IN THEM Father-Son Duo, Rich and Rick Burkholder, Still Going Strong

HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS PREVIEW August 2018 NO QUIT IN THEM Father-son duo, Rich and Rick Burkholder, still going strong

SPORT BY SPORT PREVIEWS Features, preview capsules, photos and more 2 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL THE SENTINEL COVER STORY Friday, august 24, 2018 | 3 Showing no signs of stopping Burkholders still going strong as AT’s in NFL, high school

JAKE ADAMS mer Philadelphia Eagle Brian Dawkins this The Sentinel month. Hall of Fame inductee and former Lebo, Owens, Woodall, Hodge … Burk- star receiver Terrell Owens thanked him holder. during his unique acceptance speech the That Burkholder name is about as synon- next day. ymous with Carlisle sports as every other Even though Rick Burkholder wears red name on that list. and gold for a living now in Kansas City, he Rich Burkholder, 81, has been an edu- and his father are about as green as white as cator and athletic trainer at Carlisle High any Thundering Herd alumni can get. School since 1960, entering his 60th year The Burkholders are a rarity in a profes- in service in total this week and 59th with sion that has evolved dramatically since Carlisle Area School District. Rich joined the profession decades ago — And his son, Rick, who has served as head they are a family athletic training dynasty. athletic trainer with the Philadelphia Ea- “I put my heart and soul in the job, and gles and now the Kansas City Chiefs, has Rick does, too,” said Rich, who often goes worked more 20 years in the NFL building by the nickname “Burkie,” while work- a strong reputation along the way. He at- ing from one of his workspaces under the JASON MALMONT, THE SENTINEL tended the NFL Hall of Fame gold jacket Carlisle High school athletic trainer richard Burkholder has been nestled inside the football dinner for Hall of Fame inductee and for- Please see BURKHOLDERS, Page 4 stadium trainer’s room all month tending to athletes practicing for the fall season.

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3-5 ...... Cover story 12-13 ...... Carlisle 21 ...... Northern 30-31 ...... girls soccer previews 5...... Editor’s note 14-15 ...... Cumberland Valley 22 ...... red Land 32-33 ...... Boys soccer previews 6 ...... Piaa classifications 16-17 ...... Mechanicsburg 23 ...... shippensburg 34-35 ...... Field hockey previews 7-25 ...... Football previews 18 ...... Camp Hill 24 ...... trinity 36-37 ...... girls volleyball previews 8-9 ...... Big spring 19...... Cedar Cliff 25 ...... West Perry 38 ...... golf feature 10-11...... Boiling springs 20 ...... East Pennsboro 27-29 ...... Cross country previews 39 ...... girls tennis feature SKIP THE ER; OIP HAS THE EXPERTS! 1 Dunwoody Drive | Carlisle OIP is where you come first for 717-761-5530

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cause I was over there,” Rick said the most memorable Super Bowl Burkholders from Chiefs training camp. returns. He ran sprints with Pitts- From 3 “When his mother found out burgh’s Rob Woodson, who played that we were trying to get him in Super Bowl XXX against the Carlisle High School football sta- into school, oh, she gave us a fit,” Dallas Cowboys after tearing his dium bleachers during a recent Burkie said, adding that his wife ACL less than five months before; fall preseason practice. didn’t want Rick’s future wife to and he helped Owens recover from have to deal with her husband’s a broken ankle in 2004 before Tireless worker long hours away from home. Owens caught nine passes for 122 Rich’s story has been told a few “She’s an RN. I said, ‘Nancy, if he yards in a loss to the Patriots that times over his decades of service wants to do it, let him do it.’” year. at Carlisle High School. When Dad didn’t call Kip Smith, But the one that stands out the you’re around this long — and had who was in charge of Pitt’s ath- most in his career is former Steel- a front-row seat to the legendary letic training program, like Rick ers linebacker Jerry Olsavsky, a 1980s teams and athletes — that’s wanted, hoping to get some help member of Rick’s wedding party bound to happen. to get in. Burkie instead wanted who tore the ACL, PCL, MCL and It also doesn’t hurt that he’s Rick to earn his way in by talking the cartilage in his knee in 1993. been a pioneer in athletic train- with Smith himself. While his dad He was not expected to play again, ing in Pennsylvania, one of the PROVIDED BY STEVE SANDERS, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS was available as a reference for yet he returned to the field 11 founding members of the Penn- Kansas City Chiefs Vice President of sports Medicine and Performance positions later in life, Rick started months later. sylvania Athletic Trainers Society. rick Burkholder during training camp July 23 at Missouri Western state climbing the ladder with his own Rick said in his younger days he Born during World War II, university in st. Joseph, Missouri. work ethic after graduating from would work out with the rehab- Rich graduated from Carlisle Pitt in ‘87. bing players, running hills and High School in 1955, then East Carlisle a couple times, but none early days. “So they were sending The future Chiefs athletic Indian runs to make the mundane Stroudsburg State College (now were tempting enough to make the every kid that was injured to my trainer landed an internship with feel less lonely. East Stroudsburg University) in move. He enjoys the high school training room.” the New England Patriots, earned “When you grow up in a locker 1959. His father did flooring and environment and considers him- his master’s degree at the Univer- room and athlete training room other home work for nearly 50 self a homebody. Like father, like family sity of Arizona and then landed an […] you get a competitive spirit years then worked another seven “Where else could I go and be Burkie was the first person to assistant AT job back at Pitt. about you,” Rick said. “Most years at his eldest son’s print shop. with youth, be with young com- go into a medical profession out He earned a job with the Pitts- things, and my dad taught me this, Rich’s brother served as a medical petitors, seeing they’re having fun of his immediate family, but it burgh Steelers a few years later, if you’re gonna do something, go corpsman in Europe during World competing and being competitive, wound up setting a standard for but continued searching for a head all out, do A-level work.” War II but did not serve in battle. and I get paid for it?” he asked. the next generation of Burkhold- AT position. He was a finalist for He is nearly 14 years older than His tenure at Carlisle has in- ers. several positions, including the Perks and giving back Rich, and a sister is 17 years older. cluded several training room ren- His wife, Nancy, was a nurse, Chicago Bulls in 1998, right after The Burkholders are among the Rich says he was “a pretty damn ovations — upgrades from a room and his daughter, Beth, was a the Bulls’ second three-peat and most decorated trainers at their good gymnast” growing up and no bigger than a walk-in closet to paramedic before she died of ad- before Michael Jordan’s second respective levels. competed in gymnastics at East the latest one that will be com- vanced pneumonia at 46 years old retirement. Rick completed a three-year Stroudsburg, where he excelled pleted in the coming weeks with in 2008. Rick’s big break came from term as president of the Profes- in his major of adaptive physical more space and the best upgrades But Rick took the family “busi- newly hired Andy Reid with the sional Football Athletic Trainers education and chemistry (ath- he has ever seen. The number of ness” and ran with it. A 1982 Carl- Philadelphia Eagles for what has Society in 2017 and was given the letic training was not yet a major sports has also increased at the isle grad, Rick played soccer at the since evolved into a 19-year part- National Athletic Trainers’ As- at most schools). school. He now has two assistants, University of Pittsburgh where he nership with two teams. sociation’s Most Distinguished He said he picked up a strong and the techniques and technol- initially studied communications. He now says Reid reminds him Athletic Trainer Award (2016) and work ethic from his perfectionist ogy continue to evolve, but he has He switched midway through his of his dad and he would take a bul- President’s Award (2017). dad and his sister, and even today been a mainstay. tenure there to athletic training, let for either man if asked. He said Father and son were inducted as a retired teacher he still works “We only had seven sports having spent much of his child- Reid can be as excited for Rick’s into the Pennsylvania Athletic more than 30 hours a week with when I came here,” said Rich, who hood around his dad picking up daughter’s tennis trophy as if she Training Hall of Fame together in Herd athletes and with the train- taught during the day for decades many of the skills at a young age was his own daughter. 2016, and Rick earned the Penn- ers society trying to improve ath- and then served as the football that would be needed in college “He fostered me like a father,” sylvania Athletic Trainers Soci- letic training standards and access trainer and junior high boys bas- and beyond. said Rick, a father himself to two ety Distinguished Merit Award at schools throughout the state. ketball coach, sometimes putting “He literally taught me to tape high school girls. in 2013. Both were named dis- Burkie said he had offers to leave in up to 70 hours a week in his an ankle when I was 11 just be- He oversaw rehabs for two of tinguished alumni of Carlisle in

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2003 as well. staff with the Chiefs, something cluding gender balance, it will time friend Reid for 19 years and Burkie simply has no desire to call Rick said being in the Hall of he said is a rarity in professional take them stepping into the spot- getting the chance to mingle with it quits. Fame with his dad is special, but sports and especially the NFL. light more than they’re used to. legendary figures. “I don’t think there’s any doubt “those things are not what makes He has made radio appearances “You can’t do that without PR. “This is a great example of my my dad’s gonna do it for the rest me.” and worked with the league to And I think that’s the missing wife,” Rick said, setting the scene of his life,” Rick said. “He might The two men also share some- improve opportunities. He also piece in athletic training,” he said. of an open bar at a hotel during as well just stop life.” thing else in common — they have speaks at local schools every year. “We need to convince the govern- Super Bowl XLIX. “We go to the Rich, who said the job has done quite a bit to improve the “When I’d go to a convention ment […] that no athlete [in any bar and there’s six people in the turned from art form to science profession. in the ‘60s and ‘70s, we would be state] should ever be put on the bar [Nomar Garciaparra, Mia — for the better — said he’ll con- Rich was the founding treasurer lucky to [see] maybe one or two field without the availability of Hamm, Michael Jordan, Derek tinue as long as Carlisle will keep of the PATS in 1976 and remem- females,” his dad said. athletic training services.” Jeter, Ray Lewis and Peyton Man- him and he can retain his certi- bers long meetings at Mechan- “If we wanna have really good It’s his way of giving back, the ning]. MJ’s talking to me like I’m fications. icsburg’s Creekside Inn. He has athletic training staffs […] we’ve “gift” his dad urged him to use one of his guys. […] And my wife “I don’t wanna retire. I’ve seen lobbied state politicians on issues gotta go get the best people.” when he became a head AT in the fit right in.” good friends retire and then a year regarding trainers at high schools An ESPN report in 2014 said NFL, with a bigger platform. Recently promoted to vice later [die],” said Rich, whose pas- for decades and wants to see ev- NATA membership in 2011 was His parents listened to his re- president of sports medicine and times at home are summer vaca- ery high school in the state have 50.9 percent, up 3 percent from cent radio interview that took performance with the Chiefs, and tions to the beach and to see his a trainer, regardless of size and 2005, with student membership place nearly three decades after with a voice in NFL Commis- son, and gardening. “If I’m gonna money. at 60 percent. A Journal of Ath- he first decided to follow in his sioner Roger Goodell’s ear, he is die, I’m gonna die doing what I “We’re spoiled there in Carl- letic Training Study in 2011 said dad’s footsteps. not ready to retire yet, but says, wanna do.” isle,” his son said, then expanding women held 48 percent of training “[My wife] said, ‘I’m so proud “I’m in the fourth quarter of my In 2009 he told The Senti- beyond the state. “But there’s kids positions in the country, but less of that boy,’” said Rich, who is career in the NFL right now, God nel when he was honored by the out here in Kansas, Oklahoma, than one-third of NCAA programs “tickled” by Rick’s accomplish- willing.” school district for 50 years of Mississippi that still don’t have had women in top positions and ments. “He just amazes me some- It’s becoming a running joke: service: “As long as my health is access to athletic training ser- that women drop out at a higher times.” who will retire first? At 54, Rick OK, I’d love to continue if I make vices.” rate beginning in their late 20s. still has 27 years of catching up to it to 100.” Both have also made pushes to Rick, who said college students ‘The fourth quarter’ do against his dad. And the NFL He’s nearly 60 years in — what’s increase the number of women in athletic training are about 75 It has taken a lot of sacrifice, is a much harsher business with another 19? in the profession at all levels, percent female, is a public face though. Rick travels the country bigger demands; the odds of him something Rick has gained noto- of his profession. He believes and works long hours. Occasion- working to 81, at least at this level, Email Jake adams at jadams@ riety for in the past few months. strongly that for trainers to push ally the toiling pays off for his are much lower. cumberlink.com or follow him on He now has two women on his for further improvements, in- family — having followed long- There’s also the simple fact that twitter @jakeadams520

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We Want To Make Mt. Holly Springs Carlisle Newville You Better! 717-486-5321 717-249-5691 717-776-0288 6 | Friday, august 24, 2018 PIAA CLASSIFICATIONS THE SENTINEL the new two-year Piaa classification cycle be- gins this year. Below is a list of where every local fall team will be CROSS CROSS SOCCER SOCCER GIRLS this season compared FOOTBALL FIELD HOCKEY GIRLS TENNIS COUNTRY COUNTRY GOLF (BOYS) (GIRLS) VOLLEYBALL to the past two seasons, (BOYS) (GIRLS) according to Piaa. 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2016- 2018- 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 2018 2020 Big spring 4a 4a 2a 1a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 2a 2a 2a 2a 3a 3a

Boiling springs 3a 4a 1a 1a 2a 3a 2a 2a 3a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 3a

Camp Hill 2a 2a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 2a 2a 1a 1a 1a 1a 2a 2a

Carlisle 6a 6a 3a 3a 4a 4a 4a 4a 3a 3a 4a 4a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a

Cedar Cliff 5a 5a 3a 3a 4a 4a 4a 4a 3a 3a 4a 4a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a

Cumberland Valley 6a 6a 3a 3a 4a 4a 4a 4a 3a 3a 4a 4a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a

East Pennsboro 4a 4a 2a 2a 3a 3a 3a 3a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 3a 3a

Mechanicsburg 5a 5a 2a 2a 4a 3a 4a 3a 3a 3a 4a 4a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a

Northern 4a 5a 2a 2a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 2a 3a 3a 2a 2a 3a 3a

red Land 5a 5a 2a 2a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 4a 4a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a

shippensburg 4a 5a 2a 2a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 2a 2a 3a 2a 3a 3a 3a

trinity 3a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 1a 2a 2a 2a 2a

West Perry 4a 4a 2a 2a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a

Harrisburg academy 1a 1a 1a 1a 2a 2a

West shore Christian 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a

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JAKE ADAMS The Sentinel rett Ickes likes a little fight in his players, a little nasty. B With so much roster turnover at Carlisle, especially at the skill positions and with the depar- ture of multidimensional weapon Gavyn Barnes, Ickes was not sure where that mean streak would come from when practices kicked off Aug. 6. But he knew almost exactly what he was getting from two new transfers before camp even opened: brothers Grady and Bryce Chapman, who recently arrived from California by way of the U.S. Army War College, are big, physi- JASON MALMONT PHOTOS, THE SENTINEL cal and tough. sophomore Bryce Chapman will line up at tight end and linebacker senior lineman grady Chapman is a division i recruit with interest from And as a lineman (Grady) and for Carlisle this season. He spent last year silver Valley High school in Navy and Villanova. a war college transfer, he’s at his third high school in tight end/linebacker (Bryce), two California, where he played in the state championship. four years. immediate starters on both sides of the ball, that’s exactly what Jeremy Chapman — Jeremy played brothers are happy to be out of the anchor of the line and a possi- Commonwealth, but the Chap- Ickes needed in the trenches. at West Point in college and was the desert and have already gone ble Division III recruit. “He’s a lot mans help close the gap for at least “[Grady’s] gonna be the kid accepted into the War College this fishing a few times since arriving more aggressive than our last few this year. that’s gonna step up and say, ‘We spring after the family has moved before Independence Day. They players, he’s definitely gonna help And neither of them, having need to get after it. We need to get to more than a half dozen states like that destinations are closer out the team this year.” played with and against bigger this done,’” said the coach in the the past 17 years. They are yet an- to their home again. And both will Bryce fills a huge void at tight and stronger Samoan lineman in second year of his second stint other set of military brats to come play other sports after football: end and should bring a physi- California while chasing a small- with the Thundering Herd said through Carlisle, no stranger Grady in wrestling or basketball, cal presence at inside linebacker, school state title, are afraid of the during heat acclimation. to War College students, with Bryce in basketball, and both in where he simply enjoys “smashing Cumberland Valleys and Central “Grady’s the more serious kid. Grady born in Fort Hood, Texas track and field. people.” Dauphins. He’s the big brother that definitely and Bryce at Fort Bragg, North “I like moving because every- “I didn’t know if we would have “I feel like this Carlisle team here is serious. Bryce on the other Carolina. where you go you can start a new a tight end this year, I’ll be honest has some really good potential,” hand, he’s kind of the laid-back The two played for a state reputation,” Bryce said. with you,” Ickes said. said Grady, who would love to fol- little brother.” championship but lost last sea- Their penchant for dishing out “The biggest thing is, those two low in his dad’s footsteps at Army That’s largely because Grady son at Silver Valley High School, punishment is apparent when when they got here never missed and become an engineer or doctor. (6-foot-3, 255 pounds) is a senior located in San Bernardino County, talking to both of them, which is a lifting session, never missed a “A lot of people around here think and is courting interest from a California, between Los Angeles why Ickes has enjoyed having them workout of any kind.” too much about who we’re gonna few military academies and was and Las Vegas. They blocked for on the team so much. Grady will Their presence further solid- play, they’re intimidated by that. recently at a camp at Villanova, stud running back E.J. Arne, now take over at right tackle alongside ifies the Herd’s only true known We haven’t beat CV in a while. And which is also interested. Bryce at Division I Washington State. senior Dillon White, with Jaden strength prior to the season: in the I don’t know these teams person- (6-2, 190), a sophomore, hasn’t When the family was set to Motter at center, sophomore Jer- trenches. Sure, Bryce will likely be ally, but I think that’s a good thing reached the urgency yet that se- move once again, Grady poured emiah Carothers at left guard and catching passes, but he will also because it doesn’t matter who I’m niors usually do, but he has im- over Google Maps for the local senior Robert Angell at left tackle. help open holes for a running back gonna play against, I’m gonna treat pressed early with his skills and teams near the War College and “There’s some nice people on contingent that’ll be led by bruis- them like any other team.” toughness. decided Carlisle was the school, the offensive line, sometimes too ing junior Trystin Sulich. This will be the third high having finished near .500 while nice,” Grady said. “You gotta get Carlisle still has a ways to go Email Jake adams at jadams@ school for Grady and the second playing in a tough division. mean sometimes.” before it can challenge, physically, cumberlink.com or follow him on for Bryce, the sons of Renee and Avid fishers and hunters, the “He’s pretty good,” said Angell, the heavy hitters in the Mid-Penn twitter @jakeadams520 8 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL BIG SPRING BULLDOGS

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: Cory Hoffman, 4th emerging group of juniors, high- season (14-16) lighted by lanky gavin Pritchard. and playcalling will change as Assistants: Bob Baker (dC/s/ well. Hoffman said he’s recommit- OL); John Barnett (OL/dL); Chuck ting to downhill, between-the-tack- Jack Shulenberger, Hickes (CB/rB); don Witter (dL/ les running. adams allowed the quarterback/ Wr); Matt Eisenberg (Wr/dB), don team to bounce runs outside, but defensive back arnold (OL/dL). Bulldogs backs this year are bigger Stadium: Bulldog stadium (grass) and should do well on one-cut, inside-zone runs. Colors: Maroon/gold “We have a renewed emphasis Classification: 4a on being mean and nasty up front,” Hoffman said during heat acclima- Division: Mid-Penn Colonial tion. “We refocused on: we are an Offensive formation: spread inside zone team. We pulled a lot last year, we did a lot of things that Defensive formation: 4-3 were outside of the box that we had 2017 season: 4-6 (1-5) done in previous years. this entire week we’re doing nothing but inside Postseason: did not qualify zone.” the Bulldogs hope to use that RETURNING LEADERS emphasis to exert their will on the Passing Comp Att Yds TD opposition. despite all the roster tim siwy 22 42 256 2 turnover, the team is talking play- Rushing Att Yds Avg TD offs. that is not easy in the Colonial, Nathan Fetchkan 6 31 5.2 0 where shippensburg has beat up Big Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD spring for several years and where gavin Pritchard 13 244 18.8 2 it takes 6-4, 7-3 seasons to make the playoffs many times. (although with Key returners: Mike Kutzmonich, district 3 re-expanding the playoff sr., OL/dL; Nick thomas, sr., OL/dL; field, teams will have a slightly eas- Braden Petty, sr., tE/dL; tim siwy, ier time qualifying in some classi- sr., QB/dB; gavin Pritchard, jr., Wr/ fications.) dL; anthony gaudioso, jr., rB/dB; Big spring has a favorable open- Nathan Fetchkan, jr., rB/LB. ing schedule, trading away and home games with Biglerville, James Buchanan, Boiling springs and Ken- OUTLOOK nard-dale. None of those teams had the past few seasons, the Bull- more than five wins last season. get- dogs’ offense ran through electrify- ting off to a 4-0 start is important, ing back ryan adams. But injuries because Big spring went just 1-5 in cut short his 2017 campaign and division play last year. Big spring fell shy of expectations, missing the playoffs in a year many 2018 SCHEDULE thought the team would make it. aug. 24 at Biglerville 7 p.m. With adams, QB Ethan Lee, Wrs aug. 31 vs. James Buchanan 7 p.m. Peyton Bechtold, Joey yaukey and sept. 7 at Boiling springs 7 p.m. Nick Black, and linemen steven sept. 14 vs. Kennard-dale 7 p.m. Lynn, tyler Wiley, Kyle Brobst and sept. 21 at Waynesboro 7 p.m. Billy Paulus gone, Cory Hoffman’s sept. 28 vs. Mifflin County 7 p.m. crew will look vastly different. Oct. 5 at greencastle-antrim 7 p.m. Oct. 12 vs. West Perry 7 p.m. JASON MALMONT the roster is still in the 40s, but PHOTOS, this is a small senior class — Big Oct. 19 at Northern 7 p.m. THE SENTINEL spring will be led largely by an Oct. 26 vs. shippensburg 7 p.m.

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Three talking points THE ROSTER No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. about the Bulldogs 2 anthony gaudioso jr. 5-5 150 Wr/dB 3 Xavier Mason sr. 6-0 155 Wr/dB this season 4 austin Long so. 6-0 170 tE/LB 3 DOWNS 5 Josh russel jr. 5-10 155 Wr/dB 6 tim siwy sr. 6-1 180 QB/dB Tim Siwy takes over ... and just wants to win. 7 Jack shulenberger so. 5-11 155 QB/dB 8 tyler robertson jr. 5-11 145 Wr/dB The new signal caller in Newville has worked hard this Tim Siwy, 9 Joey tressler so. 5-9 155 Wr/dB offseason to prepare for his moment. quarterback 10 Logan schmidt fr. 5-2 100 Wr/dB 1 He was zipping spirals during 7-on-7s when The Sentinel 11 gavin Pritchard jr. 6-5 220 Wr/dL visited for heat acclimation, with improved mechanics and better 12 Matt shatzer jr. 5-9 140 Wr/dB leadership skills. The senior already has varsity playing time under 13 adam degregorio jr. 5-5 145 Wr/dB his belt, but he is the unquestioned starter entering 2018. 15 Jesse Bernheisel fr. 5-5 125 QB/dB “There’s no other quarterback I’d want back there tossing the 16 Cortland adams fr. 5-6 135 rB/dB football,” likely top target Gavin Pritchard said. 20 Jamie tressler sr. 6-0 170 tE/LB “He’s worked really hard on his throwing motion and increasing 21 Braden Petty sr. 6-1 215 tE/dL his release, so trying to get the ball out of his hand right away,” 22 John austin Walter jr. 5-5 130 Wr/dB coach Cory Hoffman said. 25 Nathan Fetchkan jr. 5-10 230 rB/LB Siwy, who speaks quickly, to the point and doesn’t appear brag- 26 grant Long so. 5-8 160 rB/dB gadocious, is not out for the personal glory of being a varsity QB. 32 rodney Wert so. 5-6 155 rB/LB Sure, he’s excited to step in, but the objectives are simple: complete 36 dillon Wakefield fr. 5-10 150 rB/LB passes and win football games. 43 Zach Hasco sr. 5-10 185 rB/LB 45 James Washington jr. 5-10 195 rB/LB “No interceptions, of course,” Siwy said of his Week 1 goals. 50 Ethan Hunt jr. 5-9 190 OL/dL “That’s never the way to start off the season. I’m more worried 51 spencer Fauver jr. 5-9 165 OL/LB about the team, personal goals are second for me.” 52 Brian Wright jr. 5-5 175 OL/LB 53 Brody Leedom so. 6-0 180 OL/dL 54 Jashaun gerald jr. 6-1 205 OL/dL 55 Logan Peck jr. 5-5 175 OL/LB What’s the next step in Pritchard’s evolution? Coaches recommitted to “mean” foot- 56 andrew adams fr. 5-11 170 OL/LB With RB Ryan Adams gone, probably the most ball, deliberate practices. 62 ian Bear fr. 5-6 145 OL/dL athletic and recognizable name on offense will be Hoffman was asked at practice what new 63 Jeremiah Lecrone fr. 5-10 240 OL/dL 2 junior Gavin Pritchard. At 6-foot-5 and a well- 3 things the coaching staff brought to the table 64 Zach stum jr. 6-0 240 OL/dL built 220 pounds, he’s been a Mid-Penn Colonial men- this offseason and he mentioned two things: stylisti- 65 seth Franklin sr. 5-7 175 OL/dL ace at defensive end with a wingspan that easily keeps cally the team wants to play “mean” in the trenches 66 Nick thomas sr. 5-11 255 OL/dL would-be blockers off of him. and run inside again, and he has renewed his efforts to 68 tobin romito so. 5-11 240 OL/dL But receiver is his natural home, he feels. uphold expectations of players, coaches and the team. 70 alex thompson so. 5-6 265 OL/dL And after a few seasons as a tight end/slot receiver in “I think generally just, what I’ve told the coaching 72 aJ Pensinger fr. 5-11 140 OL/dL Big Spring’s spread offense, he now finds himself out wide. staff, is that the expectations that we have, we have to 73 donovan Lyncha fr. 5-6 175 OL/dL Hoffman has made his demands clear of Pritchard: be the hold the kids to consistently,” Hoffman said. “Coach 75 Mike Kutzmonich sr. 6-1 290 OL/dL guy every defense must send two guys at. [Al] Ream at West Perry used to tell me all the time, 77 James Laird so. 5-11 245 OL/dL “I think if he can embrace that role and be successful in ‘You’re either coaching it or letting it happen.’” 78 rogue Bitner so. 5-10 155 OL/LB that role it can open some things up in our offense,” the That means not allowing players to coast through 87 Caleb grimes jr. 5-4 115 rB/dB Wyatt Miller jr. OL/dL skipper said. drills. Hoffman isn’t running around screaming and John averi Ward so. OL/dL Pritchard runs solid routes and has good hands. Plus his tossing spittle at players a la former Pittsburgh Steel- Evan Header fr. OL/dL size makes him nearly unguardable by smaller defensive ers coach Bill Cowher, but the Bulldogs appear to be backs. 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But it will be a slow Stadium: Bud Ecker Field (turf) climb — Zell said he won’t implement Tayven Kelley, Colors: Purple/gold the whole playbook this year to allow the offense to master a few things at a wide receiver/ Classification: 4a defensive back time and build. Division: Mid-Penn Capital the roster will see plenty of transi- JASON MALMONT, Offensive formation: Wing-t tion: Zack Vonstein is expected to be the THE SENTINEL starting QB, with andrew uhler among Defensive formation: 4-4/4-3 those leading the way in carries. damon hybrid James slips back to guard after a year 2017 season: 0-10 (0-7) at fullback. and then there’s Penn state Postseason: did not qualify baseball-bound tayven Kelley, who is hoping to build on a dominant season at Wr. RETURNING LEADERS in the past two years there have Passing Comp Att Yds TD been two losing streaks of 20-plus Zack Vonstein 7 10 130 2 games snapped: West Perry in 2016 and Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mechanicsburg in 2017. so there is local andrew uhler 34 95 2.8 2 precedent for the Bubblers to fixate on. Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD the Capital isn’t exactly loaded from tayven Kelley 41 799 19.5 10 top to bottom, and a non-conference schedule of Littlestown, Bermudian springs and Big spring isn’t the most Key returners: tayven Kelley, sr., daunting in the Mid-Penn. there are Wr/dB; drew uhler, sr., rB/LB; so many unknowns about Bubbletown damon James, sr., OL/dL; Zack Von- football to know when exactly the win stein, sr., QB/dB; Landon Billman, will come, but one can make a fairly jr., OL/dL. confident guess this streak doesn’t en- ter another season. Outlook and as we’ve seen the past two three coaches in three years is never years, that win will be one heck of an a good sign. emotional release. But if heat acclimation taught us one thing, it’s that these Bubblers seem Schedule more excited than in past years. aug. 24 at Littlestown 7 p.m. it all stems from the hire of longtime aug. 31 at Bermudian springs 7 p.m. Cumberland Valley assistant coach Brad sept. 7 vs. Big spring 7 p.m. Zell, who brought with him longtime sept. 14 at Milton Hershey 7 p.m. friend greg Williams to be Boiling springs’ sept. 21 vs. trinity 7 p.m. defensive coordinator and legendary CV sept. 28 at Middletown 7 p.m. head man tim rimpfel out of retirement Oct. 5 vs. Palmyra 7 p.m. Stories written and information compiled by Jake Adams. to coach the lines. Oct. 12 at Camp Hill 7 p.m. Follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 Hearing CV immediately got the Oct. 19 vs. steel-High 7 p.m. Oct. 26 vs. East Pennsboro 7 p.m.

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Three talking points THE ROSTER No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. about the Bubblers 2 Zach Caldwell jr. 5-9 150 QB/dB 3 troy Bauer so. 5-8 140 rB/LB this season 4 de’Von James so. 5-8 156 rB/dB 3 DOWNS 7 dominic schwang sr. 6-0 161 Wr/LB 8 Josh Otto sr. 5-10 142 Wr/dB 9 Carson garvey fr. 6-0 145 QB/dB 10 Colin Lunde fr. 5-9 157 QB/dB 11 tayven Kelley sr. 6-2 188 Wr/dB The elephant in the room — can Bubbletown this season. 12 tyler tressler jr. 5-8 133 Wr/dB snap this losing streak? Boiling Springs doesn’t have a cakewalk schedule, but 13 Zack Vonstein sr. 6-1 185 QB/dB The coaches and players emphatically say yes. there are some games on the schedule that appear win- 14 Patrick garvey so. 5-11 148 Wr/dB That should be no surprise. It will come down to a nable if they can put the pieces together. 15 Zachary rjabanedelia so. 5-6 149 tE/dL 1 16 Kyle Fronk so. 5-7 147 Wr/dB commitment to 48 minutes of football every game, in- “It’s definitely in the back of our minds,” senior re- tensity and catching an opposing team napping wouldn’t ceiver/cornerback Tayven Kelley said. “I mean, we don’t 17 Owen Quigley sr. 5-11 160 Wr/dB 18 Ethan Hovis so. 5-11 165 tE/dB hurt either. wanna end up like that again.” 19 Eli Crum so. 5-11 140 Wr/dB It’s tough to judge these Bubblers from the outside “Just other teams not having any respect for us really, 20 Quincy davis so. 5-10 154 rB/dB before the games count, with a plethora of new starters that’s what fires me up,” junior lineman Landon Billman 21 Zachary akridge jr. 5-7 145 Wr/dB and a new coaching staff scrambling over the past three said. 22 Kaiden Brenneman jr. 5-9 142 Wr/dB months to install schemes and culture, but it’s hard to Billman, expected to start at guard or tackle, thinks a 23 Joseph Menke fr. 5-6 130 rB/LB imagine a losing streak dating back to 2016 lasts past 5-5 season is very attainable. 24 Quentin Jones jr. 5-6 160 rB/dB 25 doug Bear so. 5-11 158 FB/LB 26 ian rowe jr. 5-9 158 rB/LB 28 Benjamin garman jr. 5-4 155 rB/LB 30 Mike Wagner sr. 6-0 170 tE/LB Impact of veteran coach Rimpfel immediate with Conditioning a key for linemen, 32 Jack Laing fr. 5-6 132 rB/dB linemen. who already notice a difference. 33 Eli thompson fr. 5-3 110 QB/dB Back to Billman, who lavished praise on longtime Trin- And sticking up front, Billman 34 Blake Bush jr. 5-10 155 FB/ LB 42 drew uhler sr. 5-11 165 FB/LB 2 ity and Cumberland Valley skipper Tim Rimpfel, who was 3 said the big guys have worked more 44 aidan Metzger fr. 5-6 130 FB/LB talked out of retirement as a volunteer assistant under new Bub- on endurance than at any point last year. 47 seth Biniek fr. 5-5 130 FB/LB blers head coach Brad Zell: “I love seeing him out there with us With all the pulling the guards in the 50 damon James sr. 5-9 253 OL/dL because I know he has so much experience with offensive linemen, Wing-T have to do, that’s huge. That 51 Joshua Morris sr. 5-9 170 OL/dL 52 Joshua Martin jr. 5-8 210 OL/dL just football in general, so it’s a huge deal to have him on staff.” means a guy like Billman can build up a 56 Mason sowers so. 5-10 201 OL/dL Zell, a CV disciple himself, has brought the Eagles’ patented head of steam and lay a crushing block on 58 Kyle gorsuch so. 5-9 165 OL/dL Wing-T and many of its philosophies west on I-81. While the a ‘backer trying to fill a gap — a scenario 59 Chris gray so. 5-10 162 OL/dL terminology and the athleticism required is a change for the line- that brings a smile to any lineman. 62 Hunter Finkey sr. 6-3 212 OL/dL man, Billman said the group is excited. There’s more to blocking than running, 63 Jaydan Barrick fr. 6-0 155 OL/LB 64 daniel Hudson so. 5-10 192 OL/dL Adding Rimpfel to the staff immediately piqued the interest of though. 65 Hunter Wilson sr. 6-0 197 OL/dL the big uglies, as did the other new line coaches Zell has on staff. “I think a lot of the agilities we did, 66 Colby tennyson sr. 6-0 191 OL/dL The players respect the coaches and it appears to have manifested footwork-wise, even the players were 68 Cole Barber jr. 6-0 250 OL/dL into better work ethics and drive. commenting, ‘I’ve gotten so much better 71 Colby Page jr. 5-10 225 OL/dL 72 Logan snader sr. 5-11 205 OL/dL For Rimpfel, who cracked that he was getting bored at home, it’s at this,’” Zell said. 73 riley snyder jr. 6-1 228 OL/dL a chance to impart some more wisdom on a small-school program This is not a unit that will have all the 74 Landon Billman jr. 6-4 290 OL/dL that he believes has potential. answers in Year 1 of a new system and with 78 Cole McClintock so. 5-10 160 OL/LB “The kids have been great. And they have a heavy burden on some untested new starters coming, but 79 damian dimopoulos so. 5-7 167 OL/dL 81 tyler Foreman so. 5-8 150 tE/dL them,” he said. “It’s easy when you’re winning and all that. But they should still perform better than last 82 Levi rounce sr. 5-10 168 tE/dL now we need everybody to contribute. I’m really pleased seeing year’s front five that averaged less than 3 84 Jeremy Filburn jr. 5-10 157 Wr/dB this, standing back a lot of times.” yards per rush. 85 Evan Beam so. 5-7 203 tE/dL 88 aaron diminick jr. 6-0 157 tE/dL

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INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: Brett ickes, 6th season (Cole Wolaver or Owen Hacker), re- (11-39) ceiver (Kurtis ravenel plus... tBd), linebacker (sam angie was a tackle Assistants: Brandon Cook (dC/ machine, and Joe Mastrangelo) and Trystin Sulich, iLB); Bill Owens (assistant HC); scott defensive back. running back/ Mitchell (Wr); Brian Warner (OL/JV But the positive for this squad is in defensive back HC); Jesse Killinger (dL); anthony the trenches. the thundering Herd are talianni (QB); Cleo Williams (rB/st); rarely as beefy as their fellow Mid-Penn JASON MALMONT dean Bowers (OLB); Jim scalf (dB). PHOTOS, Commonwealth foes, but this year THE SENTINEL Stadium: Ken Millen stadium (grass) they return three starters: three-year starter robert angell (Lt), three-year Colors: green/White starter dillon White (rg) and two-year Classification: 6a starter Jaden Water (C). Joining them are sophomore left guard Jeremiah Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Carothers, a player ickes sees as a pil- Offensive formation: spread lar of the team for the next three years, and war college transfer grady Chap- Defensive formation: stack man, a senior right tackle with interest 2017 season: 5-5 (1-5) from military academies and Villanova, among others. Postseason: did not qualify add a sixth to that mix: Chapman’s sophomore brother Bryce, a tight RETURNING LEADERS end who immediately steps in as a Passing Comp Att Yds TD run-blocking and pass-catching starter Cole Wolaver 24 49 351 4 and who could himself get college in- Rushing Att Yds Avg TD terest in the coming years. trystin sulich 136 667 4.9 9 this is not a mauling group, as they Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD will give up some size to opposing lines Kurtis ravenel 9 206 22.9 0 (many of these players will start on defense as well), but silly mistakes will be Key returners: gavyn Barnes, rare. Levi gelsinger is probably the top sr., Wr/dB; Elijah Owens, sr., OL/ backup blocker. dL; rojen Porcopio, sr., rB/OLB; “i think they’re gonna be the heart Kyshawn trinidad, sr., rB/OLB; of our offense, they’re gonna be the guiseppe Mazzola, sr., dt/Og; Caleb strong point to our team,” ickes said, richwine, jr., K/P. adding later: “those five kids, they’ve been pretty diligent about the weight room and being there and doing the OUTLOOK right things and getting stronger.” the last of the 2014-15 playoff era graduated in the spring, leaving much SCHEDULE of Carlisle’s roster devoid of postseason aug. 24 at Mechanicsburg 7 p.m. experience. aug. 31 at Northeastern 7 p.m. dynamic receiver/back/quarter- sept. 7 vs. south Western 7 p.m. back/defensive back/returner gavyn sept. 14 at state College 7 p.m. Barnes is the biggest void to fill for sept. 21 vs. Central dauphin 7 p.m. Brett ickes. He was forced to do almost sept. 28 vs. altoona 7 p.m. everything a year ago as several new Oct. 5 at Cumberland Valley 7 p.m. weapons and QBs had to find their foot- Oct. 12 vs. Cd East 7 p.m. ing. the Herd will especially miss his Oct. 20 at Harrisburg 1 p.m. competitive streak, a 5-foot-10 (gener- Oct. 26 vs. Chambersburg 7 p.m. ous) ball of determination and muscle. Carlisle has to find answers at QB

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Three talking points THE ROSTER surrounding the No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. 1 Kurtis ravenel sr. 5-8 150 Wr/dB Thundering Herd 2 Cole Wolaver sr. 6-0 180 QB/dB 3 DOWNS 3 Noah Felker sr. 5-10 170 QB/LB 4 Caleb richwine sr. 6-0 170 K/P 6 Ben Nix sr. 5-9 175 rB/LB QB is Wolaver’s position to lose. 8 isaiah strohecker sr. 5-7 160 Wr/dB Carlisle was among the most fortunate Mid- 9 Owen Hacker jr. 6-1 190 QB/LB Penn teams for a four year stretch with QBs like 10 Noah Costopoulos sr. 5-9 175 QB/LB Billy Burger and Tyler Harris running a potent 11 dayne grays sr. 6-3 175 Wr/dB 1 12 dominic Morano so. 5-6 155 QB/dB spread passing offense. That run ended last year when the Herd were forced to use three different quarterbacks, 14 Jacob Morano jr. 5-8 160 QB/dB each of whom didn’t crack 600 yards through the air. 20 robert Lissner jr. 5-9 170 Wr/dB To mixed results, senior Cole Wolaver was one of the 21 taylor Hebenstreit so. 5-6 145 Wr/dB passers who saw extended time when Brett Ickes re- 22 Jamari Brown sr. 5-6 165 Wr/dB turned as head coach. But now with Christian Watts and 23 Jared strickland jr. 5-9 175 Wr/dB Gavyn Barnes graduated, Wolaver has been essentially 24 shane golden jr. 6-2 175 Wr/dB given first crack at the job with Owen Hacker biting at 25 trystin sulich jr. 6-2 185 rB/dB/Kr 27 Matt trolinger fr. 5-10 175 rB/LB his heels. (These previews were written the weekend 28 Justin strickland jr. 5-9 175 Wr/LB before Week 1, so some position battles weren’t final- 30 Justice Mosley jr. 5-9 175 rB/LB ized yet.) 31 david Peele sr. 5-10 180 Wr/dB Ickes equated Wolaver to a relief pitcher last year — 32 Cam greene sr. 5-7 180 rB/LB the then-junior seemed to be good coming on in relief 33 azmir ibrahim so. 5-9 155 Wr/dB of Watts or Barnes, but struggled at times if inserted 34 Jack Waller jr. 6-0 165 Wr/dB to start a game. 35 Lucas silvas so. 5-9 175 rB/LB That will no longer fly, with Wolaver expected to run 40 Justin Harper sr. 5-10 180 rB/LB the show from start to finish. 42 Christian aryee sr. 5-9 170 rB/dB “I think he matured,” Ickes said. “The part that he 43 Peyton Miller so. 5-10 205 rB/LB has to gain is the confidence — that, ‘It doesn’t matter, 44 Braydon Keller so. 5-10 185 rB/LB I’m the man, I’ve gotta take over the job, I’ve gotta do 46 Bryce Chapman so. 6-2 190 tE/LB the right things and make the decisions to move our 48 Connor Logan so. 5-10 210 rB/LB offense.’” Cole Wolaver, 49 Ben Hughes sr. 6-0 180 tE/LB Wolaver can certainly toss the pigskin, he just needs quarterback 50 dylan White sr. 5-10 210 OL/LB to do it consistently. 51 grady Chapman sr. 6-3 255 OL/dL 52 Jeremiah Carothers so. 6-1 250 OL/dL 53 John Witkowski jr. 5-10 195 OL/LB 54 Jaden Motter sr. 6-1 210 OL/dL 55 austin Coldren so. 6-1 205 OL/dL Sulich anchors budding running game. But can the Herd get back to the 58 dane spence sr. 5-10 185 OL/dL playoffs? 59 Jacob Kissinger so. 5-10 225 OL/dL However, Wolaver (or Hacker) will not be tasked 60 gus ginter sr. 5-10 220 OL/dL with shouldering the burden. Ickes intends for the That’ll be tough. Carlisle went 5-5 61 donovan glasser so. 5-10 175 OL/LB 2 ground game to fuel the offense this year, with 3 last year and will need to go at least 62 Jonathan Masci sr. 6-0 255 OL/dL whoever lines up in shotgun only needing to limit turn- 6-4 to make the District 3 Class 6A field 64 Levi gelsinger sr. 5-11 245 OL/dL overs and get the ball to playmakers on the edges. — Central Dauphin and CD East qualified 65 Christian Benton sr. 5-10 190 OL/dL He has good reason to hand the ball off. Rising junior with that mark last year, but Central York 67 dan richards sr. 6-1 285 OL/dL Trystin Sulich surprised many in a breakout campaign last and Warwick did not. 70 robert angell sr. 6-3 305 OL/dL year when he led the team with 136 carries, 667 yards and Ickes is targeting 5-5 as the goal, especially 71 garfield Hewitt jr. 5-10 230 OL/dL nine TDs. The big back with some nimble feet is expected with roster turnover at the skill positions 73 Christian Pabon so. 6-0 285 OL/dL to work as RB1 this year, but he’ll have help once again. and linebackers. (The lines, however, boast 75 Liam McVay jr. 6-0 240 OL/dL Seniors Ben Nicks and Cameron Greene (younger the most returning experience of any group.) 80 Eric Hoover jr. 6-2 215 tE/dL brother of former HB Tyler Greene), and sophomore Brady The odds are long for this group. While 81 ameer Brown so. 5-8 175 Wr/dB Keller are expected to see time filling roles as bruises and openers with a rising Mechanicsburg, plus 82 alex Baer so. 5-9 175 K/P scat-back types. The Herd could play matchup offense in Northeastern and South Western making up 83 Hunter Miller sr. 6-0 180 tE/LB the backfield or ride the hot hand. the non-conference slate, the Herd immedi- 84 reily Zenewicz jr. 5-10 175 tE/LB “That’s one thing I’ll think will make us more effective ately dive into Commonwealth play at State 85 Jacob Kistler so. 6-2 190 tE/dL this year,” said Ickes, also in regards to no longer having a College, then home vs. CD. It is tough to see 86 Jacob scura sr. 5-8 160 Wr/dB weapon like Barnes who had to get the ball constantly for where three will come from in league play 87 tristan Wolaver sr. 5-10 170 Wr/dB the Herd to score last year. this year, but it’s possible. 88 rashad Jefferies so. 5-9 165 Wr/dB 14 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: Michael Whitehead, asked to chuck the rock 30 times 6th season (51-16) in a game, the veteran still has the ability to impact a contest with audi- Assistants: Levi Mumma (dC/QB/ bles at the line and making accurate dB), Craig schweitzer (OL/dL), Jim Jake Hart, passes when called upon. Fry (sE/LB), Matt Fisher (OL/dL), running back/ “i’ve been running this offense art Crossley (tE/dL) linebacker for as long as i’ve been playing foot- Stadium: Harry Chapman Field ball,” he said. “so i mean, it’s very (grass) comfortable. it’s just kind of nice to get back into things bigger, stronger Colors: red/White and faster than last year. Classification: 6a “i feel like i improved most in the weight room, getting stronger, get- Division: Mid-Penn Common- ting bigger.” wealth Plessinger also plays lacrosse, Offensive formation: Wing-t giving him oodles of playoff experience entering his final high school Defensive formation: 4-4 season. 2017 season: 10-3 (4-2) His goals are simple: cut down on his six interceptions and complete Postseason: Lost to Manheim every pass. twp. 24-21 in district 3 Class 6a “i just feel like every time we air championship game. the ball out it should be complete and we should get positive yards ev- RETURNING LEADERS ery time we throw the ball,” he said. Passing Comp Att Yds TD While he didn’t come right out Jared Plessinger 64 111 1,196 12 and say it, getting a ‘chip is prob- Rushing Att Yds Avg TD ably the top priority on his list. Jared Plessinger 40 139 3.5 3 Plessinger has not won a d3 title as Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD a starter, and with one last crack at stone Huffman 6 101 16.8 0 it, he’ll do whatever it takes to win. the Eagles have a brutal first half Key returners: Jared Plessinger, of the season: home vs. Bishop Mc- sr., QB; stone Huffman, sr., tE/dE; devitt, then away for Central york, Jake Hart, sr., rB/LB; Matt Barrick, Coatesville and Central dauphin sr., rB/LB; Quincy thomas, sr., OL/ before returning to Harry Chapman dL; Chase Myers, jr., dL; Connor Field for a game with Harrisburg. a Madison, sr., FB; Lukas Wandling, 3-2 record would be welcomed, not sr., sE/dB. to mention 4-1 or 5-0. regardless of the opening slate, the Eagles once again look like a OUTLOOK Commonwealth and Class 6a threat. Let’s talk quarterback. yes, at CV that’s a bit unheard 2018 SCHEDULE of. But the Eagles find themselves aug. 24 vs. Bishop Mcdevitt 7 p.m. with a rare opportunity, to run an aug. 31 at Central york 7 p.m. offense with a third-year starter at sept. 7 at Coatesville 7 p.m. quarterback who has played in two sept. 14 at Central dauphin 7 p.m. district 3 Class 6a championship sept. 21 vs. Harrisburg 7 p.m. games (and was the backup in the sept. 28 at Chambersburg 7 p.m. Oct. 5 vs. Carlisle 7 p.m. JASON MALMONT Class aaaa victory as a freshman). PHOTOS, Jared Plessinger is among the Oct. 12 vs. altoona 7 p.m. THE SENTINEL most experienced Eagles back this Oct. 19 at Cd East 7 p.m. season. and while he’ll never be Oct. 26 vs. state College 7 p.m.

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Three talking points THE ROSTER No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. 1 Matt arnold so. 5-10 160 FB/LB about the Eagles 2 John dorazio so. 5-10 158 sE/dB 3 Kamil Jackson sr. 6-2 181 HB/dB 4 isaiah grunden jr. 6-0 150 sE/dB this season 5 Jaye rosenblatt so. 5-8 135 sE/dB 3 DOWNS 6 Jared Plessinger sr. 6-0 175 QB/dB 7 Hunter grunden jr. 6-0 151 QB/dB 8 Nick Carpinello jr. 6-0 180 ZB/dB CV has a brand new defensive backﬁeld. Kicking game a strength with 9 tim Kissinger jr. 5-10 155 sE/dB 11 gabe Musser so. 5-6 110 sE/dB We’ll just get this part out of the way: All three downs Kissinger aboard. 12 isaac White so. 5-10 146 sE/dB 13 Jalyn Makuch sr. 6-0 150 sE/dB here will mention the loss of Charlie Katshir. Katshir also served as the kickoff 14 alex Kovach so. 6-0 164 QB/dB It’s unavoidable — the freshman Penn State defender specialist and place kicker most of the 15 Jack istvan jr. 5-9 152 ZB/dB 1 2 16 andy almonte sr. 5-11 150 sE/dB impacted all three phases of the game for the Eagles for the past past three seasons. But in steps CV rugby’s Tim 17 Logan ramper jr. 6-2 172 sE/dB few seasons in a way they haven’t seen in some time. Kissinger in a full-time role for the first time. 19 thomas Kemprowski sr. 5-7 145 ZB/dB That starts in the defensive backfield, where Katshir played Kissinger took over as the PK a few games 20 gavin Conklin so. 5-9 165 ZB/dB 21 Jake McKenzie sr. 5-7 150 ZB/dB safety but also roamed as an outside linebacker and cornerback into 2017, landing 35 PATs and a 30-yard field 22 Jake Hart sr. 5-11 180 HB/LB when needed. Few teams had a centerfielder like him, and CV goal. He will assume kickoff duties and all re- 23 Maximos dell’anno jr. 6-3 182 HB/dB 24 Matthew Barrick sr. 6-0 180 FB/LB knows it can’t replace his versatility with one player. ports are he has a strong leg that will pin the 25 Lucas stutenroth sr. 6-0 165 ZB/LB But the Eagles also lost all three of the other DBs to gradua- opposition. At a practice The Sentinel visited, 26 Kellan Walker so. 6-0 166 HB/dB 27 Noah Keitel jr. 6-3 203 tE/dL tion, including Cole McCoy, Zack Snow and Jake Palmer. While he booted a couple 40-yard kicks with room to 28 Henry Bendzin so. 5-6 137 ZB/dB coach Michael Whitehead Jr. is never one to give away secrets, spare as Whitehead challenged him in front of 29 Brandon Mutschler jr. 6-0 141 sE/dB 30 Michael swatt jr. 5-11 172 sE/dB how the DBs shake out is probably the most pressing question the team, to plenty of cheers of “State cham- 31 ruben ibarra so. 5-6 146 ZB/LB heading into Week 1. But the group — he didn’t name expected pion,” referencing the rugby team’s Pa. title. 32 dylan Keefe sr. 5-9 150 ZB/dB 33 Connor Madison sr. 5-11 201 FB/dL starters when The Sentinel visited during heat acclimation — “He has a pretty strong leg, he plays rugby 35 dominic rillo jr. 6-0 192 HB/LB got plenty of run on JV and is well-versed in CV’s system. — tough kid,” Whitehead said. 36 Brashaun Mcdade jr. 5-6 145 sE/dB 37 Eli somerville jr. 5-11 166 HB/LB “The great thing about our JVs is they actually practice sep- Senior Jared Plessinger will assume punting 38 Owen Bender so. 5-10 160 FB/LB arate,” Whitehead said. “They aren’t holding bags.” duties in all likelihood. 39 Logan Conrad jr. 5-9 130 sE/dB 41 tyler Fritz jr. 6-2 173 tE/LB 42 Norman Farran jr. 5-8 132 sE/dB 43 riley sheaffer so. 5-11 158 FB/LB 44 derik sauve so. 6-0 173 FB/LB Who steps in as Plessinger’s new 45 dontey rogan jr. 6-0 206 FB/LB 47 Ervin delic jr. 6-5 189 tE/dL weapons? 48 sameer sayed sr. 6-0 180 sE/dB 49 Jacob Nguyen jr. 6-2 188 tE/dL Jared Plessinger, And now the offense... 50 tyler Hancock jr. 6-1 190 OL/dL Katshir ran for 338 yards, caught 31 51 alex Cody so. 6-0 159 OL/dL quarterback 3 52 Justin Hartzel sr. 5-8 220 OL/dL of the 53 completed passes CV threw for 546 53 Connor Mundis jr. 6-1 232 OL/dL yards, and accounted for 13 offensive touch- 54 Braden Wall jr. 6-0 174 OL/LB 55 Nate Kozlovac sr. 6-3 266 OL/dL downs, the most on the team. 56 Colton Myers so. 5-10 228 OL/dL He, Galen Witmer, McCoy and Palmer 57 Will shaw so. 6-1 228 OL/dL 58 Wyatt Claypool jr. 6-2 217 OL/dL are now gone, taking with them nearly all of 59 Peter acosta jr. 5-9 245 OL/dL the rushing and receiving yards from 2017. 60 devon danner sr. 6-1 206 OL/dL 61 antonio rodriguez so. 5-9 208 OL/dL Plessinger, however, seems unconcerned. 62 Caleb smith sr. 6-0 165 OL/dL “I think it’s just every drive, make it method- 62 Joey ruiz so. 5-11 220 OL/dL 63 travis O’Keefe so. 5-10 165 OL/dL ical, get down the field and score,” the third- 64 Walker Barrick so. 5-5 158 OL/dL year QB said. 65 Harsh aujla so. 6-1 240 OL/dL A backup last year, Jake Hart is expected to 66 terrin Brammer sr. 5-11 285 OL/dL 67 david atkins sr. 6-2 205 OL/dL see a large chunk of the carries. Stone Huffman, 68 roman Lees so. 6-0 201 OL/dL a talented defensive end and tight end, is back 69 donavon McCalister jr. 6-0 254 OL/dL 70 Quincy thomas sr. 5-10 248 OL/dL and could see more passes his way. Anthony Fy 71 Charles James jr. 6-3 210 OL/dL has impressed Plessinger at TE as well. 72 Wyatt Martz so. 6-0 199 OL/dL 73 Neil Pandey jr. 5-11 237 OL/dL Whitehead said seniors Connor Madison 74 Cory reisinger jr. 6-0 189 OL/dL and Matt Barrick were getting a crack at the 75 Muhammed Javeed jr. 6-3 250 OL/dL 76 ryan Walbert sr. 6-3 255 OL/dL Wing-T’s valuable fullback spot, and Madison 77 randy Neidig jr. 6-1 217 OL/dL might have the edge after a 21-carry, 116-yard 78 Kyle sheppard so. 6-2 245 OL/dL 79 Chase Myers jr. 6-2 310 OL/dL season as a backup last year. There’s also Lukas 80 Luke Wellman so. 6-2 196 tE/dL Wandling, another possible receiving threat. 81 dauson Bodenschatz so. 6-0 162 sE/LB 82 Logan Van Nostrand jr. 6-0 149 sE/dB The Eagles will be more balanced in the 83 Nate Pezzuti jr. 6-3 182 tE/dL passing game by all accounts with Katshir 84 stone Huffman sr. 6-2 225 tE/dL 85 Nathan govern so. 6-1 159 tE/dL gone, but how the ball gets distributed waits 86 Lukas Wandling sr. 6-6 200 sE/dB to be seen. 89 Jacob Beatty jr. 6-5 180 sE/dB 90 anthony Fye jr. 6-2 220 tE/dL 16 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: anthony rose, the team put further distance between 1st season the 0-10 years of 2015 and 2016. rose wants to win every game Keegan Neill, Assistants: gary Cottingham (dC), (that’s mighty tough in the Keystone), running back Jeff Costello (LB), Mike glinatsis and said missing the playoffs in Class (dL), Clay Mcallister (dB), Josh Hin- 5a would be “disappointing.” JASON MALMONT kle (QB), Kirk Bordlemay (rB), scott “i’d love .500, 6-4,” said three-year PHOTOS, Livingston (Wr), Chris tiefert (OL), THE SENTINEL starting linebacker Connor Wallace. “i dave Lamancusa (OL/dL). think our schedule is really good for Stadium: John H. Frederick Field at us this year.” Memorial Park (turf) the Wildcats opened the 2017 season with a loss before ripping off Colors: Maroon/silver back-to-back emotional road wins. But Classification: 5a they tailed off come division play, only winning the season finale against red Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Land, the ‘Cats lone home victory in Offensive formation: Multiple three years. Finishing games and finishing the Defensive formation: Multiple season with the same intensity is now 2017 season: 3-7 (1-5) a focus after many of these players tasted varsity victory for the first time Postseason: did not qualify in their careers. that starts with confidence. RETURNING LEADERS “you have to continue to work at the Passing Comp Att Yds TD little things to make sure that you’re n/a not taking a step back,” rose said. “i Rushing Att Yds Avg TD think the big thing is just going out Keegan Neill 109 443 4.1 2 there and getting confidence, but not Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD getting too confident, and just continu- Joseph Bruno 24 284 11.8 4 ing to build on the things we see.” Lightning-fast receiver/returner Jo- Key returners: Connor Wallace, sr., seph Bruno will put butts in the seats tE/OLB; Mitchell snyder, sr., rB/ most nights as fans wait for him to LB; aidan reisser, sr., OL/dL; steve break off a long score. But rose said Monahan, sr., OL/dL; Kaelen Nolan, he is not the only one drawing college sr., OL/dL; aidan sheely, sr., rB/ interest this year. LB; Brando aristy, jr., OL/dL; Joseph still, this is a program that has some Bruno, jr., Wr/dB; Will Hoover, jr., work to do to once again be considered Wr/dB; Keegan Neill, jr., rB/dB; one of the Keystone threats again. it will Jakub Heirman, jr., OL/dL. take more time, but 2018 should mark another step in the right direction.

OUTLOOK SCHEDULE getting three wins has clearly been aug. 24 vs. Carlisle 7 p.m. a boon for the Wildcats, even with aug. 31 at Palmyra 7 p.m. a coaching change for the second sept. 7 vs. Northern 7 p.m. straight offseason. sept. 14 at Hershey 7 p.m. Now under assistant-turned-head- sept. 21 at West Perry 7 p.m. coach anthony rose, Mechanicsburg sept. 28 vs. susquehanna twp. 7 p.m. has seen its numbers nearly double, Oct. 5 vs. red Land 7 p.m. and with that: expectations. Players Oct. 12 at Cedar Cliff 7 p.m. that had given up football to pursue Oct. 19 vs. Bishop Mcdevitt 7 p.m. other sports are back and eager to help Oct. 26 at Lower dauphin 7 p.m.

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Three talking points THE ROSTER No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. about the Wildcats 1 Joseph Bruno jr. 6-0 185 Wr/rB/dB 2 Will Hoover jr. 5-11 170 Wr/dB this season 3 taylor shearer so. 5-10 160 Wr/rB/dB 3 DOWNS 4 James anderson so. 5-7 140 Wr/dB 5 Elijah Johnson jr. 5-4 145 QB/Wr/dB 6 Michael Lamancusa jr. 5-7 175 rB/LB 100 years of Wildcat football. Three-win season has spirits, and numbers, high. 7 Julva Batiki jr. 6-0 175 Wr/dB It has been a century since After two straight winless seasons, the Wildcats fi nished 8 Hunter rusinko sr. 5-11 170 Wr/dB Mechanicsburg’s football pro- 3-7 in 2017, including consecutive wins on the road to start 9 Nicolas Morrison so. 5-7 155 Wr/dB gram was born. The school is the year 2-1. 10 Noah Williams fr. 5-9 160 QB/Wr/dB 1 2 11 Micah Brubaker so. 5-11 160 QB/Wr/dB planning a big celebration to honor the The wins, coupled with the likeable demeanor of Rose, a teacher 12 Julio Batiki jr. 6-2 185 tE/dE anniversary, scheduled for the non- in the school who replaced Billy Furman after his one-year stint, has 14 abdi abdiweli jr. 5-10 150 Wr/dB league rivalry game against Northern seen the roster’s ranks swell from around 40 two years ago to more 17 Michael Vigliano sr. 5-11 175 QB/Wr/dB on Sept. 7. than 80 this season. 18 Joey rowland so. 5-10 155 QB/Wr/dB Alumni as far back as the 1940s, And Rose believes many of the newfound players aren’t just roster 19 dominic schmick jr. 5-11 145 Wr/K/dB according to coach Anthony Rose, are fi ller, but will fi ght to contribute at the varsity and JV levels (Me- 20 Julian Martinez so. 5-8 150 rB/Wr/dB being invited back for a ceremony at chanicsburg also re-instituted the ninth-grade team in 2017, which 21 Evan Wilkins so. 5-10 175 rB/LB Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park. has helped). 22 aidan sheely sr. 5-10 200 rB/LB There will also be a banquet. Details “A lot of the guys that are coming back out played in the past,” 23 Mitchell snyder sr. 5-10 185 rB/LB are still coming together, but one of Rose said, citing specifi cally Michael Vigliano, a former eceiverr who 25 dominic Zeno so. 5-10 170 rB/LB the current player’s dads is putting ran cross country the past two years and is now the starting QB with 27 Caleb Brubaker so. 5-10 160 rB/Wr/LB/dB together a scrapbook. sophomore Micah Brubaker nursing an arm injury for at least the 28 Keegan Neill jr. 5-9 165 rB/Wr/LB/dB There are not many teams in central start of the season. “You’re seeing a lot of those type players coming 30 abdul Mohamed so. 5-9 140 Wr/dB Pennsylvania that have been around back out.” 31 shawn Jones so. 5-6 145 rB/dB 32 Haven Myers-Hanks jr. 5-10 180 rB/LB for 100 years, leaving Mechanicsburg “It’s been great. I knew a lot of the guys previously because I played 33 Zak Keyser sr. 5-10 165 rB/Wr/LB/dB as one of the oldest programs, probably with them before,” Vigliano said. “I think we have a good mindset 35 Jacob simpson so. 5-7 140 rB/dB in the state as well. this year. I think we can win some games.” 42 dominick Knox jr. 6-0 224 OL/dL Any alumni seeking more informa- Mechanicsburg has fi ve returning starters on off ense and six on 43 Hunter stout sr. 5-9 170 rB/Wr/LB/dB tion can contact athletic director Seth defense, the coach said, meaning some of those new faces could get 44 Connor Wallace sr. 5-10 180 Wr/LB Pehanich at [email protected]. plenty of run if they earn it during practices. 48 Patrick Mayernick sr. 5-11 175 rB/LB 50 sebastian salas so. 5-9 210 OL/dL 52 dillon Fullerton sr. 5-9 190 OL/dL 53 garrett Buckbee so. 5-10 180 OL/dL 55 aidan reisser sr. 5-11 240 OL/dL Where is Bruno’s ceiling? 56 Jakub Hierman jr. 5-10 205 OL/dL Boy, that’s a tough question to answer (and we 58 Josh Woodruff sr. 5-10 215 OL/LB know we asked it). 60 Ben Kehres sr. 6-0 220 OL/dL 63 Connor Catalano so. 5-11 200 OL/dL One of the most exciting breakout athletes of 3 64 Cedar Brill so. 5-10 215 OL/dL 2017 in Cumberland County, junior Joseph Bruno has re- 66 Egan Jones so. 5-10 270 OL/dL portedly stepped things up several notches. 67 Hoyt Lechthaler so. 6-1 215 OL/dL Easily one of the fastest players in the Mid-Penn, Bruno 68 Kaelen Nolen sr. 5-11 325 OL/dL (6-foot, 185 pounds entering camp) added 10 pounds of 69 ryan Heisey sr. 5-10 325 OL/dL muscle during track and fi eld season, when he won District 70 garrett Wilt so. 5-11 225 OL/dL 3 and PIAA medals in the 200. He’s since added another 72 Jeremy Fetterhoff jr. 5-10 210 OL/dL 10 pounds and has gone to Penn State and elsewhere for 75 James Nguyen so. 5-10 225 OL/dL camps. 76 Jonah smith sr. 5-6 210 OL/dL Rose said Bruno has interest from Temple and Delaware 77 Brando aristy jr. 6-1 280 OL/dL already. He is exceptionally versatile as a wide receiver who 78 steven Monahan jr. 6-4 250 OL/dL can also run the ball and is a developing defensive back. 79 Joey Mangrella so. 6-2 290 OL/dL But he single-handedly alters special teams play, having 80 Colin Brassel so. 5-11 165 Wr/LB 82 Zhyair tate so. 5-11 157 Wr/dB busted four kicks for scores a year ago before teams kicked 83 Bailey Branoff jr. 5-8 135 Wr/dB away from him altogether. 84 Jaiden Leiby sr. 5-8 150 Wr/dB He is a near lock for 1,000 total yards, even if his return Joseph Bruno, wide receiver/ 87 Michael goodling jr. 5-11 215 OL/dL chances are limited. 88 shayne reichard sr. 5-7 160 Wr/dB “Joe gives you the chance for the explosive play, and I defensive back/ kick returner 90 Mohamed Muhumed so. 6-1 165 Wr/dE think we all know that our opposition knows that as well,” 92 Kyle Whitefi eld so. 5-10 210 OL/dL Rose said. 99 Mason Keyser-trout jr. 6-1 245 OL/dL 18 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL CAMP HILL LIONS

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: tim Bigelow hopefully make life easier for the new (2nd season, 4-6) quarterback and skill guys about to step up. Buffington was forced to Assistants: Jason Lynch (dC/ scramble a lot last year, racking up rB); Clay Lepley (LB); Jerry taylor the most rushing yards for Camp Hill (dL); Nate grimwood (OL); Kristian in the process. Hopefully with a year Walker (Wr); Michael dickson of seasoning the line can hold the (dB). pocket longer. Stadium: siebert Park (turf) greg Labine will slide from receiver/backup QB to signal caller it Colors: Blue/White appears, leaving just four pass catch- Classification: 2a ers returning with a combined 10 receptions a year ago. “Next man up” Division: Mid-Penn Capital is rarely so true. Offensive formation: spread Frank shartle got 11 carries as a sophomore last year and is expected Defensive formation: 4-3 to see an increase in work behind that 2017 season: 4-6 (2-5) veteran line of david Brennan, aJ Brantley, William Massie and tommy Postseason: did not qualify Zerbe. defense was not spared either. Greg Labine, RETURNING LEADERS Jonathan shuster and Nate teeter quarterback/ Passing Comp Att Yds TD each had 100 tackles last year, with defensive back greg Labine 7 10 92 0 Nick Perry racking up 88. those three, plus Luca Colestock, Kuntz SENTINEL FILE PHOTO Rushing Att Yds Avg TD Frank shartle 11 78 7.1 0 and Nate Becker leave the defensive Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD half bereft of veteran playmakers, al- greg Labine 9 145 16.1 1 though Bayesa averaged double-digit tackles in seven games. Key returners: Cole Bayesa, sr., Connor trumpy will make his de- LB/rB; david Brennan, sr., dL/OL; but on the gridiron. One of the Lions’ aJ Brantley, sr., OL/dL; dylan Lam- better basketball players, the junior is prey, sr., Wr/dB; William Massie, likely to get some reps at receiver and sr., OL/dE; tommy Zerbe, sr., OL/ d-end, providing an infusion of talent dL; greg Labine, jr., dB/QB; Frank for the 30-plus-man roster. shartle, jr., LB/rB. Bigelow is also high on the soph- omores, highlighting the quarter of THE ROSTER Peter Chelap (rB/dB), Patrick Becker No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. OUTLOOK (Wr/dB), Max delaye (rB/LB) and 3 dylan Lamprey sr. 6-2 170 Wr/ss 43 Elijah dearment so. 5-10 160 OLB/rB Zack Kuntz is about to play his first Jude gourdier (OL/dL) as some of the 4 Michael Massey sr. 6-0 145 Wr/CB 44 Frank shartle ii jr. 5-9 175 rB/OLB snaps at Penn state, Quinn Buffing- young names to potentially step into 5 daniel shuster so. 5-11 165 QB/Fs 45 Cole Bayesa sr. 5-11 180 MLB/rB ton has a few months until he’s lacing meaningful roles this season. 6 Patrick Becker so. 5-10 140 Wr/CB 54 Nick Feagin jr. 5-5 140 dt/g up baseball cleats at East tennessee 7 amber Horner so. 5-7 130 K 55 William Massie sr. 6-3 170 C/dE state and the Lions are left to pick 2018 SCHEDULE 10 Chase gierasch jr. 6-0 180 Fs/Wr 60 david Brennan sr. 5-10 275 dt/g up the pieces. aug. 24 vs. Lancaster Catholic 7 p.m. 11 greg Labine jr. 6-0 175 QB/CB 63 tommy sprow sr. 6-1 280 g/dt Coach tim Bigelow got his first full aug. 31 at greencastle-antrim 7 p.m. 12 austin graham so. 5-10 140 Wr/Fs 66 Kristrian acevedo jr. 5-10 170 g/dE offseason in as the head man after sept. 7 vs. West Perry 7 p.m. 20 Connor trumpy jr. 6-5 175 Wr/dE 67 Eric dick fr. 6-0 230 C/t Frank gay abruptly resigned the night sept. 14 at Middletown 7 p.m. 21 Peter Chelap so. 5-7 150 rB/CB 68 Paul Parise so. 6-3 180 t/dE before the team’s game a year ago. sept. 21 vs. Palmyra 7 p.m. 24 Zachary raab sr. 5-7 130 Wr/CB 71 aJ Brantley sr. 6-1 290 g/dt so Bigelow, who had several assistant sept. 28 at East Pennsboro 7 p.m. 25 Xavier ritchie sr. 5-6 150 rB/CB 72 Jude gourdier so. 6-2 260 dt/t coaching changes as well, now gets to Oct. 5 at steel-High 7 p.m. 27 Cade shover jr. 6-0 160 Wr/CB 74 tommy Zerbe jr. 6-4 250 t/dE run his own system. Oct. 12 vs. Boiling springs 7 p.m. 30 Max delaye so. 5-7 165 rB/OLB 79 Collin Wilson jr. 6-0 225 t/dt He’ll have the benefit of a se- Oct. 19 at Milton Hershey 7 p.m. 31 Ben Mullin so. 5-10 170 FB/OLB 83 Ethan Branstetter jr. 6-3 160 Wr/dE nior-laden offensive line that should Oct. 26 vs. trinity 7 p.m. 32 grant Bayesa so. 5-8 135 Wr/OLB

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INSIDE THE HUDDLE

Michael Dubas, Head coach: Colin gillen, Now questions linger for different running back 5th season (32-11) reasons — namely, who’s going to get the ball out wide or at running back. Assistants: tim Froelich (dC, Bobby Whalen, even while splitting SAMUEL GETTY, iLB); Kevin yarnevich (dL); Mike FOR THE SENTINEL time under center, is the only re- spagnuolo (OL); randy yeager turning pass catcher with at least 10 (dB); scott Weyant (Wr); tom sa- receptions and 100 yards. and Mike coman (dL); Ken sheaffer (OL); ted dubas’ replacement at rB needed to Zindren (strength/conditioning); be sorted out in camp. Nick McMillen (OLB); Matt Logan the line returns some vets, which (rB/tE); Zach Pottieger (rB); Bob is always a good thing. schnarrs (dB); Justin Phillips (K). Potentially the most helpful thing Stadium: West shore stadium for the Colts this year is something (turf) they had no control over. district 3’s expansion of the football playoffs Colors: Blue/gold/White bumps Class 5a to 14 teams in the Classification: 5a field, meaning Cedar Cliff’s 7-3 record a year ago is now more than enough Division: Mid-Penn Keystone to make it. it was impressively tough Offensive formation: multiple to make the playoffs in 5a the past two years (where you side on the de- Defensive formation: 4-2 bate about number of playoff teams 2017 season: 7-3 (4-2) notwithstanding), and now if Colin gillen’s squad can simply repeat its Postseason: did not qualify record the playoffs are a lock. Bishop Mcdevitt is always looming RETURNING LEADERS on the schedule, but the Colts have a Passing Comp Att Yds TD monster of an opening slate, capped Chris dare 74 123 960 8 by a saturday matinee at Harrisburg THE ROSTER Rushing Att Yds Avg TD on sept. 8. if they get through the Bobby Whalen 67 427 6.4 10 first five games, ending with Mcd, at No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD 3-2, that will be a minor miracle. the 1 dre dorsey sr. 5-10 170 Wr/dB 39 dylan Mockaitis so. 5-9 180 rB/LB Bobby Whalen 24 226 9.4 0 schedule opens up tremendously af- 2 ryan Berrigan jr. 6-0 180 Wr/dB 40 donovon Ball sr. 6-0 210 rB/LB ter that, with Lower dauphin in Week 3 Brennan Quigley sr. 6-0 190 rB/dB 41 Jack Quesenberry sr. 6-0 170 Wr/dB 6 likely the toughest challenge of the 4 adam Enrico so. 6-0 210 tE/LB 42 Kevin Lusk jr. 5-10 205 tE/LB Key returners: Cole Bayesa, sr., 5 aidan anderson so. 5-8 135 Wr/dB 45 Nick Puig jr. 5-10 205 tE/LB LB/rB; david Brennan, sr., dL/OL; bunch. 6 Jahiem reynolds jr. 5-10 170 Wr/dB 50 albert rosado jr. 5-10 220 dL/OL aJ Brantley, sr., OL/dL; dylan Lam- 7 Pedro Cintron jr. 5-8 185 rB/LB 51 Jonathan Hammond sr. 6-1 250 OL/dL prey, sr., Wr/dB; William Massie, 2018 SCHEDULE 8 ramon garcia so. 5-8 150 Wr/dB 52 Ben gregory sr. 6-2 230 OL/dL sr., OL/dE; tommy Zerbe, sr., OL/ aug. 24 vs. governor Mifflin 7 p.m. 9 Mason Heiple jr. 5-8 150 Wr/dB 54 isaiah tirado sr. 5-6 235 OL/dL aug. 31 at Cocalico 7 p.m. 10 Landon switzler so. 6-0 190 Wr/LB 55 Lance ritter so. 5-11 180 OL/dL dL; greg Labine, jr., dB/QB; Frank shartle, jr., LB/rB. sept. 8 at Harrisburg 1 p.m. 11 Matthew switzler so. 6-0 200 tE/LB 56 Chayce dantzler sr. 5-8 220 OL/dL sept. 14 at Hollidaysburg 7 p.m. 12 Chris dare sr. 6-0 175 QB/dB 57 dom driscoll sr. 6-2 270 OL/dL sept. 21 at Bishop Mcdevitt 7 p.m. 13 gannon McMeans so. 5-10 175 QB/dB 58 Brady Kiehl so. 5-8 210 OL/dL 14 Bobby Whalen sr. 6-0 175 QB/dB 59 areeb altajh so. 5-10 200 OL/dL OUTLOOK sept. 28 vs. Lower dauphin 7 p.m. 15 Jeremie Prograis jr. 5-7 145 Wr/dB 60 anthony Jones jr. 5-8 220 OL/dL For all the questions about how the Oct. 5 vs. Hershey 7 p.m. 17 Mason Bretz so. 5-9 150 Wr/dB 61 Elijah Conroy so. 5-10 185 OL/dL offense would fare with a split-QB sit- Oct. 12 vs. Mechanicsburg 7 p.m. 18 diante Hammond so. 5-9 150 Wr/dB 62 anthony shires jr. 6-2 240 OL/LB uation last year, the Colts still scored Oct. 19 at susquehanna twp. 7 p.m. 19 Ethan rinehart jr. 6-0 200 tE/LB 63 Ben Fahr sr. 6-0 175 rB/dB more than 30 points a game and went Oct. 26 at red Land 7 p.m. 20 Keylon Laury sr. 5-11 160 rB/dB 64 seth gillen so. 6-0 230 OL/dL 4-2 in the Mid-Penn Keystone. 21 Jared Mack sr. 5-8 150 rB/dB 65 Jayvon godineaux jr. 5-10 200 OL/dL 22 Jace Noble jr. 5-10 215 tE/LB 66 Cameron goff so. 6-3 200 OL/dL 23 Cameron dantzler so. 6-0 220 tE/LB 68 Zach Lathrop sr. 5-9 215 OL/dL 24 Connor Kiehl so. 5-8 185 rB/LB 70 Justin resto sr. 6-1 240 OL/dL 26 Jamir reynolds-Vasquez so. 5-10 165 rB/dB 71 Claude godineaux fr. 5-10 245 OL/dL 27 JaQuan Barnes jr. 5-7 175 rB/dB 72 dalton reynolds jr. 6-0 285 OL/dL 29 Jaia Edwards jr. 5-8 160 Wr/dB 73 Marquis McCollom sr. 6-0 205 OL/dL 30 scott Lelland so. 5-8 150 K 79 antonio rodriguez so. 5-11 240 OL/dL 31 Jaheim Morris jr. 5-9 165 rB/dB 83 Josh Marks jr. 5-10 155 Wr/dB 32 Elijah ikeda so. 5-8 195 rB/LB 85 toby Forbes so. 6-0 180 tE/LB Stories written and information compiled by Jake Adams. 35 Will Kamga sr. 6-1 175 K 86 Cooper Clark so. 6-2 205 tE/dE Follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 20 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS INSIDE THE HUDDLE Head coach: todd stuter, 22nd after making the district 3 semifinals Todd Stuter season (127-83) a year ago. (center), that includes the following Assistants: Mark Morris (OC), Joe head coach changes: Nik Karoly slides from sharmeyer (dC), tom Couch (OL), receiver to dual-threat QB, Jacob ted Matter (OL/dL), greg Camp- SAMUEL GETTY, shermeyer will be the starting rB as bell (dE/OL), Bob schnarrs (LB), FOR THE SENTINEL a sophomore (a la Neely circa 2015), steve Morgan (JV). junior Jaxson irwin joins Marquise Stadium: george saxton Memo- Horton and Michael Chismur among rial stadium (grass) the Wr/tE group, a whole new junior class takes over on the lines, Colors: Black/Orange and youth steps in at linebacker and Classification: 4a defensive back. East Penn, offensively, will depend Division: Mid-Penn Capital a lot on the legs of Karoly and sher- Offensive formation: spread meyer. “it’s a whole new line, it’s a whole Defensive formation: 4-3 new running game, so a lot of weight 2017 season: 9-3 (5-2) is gonna fall on [Karoly’s] shoulders,” coach todd stuter said, adding later: Postseason: Lost to Berks Catholic “[shermeyer’s] a very talented young 48-7 in district 3 Class 4a semifinals. man, but he’s a 10th grader, so it’s going to be a growing process for him.” RETURNING LEADERS shermeyer (5-foot-11, 190 pounds) Passing Comp Att Yds TD had around 300 yards last year and Nik Karoly 1 3 6 1 is a powerful runner, but he’ll need Rushing Att Yds Avg TD the o-line to come together quickly Nik Karoly 37 343 9.3 1 to open up lanes. ryan Manderbach Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD is slotted as the primary backup. it’ll THE ROSTER Nik Karoly 17 265 15.6 3 be a different offense from the one used to Neely busting long scores No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Key returners: Nik Karoly, sr., regardless of if it was a broken play syrell Burgos fr. Jaxson irwin jr. QB/s; Marquise Horton, sr., Wr/ or perfectly executed. antwan Campbell jr. ryan isbell sr. CB; Michael Chismar, sr., tE/LB; the strength of this team, stuter 80 Hunter Campbell jr. 64 theron Jezorski sr. daiquaan Everett, jr., Wr/CB; feels, is on the back end of the de- iziana Carney fr. 21 Nikolas Karoly sr. QB/s Jacob shermeyer, so., rB/LB/Kr; fense, where he has speed and athlet- Hunter Case fr. Harrison Laman fr. Mikai stewart, jr., OL/dL; Blake icism at linebacker to offset size and a 27 Michael Chismar sr. tE/LB 30 Justin LaManna sr. Paukovits, jr., tE/dE; Joe Poven- three dBs he saw varsity time last year. Philip Colon fr. 29 ryan Manderbach sr. tud, sr., FB/LB. “We hope to be at least in the mid- 70 Mazik darden jr. 73 garrett McMillen so. dle of the [Capital] mix,” stuter said. Jacob dein fr. Justin Moore fr. “Just improvements, week by week. avery drayton-Woodruff fr. rhett Myers fr. OUTLOOK Just getting better as football players, 12 daiquaan Everett jr. Wr/CB 41 aditya Narayan sr. Perhaps no team has been hit as athletes.” thomas giza jr. 88 Blake Paukovits jr. tE/dE harder by the graduation bug than 2 Jared gorman jr. 71 Lucas Poticher jr. East Penn this year, at least locally. 2018 SCHEDULE 85 Connor groff jr. 32 Joe Poventud sr. FB/LB two division i talents in Payton aug. 24 at Northern 7 p.m. Logan groff sr. 40 ryan ranieri jr. Morris (Penn, pole vault) and Onasis aug. 31 at red Land 7 p.m. Jayden Haley jr. Chase schlum fr. Neely (temple, running back) were sept. 7 york suburban 7 p.m. Matthew Hartman sr. 34 Jacob shermeyer so. rB/LB/Kr the two headliners from a class of sept. 14 at Palmyra 7 p.m. Malachi Harvey so. ryan sherrick fr. seniors that ran almost 30 deep. sept. 22 at Milton Hershey 1:30 p.m. Kainen Henry fr. 78 Kaleb shreiner jr. With their departures goes a ton of sept. 28 Camp Hill 7 p.m. 35 ian Hertzler so. Jordan spadafore fr. experience and many positions up Oct. 5 trinity 7 p.m. Braedyn Hipple fr. 61 Makai stewart jr. OL/dL for grabs. Oct. 12 at steel-High 7 p.m. Joshua Hornbaker fr. dominic Weaver so. the Panthers must now restock Oct. 19 Middletown 7 p.m. Marquise Horton sr. Wr/CB Jonathan yurchak fr. and recalibrate their expectations Oct. 26 at Boiling springs 7 p.m. tyler Houdeshell jr. 20 Zachary Zeiders so.

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Head coach: Bill Miller, 17th lost three starters from a group that season (3rd at Northern, 13-8) paved big holes for Kyle swartz the past two years. Joe samsel and spen- Assistants: Brad Livingston, cer Breski, a dL starter in 2017, will Marty green, scott Link, Brian provided some veteran leadership robison, Pat Hicks, robbie Bleiler, there, but it will be up to several new Jason stacknick, dave Borrell. faces to fill the gaps. Stadium: robert Bostic Field the good thing for the offense is (grass) the presence of swartz and senior Chris Barrett. the QB got his first Colors: Purple/White taste of varsity last year and could Classification: 5a improve on his four touchdowns, especially if he can build some chem- Division: Mid-Penn Colonial istry with a new-look receiving core. Offensive formation: Multiple Of course, a QB’s best friend is a good ground game — and swartz, a junior, Defensive formation: 4-4/4-3 would be an asset on just about every 2017 season: 6-4 (5-1) team in the Mid-Penn as a downhill runner with a good combination of Postseason: did not qualify size and quickness. the coaching staff is high on this RETURNING LEADERS group, but expectations are likely Passing Comp Att Yds TD understandably tempered from the Chris Barrett 72 134 861 4 outside until more is known about the Rushing Att Yds Avg TD new starters. the Mid-Penn Colonial Kyle swartz 211 1,351 6.4 18 has a few teams in similar boats this Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD year, but it will not be an easy path for tony Potteiger 11 125 11.4 1 Miller’s squad by any means. Northern and shippensburg are SENTINEL FILE Key returners: Nik Karoly, sr., the only two schools to move up a Kyle Swartz, (7) running back/linebacker QB/s; Marquise Horton, sr., Wr/ classification during this next two- CB; Michael Chismar, sr., tE/LB; year cycle, slotting the P-Bears in 5a THE ROSTER daiquaan Everett, jr., Wr/CB; for the first time. that could mean Jacob shermeyer, so., rB/LB/Kr; a better opportunity to make the No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Mikai stewart, jr., OL/dL; Blake postseason, or it could mean playing 2 Blake Cruz so. 5-6 190 rB/LB 53 Joseph samsel sr. 6-0 220 OL/LB Paukovits, jr., tE/dE; Joe Poven- against some of the smaller Colonial 3 Cole Lamb so. 5-8 195 QB/dB 55 Bailey Blaschak so. 6-1 165 OL/dL tud, sr., FB/LB. schools proves a different obstacle 5 Zach Beam so. 5-10 140 Wr/dB 56 donovan Bair jr. 6-1 205 OL/dL this time around. 6 tyler yohn jr. 6-0 135 Wr/dB 57 Hunter Fitterling so. 6-0 205 OL/LB 7 Kyle swartz jr. 6-0 200 rB/LB 60 sam Blaschak sr. 5-9 145 OL/LB OUTLOOK 2018 SCHEDULE 8 tommy Molsky so. 5-11 142 Wr/dB 60 Nick Fekete so. 6-1 200 OL/dL there were 22 that donned caps aug. 24 vs. East Pennsboro 7 p.m. 10 Jordan Heisey so. 6-1 170 QB/dB 62 Connor ross so. 5-10 160 OL/dL and gowns in the spring from North- aug. 31 vs. Middletown 7 p.m. 12 aidan Wenger jr. 5-10 150 Wr/dB 64 Hunter shover sr. 5-10 185 OL/dL ern’s roster, leaving a sizable hole for sept. 7 at Mechanicsburg 7 p.m. 14 rudy schaffer so. 5-9 178 QB/LB 66 Josh Myers so. 5-8 200 OL/dL coach Bill Miller to fill. the roster is sept. 14 vs. Mifflin County 7 p.m. 15 Chris Barrett sr. 6-1 200 QB/dB 70 ryan Warner so. 6-5 188 OL/dL hovering around 40 right now and sept. 21 at greencastle-antrim 7 p.m. 16 Joe Kostelac so. 5-9 165 Wr/LB 71 Harrison Wolfkill so. 5-10 243 OL/dL there are just nine seniors on the sept. 28 vs. West Perry 7 p.m. 18 CJ Wagner so. 5-4 123 rB/dB 72 Jordan sipe sr. 5-10 235 OL/dL squad, further emphasizing how dif- Oct. 5 at susquehannock 7 p.m. 19 Colin Brennan so. 5-4 125 Wr/dB 73 Brandon Honeycutt so. 6-1 305 OL/dL ferent 2018 will be. Oct. 12 at shippensburg 7 p.m. 21 ty regan jr. 5-11 150 Wr/dB 75 george taylor Vii so. 6-2 290 OL/dL the lines are likely where the Oct. 19 vs. Big spring 7 p.m. 26 Zach Mowchan so. 6-0 205 rB/LB 77/88 spencer Breski sr. 6-3 245 OL/dL Oct. 26 at Waynesboro 7 p.m. 30 Luke Horvath jr. 5-6 160 rB/LB 80 tim geiser jr. 5-11 170 OL/LB departures will be felt most. O-line 42 richard Eshelman sr. 5-10 175 rB/dL 82 tony Potteiger sr. 5-11 150 Wr/dB 44 Quinton schaffer so. 5-8 176 rB/LB 83 Kolin Keiser so. 6-1 180 OL/LB 50 Hunter Hertzog so. 5-9 210 OL/dL 84 tanner albert sr. 5-10 160 OL/LB 52 devin Hackart so. 5-9 182 OL/LB

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INSIDE THE HUDDLE

Frank Gay, Head coach: Frank gay, 9th sea- ing to revive a program that struggled head coach son (45-43), 15th season overall mightily a year ago after heavy losses (87-68) to graduation. gay will have a lot of work to do SENTINEL FILE PHOTO Assistants: Chris Hakel (OC/QB/ with a young roster that has 17 se- dE); Jameel Poteat (rB/dB); Brian niors but just six juniors. Nearly all Lemelle (Wr/dB); Matt Cout (OL/ of the skill positions appear to be dL); danny Lansanah (LB); teed getting some new blood, but the Wertz (Wr/dB); Erik Potter (FB/ trenches will be manned by veterans dL); Bruce Belskey (OL/dL); Jack Cam Metzel and Justin Hertzog, a pair Murray (st); Joel Hertzog (OL/dL); of juniors. Matt Zahm (OL/dL). adam Cramer is a 6-foot junior Stadium: West shore stadium who is gay circled as a new face to (turf) watch, taking over at quarterback with very young depth behind him. Colors: red/White Mike daylor and John greene, two se- Classification: 5a niors, will get heavy use in the backfield and at linebacker it appears. Division: Mid-Penn Keystone gay returns with a reputation as Offensive formation: spread an intense winner. it’s tough to see this team going from 2-8 to, say, 8-2 Defensive formation: Multiple in one year, but there should be some 2017 season: 2-8 (2-4) sort of turnaround in what still is a challenging Mid-Penn Keystone. the Postseason: did not qualify Patriots will have a battle in front of them in the division, opening at RETURNING LEADERS home against Bishop Mcdevitt and Passing Comp Att Yds TD Lower dauphin. and they aren’t the n/a only team trying to build momentum, Rushing Att Yds Avg TD with local foe Mechanicsburg striving THE ROSTER n/a to improve on last year’s 3-7 finish, Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD with a budding roster to do it. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. n/a How far this crew is able to bounce 1 ryan alt sr. 5-9 145 K 32 sam sklar fr. 5-10 155 Wr/dB back, and with so much youth that 2 dakoto sheesley sr. 5-5 160 rB/dB 33 John greene sr. 6-0 200 FB/LB *Complete 2017 stats were not 3 Mike daylor sr. 5-7 175 rB/LB 35 gavin Feliciano fr. 5-7 135 Wr/dB available to The Sentinel last year will need to contribute, will be one 4 Matt Moody sr. 5-10 175 Wr/dB 36 Hunter updegraff fr. 5-4 110 Wr/dB of the more interesting plots of the 5 Jt Painter sr. 5-9 170 Wr/dB 40 Justin Moore fr. 5-8 145 rB/LB sason. 6 dylan rodenhaber so. 5-10 205 rB/LB 41 aaron snelbaker so. 5-10 160 FB/LB Key returners: Mike daylor, sr., 7 Camden Walter so. 5-9 160 K 42 Jake saltzer fr. 6-0 140 Wr/dB rB/LB; Cam Metzel, jr., OL/dL; 2018 SCHEDULE 8 Carson Eisenhauer sr. 6-2 170 Wr/dB 50 ryan Jordan so. 5-10 165 OL/LB John greene, sr., FB/LB; Justin aug. 24 at Waynesboro 7 p.m. 9 Mike stank jr. 5-9 190 rB/LB 51 Chase rados sr. 5-9 205 OL/LB Hertzog, jr., OL/dL. 10 adam Cramer jr. 6-0 160 QB/dB 52 dalton gross so. 5-8 215 OL/dL aug. 31 vs. East Pennsboro 7 p.m. 11 alex stimeling sr. 6-1 185 Wr/dB 53 isaac youngman so. 5-7 155 OL/dL sept. 7 vs. dover 7 p.m. 12 Cael gibson so. 5-9 140 QB/dB 54 Justin Hertzog jr. 6-3 230 OL/dL OUTLOOK sept. 14 vs. Bishop Mcdevitt 7 p.m. 13 Chaz Munoz sr. 6-1 190 FB/dE 55 Cam Metzel jr. 6-0 220 OL/dL sept. 21 vs. Lower dauphin 7 p.m. Back for a second stint is Frank 14 Zach Baker so. 5-9 140 Wr/dB 56 Phil sullivan so. 5-10 180 OL/dL sept. 28 at Hershey 7 p.m. 15 Landon Henline fr. 5-8 135 QB/dB 57 Nate smith fr. 5-10 160 OL/dL gay, who shockingly resigned from Oct. 5 at Mechanicsburg 7 p.m. 16 garrett Hodges so. 5-9 170 FB/LB 58 Nathan Parson fr. 5-7 170 OL/dL Camp Hill the night before the 2017 Oct. 12 at susquehanna twp. 7 p.m. 17 anthony Leek so. 6-0 155 Wr/dB 59/88 sean stewart jr. 6-1 210 Wr/OL/dE opener. a district 3 championship Oct. 19 vs. shippensburg 7 p.m. 18 Jayden Landis so. 5-8 140 Wr/dB 60 Jerry Vazquez fr. 5-6 205 OL/dL coach, gay returns to the school he 19 Jay Hummer sr. 5-10 165 FB/LB 61 Lane Froelich so. 5-9 235 OL/dL Oct. 26 vs. Cedar Cliff 7 p.m. 20 robert rodgers so. 5-10 165 FB/LB 63 tanner Herman fr. 5-6 190 OL/dL got his first head coaching gig hop- 21 Brandon Myers sr. 5-7 165 rB/LB 64 Eli Fararo sr. 6-1 200 22 Hayden Zechman so. 5-5 135 rB/dB 66 Cole archambeault so. 5-10 225 OL/dL 23 Josh Bingaman so. 5-7 165 FB/LB 67 Ezra Korick sr. 5-8 235 OL/dL 24 travis tamanosky so. 5-6 150 rB/LB 68 Bobby Miller sr. 6-2 200 OL/dL 25 Chase Lawler so. 5-9 175 Wr/LB 71 taylor Hummel fr. 5-7 210 OL/dL 26 shamar Hunt jr. 6-1 190 rB/dB 78 Noah Murphy so. 6-0 255 OL/dL 27 Leander shearer fr. 5-8 140 QB/dB 79 Brady Lydon fr. 6-0 165 OL/dL 29 adrien Ortz so. 5-8 150 Wr?dB 81 spencer Fawbush so. 6-3 155 Wr/dB Stories written and information compiled by Jake Adams. 30 Hayden gerver sr. 5-10 190 FB/LB 82 Levi Culp fr. 6-1 150 Wr/dB Follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 31 Jacob Cortez so. 5-6 150 Wr/dB 83 reese archambeault sr. 6-0 170 Wr/dB THE SENTINEL Friday, august 24, 2018 | 23 SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Adam Houser, Head coach: Eric Foust, 17th ers at his disposal that got their first running back/ season (95-77) extended taste of varsity action last defensive back year in Ethan stouffer, Kyler Brown Assistants: Kevin gustafson (OC); SENTINEL FILE and Noah Chavez, who combined for rick Foust (dC); Mike Heefner (dL); just 20 receptions. the other QB on Chase rhodes (OL); thomas sil- the roster is junior Nick gustafson, verstrim (LB); dave Jones (dB); Ed younger brother of former standout Barrett (LB); andrew Harven (rB). receiver Cody. Stadium: Memorial Park (grass) But the linchpin will be adam Houser, who dealt with an ankle in- Colors: gray/Maroon jury early last year but still caught Classification: 5a and ran for more than 1,100 yards last year. the greyhounds have been Division: Mid-Penn Colonial hoping for big things from him for a Offensive formation: Wing-t little while, and now he’s got one last chance to put up lopsided numbers Defensive formation: 3-4 as he hunts a college offer. 2017 season: 6-5 (3-3) Even with turnover at some cru- cial positions, shippensburg always Postseason: Lost to Bishop Mc- seems to be a favorite in the Colonial. devitt 43-22 in district 3 Class 4a Big spring, Northern and West Perry, quarterfinals. just to focus on sentinel-area division rivals, are all going through exten- RETURNING LEADERS sive turnovers as well. While Mifflin Passing Comp Att Yds TD County made some strides last year Nick gustafson 0 4 0 0 in its second season in the division, Rushing Att Yds Avg TD it’s not clear from this vantage point if adam Houser 118 564 4.8 6 the Huskies will become a legit threat Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD in the division. adam Houser 44 506 11.5 4 the greyhounds close the season with an interesting four-game slate: Key returners: adam Houser, at West Perry, home vs. Northern, at THE ROSTER sr., rB/dB; trey Lynch, sr., OL/dL; red Land and at Big spring to again Ethan stouffer, sr., LB. defend the Little Brown Jug. that’s as No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. important a division-defining stretch 6 Jacob Loy jr. 5-11 185 Wr/LB 63 aiden Mead jr. 5-11 185 OL/dL as you’ll ever see. 8 adam Houser sr. 5-10 180 rB/Fs 64 Cole Frey sr. 6-0 290 t/Ng OUTLOOK also of note, ship now competes in 10 Nick gustafson jr. 6-5 210 QB/LB 66 trey Lynch sr. 5-10 255 t/g a district 3 Class 4a championship Class 5a, meaning a battle for 14 play- 12 Micah Landreth jr. 5-9 140 Wr/CB/sB 67 aydin Butler 5-10 160 berth in 2016 was followed by an up- 13 Christian Melendez jr. 5-11 170 Wr/dB 68 Mac Cramer jr. 5-10 190 OL/LB off spots is coming. the P-Bears were 14 andrew Hoch sr. 5-11 155 Wr/dB 70 Colby tracy sr. 6-2 241 dt and-down 2017 campaign that saw the only other local team to bump up 17 Kohl Holderbaum jr. 5-8 145 tE/LB 71 Karter Craig jr. 6-1 205 OL/dL the greyhounds somewhat surpris- a class this Piaa cycle. 19 Jacob Keyes sr. 5-11 150 OLB 72 rook smith jr. 5-10 220 OL/dL ingly finish just 3-3 in the Mid-Penn 20 Max Kalb jr. 5-8 145 rB/CB 75 Eric reed jr. 5-11 275 dL/OL Colonial. 2018 SCHEDULE 21 Nicholas Clapsaddle sr. 5-7 147 rB 76 tyler Hoover sr. 6-1 270 t/Ng Now it’s time for some changes. aug. 24 vs. dover 7 p.m. 22 dante Lotruglio sr. 5-9 149 Wr/CB 77 derek Kunkleman jr. 5-10 175 LB/OL 23 Kyler Brown sr. 5-10 175 rB/dB 78 Kyler danzberger sr. 6-4 295 OL/dL Chief among them is a new quarter- aug. 31 vs. West york 7 p.m. 24 Blake rhodes sr. 5-10 150 dB/Wr 79 Brandon Betz jr. 6-1 250 OL/dL back, plus a conversion back to the sept. 7 vs. Bermudian springs 7 p.m. 26 alex sharrow jr. 5-5 140 rB/dB Ben Froio so. 5-10 200 OL/dL Wing-t. sept. 14 vs. Waynesboro 7 p.m. 27 delonte Wilson jr. 5-9 rB/dB Connor Falvey so. 5-6 165 OL/dL With Carter Van scyoc now at sept. 21 at Mifflin County 7 p.m. 28 Josh Connor sr. 5-7 160 LB/WB daulton Foore so. OL/dL college, Zack Manning might just sept. 28 vs. greencastle-antrim 7 p.m. 30 rob West jr. K devin Wilson so. rB/dB Oct. 5 at West Perry 7 p.m. 32 Nick Weltz sr. 6-2 205 OLB/rB Hayden Carbaugh so. be the new guy in charge, having Oct. 12 vs. Northern 7 p.m. 34 Naz Miner sr. 5-10 185 OLB/rB Hunter Porter so. rB/LB taken reps during the greyhounds’ 35 Ethan stouffer sr. 6-4 210 iLB/tE isaiah Houser so. 5-8 120 Wr/dB tri-scrimmage with Carlisle and Oct. 19 at red Land 7 p.m. 42 Jeremy telesky jr. 5-10 155 LB Jacob Kissinger so. 5-4 165 OL/dL Milton Hershey on saturday. the Oct. 26 at Big spring 7 p.m. 45 Cole Calder 5-8 194 g/Ng Levi young so. Wr/dB sophomore will have some receiv- 50 Evan alleman jr. 5-9 155 OL/dL Owen Kissinger so. 5-11 205 OL/dL 52 Wyatt Craig sr. 6-1 220 t sean Hess so. 5-10 244 OL/dL 55 Noah Foust jr. 5-11 230 g/MLB trevor diehl so. 6-1 145 Wr/QB/dB Stories written and information compiled by Jake Adams. 56 Orry Kramer sr. 5-10 210 dL/OL Zack Manning so. 5-11 160 QB/dB 61 Zach Hutchison sr. 5-8 215 dL Shippensburg roster compiled from MaxPreps.com Follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 62 Colton Musser jr. 6-2 200 OL/LB 24 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL TRINITY SHAMROCKS

INSIDE THE HUDDLE Mark Centurione, Head coach: todd ryan, 1st tackles. He was an all-sentinel pick linebacker season last year at the position and is going to be expected to shut down anything Assistants: Ben shea (OC/OL/ dL); don rhodes (QB/OLB/pass- that gets to the middle of the field. ing coordinator); a.J. McKay (rB/ He’s going to get some help from iLB); tucker Mizerak (Wr/dB); Eric Cumberland Valley transfer dom thornton (Wr/dB); adam Walker Kelly, who ryan expects to slot in at (OL/dL). linebacker right away. Nearly the entire offense needs to Stadium: COBO Field (grass) be rebuilt, though, starting at QB to Colors: green/White replace tommy Kirchhoff. the shamrocks had a pair of passers duking it Classification: 2a out in camp these past few weeks. Division: Mid-Penn Capital the returning target with the most run last year is d’amonte Porter, third Offensive formation: n/a last year in yards and first in recep- Defensive formation: n/a tions. Connor McCarthy, who was deep 3-7 (1-6) 2017 season: on the rB depth chart, had a good Postseason: did not qualify. shot in camp to take over the lead role, while trey Mcauliffe (Wr/dB) is another up-and-comer the coaches RETURNING LEADERS have their eyes on. Passing Comp Att Yds TD ryan said the coaching staff has danny scott 15 44 222 2 simplified the offense from the Rushing Att Yds Avg TD spread offense of the past. How that Connor McCarthy 11 19 1.7 0 manifests will be something to watch Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD in the opening weeks. d’amonte Porter 26 255 9.7 2 and while it’ll be overlooked because it’s not a glamour position, Key returners: Mark Centurione, Hunter Becker is now at division i D’Amonte Porter, sr., OL/LB; Michael Mcdermott, sr., saint Francis after years as a blocker wide receiver/ Wr/OLB; d’amonte Porter, jr., Wr/ and long snapper. defensive back dB; Jason skreppen, jr., OL/dL. trinity is going to have to fight to improve on its 3-7 mark last year, OUTLOOK especially with all the losses. it’ll all the shamrocks are the third local depend on how so many new faces team with a first-year head coach, step up. it’s a young group, too, which welcoming todd ryan to the position usually spells some ups and downs in the spring after troy Jensen left for early in the season. an assistant position at alvernia. His job will not be easy: replace 14 2018 SCHEDULE seniors at a small school while still aug. 24 vs. delone Catholic 7 p.m. trying to build on last year’s three aug. 31 vs. york Catholic 7 p.m. wins. sept. 8 at Wyomissing 1:30 p.m. a lot of those seniors started for sept. 14 vs. steel-High 7 p.m. multiple years, so the depth left be- sept. 21 at Boiling springs 7 p.m. hind will be tested. there are some sept. 28 vs. Milton Hershey 7 p.m. vets on this squad, though, that Oct. 5 at East Pennsboro 7 p.m. should help lead the charge. inside Oct. 13 at Middletown 2 p.m. ‘backer Mark Centurione is a four- Oct. 19 vs. Palmyra 7 p.m. year starter nearing 200 career Oct. 26 at Camp Hill 7 p.m. 4TH DOWN MAGAZINE FILE

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Kenyon Johnson, Head coach: Bob Boden, 5th liottsburg program has a distinctly running back/ season (6-34) veteran tilt in the trenches. if you like building from the inside out, this linebacker Assistants: t.J. Quaker (OC/Wr/ is the team for you. dB); Bob Folk (dC/dE/rB); derek SENTINEL FILE there are five returning offensive Puchalsky (dt/OL); russ Feeney lineman that are seniors and ex- (OL/MLB); Kyle ream (QB/dB); pected to contribute heavily, giving Ken Wilson (rB/dL); Bob darden the Mustangs a better chance than (OL/dL). in recent years to push some teams Stadium: Mustang stadium off the ball. that should bode well for return- Colors: green/White ing lead back Kenyon Johnson, who Classification: 4a is trying to rush for 1,000 yards for the first time after posting 848 a year Division: Mid-Penn Colonial ago. He’s a big-play threat. Offensive formation: Veer the big loss is QB dom salinetro, who developed over several tough Defensive formation: 4-4 years into a 2,000-yard passer who 2017 season: 4-6 (3-3) completed 17 tds a year ago. Boden had an open competition for the new Postseason: did not qualify starter stretching into the final week of practice; Eli Puchalsky was the only RETURNING LEADERS backup to toss a pass last year, going Passing Comp Att Yds TD 2-for-3 for 21 yards. Johnson threw a Kenyon Johnson 2 7 91 1 few wildcat passes in 2017. Rushing Att Yds Avg TD With what seems like a more wide- Kenyon Johnson 136 848 6.2 10 open Mid-Penn Colonial than recent Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD years, if Boden can get the skill guys terrance Quaker 58 935 16.1 6 to produce early, this is a squad that could do better than 3-3 in division Key returners: terrance Quaker, play. they have some interesting THE ROSTER sr., rB/dB; Jake Fadness, sr., rB/ non-division games against Camp Hill LB; Cade sutch, sr., Wr/dB; ike and Mechanicsburg in Weeks 3 and No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Nulton, sr., OL/dL; Joe dress, sr., 5, respectively, but then dive into the 10 Michael Kurtz so. 5-9 135 QB/dB 53 Landon donnelly sr. 5-11 185 OL/dL OL/dL; dave doran, sr., OL/dL; meat of the Colonial slate. the up- 11 Eli Puchalsky so. 5-11 175 QB/dB 54 Laszlo terney so. 5-8 240 OL/dL Zane White, sr., OL/LB; Quentin side here is a playoff team for the first 12 Brody stambaugh so. 6-1 180 tE/dL 55 seth rosenberry so. 5-10 175 OL/LB time in years, but a lot of things will 13 Quentin Quaker so. 5-7 125 Wr/LB 56 isaac Nulton sr. 5-11 180 OL/dL slaseman, sr., OL/dL; Kenyon 14 Cade sutch sr. 6-1 160 Wr/dB 57 Braden Baer so. 5-9 230 OL/dL Johnson, jr., rB/LB. have to go right first. 15 Brad Morrison fr. 6-1 170 rB/dL 58 tyler Wonders so. 5-9 165 OL/dL 21 Kenyon Johnson jr. 5-11 180 rB/LB 60 Brad stewart so. 5-9 150 OL/LB 2018 SCHEDULE 22 terrance Quaker sr. 5-9 155 rB/dB 61 ryan Long fr. 6-2 250 OL/dL OUTLOOK aug. 24 at Juniata 7 p.m. 25 trystin Panilaitis sr. 5-11 145 Wr/dB 62 dave doran sr. 5-11 210 OL/dL in two years the Mustangs have aug. 31 vs. york tech 7 p.m. 28 Hunter thoman fr. 5-9 130 rB/dB 64 Jordan Hoke so. 5-9 240 OL/dL gone from 0-10 (twice) to 4-6 and sept. 7 at Camp Hill 7 p.m. 30 Nash ranck fr. 5-11 130 tE/dL 65 Quinten slaseman sr. 5-8 180 OL/dL now are setting their sights on their sept. 14 vs. greencastle-antrim 7 p.m. 31 derek tienter jr. 5-5 145 rB/LB 67 tyler Kurtz fr. 5-7 175 OL/dL first winning season in six tries. sept. 21 vs. Mechanicsburg 7 p.m. 32 Jake Evener so. 5-3 110 Wr/LB 70 dylan Hess so. 5-7 185 OL/dL sept. 28 at Northern 7 p.m. 33 Jon Negley sr. 5-11 165 rB/LB 72 Jared Buechel sr. 6-5 240 OL/dL How they will get there will be sig- 35 adam thoman jr. 5-8 155 rB/LB 74 Zach Coldren so. 5-11 190 OL/dL nificantly different from recent sea- Oct. 5 vs. shippensburg 7 p.m. 41 isiah Weller fr. 5-11 165 QB/dB 75 dan dress so. 6-0 200 OL/dL sons, though. Whereas Bob Boden’s Oct. 12 at Big spring 7 p.m. 42 Jake Fadness sr. 6-1 180 rB/LB 80 Hunter rollman fr. 5-10 150 tE/LB crew was strong at the skill positions Oct. 19 vs. Waynesboro 7 p.m. 43 tad Ziegler jr. 5-11 165 rB/LB 82 dillon Barrick jr. 5-8 160 rB/LB a year ago in camp, this year’s El- Oct. 26 at Mifflin County 7 p.m. 44 Luke shaffer jr. 6-3 190 tE/LB 83 gunner taylor so. 5-11 145 tE/LB 45 Zach Quaker jr. 6-5 165 Wr/dB 84 Preston Weber sr. 6-2 165 Wr/dB 50 Joey dress sr. 6-0 170 OL/dL 85 Bryce Benner so. 5-8 135 Wr/dB 51 Zane White sr. 5-8 195 OL/LB 86 Nick Fulton jr. 5-5 140 rB/LB 52 Cody Campbell so. 5-10 160 rB/LB 88 Eric grube jr. 6-0 150 tE/dL

Stories written and information compiled by Jake Adams. Follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 26 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL SCENES OF SUMMER Jason Malmont toured a few practices last week and snapped some shots. For more training camp photos, go to cumberlink.com/sports

RIGHT: Mia Katterman stops the ball during Cumberland Valley field hockey practice on thursday evening.

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JAKE ADAMS pared to anything he experienced prior, he bonded The Sentinel with many of the aforementioned older runners. Brandan Knepper got food poisoning eating chicken in “Brandan and Andrew Sulon, I think they’ve Guatamala this summer while on vacation with his family. learned that humor has to be involved in run- senior Brandan Knepper is It set him back on his training. ning, too,” said Hey, who witnessed the team Mechanicsburg’s best hope for It will not matter. playing Super Smash Bros. on overnight trips postseason hardware. and while Knepper is a worker on the Mechanicsburg cross coun- over the years. “[And with Cupp] I think that he chases medals, he’ll also be try team. And after several years toiling away behind tal- personal accountability has been huge between trying to groom the next wave ented older runners like Alex Tomasko, Andrew Sulon and the two of them. Morgan wasn’t afraid to chal- of Wildcats. Morgan Cupp, he is ready to put all that hard work to good lenge Brandan, and Brandan wasn’t afraid to ask SENTINEL FILE use as the clear top Wildcats runner, and the latest in a line questions. of state medal contenders. “They were pretty close.” “I think the biggest thing during training, during long But now the team is almost entirely new and runs [in past years with the older runners] I never wanted younger than Knepper, a group that is largely un- to be left behind,” Knepper said in July. proven but has their leader optimistic. The challenge “I think Brandan’s ready to be in the spotlight,” said his changes from chasing to leading, and he said he feels coach, Mary Hey. ready for that. Knepper is not a demonstrative person. Runners tend “I’ve been doing a lot of processing not to be, but even by their mild-mannered standards, he about how training’s gonna go [this tends to loom in the shadows. summer],” said Knepper, who said He was expecting to run with Michael Vigliano, his he has cut out “trash miles” and friend and teammate from the past two years and a fellow runs his distance runs with pace senior, but Vigliano had an itch to return to football that now, getting the most out of each needed scratched. run. “It was mostly just because I’ve played football pretty The team again has its sights set much my entire life,” Vigliano told The Sentinel during on another PIAA Class 3A berth, heat acclimation week. “The only two years I ran cross which will mean a top finish at country were my sophomore and junior year. But I was the District 3 championship. The missing [football], to be honest.” Wildcats again want to gun for So that leaves Knepper the unquestioned leader of a pe- the Mid-Penn Keystone crown rennial District 3 threat that now finds itself much younger as well. than expected. Knepper doesn’t plan to change his style, And Hey said she wants to though. He’ll work hard as the lead runner in practice and see if Knepper can close in try and push his teammates more by showing than telling. on the home course record of “He’s not an in-your-face leader,” Hey said. “He’s social 15:57 and the school record of but doesn’t have to be the center of attention.” 15:26, both of which were set Knepper, who hopes to run in college but hasn’t com- by Cupp. mitted to a school yet and envisions a possible future on Knepper, though, hasn’t set Wall Street or in finance, took up running around fourth strict goals for the postseason. A or fifth grade. The fourth of five boys raised by Roger and medal is definitely in reach, but a specific time Mardell Knepper, running became “alone time from fam- or place is not on his mind at the moment. ily” after he did the school mile and enjoyed it. He loves the mental aspect of the sport — he (The Knepper’s adopted two brothers from Russia when tracks his times from previous years to set goals Brandan was 3 years old, one that was a year older than for each race of the upcoming season and moni- Brandan and one a year younger. He enjoyed the extra tors other runners he might compete against, like company — his three oldest brothers, Logan, Dimitri and Carlisle’s senior leader Jack Wisner, whose 16:20 Jordan, are a few years into college — but admitted it can for fourth place at districts and 16:44 (42nd place) be “quite rowdy” at home.) at states trailed Knepper’s times by three and Knepper ran with a couple of his older brothers that seven seconds, respectively. dabbled in the sport before him — the youngest, Alex, is The two ran the Carlisle Summerfair 5k against on the cross country team — but his love for running blos- each other, with Wisner winning. Wisner is also somed under middle school coach Bill Richie. a postseason medal favorite. “He took a lot of time to talk to us about the deeper “I think we’re both looking just to push each side of running almost,” Knepper said of those days. other,” Knepper said when talking about what “It was about getting to know the team, playing games should be the top local rivalry this season. “I love with the team. […] He did a lot more of letting the team always having that — I don’t wanna say fear, the have fun.” pressure of having someone out there.” As expected under Richie’s tutelage, runners at Me- chanicsburg grow close. While Knepper’s freshman year Email Jake Adams at [email protected] or was admittedly grueling as the training ramped up com- follow him on Twitter @jakeadams520 28 | Friday, august 24, 2018 CROSS COUNTRY THE SENTINEL

BOYS PREVIEW CAPSULES

BIG SPRING BULLDOGS CAMP HILL LIONS Postseason: team finished 24th Coach: robert Jumper (43rd sea- Coach: Mark Haywood (6th sea- at district 3 Class 3a championship. son) son) Key losses: Paul Feite. Classification: 2a Classification: 1a Key returners: Jeremiah Knight, Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Division: Mid-Penn Capital sr.; Ben graham, sr.; aric graham, jr.; Postseason: team finished sixth Postseason: team finished sev- reid Weber, so.; shea Fisler, so.; Owen at district 3 Class 2a championship. enth at district 3 Class 1a champi- Weaver, so. Key losses: Jackson Penner, Bren- onship. Key newcomers: John Noll, fr.; nen Flory, Conner green. Key losses: gus Latorre. Jaden Hepner, fr. Key returners: ishmael Kirkwood, Key returners: not provided Opener: sept. 4 with Middlestown sr.; trevor Moyer, sr.; dain Valle, sr.; Key newcomers: not provided at trinity, 4:30 ian Lay, sr.; Jesse Laird, sr.; dylan Opener: sept. 4 with Bishop Mc- Baker, sr.; ian Ward, jr.; Wade Barrick, devitt at West Perry, 4:30 RED LAND PATRIOTS Coach: Larry Kell jr.; david ronan, jr.; Nick Moul. Classification: 3a Key newcomers: Matthew Ward, CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD Division: Mid-Penn Keystone trevor richwine. Coach: Ed Boardman (13th season) Postseason: team finished 19th Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager Classification: 3a Division: Mid-Penn Common- at district 3 Class 3a championship. invitational, Chambersburg, 9 a.m. Key losses: Eric Wilkinson, dakota Breakdown: Kirkwood is the clear wealth Postseason: team finished third Harrison. top dog returning, having finished Key returners: Nate Edwards, sr.; 13th at the district 3 Class 2a cham- at district 3 Class 3a championship, ninth at Piaa Class 3a championship. Josiah McClymont, sr.; aidan gonder, pionship and was in the top 100 at jr.; grayson stanley; darren shaffer. the Piaa championship a week later, Key losses: drew Barefield, Cade rush, trent Balestri. Key newcomers: None. posting times in the 17s. the trick for SENTINEL FILE Key returners: Jack Wisner, Opener: sept. 11 with Hershey at the Bulldogs, especially during the Big spring senior ishmael Kirkwood. Lower dauphin, 4:30 regular season, will be the depth sr.; Bryce dunkelberger, sr.; Caleb Padgett, sr.; Jacob Morris, sr.; Casey Division: Mid-Penn Common- Classification: 3a behind him. the ageless Jumper has SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS Padgett, jr.; andrew Booths, so.; Mi- wealth Division: Mid-Penn Keystone multiple seniors for which to call Coach: stan Line (6th season) chael ginter, so.; Evan Peachey, so. Postseason: team finished fifth upon, so perhaps a few will shave Postseason: team finished fourth Classification: 3a Key newcomers: Jacob Owens, fr. at district 3 Class 3a championship. some significant time off last year’s at district 3 Class 3a championship, Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager, Key losses: drew Brown, devon 10th at Piaa Class 3a championship. runs to push the team forward. Postseason: team finished 17th Chambersburg, 9 a.m. Heisler. Key losses: Morgan Cupp, Michael at district 3 Class 2a championship. Breakdown: if there’s a local pre- Key returners: Josh Willard, sr.,; Vigliano, sr. (football). BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS Key losses: isaac Covert, Bailey season watch list, Wisner is right up Jackson Buchenauer, jr. Key returners: Brandan Knepper, Coach: steve doland (3rd season) renfrew. there. Barring injury, the latest in Car- Key newcomers: not provided sr.; spencer doughty, sr.; Pepe rent- Classification: 2a Key returners: Hayden Hunt, jr.; lisle’s long line of superb runners will Opener: sept. 4 vs. Mifflin County, eria aguileria, jr.; Enoch Marzano, jr.; Division: Mid-Penn Colonial gabe Brandt, so.; Kyle Buchheister, be a district 3 and Piaa medal con- 4:30 Cole Lutcavage, jr. Postseason: team finished ninth so.; Eli spence, so. tender. Behind him is a lot of talent Breakdown: When springman Key newcomers: Kyle Costello, jr.; at district 3 Class 2a championship. Key newcomers: None. that saw heavy use last season. the spoke to the sentinel he seemed Cole snelson, jr.; tyler Noll, so. Key losses: Liam aro, alex Esh- Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager, seasoning will likely be enough for the antsy to see this team in action. He Opener: sept. 4 at Hershey, 4:30 Chambersburg, 9 a.m. elman. Herd to reach a sixth straight Piaa wasn’t able to disclose any new faces Breakdown: Cupp’s graduation Key returners: gabe tomblin, sr.; team championships appearance. with high expectations, but he said obviously stings, but the unexpected TRINITY SHAMROCKS Nick O’Brien, sr.; Jack still, sr.; gibran the freshmen class and some of the one is that of Vigliano, who returns to Varahrami, so.; Evan Kase, so.; Ethan Coach: Bob gruschow (1st season) CEDAR CLIFF COLTS other underclassmen rising up could the gridiron after two years running Classification: 1a Jones, so. Coach: Ed Boldosser (5th season) provide a serious boost to this club. cross country. He would’ve paired Division: Mid-Penn Capital Key newcomers: None. Classification: 3a nicely with Knepper, a probable Piaa Postseason: team finished 25th Opener: sept. 5 with greencas- Division: Mid-Penn Keystone EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS medalist this season and easily one of at district 3 Class 2a championship. tle-antrim at Big spring, 4:30 Postseason: team finished 38th Coach: robert Mulhausen (2nd the top 2 returning local talents along Key losses: None. Breakdown: this could be a at district 3 Class 3a championship. season) with Carlisle’s Wisner. Knepper is go- Key returners: Will Bucher, sr.; pretty good group even beyond the Key losses: None. Classification: 2a ing to hold down the fort all season sam Predmore, sr. top 5 runners. tomblin and Kase fin- Key returners: Jack Baker, sr.; Division: Mid-Penn Capital and seems poised for his own break- Key newcomers: not provided ished 43rd and 44th, respectively, at Nate dubose, sr.; Michael grundon, Postseason: team finished 13th out year, so it’ll be up to a lot of new Opener: sept. 4 vs. Middletown the district 3 championships a year sr.; Luke Culver, sr.; simon richards, at district 3 Class 2a championship. faces to follow his lead in practice and and Northern, 4:30 ago, so they should be leading this sr. Key losses: None. inch up the leaderboards. do that, pack much of the season. Kase is just Key newcomers: Jasper Burd, fr. Key returners: Caeden smith, sr. and the ‘Cats could be back at states. WEST PERRY MUSTANGS a sophomore, too, which is encourag- Opener: sept. 4 with Palmyra at Key newcomers: Elijah McKell, fr. Coach: shields ing for the long-term in Bubbletown. Lower dauphin, 4:30 Opener: sept. 4 vs. Milton Her- NORTHERN POLAR BEARS Classification: 2a is there enough here to win the divi- shey, 4:30 Coach: david ramsey (19th sea- Division: Mid-Penn Capital sion and make states, as is the team’s CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES son) Postseason: did not qualify goal this season? We’ll find out in the Coach: skip springman MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS Classification: 3a Opener: sept. 4 vs. Bishop Mcde- coming weeks. Classification: 3a Coach: Mary Hey (4th season) Division: Mid-Penn Capital vitt and Camp Hill, 4:30 THE SENTINEL CROSS COUNTRY Friday, august 24, 2018 | 29

GIRLS PREVIEW CAPSULES

BIG SPRING BULLDOGS CAMP HILL LIONS fourth at Piaa Class 2a champion- Coach: robert Jumper (43rd sea- Coach: Mark Haywood (6th sea- ship. son) son) Key losses: ashlyn stonge, Mor- Classification: 2a Classification: 1a gan starliper, Jill Naylor. Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Division: Mid-Penn Capital Key returners: amber Fogel- Postseason: team finished fourth Postseason: team finished first sanger, sr.; amber swaisgood, sr.; at district 3 Class 2a championship. at district 3 Class 1a championship, Marlee starliper, jr.; Katie anthony, Key losses: sam Crouse. ninth at Piaa Class 1a championship. jr.; Meredith Engel, jr.; Madison salts- Key returners: Melanie Macieo- Key losses: allison Einig, saman- burg, so.; dixie ramsey, so.; allie En- cie, sr.; Fawn Bennett, sr.; gabrielle tha smeal, Caitlyn Harper. gle, fr. reifsnyder, jr.; Erica Paisley, so.; Cara Key returners: not provided Key newcomers: None. david, so. Key newcomers: not provided Opener: sept. 4 with Middlestown Key newcomers: taylor Wickard. Opener: sept. 4 with Bishop Mc- at trinity, 4:30 Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager devitt at West Perry, 4:30 invitational, Chambersburg, 9 a.m. RED LAND PATRIOTS Breakdown: Crouse was a medal CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD Coach: Larry Kell contender all postseason, so she’ll Coach: Ed Boardman (13th sea- Classification: 3a be a tough loss for the Bulldogs. But son) Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Jumper has a good mix of vets and Classification: 3a Postseason: team finished 23rd youth with which to mold. riefsny- Division: Mid-Penn Common- at district 3 Class 3a championship. der finished 38th at states last year, wealth JASON MALMONT, THE SENTINEL Key losses: Cameron anderson two spots and three seconds behind Postseason: team finished sev- Carlisle senior Meg Lebo. Key returners: Emily Neff, sara Cook, delaney Cutter, abby devita, Crouse. and she did that as just a enth at district 3 Class 3a champi- Key returners: Carly daniels, sr.; Key newcomers: autumn Ferry, Lauren Edwards, Kayla Momose, sophomore. if she continues to prog- onship. Corinne Firestone, jr.; Maddi Baker, fr. amanda Kauffman. ress, we’re talking about a medal con- Key losses: Haily Midgley, gracen so. Opener: sept. 4 vs. Milton Her- Key newcomers: None. tender for the next two years out of Cabral. Key newcomers: Marsden da- shey, 4:30 Opener: sept. 11 with Hershey at Newville. (Oh, by the way, Mid-Penns Key returners: Meg Lebo, sr.; so- mechek, fr. Lower dauphin, 4:30 and districts are on her home course phia toti, jr.; sophie salomone, so.; Opener: sept. 4 with Palmyra at MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS again, which can’t hurt.) gretal shank, so. Lower dauphin, 4:30 Coach: Mary Hey (4th season) SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS Key newcomers: Cera schulke, Classification: 3a Coach: stan Line (6th season) BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS sr.; Madelyn Clay, fr. CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Classification: 3a Coach: steve doland (3rd season) Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager, Coach: skip springman Postseason: team finished 27th Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Classification: 2a Chambersburg, 9 a.m. Classification: 3a at district 3 Class 3a championship. Postseason: did not qualify Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Breakdown: there may not be a Division: Mid-Penn Common- Key losses: None. Key losses: Meghan Pomeroy. Postseason: team finished third better 1-2 punch among any of the wealth Key returners: Kelsi Peifer, sr.; Key returners: teddi Powell, sr. at district 3 Class 2a championship, sentinel teams this year. toti missed Postseason: team finished 29th Hannah sohn, sr.; Molly snyder, jr. Key newcomers: samantha Her- 18th at Piaa Class 2a championship. the Piaa championships last year, but at district 3 Class 3a championship. Key newcomers: grace Weide- man, fr.; sarah Hipple, fr. Key losses: Elaina Clancy, ashlyn she was always near medal conten- Key losses: None. man, jr.; Hope McKenney, fr.; Lead Opener: aug. 31 at Enos yeager, Booher. tion. Lebo is the alpha of the group Key returners: Lacey Higgins, sr. snyder, fr. Chambersburg, 9 a.m. Key returners: Becca Ward-dio- and really sorted things out by year’s Key newcomers: not provided Opener: sept. 4 at Hershey, 4:30 rio, sr.; steph szabo, sr.; Liza Capozzi, end. Health was her key, and she’ll Opener: sept. 4 vs. Mifflin County, Breakdown: the girls team has TRINITY SHAMROCKS sr.; ana sparages, sr.; abbie Erme, jr.; need it again this year. Carlisle would 4:30 toiled in relative obscurity to their Coach: Bob gruschow (1st season) abby samella, jr. be stronger with Cabral still on board, Breakdown: Like the boys side, male counterparts for a few years, Classification: 2a Key newcomers: Kathryn yokum, a junior a year ago, and a serious dis- springman is keeping things tight to but there’s reason for optimism at Division: Mid-Penn Capital so. trict 3 threat. But if some of the other the vest with this crew. He’s excited Mechanicsburg. there were no sig- Postseason: team finished 12th Opener: sept. 5 with greencas- young runners can step up, that may about the large freshmen class that nificant losses to graduation, and the at district 3 Class 2a championship. tle-antrim at Big spring, 4:30 not matter. this has the potential to will at a minimum provide depth, but roster has doubled in size, Hey said, Key losses: None. Breakdown: Losing a postseason be a pretty deep team capable of de- could also push this crew into con- providing a lot of depth and internal Key returners: Liv ritrievi, sr.; medalist in Clancy will be a touch pill fending its first Mid-Penn Common- tention during dual meets and the competition. there are still some Molly Crowell, sr.; Clare dailey, sr. to swallow. But the Bubblers actually wealth title and getting back to the postseason. likely growing pains coming, but Key newcomers: not provided return a hefty amount of runners Piaa championships as a unit. there are building blocks now and Opener: sept. 4 vs. Middletown this year, making a push for a fourth EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS some improving talent to work with. and Northern, 4:30 straight Mid-Penn Colonial crown CEDAR CLIFF COLTS Coach: robert Mulhausen (2nd WEST PERRY MUSTANGS certainly attainable. doland said the Coach: Ed Boldosser (5th season) season) NORTHERN POLAR BEARS Coach: shields team is determined to make the Piaa Classification: 3a Classification: 2a Coach: al Houser (24th season) Classification: 2a championships in November. depth Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Division: Mid-Penn Capital Classification: 2a Division: Mid-Penn Capital will help, but also developing a cou- Postseason: team finished 21st Postseason: did not qualify Division: Mid-Penn Capital Postseason: did not qualify ple upper-tier runners that can vie at district 3 Class 3a championship. Key losses: Lindsay grubb. Postseason: team won district Opener: sept. 4 vs. Bishop Mcde- for a medal will as well. Key losses: None. Key returners: Olivia Krise, sr. 3 Class 2a championship, finished vitt and Camp Hill, 4:30 30 | Friday, august 24, 2018 GIRLS SOCCER THE SENTINEL Raich primed to add to impressive haul Camp Hill’s sophomore Raich’s medal haul already has impressive Cross Country district 3: team gold medal collection district 3: individual 7th MALLORY MERDA place The Sentine Camp Hill sophomore Julia Soccer Raich won’t show off her bling district 3 Class 1a gold or regale you with her triumphs. Piaa Class 1a silver She’ll keep it straightforward and just tell you the simple things. Basketball She’s someone who’s well- district 3 Class 2a gold rounded and tries to do her best in school and athletics, and she Track & Field really values school because her Mid-Penn Championships: parents put a lot of emphasis on 400 7th place it. She’ll tell you she has two sis- Mid-Penn Championships: ters: Emma, the older sister who 4x400 7th place she credits with getting her into Mid-Penn Championships: sports, and Grace, the younger 4x800 4th place sister with down syndrome who district 3 Championships: helps keep her humble. 4x800 relay silver One thing Raich won’t tell you district 3 Championships: is that she had a very decorated 4x400 relay 4th place freshman year with the Lions. district 3 Championships: She plays four sports: soccer 400 4th place and cross country in the fall, bas- Piaa Championships: 4x800 ketball in the winter and track in relay 5th place the spring. Raich accumulated quite a collection of hardware in “You have a lot of time to spend just her first year of high school. with the people doing it,” Raich A total of 12 medals to be exact. said. “You get to know all the That’s a rare feat. athletes and eventually they re- Yet Raich won’t gloat about that member you every year when you number. SENTINEL FILE see them.” “It’s really crazy, but doing four Raich now shifts her focus back Camp Hill’s Julia raich helped lead the team to a silver medal in the Piaa Class 1a girls soccer Championship. [sports], you just really value all of to soccer and cross country, trying the opportunities you get in all of to add to her medal count. them, especially going to districts in four sports “just kind of hap- Splitting her time between She’s kept up with it throughout A state gold medal, obviously, is and states,” Raich said. “It makes pened.” games, practices and hanging out the years, dabbling between soc- the main target for the soccer team me feel really good just to know Out of the four, soccer is her with friends and family is tough, cer and basketball — both with her this year. Raich has set up some that my hard work has paid off, favorite. With her 15 goals and 55 but Raich makes it work. Espe- younger sister — and track. There personal goals, though, as well. especially since a lot of people points, she helped the Lions make cially in the summer when she was that one time with gymnas- “I’d really like to become more don’t get the opportunity to even it all the way to the PIAA Class 1A volunteers with Special Olympic tics, but it was short-lived. of a leader on the team,” Raich get close to that many. It’s really championship before falling to soccer with her sister Grace. “I used to help out with gym- said. “I know last year I kind of humbling.” Shady Side 4-0 to end the sea- “Kids with special needs come nastics, but I never did gymnas- found my place as I went on, but Raich hadn’t planned on doing son. To her, admittedly, this was out and we organize practices and tics, so that one was kind of hard this year I kind of know where four sports in high school. the toughest medal to achieve. then eventually games,” Raich to help out with,” Raich said with I’m at with the team and I know When Emma, who is headed to “In soccer, we thought we could said. “We just help them get into a laugh. more things that I can do to help Penn State, signed up for cross go farther in previous years, but the sport and it’s really more Every Monday during the sum- out. Maybe play more offensively country, she decided to sign up not that far, so we had to put in a about having fun, especially since mer, Raich meets up with other sometimes, too. as well. After that, she decided to lot of work and we had to win so that’s all they wanna do. They just volunteers to help coach kids with “It’d be nice to get even more sign up for basketball after play- many games,” Raich said. always want to have fun with it.” special needs. For an hour-and-a- medals this year, but I don’t know ing in middle school, signed up Runner-up in her rankings Raich got into coaching and half the players warm up and then if that will happen. It’d be nice.” for track because Emma ran for would be the fifth-place finish in helping out with the Special split into different teams before the team and signed up for soccer the 4x800 in the state track cham- Olympics in fourth grade when going through a scrimmage. They Email Mallory at mmerda@ because she really liked running. pionships, a week after claiming she heard about the opportunities also run through simple drills like cumberlink.com or follow her on In her own words, participating silver at District 3. through Grace. passing and shooting. twitter @MalloryMerda THE SENTINEL GIRLS SOCCER Friday, august 24, 2018 | 31

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BIG SPRING BULLDOGS the postseason. Jocey Francis, jr. Key returning players: Lindsey nah Franklin, sr., M; sam Varner, sr., d; Coach: Matt Kump (3rd season) Top newcomers: None. Costello, sr., gK; Lily Eckrothso, d; Lau- gabriella Nye, jr., M/d; Bailee rowles, Classificaton: 3a CAMP HILL LIONS Opener: aug. 31 at Conestoga Valley, ren Costello, so., d; abby strong, sr., d; jr., d; amber Orndorff, sr., M/F; Hanna Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Coach: Nick Hammaker (4th season) 3:45 Megan Cochran, sr., d; abbey Engle, sr., Pletcher, sr., gK; Mattie Lawson, sr., d/M. Last year: 5-11 (2-10) Classification: 1a M; Lainie anderson, sr., M; Elena Hink- Opener: sept. 1 hosting shippens- Postseason: did not qualify Division: Mid-Penn Capital CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES son, so., M; isabelle Martin, sr., F; Megan burg Labor day tournament Key losses: None. Last year: 16-9 (7-7) Coach: george gemberling (4th sea- schrass, sr., F; Caroline Fea, sr., F. Key returning players: Lyra Clark, Postseason: Lost to Fairfield in dis- son) Top newcomers: None. TRINITY SHAMROCKS sr., M/F; abi sweger, sr., M; Jordyn Wolf, trict 3 Class 1a Championship 2-1; lost to Classification: 4a Opener: sept. 1 vs. Northern, 5 Coach: terry Mull (15th season) jr., d; ally Manley, so., gK; allison Frick, shady side academy in Piaa Class 1a Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Preview: after a remarkable season Classification: 2a M/d; taylor gibboney, sr., M. Championship 4-0. Last year: 19-3 (12-0) last year, the Wildcats return their entire Division: Mid-Penn Capital Top newcomers: sydney Hutchinson, Key losses: Lulu Wilson, anne John- Postseason: Lost to governor Mif- starting roster, and it makes June’s job Last year: 11-7-1 (8-5-1) sr., F; ava Wilson, fr., M; aleya Eisenburg, son. flin in district 3 Class 4a quarterfinals a lot easier. Martin will lead the offense Postseason: Lost to Pequea Valley d/M; Makenna Mersch, M. Key returning players: sheridan 2-1 (Ot). after hitting the 100-point mark last sea- in district 3 Class 2a quarterfinals 2-1. Opener: sept. 1 hosting Big spring reid, sr., F; alyssa Foerster, sr., gK; ash- Key losses: Mallory Johnson. son, and we should see Mechanicsburg Key losses: sydney demyan, Lauren Backyard Brawl, 10 a.m. ley Chrencik, jr., d; allison Confair, jr., M; Key returning players: Haley Mcgee, once again make its mark in the playoffs. gatesman, Evie Jeffrey, Katherine dash. Preview: the Bulldogs are just look- Julia raich, so., F. sr., gK; savannah tiday, sr., M; amelia Key returning players: Molly Krzy- ing for a successful season this year, and Opener: sept. 1 at Chambersburg Mantione, sr., M; Cassie Everly, sr., d; NORTHERN POLAR BEARS wicki, sr., gK; tess French, sr., d; ana with a young batch of players, Kump tournament Beth Pasewark, sr., d; taylor Jede, sr., Coach: seth Lehman (4th season) dominguez, sr., M; grace Webster, jr., M; might just get that. if the communication M; gabrielle selkirk, sr., d; Kyra Place, Classification: 3a Mayleigh Perkins, jr., M; Katie domin- is there and the defense stays on their CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD sr., M; Carly smith, so., d; Emily Mash- Division: Mid-Penn Colonial guez, jr., M; Jaime Carson, jr., M; Hanna toes, Big spring can make the jump to- Coach: greg Clippinger (21st season) inski, so., F. Last year: 15-5-1 (11-1) salus, so., d. ward becoming a winning program. From Classification: 4a Top newcomers: None. Postseason: Lost to Lampeter-stras- Top newcomers: apple Burton, fr., Kump: “i truly believe in our team [and] Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Opener: aug. 31 vs. spring-Ford, 4 burg in district 3 Class 3a quarterfinals d; Erin gnall, fr., gK; Marisa Colondrillo, if we can play together as a unit, get our Last year: 8-11 (5-7) Preview: Johnson (14 goals, 12 as- 0-0 (4-2 PK). fr., M; Jessica Knaub, fr., M; sara Orten- players match fit and learn to possess Postseason: Lost to Conestoga Valley sists) is the only loss the Eagles have to Key losses: alisea Munshower, Brady zio, fr., F. the ball better we can easily have the in district 3 Class 4a first round 4-0. worry about, but it’s a big one nonethe- Hentz, abby reeder, Kayley Wallace, Em- Opener: sept. 4 vs. West Perry, 6:30 program’s most successful season. But it Key losses: Jesime Freet, Lindsey less. However, with Mcgee back in net ily Weaver, Maddie Wareham. will take 100-percent team effort.” shughart, devon sweeder. and Place up on the attack, the Eagles Key returning players: Kayla swope, WEST PERRY MUSTANGS Key returning players: Katie Barone, are more than set for another fight in sr., F; Camille Waits, jr., F. Coach: shane shreffler (4th season) BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS sr., M; Meg tate, sr., F/M; Liz Weis, sr., the postseason. Opener: sept. 1 at Mechanicsburg, 5 Classification: 3a Coach: steve Brookens (14th season) F/M; Peyton ashby, sr., M; sierra young, RED LAND PATRIOTS Division: Mid-Penn Capital Classification: 2a so., d; isabella Byus, so., d; Julianna EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS Coach: Jamie Miller (11th season) Last year: 5-13 (2-12) Division: Mid-Penn Colonial askins, so., d; Madeline ashby, so., M; Coach: Matt uhrich (6th season) Classification: 3a Postseason: did not qualify Last year: 17-6 (8-4) Julia dimino, so., d. Classification: 3a Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Key losses: savannah urich, Maddie Postseason: Beat schuylkill Valley in Top newcomers: Emma ahl, fr., M; Division: Mid-Penn Capital Last year: 6-12 (2-10) trostle. district 3 Class 2a Championship 3-0; lost Lydia ring, fr., d/M/F; sejla Podzic, fr., Last year: 23-2 (14-0) Postseason: did not qualify Key returning players: Jaylan Cock- to Northwestern Lehigh in Piaa Class 2a F/M. Postseason: Lost to Fleetwood in Key losses: anna Midock, Micki Mc- ley, jr., d; gracie Weaver, jr., F; Kacie Wag- quarterfinals 2-1 (Ot). Opener: aug. 31 at Waynesboro, 3:30 district 3 Class 3a Championship 3-1; Cutcheon. ner, sr., F; Margrett Brown, sr., M; Kylee Key losses: asia Whittenberger, Preview: Losing sweeder, Freet and lost to Villa Joseph Marie in Piaa Class Key returning players: taylor Brick- Prowell, jr., gK. Bethany decker, abby ridenour, Katie shughart will be hard for the Herd to 3a quarterfinals 1-0. ner, sr., M; Erika Ely, sr., gK; alexa Feist, Top newcomers: Bridgette Cless, fr., ridenour, Kayla garman. start, but there are several positives Key losses: Hannah young, Kasi sr., d; Marley Moore, sr., M; Christina d; Camryn smeigh, fr., M. Key returning players: Maddie about the returning players. Weis (12 Brown, alex Houdeshell, tae gillis, Jackie radanovic, sr., d; Kiersten reeser, sr., d; Opener: sept. 1 at Big spring Back- Hughes, sr., F; sydney Hemler, sr., d; goals, 10 assists) returns as a force all Bierbower. Kylie schwab, sr., M; grace smithmyer, yard Brawl, 10 a.m. Maddie rohrbaugh, sr., d; Chloe Hostet- over the field, along with some familiar Key returning players: alyssa Miller, sr., M; abby Brezina, jr., d; Leah Chesek, WEST SHORE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ter, sr., d; Bry McBeth, jr., M; Jocelynne faces like tate and Barone to help lead sr., gK; Kylie Magaro, sr., d; Morgan Erd- jr., M; Emma Midock, so., M; Brooke Ely, BOBCATS Kuhns, jr., M; Kaitlyn Brumbaugh, jr., F; Carlisle back to the postseason, and man, sr., d; Kylie Wertz, sr., M; ashley so., d. Coach: Jen Cornetto Bekah Becker, jr., gK; Olivia Olsen, so., M. maybe a step farther. Wertz, sr., d; Katie Brown, so., d; Lilly Top newcomers: Erika Baer, sr., M; Classification: 1a Top newcomers: grace sibert, so., M; Merendino, jr., M. Ella Beshore, so., M; Maura Carey, so., Division: CCaC West Karina Haldeman, so., F; serena Perez, CEDAR CLIFF COLTS Top newcomers: alexis Erdman, fr., M; Kaylee Nace, so., M; Lily Nagy, fr., M; Last year: 9-10 so., d; Hannah goodwin, so., M. Coach: sara drabenstadt (2nd sea- d; tori Houdeshell, so., M; tatum young, Zayda Crumpton, fr., M; Emmie rinard, Postseason: Lost to Harrisburg Chris- Opener: sept. 1 at Muhlenberg tour- son) so., M; Hailey george, jr., d; Nat Wilk, jr., fr., d. tian in district 3 Class 1a quarterfinals 7-1 nament, 9 a.m. Classification: 4a gK; grace Brigaman, so., M. Opener: sept. 4 at Cedar Cliff, 3:45 Key returning players: not provided Preview: Whittenberger and decker Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Opener: sept. 1 at shippensburg La- Opener: sept. 4 at Meadowbrook may be on to bigger things, but the Bub- Last year: 8-10-1 (4-8) bor day tournament SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS Christian, 3:30 blers will charge on with a loaded roster Postseason: Lost to Central dauphin Coach: Mary Miller (7th season) once again. Hughes (209 points) will lead in district 3 Class 4a first round 5-2. MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS Classification: 3a HARRISBURG ACADEMY SPARTANS the team as a senior this season on of- Key losses: Emily Esser, rachael Coach: Jake June (4th season) Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Coach: Becky Coutts fense, with Hemler to secure the defense. reilly. Classification: 3a Last year: 1-15-2 (0-11-1) Classification: 1a With Becker (allowed only 27 goals in 23 Key returning players: ashley Hoag- Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Postseason: did not qualify Last year: 1-13 games last season) back in net after step- land, sr.; Caitlynn Leffler, sr.; danielle Last year: 15-4-1 (9-1) Key losses: Kara Newell, Mara Postseason: did not qualify ping in for an injured Whittenberger last smith, sr.; Natalie sassano, sr.; Maddie Postseason: Lost to governor Mifflin goodhart. Key returning players: not provided season, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Foster, sr.; Kiera Bennett, sr.; sophie in district 3 Class 4a first round 1-0. Key returning players: alexis reese, Opener: sept. 4 at New Covenant the Bubblers make another deep run in Kaercher, sr., goalie; devon Bertram, jr.; Key losses: None. jr., M/F; grace Kierzkowski, jr., M/d; Han- Christian, 4 32 | Friday, august 24, 2018 BOYS SOCCER THE SENTINEL CV’s coach, wife continue giving back Matt, Jennifer Billman held another soccer camp in Africa

MALLORY MERDA The Sentinel Cumberland Valley boys soccer coach Matt Billman doesn’t just want to be known as a great coach. Or as just a great teacher. Billman wants to be known as a great person, one who tries his hardest to give back and help others who may not have the same opportunities as he and his wife, Jennifer, who is a professor at HACC, may have. So the two hatched a plan. “We always looked at, ‘OK, we’re nine-month employees, what can we do with our summers?’” Billman said during a preseason practice last week. “We have a heart for children, we have a heart for youth, we have a heart for Africa. There’s just something in both of our hearts that’s just this calling.” They traveled with their family to Burkina Faso in Africa and partnered up with expat international workers in the area to help run a soccer camp. A year later they went to Guinea West Africa, JASON MALMONT, THE SENTINEL where they visited for the next Cumberland Valley boys soccer head coach Matt Billman runs soccer Outreach services with his wife, Jennifer. three summers before the Ebola outbreak halted their travels. with and partner with individ- screenings, plus more services. 40 girls attended. For some coun- communicate and continue to find After that, they were invited to uals rather than just going over On their most recent trip, Bill- tries, where opportunities for girls needs and help.” Sri Lanka to run programs before and just doing our thing,” said man teamed up with a familiar are nearly nonexistent, it was ex- Billman and his wife plan to take ultimately ending up in Ghana, Billman, a Mechanicsburg and face from the CV family. Grace citing for Billman and his camp another trip with their camp next where their most recent trip took Messiah graduate who is leading Corey, a current freshman who to see. summer — same place, same ac- place this summer. the Eagles for the 19th season af- played soccer and ran track at CV More than 450 kids showed tivities. The program, called Soccer ter going 16-8-1 and making the school district, is currently living up to participate in the camps “My wife and I have just been Outreach Services, is a nonprofit PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals last with her family in Accra, the cap- and more 300 adults got health really thankful and blessed that 501(c)3 (since 2011) that runs a year. “We’re working with indi- ital of Ghana, and kept in contact screenings. This turnout, to Bill- we’re able to do this, and we’re youth development program in viduals who live in the country. with Billman. man, is what it’s all about. excited for the opportunities to underprivileged countries. The We’re trying to see what they need “They left for the country and “We really feel like this is not continue doing that and continue services include soccer camps, and how we can assist them.” we had a conversation of, ‘I’d love about us,” he said. “We’re working to work in these countries and just nutrition, vocation, education During the soccer camps, Bill- to come help with your camp,’” and partnering with individuals work with some great individuals and health. man helps teach the kids lessons Billman said. “We connected and who have a heart for children and a around the world,” Billman said. It was formed by the Billmans. about sportsmanship, being a kept in contact.” heart for education. We’re blessed To find out more about Soccer The board — which includes the good student and member of the Corey, along with her mother here in the states with resources Outreach Services and their mis- couple plus Rod Peterheim, Greg community, all while playing some and brother, helped Billman with that we can take and support and sion, visit socceroutreachser- Davis and Craig Flemons — part- games and incorporating healthy the soccer camp and made an enhance. I always leave and just vices.org. nered up with the Hershey Com- eating habits. His wife has helped impact especially with the girls. think to myself, ‘I’d love to stay pany and have done nine trips so work with the health service work- The program is “really passion- longer, I’d love to help out more.’ Email Mallory at mmerda@ far. ers, lending a hand in diabetes, ate” about opportunities for girls “The cool thing is the world’s cumberlink.com or follow her on “[We try to] help and work vision, height, weight and HIV and boys, Billman said, and over a small place. Technology lets us twitter @MalloryMerda THE SENTINEL BOYS SOCCER Friday, august 24, 2018 | 33

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BIG SPRING BULLDOGS CAMP HILL LIONS M; scott Leland, so., d. so., d. delbert Morehouse, so. Coach: scott anderson Coach: Justin sheaffer (6th season) Top newcomers: Chris goff, sr., gK; Top newcomers: None. Opener: sept. 1 hosting shippens- Classification: 3a Classification: 1a Jason goldFeder, fr., M. Opener: sept. 1 vs. Northern, 7 burg Labor day tournament Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Division: Mid-Penn Capital Opener: aug. 31 vs. Ephrata, 3:45 Preview: For the most part, the Last year: 9-7 (7-5) Last year: 25-1 (14-0) Wildcats have retained almost the en- TRINITY SHAMROCKS Postseason: did not qualify Postseason: Beat greenwood in dis- CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES tirety of their core, including league all- Coach: daniel gustafson (3rd sea- Key losses: Mason thrush, Cody trict 3 Class 1a Championship 3-0; beat Coach: Matt Billman (19th season) star’s tamosaitis and sosa. the big blow son) Breon, tyler Flood, Ethan Hostetter, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic in Piaa Classification: 4a this season will be the loss of starting Classification: 2a Caleb McCulloch, dylan trayer. Class 1a Championship 3-2 (Ot). Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth goalie alvey. With a large group of se- Division: Mid-Penn Capital Key returning players: tucker Wil- Key losses: Noah smeriglio, Matt Last year: 16-8-1 (8-4) niors and most of the team having some Last year: 12-8 (8-6) liams, sr., gK; Mitch soccio, so., M; Luke Little, Joshua goodyear, Will Earhart, Postseason: Lost to Hempfield in form of varsity experience, Mechanics- Postseason: Lost to Lancaster Men- swartz, jr., F/M; Michael Witter, sr., d; Quinn Pickering, Jake Coniglio, Myles district 3 Class 4a Championship 2-0; burg looks primed for a postseason re- nonite in district 3 Class 2a quarterfi- Connor O’Burn, sr., M; Levi Fertig, sr., Klapkowski, Michael stringent, anthony lost to Central Bucks West in Piaa Class turn after missing out last season. nals 4-0. d; Josh Fertig, so., d. rini, Jake smith. 4a quarterfinals 0-0 (4-2 PK). Key losses: derek drendall. Top newcomers: Cace O’Burn, fr., M; Key returning players: amias Cole- Key losses: ryan staton. NORTHERN POLAR BEARS Key returning players: Jeff Miekley; sage Palmer, fr., F/M; Mason Palmer, fr., stock, sr., F; dylan Mayanja, sr., F; Kevin Key returning players: dominik Coach: gareth davies (3rd season) Nick sherr; alex d’amico. M/F; sean david, fr., M; Camden shoe- young, sr., d; Ben Brodie, sr., M; Parker Nitecki, M; talon davidson, CB; Max Classification: 3a Top newcomers: None. maker, fr., M/gK; galvin Caruso, so., d; rice, jr., d. radosaljevic, d/M; Eric Leach, F; Luke Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Opener: sept. 1 at Central york tour- Brent Witter, so., d; travis Williams, sr., Top newcomers: Noah Jack, sr., gK; troung, F; devyn thomas, F; Jesse King, Last year: 8-10 (6-6) nament d/gK; angelo todaro, so., M/F. Javier gonzalez, sr., F; seth Pertschi, sr., d; Bryar McCalister, d; Christian Esquiv- Postseason: did not qualify Opener: sept. 1st hosting Big spring d; Emmett Lentz, sr., d; Jonathan Fa- ias, M; tristan Parvin, d; Matt Zambetti, Key losses: None. WEST PERRY MUSTANGS Backyard Brawl, 10 a.m. gan, sr., F; Jonathan setzer, sr., d; Matt gK. Key returning players: Nate spuler, Coach: Jared Weibley (10th season) Preview: after falling one game shy gurgiolo, jr., d; Brendan Foerster, jr., d; Top newcomers: None. jr., F; Bobby skinnell, sr., M; Nik Kozain, Classification: 3a of making the postseason last year, the Joseph Carey, jr., d; Kyle Pickering, jr., M; Opener: aug. 31 at Hempfield, 4 sr., d; Chase rondon, sr., M; Wesley Division: Mid-Penn Capital Bulldogs will look to take a huge squad Cannon Myers, jr., M; Erik Blanton, jr., F. Preview: Nitecki and davidson are speck, sr., F; Cameron Kearns, sr., M; Last year: 8-10 (6-8) of underclassmen and turn them into Opener: sept. 1 at Big spring Back- the big names to return for the Eagles gabe Wells-Lilly, sr., d; John White, so., Postseason: did not qualify this season, but they lose staton, who playoff contenders. the road will be yard Brawl, 10 a.m. gK. Key losses: Josh rudy, Ben Moyer, was a big presence on defense for the tough, though, especially having to Top newcomers: ian Hall, so., d; Joey Wright. squad. With the goal to make it back to ashton davies, so., M; Connor swope, replace Flood (20 goals, 16 assists) up CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD Key returning players: tony Ker- Coach: Brandon Eiserman states and advance further, the Eagles so., M; Joseph Carrol, jr., d; Bryce an- front and McCulloch (14 goals, eight as- tulis, sr., F; Josh Collins, sr., M; Jessiah Classification: 4a have a great shot with pretty much the drews, jr., d; sean Clarke, so., gK. sists) on defense. Connor O’Burn and Osbeck, sr., M; Chandler ramsey, sr., d. Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth entire core intact. Opener: sept. 1 at Mechanicsburg, 7 Levi Fertig will take over leadership Top newcomers: Jeremy Jeffries, jr., Last year: 8-9-2 (6-5-1) on the field, while tucker Williams (73 d; dante Beddia, fr., M. Postseason: Lost to Hempfield in EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS RED LAND PATRIOTS saves, one shutout) will lock down the Opener: sept. 4 vs. trinity, 7 district 3 Class 4a first round 2-1 (2Ot). Coach: Bob O’Connor (2nd season) Coach: Brandon arvey (1st season) space between the pipes. Coach ander- Key losses: 12 seniors. Classification: 3a Classification: 3a son admits he’s feeling at ease with the WEST SHORE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Key returning players: adam Jack- Division: Mid-Penn Capital Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth abundance of depth this season, and BOBCATS son, sr.; Zach doupe, so.; Joe Bourdon, Last year: 4-14 (4-10) Last year: 7-11 (2-10) Justin randolph (7th season) with the amount of confidence radiat- sr.; Cole Boback, sr. Postseason: did not qualify Postseason: did not qualify Coach: ing around the team, it should be an Top newcomers: Coy rush, so. Key losses: Owen Mostoller, Colin Key losses: Zach silvio, Ethan Misal, Classification: 1a interesting year. Opener: aug. 31 at Biglerville, 4:15 Margraf. Josh sourbeer, Nik Keys. Division: CCaC West Preview: the thundering Herd want Key returning players: grant Ze- Key returning players: ryan alt, sr., Last year: 13-7 BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS to qualify for districts, but with some manek, sr., gK; avery Warrick, jr., d; M; gage souder, sr., M; Matt Malhenzie, Postseason: Lost to Camp Hill in dis- Coach: Matt Brenner (11th season) big holes to fill with 12 seniors gone, Luke Henry, jr., d; Jonny Horst, jr., d; sr., M/F; Paul garces, so., d; dom apa, trict 3 Class 1a quarterfinals 8-0. Classification: 3a that road will be rougher than expected. greg Olejniczak, jr., d; Jake Henry, sr., d; so., F; Jake Cubbler, jr., CB; Jake Nagy, Key returning players: not pro- Division: Mid-Penn Colonial after making it to the first round of dis- Connor durborow, sr., M; sami almou- jr., F. vided Last year: 1-16 (1-11) tricts last season, the Herd lose out on zani, sr., F. Top newcomers: Charlie archer, jr., Opener: aug. 31 vs. Lebanon, 4 Postseason: did not qualify some valuable assets on the back end Top newcomers: Zach Muhlhauser; M (from Classics academy). Key losses: sam Niles, Matt Becker. to make it a repeat, including derrick Ben starner; Brandon Liddick; Zach Opener: sept. 4 vs. Cedar Cliff, 3:45 HARRISBURG ACADEMY SPARTANS Key returning players: sam arnold, Coleman on defense and their starting White; Emmitt Miller; Nathan serafin. SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS Coach: Pat Branoff jr., M; Kevin Barnes, sr., M; seth Wing- goalie Jared Pavlovich. Opener: sept. 1 at shippensburg Coach: Warren Jones (23rd season) Classification: 1a ard, jr., gK; Jack Coulston, sr., d; gordie Labor day tournament Classification: 3a Division: independent Zwemer, jr., M; Josh turner, so., d; Eric CEDAR CLIFF COLTS Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Last year: 7-8 geesaman, jr., d; andrew stafford, jr., Coach: Brian Osborne (3rd season) MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS Last year: 5-13 (4-8) Postseason: did not qualify d; Parker Vanderven, sr., F. Classification: 4a Coach: Brent Brockman (4th season) Postseason: did not qualify Key returning players: not pro- Top newcomers: Brady Olsen, fr., F; Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Classification: 3a Key losses: ryzeson Maravich, Cole vided Colin Harris, fr., M; gavin rauhut, fr., M; Last year: 4-12-1 (1-10-1) Division: Mid-Penn Keystone souders, Nathan McKenna, spencer Opener: sept. 4 at New Covenant Owen Long, so., d. Postseason: did not qualify Last year: 7-10-1 (4-7-1) McKenna, austin taylor. Christian, 4 Opener: sept. 4 at shippensburg, 4 Key losses: reed Bertram, Jon Postseason: did not qualify Key returning players: ian Weikel, Preview: the goal for this season is youse, Patrick Weistling. Key losses: Logan dyer, ryan alvey. sr.; Eli Hubbard, sr.; Kaiden Estep, sr.; CARLISLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY to be competitive and improve on 2017. Key returning players: Joey Fran- Key returning players: Levi tamo- aiden Howard, sr.; Elijah Zinn, sr.; sam CRUSADERS With Niles and Becker the only losses cis, sr., d; Will Kamga, sr., M; Jacob saitis, sr., M; Chris sosa, sr., F; Justin Orseno, jr.; sebastian Boyum, jr.; Harun Coach: david Walck for the team, this young, coachable smith, sr., d; Frank Mutabazi, sr., F; Flemming, sr., M; alex Labell, sr., M; Pacavar, jr. Classification: n/a group has what it takes to roll with the danny Weistling, jr., M; tyson dick, jr., Michael allen, jr., d; Nick Bottini, jr., M; Top newcomers: Jacob McCole, jr.; Division: independent punches this season. F; ian Malamud, jr., M; Brian Michael, jr., Kyle Costello, jr., M; Jackson doughty, Braiden gettel, so.; Karsten Braum, so.; Opener: n/a 34 | Friday, august 24, 2018 FIELD HOCKEY THE SENTINEL Nuclear 9 hopes to live up to name CV’s seniors paying homage to the ﬁrst senior class they knew

MALLORY MERDA The Sentinel There once was a group of nine seniors dubbed the Notorious 9 that included Kennedy Eyer, Madi Georgiana, Rachel Strockbine, Hannah Heiges, Michaela Bailey, Sidney Lacey, Alexis Miller, Alida Steemkamer and Taylor Nesmith. Now that Cumberland Valley has a group of nine seniors again, it was time for a new name for a new group. Thus, the Nuclear 9 was born. Well, sort of. Three years after their prede- cessors, this group of nine seniors — Chloe Georgiana, Mia Kat- terman, Mia Rothman, Hannah Huffman, Hannah Moore, Jesse Zampelli, Sam Krebs, Riley Hilton and Demi Murcavage — wanted JASON MALMONT PHOTOS, THE SENTINEL to pay tribute a senior class they Mia rothman, left, pass the ball during Cumberland Valley field hockey looked up to since freshman year. practice on thursday evening. “Our class is a weird class,” Hilton said with a shrug and a talking, so I think that will be a her captains are more than certain laugh. “There’s really no reason huge difference from last year this group can attain these goals. behind it. It just kind of came up when we just starting to develop Oh, and there’s one more fac- and we were just like, ‘Cool.’ The that skill,” Taylor said. “And it’s tor that will help push the team to Notorious 9 was when we were not a weakness, per se, but some- meet those goals. the freshman class and they were times they’ll be too unselfish with The seniors and coaches have the senior class. They were good the ball and they pass it instead implemented a new reward sys- role models to us, so we kind of of taking the shot. I guess in the tem. Get a shutout? You don’t wanted to do something like circle it turns into a weakness have to run laps the next day. that.” because I would rather them take Score in the first couple minutes? “They told me one day that’s the shot, but I like that they’re You get candy. what they wanted to be called unselfish and would rather have “We look forward to those,” and I was like, ‘You can’t come their teammates have the glory Hilton said with a big smile. “If we up with something better?’” head than themselves.” get five or more goals against them coach Ashley Taylor said. “And sam Krebs hits the ball during Cumberland Valley field hockey practice on The goals this season will be then we get cake, and if we score they were like, ‘No we like it!’” thursday evening. simple: make it to districts and in the first couple minutes we get With a name like the Nuclear go the one step further to states. candy. It honestly does push us to 9, the group is sure to turn heads from the Notorious 9. tice and be as talented as they That and get another Mid-Penn make that goal because it’s nice to this season. Despite losing a eight “Coming in as freshmen, they were and leave the same legacy,” Commonwealth championship. have a reward when we’re out here seniors from the 2017 squad, in- were constantly doing their best Rothman said. The team’s motto will be ‘Leave every single day.” cluding a starting goalie, the team and we all looked up to them,” This new group has already had a legacy’ for the season to honor “Our one reward is cake and is confident in the leadership of Krebs said. “They were the class some time to practice with one former teammate Amanda Strous. they’re very excited to shoot for the nine. that we’ve been the closest to another and Taylor sees some According to Taylor, the seniors the cake, of course,” Taylor said, Hilton, Krebs and Katterman since we got to the high school positives from the team already. chose the theme “because they shaking her head. “Gotta be the will serve as captains and make and they really set a good exam- Taylor is glad the new group has want to leave the program better treats.” it a point for the entire team to ple for us. Now we’re trying to be been talking a lot, both on and off than it was when they came and know that they will be there for like them now that we’re seniors the field. be good role models for the under- Email Mallory at mmerda@ them. for the underclassmen.” “I think one of the many classmen.” cumberlink.com or follow her on To a point, they’re taking a cue “I think we’re ready to prac- things we’re working on has been With the group now, Taylor and twitter @MalloryMerda THE SENTINEL FIELD HOCKEY Friday, august 24, 2018 | 35

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BIG SPRING BULLDOGS nately, the team returns some vet- dering Herd will be able to compete Postseason: Beat Berks Catholic Opener: aug. 31 at susquehan- Coach: angie Noreika eran starters to help lead the team relatively well in the Commonwealth. in district 3 Class 2a third-place game nock, 4:15 Classification: 1a and the speed of the group remains 2-1 (Ot); Lost to selinsgrove in Piaa Division: Mid-Penn Colonial one of its most vital assets. CEDAR CLIFF COLTS Class 2a first round 4-0. RED LAND PATRIOTS Last year: 12-7 (10-2) Coach: Justin Weaver Key losses: rachel richards, tay- Coach: Crystal Johnston Postseason: Lost to Northern in CAMP HILL LIONS Classification: 3a lor Borrell. Classification: 2a district 3 Class 2a first round 2-1 (Ot). Coach: Julie Colestock Division: Mid-Penn Common- Key returning players: Jenna Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Key losses: samantha Meacock, Classification: 1a wealth White, sr., F; Emma Miller, sr., d; anna Last year: 9-10 (4-6) Paige snyder, Elizabeth Fry, Madana Division: Mid-Penn Capital Last year: 9-7-2 (4-6-2) Kirn, sr., d; gery schnarrs, jr., M; Erica Postseason: Lost to Manheim tigyer, rachel schmidt, Brooke rob- Last year: 6-10-2 (3-7) Postseason: did not qualify Wenrich, jr., M/d; aimee Buffington, Central in district 3 Class 2a first erts, Quincey Myers, Kersten Wolf. Postseason: did not qualify Key returning players: Brinley jr., F; Kylie Knipe, jr., M. round 4-1. Key returning players: Jaime Key losses: Katy Collingsworth, Foster, F, jr.; Katie Lafaver, F, sr.; Julia Opener: sept. 4 at Northern, 6:15 Key losses: Kasey Elliot, Molly yaukey, sr., gK; alex Kutulakis, jr., F; Megan tomalis. Breneman, d, jr. Walters, Lainey Meanor, Emily Zoe Koser, so., M; sydney Witter, so., Key returning players: sydney Opener: sept. 4 vs. Chambers- MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS Fruth, Maggie Kishbaugh, ashlynn M; taylor Hutchinson, sr., F; Hannah Preston, sr., gK; grace stewar, sr.; burg, 4 Coach: tanya Brown Hemperly. durff, sr., d. abbey sohonage, sr.; Bridget Behney, Classification: 2a Key returning players: sydney CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES Top newcomers: Laney Noreika, sr.; Julia tomalis, jr.; Emilie delaye, jr.; Division: Mid-Penn Keystone stupka, jr., M; Lindsay Martin, sr., F; Coach: ashley taylor fr., F; Haleigh snyder, fr., d. Bella Zarcone, so.; Lily sohonage, so. Last year: 4-14 (2-8) rachel apa, jr., M; ashley snelbaker, Top newcomers: Nora Klapkow- Classification: 3a Postseason: did not qualify Opener: sept. 1 hosting Big spring jr., gK. ski, fr. Division: Mid-Penn Common- Key losses: Eileen Besselman, is- Palooza, 8 a.m. Top newcomers: None. Opener: sept. 1 at Big spring wealth abella Villegas, Ellie Hoover. Preview: returning only two Opener: sept. 5 vs. Hershey, 4 Palooza, 8 a.m. Last year: 14-5-1 (10-1-1) Key returning players: Olivia starters from last season means Big Postseason: Lost to Manheim anderson, jr., F; Casey Fullerton, jr., spring has some work to do to match SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD twp. in district 3 Class 3a quarter- M/d; sophia Morrison, sr., F; Logan last season’s finish. this young group Coach: angela Boardman Coach: Cecelia Clippinger (16th finals 1-0 (Ot). Nutt, jr., M; ana Plastina, jr., M; ana- is very team-oriented, according to Classification: 2a season) Key losses: Maddie Brown- bella robinson, jr., M; Brooke Wal- Noreika, and has the communication Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Classification: 3a scherer, Becca Harbert, sydney rim- lace, sr., d. skills to keep everything under con- Last year: 7-9-2 (5-5-2) Division: Mid-Penn Common- mer, Marissa reber. Top newcomers: ardon Patter- trol. though Noreika won’t use the Postseason: Lost to donegal in wealth Key returning players: Mia Kat- son. term “rebuilding,” these Bulldogs will district 3 Class 2a first round 14-0. Last year: 8-10 (3-9) terman, sr., d; riley Hilton, sr., M; Opener: aug. 31 at Milton Her- Key losses: None. need to really step their game up this Postseason: did not qualify Jesse Zampelli, sr., M/d; Hannah shey, 4 Key returning players: Zoe Hol- season. Key losses: Eight seniors, includ- Moore, sr., d; sam Krebs, sr., M/F; Preview: Besselman and Hoover try, sr., F; Kourtney shoap, sr., F; ra- ing Brooke stoner, allison Neslund, Peyton Crawford, jr., gK; sam Mur- will be the hardest losses this season BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS chel Kline, sr., M; abby rosenberry, abby Walters. Bailey Mcdougal phy, jr., M/d. for a team still fighting to get back to Coach: Kortney showers (2nd sr., M; Lexi alleman, sr., M; rachel (transfer), Louise Calen (international Top newcomers: grace Brown- .500. that being said, the Wildcats season) Crowder sr., M; aliyah Witmer, sr., d; player). scherer, jr., F; Emmaline Lombardo, return most of their core and should Classification: 1a Key returning players: Becca fr., d; KK sauvé, fr., F/M. be able to make some strides in the alexa Heney, F; Bre Kyner, M; Kiah Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Winton, sr., d; Lanie Lissner, sr., Opener: aug. 31 at dallastown, win column. Hastings, d; Brea Kelso, F; Eva Bailey, Last year: 14-6-1 (11-0-1) d/M; sabrina starling, jr., M/F; Zoe 4:15 d; anna Frohm, M; sabrina Boyum, Postseason: Lost to Bermudian spielman, sr., gK; Olivia renault, so., Preview: the Nuclear 9 are here NORTHERN POLAR BEARS so., gK. springs in district 3 Class 1a conso- gK; delaney Crim, jr., M; Mackenzie and they’re ready to dominate. Kat- Coach: Marcie Frey Top newcomers: gracie Johnson, lation semifinals 1-0. Parthemore, jr., F. terman, Krebs and Hilton will be the Classification: 2a fr.; Paige Neily, fr. Key losses: Megan Cornwell, Top newcomers: Vivian stoner, team captains this season for a group Division: Mid-Penn Capital Opener: sept. 4 vs. Cd East, 4 devan Eickhoff, sydney Harris. fr., F; Finn Joy, so., F; Mikayla Cable, that will take the field after losing a Last year: 14-7 (7-3) Key returning players: Paige so., M/F (transfer in from army War whopping eight graduates, including Postseason: Lost to Manheim WEST PERRY MUSTANGS Bond, sr., M; allie Ball, sr., d; Kate College); Josefa Vial, so. (transfer Maddie Brown-scherer (13 goals, 88 Central in district 3 Class 2a conso- Coach: Megan albert dombroski, jr., M/F; Brinn Mancuso, from army War College). points in her career). But the Eagles lation semifinal 7-1. Classification: 2a jr., F/M; Carly galbraith, so., gK. Opener: aug. 31 vs. Waynesboro, believe the returning cast, especially Key losses: Kathryn armstrong, Division: Mid-Penn Colonial Top newcomers: Kara dale, so., F; 4 the nine seniors, will be enough for Lanny Barton, Kyra gerber. Last year: 8-10 (8-14) Maea Leo, so., d; aj salik, fr., d/gK. Preview: according to Clippinger, another strong season. Key returning players: Kenzie Postseason: did not qualify Opener: sept. 4 at Waynesboro, 4 this season will be “a year to observe albert, sr., d; Emma simpson, sr., M; Key returning players: Bella Preview: the one big bump in the who can finish” after graduating eight EAST PENNSBORO PANTHERS Kayla Michaels, jr., F; Kelsey Heltzel, Kruba, sr., M/d; Makenzie smeigh, road for the Bubblers this season is of 11 starters. spielman, Lissner and Coach: tabi Kleese so., M; Emma rosensteel, so., F/M; sr., F; Jordan ulsh, sr., gK; abigail losing starting goalie Jada Barber to Winton will be the veteran leaders Classification: 2a Natalie saltzer, so., M/d; Kasey davis, Bogard, sr., M. injury and having to train other goal- for the team and with a “non-stop” Division: Mid-Penn Capital jr., gK. Opener: sept. 1 vs. Newport, host- ies as the season progresses. Fortu- aggressive style of play, the thun- Last year: 20-4 (9-1) Top newcomers: None. ing PeCo tournament, 10:30 a.m. 36 | Friday, august 24, 2018 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL THE SENTINEL ’Dogs eyeing 4th straight playoff berth Big Spring is on the cusp of becoming a postseason regular

JAKE ADAMS The Sentinel There’s a budding dynasty being groomed in Newville. At least, that’s the hope of sixth- year girls volleyball coach Cara Rhone. A 1997 Big Spring graduate her- self — she played volleyball, basketball and threw the javelin before playing basketball at Waynesburg College — Rhone is overseeing what could be the beginning of a major transformation in Bulldogs volleyball. Hardly a powerhouse in the Mid-Penn Conference for years, the Bulldogs have now been to three straight District 3 tournaments and have good odds of extending that streak. But that’s not all. Her youth program, Digs 4 Kids, is beginning to bear fruit at the high school level, SENTINEL FILE with this year’s freshmen class of the graduation of aly roberts at setter is one of Big spring’s toughest losses entering the 2018 season. But the Bulldogs are confident they can keep 10 (at tryouts) the first group to on chugging and make a fourth straight district 3 appearance. come out of the program run for girls in grades 3-6. over the summer, we didn’t see round. They want to change that she only missed one pass to tar- officials. And they’re a positive “When I took over the program, how much they improved,” senior in 2018. get?’” bunch. we really didn’t have — we had Carolina Horst said about the in- “All of us, we all worked so hard Roberts’ is the biggest hole to “I don’t wanna jinx myself, but numbers, but we really didn’t have coming Bulldogs and their early and we all work really well to- fill, however, having worked as I’m gonna say [we’ll make the play- talent,” Rhone told The Sentinel impact pushing the upperclass- gether,” Horst said. the team’s setter for the past three offs again],” the coach said. last week. men. “We have to go in with the mind- years. Rhone called her a natural at She said her rebuilding work Digs 4 Kids runs six weeks during But that’s all the future. set that we can [win],” Bentli said. the position, leaving junior Regan came in her first two seasons. Since the summer, and Big Spring’s mid- Sure, the next wave of Bulldogs “We have to make it into the Top Donato with lofty shoes to fill. then, partly thanks to her two as- dle school and high school teams made Rhone’s life difficult when 16 seeds, so that’s obviously the But the senior class has enough sistant coaches, she has been able lend a hand coaching the younger cuts came about and is already first goal.” experience to take over where the to take her foot off the gas just a tad kids. Attendance has jumped from pushing some veteran mainstays The Bulldogs under Rhone take 2017 class left off. Plus with several and focus on improving the team the low 30s at its start in 2013 to on the roster that have notable particular pride in their defense juniors and those aforementioned rather than recruiting and devel- nearly 70 this summer. playoff experience, but Big Spring and passing, plus a strong serve freshmen providing in-house oping enough players. The dividends are already pay- still belongs to a strong senior class (Bentli said the team had around a competition, there’s plenty for Eventually the target could shift ing off in middle school and will that includes returning starters 94-percent serve percentage last Rhone to be excited about. from “win a playoff game” to “win continue as more products of Bentli Burke (libero/defensive spe- year). Mistakes are rare, according “I think we’ve kind of just been District 3.” That’s probably a few D4K reach the varsity team in the cialist), Kirsten Sebers (middle hit- to Rhone, which makes the ‘Dogs a anticipating [this chance for years down the line, and a lot can coming years; five of this year’s ter) and Horst (middle hitter), plus stingy bunch to play against. years],” said Horst, who played change, but it’s a goal for the Bull- freshman worked as varsity team others expected to see increased This year the defensive respon- three years with Prevail Club Team dogs to strive for. managers in recent years. minutes in Carleebeth Sheaffer sibilities fall on Bentli, the libero. out of Palmyra and is considering “I think the girls are just gonna “The overall teaching of the pro- (outside hitter) and Regan Donato She replaces Bailey Auchey, who competing in college. “We were have to be passionate about it,” gram, we don’t have to waste so (setter). graduated along with Aly Roberts, there since the beginning […] and Rhone said. “And I think they are, much time on in the middle school This group isn’t worried about Megan Emlet and Ashlan Houser. it’s just really exciting to see every- but they’re gonna have to see it [es- because they’re already hearing it two years from now — they’re wor- “I always say Ben is my silent thing coming together.” pecially the freshmen].” in the summer program,” Rhone ried about two months from now. girl,” Rhone said. “She’s phenom- Rhone said she’s particularly said. While Big Spring has made enal. When I would look at her proud of how well the players Email Jake adams at jadams@ “We definitely knew that they districts three years running, the percentages last year […] I would carry themselves in gains, always cumberlink.com or follow him on were strong, but the three months Bulldogs have not escaped the first always be like, ‘Are you telling me respectful of the opposition and twitter @jakeadams520 THE SENTINEL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Friday, august 24, 2018 | 37

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BIG SPRING BULLDOGS RED LAND PATRIOTS Coach: Cara rhone (6th season, Coach: Chris Williamson 49-47) Classification: 4a Classification: 3a Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division: Mid-Penn Capital Last year: 3-17 (1-13) Last year: 14-6 (5-5) Postseason: did not qualify Postseason: Lost to Lower dauphin Key losses: sarah-grace Blakeslee, in district 3 Class 3a first round 3-0. s; grace Lundvall, OH/MH. Key losses: aly roberts, s; Megan Key returning players: not pro- Emlet, OH; Bailey auchey, Libero; ash- vided lan Houser, OH. Key newcomers: not provided Key returning players: Bentli Opener: sept. 4 at state College, 7 Burke, sr., ds/L; Kirsten sebers, sr., MH; Caroline Horst, sr. MH. SHIPPENSBURG GREYHOUNDS Key newcomers: Carleebeth she- Coach: John Klenzing (1st season) affer, sr., OH; regan donato, jr., s; Classification: 3a anna Wilson, jr., OH; Kayla Witter, jr., Division: Mid-Penn Keystone ds; shelby Hoffeditz, jr., MH; Marlee Last year: 0-17 (0-12) Johnson, fr., OH; Mattea Penner, fr., Postseason: did not qualify OH; Bailey gutshall, fr., s. Key losses: ally Mankamyer, MH; Opener: sept. 1 hosting Bulldog iris Kennedy, L. Harvest tournament, 8 a.m. Key returning players: Camerlyn Breakdown: the Bulldogs have Kendall, jr., OH; sarah Fink, so., OH; been to districts three straight times aspyn Keetch, so., s. and have the kind of senior leadership Key newcomers: Natasha de- SENTINEL FILE and young up-and-comers to push the tweller, jr., MH; Brittany Martin, so., L; streak to four. and while they don’t Carlisle’s Emma stone is one of two returning seniors with notable varsity experience last year, having set for a tianna Jackson, so., MH; rachel Con- want to look too far ahead just yet, if squad that went 6-8 in division play. nor, so., OH. they do get there again, this is a team Key losses: Hannah seburn; yanna trinity, 8:30 a.m. Postseason: did not qualify Opener: sept. 4 vs. Hershey, 6:15 that finally wants to get out of the first regis; shay regis. Key losses: allison Locy, L; Hannah round. this is a huge freshman class Key returning players: Madelyn CUMBERLAND VALLEY EAGLES VanPelt, s/OPP. TRINITY SHAMROCKS Coach: John Barrick (8th season) that is expected to contribute right Fluss, sr., OH; Emma stone, sr., s. Coach: Jackie Orner (9th season) Key returning players: not pro- away. Classification: 2a Key newcomers: Holly stiltner, jr., Classification: 4a vided Division: Mid-Penn Capital MH. Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth Key newcomers: not provided BOILING SPRINGS BUBBLERS Opener: sept. 4 vs. Chambersburg, Last year: 18-3 (14-0) Last year: 19-3 (10-0) Coach: Mike Morret (2nd season, Opener: sept. 1 at Labor day Liftoff, Postseason: Lost to york Catholic 6:30 Postseason: Beat Central york in trinity, 8:30 a.m. 5-13) Breakdown: While the Herd are district 3 Class 4a third-place game in district 3 Class 2a semifinals 3-0. 2a Breakdown: Chris Fabian is done Key losses: Noelle Chavey, OH; Classification: not a team that can easily hang with 3-1; lost to North allegheny in Piaa Division: Mid-Penn Capital after 15 years in charge of the pro- aiden Finegan, OPP. powers like Cumberland Valley, there’s Class 4a first round 3-0. Last year: 5-13 (0-10) gram, opening the doors for Marquiss Key returning players: Jensen something to be said for a team win- Key losses: Emma grever, OH; Jac- Postseason: did not qualify to try and rebuild a team that slipped Haas, sr., L; Lauren seubert, sr., MH; ning six games and all of them being qeline grever, MH/OPP; sophie rice, Key losses: Claire Chicchi, MH; Bri from 8-8 in 2016 to 3-13. Mary Kilcoyne, jr., MH; Katie sajer, jr., in division play. MH/OPP; alora Conrad, MH. Progar, s; Molly McNeal, OH; savannah OH. Key returning players: not pro- Harvey, s; anna Harrison, OPP; alexis NORTHERN POLAR BEARS Key newcomers: ally Nadzam, jr., CEDAR CLIFF COLTS vided Williams, L; Mikhaila Hoffman, L. Coach: angie gaido OH; ryanne Whiteman, fr., OH; Jenna Coach: ann Mcginnis (28th season) Key newcomers: not provided Key returning players: not pro- Classification: 3a Minnick, fr., s. Classification: 4a Opener: sept. 5 at Central dauphin, vided Division: Mid-Penn Capital Opener: sept. 1 hosting Labor day Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth 7 Key newcomers: not provided Last year: 16-5 (8-2) Liftoff, 8:30 a.m. Opener: sept. 1 at Bulldog Harvest Last year: 6-11 (5-9) Breakdown: Even with some tal- Postseason: did not qualify ented players departed for college, Postseason: Lost to greencas- tournament, 8 a.m. tle-antrim in district 3 Class 3a first WEST PERRY MUSTANGS Key losses: seven seniors. the Eagles are always well-stocked Brad dittmer Breakdown: so many graduations round 3-0. Coach: from a team that didn’t win a division Key returning players: Maggie and ready to roll. Orner has this ma- Classification: 3a Key losses: Jenna Bittinger, OH; game a year ago. the Bubblers are still Myers, sr., OH; Maddie Berrier, sr., chine running smoothly all the time, Division: Mid-Penn Capital Megan Hamm, MH. in the midst of a rebuild. MH; Karleigh Wayne, sr., s; Mackenzie and they’re once again a favorite in Last year: 10-8 (3-7) Holmes, jr., MH/OPP; Natalie uibel, the Commonwealth to make a deep Key returning players: Bella Vidic, Postseason: did not qualify CARLISLE THUNDERING HERD so., OH. playoff run. sr., MH; Brynlee Brenneman, sr., s; Key losses: Bethany albright, MH; Coach: dillon Costrello (3rd season, Key newcomers: regan robinson, Lexi Hunter, sr., OH; Leah schreffler, Michaela Keegan, OH/ds. 12-22) sr., OH/OPP; abi Kurtz, sr., OH/ds; MECHANICSBURG WILDCATS sr., rsH. Key returning players: not pro- Classification: 4a Maddie Enders, jr., s (transfer); Marga- Coach: Kat Marquiss (1st season) Key newcomers: dakota Johnson, vided Division: Mid-Penn Commonwealth ret Kennedy, jr., MH/OPP; abbie shultz, Classification: 4a jr., OH; Katlyn goss, jr., L. Key newcomers: not provided Last year: 6-11 (6-8) so., OPP/ds; aliza sellers, so., ds. Division: Mid-Penn Keystone Opener: sept. 1 at Bulldog Harvest Opener: sept. 1 at Labor day Liftoff, Postseason: did not qualify Opener: sept. 1 at Labor day Liftoff, Last year: 3-13 (2-10) tournament, 8 a.m. trinity, 8:30 a.m. 38 | Friday, august 24, 2018 GOLF FEATURE THE SENTINEL Eagles seniors aim to keep win streak alive group of guys on the team each year that CV seniors have never lost are competitive with each other […] I think a regular season match that competition is great and helps im- proves the guys’ games a lot.” JAKE ADAMS CV will also have the added benefit of The Sentinel long time club pro Bob Nickey as an as- For all three of Grady Clarke’s years on sistant under Novak this year, something varsity, he has never known a regular sea- the Eagles’ skipper is particularly excited son golf match he hasn’t won. about. The senior is part of a class at Cumber- Clarke might be the team’s headliner en- land Valley that has not dropped a single tering the season. He said he focused on his match to a team in at least one high school ball-striking during the offseason and has generation. For Clarke, Junior Robison and found himself in more favorable situations Connor Kirkwood, all Mid-Penn Confer- getting to the greens. As a result, he expects ence Championship qualifiers last year, his scores to be closer to 70 than any of his keeping the streak alive is one part of the prior seasons. process for 2018. “I’m a lot more consistent now,” he said. Granted, golf doesn’t operate around “I can shoot higher scores, but my bad team wins and losses like many varsity scores have dropped.” sports. For one, the postseason — both He’s also seen improvements from his collectively and individually — is where teammates, albeit after speaking to The the true test lies, with very little of the Sentinel just a few practices into the sea- regular season having an impact on that. son. The two juniors, Watson and Rozell, For another, the disparity between teams have impressed the most in Clarke’s eyes. can be the size of the Mariana Trench, with Clarke and Kirkwood qualified for the CV having a sizable advantage in the Mid- District 3 Class 3A individual tournament Penn Commonwealth because of the pool last year, but didn’t make the cut for Day of students available and, therefore, the 2. If Clarke’s driving the ball better like he depth of the lineup. said, he should easily cut into the 81 he shot “We’re fortunate to have 12, 14 guys that in the first round, as should Kirkwood (85 can be competitive,” Eagles coach Erik No- last year), the only other returning districts vak said Aug. 15. “I hope the chances are qualifier on the boys side. good.” Seeley is already battle-tested after just “I’d say the regular season we should one season. She made the second day of win, but you can never be too confident,” districts before struggling in her second Clarke said. round and finishing 19 strokes off the cut The Eagles should once again boast a for the PIAA East Regional tournament. deep lineup that includes the three afore- “She wants to move on to regionals and mentioned seniors, plus juniors Reese Wat- potentially move on to have a chance to son and Braden Rozell, who are expected to play at states,” Novak said. “She’s defi- get their first lengthy taste of varsity golf. nitely dedicated to the game and working They replace the quartet of Max Seeber, to improve.” Zach Wagner, Trent Golden and Liam Mc- As for the team, the goal is to repeat as Carver that all graduated, taking with them Mid-Penn champions and claim another Mid-Penn, District 3 and PIAA regional District 3 crown. experience. “We all have to go out there and have the (There’s also Lindsay Seeley, a District round of our life,” Clarke said. “It’s not un- 3 Class 3A qualifier last year on the girls reachable.” side, who is poised to make a deeper run The Eagles’ season began Aug. 16 at an as a sophomore.) invitational at State College, with the first In all, the Eagles have four seniors, five Commonwealth tilt held Monday. They juniors and a handful of freshman, Novak host their only match at Armitage Golf said. Course on Sept. 6. SENTINEL FILE “I like the team aspect of it, but it’s kind Cumberland Valley’s grady Clarke is one of a handful of seniors that has never lost a team of secondary as far as individual stuff is Email Jake adams at jadams@cumberlink. match in his career during the regular season. concerned,” he said. “Just having a good com or follow him on twitter @jakeadams520 THE SENTINEL GIRLS TENNIS FEATURE Friday, august 24, 2018 | 39 Meg Ulrich is Carlisle’s quiet leader The junior is the No. 1 for the Herd for third year in a row

JAKE ADAMS The Sentinel For a girl who has played Sin- gles 1 her first two years of high school, been to multiple Dis- trict 3 tournaments and been an All-Sentinel First Team pick both years, Meg Ulrich is awfully shy. The Carlisle junior girls tennis leader is quiet and possibly the least demonstrative player in the conference. In fact, she almost detests the very thought of being openly emotional, especially angry, during a match. “I don’t know,” she said the week before matches started when asked where her calm demeanor came from. “I don’t ever wanna look like [angry, throwing my racquet].” For her coach, Seng Pham, it’s one of his favorite things about his No. 1 Singles player. “She’s very calm,” he said prior to the team’s first practices in August. “Even when she’s down, you can’t tell she’s rattled.” Ulrich battles with teammate JASON MALMONT, THE SENTINEL Olivia Gorak-Lacquement, a senior who should also make some Carlisle’s Meg ulrich made the district 3 singles and doubles tournaments, but is looking for a longer run this year. noise as the Thundering Herd’s No. 2 once again, during practices Much of her life outside of siblings played at camps and her her mindset to do well at No. 1. through points.” and the pair get along quite well. school revolves around tennis. mom pulling her aside to teach Ulrich would like to play in col- Carlisle is relatively young and They made the District 3 Class 3A She played basketball and soc- her and hit balls. To this day, lege but she has not entered the could challenge for a Mid-Penn doubles tournament last year as cer, plus ran track until early in mom is always there to make recruiting phase of her career yet. Commonwealth title thanks to well. her high school career, but now her practice, even when Ulrich “I think her ceiling can be very some key graduations on other The two never clash, even when the 16-year-old assists as a coach doesn’t want to. high as long as she doesn’t get programs, Phem said. He has his Pham holds challenges matches on Junior Team Tennis, the club “She would always just push complacent with where she’s at,” top three singles players back and to determine who will hold what team she plays with as well, in me, I guess,” she said. Phem said. “If she becomes more replaced a doubles pair, and some position for the next regular sea- Carlisle with the 12U program. Phem was first introduced to aggressive, her game can grow.” of the incoming freshman are ex- son match. Ulrich, who Pham said is her during a Carlisle feeder pro- Ulrich said that’s been her fo- pected to push for playing time. “After the match, the sports- among the Top 3 best girls he has gram event with Rally Ball, where cus this offseason as she sets her Ulrich said the team hopes to manship between the two of coached in 20 years, took up the MaryBeth approached him and sights on a deeper postseason run make districts again after fall- them was just a pleasure to see,” sport in elementary school as she said, “You’ll be her coach.” and improving Carlisle’s regular ing in the first round to Conrad Pham said. followed her older siblings — sis- Ulrich reached high school season from last year’s 12-4 (4-2 Weiser last year in the Class 3A “Me and Olivia were on a dif- ter, Erin, and brother, Ben — to years later, stepped in right away Commonwealth) mark. Ulrich, in tournament. ferent tennis team [during the camps and matches. The family’s and eventually earned the top singles and doubles, did not make “I’m motivated to help the offseason], too, so we’re friends matriarch, MaryBeth, played a spot on the roster as a freshman, it out of the first round in District team the best I can,” she said. anyway,” she said. “As you play year at the Air Force Academy and Phem has remained im- 3 last year. tennis for so long, at tournaments and taught her kids the sport. pressed by her poise through the “Being more confident in my Email Jake adams at jadams@ you sometimes have to play your Ulrich remembers flying to years. At nearly 5-foot-9, he said, shots, I guess,” she said of her cumberlink.com or follow him on friends, so you get used to it.” the Air Force Academy while her she’s got the size to go along with offseason work. “More thinking twitter @jakeadams520 40 | Friday, august 24, 2018 THE SENTINEL

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