LEWISBURG | GREEN DRAGONS PIAA DISTRICT 4
CLASS 4A
HEARTLAND DIVISION 2 2021 SCHEDULE
Plenty of changes coming for Dragons
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2020 RESULTS (2-6)
BY KURT RITZMAN
here are going to be a lot of changes for the Lewisburg football team in 2021. The Green Dragons are coming off a 2-6 regular season, have a new coach, and will be without all-state running back Max Moyers, who graduated. “Obviously last year wasn’t our best year,” Lewisburg junior Cam Michaels said. “This year, our goal is really to play as a team. “We have really good chemistry, so I think, for sure, it’s going to be a really good year. We need to stick together even if we lose, and pick each other up. We have to work together win or lose.”
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That’s one of the things that first-year coach Eric Wicks has been focused on ahead of his inaugural season, and he said he’s liked the team chemistry and competitiveness early. “We had more than 65% of the team show up for summer workouts,” Wicks said. “We’re making jumps.
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We want to be good. We’ll see how it all comes together, and we need to continue to band together as a team. “We’ve been doing well at competing to get better.” One of the first things Wicks did when he became coach was study his new team, which laid the initial groundwork for his first season. “As soon as I got the job, I watched all the games,” Wicks said. “Then I went back and watched 2019. I got right on those. I took what I saw and used that to build my playbook. I also wanted to figure out who my players are and who does what well.” Without Moyers — who rushed for 805 yards and six touchdowns on 147 carries last year — and with a new philosophy, Wicks said he wants to spread the ball around offensively. “They did two things last year — triple option and spread,” Wicks said. “We are going to be a spread team.
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2020 STAT LEADERS PASSING C-A Int TD Yds Ethan Dominick 32-81 5 5 397 RUSHING Att Yards TDs Max Moyers 147 805 6 Cam Michaels 69 409 4 Ethan Dominick 88 301 3 RECEIVING Rec Yards TDs Cam Michaels 15 232 3 Simeon Beiler 6 83 0 Jack Landis 8 77 2 RETURNEES IN BOLD
We’re looking to pass the ball. “I look at it as a team game. We’ll have a group of six or so to get the ball to, and CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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