 145 150 170 160 140 155 190 215 160 195 170
37 44 51 52 55 56 58 60 64 72 75 78 79 80 88
Ethan Downing TE/DE Aidan Bright RB/DB Owen Sagulla OL/DL Max Puskar OL/DL Mason Hesselgesser OL/LB Aaron Adams OL/DL Michael Ayers OL/DL Isaiah Phillips OL/DL Dylan Disque OL/DE Noah Speer OL/DL Robert Speer OL/DL Triston Barr OL/DL Kyle Kaster OL/DL Greg Flockerzi TE/DE Chris Boots WR/DB
Fr. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So.
5-7 6-2 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-8 5-7 6-0 6-0 5-11
150 175 165 160 190 170 205 225 180 190 240 215 165 160 165
KICKOFF 2019 • 87
