Sharpsville

REGION 4 SHARPSVILLE BLUE DEVILS

COACH

PAUL PICCIRILLI 25TH SEASON

207-73 RECORD

PLAYERS TO WATCH

TRISTAN

BESSER

SR•HB

Tyler Clary Danny Henwood

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 23 Hickory Aug. 30 Iroquois Sept. 6 at Seneca Sept. 13 at Greenville* Sept. 21 Sharon Sept. 27 Lakeview* Oct. 4 at Conneaut (Ohio) Oct. 11 at Wilmington* Oct. 18 West Middlesex Oct. 25 at Slippery Rock *Region 4 game 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 OUTLOOK Sharpsville put together another impressive 2018RESULTS season under longtime coach Paul Piccirilli, who went over 200 career wins and is the active leader REGULAR SEASON in wins among District 10 coaches. The Blue at Hickory W, 17-6 Devils’ only losses last fall came to PIAA Class 2A at Iroquois W, 64-6 runner-up Wilmington and OHSAA Division 5 Manchester (Ohio) L, 21-52 quarterfinalist Manchester from Akron. Greenville* W, 61-6 Sharpsville brings back seven starters on both sides of the ball, but the Blue Devils had some big graduation losses, including Virginia recruit at Sharon at Lakeview* W, 23-21 W, 73-0 JaQuay Hubbard, one of the top linemen in the Conneaut (Ohio) W, 32-28 state, along with quarterback Nick Alexander and Wilmington* L, 14-48 running back Kobe Joseph. The three leave big at West Middlesex W, 35-19 holes to fill along with fellow all-region selections Luke Levis (wide receiver, defensive back), Max Messett (wide receiver), Joe Bornes (tight end, defensive line), Drew Gordon (defensive line), DISTRICT 10 PLAYOFFS Northwestern W, 55-6 Wilmington L, 7-50 Michael Herman (kicker) and Ben Henwood *Region 4 game (defensive back). Alexander threw for 2,234 yards and 21 touchdowns last fall. Joseph ran for 1,196 yards and 24 touchdowns and Levis caught 48 2018LEADERS passes for 693 yards and seven TDs. Bornes had 25 catches for 452 yards and three TDs, while Joseph caught 23 passes for 249 yards and four TDs and Messett had 22 catches for 429 yards and four TDs. Sharpsville returns Tristan Besser and Chayse PASSING Nick Alexander Danny Henwood Com. 143 6 Att. 248 11 Yds. 2,234 106 TD 21 1 Int 6 0 Stevens-Luchey at running back, Danny Henwood RUSHING at quarterback, Brandon Hopson at wide receiver Att. Yds. Avg. TD and Wyatt Caldwell, Tyler Clary, Aaron and Josh Kobe Joseph 140 1,196 8.5 24 Stephenson on the line on offense. The returning Tristan Besser 33 110 3.3 1 defensive starters include the Stephensons at Chris Roth 19 92 4.8 1 linebacker, Caldwell and Devin McCurry on the Luke Levis 7 48 6.9 0 line and Besser, Hopson, Henwood and StevensJadan Townsend 3 38 12.7 1 Luchey in the secondary.

Sharpsville had a great 2018 season, but the RECEIVING Blue Devils will have to nearly start over this year Rec. Yds. Avg. TD with most of their offensive weapons gone to Luke Levis 48 693 14.4 7 graduation. The Blue Devils will have to rely on Joseph Bornes 25 452 18.1 3 several senior leaders, including Caldwell, Clary Kobe Joseph 23 249 10.8 4 and Josh Stephenson. Max Messett 22 429 19.5 4 Danny Henwood 17 180 10.6 1 SCORING TD PAT 2-pt Total Kobe Joseph 28 0 0 168 Luke Levis 7 0 3 48 a-Michael Herman 0 34 0 40 Max Messett 5 0 0 30 Joseph Bornes 4 0 1 26

Chayse Stevens-Luchey Wyatt Caldwell a-includes two field goals Returnees in bold 2018 UNDERCLASSMEN No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. 57 Wyatt Caldwell G/T Jr. 5-6 200 1 Jordan Townsend WR/LB Fr. 5-7 147 59 Domenic Alfredo TE/LB Fr. 5-11 164 2 Chayse Stevens-Luchey WR/DB Jr. 5-10 160 60 Travis Cadman TE/T Fr. 5-5 168 3 Chris Roth HB/DB Fr. 5-7 138 65 Aaron Stephenson TE/LB Jr. 5-10 160 5 Brandon Hopson WR/DB Jr. 5-10 145 71 Seth Knauff TE/DE Jr. 6-5 200 7 Danny Henwood WR/DB So. 6-0 170 72 Joshua Stephenson G/LB Jr. 6-0 165 10 George Steindorf WR/LB Jr. 5-8 155 12 Ethan Cusick TE/DE Fr. 6-1 175 14 Christen Pope WR/DB Fr. 5-3 110 18 Jadan Townsend WR/DB Fr. 5-8 142 33 Tristan Besser HB/DB Jr. 5-8 160 45 Zack Tedrow HB/DB Fr. 5-6 130 50 Tyler Clary C/T Jr. 5-7 175 51 Joshua McCurry TE/T Fr. 5-10 180 53 55 Jacob Rust Devin McCurry TE/LB G/T Fr. So. 5-10 5-7 155 180 Kaleb Gorichky