Eisenhower

REGION 2 EISENHOWER KNIGHTS

2018 RECORD 2-8 OVERALL, 1-4 REGION 2 HOME FIELD: RILEY MEMORIAL FIELD

COACH

JIM PENLEY 16TH SEASON 71-84 RECORD

PLAYERS TO WATCH

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TRUMBULL

SR•QB/DB

Owen Trumbull Zane Alexander

2019SCHEDULE

Aug. 24 West Middlesex Aug. 30 at Union City* Sept. 6 at Mercer Sept. 13 Saegertown* Sept. 20 Northwestern Sept. 27 at C ambridge Springs* Oc t. 4 at R eynolds Oc t. 11 Maple wood* Oc t. 18 C ochranton* Oc t. 25 at Sene ca *R egion 2 game 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

OUTLOOK

Eisenhower went 2-8 last fall, but that record could be deceiving when breaking down the season. The Knights lost five games by eight points or fewer, including 46-44 to Union City, 19-13 to Mercer, 37-34 to Northwestern, 14-6 to Cambridge Springs and 6-0 to Reynolds.

Those games were the difference in a two-win season and a winning season.

Eisenhower will have some key players to replace this fall. The Knights graduated five all-region players in Garrett Head (wide receiver, linebacker), Joe Bauer (offensive line/defensive line), Ethan Chambers (linebacker, running back), Riley West (defensive back) and Jeremy Card (offensive line).

Chambers led Eisenhower with 1,205 yards and 16 touchdowns on 200 carries and caught 21 passes for 267 yards and one touchdown last year, while Head caught 19 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns.

Eisenhower brings back five starters on offense and five on defense. Owen Trumbull emerged as a solid quarterback last year and is back along with Zane Alexander at tailback, Cael Black at fullback, Jared Beers at tight end and Brodie Porter at tackle.

Trumbull threw for 833 yards and seven touchdowns in a breakout sophomore season and Black ran for 203 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman. The Knights’ defense returns Black at defensive end, Dillon Benson at linebacker and Caleb Robinault, Alexander and Trumbull in the secondary.

Eisenhower lost its top four tacklers to graduation, but Alexander is back after making 42 tackles last year. Benson returns after getting two sacks.

Eisenhower has some work to do to fill some holes on both sides of the ball.

Logan Abbott, Trevor Welker, Gannon Jaquay, Mike Jones and Connor Younger could all compete for playing time as new and younger players.

The Knights lost six games last year when they were within six points in the fourth quarter, including two overtime games.

While replacing graduation losses is important, Eisenhower will also need to learn to finish games to make a run in the region race and district playoffs. 2018RESULTS REGULAR SEASON at West Middlesex L, 2-27 Union City* L, 44-46 Mercer L, 13-19 at Saegertown* W, 52-6 at Northwestern L, 34-37 Cambridge Springs* L, 6-14 Reynolds L, 0-6 at Maplewood* L, 8-30 at Cochranton* L, 34-50 Seneca W, 56-6 *Region 2 game 2018LEADERS PASSING Com. Att. Yds. TD Int Owen Trumbull 64 156 833 7 9

RUSHING

Ethan Chambers Cael Black Nate Holt Garrett Head Riley West RECEIVING

Ethan Chambers Garrett Head Zane Alexander Nate Holt Att. 200 36 27 53 27

Rec. 21 19 13 9 Yds. 1,205 203 195 184 174

Yds. 267 287 162 105 Avg. 6.0 5.6 7.2 3.5 6.4

Avg. 12.7 15.1 12.5 11.7

SCORING

Ethan Chambers Nate Holt Garrett Head Dillon Benson Cael Black

Returnees in bold

TD 18 5 4 2 2 PAT 0 0 0 0 0 2-pt 7 0 1 0 0

Dillion Benson Brodie Porter

No. 3 4 5 7 9 15 16 17 19 20 22 28 30 33 34 42 51

2018 Name Pos. Jake Venman RB/DB Riley Cataldo QB/DB Garrett Jenson QB/DB Trevor Welker WR/DB Zane Alexander RB/DB Owen Trumbull QB/DB Caleb Penley TE/DB Cody Arnold WR/DB Keegan Eckstrom RB/DB English, Logan TE/LB Caleb Robinault WR/DB Dillon Benson RB/LB Mike Jones TE/LB Benji Bauer RB/LB Cael Black OL/DL Jared Beers TE/LB Connor Younger OL/DL

UNDERCLASSMEN

Yr. Ht. Wt. 52 Gannon Jaquay OL/LB So. So. 5-6 131 55 Colby Hagg OL/DL Jr. Jr. 5-8 125 56 Eric William OL/DL Sr. Fr. 5-6 130 71 Brodie Porter OL/DL Jr. Jr. 5-11 132 75 Justin Hamilton OL/DL Jr. Jr. 5-7 143 78 Logan Abbott OL/DL Jr. Jr. 6-3 152 Bryce Woodin OL/DL So. Fr. 5-7 135 James Stuart RB/LB Fr. So. 5-7 125 Mike Vanatta OL/DL Fr. Fr. 5-7 125 Wyatt Lookenhouse WR/DB Fr. Jr. 6-1 167 Jeremiah Aiken OL/DL Fr. Jr. 5-8 143 Mike Beaver WR/DL Fr. Jr. 5-10 152 Dominic Benson OL/DL Fr. So. 5-8 152 Cole Chapman WR/LB So. Fr. 5-9 142 Ethan Devereaux OL/DL Fr. So. 6-0 200 Brock English OL/DL Fr. Jr. 5-11 160 Alex Greene RB/LB Jr. Fr. 5-10 205 Alex Roberts OL/DL Sr. 5-8 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-7 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-10 5-10 5-6 5-9 6-0