Franklin

REGION 7 FRANKLIN knights

2018 RECORD 3-7 OVERALL, 1-5 REGION 7 HOME FIELD: FRANKLIN STADIUM

COACH

TOM HAYNES 23RD SEASON

66-146 RECORD

PLAYERS TO WATCH

DALTON

BUCKLEY

SR•WR/DB

Ian Haynes Cade Adams

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 23 North East Aug. 30 Oil City* Sept. 6 at Slippery Rock Sept. 13 at DuBois* Sept. 20 Fort LeBoeuf* Sept. 27 at M eadville* Oc t. 4 Maple wood Oc t. 11 at G eneral McLane* Oc t. 18 W arren* Oc t. 25 B ye *Region 7 game 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 OUTLOOK Franklin won three games in 2018, but the 2018RESULTS Knights could take a big step forward this fall REGULAR SEASON with an experienced team back, including all-time passer Ian Haynes leading a high-powered passing game. at North East at Oil City* W, 34-21 L, 7-73

Haynes is already third in District 10 history with Slippery Rock L, 12-52 6,906 passing yards and has thrown 71 touchdown DuBois* L, 25-28 passes in three seasons. He threw for 2,398 yards at Fort LeBoeuf* L, 20-42 and 25 touchdowns as a junior, and if the Knights Meadville* W, 55-34 make a run this season, he could approach 10,000 career passing yards. Franklin’s leading rusher last year, Eli Stewart, at Maplewood General McLane* W, 21-17 L, 20-63 is back after rushing for 219 yards and two at Warren* L, 7-47 touchdowns on 46 carries, while Cade Adams Corry L, 22-47 returns after a breakout sophomore season with 49 *Region 7 game catches for 976 yards and 10 touchdowns. Dorian Gordon is also back after hauling in 34 passes for 368 yards and four touchdowns, but the Knights will have to replace Trey Carulli, who finished with 32 catches for 520 yards and four touchdowns.

With Gordon and Stewart in the backfield and Dalton Buckley and Adams at wide receiver, the Knights have some talented offensive pieces in 2018LEADERS place. Franklin also brings back Holden Cook at PASSING Com. Att. Yds. TD Int fullback and Josh Nettles, Cole Docter, Ryan Ian Haynes 159 279 2.398 25 9 Wood, Dustin McMullen and Jordan Slagle on the offensive line. The Knights also return most of their starters on defense although they struggled defensively as a RUSHING Eli Stewart Att. 46 Yds. 219 Avg. 4.8 TD 2 team in 2018. Ian Haynes 71 74 1.0 3

Buckley, Adams, Stewart and Gordon are back Dorian Gordon 12 59 4.9 0 in the secondary, Haynes, Cool, Michael Long and Wyatt Wadding return at linebacker and Nettles, Doctor and Wood are returnees on the defensive line. RECEIVING Cade Adams Rec. 49 Yds. 976 Avg. 19.9 TD 10

Nettles had 75 tackles, while Wadding had 52, Dorian Gordon 34 368 10.8 4 Docter had 47 and Stewart had 44. Trey Carulli 32 520 16.3 4

Franklin will have to replace its top two tacklers Eli Stewart 31 478 15.4 7 in Dominic Miller (115) and Mason Powers (90), Holden Cook 9 36 4.0 0 but Wood had a breakout freshman season with five sacks and Nettles had four. SCORING TD PAT 2-pt Total

Aaron Burkhardt, Carson Wible and Slagle are Cade Adams 10 0 0 60 all underclassmen who could step up in a big way Eli Stewart 9 0 0 54 this year. Dorian Gordon 4 0 1 26

Franklin has one of the top passers in D-10, Trey Carulli 4 0 0 24 along with an experienced backfield and a solid George Coon 0 21 0 21 line back this season. The Knights went through R eturnees in bold some growing pains last year, but they could pay off this fall. 2018 UNDERCLASSMEN No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. 1 Ian Haynes QB/S Jr. 6-2 195 33 Dr aven Strausbaugh HB /CB F r. 5-8 17 0 2 Eli Stewart HB/DB Jr. 5-7 155 34 Gavin Potter G/DE Fr. 5-6 120 3 Cade Adams WR/DB So. 5-11 140 37 Logan Weckerly HB/DB Fr. 5-4 135 6 Dalton Buckley WR/DB Jr. 5-10 150 44 Jason Beers HB/LB So. 5-6 195 9 George Coon K/P Jr. 5-9 150 50 Wyatt Wadding G/DE Jr. 5-9 170 10 Aaron Burkhardt QB/S Fr. 6-0 165 52 Jo sh Nettles G /LB Jr . 6-2 250 11 Dorian Gordon WR/DB So. 5-6 130 55 Jordan Slagle T/DT Fr. 5-9 205 12 Jonah Stewart RB/DE So. 5-11 175 60 A ustin Beatty G /DE F r. 5-8 17 5 13 Malik Carney HB/DB Fr. 5-9 145 63 Dustin McMullen C/NG Fr. 6-0 270 17 Michael L ong HB /LB Jr . 5- 11 165 64 Cole Docter C/DE Jr. 6-2 200 24 Holden Cook HB/LB Jr. 6-1 195 6 7 Ry an Wood T /DT F r. 6- 1 25 5 26 Chas e Proper HB /DB F r. 5- 7 1 40 68 Christian Whitmer T/DT Jr. 5-11 210 28 Carson Wible TB/S Fr. 5-9 160 79 Doug Songer T/DT So. 6-0 250 32 Troy Quen WR/CB Fr. 6-0 140 88 Joey Hedglin WR/DB Fr. 5-10 150 KICKOFF 2019 • 19