Conneaut

REGION 5 CONNEAUT EAGLES

2018 RECORD 5-5 OVERALL, 1-3 REGION 5 HOME FIELD: CONNEAUT FIELD

COACH

PAT GOULD 15TH SEASON 98-54 RECORD

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Tanner

NIEMANN

SR•QB/DB

Noah Richardson Keith Palko

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 23 at Oil City Aug. 30 at Meadville Sept. 6 North East Sept. 13 Hickory* Sept. 20 at General McLane Sept. 27 Shar on* Oc t. 4 at Slipper y Rock* Oc t. 11 G rove City* Oc t. 18 C onneaut (Ohio) Oc t. 25 B ye *Region 5 game 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

OUTLOOK

Conneaut scored 28.3 points per game last season, which ranked fifth among Class 3A schools in District 10. The Eagles, however, struggled to slow teams down on defense. Conneaut allowed 42 points or more in its five losses last fall, including a 48-8 loss to Mercyhurst Prep in the D-10 quarterfinals.

Conneaut will have some key players to replace because of graduation, including all-region selections Peyton Hearn (running back), Kyle Sheets (wide receiver, defensive back, punter), Mahlon Schmidt (defensive line) and Chad Jones (offensive line). Hearn ran for 1,403 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior, while Sheets ran for 700 yards and 13 touchdowns and passed for 535 yards and four touchdowns.

Sheets moved to wide receiver late in the season as Tanner Niemann took over under center. Niemann is back and could start at quarterback or return to wide receiver after throwing for 367 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 229 yards and three touchdowns last year. Eli Boyce is back at wide receiver, while Noah Richardson returns at tight end and Mason Mihoci at slot receiver. Keith Palko, Zach Kehl and Trevor Tursky are also back on the line.

Devin Neal, Max Lewandowski and Braden Groover could all battle for carries to replace Hearn in the backfield, while Nate Bortnick, Jayden Onderko and Dylan Lehman could see time at wide receiver. Payden Ordos, Jesse Orr, Connor Schellman, Owen Petergol and Dan Morrow could compete for playing time on the offensive and defensive lines for the Eagles.

Conneaut will need to rebuild its defense to get back to contender status in the region and district. The Eagles were put into a tough region this cycle with some of the top teams in Mercer County. After Conneaut consolidated, a few years in a Mercer County region toughened the Eagles and led to a D-10 title. They are looking for the same result as they play in one of D-10’s top regions.

Devin Neal Payden Ordos 2018RESULTS REGULAR SEASON Oil City L, 27-46 Meadville W, 48-6 at North East W, 60-25 at Hickory* W, 26-10 General McLane W, 36-35 at Sharon* L, 12-48 Slippery Rock* L, 20-42 at Grove City* L, 14-46 at Conneaut (Ohio) W, 32-19 DISTRICT 10 PLAYOFFS Mercyhurst Prep L, 8-48 *Region 5 game

2018LEADERS PASSING Com. Att. Yds. TD Int Kyle Sheets 46 100 535 4 6 Tanner Niemann 41 68 367 2 0 RUSHING Att. Yds. Avg. TD Peyton Hearn 225 1,403 6.2 16 Kyle Sheets 92 700 7.6 13 Tanner Niemann 57 229 4.0 3 Devin Neal 24 97 4.0 0 RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Noah Richardson 33 360 10.9 2 Kyle Sheets 15 107 7.1 1 Tanner Niemann 13 98 7.5 1 Eli Boyce 11 127 11.6 1 Peyton Hearn 6 50 8.3 0 SCORING TD PAT 2-pt Total Peyton Hearn 16 0 2 100 Kyle Sheets 15 0 4 98 Tanner Niemann 4 0 2 28 Noah Richardson 2 0 5 22 Max Lewandowski 2 0 0 12

R eturnees in bold

No. 1 2 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 15 16 20 22 24 25 26 28

2018 Name Pos. Tanner Niemann WR/CB Braden Groover RB/FS Devin Neal RB/FS Brady Gould WR/WLB Eli Boyce WR/CB Sheyn Fuller LT/OLB Nate Bortnick WR/FS Dalton Smith TE/OLB Lucas Meyer WR/MLB Luke Petergol QB/CB Kyle Fischer QB/CB Noah Richardson TE/OLB Anthony Terrant TE/OLB Mason Mihoci WR/CB Pierce O’Day WR/CB Max Lewandowski RB/MLB Jayden Onderko WR/FS

UNDERCLASSMEN

Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Name Pos. Yr. Jr. 6-0 155 32 Daniel Ellis WR/CB Fr. Fr. 5-10 140 51 Trevor Tursky LG/DE So. Jr. 5-9 175 52 Keith Palko RG/MLB Jr. So. 5-1 120 56 Zachary Kehl RT/DT So. Jr. 5-9 150 58 Payden Ordos C/DT Jr. Jr. 5-7 195 59 Dylan Lehman LG/MLB Fr. So. 6-1 160 61 Owen Petergol RG/OLB So. Jr. 5-8 160 64 J.J. Miller RT/DT Fr. So. 5-8 150 65 Anthony Grebiner LT/DE Fr. So. 5-10 160 65 Jesse Orr LG/MLB So. Jr. 5-3 87 66 Moses Schmidt RG/MLB So. Jr. 6-1 190 67 Connor Schellman RT/DT Fr. So. 5-10 150 72 Daniel Morrow LT/NG Fr. So. 5-9 155 78 Travis Logan RT/NG So. Fr. 6-0 155 84 Amar’rion Nelson WR/CB Fr. Fr. 5-11 180 Jesse Davenport WR/S Jr. So. 5-8 120 Ht. 5-7 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-7 5-10 6-2 5-0 5-8 5-9 5-6 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-9