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Wyoming Valley West Wyoming Valley West Wyoming Valley West Paul Wiedlich (GAR) Hazleton Area vs. Berwick Wyoming Area ...... D30 1, 2011 ON THE COVER Valley West senior Eugene COMING FRIDAY: COACHES MAKE THEIR BEST OF THE WVC SELECTIONS Lewis. (Mark Moran / The –3 Citizens’ Voice) QUARTERBACKS HANOVER AREA HAWKEYES JOE KSIAZKIEWICZ is back for his second year as starter. He threw for 761 yards and seven touchdowns last season. He was picked off five times. Connor Borden will be the backup. RUNNING BACKS It’s the position to watch for the Hawks this year. Geno Suda and PARRISH BENNETT will split time. Ben- nett rushed for 69 yards a year ago. The fullbacks will be John Zuder, who averaged 7.3 yards per carry last year, and Dillon Ropietski. RECEIVERS Sinclair Saunders,Antonio Costantino and John Westawski DAVE SCHERBENCO / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE will be the receivers. Either Linemen Brandon Holmgren, Anthony Dennis, Tyler Edwards, Martin Steve, Tim Saltz and Charles Schmall lead the way for Bennett or Suda will line up on the perimeter, depending Hanover Area’s ground game. on who is at tailback. Suda and Bennett combined for five ROSTER catches last year. Chuckie Schmoll will be the tight end. Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hanover’s line among WVC best 6 Joe Ksiazkiewicz 6-1 170QB/S Sr. 7 Josh Nelson 5-3 125 SE/CB So. OFFENSIVE LINE 11 Jeremy McDonell 5-7 140 SE/CB Sr. Martin Steve will be the starter By Steve Bennett “We’re going to be the same type Now that Ksiazkiewicz has a year 12 Connor Borden 5-10 175QB/S Jr. at left tackle with Brandon Staff Writer of team we were last year. We’re under his belt and a strong line, 14 Geno Suda 5-11 175 HB/OLB Sr. Holmgren at right tackle. Tyler going to smash you in the face,” Hummer is not afraid to open up 16 Bradley George 5-7 130 SE/CB Jr. Edwards will be at left guard Hanover Area’s offensive philoso- 19Jeff Albert 5-9 165K/P Sr. with Tony Dennis at right guard. Hummer said. “In high school, how things more than he did in the past. 20 Sinclair Saunders 6-0 160 SE/CB Sr. phy has been consistent over the good your line is will be how good “My concerns last year were legit- Tim Saltz is the center. Jared 22 Osmel Martinez5-10 145 SE/CB Jr. Langdon and Geoff Kehl will years. The Hawks like to control the the team is going to be. That is a fact imate,” Hummer said. “I said pass- 24 Parrish Bennett 5-8 140 SE/CB Jr. rotate in at guard while Jared line of scrimmage, keep the ball on from our school to any other school ing-wise we were terrible. Joe can 25 John Nautaitis 5-4 120 SE/CB Jr. Jones can see time at either the ground and hope to wear oppo- out there.” throw and has a great arm. He has 30 Robert Conklin 6-2 180 SE/S Sr. center or tackle. nents down by the fourth quarter. The Hawks lived on the ground really matured since last season. He 33 Brian Belcher 5-9 150 SE/OLB So. The scheme has worked since Ron 34 John Zuder 5-10 165FB/OLB Sr. last season, rushing for 2,786 yards has a line in front of him where all 35 Jon Westawski 5-11 145 SE/OLB Jr. DEFENSIVE LINE Hummer has taken over the pro- as a team. The only problem is, tail- he has to do is sit there and read. He 39 Brandyn Cole 5-7 145 SE/OLB So. Tony Dennis gram. The Hawks have made the back Andrew Forgatch accounted has thrown the ball well in our pass- 41 Ian Murphy 5-4 145 FB/ILB Jr. will start at left postseason in each of Hummer’s for 2,452 of those yards and he grad- ing scrimmages.” 45 Dillon Ropietski 5-9 225 FB/DE Jr. end with Mar- first five years as the head coach. He uated. Just as the case with the offensive 47 Brandon Storm 5-10 170 TE/ILB So. tin Steve at puts a lot of pressure on the offen- “The ball carrier is one of our line, the defensive line is experi- 49 Chuckie Schmoll 6-2 195 TE/ILB Jr. left tackle. The sive line and this year the expecta- 53Tim Saltz 6-2215C/DE Jr. right tackle question marks,” Hummer admit- enced and Hummer is pleased with 55 Geoff Kehl 5-10240 G/DE Sr. will be Tyler tions are not about to change. ted. “We’re going to go with two run- the progress of new defensive end 56 Brandon Endler 5-11 210 T/TJr. Edwards while The Hawks return all but two ning backs and we’ll be able to give Dillon Ropietski, who worked his 62 Anthony Dennis 6-2250 G/DE Sr. DILLON 2011 starters up front, led by tackle Mar- them breaks. We’re going to have to way onto the field. 64 Jared Langdon 6-1 225 G/DE Jr. ROPIETSKI will play right end. 1, tin Steve, who is being recruited by see more of our passing game.” The Hawks must replace two line- 66 Jared Jones 5-9 240 C/T Sr. schools like Virginia, UConn, Tem- Starting quarterback Joe Ksiaz- backers as well as two corners and a 70 Brandon Holmgren 6-0240 T/TJr. LINEBACKERS ple, Rutgers and Pitt. Also back is 72 Tyler Edwards 5-10255 G/T Sr. kiewicz returns for his second sea- safety. That means teams may test 75Martin Steve 6-7 300 T/T Sr. Geno Suda and John Zuder will Tony Dennis, a four-year starter at son with the program. Last year he the Hawks early down the field. And 85 Michael Beierle 6-0 145 SE/CB So. start outside. John Westawski right guard and left guard Tyler struggled at times, completing 38.9 that is something that obviously 87 Tyler Bartnick 5-10 165 SE/CB Jr. will rotate in at both spots. SEPTEMBER Edwards, a three-year starter. percent of his passes. concerns Hummer. 88 Antonio Constantino 5-8 135 SE/CB Jr. Chuckie Schmoll will start at left inside linebacker with Tim Saltz starting at right ILB. 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’S CORNER WINS BYYEAR SECONDARY

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Susquehanna 7 p.m. Susquehanna L26-13 2010 7 Sept. 9 at Western Wayne 7 p.m. Western Wayne W39-23 RON HUMMER Parrish Bennett will be the left Sept. 16 at Mid Valley 7 p.m. Mid Valley W35-14 6th year corner with Sinclair Saunders Sept. 23WyomingArea 7 p.m. WyomingArea L42-24 2009 6 playing the right corner. Anto- VOICE Sept. 30 at Northwest 7 p.m. Northwest W38-14 CAREER RECORD nio Costantino backing up at Oct. 7 GAR 7 p.m. GAR L21-20 31-26 both spots. Robert Conklin is Oct. 14Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers W36-18 2008 7 the safety with Connor Borden Oct. 22 at Holy Redeemer 1 p.m. Holy Redeemer W34-7 backing him up. Oct. 28 at Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman W38-30 CITIZENS’ Nov. 4Nanticoke Area 7 p.m. Nanticoke Area W34-14 FAST FACTS 2007 6 SPECIAL TEAMS Eastern Conference playoffs WyomingArea L24-22 Class: AA 2006 5 Jeff Albert, a member of the Enrollment: 237 boys in grades 10-12 soccer team, will kick and punt. 4– THE Five new coaches prowl WVC sidelines

MIKE JOE JIM ROD CORRY BARRETT OSTROWSKI DRUMHELLER AZAR HANSON PITTSTON AREA HOLY REDEEMER HAZLETON AREA TUNKHANNOCK MEYERS An assistant at Ostrowski is the A long-time as- An assistant A former player Mid Valley for third head coach sistant at Hazle- coach with the at Meyers and the past four in the history of ton Area, Drum- Tigers for the assistant coach seasons, Bar- the school which heller takes last two sea- at the school un- rett takes over was formed in over for Paul sons, Azar was der Mike Namey, a program that 2007. A 2002 Marranca, who hired as the Hanson is look- went 0-10 last Meyers grad, stepped down head coach in ing to bring back year. Barrett Ostrowski played as the Cougars March. He takes the glory days WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE brings a high at Lycoming for coach after just over a program of one of the Holy Redeemer coach Joe Ostrowski works with level of energy the legendary one season. that has made more tradition- his linemen in practice. BELLES to the program. Frank Girardi. Drumheller two playoff ap- rich schools in He’s a graduate He coached the worked with pearances in the conference. CONSTRUCTION CO. of Valley View offensive line Rocco Petrone, the previous The Mohawks and played on at Lake-Lehman the head coach 11 seasons. finished 2-8 last PA012959 the 1992 state in 2006 and at at Hazleton Area Azar played at season and Han- ★ Trophies championship GAR from 2007- for 10 seasons. Tunkhannock son promises ★ Plaques Telephone ABOVE ALL THE team. He be- 09. Last year he During that pe- 20 years ago to restore disci- comes the third was the fresh- riod, the Cougars so he’s familiar pline and a solid ★ Awards ForAny Event 779-9689 BESTROOF! head coach at man coach at went 83-31 and with the school work ethic. NATIONALAWARD Pittston Area GAR. won five district and the type of LARKSVILLE TROPHY championships. since 2005. players in the 295 BUTTONWOOD ST. LARKSVILLE WINNING program. ★ Medals Open Daily 10-5; COMPANY SELECT Sat. 10:30-12:30 P. M. SHINGLE MASTER ★ Ribbons Evenings By BILLYANGELO STELLA’S - ★ Plastic Engraved Signs Appointment 824-7220 THE DRUMMER’S WORKSHOP If YouWant To Play Better Than The Rest ... LearnFromThe Best! Jazz, Rock, Latin, etc. Auto. Home. Life. Retirement. Drum Sets, Cymbals, and Supplies In Stock (570) 288-9338 39 School Street,Plains, PA Georganne Purcell (Behind Mohegan Sun) Drum Sticks (570) 822-4883 Starting Russett Insurance Agency Inc. Often Imitated, At 355 Market Street, Kingston Never Duplicated www.billyangelostella.com $1.99 [email protected]

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PHARMACY 2011 PICTURED: Joanne Munzina, Sue Dicton, Ann Marie Flanagon, Butch Freeman, Cindy Ogonosky, Kelly Dickson, R.P.h. –5 QUARTERBACKS CRESTWOOD COMETS Nick Aigeldinger is back for his fourth year as starter. His ability to run and throw will help keep defenses honest. Fresh- man Jay Popson will serve as the backup. Third on the depth chart is senior Nick Powell. RUNNING BACKS The tailback position is up for grabs. Eric Pickett,Evan Cal- laghan, who is coming off a knee injury, and Roger Legg are all in the mix. Freshman Frank Aigeldinger, Nick’s brother, will also see some time. The fullback will be Anthony Survilla, a three-year starter who is being moved from tight end. RECEIVERS Kota Kishel, who led the team with 24 catches in 2010, Vinny Genoble and Nick Powell will be on the outside. Genoble didn’t play much on offense, but his 6-foot-3, 190-pound frame will create problems for defensive backs. Powell averaged 10.4 yards per catch a year ago. Ian Ashford or Andre D’Souza will DAVE SCHERBENCO / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE ROSTER be at tight end. Eric Pickett (11), Nick Aigeldinger (13) and Kota Kishel (1) are Crestwood’s most dangerous Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. offensive weapons. 1Kota Kishel 5-11 180 WR/DB Jr. OFFENSIVE LINE 4 Parolo Audate 5-9160 WR/DB Jr. TONY 6 Evan Callaghan 5-10 180 RB/LB Jr. MORGANTE 9 Eric Bozek 5-10 200 FB/LB Sr. will start at 10 Mike Legg 5-9170WR/DBSo. right guard Seniors lead Crestwood attack 11 Eric Pickett 6-2195RB/DB Sr. after mak- 12 Jay Popson 6-2195QB/LB Fr. ing the move 13 Nick Aigeldinger 5-11 185 QB/DB Sr. from tackle. By Steve Bennett 16 Roger Legg 5-10 185 RB/DB Sr. that has been an issue. And in the Now, in our minds, we have to figure Will Womer or Staff Writer last two years, Crestwood has gone out how to finish teams off and how 18 Vinny Genoble 6-3190 WR/LB Sr. 19 Ian Ashford 6-0210 TE/LB Sr. Chris Yokimcus 8-12. to win. We’re trying to teach these 21 Brandon Cole 6-0185 WR/DB So. will start at right tackle. Dan The expectations, just as they “I think the end result last year, of kids how to win and you only learn 24 Nick Powell 5-11 175 WR/DB Sr. Distasio is the center. The left were last season, are again high. course we were disappointed,” that by winning.” 28 R.J. Hochreiter 6-1190 RB/DB So. guard will be Dean Gregory with The room for error is shrinking. But Myers said. “A nybody who knows Myers feels a few wins to start the 32 Frank Aigeldinger 6-0190 RB/LB Fr. Bernie Popson at left tackle. regardless, the Crestwood Comets the sport and follows high school season will get the ball rolling in the 33 Aaron Ingham 5-10 170 WR/DB Jr. 36 Tyler Robinson 5-10 185 RB/LB So. DEFENSIVE LINE are looking to accomplish some lofty football, we lost a lot of games in the right direction, something that has 39 Eddie Hogan 5-10 185 TE/LB So. goals this season. fourth quarter for the second been working against the Comets in 40 Anthony Survilla 5-11 205 FB/LB Sr. Depth shouldn’t be an issue “Our expectations are extremely straight year. The focus this year is recent seasons. 42 Matt Fry 5-10 180 WR/DB Sr. up front with seven players high. We have a strong senior group finishing off games. I think that It always seemed that if there was 46 Rich Golden 6-0190 WR/LB Jr. capable of stepping in. Bernie 51Danny Distasio 5-10 250 OL/DLSr. and I expect a lot of leadership out Popson or Brandon Ruckle will transfers over from what we do in a loose ball on the field, it would go 52 Brandon Ruckle 6-0215OL/DLSo. start at one defensive end spot of them,” Crestwood coach Greg the offseason. We need to start fin- the other way. 58 Cade Bekanich 5-11 225OL/DL Fr. with Dean Gregory at the other. Myers said. “I’m pleased with how ishing off teams. We go in to too “If you followed us closely the last 62 Dean Gregory 6-2230 OL/DE Jr. At tackle, Tony Morgante, Dan the underclassmen have progressed. many fourth quarters up seven or 14 two years, we had some cases late in 65 Will Womer 6-2265OL/DLSr. Distasio,Chris Yokimcus and 65 Teddy Grozio 6-0225OL/DLSo. Will Womer will all see time. We have a great sophomore group. (points).” games where we’re not getting the 66 Adam Kreuzer 6-2235OL/DLSo. We have three freshmen who are The Comets finished 4-6 last year bounces,” Myers said. “We just tell 67 Kristian Givens 6-1220 OL/DLSo. going to see playing time. They are with two of those losses coming by a them to keep working and eventual- 68 Chris Yokimcus 6-1250OL/DL Jr. LINEBACKERS 2011 three very good football players. combined 10 points. The Comets ly things are going to start coming 72 Leonny Rojas 6-3225OL/DL Jr. Anthony Survilla,Eric Bozek, 75 John Zero 6-0275 OL/DLSo. 1, Right now, we expect to go to the gave up 53 points in the third quar- our way. So far I am happy with the Ian Ashford and a pair of fresh- 77 Bernie Popson 6-2235OL/DL Jr. men, Frank Aigeldinger and Jay postseason.” ter while surrendering 55 points in fact they are on board and are listen- 78 Tony Morgante 6-4295OL/DLSr. Popson, are all in the mix at In order to reach their No. 1 goal, the fourth. ing and believing in what we are 80 Andre D’Souza 5-11 190 TE/LB Jr. middle linebacker. Vinny Geno- the Comets are going to have to “That’s all we’re lacking here,” telling them. If they work their tails 83 Tiler Black 5-9170WR/DBSr. 88 Nick Forsberg 6-0190 TE/DESr. ble,Roger Legg, Andre D’Souza learn how to win late in games. Over Myers said. “Physically, we can play off, things are going to start to turn and Rich Golden are vying for

SEPTEMBER 89Danny Blessing 6-2210 TE/DLSr. the course of the past two seasons, with anybody. We have the talent. around.” Rich Siewell 5-10 170 RB/LB Jr. the outside linebacker spot. SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS Tiler Black, Nick Powell,Eric

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick L 32-14 Pickett and Kota Kishel are in 2010 4 Sept. 9 at Pocono Mt. West 7 p.m. Pocono Mountain West W 19-15 GREG MYERS line to see time at corner. Nick Sept. 16 Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 42-7 8th year Aigeldinger will start at free Sept. 23 at E. Stroudsburg N. 7 p.m. East Stroudsburg North W 28-14 6th at Crestwood 2009 4 safety with Pickett filling in.

VOICE Oct. 1 Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock L 25-7 Oct. 7 Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area L 28-26 CAREER RECORD SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 15 at Dallas 2 p.m. Dallas L 28-20 32-41 overall 2008 2 Oct. 21 at Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 32-18 Nick Aigeldinger, who had 21 Oct. 28 Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport L 33-20 extra points last year, will be

CITIZENS’ Nov. 5 at Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin W 21-14 2007 5 the kicker. Evan Callaghan may FAST FACTS handle kicking off. Will Womer, Class: AAA 2006 7 Callaghan or Roger Legg will be Enrollment: 415 boys in grades 10-12 the punter. 6– THE QUARTERBACKS HOLY REDEEMER ROYALS The Royals will have to replace the WVC’s top passer from a year ago, Anh Le. Holy Redeemer will hand the keys to sophomore JIMMY STRICKLAND, who hasn’t thrown a varsity pass. RUNNING BACKS Senior MIKE MARTIN and junior Tyler Kastendieck are the top returning rushers in the Roy- als backfield. Sophomore Charles Ross and freshman Pat Villani will also see carries this year as the Royals will use the Power-I. RECEIVERS The Royals return one of the top tandems at receiver in sophomore Eric Kerr and senior Dave Gawlas. Gawlas caught 33 passes for 432 yards and Kerr had 28 receptions for 537 yards. Sophomore Eric Lagotski WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE and senior Collin Shandra will Senior Dave Gawlas, left, and sophomore Eric Kerr give Holy Redeemer one of the WVC’s most formidable receiving tandems. also see time at receiver. Se- nior Kurt Jones and juniors Tom Cosgrove and Matt Crofchick ROSTER will play tight end. Ht. Wt. Yr. Holy Redeemer hoping to turn tide 3 Collin Shandra 6-0 150 Sr. OFFENSIVE LINE 5 T. J . Doyle 5-11 135 Sr. The line figures 9 David Gawlas 6-0 190 Sr. to be one of By Tom Brolley Meyers. He graduated in 2002 and best receiver tandems in the WVC to 11 Jimmy Strickland 6-1175 So. the Royals’ Staff Writer went on to play at Lycoming. He’ll throw to. Senior Dave Gawlas and 15 Thomas Cosgrove 6-2 180 Jr. strengths. Holy bring his lineman roots to a Royals sophomore Eric Kerr combined for 17Eric Kerr 5-10 165 So. Redeemer has 18Eric Ligotski 5-9150So. Entering its fifth season, Holy offense that primarily aired the ball 61 catches, 969 yards and five touch- four seniors on 20 Mike Martin 5-11 195 Sr. Redeemer hasn’t had the gridiron out in 2010. The Royals’ offense last downs. the line in 22 Charles Ross 5-7 130 So. success the program had hoped for season, led by the graduated Anh Le, Ostrowski said the Royals will DAVID 24 Tyler Kastendieck 6-1 210 Jr. BERTRAM, when it first started in 2007. gained 71 percent of its 2,278 yards also feature different looks on 25 Vince Villani 5-9155 So. Robert Morgan, Ron Foy and The Royals, under their third through the passing game. defense, including 4-3 and 3-5-3 27 Pat Villani 5-9155 Fr. Ryan Heck. Junior Noah Orlan- coach in as many seasons, will look Ostrowski promised to still spread schemes. 36 Jason Mitchell 5-7 150 Jr. dini-Sapack is a physical pres- 42 Mike Dupre 5-11 165 Sr. to start turn the tide in 2011 under the ball, but he plans to use the Pow- Holy Redeemer will need to ence at 6-foot-4, 280 pounds. 52 Robert Morgan 5-7 185 Sr. new leader Joe Ostrowski. er-I offense. He said the strength of improve on defense after being at Senior Jackson Welch will also 56 James Blewitt 5-8 175 So. Ostrowski and the Royals have a the team is the offensive line with the bottom of the WVC in total see time off the bench. 60 James Nixon 6-0 185 Sr. lot of work to do to find success com- seniors David Bertram, Robert Mor- defense (3,818 yards), scoring defense 61 Jackson Welch 6-0 200 Sr. ing off an 0-10 record a year ago. gan, Ron Foy and Ryan Heck. (40.7 points per game) and rushing 66 Patrick O’Boyle 6-0 260 Jr. DEFENSIVE LINE “No. 1, we’re staying positive with “I’m a lineman by trade and any defense (3,254 yards). 67Gabriel Olivarez 6-0 245 Sr. Ryan Heck and Noah Orlandini- everything,” Ostrowski said. “We’re offensive lineman would like to estab- “We have inexperienced players 71 Nicholas Ambrulavage 6-2270Jr. Sapack will play inside at the 2011 trying to bring a little bit of team lish a run game,” Ostrowski said. in key positions,” Ostrowski said. 72 Ron Foy 6-0 235 Sr. tackle positions. Kurt Jones 1, unity, maybe more than what they’ve “That’s what I’d like to do. There’s a “When you have a team that’s been 75 Dave Bertram 5-10 245 Sr. and Tom Cosgrove will man the 76 Ryan Heck 5-6 220 Sr. end positions. had in the past. I consider myself little bit more pride in that.” together for a while, you can hide 77 Tyler Margalski 6-1 270 Jr. pretty tough as far as discipline is When the Royals do air it out, one or two players. When you have 78 Noah Orlandini-Sapack 6-4280Jr. concerned so that’s kind of the way they’ll rely on sophomore Jim five or six players that really don’t 80 Kurt Jones 6-0 195 Sr. LINEBACKERS I’ve come in.” Strickland, who has never thrown a have much game experience, that’s 82 Matt Crofchick 6-0 190 Jr. David Bertram is back at SEPTEMBER Ostrowski played offensive line at varsity pass. He will have one of the what’s tough.” 92Daniel Ostrowski 5-11 245 Jr. middle linebacker and Robert Morgan and Vince Villani will also play at linebacker. 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR SECONDARY

THURSDAY, Sept. 3 Northwest 1 p.m. Northwest L 44-13 Setp. 10 at Susquehanna 1 p.m. Susquehanna L 48-7 2010 0 The Royals will use many of Sept. 17 Holy Cross 7 p.m. Holy Cross L 27-13 their skill players in the sec- Sept. 23 at Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman L 27-13 JOE OSTROWSKI ondary, including Dave Gawlas First year 2009 2 VOICE Oct. 1 at GAR 7 p.m. GAR L 55-0 at safety and Collin Shandra at Oct. 8 Nanticoke Area 1 p.m. Nanticoke Area L 44-36 cornerback. Oct. 14 at Wyoming Area 7 p.m. Wyoming Area L 53-21 2008 3 Oct. 22 Hanover Area 1 p.m. Hanover Area L 34-7 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 29 at Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers L 20-0

CITIZENS’ Nov. 5 Tunkhannock 2 p.m. Tunkhannock L 55-26 2007 2 Senior T. J . Doyle, a soccer play- FAST FACTS er for the Royals, will handle Class: AA the kicking and Jimmy Strick- Enrollment: 260 boys in grades 10-12 land will do the punting. 8– THE QUARTERBACKS MEYERS MOHAWKS The starting job will come ROSTER down to either TEAGUEN Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. LABATCH or 2 Matt DeMarco 6-0155 WR/DB So. Matt Kropp. 3Robert Wright 5-6 125WR/DB So. Combined they 4Chris DeMarco 6-0165WR/DB Sr. attempted 41 5Fabian Smith 5-10 160 WR/DB Sr. passes a year 6 Tyler Smallcomb 5-11 180 QB/LB So. ago for 107 yards.Labatch 7 Teaguen Labatch 6-2 155 QB/DB Jr. played in four games. 8 Amair Blake 5-11 165WR/DB Jr. 10 Dakota Owen 5-6 170 RB/LB Jr. 11 Rob Reilly 5-11 160 WR/FS Sr. RUNNING BACKS 12 Daniel Rodriguez 5-11 160 WR/DB Sr. Fabian Smith, 14 Matt Kropp 6-1170 QB/DB Sr. SHACORE 19 Jalen Miller 6-4 230 TE/DE Sr. PROCTOR, 20 D.J.Linker 5-11 135 RB/LB So. Joey Arnone, 25 Joey Arnone 5-9 160 RB/DB Jr. Dakota Owen 25 Shacore Proctor 5-6 135 RB/DB Sr. and Nate Ma- 28 Samuel Blankenship 5-6 165RB/LB Jr. halak are all 30Nashim Coleman 5-9 165 QB/DB Jr. in the mix to 31 Jeff Nealon 5-9 140 RB/LB Sr. see playing 33 Nate Mahalak 5-11 155 RB/LB So. time. Owen moves from the 35 Johntae Nelson 5-11 150 WR/DB So. line to the backfield this sea- 40 Cal Lisman 5-9 120K So. son. Proctor, Arnone and Smith 50Miles Davis 5-8 180 OL/DL So. combined for nine carries last 53 Tim Markovich 5-8 150 OL/DE So. season for 17 yards. 55 Khalil Lewis 5-8 190 RB/LB So. 58 Dijon Townes 5-8 180 RB/LB Sr. RECEIVERS 61 Eddie Walters 6-2245OL/DL Sr. 62 Warden Max 5-6 120 WR/LB So. Chris DeMarco, Rob Reilly, Matt 63 Luke Kropp 5-11 180 OL/DL So. DeMarco and Jake Brominski 68BeckyMitchell 5-6 130 G/DE Sr. will be the primary receivers. 69 Rudy Goodwin 5-6205RB/DE Jr. Chris DeMarco had two recep- 73Patrick Cunningham 6-1 230 OL/DL Jr. tions last season and averaged 78 Kyle Krepich 6-0 270 OL/DL So. 18.5 yards per catch with one 81Collin Gallagher 5-10 155 WR/LB Sr. touchdown. The Mohawks will 83 Brandon Sweeney 5-10 170 WR/DB Sr. have one of the top tight ends 88 Jacob Brominski 5-11 175 TE/LB So. in the WVC in Jalen Miller, who KRISTEN MULLEN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE Franco Guirin 6-0140 WR/DB Jr. was second on the team in re- Meyers captains, front row, from left, Dijon Townes and Fabian Smith. Back row, Chris De- Michael Kishbaugh 5-7180RB/LB Sr. ceptions a year ago with 13. Marco, Eddie Walters and Jalen Miller. Gene Rittel 5-8 235 OL/DL So. OFFENSIVE LINE Eddie Walters, a three-year starter, will be the left tackle. Dijon Townes will play left New coach kicks off new era at Meyers guard.Luke Kropp will be the center.Kyle Krepich or Gene Rittel will play right guard with By Steve Bennett come as a shock to the system to the 100 points last year, and once again, Labatch or Matt Kropp. Labatch, a Rudy Goodwin at right tackle. Staff Writer traditionalists. Gone is the block M a lack of depth at several critical junior, appeared in four games last on the side of the helmets. It will be positions hurt. season. Kropp, a senior, completed DEFENSIVE LINE The new gold practice jerseys that replaced by a spear, similar to the “A fter seeing the team chemistry one pass in four attempts. Hanson will have size and ath- were distributed prior to the start of one that appears on the Florida State last year, I knew we had a lot of work “Teaguen has some varsity expe- leticism on the end with Jalen two-a-days provided a little extra helmets. to turn it around,” Hanson said. “We rience, but both don’t have much Miller and Eddie Walters. At jolt. “We’re incorporating gold jerseys had good participation all summer. experience at all,” Hanson said. tackle will be Rudy Goodwin The stickerless helmets offered a back in the program,” Hanson said. The kids are working hard. “They both have strong arms and at one spot with Kyle Krepich glimpse of another way that new “Our pregame is going to go back to “We’re going to be young up front are very intelligent kids.” and Gene Rittel battling for the other spot. Meyers football coach Corry Hanson the traditional Meyers pregame — and how quickly we can get these While Hanson is expecting to go is attempting to add his own person- do our agility drills where we spell younger linemen to play together through several peaks and valleys as LINEBACKERS

2011 al touch to a program he’s been a out Mohawk. I think it’s important and get varsity experience is going he navigates through the Class AA Dakota Owen and Dijon Townes 1, part of as a player and as an assis- and I think it’s some of the things to be key for us.” division, he does have a goal in mind tant coach. we have gotten away from here.” The Mohawks will rely on an for the 2011 season. have the inside track at inside Hanson enters his first season as linebacker. They are being Hanson is trying to restore pride inexperienced line and lack veteran “I would like to win more games pushed by Jake Brominski, who a head coach attempting to restore in a program that finished 2010 at 2- experience at the quarterback posi- than we lose,” Hanson said. “If we’re will either be playing inside or the tradition of Meyers football 8. The two victories came over Holy tion. Hanson will run a spread able to do that, then maybe that will outside. Jeff Nealon, Johntae

SEPTEMBER while making a few changes along Cross and Holy Redeemer. offense with two backs. The starting translate into some sort of postsea- Nelson and Collin Gallagher the way. The biggest change may The Mohawks were outscored by quarterback will be Teaguen son appearance.” are in the mix at outside linebacker. 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR SECONDARY

THURSDAY, Sept. 3 HolyCross 7p.m. HolyCross W 29-6 Fabian Smith and Chris DeMar- Sept.9 at Dunmore 7p.m. Dunmore L 28-6 2010 2 co will be the corners with Rob Sept.16 at Lackawanna Trail 7p.m. Lackawanna Trail L15-6 Reillyplaying safety. Smith tied Sept.23 at Nanticoke Area 7p.m. Nanticoke Area L44-6 CORRY HANSON for the team lead in intercep-

VOICE 2009 4 Sept.30Lake-Lehman 7p.m. Lake-Lehman L14-0 First year tions a year ago with three. Oct.7 Wyoming Area 7p.m. Wyoming Area L 26-13 Oct.14 at Hanover Area 7p.m. Hanover Area L 36-18 2008 2 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 21 at Northwest 7p.m. Northwest L14-7 Cal Lisman, a sophomore, will

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Paul Cole is By Steve Bennett ROSTER the other tailback while Zac Staff Writer Evans, Joe Lanning and Arthur Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Reilley will be the fullbacks. 2 Frankie Mahmoud 5-8 160 WR/DB Sr. Parsnik rushed for 13 touch- A fourth consecutive trip to the 3Joe Parsnik 5-9 180 RB/LB Sr. postseason shows the Coughlin foot- downs last year and averaged 5 Connor Flaherty 6-2 185 QB/LB Jr. 5.6 yards per carry. ball program has been able to sus- 8 Zac Evans 5-9 195RB/LB Jr. tain a steady pattern of success. In 9 Tim Pilch 6-1 180 QB/LB So. RECEIVERS order to continue that streak, the 10Matt Miraglia 6-0 165 WR/DB Sr. Crusaders may be forced to change a 11 Corey Keen 6-1 180 WR/DB Jr. Cinti likes the depth at receiver. 12 Josh Moules 5-11 165 WR/DB Jr. few things along the way in 2011. Corey Keen, Frank Mahmoud, 14 Mike Czerniakowski 6-0205WR/LB Sr. Russell Monroe, Adam Za- Coughlin coach Ciro Cinti always 15 Russell Monroe 5-8 170 WR/DB Sr. watsky and Josh Moules all fig- seems to believe the old adage that 17 Adam Zawatsky 5-9 155 WR/DB Sr. ure to see plenty of time. Mah- in order to win games you have to 19 Joel Wallen 5-10 165 QB/DB Sr. moud and Monroe each caught run the ball. Coughlin once again 21Josh King 5-10 160 WR/LB So. one pass last season. Chris figures to have a solid offensive line 23 Kevin Zingaretti 6-2 175 K/P Sr. Cinti, who missed the 2010 26 Paul Cole 5-11 185RB/LB So. and has one of the top running season after tearing ligaments 31 Hunter Bednarczyk 5-11 170 RB/LB/K Jr. in his foot, and Mitch Stepp will backs in the conference in Joe Pars- 38 Jerry Ryan 5-9 170 RB/DB Jr. be the tight ends. nik, who rushed for 1,104 yards and 43Joe Lanning 6-1 215 TE/LB Jr. 13 touchdowns last season. 44 Barry Schiel 5-7 200 RB/LB So. OFFENSIVE LINE But Cinti is growing weary of 45Arthur Reilley 5-10205RB/DL Sr. This spot will defenses lining up eight or more 52 Cliff Francis 6-1 260 OL/DL Sr. 54 Pat Pilch 6-1 265 OL/DL So. ultimately men in the box to stop that run. 55 Brad Emerick 6-2265 OL/DLJr. determine the “Parsnik is a phenomenal athlete 62 Aaron Tohme 5-11 230 OL/LB Jr. success of the and can play any position. He’s just 64Nick Scupski 6-7 350 OL/DLJr. Crusaders. a natural athlete,” Cinti said. “He 65 Anthony Khalife 6-3 225 OL/DL So. John Karazia, has a lot of things in him you don’t 68 Jordan Phillips 5-8 230 OL/DLJr. Anthony Khalife, Jordan Phillips coach. He has great vision, leader- 72 Pat Hall 6-0 330 OL/DLJr. 74 John Karazia 6-3 305 OL/DL Sr. and Pat Pilch ship and toughness.” 75 Scott Rosencrans 6-2 320 OL/DL Sr. are the guards. AARON TOHME Cinti was so intent on changing 77 Tyheem Jenkins 6-0295OL/DL Sr. will be the center. Brad Emer- things up last season that he insert- 80 Robert Jones 5-10 160 WR/LB Sr. ick, Cliff Francis and Pat Hall ed Parsnik at quarterback to try to 81 Mitch Stepp 6-1 205 TE/DE Sr. are the tackles looking to fill spark the offense. Parsnik completed 87 Eric Williams 5-11 165 TE/DE So. the starting roles. 89 Chris Cinti 6-0200 TE/DE Sr. 6-of-23 attempts for 104 yards. DEFENSIVE LINE “That was an experiment, but ing. We will be throwing the ball this kind of a waste,” Cinti admitted. CHRIS CINTI, year,” Cinti said. “Overall, I like how Mitch Stepp “His mindset wasn’t at quarterback. the offensive line is starting to come He’s truly a running back and that’s and Tony together and we have experience at Khalife are where he flourishes. Why take him running back.” the ends. out of the element that he flourishes Cinti has plenty of reason for opti- Brad Emerick, at? We did it because he was willing mism as he welcomed a group that John Karazia, to do what was best for the team.” Arthur Reilley is in the best shape to begin camp and Francisco As a team, the Crusaders strug- since he took over the program. gled throwing the ball last year, Lezama are the tackles. 2011 “Overall, the kids have worked ranking last in the conference with 1, very hard in the postseason,” Cinti LINEBACKERS just 36.9 yards per game. That could said. “They worked hard and they change this year with Khalil Owens, Joe Parsnik, Zac Evans, Mike are in better condition. They have to Czerniakowski, Hunter Bed- Connor Flaherty and Tim Pilch all be. Some of these kids might not looking to lock down the starting job. narczyk, Paul Cole and Connor come off the field. Numbers-wise, WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE Flaherty will be the linebackers. None attempted a pass last season. SEPTEMBER we have depth in a lot of spots, but Coughlin’s Joe Parsnik is one of the most explosive players Cinti likes that he has some “The quarterbacks are progress- our overall numbers hurt us.” in the league. He rushed for 1,104 yards last season. depth to rotate players in and out at this spot. 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR SECONDARY

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Dallas 7 p.m. Dallas L14-7 Coughlin will have athletes 2010 5 Sept. 9 at Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock W 14-12 CIRO CINTI in the secondary with Frank Sept. 16 Valley View 7 p.m. Valley View L35-0 6th year Mahmoud, Corey Keen, Russell Sept. 23 Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport W 20-16 Monroe and Josh Moules.

VOICE 2009 6 Sept. 30 at Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 27-13 CAREER RECORD Oct. 8 Stroudsburg 7 p.m. Stroudsburg W 28-20 29-26 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 14 at Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 26-16 2008 7 Oct. 21 Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area W 35-28 Hunter Bednarczyk, who kicked 18 extra points last year, re-

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 at Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick L12-7 Nov. 5 Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood L 21-14 2007 7 turns. Kevin Zingaretti, who had FAST FACTS one PAT, is also back. Cinti ex- THE EasternConference Playoffs Class: AAA pects a combination of the two – Valley View L 28-7 2006 4 Enrollment: 429 boys in grades 10-12 to handle kicking and punting. 12 QUARTERBACKS GAR GRENADIERS DARRELL CRAWFORD ROSTER will be the starter and is Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. backed up by 1 Mykel Dempsey 5-7 160 RB/DBSr. junior Corey 2 Dwayne Wright 5-8 165 RB/DBSr. Moore. Craw- 3 Max Gates 6-1 170 WR/DBSr. ford passed for 5 Ivan Jackson 5-9 185 RB/LBSr. 685 yards and 6 Corey Moore 6-0 180 QB/LB Jr. six touchdowns last season. 8 Darrell Crawford 5-9 165 QB/DBSr. He rushed for 1,303 yards and 9 Devin Reese 5-7 140 WR/DBSo. 13 touchdowns. 10 Kris Welkey 5-8 160 WR/DBSr. 12 Rich Yost 5-9 150 WR/DBSo. RUNNING BACKS 15 Ken Reese 5-10 165 WR/DBSr. Replacing the graduated Kurtis 21 Shaliek Powell 6-0 180 WR/DBSr. Thomas is going to be a top 22 DasheymWeeks 5-10 165 RB/LBSo. priority. Look for coach Paul 23 Joe Arcelay 5-5 140 WR/SSo. Wiedlich to use Dwayne Wright, 30 Korey Welkey 5-7 155 WR/LBSo. Mykel Dempsey and Ivan Jack- 31 Rayquan Watt 5-9 165 RB/LB Jr. son, a transfer fromVermont 35 Rich Sickler 5-9 160 RB/LBSo. who played in a spread of- 36 Luke Height 5-9 155 KJr. fense. Wright rushed for five touchdowns a year ago. 42 Rashaun Mathis 5-10 155 WR/SSo. 44 Jamaar Taylor 6-0 170 WR/SSo. 50 Caesar Burke 6-1 265 OL/DL Jr. RECEIVERS 51 Joe Olejar 6-0 215 OL/DL Sr. The Grenadiers have talented 52Shakir Soto 6-3 230 OL/DL Jr. wide outs in Lucas Benton and 55 Gregory Skrepenak 6-2220 OL/DL Fr. Shaliek Powell. Benton caught 56 Joe Snipas 5-10 180 OL/DL So. 15 passes for 305 yards and 60 Zach Faust 5-10 220 OL/DL Fr. two touchdowns last year while 62 Jerry Shinal 5-9 320 OL/DL Sr. Powell led the team in receiving with 20 catches for 318 yards 70 Ariel Peguero 6-0 285 OL/DL Sr. and four touchdowns. John Yas- 75 Elijah Gresham 6-1 235 OL/DL Jr. hkus will be the tight end. 76 Andres Jones 5-10 190 OL/DL Sr. 78 Christian Skrepenak 6-9 340 OL/DL Jr. OFFENSIVE LINE 79 Vinny Phan 5-9 210 OL/DL Jr. KRISTEN MULLEN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 80 Lucas Benton 5-9 170 WR/DB Jr. Damon Heck, a returning start- Running backs Mykel Dempsey, Ivan Jackson and Dwayne Wright will look to replace 1,300- 82 Joe Sipsky 6-2 175 WR/DB Jr. er, has the edge at center, but yard rusher Kurtis Thomas in the GAR backfield this season. 84 John Yashkus 6-3 185 TE/DL Sr. Wiedlich brought up freshman Zach Faust to throw into the mix. The guards will be Joe Ole- jar and Shakir Soto. Christian Skrepenak, who according to GAR ready to begin district title defense Wiedlich has shed close to 30 pounds, will start at one tackle. Elijah Gresham, Ariel Peguero By Steve Bennett and they did. Against Hanover Area “They know what they have to do to athletes on the field and looking to and Andres Jones are looking to fill the other tackle spot. Staff Writer with no timeouts left, the Grenadiers get to that level and to the next play a high-tempo offense,” Wiedlich scored with eight seconds left to pull round. Our goals are the same this said. “Kind of going with a basket- DEFENSIVE LINE For the first time in GAR’s history, out a close victory. year. We want to win the conference, ball-on-the-football-field mentality.” the Grenadiers will begin a season While the offensive and defensive win districts and win that first state Up front, the Grenadiers are solid Junior Shakir Soto will start at with a District 2 title to defend. lines need a few leaders to emerge, playoff game and see what hap- with only the center and one of the one defensive end spot. Joe Olejar will likely be on the other And as head coach Paul Wiedlich the Grenadiers must replace all four pens.” tackle spot up for grabs. side. John Yashkus and Ariel Jr. begins his second season as the linebackers. GAR is set at the skill The Grenadiers will be solid at The biggest question mark for Peguero will also see time. head coach at his alma mater, he positions and in the secondary — quarterback with Darrell Crawford Wiedlich comes at linebacker, where understands the Grenadiers are the two spots where GAR seems to returning as the starter. They do all four starters from last year are LINEBACKERS team everybody will be coming after. thrive every season. have some game experience in the gone. He’s also hoping somebody can GARmust replace all four start- He also knows with the experience The Grenadiers were eliminated backfield with Dwayne Wright and step up to provide leadership like ers. Max Gates will start at he has back on both sides of the ball, 2011 by Northern Lehigh, 50-14, in the Mykel Dempsey. Add in Ivan Jack- Dane Dudick did. one outside position with Kris the Grenadiers should be able to Welkey and Lucas Benton vying

1, first round of the state tournament. son, a transfer from Vermont where “Our front six on defense are handle anything thrown their way. That eye-opening experience fueled he was a two-year starter, and the going to have to really step up,” for the other outside spot. At Wiedlich cites a few examples the offseason conditioning program. Grenadiers have depth and flexibili- Wiedlich said. “It’s nice that we are inside linebacker, Wiedlich has where experience will play a factor four he can mix and match with “You’re always judged by your last ty. going to be able to rotate some play- Rich Sickler, Damon Heck, Ivan this season. Against Old Forge last performance and getting whacked On the perimeter, GAR returns ers in and out. My main concern is Jackson and Andres Jones.

SEPTEMBER season, the Grenadiers needed to left a sour taste in my mouth and the Lucas Benton and Shaliek Powell. the linebackers, both inside and rely on special teams to win a game kids returning,” Wiedlich said. “We’re looking to put our six best out.” SECONDARY GAR is solid here. Shaliek 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR Powell and Dwayne Wright will be the outside safeties with THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at Mid Valley 7 p.m. Mid Valley W 41-20 Darrell Crawford playingmiddle Old Forge W 9-8 2010 11 Sept. 9Old Forge 7 p.m. PAUL WIEDLICHJR. safety. Powell led the team Sept. 16 at Lakeland 7 p.m. Lakeland W 28-7 Northwest W 21-7 2nd year with five interceptions last year. Sept. 23 at Northwest 7 p.m. Holy Redeemer W 55-0 Crawford picked off four passes VOICE 2009 8 Oct. 1 Holy Redeemer 7 p.m. Hanover Area W 21-20 CAREER RECORD and returned two for scores. Oct. 7 at Hanover Area 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman L 20-16 11-2 Oct. 14 Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Wyoming Area W 23-13 2008 10 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 22 Wyoming Area 7 p.m. Nanticoke Area W 43-6 Meyers W 28-6 Luke Height will be the kicker

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 Nanticoke Area 7 p.m. District 2 Class AA playoffs 2007 8 Nov. 4 at Meyers 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman W 42-15 after playing some last year. FAST FACTS Mykel Dempsey and Rich Sick- THE Lakeland W 40-21 PIAA Class AA playoffs Class: AA ler are the top candidates to – 2006 10 Northern Lehigh L 50-14 Enrollment: 242 boys in grades 10-12 handling punting duties. 14 QUARTERBACKS LAKE-LEHMAN BLACK KNIGHTS Jared Novitski is back for his second year as starter. Last ROSTER year he threw for 1,329 yards and nine touchdowns, but was Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. picked off 12 times. With a 4 Bobby Wright 5-10 160 WR/DB So. year of experience, look for No- 6 Isaac Kirby 6-0 145 WR/DB So. vitski to be more polished and 8 Jay Dawsey 6-0 160 K Sr. have the ability to do more in 11 John Butchko 6-0 160 K Sr. the pocket. Bill Hillman will be 13 Jared Novitski 6-1 185 QB/DB Sr. the backup. 18 Bryer Raspen 6-1 155 WR/DB Jr. 19 Josh Sayre 5-7 140 RB/DB Fr. 22 Cody Poepperling6-1 180 WR/DB Sr. RUNNING BACKS 23 Cole Barbacci 5-9 180 RB/LB Sr. A position of strength and 24 Tom Donovan 5-5 150 RB/DB Jr. experience. Nick Shelley, who 25 Nick Shelley 6-1 190 RB/DB Sr. rushed for 683 yards and sev- 28 James Wright 5-9 180 RB/LB Sr. en touchdowns, is back. Brady 29 Ty Shaw 6-0 175 WR/DB So. Butler will also rotate in. Dustin 34 Brady Butler 5-8 190 RB/LB So. Jones and Curt Barbacci will be 35 Dustin Jones 6-1 235 FB/DL So. the fullbacks. 40 Ronnie Ribaudo 5-7 185 OL/LB Jr. 43 Zachary Jayne 5-8 180 FB/LB So. 44 Curt Barbacci 5-9 200 TE/LB Sr. RECEIVERS 45 D.J. Scavone 6-1 175 TE/DE Jr. Cody Poepperling, who aver- 52 Tyler Brobst 5-8 220 OL/DL So. aged 15 yards per catch last 54 Brian Derhammer 5-11 180 OL/DL Jr. season, will start on one side. 55 Pete Borum 6-6 315 OL/DL So. Bill Hillman will be the starter 64 Mark Bullock 6-1 250 OL/DL Sr. on the other side. If this sea- 65 Alex Major 6-0 240 OL/DL Fr. son is anything like last year, 66 Jamie Aldrich 6-1 280 OL/DL Sr. look for the Black Knights to 67 Job Stepanski 6-0 240 OL/DL Sr. rotate several people in at this 69 Terry Cooper 6-1 200 OL/DL Jr. spot. At tight end will be Curt 76 Tom Chipego 5-10 230 OL/DL Jr. Barbacci and Kyle Romonofski. 77 Ryan Hoyt 6-4 280 OL/DL Sr. 79 David Blejwas 6-1 300 OL/DL Sr. MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 81 Cody Fox 6-2 215 TE/DL Jr. OFFENSIVE LINE Brady Butler, Curt Barbacci, Nick Shelley, Cole Barbacci and Jared Novitski are among the top 86 Zach Chabala 5-9 145 WR/DB Jr. Lehman returns four starting skill players on Lake-Lehman’s offense. 89 Kyle Romanofski 6-3 180TE/DE So. linemen from last year with Pete Borum being the only new addition. The Black Knights average nearly 250 pounds across the front. Tom Chipego Return to playoffs in Lake-Lehman’s sights and Jamie Aldrich will be the guards with Ryan Derhammer also seeing time. Ryan Hoyt, By Steve Bennett sky’s first year. The expectations pointment with the way Hanover more toward the three-step drop and Borum and David Bledjwas will Staff Writer were not too high to begin with. In Area handled us. Wyoming Area had roll outs as opposed to the five-step be the tackles. Jobe Stepanski fact, Gilsky was told that three wins a better line than we did and Dallas drop. will be the center. Last year, he kept things pretty or at best .500 would be considered a handled us up front. One of our Expect that to change his year. basic, sort of vanilla if you will. Jer- success. goals this year was to build up our The Black Knights will feature DEFENSIVE LINE ry Gilsky was in his first season as Maybe to those on the outside, but offensive line.” Nick Shelley at running back. He is The Black Knights play a multi- the head coach at Lake-Lehman and not to the guy who calls the shots. And that should help second-year coming off a year where he averaged ple 50 on defense. Sometimes really did not know what to expect. “I want the most,” Gilsky said. starting quarterback Jared Novits- 6.6 yards per carry and rushed for they will show the 50 look and Gone were the days of throwing “We lost by the mercy rule in the dis- ki, who can look at close to 600 seven touchdowns. He also caught 21 switch to a 4-3 or a 4-4. Dustin the ball all over the field. Gilsky trict playoffs and that is what both- pounds of beef to protect him on the passes out of the backfield and aver- Jones will start at nose with Jamie Aldrich at one tackle and maintained a rather basic scheme ered me the most. I felt that people left side. aged 13.0 yards per reception. Dave Bledjwas at the other. on both sides of the ball with a few were just happy we made the play- Novitski stepped into the starting This year Gilsky figures to be able Pete Borum will rotate between wrinkles added in to keep teams offs. As the head coach, I wanted role last year as a junior and handled to do even more with Novitski under the tackle spots. Tom Chipego honest. more.” everything Gilsky’s playbook had to center, which should help open and Brian Derhammer will be The Black Knights went 7-4 last With that in mind, the Black offer. Gilsky realized Novitski had things more on the offensive side of the ends. season and used a seven-game win- Knights beefed up on the offensive some limitations in his first year the ball.

2011 ning streak to lock up a spot in the and defensive lines. The players will and tried to make things simple. As far as the defense is concerned, LINEBACKERS

1, District 2 Class AA playoffs. For as be bigger, stronger and more impor- “Jared more than exceeded our the Black Knights will still be multi- Curt Barbacci and Brady Butler good a stretch as Lake-Lehman had tantly, faster. It was a weakness last expectations last year,” Gilsky said. ple, which helped confuse opponents will be the starting linebackers. during the season, the end wasn’t so year that Gilsky felt hampered his “We protected him last year by hid- a year ago. Both have experience and play pleasant. team’s progress at times. ing his weaknesses. We wanted him But one thing Gilsky wants cor- a physical brand of football. A three-game losing streak and a “We changed our workouts a little to be more comfortable with what he rected is the number of points the SECONDARY SEPTEMBER district playoff game decided by the bit,” Gilsky said. “I thought last year was good at.” Black Knights allowed which was a mercy rule brought an end to Gil- our line was a little bit of a disap- That meant an offense geared too-high-for-comfort 257. Cole Barbacci will be the strong safety with Cody Poepperling at free safety. Nick Shelley will 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR be one corner while Bill Hillman and Troy Shurites will alternate THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at Old Forge 7 p.m. Old Forge L 21-15 2010 7 at the other corner position. Sept. 9 Lackawanna Trail 7 p.m. Lackawanna Trail W 29-22 JERRY GILSKI Sept. 16 at WyomingArea 7 p.m. WyomingArea W 42-39 2nd year Sept. 23 Holy Redeemer 7 p.m. Holy Redeemer W 27-13 SPECIAL TEAMS

VOICE 2009 4 Sept. 30 at Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers W 14-0 CAREER RECORD Jared Novitski will return at Oct. 8 Northwest 3 p.m. Northwest W 21-12 7-4 kicker. Last year he was one Oct. 14 at GAR 7 p.m. GAR W 20-16 2008 9 of the most consistent in the Oct. 21 at Nanticoke Area 7 p.m. Nanticoke Area W 43-26 conference, making 29 extra

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 Hanover Area 7 p.m. Hanover Area L 38-30 points. He had one field goal Nov. 4 Dallas 7 p.m. Dallas L 28-21 FAST FACTS 2007 2 from 32 yards. Coach Jerry Gil-

THE District 2 Class AA playoffs sky is hoping to land a soccer Class: AA – GAR L 42-15 2006 0 player or two to handle punting Enrollment: 270 boys in grades 10-12 duties. 16 QUARTERBACKS DALLAS MOUNTAINEERS Bill Dixon and Ryan Zapoticky are in a battle to earn the ROSTER starting job. Zapoticky suffered an injury in the spring and is Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. starting to get healthy. He at- 1 Zach Goodwin 5-9160 K So. tempted eight passes last year 2 Don Behm 6-0 175WR Sr. while Dixon did not attempt 3 Paul Brace 6-1185WR Sr. any. 4 Garrett Artsma 6-0 210 FB Sr. 5 Ryan Zapoticky 6-0 165 QB Jr. 7 Bill Dixon 6-1170QB Sr. RUNNING BACKS 8 Zach Macosky 5-10 155 RB Jr. PAUL BRACE 9 Ryan Panzetta 6-0 175 QB Jr. and Don Behm 10 Corey Stegman 6-1165QB So. will be the 11 Jason Simonovich 6-4 205WR Jr. wingbacks. 14 Justin Morris 6-2165TE So. Garrett Artsma 15 Shane Dunn 6-3195 WR Sr. and Keifer Rog- 17 Aaron Napkora 5-10 155 QB So. ers are the full- 21 Jim Roccograndi 6-0 200 RB Sr. backs with Jim 22 Keifer Rogers 5-9180 FB Sr. Roccograndi 23 Brett Wanek 5-8 160 WR Sr. and Brett Wanek at tailback. 24 Chris Behm 5-7 140 WR So. Roccograndi rushed for 235 25 Felix Dolman 6-1185RB Jr. yards last year while Wanek 30 Dante Zurenda 5-8 160 RB So. had 129. 31 John Hutchins 5-8 145WR So. 32 Logan Brace 5-11 165 RB So. RECEIVERS 33 Bill Gately 6-0 175 FB So. 34 Kris Roccograndi 5-9160 RB Jr. SHANE DUNN 35/71 Mike Mihal 6-2200 FB/G So. and Jason 36 Mike Shutlock 5-7 135 WR Fr. Simonovich 43 Rocky Rutkoski 5-11 190 FB So. will be the 44 Nate Vario 6-1220TE Jr. receivers. 50 Logan Bullock 6-1260 GJr. Dunn caught 52 Jake Cavanaugh 5-8 175G Jr. passes in just 54 F.J. Constantino 6-0 245 C Sr. two games last MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 55 Nick Ondish 6-0 250 C Jr. year averaging Quarterback Adam Goeringer may have graduated, but skill players like Jason Simonovich, 56 Mike Carey 5-11 230 T Jr. 23.3 yards per catch. Simonov- Ryan Zapoticky, Garrett Artsma and Jim Roccograndi will keep Dallas’ offense moving. 60 Will Spare 6-0 210 T So. ich was second on the team in 62 Mike Mazula 6-1185G Jr. receptions with 17. Nate Vario 64 Ian Pirl 5-10 180 G So. will be the tight end. 65 Zach Taylor 5-10 190 G Sr. Dallas reloads after undefeated season 66 Ryan Monk 6-2200 G Fr. OFFENSIVE LINE 68 Damien Rutkoski 6-1270T Sr. F.J. Constantino will be the By Steve Bennett to do with (quarterback Adam quarterback when necessary. Last 72 Luke Edwards 5-11 210 G So. 73 Buddy Shutlock 6-4 265 T Jr. center. Logan Bullock will play Staff Writer Goeringer). Other guys have to step season he rushed for 393 yards, 75Jordan Dolman 6-2190T Sr. right guard with Buddy Shutlock up and make the game-winning caught 44 passes for 765 yards and 77 Jared Hoats 6-0 200 T So. at right tackle. Bullock moves Last year, the Dallas Mountain- plays. We need to improve our completed two touchdown passes. 78 Dakota Stritzinger 6-1245T Sr. from tackle to guard. The left eers were able to finish the regular defense and special teams. Our “Our skill kids are pretty good 80 Kyle Zumchak 5-8 135 WR Jr. guard is Zach Taylor. Ryan season a perfect 10-0 before getting 81 Mark Michno 6-1180 WR So. Monk is at left tackle. Luke defense was not up to the level of a and we have to have a quarterback Edwards and Dakota Stritzinger knocked out of the District 2 Class championship defense. We didn’t deliver the ball,” Jackson said. “We 82 Russ Newell 6-1170WR So. 86 John Murray 6-1175WR Jr. are also in the mix. AAA playoffs in the first round. stop the run well. We weren’t physi- have to have other people step up. 88 Domenic Oliveri 5-11 180 TE So. Despite the undefeated regular cal enough and not aggressive We don’t have a kid who will throw 89 Colton Powell 5-7 140 WR So. DEFENSIVE LINE season, it was a difficult 2010 for the enough. We are trying to address the ball 25 times and run the ball 25 Logan Bullock and Buddy Shut- Mountaineers. Injuries to some key that right now. ” times. We are going to have to spread Dallas returns seven starters on lock are at defensive tackle. players late in the year forced back- The loss of Goeringer to gradua- the ball around and have different both sides of the ball but as nice as Keifer Rogers and Felix Dolman ups to play more significant roles in tion creates a big void in the Dallas guys get touches. We have four or that sounds, most of the seven who are the ends. big games. There was a considerable offensive game plan. When the five who are going to get touches return on offense are also part of the amount of luck involved in last Mountaineers needed a yard, every game.” seven who return on defense. LINEBACKERS year’s perfect regular season accom- Goeringer would get that yard. If a Along with Brace, other players “We have some depth up front and The outside linebackers will panied by a tremendous amount of big pass was needed, Goeringer expected to see the ball in their depth at fullback and tailback,” be Shane Dunn and Kris Roc-

2011 skill. would step up and complete it. hands are running backs Jim Rocco- Jackson said. “We are carrying 49 on cograndi. Jim Roccograndi and Garrett Artsma will play inside. 1, It would be unfair to expect Dallas Often, that pass would go to Paul grandi and Brett Wanek. On the out- the roster and that is the most we Jason Simonovich will see time to duplicate last year’s accomplish- Brace, one of the most versatile ath- side, the starting quarterback will have ever had here at Dallas. We ments. But that doesn’t mean this at outside linebacker while Bill letes in the conference. Now it’s his have capable receivers in Shane have three linemen back. Our two Gately, a sophomore, will see year’s team won’t try. turn to step into the role of go-to Dunn and Jason Simonovich. tackles were sophomores last year. time on the inside. Jackson is “Look, we could have went 5-5 last player for Dallas. What will help the transition this It’s not going to be easy, but I expect working hard to get Gately on

SEPTEMBER year instead of 10-0,” Dallas coach Brace can play wing back, run- year will be an experienced offensive us to be able to fight for a playoff the field in some capacity. Ted Jackson said. “A lot of that had ning back, receiver and line up at line that is both big and physical. spot.” SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR Paul Brace and Brett Wanek will 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS start in the secondary with Bill THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin W14-7 Dixon and Don Behm fighting to 2010 10 Sept. 10 Scranton Prep 1 p.m. Scranton Prep W26-12 TEDJACKSON play at corner. Sept. 17 Berwick 1 p.m. Berwick W22-12 27th year Sept. 23 at Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W21-7 SPECIAL TEAMS VOICE 2009 10 Sept. 30 at Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport W52-43 CAREER RECORD The kicking job is up in the air Oct. 8 Valley West 1 p.m. Valley West W21-17 217-77-3 Oct. 15 Crestwood 2 p.m. Crestwood W28-20 2008 2 with Zach Goodwin having the Oct. 22 Pocono Mt. East 1 p.m. Pocono Mt. East W31-28 edge. If he doesn’t win the job, Ryan Zapoticky will get it. Jason

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 at Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock W21-7 Nov. 4 at Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman W28-21 2007 2 Simonovich and Shane Dunn FAST FACTS are vying to be the punter. Paul THE District 2 Class AAA playoffs Class: AAA Brace and Brett Wanek will be – West Scranton L 49-26 2006 7 Enrollment: 337 boys in grades 10-12 the return men. 18 Players to watch in the WVC this season

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QUARTERBACKS WYOMING VALLEY WEST SPARTANS Eugene Lewis will return as the starting quarterback, but ROSTER how much he plays there will depend on the development of Ht. Wt. Yr. his backups, Mike Kilhenney 1 Lucky Williams 6-1170Jr. and Mike Baur. 2Jordan Mason 6-0 180 So. 3 Nick Singer 5-9 150 So. 4 Mike Kilhenney 6-0 170 Sr. RUNNING BACKS 5 Derrick Simms 5-8 150 Jr. TASHAWN 6Andrew Mudlock 6-0 170 So. BUNCH and 7 Eugene Lewis 6-3 200 Sr. Derrick Simms 8 Troy Yashinski 5-8 145 So. will be the 9 Josh Ortiz5-9150 Jr. tailbacks. Brett 10 Dylan Flayhart 5-11 175 Sr. Good and Alan 11 Mike Narvid 6-0 185Jr. Sakosky will be 12 Tyler Gates 5-8 150 Sr. the fullbacks. 13 Ryan Greskewicz5-10175Sr. Bunch rushed 14 Chris Baranski 6-0 165 So. for 341 yards and averaged 6.1 15 Dan Flaherty 5-11 150 Jr. yards per carry last year. 16 Michael Baur 6-3190Jr. 17 Chris Coleman 6-3 210 Sr. RECEIVERS 21 Ian Ultsh 5-9 150 Fr. The Spartans 22 Steve Doroskewicz 6-2 170 So. have depth 25 Saabir Gibson 5-9 160 So. at this posi- 26 Ian Labar 5-10 180Jr. tion in LUCKY 28 Tashawn Bunch 5-11 200 Sr. WILLIAMS, 31 Alan Sakosky 5-10 180Jr. Derrick Simms, 32Jerome Ewing 5-9 145 So. Dylan Flahart, 33 Josh Brody 5-10 195 So. Eugene Lewis 34 Robert Tupper 5-9 155 So. and Josh Or- 36 Keenan Tate 5-9 165 Sr. tiz. Simms was second on the team in receptions last DAVE SCHERBENCO / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 39 Terell Bolling 6-0 165 Sr. Mike Kilhenney, Eugene Lewis and Mike Baur are Wyoming Valley West’s quarterbacks. 40Cody Stemrich 6-0210So. year with 10 for 203 yards. 42Juan Rajo 5-9 170Jr. Williams, Flayhart and Lewis 44 Daniel Kopeck 5-9 165 So. combined to catch five passes 45 Brett Good 6-1190Jr. last season for 55 yards. Chris 46 Jalen Stockton 5-11 165 Sr. Coleman will start at tight end. Lewis makes Valley West dangerous 52 Ian Moran 5-11 200 So. 53 Matt Perugino 6-0200 Sr. OFFENSIVE LINE 56 Zack Hunter 5-11 200 Sr. The Spartans By Steve Bennett How much Lewis moves around “We have a very good nucleus of 60 Donald Wychock 5-10 195Jr. Staff Writer averaged 5.2 this season will ultimately depend players coming back,” Keating said. 61 Tyler Yaglowski 5-8 205 So. yards per carry on the progress backup quarter- “Other spots we are inexperienced. I 62 Elijiah Harrison 5-8 250 So. last season It would be foolish for anyone to backs Mike Kilhenney and Mike think we are very capable of being 64 Charles Drust 5-10270 So. and the offen- believe that Eugene Lewis isn’t Baur show heading into the first successful. You just never know 65 Ari Ohaion 5-10215 Sr. sive line will going to be a significant part of the week of the season. what will happen until the lights 66 Jalen White 5-9 220 Jr. determine how offense for the Wyoming Valley West After the first full week of camp, come on.” 67 Jason Udzella 5-8 175 So. far the running Spartans this season. 68 Chad Bealla 5-8 195 So. game goes. Keating was pretty optimistic. The Spartans will have to find a 69 Sean Simmons 6-0220 Sr. Kyle Phillips, P.J. Cwalina and Lewis, a senior who has given a “A t times, we can put Eugene at way to navigate their way through a 70 Pat Kuren 5-10 195 So. Zach Yaglowski will be the tack- verbal commitment to Penn State, is wide receiver, ” Keating said. “Baur difficult schedule and pick up 72Justin Raitter 6-0275So. les. Matt Reames and TONYLE one of the top wide receivers not is throwing the ball well right now. enough victories to secure a spot in 73 Zach Yaglowski 6-1 250 Jr. are the guards. Matt Perugino only in the state, but the country. They are all intelligent kids. It allows the eight-team District 2-4-11 Class 74 Pete Cwalina 6-3 250 Sr. will play center. Playing wide receiver will have to us to be a little more versatile.” AAAA subregional playoffs. 75Joe Baran 5-11 210 Sr. wait until he hits Happy Valley. The same type of athleticism they Valley West saw its season end 76 Matt Dubaskas 6-2265So. DEFENSIVE LINE 77 Matt Reames 6-2285Sr. The way Valley West coach Pat have on the offensive side of the ball last year in the first round at White- Chris Coleman and Kyle Lewis 78 Kyle Phillips 6-2235Sr. Keating sees it again this year, the is what Keating hopes will carry the hall. Keating is hoping to not only will be the defensive ends. 79 Tony Le 6-1 240Jr. Mark Hufford, Matt Reames Spartans’ best chances of being suc- Spartans on the defensive side. get back to the playoffs, but have a 85 Trey Cowman 6-1190Jr. cessful are when Lewis, who passed Mark Hufford, who suffered a chance to host one game or more. and Tony Le are in line to be 87 Nate Gurtis 5-10 165Jr. the tackles. Hufford is coming and rushed for more than 1,000 yards knee injury in the second game last “Obviously, we want to get back to 2011 88 Michael Sands 5-10 140 So. back from a knee injury suf- last season, has the football in his season, is back and will be on the where we were a year ago and hope- 89 Quincy Patrick 6-1180Sr. 1, fered in the second game last hands. defensive line. There will be some fully go further,” Keating said. “I 90 Danny Rossi 5-10 190 So. year against Abington Heights. So for the second consecutive year, spots on the field where the Spartans think we took a lot away from that 92 Kyle Lewis 5-11 200 Sr. Lewis will lineup at quarterback. will have experience and there will game against Whitehall even though 93 Kyle Melodick 5-8 150 So. LINEBACKERS 94 Mark Hufford 5-10235 Sr. But that does not necessarily mean be others where experience will be it was a loss. We had a couple of 95John Strish 5-11 235 So. The inside linebackers will be

SEPTEMBER that’s the position he’s going to be lacking. It’s that part that concerns unfortunate bounces and we want to 96Steven Austin 5-10 165 So. Brett Good and Alan Sakosky. playing on every offensive snap. Keating the most. get back there.” 99 Alex Barilla 6-3 235 So. Playing on the outside will be Tashawn Bunch and Ian Labar. 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR SECONDARY

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at Scranton 7 p.m. Scranton W 33-6 Eugene Lewis, Derrick Simms 2010 7 Sept. 9 Abington Heights 7 p.m. Abington Heights L 38-14 PAT KEATING and Lucky Williams make up the Sept. 16 Pleasant Valley 7 p.m. Pleasant Valley L 27-20 3rd year secondary. Williams picked off Sept. 23 at Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick W27-15 two passes last season. Simms

VOICE 2009 6 Sept. 30Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin W27-13 CAREERRECORD and Lewis each had one. Oct. 8 at Dallas 1 p.m. Dallas L 21-17 13-9 Oct. 14 Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area W 34-13 2008 7 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 21 Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood W 32-18 The kicker will be Nick Singer,

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 at Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 49-7 Nov. 4 at Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport W28-7 2007 10 who had 22 extra points and FAST FACTS one field goal of 30 yards last THE District 2-4-11 subregional playoffs Class: AAAA season. Lucky Williams or Der- – Whitehall L 41-27 2006 9 Enrollment: 526 boys in grades 10-12 rick Simms will be the punter. 22 QUARTERBACKS NANTICOKE AREA TROJANS Seniors Josh Decker and Zak Matulewski will split snaps. Decker is known more for his arm and Matulewski more for his feet. “I’m confident with whoever we have in there,” Bruza said. RUNNING BACKS Senior Brian Maslowski returns at fullback after one of the top rushing seasons in the WVC a year ago. He ran for 1,261 yards and 14 touchdowns. Senior Tom Vitale and sophomore Pat Hempel will play at halfback. The Trojans will use senior KlayKaspryk and junior Nate Siese at wingback. RECEIVERS Senior Jeff Jezewski will start at split end after catching seven passes a year ago. Senior Chris Gavrish will play tight end. OFFENSIVE LINE The Trojans feature a start- DAVE SCHERBENCO / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE ROSTER ing line full Quarterback Josh Decker, running back Brian Maslowski and quarterback Zak Matulewski of seniors. Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. CHRISTIAN are part of a core group of returning skill players for Nanticoke Area. 1 Derrick Wolfe 5-9 160 WR/DB Sr. STEVENSON 2Tyler Myers 5-9 150 WR/DB So. was an all-con- 3 Nate Siese 5-9 160RB/DB Jr. ference player 4 Dwayne Oshinski 5-10 160 WR/DB So. a year ago. 5 Danny Greene 5-8 150 WR/DB So. Kevin Zaykosky will move from Nanticoke eyes winning season 7 James Edwards 5-8 150 WR/DB Sr. center to tackle. Rich Badows- 8 Tyler Kovach 5-10 165 WR/DB Sr. ki, Steve Valenti and center Joe 9 Josh Decker 6-2 185 QB/DB Sr. Voyton round out the line. By Tom Brolley step. You got to realize the hard work many of them have seen major play- 11 Joe Levandowski 6-1 170 QB/DB So. Staff Writer it took to get to four wins.” ing time since their sophomores 13 Jeff Jezewski 6-3 190 WR/DB Sr. 17 KlayKaspryk 5-9 165RB/LB Sr. DEFENSIVE LINE Once the Trojans won a couple of years. 22 Brian Maslowski 5-10 195 RB/DB Sr. Seniors Nanticoke Area had almost no games last year, Bruza said the com- Running back Brian Maslowski 23 Zak Matulewski 6-2 180 QB/LB Sr. PEDRO expectations heading into the 2010 munity got behind the program and was one of the WVC’s top rushers a 24 Brad Yanus 5-8 165RB/LB So. 26 Pat Hempel 5-7 160RB/LB So. BRACERO and season under then first-year coach people that hadn’t been to games in year ago and the Trojans feature Chris Gavrish Ron Bruza. 32 Rodger Sweet 5-9 160RB/LB So. years returned to the stands. seniors across the line including 35 Maurice Wood 5-10 185 RB/LB Jr. will play at A year later, the Trojans have He also said the kids could once Christian Stevenson, Rich Badowski 39 C.J. Yurkin 5-10 165RB/LB So. the defensive more than an extra dozen players again hold their heads high in town and Kevin Zaykosky. 40 Michael Colatosti 5-10 180 RB/LB Jr. end positions. out (39), a new attitude and expecta- and not be afraid to wear the letter- Nanticoke Area put an emphasis 42 Zach Pudlosky 5-10 165RB/DB So. Christian Ste- venson will tions to win. man jackets out in public. on throwing the ball in the offseason 44 Tom Vitale 5-7 165RB/LB Sr. 50 Frank Marcinkowski 5-8 175 OL/LB So. play at tackle and junior Michael It’s a big difference for a program “Nanticoke is a tough town. When to ease the burden on the heavily 52 Joe Voyton 5-10 200 OL/DL Sr. Colatosti will play nose tackle. that had a 22-game losing streak you’re winning, they love you. When used running game. 53 Rich Badowski 5-10 215OL/LB Sr. before winning four games a year you’re not, it’s tough to find some Seniors Josh Decker and Zak Mat- 56 Giacoma Bova 5-10 180 OL/LB So. LINEBACKERS ago. supporters,” Bruza said. “It was nice ulewski will continue to split time 57 Joe Shimko 5-10 170 OL/LB So. “That’s one of the hardest things 58 Pedro Bracero 5-10 195 OL/DL Sr. KEVIN that the community had something under center. Jeff Jezewski is the 59 Kevin Zaykosky6-2 210OL/LB Sr. ZAYKOSKY will we had to do and we’re still not to be proud of.” team’s top target. 60 Chris Miller 5-10 200 OL/DL Sr. man the mid- where we need to be yet,” Bruza said 62 Darren Pickney 5-10 205 OL/DL Sr. 2011 Bruza and Nanticoke Area’s new “When you’re putting nine guys dle once again of changing expectations. “We’re 65 Mitchel Zelasko 6-1 195 OL/DL Jr. and Rich Bad-

1, challenge is to maintain and build in the box and the safety is 7 yards 72 Allan Herring6-4 325OL/DL Jr. owski is a re- trying to instill in the kids that 4-6 upon 2010’s success. off the ball, it’s tough to really do 74Christian Stevenson 6-2 290 OL/DL Sr. isn’t good enough. It’s hard when The Trojans have most of their anything,” Bruza said. “We did con- turning starter. 75 Steve Valenti 6-2 270 OL/DL Sr. KlayKaspryk you go from a 22-game losing streak 76Cairee Walker 6-3 205 OL/DL Sr. core back to make a run for a win- centrate a lot on our passing game will also see and you win a couple games and ning record. in the offseason. We’re looking to 77 Julius Maghee 6-0 190 OL/LB Sr. 86 Jordan Williams 6-1 185 OL/DL So. time and Michael Colatosti will

SEPTEMBER everybody is getting cocky and Bruza considers his seniors to be improve upon that aspect to open up 87 Kyle Gavrish 5-10 160 WR/DB So. see action at linebacker when walking with some spunk in their like “redshirt seniors” because the running game.” 88 Chris Gavrish 6-2 200 OL/LB Sr. he isn’t playing nose tackle. SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS Senior Derrick Wolfe and junior THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Montrose 7 p.m. Montrose W 33-12 Nate Siese will playbe the 2010 4 Sept. 9 Co-Mo Vo-Tech 7 p.m. Co-Mo Vo-Tech W40-18 RON BRUZA cornerbacks. Jeff Jezewski and Sept. 17 at Susquehanna 1 p.m. Susquehanna L54-19 2nd year Zak Matulewski will man the Sept. 23 Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers W44-6 safety positions.

VOICE 2009 1 Sept. 30 at Wyoming Area 7 p.m. Wyoming Area L35-6 CAREER RECORD Oct. 8 at Holy Redeemer 1 p.m. Holy Redeemer W44-36 4-6 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 14 Northwest 7 p.m. Northwest L35-0 2008 0 Oct. 21 Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman L 43-26 Zak Matulewski, Brian Maslowski and Pat Hempel will

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shouldbe on the line. Hanover. Lehman) andClass –2 AAA (Dallas) races. 5 QUARTERBACKS TUNKHANNOCK TIGERS Senior Luke Seaberg is back after starting all 10 games last year and throwing for 691 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions. Freshman Brian Beauchemin will backup Sea- berg. Beauchemin was named the MVP of the Tigers freshman team as an eighth grader. RUNNING BACKS Senior ZACK EDMONDSON is back after tearing his ACL before last season. Junior Josh Robinson, who played a lot on special teams in 2010, will also see carries. Senior Mike Parduski and junior Colton Coolbaugh are also in the mix in the Wing- T offense. Junior Andy Muckin will play fullback. RECEIVERS Junior JOSH COLLEY, brother of state sprint medalist Gavin MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE ROSTER Colley, will play Lineman Casey Drake, linebacker Andy Muckin, quarterback Luke Seaberg and linebacker Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. split end. “He Wes Custer are among Tunkhannock’s returning starters. 2Josh Colley 6-1 175 WR/DB Jr. isn’t as fast as 5 Luke Seaberg 5-9 175 QB/LB Sr. his brother but 6 Zack Edmondson 5-9 175 RB/DB Sr. he’s taller,” Azar said. Fresh- 7 Brian Beauchemin 5-9 160 QB/DB Fr. man Brett Stage also figures 9 D.J. Giberson 5-5 110 WR/DB So. to see some action at receiver. Tunkhannock seeks turnaround 10 Josh Robinson 5-7 150 RB/DB Jr. Senior Wes Custer has moved 12Josh Burton 6-1 170 WR/DB Sr. to tight end from fullback. Se- 13 Steve Ash 6-0 175 TE/LB Sr. nior Steve Ash will share time. By Tom Brolley still have a long way to go in terms one of them we were in it in the sec- 15 Adam Billings 6-4 185 WR/LB So. Staff Writer of numbers and commitment and ond half. A lot of the games we were 16 Mike Markovitz 5-10 145 WR/DB So. OFFENSIVE LINE getting the best athletes in the school winning in the fourth quarter. Just 21 Brett Stage 6-1 155 WR/DB Fr. Rod Azar knows what it’s like to to want to play football.” some heart-breaking losses. We 23 Alex Bishop 5-10 165 RB/DB So. Seniors Casey Drake and Tyler live in Tunkhannock when there’s a 25 Andy Muckin 5-10 195 RB/LB Jr. Greene will lead the line at It will be tough to plant those ini- couldn’t find a way to win last year 27 Mike Parduski 5-11 175 RB/LB Sr. winning football team on the field. tial seeds of success coming off a 3-7 late in the close games.” tackle. Junior Walt Solt will 29 James Proulx 5-11 155 WR/DB Jr. play guard and senior Nate Azar played on one of the Tigers’ season that saw 16 of the Tigers’ 22 Azar, a former investment banker 36 Shane Edmundson 5-6 165 RB/LB So. Carrasco will anchor the line at best teams in 1988 — a 9-1 season — starters depart. with J.P. Morgan in New York, didn’t 48 Wes Custer 5-11 180 TE/LB Sr. center. Junior Dakota Kresge but it’s been well over a decade since Azar will rely on returning start- have a full offseason to work with 50 Ben Swilley 6-0 210 OL/DL So. has started since his freshman 52Adam Sehne 6-2 175 OL/LB Sr. season and will play guard. Tunkhannock just had a winning ers like quarterback Luke Seaberg, the Tigers. He got the job in April 53 Al Kristunas 6-4 200 OL/DL Sr. season. linemen Tyler Greene and Casey after a long process to name the suc- 54 Clayton Brehm 5-10 175 OL/LB Sr. The Tigers’ baseball team experi- Drake and linebackers Andy Muck- cessor to Berardelli. 57 Dakota Kresge 6-1 210 OL/LB Jr. DEFENSIVE LINE 58 Walt Solt 5-11 190 OL/DL Jr. enced the town’s camaraderie this in and Wes Custer. Azar will keep the Wing-T offense Casey Drake started both ways 59 Tyler Greene 6-3 265OL/DL Sr. past spring when they marched to Tunkhannock lost a number of intact this season but the Tigers will 60 Casey Drake 6-0 280 OL/DL Sr. a year ago and will play at the PIAA title game. close games last year including a show some different wrinkles on 61 Dallas Hanna 5-10 205OL/DL Sr. tackle with Walt Solt. Senior Al Azar hopes to bring back that win- tight game against eventual District offense and defense. 62 Brett Yerg 6-4 210 OL/DL Jr. Kristunas, junior Brett Yerg and Tyler Greene will play end. ning attitude to the football field in 2 Class AAA champion Abington “We’ve made a lot of progress,” 65 Daniel Greenip 5-5 165OL/DL So. 2011 66 Josh Richards 5-11 285 OL/DL So. his first season as head coach. Heights. Azar said. “We’ve kept a lot of things 1, 67 Austin Gregory 5-11 220 OL/DL Jr. LINEBACKERS “One of the things they’ve taken “We had a poor record last year, 3- similar to last year but we changed 70 Tyler Brown 5-9 205OL/DL Jr. well from me is that I came from an 7, but I really believe that we had an enough that it was a good amount of 70 Richie Traver 5-10 175 OL/DL So. Andy Muckin was named a era that won here. I know what it’s excellent football team,” said Azar, work to get in some of the new stuff 75 Tyler White 6-1 230 OL/DL So. captain as a junior and will play linebacker. Dakota Kresge, Wes like and what this town can be like 76 Josh Kosak 5-11 225OL/DL So. who assisted former coach Frank that we’re going to do. The kids 81 Dan Harmon 5-10 190 TE/DL Jr. Custer, Steve Ash and Mike when we win,” Azar said. “I think SEPTEMBER Berardelli the last two seasons. “We picked it up real fast. Given the time 88 Colton Coolbaugh 5-11 165 RB/DB Jr. Parduski will also see time at that’s helped to motivate them. We lost seven games and every single frame, we’ve gotten a lot done.” 91 Nate Carrasco 5-10 200 OL/LB Sr. the position. SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS Josh Colley and Josh Robinson THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Pittston Area 7 p.m. PIttston Area W28-13 will play cornerback and fresh- Sept. 9 Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin L 14-12 2010 3 men Brian Beauchemin and Sept. 16 at Abington Heights 1 p.m. Abington Heights L 40-21 Brett Stage will play safety. Sept. 23 at Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area L 43-35 ROD AZAR Zack Edmondson will play both

VOICE 2009 2 Oct. 1 at Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood W25-7 First year corner and safety. Oct. 7 Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick L 22-21 Oct. 14 Pocono Mt. West 7 p.m. Pocono Mt. West L 27-15 2008 4 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 21 at Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport L 46-25 Andy Muckin, Dakota Kresge

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 Dallas 7 p.m. Dallas L 21-7 Nov. 5 at Holy Redeemer 2 p.m. Holy Redeemer W 55-26 2007 5 and Colton Coolbaugh are com- FAST FACTS peting for the kicking duties THE Class: AAA and either Wes Custer or Luke – 2006 5 Enrollment: 436 boys in grades 10-12 Seaberg will punt. 26 QUARTERBACKS NORTHWEST AREA RANGERS Gunner Majer, the son of the head coach, will be under cen- ROSTER ter for the third year. At 6-foot- 3, 230 pounds, Majer finished Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. the 2010 season 59 of 141 for 1 Jake Jola 6-1 205 LB/TE/PSr. 683 yards with six touchdowns 3 Dalton Tomko 5-8 168 QB/LBSr. and six interceptions. 4 JimBeglionini 5-11 170 LBJr. 5 Austin Leftwich 6-0 150 SJr. RUNNING BACKS 6 Tyler Pegarella 5-11 165 DB/RB Jr. Northwest will have a tough 8 Gunner Majer 6-3 230 QB/LBSr. time replacing 4,000-yard rush- 9 Matt Swartz 6-0 170 WR/LBSr. er Bret Rutkoski. Junior Tony 10 Tony Politz 5-8 168 RB/LBJr. Politz finished third in rush- 12 Nick Lugiano 5-7 140 DB Jr. ing last year for the Rangers 14 Mike Faruolo 6-0 200 LB/C Sr. with 129 yards. Senior Dalton 15 Charles Boyer 5-9 145 CBSo. Tomko and freshman Austin 16 Logan Womelsdorf 5-10 175 QB Fr. Mazonkey also figure to be in 24 Matt Mitchell 6-1 165 S/WRSo. the mix. 25 Peter Feno 5-11 175 SJr. 25 Peter Evans 5-11 165 CB/WRJr. RECEIVERS 30 Alan Gulbierz 5-10 170 WR/LBJr. 33 Josh Dunay 5-9 130 CB/WRSr. Rutkoski led the team in receiv- 34 Austin McBride 6-0 180 LB/RB Sr. ing last year, but the Rangers return three receivers who saw 35 Austin Mazonkey 6-0 185 LB/RG Fr. significant time last year in 40 AdamSchecterly 5-11 170 LB/RB Fr. seniors Matt Swartz, Christian 50 Nathan Simonson 5-11 200 OL So. Foley and Jeramie Rittenhouse. 54 Dave Johnson 6-0 230 DT/OTSr. Rittenhouse had 97 yards 55 Kyle Stempien 5-9 195 DE Sr. receiving and Swartz had 19 56 Matt Verbinski 6-2 185 OL So. catches for 110 yards a year 57 John Yaple 6-0 260 C So. ago. Juniors JimBegliomini and 58 Jamie Sorgen 6-2 205 DE Sr. Tyler Kishbaugh will play tight 69 Jake Kramer 6-1 245 G So. end. 70 John Maul 6-4 255 DT So. 72 Matt Schwiter 6-1 225 OL Sr. OFFENSIVE LINE 74 Drew Godfrey 6-0 255 OTSr. 75 Steve Derby 6-0 245 OL So. The Rangers lost standouts 78 Alex Barretts 5-11 225 C Jr. Ryan Kondro- 79 Wyatt Reese 5-11 270 OL Jr. sky and Garrett 84 Levi Walker 5-10 145 WRSo. Hankinson. 88 Christian Foley 6-0 175 K/WR/SSr. Filling the void WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 90 Kenny Jones 5-10 170 DE Jr. will be tackles Christian Foley (88), Jake Jola (1), Gunner Majer (8), Matt Swartz (9), Jeramie Rittenhouse 99 Tyler Kishbaugh 6-4 185 DE Jr. Dave Johnson (27), Dalton Tomko (3) and Tony Politz (10) are among Northwest’s top skill players. Jeremy Rittenhouse WR/S and John Maul, guards Wyatt Reese and Drew Godfrey and center ALEX BARRETTS will anchor the line Northwest looks to build on WVC success once again. DEFENSIVE LINE By Tom Brolley “Coming into our second year, coming up,” Majer said. “They were “You never replace Rutkoski, but A healthy senior Jake Jola will Staff Writer people know who we are,” Majer three good guys and the three studs you rebuild, rebound and move for- man one defensive end position and juniors Kenny Jones said. “We’re going to put a quality are hard to replace, but I think we’re ward,” Majer said. “Hopefully, some- and Tyler Kishbaugh will play Northwest Area and coach Carl program on the field week in and doing a good job. I think we’ll be one really shines for you. I think we at the other end spot. Senior Majer are always looking for respect week out.” right there with everybody. ” have three guys that can do the job.” Dave Johnson and sophomore as the WVC’s only Class A team. Northwest returns most of its The Rangers will look to replace The kicking game figures to be John Maul will play the defen- The Rangers finished 5-6 and were core to make more strides in 2011. 4,000-yard rusher Rutkoski with one of the Rangers’ strengths. sive tackle positions and senior back in the postseason a year ago in The Rangers will have to do it junior Tony Politz and senior Dan Christian Foley is back as one of Kyle Stempien will play nose tackle. their return to the WVC. without three players who played Tomko and freshman Austin Mazon- the conference’s top kickers from a Majer said the Rangers “surprised 2011 big roles in the Rangers’ 2009 Dis- key. year ago. He finished with 22 extra a lot of people” by holding their own LINEBACKERS

1, trict 2 Class A title. Quarterback Gunner Majer and points and a 35-yard field goal in with a 3-4 record in the conference a Talented running back Bret Rut- receivers Matt Swartz and Jeremy 2010. Three-year senior starters Gun- year ago. Northwest Area will look koski and linemen Garrett Hankin- Rittenhouse will look to ease the “I think we have one of the best ner Majer and Mike Faroulo will to improve upon that mark in its sec- man two of the linebacker posi- son and Ryan Kondrosky have each burden on the running backs. kickers around,” Majer said. “I feel tions. Tony Politz and freshman ond straight WVC season but Majer moved on, leaving holes on both Dave Johnson leads an offensive if he concentrates, he can be one AdamSchecterly will also see

SEPTEMBER said the Rangers can’t sneak up on sides of the ball. line that is still big but much less heck of a kicker. I won’t be afraid to time at the other linebacker teams anymore. “We got some good young guys experienced than last year’s group. kick from anywhere on the field.” position. SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS The Rangers return a full THURSDAY, Sept. 3 at Holy Redeemer 1 p.m. Holy Redeemer W 44-13 secondary, including corners 2010 5 Sept. 9 at Montrose 7 p.m. Montrose W 41-16 CARL MAJER Jeramie Rittenhouse and Josh Sept. 16 at Old Forge 7 p.m. Old Forge L 37-14 Fourth year Dunay and safeties Christian Sept. 23 GAR 7 p.m. GAR L 21-7 Foley and Matt Swartz.

VOICE 2009 9 Sept. 30 Hanover Area 7 p.m. Hanover Area L 38-14 CAREER RECORD Oct. 8 at Lake-Lehman 3 p.m. Lake-Lehman L 21-12 22-13 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 14 at Nanticoke Area 7 p.m. Nanticoke Area W 35-0 2008 8 Oct. 21 Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers W 14-7 Christian Foley returns as one of the top kickers in the Wyo-

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 Wyoming Area 7 p.m. Wyoming Area L 38-19 Nov. 4 Co-Mo Vo-Tech 7 p.m. Co-Mo Vo-Tech W 25-7 2007 10 ming Valley Conference. Foley FAST FACTS finished with 22 extra points THE District 2 Class A playoffs Class: A and a 35-yard field goal in – Riverside L 34-0 2006 8 Enrollment: 157 boys in grades 10-12 2010. 28 PENN-LEEPPEENNNN--LLEEEE FFOOTWEARFOOOOTTWWEEAARR

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By Steve Bennett ROSTER RUNNING BACKS Staff Writer The fullbacks Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. will be Matt Wyoming Area’s priority has 1 Matt Kintz 5-8 180 RB Sr. 2 Michael Lumley 5-9 160 QB So. Kintz and Co- always been to put the best athletes 3 Joe Adonizio 5-11 175 WR Sr. rey Popovich. in the best position to make plays. 4 Corey Popovich 5-11 220 RB Sr. There are plen- Whether it is a specific offensive 5 Stephen Gamble 5-8 130 WR Sr. ty of tailbacks package or a way to take advantage 6 Ahmad Bouie 5-10 170 RB Sr. and slot posi- of a possible mismatch, Randy Spen- 7 Kyle Memory 5-9 165 WR Jr. tion players to 8 Nick O’Brien 5-9 150 QB Jr. choose from. cer wants the ball in the hands of 9Dylan Pegg 5-9 150 WR Jr. They include AHMAD BOUIE, the players who will make plays. 10 Farrod Condry 5-7 150 WR So. Cody Schmitz, Zack LaNunziata This year, Spencer has made a 12 Jordan Zezza 5-9 140 QB Jr. and Justin Langdon. Freshman change to give one the top athletes in 15 Aaron Carter 5-9 160 K Fr. Jeff Skursky and Marty Mi- 16 Kyle Borton 5-8 140 QB So. chaels also figure in the mix. the WVC the opportunity to make 17 A.J. Lenkaitis 6-0 165 K Fr. those big plays. Junior Nick O’Brien 20 Martin Michaels 5-9 170 RB Fr. — one of the more versatile players 21 Cody Schmitz 5-10 150 RB Jr. RECEIVERS in the conference — has moved to 22 Carmen Mauriello 5-5 145 WR Jr. Joe Adonizio and Zezza, when 23 Peter Sidari 5-7 145 RB So. he is not at quarterback, will quarterback. 24 Tyric Popovich 6-1 175 WR Jr. That does not necessarily mean be at receiver. Bouie, O’Brien, 25 Zachary LaNunziata 5-10 170 WR Jr. Schmitz, LaNunziata and Lang- 26 Kyle Davis 6-1 160 WR Jr. O’Brien will be strictly under center. don will also see action at re- Spencer plans on lining him up in 30 Le James Brown 6-1 180 WR Sr. 35 Jeff Skursky 6-1 185 RB Fr. ceiver. Trent Grove and Robert the slot, on the perimeter and in the 36 Richard Stepanski 5-10 175 TE So. Burton are at tight end. backfield. How often that occurs 42 Justin Langdon 5-5 130 RB Sr. depends upon the development of 43 Elijah LaFratte 5-9 165 RB So. OFFENSIVE LINE 44 Robbie Lewis 5-9 165 WR Sr. another quarterback, Jordan Zezza. The Warriors “We want to put ourselves in posi- 46 Michael Harding 5-8 150 RB So. 49 James Quinnan 5-8 170 RB So. have the ben- tion to be successful,” Spencer said. 50 E.J. Driving Hawk 6-0 200 G Sr. efit of being “We can still use multiple forma- 51 Tyler Resciniti 6-1 240 G So. able to switch tions and put Nick at all the skill 52 Matt Dimick 5-9200 C So. their line- positions and see what offensive sit- 53 Joe Campbell 6-1 260 C So. men around 54 Joseph Taylor 6-0 190 G Jr. depending uations we can create.” 56 A.J. Jones 6-0 155 T Sr. on personnel The Warriors enter the year need- 58 Alex Gercak 5-10 160 C Jr. packages. Up ing to replace two key components 62 Joseph Erzar 5-11 205 G Jr. front, NICK BARTOLI, E.J. Driv- from last year’s team that reached 63 Steven Hughes 5-10 240 G So. ing Hawk and Jake Smith are 64 Michael Gentile 5-8220 G Sr. all capable of playing guard and the Eastern Conference champion- 66 Austin Nocera 6-1 270 T Jr. ship game — two-way lineman tackle. Smith and Joe Erzar can 69/92 Jake Smith 5-10 170 G Sr. play center or guard. Carl Zielin- Julian Campenni and quarterback 71 Carl Zielinski 6-2290 T Jr. ski will be the other tackle. and defensive back Chris Murphy. 72 Shawn Whiting 6-1 275 G Jr. 76 Josh Weaver 6-2280 T So. If the plan to utilize O’Brien and 77 Nicholas Bartoli 6-1 280 T Sr. DEFENSIVE LINE Zezza comes together, the Warriors 80 Ryan Filipiak 5-7 160 TE Sr. Carl Zielinski and Nick Bartoli should have no problem being able 82 Robert Burton 6-0 180 TE Jr. will see time on one side at end to compete. 85 Jeremy Seabridge 6-0 180 TE So. 86 Trent Grove 6-1 185 TE Jr. with Robert Burton, Trent Grove

2011 The way Spencer sees it, he is not 89 Derrick Dorman 6-1 185 WR Jr. and Jake Smith at the other.

1, just taking his best athlete and put- Tackles will be E.J. Driving Hawk ting him under center. Spencer feels preparing him as a quarterback, and and Bobby Burton. Ryan Filipiak O’Brien is a true quarterback. it is just a matter of game situations will play nose guard. “Nick is a passer,” Spencer said. and getting the reps. He is not an ath- “He hasn’t taken the number of lete playing the position. He has the WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE LINEBACKERS

SEPTEMBER snaps like an experienced guy has, potential to be an efficient passer. I Junior Nick O’Brien, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, is mov- Corey Popovich, Matt Kintz and but he got some time last year. We are know what Nick O’Brien can do.” ing to quarterback for Wyoming Area. Jake Smith will be at linebacker with two freshmen, Marty Mi- chaels and Jeff Skursky, work- 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR ing in.

THURSDAY, Sept. 2 Western Wayne 7 p.m. Western Wayne W 9-3 2010 8 SECONDARY Sept. 9 at West Scranton 7 p.m. West Scranton L 40-27 RANDYSPENCER Sept. 16 Lake-Lehman 7 p.m. Lake-Lehman L 42-39 Fourth year Nick O’Brien, Cody Schmitz, Sept. 23 at Hanover Area 7 p.m. Hanover Area W 42-24 Jake LaNunziata, Joe Adonizio,

VOICE 2009 2 Sept. 30 Nanticoke Area 7 p.m. Nanticoke Area W 35-6 CAREERRECORD Jordan Zezza and Justin Lang- Oct. 7 at Meyers 7 p.m. Meyers W 26-13 14-18 don will all see time. Oct. 14 Holy Redeemer 7 p.m. Holy Redeemer W 53-21 2008 4 Oct. 22 at GAR 7 p.m. GAR L 23-13 SPECIAL TEAMS

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 at Northwest 7 p.m. Northwest W 38-19 Nov. 4 Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 21-7 2007 10 Jake Smith will kick off. Aaron FAST FACTS Carter or A.J. Lenkaitis will kick THE EasternConference playoffs Class: AA extra points. Nick O’Brien or – Hanover Area W 24-22 2006 10 Pine Grove L 28-20 Enrollment: 310 boys in grades 10-12 Justin Langdon will punt. 30 CLASS A CLASS AA Road to district title goes through GAR, WVC

If the Wyoming Valley Conference has the upper GAMEFACE hand in District 2 in any of PREDICTION the classifications, Class AA is the one. Which four teams make the GAR is coming off its first District 2 Class AA playoffs: Gunner Majer district title in school history GAR and returns several key fig- Hanover Area Earning playoff bid Lakeland ures that played a role in get- Lake-Lehman tough for Northwest ting to the state tournament. Darrell Crawford will lead line. They return everybody. Northwest is the only Class the offense at quarterback Wyoming Area always has A school in the WVC. Where and has two serviceable big kids and GAR is probably the Rangers rank in District receivers in Shaliek Powell No. 1. They won a district 2 might depend on how well and Lucas Benton. The offen- title last year and have the they replace running back sive line for the most part is quarterback returning. They Bret Rutkoski, who in most intact. The only question have a lot of good guys up cases could be counted on to mark may be at linebacker, front. It is going to be tough.” rush for 100 yards per game. where GAR was hit the hard- Holy Redeemer has a new The Rangers always have est by graduation. coach in Joe Ostrowski. His tough, physical kids and the Hanover Area will feature biggest objective was to bring what most expect to be the CITIZENS’ VOICE FILE line is going to have to pro- Receiver Shaliek Powell is one of the top targets in the GAR passing game. interest to the program. A tect quarterback Gunner best offensive line in the con- few victories this year will Majer to give the offense a ference regardless of classifi- O’Brien is also a passer. The ence at quarterback and run- years in the program recent- help his cause. chance. cation. Martin Steve and Warriors will try to maintain ning back and opponents ly. The Trojans have some Meyers also has a new Tony Dennis will be the their physical style from a now have a general idea of experience back at key posi- coach in Corry Hanson. The GAMEFACE anchors. The Hawks will year ago but will need some what Lehman is going to run. tions. They were able to win Mohawks are coming off a need to find a running back of the role players from last Lehman will be out to prove the games they were expect- two-win season but in Jalen PREDICTION to carry the ball on a consis- year to step in now that they that last year was not a fluke. ed to last year. This year will Miller and Eddie Walters Which four teams make the tent basis. will become starters. And judging by some of the be the time to win a few they have two nice bookends on District 2 Class A playoffs: Wyoming Area is moving Last year Lake-Lehman comments from around the are not favored in. the defensive line. Depth is Dunmore Nick O’Brien to quarterback managed to sneak up on league, it wasn’t. “The league is going to be going to be a question mark Lackawanna Trail not just to take advantage of teams. That won’t be the case Nanticoke Area was able tough this year,” Lehman and Hanson will need some Old Forge his athleticism. Head coach this year. The Black Knights to win four games last year, coach Jerry Gilsky said. of his younger players to Riverside Randy Spencer says that are big up front, have experi- one of the most successful “Hanover Area has the best grow up quickly. PATTE’S SPORTSBAR &RESTAURANT 65 W. Hollenback Ave., Wilkes-Barre -824-8015 OPEN SUNDAY-KITCHEN HOURS 12-9 PM 8OZLOBSTER $ 18.95 THE COORS LIGHT PINTS CITIZENS’ $1.50 WEEKEND DINNER SPECIALS VOICE BOOK OUR “STADIUM ROOM” FOR ALL YOUR PARTY NEEDS! THURSDAY, •LUNCH MEETINGS •FUNERAL LUNCHEONS Robert Asby M.S.

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CALL FOR MENUOPTIONS AND RESERVATIONS 2011 www.pattessportsbar.com Check Us Out On Facebook –3 1 QUARTERBACKS PITTSTON AREA PATRIOTS Anthony Schwab will be the starter. Sophomore James Em- ROSTER mett and freshman Kyle Gattu- so will be the backups. Schwab Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. saw limited time last year, 1 R.J. Haas 5-9 195 FB/DE So. attempting just five passes in 2 Chris Musto 6-0 160 K/P Sr. two games. Coach Mike Barrett 3 Joe Starinsky 5-7 145 WR/DB Jr. gave him the nod based on his 5 Mike Stankosky 5-11 165 TB/DB Sr. arm strength and leadership 6 Justin Wilk 5-9 175 TB/ILB Jr. capabilities. 7 Anthony Schwab 6-0 175 QB/DB Sr. 8 Anthony Halat 5-5 125 TB/DB So. 10 Steve Starinsky 5-11 160WR/DB Jr. RUNNING BACKS 11 Richard Weinstock 5-10 155 WR/DB So. Evan Hahn and Justin Wilk will 12 Kyle Gattuso 5-8 145QB/DB Fr. be at tailback. Mark Romanc- 14 Sam Falcone 5-10 170 TE/ILB Jr. zuk and Joe Giambra will be 15 Hassan Maxwell 5-9 170 TB/DE So. the fullbacks. Giambra carried 16 Donovan Parham 5-10 150WR/DB Jr. the ball 20 times last season 18 James Emmett 6-0 165 QB/DB So. and is the most experienced 20 Zack Hoffman 5-10 160 TB/DB So. ball carrier returning. 21 Kevin O’Brien 5-8 140WR/DB Sr. 22 Mike Chisdock 5-9 145 WR/DB Jr. RECEIVERS 23 Ronnie Dellisio 5-10 155 WR/DB Jr. 24 Evan Hahn 5-11 190 TB/DB Sr. This will be 25 Tyler Roman 6-1190WR/DE Sr. a position of 26 Eddie Klein 6-0 155 WR/DB Sr. strength for 28 Mike Baclasky 5-9 165 WR/DB Sr. the Patriots 30 Ben Lombardo 6-1160WR/DB Jr. led by JORDAN 31 Kevin Tonte 5-6 145 WR/DB Sr. HOUSEMAN, 32 Brian Baldwin 5-11 155 WR/DB Sr. who caught 36 Mark Romanczuk 5-11 200 FB/ILB Jr. 41 passes 38 John Cummings 5-11 180 TE/DE Sr. last year. Tyler 40 Adam Valkos 6-1180TE/DE So. Roman, Mike Chisdock, Mike 41 Joe Giambra 5-9 205 FB/ILB Jr. Stankosky, Joe Starinsky and 42 Billy Scaramastro 5-9 180 FB/DL So. Ronnie Dellisio will also see 43 Eric Danaher 5-10 190 FB/DL So. the field. 45 Mike Schwab 5-9 150WR/DB So. MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 48 Josh Schatzel 6-1195 FB/DL Sr. OFFENSIVE LINE Seniors Dave Dragon, Evan Hahn, Tyler Roman, Mike Stankosky and Joe Stoss will lead the 50 Jake Zalewski 5-9 200 OL/ILB Sr. way for Pittston Area under new coach Mike Barrett. 51 Nick Dougal 5-11 185 OL/ILB Jr. The tackles will be John 53 Dave Mawson 6-1185 OL/DE Sr. Ameen, Josh Blaker and An- 54 Joe Stoss 5-10230 OL/DL Sr. thony Haughton. The guards 55 R.J. Gabello 5-9 210 OL/DL Jr. are Cody Stoss, Joe Stoss, 56 Anthony Haughton 6-2270OL/DL Jr. R.J. Gabello and Mike Hughes. 57 John Ameen 6-3300 OL/DL Sr. Dave Dragon and Nick Dougal Pittston Area makes changes are the centers. Joe Harth is 58 Brad McKitish 6-1 255 OL/DL Sr. 59 Jesse White 6-0220 OL/DL Jr. the tight end with Brian Del- By Steve Bennett new team, but give the players a A year removed from a winless 60 Josh Blaker 6-1 235 OL/DL Sr. aney expected to see time at the position as well. Staff Writer chance to get to know him. season — a topic that has been 62 Cody Stoss 6-0265 OL/DL Sr. 63 Chris Mawson 5-10210 OL/DL So. “I talked to a lot of people, and the brought up as little as possible — the 64 Brandon Hudacko 5-5 200 OL/DL Jr. DEFENSIVE LINE From the time he was hired as the ultimate thing for me is that it came Patriots not only have a new coach 66 Dave Dragon 6-0240OL/DL Sr. Some combination of Dave new head coach at Pittston Area, down to keep it positive for the kids,” but a new offensive and defensive 68 Brian Mlodzienski 5-10245OL/DL Jr. Dragon, Josh Blaker, John Mike Barrett has spent a good por- 71 Mike Hughes 6-0 190 OL/ILB So. Barrett said. “I wanted to show them scheme. Ameen and Anthony Haughton 72 Matt Lettieri 5-9 185 OL/DE So. tion of his time watching film of the that I’m going to put in as much time There were 57 players on the ros- will play defensive tackle. Tyler 76 Hurley Simon 6-2295 OL/DL So. 2010 Patriots. as possible. I tell the older kids to ter for the first week of camp, and Roman, Joe Harth, Dave Maw- 78 Ryan O’Boyle 6-0215OL/DL So. During the winter, the film ses- son and Brian Delaney are in lead by example. I better lead by for the most part, the changes have 80 Brian Delaney 6-2 185 TE/DE Sr. line to see time at defensive sions lasted at least an hour, some- example too.” been accepted well. 81 Jordan Houseman 6-1170WR/DB Jr. end. Joe Stoss and Cody Stoss times longer. The lights at the field- Barrett believes the potential is “We’re going to be very multiple,” 82 Mike Harth 5-11 165 WR/DB So. will play the nose. house usually stayed on until 9 p.m. there. It’s just a matter of getting the Barrett said. “We’re going to be I, 83 Joe Harth 6-1 200 TE/DE Sr. when Barrett decided to call it a team to believe it as well. spread, one-back, empty, a little bit 84 Chris Cummings 5-10 175 TE/DE So. LINEBACKERS night. While he was watching film, “I felt at times last year they were of everything. In a lot of ways, it’s 85 Dan Brady 6-2 160WR/DB So.

2011 the sounds of weights provided the at a disadvantage position-wise or very unorthodox but they are catch- Nick Dougal, Justin Wilk, Jake Zalewski and Mike Hughes will 1, background noise. There were even scheme-wise,” Barrett said. “There ing on. Their heads were spinning a rett said. “Most of the teams in the play at inside linebacker. times when players returning for are some physical kids here. There bit but they are going to get it.” Wyoming Valley Conference play a this season would watch some film are some great athletes and some On defense, the Patriots will play 44. When you practice against one SECONDARY with him. good young kids. I really believe the a 50 scheme this year. defense and then face the 50, it is a It is part of Barrett’s open-door way they have worked and what they “I think the 50 is an excellent big change. Having to change that Jordan Houseman will start at

SEPTEMBER policy which he hoped not only help have done this summer, I think we defense against anything as long as and practice against that, I think it one corner. Mike Stankosky, Rich Weinstock and Mike Chis- him familiarize himself with his can be competitive.” you play your technique right,” Bar- can give some teams problems.” dock are looking for time on the other side. Barrett can choose COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR from Steve Starinsky, Evan 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS Hahn, Kyle Gattuso or Sam Fal- THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock L 28-13 cone at the other corner. Sept. 9 Scranton 7 p.m. Scranton L 20-7 2010 0 Sept. 16 at Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood L 42-7 SPECIAL TEAMS Sept. 23 Dallas 7 p.m. Dallas L 21-7 MIKE BARRETT

VOICE 2009 3 Sept. 30 at Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area L 14-7 First year Chris Musto, who booted 13 Oct. 7 Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport L 46-35 extra points and one field goal Oct. 14 Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin L 26-16 2008 6 from 37 yards out, returns as Oct. 21 at Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick L 46-8 the kicker. Tyler Roman will be the punter. Jordan Houseman,

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 49-7 Nov. 4 at Wyoming Area 7 p.m. Wyoming Area L 21-7 2007 2 Kyle Gattuso, Mike Schwab, FAST FACTS Ronnie Dellisio and Evan Hahn THE Class: AAA are in line to be the return – 2006 4 Enrollment: 442 boys in grades 10-12 men. 32 CLASS AAA CLASS AAAA State playoff points at a premium for Quad-A teams

As is always the case with coach and the Cougars are District 2 in a subregional GAMEFACE coming off a 3-7 season. Word with Districts 4 and 11, the has it that Drumheller is road to the postseason fig- PREDICTION stressing defense this year, ures to be a difficult one Which eight teams make but the Cougars open up the again this season. the District 2-4-11 Class year against Abington AAAA subregional playoffs: Valley West has the best Heights, a team they always player in the Wyoming Val- Delaware Valley seem to struggle with. Easton ley Conference in Eugene Emmaus “It is a very competitive Lewis but that does not nec- Liberty league,” Valley West coach essarily mean the Spartans Nazareth Pat Keating said. “Williams- are the best team. Securing Valley West port has a lot of players back enough state playoff points Whitehall especially up front. It is going THE CITIZENS’ VOICE FILE Williamsport Coughlin will need a big year from running back to lock down at least one to be a battle every week.” home game is crucial for any The key to cracking the Joe Parsnik to make the playoffs. CITIZENS’ VOICE FILE of the teams from District 2. Running back Tashawn terback. Tom Gravish has top eight is for the Class Remember, the district is Bunch could be a work- the program heading in the AAAA teams to win the only guaranteed two playoff horse for Valley West. right direction and the Mil- games they are supposed to Expect wild race for spots with District 11 receiv- lionaires are no longer the and maybe steal one or two ing five and one wild-card pushover they once were. they may not be favored in. team rounding out the eight- of talented skill position Jim Drumheller, a long- The two teams that can do team field. players and Jordan Whaley time assistant coach at Hazle- that will be the two that get Triple-A playoff spots Williamsport returns a lot will be taking over at quar- ton Area, is now the head in. This is going to be the most WOOD PELLETS FIREPLACE GALLERYCan Help hotly contested bracket in all GAMEFACE YouSave Thousands Of Dollars of District 2. PREDICTION $ PER TON Dallas, which finished the Now 212 CASH ONLY On Your Heating Bill regular season 10-0 last year Which four teams make before being eliminated in the District 2 Class AAA playoffs: ASK OURPROFESSIONALS WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU the first round of the district The FireplaceGallerysells and fully services stoves, fireplaces, furnaces, boilers and chimneys tournament, has the skill Abington Heights SA of all kinds. We have been saving economically conscious homeowners thousands of dollars Crestwood VE! throughout the years by providing energy smartsupplemental and main source heating system players and the line to match to help with, or tatolly eliminate, their expensive electric, propane or oil heating bills. Dallas No up with anybody on its sched- Valley View EASY TO INSTALL FIREPLACES ule. The Mountaineers will Enjoy the beauty of aheat producing fireplace. Have be the favorite to reach the Chimney Fireplace Gallery install an efficient wood or gas not the offense can catch up district playoffs coming out burning fireplace finished in brick, stone or tile in as to determine if the Crusad- little as one day. of the Wyoming Valley Con- Required ers will be a factor. NowSelling ference. But where they land Pittston Area and Reading Coal will be the big question. Tunkhannock both have new Bagged &Bulk This will be a big year for coaches. Mike Barrett was Crestwood as the Comets hired at Pittston Area while CHANNING III enter the season with high Rod Azar is now the coach at expectations and a veteran DIRECT VENT BOILERS &FURNACES Tunkhannock. Pittston Area squad, some of who have One of the mostefficient ways to minimize your had 57 players on its roster at COAL STOKER heating bill is to switch your existing oil, been playing varsity football propane or natural gas to an efficient low cost the beginning of the second for three years now. Crest- w/Legs &Steel Top coal fired furnace or boiler. week of camp so that is an •85,000 BTU •HEATS 2500 SQ. FT. wood’s quarterback, Nick THE indication that interesting is •265 CFM BLOWER •100 LB. HOPPER Aigeldinger, is a four-year

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www.fireplacegallerynepa.com 3 SO YOU WANT TO BE A REF? Veteran officials offer course to teach newcomers

By Steve Bennett Staff Writer

In the court of public opin- ion, they are correct 50 percent of the time. It’s unfair to consider them weekend warriors because they have as much passion for what they do on Friday nights and Saturdays as they do their regular jobs. They don’t do it for the paycheck or to give the ego a jolt. They are high school football officials because they enjoy the game. According to Earl Harris, a 30-yard veteran of football officiating, the Wyoming Val- ley Mickey Noonan Chapter of high school football officials has 35 to 40 members. And it’s always looking for new officials. For that reason, Harris, along with Chuck Suppon, Mike Monaghan, Bill Monaghan and Wayne Was- lasky — all veteran officials themselves — offered a course to teach aspiring referees the trade. The four-week course met two nights a week to help prepare prospective refs to take the PIAA officiating exam. “Everybody did very well,”

2011 Harris said. “Usually you

1, don’t score too high on the test, maybe the mid-80s. Most of these guys were in the 90s.” Dave Novrocki, David

SEPTEMBER Lewis, Chris Barnic, Robert Smith and Stan Zaneski all WARREN RUDA/THECITIZENS’VOICE took and passed the class Veteran officials Earl Harris (standing) and Chuck Suppon go over the finer points of positioning on extra-point attempts. with flying colors. The instructors started from the “Just knowing the rules is School District, is a former “I’m coming from the other field positioning at Wilkes- passed that test without the THURSDAY, beginning, teaching not only half of it. It’s something that football coach who has offici- side, the strategy and coach- Barre Memorial Stadium. help of (the instructors),” the rules of the game, but you can’t just pick up a rule ated track and field events. ing aspect of it. Just the rules Demonstrations included Novrocki said. “They did a other intricacies such as book for a season. You have He thought in order to — what this is about and where to stand on extra-point very good job with it, just on

VOICE what is demanded of being to hit the books. There is remain close to the game he what that is about. I learned attempts, the proper way for basic game management and an official, controlling the schooling. You have to keep would take the test. It’s a a lot of different aspects of a shovel pass to be delivered the on-the-field stuff that you game and more significantly, in the best shape you can and decision he’s glad he made, what these guys go through on a fake kick and where a never pay attention to what keeping up with rule chang- be serious about it. If you even though he admits there and how to manage a game. holder’s knee should be when the officials do unless they

CITIZENS’ es. aren’t serious, you shouldn’t were times during the course It was a lot of fun.” delivering the shovel pass. throw a flag. Everybody is “There is more to officiat- do it.” he felt a bit overwhelmed. Along with the classroom And that was just the busy watching the ball. As

THE ing than people know until Novrocki, a principal in “It was nothing like I work, the new recruits were beginning. – they get into it,” Harris said. the Wyoming Valley West expected,” Novrocki said. given a demonstration on “We never would have CONTINUEDONNEXTPAGE 34 New refs gain different perspective

CONTINED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE something he always want- to watch the ball at all. I just ed. He chose football watch to see what the offi- an official you have to be because he played and cials do.” watching between the tack- coached the game. Having Fortunately for Novrocki, les and between the center the chance to take a class he spends quite a bit of time and the guard. You can’t get proved to be extremely ben- watching the Big Ten Net- beat deep. The surprising eficial in helping him reach work. With the channel part is what these guys have his goal. showing replays of old responsibility for. ” “To sum it up, the class games, it gives him the Harris said the next step was more than the test could chance to brush up on his for the new officials is to get offer,” Lewis said. “The test skills and get an idea of game action. was only 100 questions. In what the collegiate officials For now, the five new refs class, we covered 10 chap- are doing. will receive their baptism by ters and every chapter had “On television, they are fire in freshman, junior var- 200 questions. I coached four always trailing the ball. Now sity and mini-football years at the freshman level I’m actually watching the games. and I never knew about half line judge, the side judge They were also presented the rules. I’m so glad I had and the back judge,” Nov- the opportunity to work a the opportunity to take this rocki said. “I’m looking for number of the scrimmages class.” who holds the spot and who in the two weeks leading up For both Novrocki and guards the flag. When I was the start of the regular sea- Lewis, becoming an official learning the rules, I was son. WVC varsity action has changed the way they looking for first touching on isn’t likely until 2012. watch a game on TV. a scrimmage kick and to see WARREN RUDA / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE “They will work with a “Watching the preseason why they throw the bean The ref class of 2011 poses along with its instructors at Wilkes-Barre Me- senior man and that will NFL games now, I just watch bag. That was when I first morial Stadium. Kneeling, from left, Wayne Waslasky, Dave Novrocki, Stan give them the chance to the referees,” Lewis said. “I realized I was not watching Zaneski, Kevin Miller and Mike Monaghan. Standing, Dave Lewis, Chuck work on positioning,” Har- key on the line and try not football like I used to.” Suppon, Earl Harris, Robert Smith and Bill Monaghan. ris said. “By next year, they will be ready (to work varsity games). We want them BELLES working every week. We WET BASEMENT? will get them ready. ” CONSTRUCTION CO. For Dave Lewis, an PA012959 irchwood employee of the City of Wil- #".* .-/)* Basement kes-Barre and a former coach, the opportunity to THE BEST +32&1%(0 $3!'(+2, become an official was ROOFING WATERPROOFING 3ROOMS SIDING $)"" %* BEST PRICES PLUSH $589 10% CARPET WINDOWS & &!()'# Lifeofthe Home Guarantee Call For AFREE Estimate •INSTALLED WITH PAD•FREE ESTIMATES DISCOUNT MARKET ST., NANTICOKE CARPENTRY 262-7060 or 255-0136 Call(570) 436-1500 With this Ad Expires9/15/11 Joseph Czarnecki, Owner ELLISON CARPET 824-7220

MOTHERSJEWELRY THE Starting from Starting from CITIZENS’ $14900 $13900 VOICE Heart Design Mother’s Cross THURSDAY, with 2Genuine Diamonds Pendant With Birthstones Can Be Ordered SEPTEMBER Can Be Ordered with2to5Synthetic or Genuine Birthstones With 3to7Synthetic or Genuine Birthstones Delivery: 4to6Days STERLING SILVER, YELLOW OR WHITE GOLD Delivery: 2to3Weeks 1, 283-0651 Steve Hydock Jewelers 2011 Exp. 9/30/11 150 South Wyoming Avenue, Kingston (Across from Jack Williams) –3 5 QUARTERBACKS HAZLETON AREA COUGARS Senior Chad Hoffman was named to the Pennsylvania Top ROSTER High School Football Prospects Class of 2012 by the Penn- Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. sylvania Scholastic Football 2 Kyle Minzola 5-8 200 LB/FB Sr. Coaches Association. He threw 3 Brad Zanette 5-8 150 WR/DB Jr. for 738 yards and six touch- 4 Aaron Lagana 5-6 140 WR/DB Jr. downs a year ago. Hoffman 5 Albaro Castro 5-6 150 RB/DB Sr. will be backed up by promising 6 Jeff Ochs 5-4 130 WR/DB So. sophomore Julius Ward. 7 Erik Johnson 6-0 170 WR/DB Sr. 8 Zack Kehler 5-11 175 WR/DB Jr. RUNNING BACKS 9 Jimmy Hischar 6-0 170 WR/DB Sr. Fullback Yousef Guzman and 10 Chad Hoffman 6-2 200 QB Sr. tailback Brian Campbell will 11 Colby Petrilla 6-2 170 WR/DB Jr. start in the backfield. Taylor 12 Julius Ward 5-11 180 QB So. Schermerhorn,Kyle Minzola 13 Ryan Palko 6-0 170 WR/DB Sr. and Glenn Zukoski can also fill 14 Jeff Frendrick 6-0 175 WR/DB Jr. the role of fullback, with Man- 15 David Errichetto 6-3 155 WR/DB So. nie Victoria,Nick George and 16 Corey Joseph 5-7 140 K Sr. Zach Zukoski expected to get 17 Jesus Castillo 6-1 175 WR/DB So. carries at tailback. 18 Eli Ancharski 6-2 165 WR/DB Sr. 19 Kevin Rosario 6-2 193 WR/DB Jr. RECEIVERS 20 Dan Bove 5-8 155 RB/DB Jr. A deep receiving corps includes 22 Nick George 5-10 170 RB/DB So. track standout Jimmy Hischar, 23 Yousef Guzman 5-9 205 RB/LB Sr. Erik Johnson and Jeff Fendrick, 25 Joseph Haggerty 5-5 120 WR/DB So. along with Zack Kehler, Ryan Palko, Colby Petrilla,Brad JAMIE PESOTINE / TIMES-SHAMROCK 26 Hector Calderson 5-6 148 RB/DB Sr. 27 Mannie Victoria 5-9 165 RB/DB Jr. Zanette and Ryan Osadchy. Seniors Yousef Guzman, Chad Hoffman, Kyle Bissol, Sam Grohol and Brian Campbell are Sam Grohol and Jonathan Prob- Hazleton Area’s captains. 28 Randy Lisnock 5-9 160 RB/LB Jr. 30 Brian Campbell 5-10 195 RB/LB Sr. ert will share time at tight end. 31 Ryan Osadchy 5-10 165 WR/DB Sr. 32 Glenn Zukoski 5-10 225 RB/LB So. OFFENSIVE LINE 33 Zach Zukoski 5-8 172 RB/DB Fr. An experienced line features Losing season motivates Hazleton 34 Johnny Albino 5-4 136 RB/DB So. three returning starters in cen- 37 Matt Rossi 5-10 160 RB/LB Jr. ter Brett Finkelstein and guards 38 Jonathan Santana 5-11 184 FB/DE So. Kyle Bissol and A.J. Gasser. By Steve Stallone “There’s not an upperclassman “He has all the tools that you look 39 Anthony Hapsmith 6-1 187 WR/CB Sr. Joe Komar and Ed Miller are Staff Writer on this team that has forgotten last for in a quarterback. I really expect 41 Carmer Beltrami 5-10 187 RB/LB So. the starting tackles, with Chris season,” Drumheller said. “We’re him to have a nice season.” 44 Taylor Schermerhorn 5-9 210 RB/LB Jr. Despirito, Steve Komar and Angelo Calabrese all looking to 47 Joseph Oliver 5-11 181 TE/LB So. One day, one practice at a time, just not used to a 3-7 season around On the ground, the Cougars will grab their share of playing time. the Hazleton Area football Cougars here, and they know that. That’s have the tough task of replacing 48 Breyner Patino 5-8 180 RB/LB So. are on a mission. That mission is to why they’re working so very Pedro Guzman, who ran for 1,000 50 Charles Bene 5-9 185 OL/DL So. LINEBACKERS return the program to its rightful hard.” yards a year ago. 51 Kyle Bissol 6-3 230 OL/DL Sr. place among the district’s elite. 54 Brett Finkelstein 6-1 265 OL/DL Jr. Yousef Guzman is the middle With hard work and plenty of Helping their cause is a big and linebacker. Ryan Osadchy and “We’re trying to get better each returning size, speed and firepower experienced line. The entire interior 55 A.J. Gasser 6-0 240 OL/DL So. 56 Steve Komar 6-4 260 OL/DE Sr. Kyle Minzola have the inside practice,” said first-year head coach on both sides of the ball, the Cou- line — center Brett Finkelstein and 58 Bill Youmans 5-5 195 OL/DL Jr. track on the two outside Jim Drumheller, who was an assis- linebacker positions, with gars appear to have what it takes to guards Kyle Bissol and A.J. Gasser 60 Zach Smith 6-3 318 OL/DL Jr. Brian Campbell, Joseph Oliver, tant coach on five of the Cougars’ turn things around this fall. — is made up of returning starters 63 Yeudy Gomez 5-9 230 OL/DL So. District 2 Class 4A championship “We’re still a work in progress,” and the addition of 300-pounder Joe Carmen Beltrami and Taylor 64 Dante Chirico 5-10 289 OL/DL So. Schermerhorn also in the mix. teams from 2001-09. Drumheller said. “How quickly Komar, a transfer from Rhode 67 Angelo Calabrese 5-11 205 OL/DL Sr. “I told the kids don’t just look to some of these kids that don’t have Island, is a significant boost. 70 Chris Despirito 6-0 210 OL/DL So. DEFENSIVE LINE get through double sessions. Don’t experience come along will deter- The Cougars will need to improve 72 Zeb Kopcznskie 5-2 150 OL/DL So. look to get through practice. Look to mine our success as a team.” on defense, after surrendering a 75 Ed Miller 5-8 250 OL/DL Sr. A.J. Gasser and Brett Finkel- get better each practice,” Drumhell- Headlining the list of returnees is whopping 36.4 points per game a 76 Joe Komar 6-1 245 OL/DE Jr. stein will start at the down er continued. “If you make yourself 77 Dante Disabella 5-9 190 OL/DL Sr. tackle positions, backed up by senior quarterback Chad Hoffman, year ago. Three-year starter Yousef Joe Komar, 300-pound Rhode 80 Mike Belusko 6-2 165 WR/DB Sr. better, you’ll make the team better.” a three-year starter who has added Guzman will lead the turnaround Island transfer Zach Smith, Drumheller takes over the pro- 81 Jonathan Probert 6-1 195 TE/DE Jr. 2011 30 pounds of muscle to his 6-foot-2 effort from his middle linebacker Angelo Calabrese and Chris De- gram for Paul Marranca, who 82 Dajon Duncan 5-11 155 WR/DB Jr. spirito. Kyle Bissol, Sam Grohol

1, frame. spot. resigned after one season. After 10 “He’s battle tested, and he’s “He loves contact, and he just has 83 Landon Leshko 5-7 130 WR/DB So. and Steve Komar, who is recov- 84 Dalton Kramer 5-9 135 WR/DB So. straight non-losing seasons, an 83-31 worked very, very hard in the offsea- a knack of finding the football,” ering from offseason shoulder 85 Sam Grohol 6-0 205 TE/LB Sr. record and five district titles under surgery, give the Cougars three son,” Drumheller said of Hoffman, Drumheller said of Guzman, who 86 Gavin Kopczynskie 6-3 175 WR/DB So. quality ends. Jonathan Santana head coach Rocco Petrone, the Cou- who finished seventh in the state at has been at the top of the Cougars’ 87 Danny Conahan 6-1 190 TE/DL Jr. also provides depth there.

SEPTEMBER gars managed just three victories in 171 pounds at the PIAA Wrestling tackler list each of the past two sea- 93 Chad Snyder 5-9 155 K Sr. 2010. Championships earlier this year. sons. 94 Jamal Fowlkes 6-2 225 DE/TE Jr. SECONDARY The secondary is experienced, COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR with returning starters Zack Ke- 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS hler and Mannie Victoria at the THURSDAY, Sept. 3 at Abington Heights 1 p.m. Abington Heights L51-7 corners, and first-year starters Sept. 9 Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport L46-12 2010 3 Petrilla and Hischar at the safe- Sept. 16 at Delaware Valley 7 p.m. Delaware Valley L40-20 ties. Erik Johnson,Nick George Sept. 23 Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock W 43-35 JIM DRUMHELLER and Zach Zukoski will also see

VOICE 2009 8 Sept. 30 Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 14-7 First year time in the secondary. Oct. 7 at Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood W 28-26 Oct. 14 at Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 34-13 2008 10 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 21 at Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin L 35-28 First-year senior Corey Joseph

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 E. Stroudsburg South 7 p.m. E. Stroudsburg South L45-6 Nov. 4 Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick L45-26 2007 11 will be the kicker, with either FAST FACTS Chad Snyder or Erik Johnson THE Class: AAAA punting. The long snapper will – 2006 8 Enrollment: 1,416 boys in grades 10-12 be Johnson or Ryan Palko. 36 ON THE AIR STATE RANKINGS TELEVISION PCN FOX SPORTS Rankings by PAfootballnews.com. Districts listed in parentheses. SERVICE ELECTRIC Sept. 3: Cathedral Prep at McDowell, 9 p.m. RADIO THE GAME CLASS AAAA CLASS AAA CLASS AA CLASS A Sept. 6: Bishop McDevitt at Gateway, 7 p.m. CHANNEL 2 1280, 1340, 1400, 1590 AM 1. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 1. West Catholic (12) 1. Clairton (7) Sept. 10: McGuffey at Belle Vernon, 9 p.m. Sept. 3: Lakeland at Scranton Prep, 12:40 p.m. 2. North Penn (1) 2. Bishop McDevitt (3) 2. Lancaster Catholic (3) 2. Southern Columbia (4) Sept. 2: Susquehanna at Hanover Area, 7 p.m. Sept. 17: Saegertown at Cochranton, 9 p.m. Sept. 9: North Pocono at Berwick, 6:40 p.m. 3. LaSalle College (12) 3. Archbishop Wood (12) 3. Lewisburg (4) 3. Rochester (7) Sept. 3: Northwest at Holy Redeemer, 1 p.m. Sept. 24: Cocalico at Manheim Central, 9 p.m. Sept. 10: Scranton Prep at Dallas, 12:40 p.m. 4. Neshaminy (1) 4. Cathedral Prep (10) 4. Aliquippa (7) 4. Pius X (11) Sept. 3: Holy Cross at Meyers, 7 p.m. Oct. 1: Liberty at Parkland, 9 p.m. Sept. 16: West Scranton at Dunmore, 6:40 p.m. 5. Upper St. Clair (7) 5. Montour (7) 5. Trinity (3) 5. Dunmore (2) Sept. 9: Old Forge at GAR, 7 p.m. Oct. 8: Allentown C.C. at Whitehall, 9 p.m. Sept. 17: Berwick at Dallas, 12:40 p.m. 6. Bethlehem Liberty (11) 6. Valley View (2) 6. Seton-LaSalle (7) 6. Springdale (7) Sept. 16: Pleasant Valley at Valley West, 7 p.m. Oct. 15: NW Lehigh at Northern Lehigh, 9 p.m. Sept. 23: Valley View at Scranton, 6:40 p.m. 7. North Allegheny (7) 7. Thomas Jefferson (7) 7. Mount Carmel (4) 7. Line Mountain (4) Sept. 17: Holy Cross at Holy Redeemer, 7 p.m. Oct. 22: Montoursville at Hughesville, 9 p.m. Sept. 24: Carbondale at Holy Cross, 12:40 p.m. 8. Coatesville (1) 8. Abington Heights (2) 8. North Schuylkill (11) 8. Shenandoah Valley (11) Sept. 23: Wyoming Area at Hanover, 7 p.m. Oct. 29: West Allegheny at Hopewell, 9 p.m. Sept. 30: Coughlin at Valley West, 6:40 p.m. 9. Council Rock South (1) 9. Susquehanna Township (3) 9. Tyrone Area (6) 9. Sto-Rox (7) Sept. 30: Coughlin at Valley West, 7 p.m. Nov. 5: Berwick at Hazleton Area, 9 p.m. Oct. 1: Del Val at Abington Heights, 12:40 p.m. 10. Ridley (1) 10. Hopewell (7) 10. Sharon Area (10) 10. Bellwood-Antis (6) Oct. 1: Tunkhannock at Crestwood, 7 p.m. Oct. 1: Stroudsburg at Coughlin, 6:40 p.m. Others to Watch Others to Watch Others to Watch Others to Watch: Oct. 7: Wyoming Area at Meyers, 7 p.m. ESPN2 Oct. 7: Scranton at West Scranton, 6:40 p.m. Bayard Rustin (1). Boyertown (1). Cardinal O’Hara (12). Central Beaver Falls (7). Bloomsburg Avonworth (7). Bishop Canevin Oct. 8: Nanticoke at Holy Redeemer, 2 p.m. Oct. 8: Valley View at Abington Hts, 12:40 p.m. Central Dauphin (3). Cumberland Valley (7). Clearfield Area (9). (4). Delone Catholic (3). Forest (7). Bishop Carroll (6). Curwens- Oct. 8: Stroudsburg at Coughlin, 7 p.m. Sept. 4: Archbishop Wood at Pittsburgh Cen- Oct. 8: Tunkhannock at Crestwood, 6:40 p.m. Valley (3). Daniel Boone (3). Dela- Crestwood (2). Dallas (2). Greater Hills (6). General McLane (10). ville (9). Farrell (10). Lackawanna Oct. 14: Meyers at Hanover Area, 7 p.m. tral Catholic, 2 p.m. Oct. 14: Old Forge at Lack. Trail, 6:40 p.m. ware Valley (2). Downingtown Johnstown (6). Greencastle-Ant- Greensburg Central Catholic (7). Trail (2). Linesville (10). Marian Oct. 21: Crestwood at Valley West, 7 p.m. Oct. 15: Crestwood at Dallas, 12:40 p.m. East (1). Easton (11). Mt. Lebanon rim (3). Grove City (10). Manheim Hickory (10). Montoursville (4). Catholic (11). North Star (5). Port Oct. 22: Wyoming Area at GAR, 7 p.m. ESPNU Oct. 22: Wyoming Area at GAR, 6:40 p.m. (7). Parkland (11). Roman Catholic Central (3). Strath Haven (1). Northern Lehigh (11). Pen Argyl Allegany (9). Schuylkill Haven (11). Oct. 28: Nanticoke Area at GAR, 7 p.m. (12). Wilson (3). Woodland Hills Lampeter-Strasburg (3). (11). Towanda (4). Wilmington (10). Steelton-Highpire (3). W. Middle- Oct. 29: Holy Redeemer at Meyers, 7 p.m. Oct. 14: Hopewell at Central Valley, 6 p.m. (7). Wyoming Valley West (2) Wyomissing (3). GAR (2). sex (10). Williams Valley (11). Nov. 4: Nanticoke Area at Hanover Area WHLM-FM Nov. 5: Crestwood at Coughlin, 2 p.m. 103.5 Nov. 5: Tunkhannock at Holy Redeemer, 7 p.m. RADIO The Coach Campbell show 6 p.m. every Friday 2010 WVC LEADERS ESPN RADIO night except for Dallas when it starts at noon. WQMY Sept. 2: Berwick at Crestwood, 7 p.m. 1240 AM RUSHING Rsh Yds AvgTD RECEIVING Rec Yds AvgTD PASSING Cm Att Yds TD Int Sept. 9: Abington Heights at Valley West, 7 p.m. Sept. 9: North Pocono at Berwick, 7 p.m. Sept. 3: Hazleton at Abington Heights, 1 p.m. Andrew Forgatch, HA 322 2288 7.1 34 Jared Fagnano, Wil 48 922 19.2 8 Anh Le, HR 102 237 1593 10 15 Sept. 16: Valley View at Coughlin Sept. 17: Berwick at Dallas, 1 p.m. Sept. 10: Scranton Prep at Dallas, 1 p.m. Bret Rutkoski, Nwest 227 1426 6.3 13 Jordan Houseman, PA 41 538 13.1 6 Jared Pierce, Ber 115 205 1455 15 14 Sept. 24: Dallas at Pittston Area, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 23: Valley West at Berwick, 7 p.m. Sept. 17: Berwick at Dallas, 1 p.m. Brian Maslowski, NA 207 1261 6.1 14 Paul Brace, Dal 40 653 16.3 7 Marquise Keiser, Wil 87 148 1445 18 5 (tape delayed) Sept. 30: Selinsgrove at Berwick, 7 p.m. Sept. 30: Riverside at Old Forge, 7 p.m. Eugene Lewis, WVW 185 1102 6.0 16 Sean Ridall, Ber 38 475 12.5 6 Nick Aigeldinger, Crest 99 180 1314 13 7 Oct. 1: Southern Columbia at Lewisburg, 9:30 Oct. 7: Berwick at Tunkhannock, 7 p.m. Oct. 7: West Scranton at Scranton, 7 p.m. Devin Miller, Wil 163 1089 6.7 8 Nahjee Brown, Mey 37 627 16.9 6 Jared Novitski, LL 95 166 1272 9 10 a.m., 8 p.m. (tape delayed) Oct. 14: Berwick at Williamsport, 7 p.m. Oct. 8: Valley View at Abington Heights, 1 p.m. Bryan Mathers, LL 163 1070 6.6 13 Bryan Mathers, LL 34 479 14.1 1 Adam Goeringer, Dal 83 153 1255 13 6 Oct. 8: Valley View at Abington Heights, 4:30 Oct. 21: Pittston Area at Berwick, 7 p.m. Oct. 14: Lake-Lehman at GAR, 7 p.m. Joe Parsnik, Cou 182 1060 5.8 13 Jalen McClary, WVW 33 599 18.2 4 Eugene Lewis, WVW 57 113 1031 9 8 p.m. (tape delayed) Oct. 28: Coughlin at Berwick, 7 p.m. Oct. 21: Scranton Prep at Valley View, 7 p.m. Pedro Guzman, Haz 146 1017 7.0 9 David Gawlas, HR 33 432 13.1 2 Robert Waiters, Mey 75 170 1029 9 11 Oct. 14: Hazleton Area at Valley West, 7 p.m. Nov. 4: Berwick at Hazleton Area, 7 p.m. Oct. 28: Valley View at West Scranton, 7 p.m. Kurtis Thomas, GAR 152 1012 6.7 14 Eric Schleich, Ber 29 537 18.5 6 R.J. Emmett, PA 64 132 868 8 8 Oct. 21: Old Forge at Mid Valley, 7 p.m. Nov. 5: Meyers at GAR, 7 p.m. Darrell Crawford, GAR 128 1006 7.9 10 Eric Kerr, HR 28 537 19.2 3 Chris Murphy, WA 50 125 831 11 7 Oct. 28: Williamsport at Crestwood, 7 p.m. WHLM-AM Mike Baldwin, Tunk 118 1001 8.5 7 Dean McKernan, Haz 25 371 14.8 3 Chad Hoffman, Haz 54 140 750 6 7 Nick O’Brien, WA 159 983 6.2 16 Lou Degnan, HR 25 357 14.3 3 Luke Seaberg, Tunk 48 107 691 6 6 WYLN WILK 930 AM,94.7 and 104.3 FM George Simms, WVW 138 766 5.6 11 Kota Kishel, Crest 24 415 17.3 5 Gunner Majer, Nwest 49 108 615 6 5 The Friday Football Commute, Fridays at 6 p.m. Charlie Roman, Cou 141 729 5.2 6 Nick Shelley, LL 20 255 12.8 2 Joe Ksiazkiewicz, HA 30 80 613 5 4 Channel 7 on Service Electric Wilkes-Barre 910 AM,980 AM, 1300 AM, 103.1 FM Sept. 2: South Williamsport at Bloomsburg Jeremy Freeman, Ber 144 725 5.0 2 Sam Mason, Wil 19 296 15.6 6 Darrell Crawford, GAR 28 77 529 4 4 Sept. 2: Berwick at Crestwood, 7 p.m. Sept. 2: Lake Lehman at Old Forge Sept. 9: Loyalsock at Central Columbia Rob Kotz, NA 123 708 5.8 7 Brandon Roberts, LL 19 286 15.1 3 Sept. 9: Williamsport at Hazleton Area, 7 p.m. Sept. 9: Scranton at Pittston Area Sept. 16: Montoursville at Bloomsburg Adam Goeringer, Dal 122 678 5.6 11 KICKING EP FG Lg Pts Sept. 16: Marian Cath. at Mahanoy Area, 7 p.m. Sept. 16: Hanover Area at Mid Valley Sept. 17: E. Juniata at Co-Mo Vo-Tech, 12:30 p.m. Nick Aigeldinger, Crest 137 650 4.7 10 INTERCEPTIONS No. Steve McCann. GAR 32 3 34 41 Sept. 23: Tunkhannock at Hazleton Area, 7 p.m. Sept. 23: Tunkhannock at Hazleton Area Sept. 23: Central Columbia at S. 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KINGSTON –287-2243 CARPET –CERAMIC TILE –HARDWOOD FLOORS 7 QUARTERBACKS WILLIAMSPORT MILLIONAIRES Jordan Whaley emerged as the front runner in a three-way bat- ROSTER tle for the starting job. Backing him up will be Dale Berkheimer Pos. Yr. and Owen Lukens. This is the Williamsport moving in right direction 1 Owen Lukens QB/DE Jr. deepest Williamsport has been 3Sam Person WR/CB Sr. at the position in a while. 4 Dale Berkheimer QB/SSo. By Steve Bennett 5 Devon Fisher WR/CB Sr. RUNNING BACKS Staff Writer 6 James Boggs WR/S Jr. 7 Jordan Whaley QB/SSr. Devin Miller returns at tailback after rushing for 1,135 yards Slowly but surely the Williams- 8 Ryan Hostrander TE/DE Sr. 9 Sadiq Burkholder QB/S Jr. and eight touchdowns last sea- port football program is heading in son. Others that factor into the the right direction. Coming off a 10 Nail Beyah RB/CB Jr. 11 Tashi Clay WR/DB So. mix include Nail Beyah,Caleb Belle and Brice Harris. Shakyil pair of 7-4 seasons and consecutive 12 Marcus Thompson QB/SSr. Murphy, who played tight end appearances in the District 2-4-11 13 Anthony James WR/CB Sr. Class AAAA subregional playoffs, last season, moves to full- 14 Maurice Gales WR/DL So. back. Murphy is 6-foot-2, 275 the Millionaires are once again 15 Zach Diemer TE/LB Sr. pounds. Denzel Adams will also focused on returning to the postsea- 16 Taron Dinkins WR/DE Jr. see time at fullback. son. 19 Austin Rizzo WR/DB Sr. Unlike the previous two trips, the 20 Terrence Blanton FB/LB Jr. RECEIVERS Millionaires are looking to pick up a 21 Knowledge Frierson RB/LB Sr. Sam Person returns at re- win. Two years ago, the Millionaires 22 Ben Myers WR/CB Jr. 23 Devin Miller RB/S Jr. ceiver and will be paired up were eliminated by Hazleton Area. 24 Charles Ferguson RB/CB Sr. with a combination of Devon Last year, it was Nazareth that 25 Dalton Lovell WR/DB Jr. Fisher,Sadiq Burkholder,An- brought an end to Williamsport’s 26 Brice Harris RB/DB So. thony James and James Boggs. season. 29 Justin Hoffman RB/LB So. Fisher is considered the fastest player on the team while Burk- “The kids were disappointed they 30 Tanner Bashnick WR/LB So. holder saw time at QB when 31 AlexChurchill RB/LB Sr. lost to Nazareth,” coach Tom Grav- Williamsport went to its Wildcat ish said. “Their goal is to get back to 32 Denzel Adams RB/LB Sr. package. Zach Diemer will play the playoffs and win. We have a 33 Austin Robinson TE/LB Jr. tight end with Ryan Hostrander tough schedule. It’s a tough confer- 34 Christian Hague WR/SSr. and Austin Robinson also ex- ence. Every game is tough. It should 35 Jamir Smith TE/LB So. pecting to see time. 37 Caleb Belle RB/DB Jr. be fun.” 40 Mike Snook RB/LB Jr. OFFENSIVE LINE The Millionaires have made tre- 41 Kye Wagoner WR/DB Jr. mendous strides under Gravish, 42 Tanner Mazzante FB/LB Jr. Joe Cohick will start at center. who took over the program in 2007. 43 Isaac Foust RB/DL So. Billy Haines and Ben Choate He’s led the Millionaires to an over- 44 David Robinson TE/DL Sr. will be the guards. Derrick Dan- all mark of 14-8 over the past two 46 Tyler Gardner TE/DE So. neker and Anthony Kaiser will 50 Billy Kennedy OL/DL Jr. be the tackles. Billy Kennedy, seasons. who played in all 11 games 51 Malachi Price OL/DL So. Prior to that, it took the program last year, will also rotate in THE CITIZENS’ VOICE FILE 52 Ben Choate OL/DL Sr. seven years to win 14 games. while Colin Fausnaught can play Junior running back Devin Miller, a 1,000-yard rusher last sea- 53 Terrell Pittinger OL/LB So. According to Gravish, the recent center, guard and tackle. son, is Williamsport’s most dynamic player. 54 Matt Wertz OL/LB So. success is a tribute to the players 55 Joe Cohick OL/DL Jr. putting in the necessary work dur- are expected to get some touches ing the ends. Billy Kennedy and 57 Wes Mintzer OL/DL Sr. DEFENSIVE LINE ing the offseason. behind big fullback Shakyil Murphy, Murphy will be at tackle. 60 Tre Brown OL/DL So. Billy Kennedy and Shakyil “I like the work ethic and atti- who made the transition from tight With the experience and athleti- 62 Denton Parker OL/DL Sr. Murphy will be the tackles. tude,” Gravish said. “Our numbers end. cism the Millionaires have, it is no 65 Alec Howard OL/DE Sr. Billy Haines is going to start at for football interest keep growing. Sadiq Burkholder, who saw time surprise that thoughts of returning 66 Tanner Rudy OL/DL Sr. nose in the base 50 but can also rotate in at tackle. In that We have more guys getting involved at quarterback when Williamsport to the postseason are realistic as 67 Colin Fausnaught OL/DL So. 70 Derrick Danneker OL/DL Sr. instance, Tre Brown and David in the offseason. Nobody forces them went to the Wildcat formation, is not long as the team can stay healthy. In Robinson will see time at the and I think it prepares us well for 74 Anthony Kaiser OL/DL Sr. listed on the depth chart at the posi- the instances when injuries do creep 75 Ben Tripoli OL/DL So. nose. Ryan Hostrander and Joe Cohick will be the ends. the season.” tion this year. He makes the move to up, the role players can step up and 76 Billy Haines OL/DL Sr. As far as depth, the Millionaires receiver to complement the speedy perform up to their capabilities. 77 Brett Hill OL/DL Jr. have it at all the right positions. Jor- Sam Person on the perimeter. “We are going to try and win 80 ChazHoover WR/SSr. LINEBACKERS dan Whaley won a three-way battle 82 Justin Dymeck FB/DL So. 2011 Gravish is excited to have James every game as long as they are keep- AlexChurchill and Zach Diemer for the starting quarterback job. Boggs on the roster at receiver this ing score,” Gravish said. “I don’t 83 Ivan Morrow WR/DB So. will start at linebacker. Other 1, Running back Devin Miller, who year and likes his athleticism. Boggs think the kids are uptight or 84 Guiliano Gardner TE/DE Sr. players vying for time include wasn’t penciled in as the starter last started on the basketball team as a stressed out. We’re looking to make 85 Jay Westbrook TE/DE So. Mike Snook, Denzel Adams and key newcomer Justin Hoffman. year, took advantage of an opportu- sophomore. more of a name for ourselves. We’re 86 Larry Newman WR/CB Sr. 87Shakyil Murphy TE/DL Sr. nity and rushed for more than 1,000 Defensively, the Millionaires will going to play with enthusiasm and 88 Dylan Perry TE/DE So. SECONDARY

SEPTEMBER yards. still be in their base 50 with Ryan pin our ears back and see what hap- 89 Najee Samford WR/DB So. Along with Miller, three others Hostrander and Joe Cohick anchor- pens.” 90 Austin Eisner OL/DL So. Sadiq Burkholder and Austin Robinson will be the safeties. Sam Person, who started every 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR game last year, will be one corner with Anthony James at THURSDAY, Sep. 2 at Central Mountain 7 p.m. Central Mountain W 49-20 the other. James Boggs and 2010 7 Sept. 9 at Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area W 46-12 TOM GRAVISH Nail Beyah will also see time at Sept. 16 Stroudsburg 7 p.m. Stroudsburg W 16-9 Fifth year corner. Person picked off two Sept. 23 at Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin L 20-16 passes last season.

VOICE 2009 7 Sept. 30 Dallas 7 p.m. Dallas L 52-43 CAREER RECORD Oct. 7 at Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 46-35 16-26 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 14 Berwick 7 p.m. Berwick W 21-17 2008 2 Oct. 21 Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock W 46-25 Austin Robinson, who kicked 21 extra points last season,

CITIZENS’ Oct. 28 at Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood W 33-20 Nov. 4Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 28-7 2007 0 returns. Sadiq Burkholder will FAST FACTS kick off while Ryan Hostrander THE District 2-4-11 subregional playoffs Class: AAAA will punt. Zach Diemer is the – Nazareth L 63-24 2006 4 Enrollment: 752 boys in grades 10-12 long snapper. 38 QUARTERBACKS BERWICK BULLDOGS Three-year starter Jared Pierce did most of his damage in ROSTER the air last season, throwing for almost 1,700 yards and Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. 18 touchdowns. With fewer 1 Will Masteller 5-10 165 HB/DB Jr. weapons in the passing game 2 Jared Pierce 6-0 195 QB/SS Sr. this year, he might run more, 3Zach Ladonis 6-0 170 SE/SS Jr. and why not? He did have eight 4 Anthony DiPippa 5-11 175 WR/CB Jr. touchdowns on the ground. 5 Alex Klinger 5-8 165 HB/DB So. 7 C.J. Curry 6-0 170 QB/FSSo. RUNNING BACKS 8 Alex Oliver 5-8 165 K/DB Sr. 9 Jake Jones 5-10 160 WR/DB So. An injury to Tony Goodson last 12 Jake Peccorelli 6-1 165 QB/FS Jr. season created an opportu- 19 Max Thomas 6-0 150 WR/CB So. nity for Jeremy Freeman, and he took full advantage of it. 20 Matt Cashman 5-9 165 HB/CB Jr. Freeman racked up more than 21 Rick Densberger 5-9 160 HB/SS So. 1,000 yards from scrimmage 22 Eric Brown 5-9 150 QB/DB So. last season –926 rushing and 23 Chris Hampton 5-9 150 WR/DB So. 191 receiving. 24 Josh Bushinski 5-9 175 RB/CB Jr. 25 Arlent Mejia 5-9 170 RB/CB Sr. RECEIVERS 26 Andrew Wenner 5-9 160 WR/DB So. 27 Jeremy Freeman 5-11 205 RB/LBSr. Graduation did a number on 28 Kyle Trenholm 5-10 160 RB/DB So. Berwick in the pass-catching 28 Josh Gregory 5-9 150 WR/DB So. department. Sean Ridall and 29 Donnie Shields 5-10 155 WR/DB So. Eric Schleich combined to 30 Sal Ferarra 6-0 160 WR/DB So. catch 79 passes for 1,228 31 Rich Snyder 5-5 170 RB/LBSo. yards last season. Now, they’re 33 Brandon Berkes 6-0 225 TE/DE Sr. both playing on Saturday – Schleich at Colgate and Ridall 35 Travis Potter 6-1 190 HB/LB Jr. at East Stroudsburg. Stepping 39 Tanner Weaver 5-10 185 RB/LBSo. into the void is 6-foot-1 junior 40 Josh Hoskins 5-8 150 TE/DE Jr. MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE Jake Peccorelli, whom Pierce Seniors Kolton Lynn, Jake Jola, Jeremy Freeman and Jared Pierce are Berwick’s captains. 44 Jordan Stout 5-10 190 RB/LBSo. speaks highly of. Berwick tradi- 50 Zach Kessler 5-7 175 G/DT Sr. tionally throws to its tight ends, 51 Raymond Grassly 5-11 220 G/DT So. so Brandon Dalberto could be 52 Mackenzy Meeker 6-5 245 T/DE Jr. a target as well. 53Zach Ridall 5-9 185 T/DT So. Berwick has experience in key spots 54 Brent Harner 5-10 230 G/LB Jr. OFFENSIVE LINE 55 Jake Jola 5-9225C/DT Sr. 56 Ethan Thomas 5-10 185 C/LB Jr. The starting five this season By Jonathan Bombulie wick went 1-4, including losses to favor is a running game that might 57 Matt Tonkinson 5-9 180 T/LBSr. was the basically the starting Staff Writer rivals like Valley West, Dallas and do some damage. 58 Seamus Slabinski 5-11 170 C/DT Jr. five for the last seven games 61 Troy Stair 5-9 175 C/LBSo. last year. Center Jake Jola Selinsgrove. Returning are Pierce, an athletic anchors a line that features An- 62 NickFrancak 5-8 185 G/LBSo. Last year, the Berwick Bulldogs From that point on, Berwick went three-year starter at quarterback, drew Groome and Gavin Harter 64 Cody George 5-8 190 G/DT Jr. had to eat their peas. 5-2 with quality wins over opponents 900-yard rusher Jeremy Freeman at tackle and Drew Berube and 65 Brad Shoemaker 6-0 195 C/LBSr. Now, they’re hoping it’s time for like Hazleton Area, Coughlin and and five linemen who played a lot Dom Parmenteri at guard. They 67 Dustin Hosler 6-0 175 G/DE So. some ice cream. Bangor and advanced to the Class last season. average about 245 pounds a 68 Josh Lowery 6-0 185 G/DE Jr. man. Injuries hit Berwick hard a year AAA Eastern Conference finals. Last year, the better Berwick ran 69 Dalton Schecterly 5-8 190 G/DT So. ago, with standout players like “We started off slow and we real- the ball, the more success it had on 70 Jeff Owen 5-11 220 G/DT So. DEFENSIVE LINE Christian Whitebread, Casey Daven- ized we had to play together more as the scoreboard. During the 1-4 start, 71 Steve Speedwell 5-9280 T/DT Jr. port, Mike Melchiorre and Tony a team, work hard together and the Bulldogs averaged 128 yards per 72Adam Harrison 5-11 240 OT/DT Jr. Replacing standout defensive Goodson all missing significant work hard at practice,” center Jake game on the ground. During the 5-2 74 Kyle Stearly 6-1 250 T/DT So. end Roy Dennis, who is playing at Bloomsburg, won’t be easy, time. The underclassmen who Jola said. “The way we finished last finish, they averaged 180 yards per 75 Drew Berube 6-1 250 G/DT Sr. 76 Dom Parmenteri 6-0 240 G/DT Sr. but Berwick has size and expe- stepped into the void took their year, we just have to build on that game. rience here. Brandon Dalberto lumps to the tune of a 6-6 record, but and keep on continuing strong.” Much of that disparity is situa- 77 Gavin Harter 6-1 240 T/DE Jr. 78 Andrew Groome 6-0 270 T/DT Jr. and Gavin Harter are at end. now they’re hoping the experience Jake Jola and Adam Harrison Will Berwick be able to avoid a tional of course — a team with a 79 Colton Long 5-9280 T/DT Jr. they gained will prove beneficial slow start again this season? lead will run the ball more than a are in the middle. 80 James Karchner 5-9 180 TE/LBSo. THE this season. One factor working against the team that’s trailing — but a basic 81 Ian Mazonkey 5-10 180 HB/LBSo.

“The kids had to grow up real Bulldogs is the schedule. Games truth remains. No defense wants to 82A.J. Vandermark 5-10 190 TE/LBSo. LINEBACKERS CITIZENS’ fast,” coach Gary Campbell said. with North Pocono, Dallas, Valley run into a Berwick team that is in a 83 Aaron Preston 5-6 140 WR/CB Jr. On the outside, Travis Potter is “We substituted with sophomores. It West and Selinsgrove starting in smashmouth mood. 84 Marty Grassly 5-7 155 RB/DB So. a junior who might have star was a little ugly in the middle, but at week two look like a mine field. “I think that once the line got 85 Will Updegrove 6-4 200 TE/DE So. potential and Kolton Lynn is a 86 Brandon Dalberto 6-3 235 TE/DE Jr. senior captain who is moving the end, they got better and better “We always play a tough schedule. experienced and felt comfortable VOICE to linebacker from defensive and better.” Every year,” quarterback Jared with running the ball, we ran the 87 Brandon Kulp 6-1 170 TE/DE Sr. 88 Jeff Steeber 6-0 160 WR/FS Jr. end. Brad Shoemaker is in the The ugliness was contained in the Pierce said. ball,” Jola said. “Downhill power is 89 Kolton Lynn 6-0 200 TE/LBSr. middle. first five weeks. That’s when Ber- One factor working in Berwick’s what we’re good at.” 99 Jesse Knorr 5-8 185 TE/LBSo. THURSDAY, SECONDARY COACH’SCORNER WINSBYYEAR The biggest question mark 2011 SCHEDULE 2010 RESULTS on the defense. Juniors John Sept. 2 at Crestwood 7 p.m. Crestwood W 32-14 Bushinski and Matt Cashman

2010 6 SEPTEMBER Sept. 9 North Pocono 7 p.m. North Pocono L 21-20 GARY CAMPBELL are at corner. Senior Arlent Sept. 17 at Dallas 1 p.m. Dallas L 22-12 Sixth year Mejia is the strong safety. Jake Sept. 23Valley West 7 p.m. Valley West L 27-15 2009 7 Peccorelli is the free safety. Sept. 30 Selinsgrove 7 p.m. Selinsgrove L 14-13 CAREER RECORD Oct. 7 at Tunkhannock 7 p.m. Tunkhannock W 22-21 37-22 SPECIAL TEAMS Oct. 14 at Williamsport 7 p.m. Williamsport L 21-17 2008 11 Oct. 21 Pittston Area 7 p.m. Pittston Area W 46-8 With Alex Oliver back to kick 1,

Oct. 28 Coughlin 7 p.m. Coughlin W 12-7 and Jared Pierce to punt, 2011 Nov. 4 at Hazleton Area 7 p.m. Hazleton Area W 45-26 FAST FACTS 2007 9 Berwick has experienced spe- Eastern Conference Playoffs cialists. Oliver kicked a school- Bangor W 28-21 Class: AAA 2006 4 record 43-yard field goal last –3 Enrollment: 382 boys in grades 10-12 season. Valley View L 35-21 9