Hickory

REGION 5 HICKORY HORNETS

2018 RECORD 2-7 OVERALL, 0-4 REGION 5 HOME FIELD: HORNET STADIUM

COACH

BILL DUNGEE 1ST SEASON

PLAYERS TO WATCH

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STOOTS

SR•RB/LB

Michael Henwood Nathan Richards

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 23 at Sharpsville Aug. 30 Sharon* Sept. 6 Mercyhurst Prep Sept. 13 at Conneaut* Sept. 20 at Greenville Sept. 27 G rove City* Oc t. 4 at W estinghouse Oc t. 11 Slipper y Rock* Oc t. 18 W ilmington Oc t. 25 B ye *Region 5 game 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

OUTLOOK

Hickory had a rare down season in 2018 and will be under new leadership as Bill Dungee takes over as the head coach. Dungee coached with Jarrett Samuels at Farrell and with Jim Wildman at Sharon before applying at Hickory. The Hornets won just two games last year and missed the District 10 playoffs.

Hickory had a quarterback change during the 2018 season that could pay off this fall. Michael Henwood threw for 592 yards and five touchdowns on 44-of-96 passing as a sophomore. He is a top returning player for the Hornets after leading the team in rushing with 197 yards and one touchdown. The Hornets have several weapons for Henwood to utilize, including Hunter Stoots, Kam Fisher and Braelin Stewart at running back, Julian Burns and Nate Richards at wide receiver and Rocco Iacino at tight end.

The offense also has Dalton Beatty back on the line, but rebuilding the rest of the offensive line was a big priority in camp.

The Hickory defense has five starters back and several players to fill in some holes. Stoots and Iacino are back to lead the linebackers, with Henwood, Fisher, Richards, Stewart and Burns in the secondary and Beatty on the line. Kuldera Delgros led Hickory with 128 tackles but is gone to graduation, while Iacino had 72 and Stoots had 70.

The Hornets could receive contributions from new and younger players, including sophomores Ramarion Whitehead, Jackson Pryts, Clay Wiesen, Joey Fazzone, Sammy Mancino, Nick Maule and junior Matty Cannone.

Hickory has depth at the skill positions, including state track and field medalists. The biggest priority for Dungee will be to rebuild the offensive and defensive lines. If the Hornets can open some holes and buy into Dungee’s system, they could return to contender status this fall.

Braelin Stewart Julian Burns 2018RESULTS REGULAR SEASON Sharpsville L, 6-17 at Sharon* L, 24-27 at Mercyhurst Prep L, 7-28 Conneaut* L, 10-26 Greenville W, 35-13 at Grove City* L, 14-35 Westinghouse W, 23-22 at Slippery Rock* L, 17-28 at Wilmington L, 0-42 *Region 5 game

2018LEADERS PASSING Com. Att. Yds. TD Int Michael Henwood 44 96 592 5 4 Hayden Gallagher 28 75 352 1 5

RUSHING

Michael Henwood Kam Fisher Hunter Stoots Hayden Gallagher Kuldera Delgros RECEIVING

Michael Filardi Asher Patton Nathan Richards Hunter Stoots Kyle McDonough SCORING

a-Sam Scarton Michael Filardi Hayden Gallagher Kuldera Delgros Michael Henwood Hunter Stoots a-include s seven field goals

Returnees in bold

Att. 56 36 33 70 27

Rec. 27 13 8 6 5

TD 0 5 3 2 2 2 Yds. 197 193 117 94 92

Yds. 439 112 69 66 96

PAT 15 0 0 0 0 0 Avg. 3.5 5.4 3.5 1.3 3.4

Avg. 16.3 8.6 8.6 11.0 19.2

2-pt 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. 2 3 4 7 8 9 16 17 18 21 22 24 27 32

2018 UNDERCLASSMEN Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Matthew Cannone WR/DB So. 5-9 150 34 Hunt er Stoots RB /LB Jr . 5- 11 190 Ramarion WhiteheadWR/DB Fr. 6-1 145 50 Hunter Dunham OL/DL Fr. 5-5 185 Braelin Stewart RB/WR/DB Jr. 5-7 150 52 Rocco Iacino OL/DL So. 6-2 215 Kameron Fisher RB/WR/DB Jr. 5-11 173 54 Michael Trinchese OL/LB So. 5-10 180 Jackson Pryts WR/DL/LB Fr. 6-3 180 55 Sammy Mancino OL/DL Fr. 6-0 212 Matthew Harris WR/DB Jr. 5-9 150 57 C ole Myers OL/DL Jr . 5- 10 200 Michael Henwood QB/WR/DB So. 6-1 155 63 Nicholas Maule OL/DL Fr. 5-9 275 Preston Henshaw QB/DB So. 5-7 135 68 DeAmont e Jackson OL/DL Jr . 5- 10 266 Zachary Shipton WR/DB So. 5-9 165 72 Collin Richards OL/DL Fr. 5-5 165 Nathan Richar ds WR /DB Jr . 5-9 1 50 76 Austin Airgood OL/DL So. 5-5 160 Julian Burns WR/DB Jr. 5-8 145 77 Demari T albert OL/DL F r. 6- 3 30 3 Anthon y Legg RB /LB F r. 5-8 165 85 Dalton Beatty WR/DE So. 6-1 170 Tacoma Pumphrey RB/LB So. 5-7 160 Jordan Fors WR/DB Fr. 5-7 140 KICKOFF 2019 • 47