Grove City

REGION 5 GROVE CITY EAGLES

2018 RECORD 11-1 OVERALL, 4-0 REGION 5 HOME FIELD: FORKER FIELD

COACH

SAM MOWREY 6TH SEASON 35-21 RECORD

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Daiveon

SAY

SR•WR/DB

Colby Nelson Lance Craig

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 23 at Fort LeBoeuf Aug. 30 Greenville Sept. 6 Corry Sept. 13 at Brashear Sept. 20 Slippery Rock* Sept. 27 at Hic kory* Oc t. 4 at Shar on* Oc t. 11 at C onneaut* Oc t. 18 M eadville Oc t. 25 B ye *Region 5 game 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

OUTLOOK

Grove City was one of the few undefeated teams left in District 10 in mid-November when the Eagles ran into Sharon in the District 10 Class 3A title game. The Eagles’ senior class finished 32-4 over its final three seasons. Grove City had eight first-team all-region selections and five second teamers. Most of those players are gone, however, as the Eagles were hit hard by graduation.

Among the players lost is all-time passer in school history Brady Callahan, who threw for 2,660 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior. He finished with 4,354 yards and 43 touchdowns in his career, while one of his favorite targets, Logan Lutz, is also gone. Lutz had 75 catches for 1,264 yards and 16 touchdowns and had one of the all-time careers for a receiver in District 10 history with 199 receptions for 3,153 yards and 37 touchdowns. Grove City graduated leading rusher Tyler Greer (1,062 yards, 15 touchdowns) and several defensive standouts as well.

The Eagles bring back five starters on offense and five on defense. Lance Craig and Matt Howard return on the offensive and defensive lines. Colby Nelson is back at running back and linebacker after he ran for 867 yards and 13 TDs as a junior. Daiveon Say and Jake Reddick are returning starters at receiver and defensive back.

Junior Logan Breese is also back after backing up Callahan under center last year. Breese will likely take over at quarterback. Curtis Hovis, Kendel Hollen and Zack Martin could be in the mix for carries, while Zach Rodgers could compete for time at wide receiver and Challen Estes, Max Myford, Gage Dlugonski, Nate Wadsworth and Jacob Blair on the line.

Grove City put together one of its best threeyear runs in school history, but massive graduation losses will be tough to overcome. The Eagles have built a strong program, and underclassmen stepping up this year will be key in putting together another winning season.

Jacob Reddick Challen Estes 2018RESULTS REGULAR SEASON Fort LeBoeuf W, 48-7 at Greenville W, 60-6 at Corry W, 48-0 Brashear W, 47-31 at Slippery Rock* W, 33-7 Hickory* W, 35-14 Sharon* W, 42-9 Conneaut* W, 46-14 at Meadville W, 56-6 DISTRICT 10 PLAYOFFS Girard W, 48-7 Slippery Rock W, 26-9 Sharon L, 6-23 *Region 5 game

2018LEADERS PASSING Com. Att. Yds. TD Int Brady Callahan 181 237 2,660 28 6 Logan Breese 14 19 150 1 0 RUSHING Att. Yds. Avg. TD Tyler Greer 148 1,062 7.2 15 Colby Nelson 127 867 6.8 13 Logan Lutz 51 284 5.6 3 Kendel Hollen 29 193 6.7 1 Curtis Hovis 28 174 6.2 1 RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Logan Lutz 75 1,264 16.9 16 Tyler Greer 24 266 11.1 2 AJ Miller 23 327 14.2 2 Carter Chinn 21 367 17.5 2 Daiveon Say 15 182 12.1 1 Colby Nelson 15 156 10.4 2 SCORING TD PAT 2-pt Total Logan Lutz 20 0 0 120 Tyler Greer 17 0 1 104 Colby Nelson 15 0 0 90 John Hake 0 45 0 45 Logan Breese 3 0 0 18 Br ady Callahan 3 0 0 18

R etunees in bold

No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 13 15 16 20 22 24 26 27 28

2018 Name Pos. Daiveon Say WR/DB Henry Elkin WR/DB Zack Martin RB/LB Zach Rodgers QB/DB Sayyid Muhammad WR/DB Jake Reddick WR/LB Kendel Hollen RB/DB Logan Breese QB/DB Anthony Pereira WR/LB Jamie Amodei WR/LB Landon Hedglin TE/LB Sam Stanton RB/LB Luciano Trezona WR/DB Brady Northcott WR/DB John Hake K/WR/DB Curtis H ovis RB /LB

UNDERCLASSMEN

Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Name Pos. Yr. Jr. 5-10 160 35 Colby Nelson RB/LB Jr. Fr. 6-0 150 42 Dillon Winger RB/LB Fr. So. 5-8 145 50 Nate Wadsworth OL/DL Fr. Fr. 5-8 135 55 Matthew Howard OL/DL So. Fr. 5-5 130 57 Cole Hammerman OL/LB Fr. Jr. 6-3 165 58 Gage Dlugonski OL/DL Fr. So. 5-6 140 59 Andrew Devine OL/DL Fr. So. 5-9 145 60 Lance Craig OL/DL Jr. Fr. 6-1 180 65 Ryan Locktosh OL/DL So. So. 6-1 160 66 Challen Estes OL/DL Jr. So. 5-11 205 71 Corey Medve OL/DL So. Jr. 5-10 155 75 Max Myford OL/DL So. Fr. 5-6 120 77 Madison Warner OL/DL Fr. Jr. 5-5 115 7 8 Jac ob Blair OL/DL F r. Fr. 5-10 140 80 Josh Dever WR/DB Jr. F r. 5- 7 160 87 Paulie Shoop WR/DB Fr. Ht. 5-10 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-1 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-8 6- 1 5-11 5-8