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2015 LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW

LNP SPECIAL REPORT • SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

FULL SEASON

SCHEDULES

TEAM-BY-TEAM

OUTLOOKS

LEAGUE

OVERVIEW

PLUS

Manheim

Central’s

Dave Hahn


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2015 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULESECTION ONE SEPT. 4 SEPT. 11 SEPT. 18 SEPT. 25 OCT. 2 OCT. 9 OCT. 16 OCT. 23 OCT. 30 NOV. 6

SECTION TWO SEPT. 4 SEPT. 11 SEPT. 18 SEPT. 25 OCT. 2 OCT. 9 OCT. 16 OCT. 23 OCT. 30 NOV. 6

SECTION THREE SEPT. 4 SEPT. 11 SEPT. 18 SEPT. 25 OCT. 2 OCT. 9 OCT. 16 OCT. 23 OCT. 30 NOV. 6

ALL GAMES START AT 7 P.M. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

9/5, 1 p.m.

Denotes HOME games

CEDAR CREST

FALCONS

CONESTOGA VALLEY

BUCKSKINS

HEMPFIELD

BLACK KNIGHTS

MANHEIM TWP.

BLUE STREAKS

McCASKEY

RED TORNADO

PENN MANOR

COMETS

WARWICK

WARRIORS

WILSON

BULLDOGS

COCALICO

EAGLES

ELIZABETHTOWN

BEARS

GARDEN SPOT

SPARTANS

L-S

PIONEERS

LANC. CATHOLIC

CRUSADERS

LEBANON

CEDARS

MANHEIM CENTRAL

BARONS

SOLANCOGOLDEN MULES

ANNVILLE-CLEONA

LITTLE DUTCHMEN

COLUMBIA

CRIMSON TIDE

DONEGAL

INDIANS

ELCO

RAIDERS

EPHRATA

MOUNTAINEERS

N. LEBANON

VIKINGS

PEQUEA VALLEY

BRAVES

Ephrata SolancoLampeter-Strasburg

ManheimTownship

Warwick Cedar CrestPenn Manor HempfieldWilson McCaskey

Lampeter-Strasburg

ManheimCentral

Central York Penn Manor Wilson WarwickMcCaskeyConestoga

ValleyCedar Crest

ManheimTownship

CentralDauphin

Red LionGovernor

MifflinConestoga

ValleyCedar Crest McCaskeyWarwick WilsonPenn Manor Hempfield

HarrisburgYork Reading Wilson Penn Manor

ManheimTownship

Hempfield Cedar CrestWarwickConestoga

Valley

Cedar CliffLampeter-Strasburg

Dallastown Hempfield McCaskey WilsonConestoga

ValleyWarwick

ManheimTownship

Cedar Crest

Manheim

CentralGarden Spot Ephrata Cedar Crest

Conestoga

ValleyHempfield

Manheim

TownshipPenn ManorMcCaskey Wilson

Gov. MifflinC. Dauphin

EastCentralDauphin

McCaskey Hempfield Penn ManorCedar CrestManheimTownship

ConestogaValley

Warwick

Daniel Boone Ephrata Cedar Cliff Lebanon Garden Spot SolancoLampeter-Strasburg

ManheimCentral

E-TownLancasterCatholic

Twin Valley Warwick ExeterLancaster

Catholic

CocalicoManheim

Central

E-Town LebanonSolancoLampeter-

Strasburg

Biglerville HamburgSchuylkill

ValleyDonegal Ephrata ColumbiaElco

NorthernLebanon

KutztownPequeaValley

Eastern YorkDeloneCatholic

TrinityBerks

CatholicPequeaValley

Annville-Cleona

Donegal ElcoEphrataNorthernLebanon

E-Town Fleetwood PalmyraAnnville-Cleona

ElcoNorthernLebanon

ColumbiaSchuylkill

ValleyPequeaValley

Ephrata

Hamburg Palmyra LebanonPequeaValley Donegal Ephrata

Annville-Cleona Columbia

NorthernLebanon Twin Valley

ConestogaValley

Cocalico WarwickNorthernLebanon

Annville-Cleona

ElcoYork

Suburban

PequeaValley

Columbia Donegal

Pine Grove Lebanon Hamburg EphrataWilliams

ValleyDonegal

PequeaValley

Annville-Cleona

Elco Columbia

York TechKutztown Octorara Elco Columbia Hamburg

NorthernLebanon

EphrataDonegalAnnville-Cleona

Donegal Hershey MiddletownManheimCentral

Lamp.-Strasburg

LancasterCatholic

Garden Spot SolancoCocalico Lebanon

Hempfield Penn ManorConestoga

ValleySolanco E-Town LebanonCocalico

LancasterCatholic

ManheimCentral

Garden Spot

DallastownGovernor

MifflinLittlestown Garden Spot

ManheimCentral

E-TownSolancoLampeter-Strasburg

Lebanon Cocalico

Cedar CestNorthernLebanon

Elco Cocalico SolancoLampeter-Strasburg

ManheimCentral

Garden SpotLancasterCatholic

E-Town

Warwick Hempfield Cedar Crest E-TownLancasterCatholic

Garden SpotLebanon CocalicoLampeter-Strasburg

Solanco

Oxford ConestogaValley

W. ChesterHenderson

L-S Lebanon CocalicoLanc. Cath. E-TownGarden Spot ManheimCentral

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7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

LebanonLower

DauphinManheimCentral

WarwickManheimTownship

ConestogaVallley

Wilson McCaskeyHempfield Penn Manor

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LANCASTER, PA | LNP 3SEPTEMBER 2, 2015HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE

Football 2015IN THIS ISSUE:

•Season Overview:What’s coming up next .....................3•Old faces in new places:Five L-L veterans get new gigs .......4-5•15 Things to watch:Mike Gross ponders the ’15 season .. 19•PFN preseason rankings:How the teams stack up .................39

McCaskey .......................................6Hempfeld .......................................8Cedar Crest ..................................11Penn Manor ..................................12Manheim Township ........................14Warwick .......................................16Conestoga Valley ........................... 18Manheim Central ...........................20Wilson .........................................23Lampeter-Strasburg .......................24Solanco ........................................26

Garden Spot .................................28Lancaster Catholic .........................30Elizabethtown ...............................32Cocalico .......................................34Columbia ......................................36Ephrata ........................................38Donegal .......................................40Lebanon .......................................43Northern Lebanon ..........................44Annville-Cleona .............................45Elco .............................................46

Pequea Valley ...............................47

TEAM PREVIEWS

Editor:

Laura EckertThompson

Production:

Roxanne McRoberts

Art Direction:

Patrick KirchnerWriters:

Dave ByrneKevin FreemanMike GrossTim GrossEd GruverDiana PuglieseJohn WalkBurt Wilson

Photographers:Andy BlackburnRobert Devonshire Jr.Marty HeiseyRandy HessChris KnightDan MarschkaKelsie NetzerBlaine Shahan

Suzette WengerGraphics:Chris Emlet

Todd Spidle

Special Thanks:PAHelmetProject.com

ON THE COVER:

Manheim Central’s Dave Hahn looks out over the Barons’ feld as hisfrst season as head coach draws closer.

Cover photo by Marty Heisey. Cover design by Chris Emlet. Art direction by PatrickKirchner.

Note: The editorial deadline for this edition was Aug. 24. Roster changes may haveoccurred between then and Friday’s rst game.

What to do

for an encore? After a scintillating, down-to-the-wire season,

2015 may offer more of the same

ED GRUVER [email protected]

re you not enter-tained?

Had Russell Crowe’scharacter in “Gladia-

tor” asked that question in Lan-caster-Lebanon League footballarenas last fall, the answer wouldhave been a resounding “yes.”

And why not?Each of the three sections went

down to the regular season’s finalweekend, with eventual champi-ons Wilson, Lampeter-Strasburgand Northern Lebanon each

claiming their titles by a meregame.

Longtime head man DougDahms and his Bulldogs contin-ued their dominance of SectionOne, but not without a challengefrom Manheim Township. Wil-son went 7-0 in section play, andin effect won its seventh straighttitle on Oct. 17 in West Lawn bydealing the Blue Streaks their

lone L-L loss, 28-14. What can we say about Section

Two except that it was historicallygood, arguably the most competi-tive race in league history datingback to the L-L’s 1972 inception.Five of the section’s eight teamswere still in the hunt heading intothe final games. In the end, John

Class AAAA title and advancedto the state semifinals; Cocalicoreached the District Three Class AAA championship game.

And when the dust finally settledat the end of the long campaign,two of the league’s two longest-tenured head coaches — Man-heim Central’s Mike Williams and Annville-Cleona’s Terry Lehma— stepped down after a combined62 years on the job.

So what to expect in 2015?More of the same and, it says

here, perhaps an even better sea-son.

For starters there’s the dramatic

return of L-S QB Collin “Bear”Shank from a brain tumor. Hiscourage, his faith, his determina-tion have inspired his teammates,his coaches and his opponents.

“It’s a testament to his desire,”Garden Spot coach Matt Zam-perini said. “I have a lot of respecfor his love of the game. Not a loof kids could have come back likehe has.”

Comebacks could be at a pre-mium in the league this season.L-L coaches in each of the threesections have likened their leagueschedules to a “gauntlet.”

Township, Solanco andNorthern Lebanon have es-tablished themselves as legit-

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Under coach Mark Evans, ManheimTownship, along with Solanco andNorthern Lebanon, have establishedthemselves as legitimate title con-tenders.

Manion guided Lampeter-Stras-burg (6-1) to its third title in fiveyears, the Pioneers finishing onegame ahead of Garden Spot and

Manheim Central.In Section Three, fifth-year

boss Roy Wall took NorthernLebanon to its first title since1991, edging Lebanon Countyneighbor Annville-Cleona by onegame and defending championDonegal by two games.

Wilson won the District Three

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OLD faces, NEW roles A quintet of new head coaches is quite familiar with the L-L’s brand of football


hey’re different yet similar. And like Frankie said, they’re

gonna do it their way. What John Brubaker of Penn

Manor, Dave Hahn of ManheimCentral, Elizabethtown’s Bill McDonald, Co-lumbia’s Anthony Sottasante and Annville-Cleona’s Matt Gingrich have in common isthat they’re the newest head football coachesin the L-L.

Each has been a player and then an assis-tant, learning what it takes to be a head coachin part from the man in charge.

“The main difference is a little more time,”said Hahn. “As assistants we’re used to thegrind. As a head coach, it’s a little bit more

(time consuming).”Some of the many things he learned from

Hall of Fame coach Mike Williams, Hahnsaid, are “organization, dedication, learningyour craft; how to deal with kids, with adults;things to do, things not to do…

“Mike,” he stated, “was a big influence.”Gingrich, too, has benefited from positive

influences.“I’ve been lucky,” said Gingrich, who played

and coached for longtime A-C boss TerryLehman, played for Millersville Universitylegend Gene Carpenter and coached along-side his brother, Dave Gingrich, at Cocalico.

Gingrich has learned from each, and alsocredited former Cedar Crest coach Gene“Spike” Fuhrman for part of his philosophy.

“Spike always said, ‘Get your best athletesin space,’ and that’s what we’re doing.”

Each new head coach comes in with dif-ferent strategies, different coaching phi-losophies. Brubaker, defensive coordinatorof Manheim Central’s title teams and statechampions in 2003, favors 4-4 and 4-3 fronts.McDonald, Lancaster Catholic’s offensivecoordinator for the Crusaders’ state titles in2009 and 2011, when they featured two of

Pennsylvania’s best players in QB Kyle Smithand RB Roman Clay, employs a multiple at-tack that stresses a run-pass balance.

What each coach has in common is thatthey’ve spent the months since their hiringputting together coaching staffs.

Hahn has the most unique situation; the venerable Williams is staying on to assist in

coaching the quarterbacks, defensive backsand special teams. Hahn said two veteran as-sistants from Central’s high-gloss staff — for-

mer Hempfield head man Tom Getz and ex-Lancaster Catholic coach Joe Mack — havestepped down. Both, he added, may still con-tribute in other ways.

Hahn has added another former head coachin Tom Waranavage from Cedar Crest. Bru-baker, too, has landed a respected formerhead man in Mike Burke Sr., who guided Co-lumbia.

McDonald may have had the most turn-over on his staff; former L-L All-Star QB and

wide receivers/defensive backs coach AndyBreault is the lone returnee from Mike Cot-tle’s coaches.

McDonald has brought in several assis-tants who share his Lancaster Catholic back-ground. TJ Rudy, former defensive coordina-tor for the Crusaders, now occupies the same

T

New Annville-Cleona football coach Matt Gingrich watches histeam at work during an August scrimmage against Lebanon.

ROBERT DEVONSHIRE JR. | LNP CORRESPONDENT

Head coach An-thony Sottasante,

during summerfootball practice

at Columbia HighSchool.

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post for E-town. Mike McDonald and LukeMcDonald, former linemen at Catholic, havealso been assisting and Mike Kyne, the lasthead coach at Lebanon Catholic before its pro-gram was disbanded, is on staff as well.

“It’s a mix of experience and youth,” Bill Mc-Donald said of his coaching staff.

One other thing the new coaches have in

common is that their roots run deep in theL-L. Sottasante played at Donegal for groundgame guru Gayne Deshler. Not surprising,then, that Sottasante, who has remained fa-miliar with Section Three play, said his coach-ing philosophy is to “run the ball and stop the

run.”

McDonald played for Tony DiPaolo at Catho-lic; Brubaker starred at running back for Man-heim Central, was named to the Big 33 teamand, like Matt Gingrich, played for Carpenterat Millersville.

One more shared similarity is that each manwill try to stay on top of the ever-evolvingschemes that trickle down to high school foot-ball from the college game and the NFL. It’s notuncommon to see a “Bear” defense one week, ano-huddle offense the next.

“It’s a neat group of coaches,” Brubaker saidof his L-L brethren. “Everyone works to stay ontop of the trends. There are a lot of varied looks,without a doubt.

“The old 5-2 (defense) from the 1980s,” hestated, “isn’t going to cut it.”

Continued from4

Left, newManheimCentral coachDave Hahn,and right,

Penn Manor’snew headcoach JohnBrubaker areinterviewedduring L-Lfootballleague mediaday.

MARTY HEISEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERMARTY HEISEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Coaches

(Some of the many things Hahn said he

learned from Hall of Fame coach Mike

Williams are) organization, dedication,

learning your craft; how to deal with kids,

with adults; things to do, things not to do …

Mike was a big influence.

—Dave Hahn, Manheim Central head coach

New Elizabethtown head coach Bill McDonald instructsplayers during a drill in practice.

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2015 Schedule 2014 Results9/5 HARRISBURG 1 p.m.

9/11 YORK 7 p.m.

9/18 @ Reading 7 p.m.

9/25 WILSON 7 p.m.

10/2 @ Hempfield 7 p.m.

10/9 @ Penn Manor 7 p.m.

10/16 @ Warwick 7 p.m.

10/23 CEDAR CREST 7 p.m.

10/30 MANHEIM TWP. 7 p.m.

11/6 @Con. Valley 7 p.m.

Harrisburg L, 46-21 York W, 28-21Reading L, 47-20

Wilson L, 46-6Hempfield W, 27-7Penn Manor L, 31-19Warwick W, 31-17Cedar Crest L, 59-43Manheim Township L, 49-13Conestoga Valley W, 42-41

Seniors Pos. Ht. Wt.

1 Randolph Speller WR/CB 5-8 145

2 Nick Perez HB/LB 5-8 160

4 Michael Davis III QB/LB 5-10 185

5 John Burnside QB/DB 6-1 2106 Deshawn Crosby WR/LB 6-3 190

8 Keenan Owens WR/S 6-1 165

12 Kobe Gantz WR/DB 6-4 170

21 Kenneth Gantz WR/DB 5-9 150

38 Chiveak Lorn RB/LB 5-5 149

45 Carlos Pacheco WR/DB 5-10 140

51 Geran Mendez OL/DL 6-1 180

52 Alexander Rivera OL/DB 6-1 220

53 Tommy Bui -- -- --

55 Jose Acosta OL/DL 5-6 232

68 Skyler Davis C/MLB 5-11 217

69 Deand re Bacon OL/DT 6-0 344

72 Joseph Ortiz OL/DL 5-7 235

80 Gabriel Ruiz TE/LB 5-4 195

81 Wisly Jaccinor TE/DE 6-2 185

83 Khaleel Freeman -- 6-1 200

99 Kody Walker OL/DE 6-1 215

Juniors Pos. Ht. Wt.

3 Jathan Gonzalez QB/DB 5-8 149

7 Lazaro Franco WR/DB 6-1 152

11 John Pacheco WR/DB 5-5 120

13 Tony Rodriguez WR/RB/S 5-9 145

14 Kyle Milburn QB/DB 5-8 164

17 Tycere Johnson WR/DB 5-11 140

20 Jakob Rios -- -- ---

25 Mekhi Davis-Wilson WR/DB 5-9 14028 Tarshon Gant WR/CB 5-9 153

30 William Brown Jr. FB/MLB 6-0 210

31 Gregory Nunez FB/LB 6-1 210

32 Luis Abreu RB/DB 5-8 145

34 Jawaun Witherspoon -- -- ---

35 Julian Sitts FB/LB 5-9 200

39 Juanya Gonzalez WR/DB 5-7 145

40 Carlos Lugo RB/LB 6-0 185

50 Donovan Ford C/DL 6-2 225

57 Jo rdan Durham OL/LB 5-9 209

74 H. Soriano-Rosario OL/DL 5-11 22275 Ohwop Wilson OL/DL 6-0 233

76 Jordae Grove OL/DL 6-4 245

79 Justin Boyer OL/DL 6-2 282

85 Malik Terrell -- -- --

-- Tylik Hunter -- -- 200

-- Brian Joseph -- 5-7 170

Sophomores Pos. Ht. Wt.

9 Isiah Speller WR/CB 5-9 150

18 Zyibrazil Hollingsworth -- -- ---

19 Ante Robinson -- -- ---

22 Zaire Burnett WR/DB -- --

23 Ray Goodwin RB/DB 5-9 157

24 David Ramos -- -- --

26 Jahir Johnson -- -- --

27 Isaiah Acosta -- -- --

29 Leonel Del Rosario RB/CB 5-9 142

33 Jaine Rodriguez RB/LB 5-8 160

41 Nelson Vega -- 5-6 145

48 Josiah Edwards -- -- 156

54 Anthony DeLeon -- 5-4 115

58 Jermane Smith -- -- --

59 Geraldo Medina OL/DL -- 220

64 Carlos Martinez OL/DL 6-0 251

78 Shawn Kemmerer -- -- --

82 Raymond Cruz -- -- --

88 Luis Green -- -- --99 Nick Allen K 5-9 165

-- Wandy Germain -- 5-4 195

-- Evan Jones -- -- --

-- Robert Sanders -- 5-7 160

-- Richard Scarborough -- 5-10 163

2015 ROSTER

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QUAD A


SECTION 1McCASKEY RED TORNADO

2014 SECTION: 3-4 | 2014 OVERALL: 4-6 | BASE OFFENSE: MULTIPLE-I | BASE DEFENSE: 4-4

Rob Monzon(6th season, 18-34)

HEAD COACH 2014’s finishing kickstill motivating Tornado

Monzon hopes lesson on closing games strong sticks with McCaskey

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Out of the district playoff picture and playing in the reg-ular-season finale, McCaskeyfound itself down by 20 pointswith under eight minutes toplay against Conestoga Valleylast season.

It would have been easy for

both teams to figure the game

over at that point.The Red Tornado, prodded

by the coaching staff to finishthe game, took that directive toheart. The defense dug in andthe offense scored three TDs —the last one on La’Detrius Sib-ley’s 4-yard pass to Randolph

Speller — to tie the game. With

20 seconds to play, Max Chal-font kicked the game-winninPAT for the 42-41 victory.

That ability to come back,to finish the game, has stayedwith the Red Tornado throughthe offseason.

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McCaskey’s Kobe Gantz gets pushed out of bounds by Reading’s Dontae Owens in a game last season. Gantz,who finished with 29 catches and 515 yards in 2014, will be a receiver for the Red Tornado this year.

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“Early last season, we’d have spurtsof playing well and then we’d check outmentally,’’ said McCaskey coach Rob

Monzon. “(Opponents) would jump allover us. Then we’d start playing again.So, for that last game, for them to pullit together and finish strong and over-come the dismal first half (of that game)we had, it gives us motivation.’’

About the offense: Sibley, engineerof that comeback against CV, was theTornado’s leading rusher from thequarterback position. He’ll be replaced by

senior John Burnside.

Nick Perez is the fullback in McCaskey’striple-option attack. Carlos Lugo, whoanchored McCaskey’s 400 relay team, willtest the edge on defense with his speedand power at tailback.

Speller (21 catches, 260 yards) movesfrom running back to slot receiver.

Also at receiver will be Kobe Gantz (29catches, 515 yards), who, with basketballscholarships on the table, could haveopted out of football.

“He wants to play out his senior year withthe guys he came up with,’’ Monzon said.

Speller’s brother, Isiah, will also be in thereceiver rotation.

“I think our offense will give defenses a lotto think about,’’ Randolph Speller said.

On the offensive line, Skylar Davis returnsat center along with Jose Acosta at rightguard. Ohwop Wilson is at right tacklewith Alex Rivera the leading candidate atleft guard.

Nate Luvice, who moved to Coatesvilleafter his freshman year at McCaskey,has returned to the Tornado. He was thestarting center for Coatesville, which was13-1 last season.

The good feeling produced by the winover CV was tempered when last seasonwas viewed by McCaskey’s linemen. In toomany instances, they were pushed around.That led to an off-season weight roomcommitment.

“We vowed that it’s not going to happenthis year,’’ Acosta said.

About the defense: Jordae Grove,Deandre Bacon, Wilson, Acosta andLuvice will be in the defensive linerotation.

The linebackers will be Greg Nunez,Will Brown, Julian Sitts, Perez (95 totaltackles) and Davis.

The Red Tornado will have Luis Abreu, atransfer from Hempfield, in the secondary,as well as RJ Godwin and Isiah Speller.

Intangibles: The Red Tornado need to thesee the fruits of their weight room labors.Mixing increased toughness with speedcould turn that 4-6 record into a winningseason.

Key to the season: Monzon seeks a morecontrolled offense. Big plays are greatbut “they can be like rolling the dice.Sometimes you get it, sometimes youdon’t,’’ he said. Monzon wants his team to

control the game’s tempo.

Final word: Sibley (798 rushing yards,1,605 passing yards) and Kaire Bynum(38 catches, 448 yards) will be missed,but there is a lot of experience up fronton both sides of the ball and enough inthe skill positions to give the Tornado thebuilding blocks for success.

McCaskey Continued from6

(Opponents) would jump

all over us. Then we’d start

playing again. So, for that

last game, for them to pull

it together and finish strong

and overcome the dismal

first half (of that game) we

had, it gives us motivation.

—Rob Monzon, McCaskey head coach

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2015 Schedule

2014 Results

9/4 LAMPETER-STRASBURG 7 p.m.9/11 @ Manheim Central 7 p.m.9/18 @ Central York 7 p.m.9/25 @ Penn Manor 7 p.m.

10/2 McCASKEY 7 p.m.10/9 WILSON 7 p.m.10/16 CEDAR CREST 7 p.m.10/23 @ Conestoga Valley 7 p.m.10/30 @ Warwick 7 p.m.11/6 MANHEIM TWP. 7 p.m.

Lampeter-Strasburg W, 38-35Manheim Central W, 22-14Central York W, 22-7Penn Manor L, 24-17

McCaskey L, 27-7Wilson L, 28-7Cedar Crest W, 34-8Constoga Valley W, 38-20Warwick W, 42-0Manheim Township L, 35-14

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QUAD A


SECTION 1HEMPFIELD BLACK KNIGHTS

2014 SECTION: 3-4 | 2014 OVERALL: 6-4 | BASE OFFENSE: SPREAD | BASE DEFENSE: 3-3-5

Ron Zeiber(5th season, 21-22)

HEAD COACH

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A double-overtime loss to Cum-berland Valley ended Hempfield’s2013 football campaign in the Dis-

trict Three Class AAAA quarterfi-nals. A triple-overtime loss to Cen-tral Dauphin East knocked out theKnights in the same round in 2014.

How do the players and coachesplan on changing the ending in2015?

“Our slogan for the year,” saidfifth-year head coach Ron Zeiber,“is just one word. It’s just ‘finish.’ And we’ve been stressing that at

every practice, every conditioningdrill and everything else. We’ve gotto finish. And, certainly, it’s in ourguys’ heads, and they know whatwe’re talking about.”

The Black Knights’ quest to ad- vance past the district quarterfinalsbegins when they host defendingSection Two champion Lampeter-Strasburg at 7 p.m. Sept. 4.

About the offense: After averaging337.8 yards and 26.4 points per gamein 2014, the Black Knights’ spreadoffense returns with familiar faces,including those of senior quarterbackSam Kramer (85-160, 1,212 yards,

Hempfield’s Sam Kramer eyes the end zone against Lampeter-Strasburg. Having gone85-160 for 1,212 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2014, Kramer returns for his senior season atquarterback.


10 touchdowns, seven INTs) and seniorall-purpose yards leader Will Blair (83rushes, 33 receptions, 1,416 yards, 10touchdowns).

“Will’s just everything,” Zeiber said.“Everywhere. He’s been that way for acouple years for us.”

Without the graduated Devin Washington(204 carries, 994 yards), the Hempfieldbackfield leans on Kramer (1,005 rushing

yards in 2014) and Blair (543) with ahandful of other returning rushers.

About the defense: Among Hempfield’sleaders stands 6-3, 211-pound senior

lineman Nate Trimble, the owner of whatZeiber calls a “nasty attitude” on the field.

“Everybody’s got to play with thatattitude,” Zeiber said. “We call it thatnasty switch. When they get on the field,

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2 Chris Kosmela K 5-9 183

3 Darnell Lathon RB/DB 5-7 175

4 Sam Kramer QB 6-3 205

7 Andrew Green WR/DB 5-10 182

9 Cade Ingram TE/LB 6-2 18510 Wyatt Miller TE/LB 5-10 213

11 Ben Sahd WR/DB 6-1 176

17 Riley Canouse WR/LB 6-1 180

25 Lawrance Houston RB/DB 5-8 135

30 Tyler Reber RB/LB 5-8 173

33 Dillon Powers RB/DB 5-7 151

35 Jordan Rivera RB/LB 5-8 180

37 Chris Yousef WR/DB 5-11 135

53 Kyle Smith OL/DL 5-11 213

54 Nate Sparks OL/DL 5-9 193

55 Avery Dombrowski OL/DL 6-0 22857 Nate Trimble OL/DL 6-3 211

59 Ty Callahan OL/LB 5-11 185

60 Isaiah Johnson OL/DL 5-11 187

61 Justin Hernandez OL/DL 6-0 241

64 Cole Bachman OL/LB 5-11 196

68 Jarod Carpenter OL/DL 5-7 222

78 Max Diller OL/DL 6-0 293

81 Conner Kauffman TE/LB 5-10 196

83 Tyler Jackson WR/DB 5-8 155

Juniors Pos. Ht. Wt.5 Brendan Flores RB/LB 5-10 173

12 A. Hudgins-Bowman RB/LB 5-7 163

14 Matt Sheerin WR/LB 5-11 168

15 Jimmy Dizon WR/DB 5-11 171

16 Cody Elliot WR/LB 5-9 150

18 Hugh Mauck WR/DB 5-10 152

21 Jonathan Gutierrez RB/DB 5-5 135

26 Will Baumgardner WR/DB 6-1 15027 Logan Mesteller RB/DB 5-7 150

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63 Tanner Anderson OL/DL 5-10 248

66 Chris Loose OL/DL 6-3 207

72 Julian Eklun OL/DL 6-1 26274 Hans Maldonado OL/DL 6-0 316


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11 Mark Himmelsbach QB/DB 5-11 164

19 Bailey Titter WR/DB 5-7 126

20 A. Jackson-Hymon WR/LB 6-0 177

28 Adrian Cruz RB/LB 5-9 148

34 Silas Whitehead RB/LB 5-5 175

36 Stephen Wenzel RB/LB 6-0 186

38 Zeke Rodriguez WR/LB 5-11 165

39 Chase Benner WR/DB 5-5 115

41 Collin Zook WR/DB 5-6 150

44 Jacob Edwards TE/LB 5-9 188

45 Dillan Sparks WR/LB 5-9 168

46 Michael Rudisill WR/DB 5-9 145

48 Darian Hilton WR/LB 5-8 158

62 Blake A. Miller OL/DL 5-10 242

63 Harr ison Andrus OL/DL 5-10 200

65 Ryan Dieugenio OL/DL 5-7 233

70 Zach Trout DL/LB 5-9 233

75 Evan Pritchard OL/P 6-2 196

82 Peter Haldeman WR/LB 5-8 157

84 Nash Beinhauer WR/DB 5-10 158

86 Hunter James TE/DL 6-0 177

85 Jack Schultz WR/DB 5-8 128

89 Liam Smithson WR/DB 6-0 147

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Blair, a linebacker, recorded 55tackles and forced four fumbles tocomplement 76 tackles by then-junior Wyatt Miller. The Knights’secondary includes seniors DarnellLathon (two interceptions in 2014).

“The whole concept of ourdefense,” Zeiber said, “is to getguys with speed in the mostpositions that we can. We don’talways get the bruisers that everycoach would like, but if we can getguys out there with some speedand some speed off the edge andsome outside linebackers who canjust run, then we think, in that typeof defense, that it’s a pretty bigadvantage.”

Intangibles: With Stephen Johnson— 11 for 11 in field-goal attemptsover the last two seasons with 14touchbacks in 2014 — graduated,senior Chris Kosmela takes over asthe team’s placekicker and punter.

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imate title contenders, and in thecase of the Vikings, champions. Theircoaches — Mark Evans, Tony Cox and

Wall, respectively — represent a newgeneration of successful field bosses.

This season sees five more new headcoaches spread across the three sec-tions. Longtime Manheim Centraldefensive coordinator John Brubakerhas taken over at Penn Manor, whichwas built into a Section One contend-er by Todd Mealy. Brubaker has addedformer Columbia boss Mike Burke tohis staff.

Barons’ veteran offensive line bossDave Hahn succeeds Williams at Cen-tral. Williams is staying on as an assis-tant working with the quarterbacks,defensive backs and special teams.

Former Lancaster Catholic assistantBill McDonald takes the reins fromMike Cottle at Elizabethtown. Mc-

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Donald was the offensive coordinatorand QB coach for Catholic’s Class A state title teams in 2009 and ’11. TheBears host the Crusaders on Oct. 30in the regular season’s penultimategame.

Matt Gingrich, brother of Cocalicohead coach Dave Gingrich, takes over

for Lehman, his former head coachat A-C. Matt is a former player at A-and Millersville University, the lattercoached by the legendary Gene Car-penter.

Anthony Sottasante replaces JamesBurke at Columbia. Like his fellonew coaches, Sottasante’s roots in theL-L run deep. He played at Donegaunder Gayne Deshler and most re-cently has been an offensive assistan

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Sept. 25: Lancaster Catholic at Garden Spot (replay Sept. 28, noon)

Oct. 2: Manheim Township at Warwick (replay Oct. 5, noon)

Oct. 9: Garden Spot at Cocalico (replay Oct. 12, 2 p.m.)

Oct. 16: Lampeter-Strasburg at Manheim Central (replay Oct. 19, noon)

Oct. 23: Manheim Central at Cocalico (replay Oct. 26, noon)

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SECTION 1CEDAR CREST FALCONS

2014 SECTION: 2-5 | 2014 OVERALL: 3-7 | BASE OFFENSE: SPREAD | BASE DEFENSE: 4-3

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2015 Schedule 2014 Results

9/4 LEBANON 7 p.m.

9/11 @ Lower Dauphin 7 p.m.

9/18 MANHEIM CENT. 7 p.m.

9/25 WARWICK 7 p.m.10/2 @ Wilson 7 p.m.

10/9 @ Manheim Twp. 7 p.m.


10/23 @ McCaskey 7 p.m.

10/30 CONESTOGA VAL. 7 p.m.

11/6 PENN MANOR 7 p.m.

Lebanon W, 38-24Lower Dauphin L, 35-7Manheim Central L, 42-3Warwick L, 17-14

Wilson L, 62-6Manheim Township L, 35-0Hempfield L, 34-8McCaskey W, 59-43Conestoga Valley L, 28-21Penn Manor W, 43-28


1 Matt Miller RB/CB 5-10 170

3 Kris Urban WR/CB 6-0 145

6 Kobe Bolanos WR/CB 5-9 170

8 Iziah Trimble WR/CB 5-9 160

10 Stevie Roda QB/FS 6-0 170

12 David Boland WR/CB 5-11 140

20 Matt Mitchell RB/LB 5-10 180

28 David Santos TE/LB 6-0 190

31 Dylan Shellenhamer RB/LB 5-10 170

33 Evan Horn WR/SS 6-1 185

36 Jon Simpson QB/LB 5-9 175

39 Roland Martinez WR/CB 5-10 170

40 Brandon Heist RB/LB 5-7 155

44 Austin Garrison TE/LB 6-0 155

50 Jake Kalbach OL/LB 5-10 195

52 Alex Flocken OL/DL 6-1 245

58 Granite Miller OL/DL 6-0 230

59 Brad Eisenhauer OL/DE 5-11 150

63 David Maciel OL/DL 5-10 26064 Donovan Pfleiger OL/DL 5-10 200

65 Austyn Brandt OL/LB 6-1 210

66 Tyler Whary OL/DL 6-2 280

67 Austin Eisenhour OL/DE 5-10 150

68 Mike Eckhart OL/DL 6-2 225

69 Brett Bawiec OL/DL 6-4 240

72 Sam Alvarez OL/DE 6-1 207

73 Joe Radakovitz OL/DL 6-4 300

74 Devonte Davis OL/DL 6-2 260

78 Andrew Tarsa OL/DL 5-9 185

81 Raymie Ferreira TE/DE 6-3 210

84 David Donmoyer WR/FS 5-8 135

99 Zabby Sharifi K 5-11 180

-- Megan Espada WR/CB 5-9 150

-- Felton Durant RB/CB 5-9 165-- Joshua Peffley K 5-9 150


2 Greg Munnion QB/DE 6-1 170

4 Luis Minaya WR/DE 6-1 195

5 Jabin Joseph WR/CB 5-11 170

9 Greyson Williams WR/CB 5-10 150

11 Grant Neuman WR/CB 5-8 125

25 Justice Belleman RB/LB 5-10 195

27 Zach Keffer WR/FS 5-11 175

30 Devon Bernard TE/LB 5-11 17532 Victor Ramos RB/LB 5-8 175

49 Blake Fischer WR/K 6-0 165

51 Garrett DeBien OL/DT 6-0 215

55 Brayden Martin OL/LB 5-11 200

56 Andrew Etter OL/DL 6-2 270

61 Ross Fisher OL/DL 6-0 250

71 Nick Seiple OL/DL 6-0 265

75 Gavin Singh OL/DL 5-9 240

87 Zeb Lasta WR/CB 5-8 150

-- Michael Rubinstein K 6-0 160


17 Tanner Miller QB/CB 5-10 165

18 Jordan Brown RB/LB 5-6 150

22 Sam Sierra WR/CB 5-9 145

23 B randon Showers WR/FS 5-11 15524 AJ Apple RB/LB 5-8 153

26 Nate Trovinger WR/LB 5-9 178

42 Adam Loehr WR/SS 6-0 175

45 Kendell Shand RB/CB 5-6 140

54 Trevor Quarry OL/DL 6-0 200

60 Brock Eisenhauer OL/DL 5-11 190

62 Trevor Kline OL/DL 5-7 210

70 Alex Smith OL/DL 5-11 190

76 Austin Long OL/DL 6-0 257

77 Isaac Viera OL/LB 5-6 160

80 Nate French WR/LB 5-10 165

82 Tyler Eisenhauer WR/FS 6-1 165

83 Dylan Walborn WR/CB 5-8 150

85 Nate Cavic TE/DE 6-0 175

86 Frank Honey WR/LB 5-11 165

88 Alex Progin WR/CB 5-11 139

-- Zach Dishong TE/LB 5-8 160

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21 Logan Horn QB/CB 5-10 150

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There’s no “I” in team — orin Cedar Crest — and that’show the Falcons are approach-

ing their second season underhead coach Rob Wildasin.

“We have a great group ofguys,” Wildasin said. “I thinkwe’re pretty solid across theboard and that’s the way we’regoing to have to play and win,too — as kind of a collectiveteam effort — and I think wecan have an improved season.”

There’s room to improve af-

ter last year’s 3-7 campaign —in which Cedar Crest won justtwo of its last nine games — andarguably the Falcons’ biggestname, returning first-teamwide receiver and defensiveback Evan Horn, knows theonly way up is as a team.

“Everyone sees me, but reallyit’s 10 other guys I wouldn’tbe able to do it without,” said

Horn.

About the offense: Horn finishedsecond in the Lancaster-LebanonLeague at wide receiver lastseason with 40 receptions for 523yards and five touchdowns, butnow it will be senior Stevie Rodathrowing him the ball.

Roda saw some game action lastyear — in place of the injured JoshBucher (1,144 yards and 11 TDs)

— and threw for 286 yards and atouchdown, playing time Wildasinbelieves will prove invaluable.

“He was able to experience it andI think that will definitely helphim this year, “ said Wildasin. “It’snot like he’s completely green —he’s not taking his first snap as astarting quarterback in our first

game, he’s done it before and Ithink he’ll do a great job.”

The Falcons’ overall offensefinished second-to-last in thesection last year, but Roda shouldbenefit from playing behind aveteran offensive line.

“Our offensive line is a lot moreexperienced this year with

everybody having played somekind of varsity time last year,” saidtwo-way lineman Alex Flocken.“Four out of the five started 10out of 10 games at one spot oranother.”

“It’s a totally different feel upfront,” Wildasin agreed.

Cedar Crest’s Stevie Roda, who saw some game action last year in placeof injured QB Josh Bucher, runs around Warwick’s Mason Eshleman.This year, Roda’s experience should prove valuable as he steps into thestarter’s role.

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1 Jamal McCaskell RB/OLB 5-10 1812 A. Santiago-Rodriguez WR/TE/DB 6-1 195

5 Blane Richardson WR/DB 5-9 176

6 Marcos Nina RB/DB 5-7 149

8 Jesse Guerrero WR/DB 6-1 169

10 Daniel Wolf WR/DB 5-9 165

16 Dante Williams WR/DB 5-11 134

22 Carter Kinser RB/ILB 5-11 201

57 Michael McDonald OL/DL 5-4 135

68 Tyler Kiebler OL/DL 6-3 240

74 Andrew Brown OL/DL 6-4 260

87 RJ Swisher TE/OLB 5-11 181


3 Dante Jones TE/DE 6-3 186

7 Grant Gale QB/LB 6-2 172

9 Josh Hiltz QB/WR/DB 6-1 180

14 William Crespo WR/DB 5-10 165

21 Cavan Zechman WR/DB 5-8 164

24 Jonah Barley RB/LB 5-8 167

28 Jason Ortiz RB/DB 5-10 146

33 Shawn Harnish RB/ILB 5-11 205

38 Blair Bollow OL/ILB 5-9 182

47 Alex Laughlin K 5-7 128

50 Mark Yoder OL/DL 5-8 221

52 Kyle Groff OL/ILB 5-9 210

55 Colton Noel OL/DL 5-11 182

56 Camron Serrano OL/DL 5-5 194

60 Shane Shirk OL/DL 5-10 188

62 Daniel Mahoney OL/DL 5-11 206

61 Harrison Eavy OL/DL 6-2 20969 Joe Santiago OL/DL 5-9 268

76 Tyler Hertzog OL/DE 5-9 146

77 Justice Eshleman OL/DL 6-1 285

81 Alex Ortiz OL/DL 5-11 167


4 Xavier Roman WR/DB 5-11 172

12 Theo McElheny RB/DB 5-6 150

13 Alex Scheivert QB/DB 6-0 201

15 Josiah Edwards WR/DB 5-11 156

19 Isaiah Jones WR/DB 5-10 168

20 Michael Morris WR/DB 5-9 164

23 Ben Wright RB/OLB 5-10 182

25 Cole Heckaman RB/OLB 5-9 169

31 Michael Brown RB/LB 5-6 150

32 Adam Presnell RB/LB 5-11 168

35 Vinny Vozzella OLB 5-6 169

36 Mason Sottek OL/ILB 5-11 167

51 Paisun Harris OL/DL 5-11 221

63 Tyler Weitzel OL/DL 5-11 182

78 Garrett Ulrich OL/DL 5-10 222

82 Andrew Eshleman TE/DE 6-0 175

83 Athen Vasquez RB/DB 5-6 160

84 Michael Pomarici WR/DB 5-11 153

88 Casey McCollum TE/DE 6-5 240


18 Liam Hart K 5-8 158

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9/4 CEDAR CLIFF 7 p.m.

9/11 @ Lamp.-Strasburg 7 p.m.

9/18 DALLASTOWN 7 p.m.

9/25 HEMPFIELD 7 p.m.

10/2 @ Conestoga Valley 7 p.m.

10/9 McCASKEY 7 p.m.


10/23 WARWICK 7 p.m.

10/30 @ Wilson 7 p.m.

11/6 @ Cedar Crest 7 p.m.

Cedar Cliff W, 27-20Lampeter-Strasburg L, 31-28Dallastown W, 35-3

Hempfield W, 24-17Conestoga Valley W, 45-14McCaskey W, 31-19Manheim Township L, 35-28Warwick W, 31-13Wilson L, 28-7Cedar Crest L, 43-28Cumberland Valley L, 28-14

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2014 SECTION: 4-3 | 2014 OVERALL: 6-5 | BASE OFFENSE: MULTIPLE | BASE DEFENSE: MULTIPLE

HEAD COACHJohn Brubaker

(1st season)

Junior Grant Gale, shown scoring a touchdown in

Ireland against Cedar Cliff last season, is moving fromreceiver to quarterback in 2015 to replace the gradu-ated Tanner Erisman.

Comets look for room to grow New coach Brubaker’s can-dooutlook bodes well for young team


With only five returning lettermen and tworeturning starters, some see potential problemsfor Penn Manor’s football team in highly com-petitive L-L Section One.

New boss John Brubaker and his coachingstaff, however, see something else.

“Critics would say this (lack of experience) isnot a recipe for success,” Brubaker said. “But ourcoaching staff believes we have an uncommongroup of players and believes this team will besuccessful.”

Brubaker has known nothing but success inhis many years as defensive coordinator at Man-heim Central. Long regarded as one of the topdefensive minds not only in District Three but

in the state, Brubaker brings his can-do attitudeto a Comets program that knew its fair share ofsuccess under previous coach Todd Mealy.

“We need varsity playing experience and gamesituations to grow as a team,” Brubaker said.“But make no mistake, we will approach eachgame as one we will win.”

About the offense: Brubaker said junior Grant Gale ismoving from receiver to quarterback to replace thegraduated Tanner Erisman. Brubaker believes Galehas shown the “skill and leadership” necessary to be

effective in his new role as leader of the offense.

Gale will be under the direct supervision of offensivecoordinator Mike Burke, formerly the head coach atColumbia.

Seniors Carter Kinser and Jamal McCaskell returnto the backfield. Senior Andrew Brown is thelone returning offensive lineman owning varsityexperience.

Though subject to change, at time of writingpotential starters on offense include center DanMahoney, Brown and Justice Eshleman at guard and

Tyler Kiebler and either Mark Yoder or Kyle Groff attackle.

Blane Richardson and Cavan Zechman are projectedstarters at wideout, with Daniel Wolf and DanteWilliams getting playing time as well.

About the defense: Brubaker will maintain his DCduties and he likes what he sees in Kinser, whom hesaid “has the instincts to be a great linebacker.”

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Joe Santiago and Dante Jones have shown promisein the 4-4 and 4-3 defensive fronts Brubaker favors.

Potential starters on defense are Jones and ColtonNoel at end, with Santiago and Brown at tackle.Groff and Kinser are inside linebackers, whileMcCaskell and RJ Swisher man the flanks. BenWright and Jonah Barley are also seeing time atoutside ’backer.

Richardson and Zechman are on the corners; Galeand Wolf are the safeties.

Special teams starters look to be Liam Hart (kicker);Alex Schievert (punter); Richardson, Kinser andMcCaskell (kick returners); and Richardson and Gale(punt returners).

Intangibles: Brubaker played and coached in

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From his experience, Brubaker believesthe biggest difference between SectionOne and Two may be the size of theschools.

“Section One teams,” he said, “mayhave more depth because they’re bigger

schools.”

Key to the season: How quickly theyounger Comets acclimate themselvesto varsity play will be vital to the team’ssuccess.

Final words: McCaskell on Brubaker:“He’s a really great coach. We’re glad tohave him.”

Kinser on Section One: “It’s always verycompetitive. We look forward to it.”

Brown on the team’s outlook: “We’relooking to have a great season.”

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Secton One

League OverallTeam W L PF PA W L PF PA

Wilson ........................... 7 0 272 56 14 1 441 174Manheim Township ....... 6 1 245 97 8 4 384 195Penn Manor ................... 4 3 194 159 6 5 296 251Hempfeld ...................... 3 4 159 142 7 5 317 260McCaskey....................... 3 4 187 250 4 6 244 364Conestoga Valley ........... 2 5 169 263 3 7 271 319Cedar Crest .................... 2 5 151 247 3 7 199 348Warwick ......................... 1 6 70 217 2 8 138 293

Secton Two


Lampeter-Strasburg ....... 6 1 283 171 8 3 393 294Cocalico ......................... 5 2 232 146 10 4 443 253Manheim Central........... 5 2 251 81 8 4 421 171

Garden Spot .................. 4 3 175 199 7 4 293 324Solanco .......................... 4 3 169 162 6 5 230 259Lanc. Catholic ................ 3 4 163 185 4 6 245 283Lebanon ......................... 1 6 172 302 3 7 248 368Elizabethtown ................ 0 7 97 287 0 10 123 371

Secton Three


Northern Lebanon ......... 6 0 236 92 9 2 350 184Annville-Cleona ............. 5 1 236 117 8 3 347 188Donegal ......................... 4 2 229 130 7 4 343 260Elco ................................ 3 3 169 122 4 6 280 258Pequea Valley ................ 2 4 97 128 5 5 204 199

Columbia ....................... 1 5 105 229 2 8 160 404Ephrata .......................... 0 6 48 273 0 10 48 508

LNP’s L-L League 2014final football standings

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2014 SECTION: 6-1 | 2014 OVERALL: 8-4 | BASE OFFENSE: SPREAD/PRO SET | BASE DEFENSE: 3-4/3-5


1 Erik Benjamin QB/LB 6-0 210

3 John Stutz ATH 6-0 175

4 Dillon O’Connor WR/DB 5-10 170

7 Tyler McNair WR/DB 5-9 148

9 Riley MacDonald OLB/WR 6-0 200

16 Michael Sharpe WR/DB 6-0 175

23 Andrew Guillen RB/LB 5-6 172

27 Pablo Rivera RB/DB 5-9 155

29 Nate Seprinski RB/LB 5-8 200

43 Tyler Bowman WR/DB 6-4 200

51 Justin Groff OL/DL 5-7 198

59 Alex Mancini G/DT 6-0 235

61 Tim O’Hara C 5-11 235

63 Ryan Jones DL/OL 6-2 220

67 Alex Plasko OL/DL 5-8 190

69 AJ McCloud OL/DL 6-3 26972 Francesco Spatafora OL/DL/K 6-1 240

75 Bryan Mateo OL/DL 5-11 245

77 Tanner Evans OL/DL 6-4 240


5 Kade Kubicki ATH 6-3 190

8 Olcha Duguma RB/DB 5-8 140

11 Alex Kepler WR/LB 5-10 160

13 Juny Ramos WR/LB 5-8 155

15 Alex Wade WR/DB 5-11 165

17 Austen Miranda QB/DB 6-2 165

20 Richard Larochelle WR/DB 5-8 14521 Andrew Gish WR/S 6-1 150

22 Zander Holbein WR/DB 5-11 165

24 Hogan Glick RB/LB 5-10 185

25 Matt Van Gorden RB/LB 5-10 175

28 Zach Lucia RB/LB 5-10 155

34 Rozario Gerard RB/LB 5-11 215

35 Anthony Chaparro RB/LB 5-9 210

44 Chris Freeman RB/LB 5-7 145

50 Austen Stewart C/DT 6-0 190

53 Joe Kelly OL/DL 5-11 230

57 Cole Waters OL/DL 6-2 205

58 Hunter Severe OL/LB 6-2 190

66 Robert Larochelle OL/DL 6-1 225

71 Carson Courogen OL/DL 5-9 185

76 William Groff OL/LB 5-9 195

88 Addam Morrales TE/LB 6-1 180


6 Grayson Sallade QB/LB 5-11 180

10 Rece Bender WR/DB 5-9 150

12 Tarajae Whitfield WR/DB 5-11 145

26 Riley Morgan RB/LB 5-8 165

30 L. Thomas Cesarone WR/DB 5-8 150

32 Tyshaun Christian WR/DB 5-9 15542 Zebulun Gregory RB/DB 5-8 150

52 Travis Kraft C 5-10 195

54 Ethan Hurst OL/DL 5-11 210

55 Drake Puffenbarger ML/TE 6-4 240

56 Matthew Wetzel OL/DL 6-0 180

60 Michael Gics C/DT 5-9 210

62 Colby Aument OL/DL 6-1 210

64 James Starer OL/DL 6-0 235

65 Logan Cole OL/DL 6-0 220

68 Joel Morris C/LB 5-10 220

70 Charles Mikulka OL/DL 6-2 190

79 Patrick Cloonan NT/RT 6-5 310

81 Logan Wiegand TE/LB 6-0 175

82 Ryan Fluck TE/DT 6-2 200

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Change is evident on the Manheim Townshiproster heading into the 2015 campaign.

On offense, Township lost three starting line-men, its top two rushers, its bruising fullbackand two of last year’s top three ball-hawking

wideouts to graduation. On defense, the BlueStreaks must replace two linemen, two line-backers and just about their entire defensivesecondary.

About the offense: Fortunately for Manheim

Township, third-year signal-caller Erik Benjaminreturns after leading the Streaks to a second-placefinish in L-L Section One, an appearance in thedistrict quarterfinals and an 8-4 overall mark lastseason. The 6-foot, 215-pound Benjamin passed for2,108 yards a year ago, completing 148 of 232 (63.8percent) for 23 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Unfortunately for Benjamin, some of the senior QB’s

top targets, Fisayo Ouleye and Isaac Vasquez, aregone. Plus, the team’s top returning wideout, seniorJohn Stutz (29 catches, 534 receiving yards, sevenTDs last season), might miss some time at the startof the season as he continues to recover from adislocated right elbow suffered at an offseason

ManheimTownshipdefendersTanner Ev-ans, left, andJohn Stutzclose in onWarwick’sMason Esh-leman last

season. BothEvans andStutz areback for theStreaks thisyear, thoughStutz maymiss sometime early ashe recoversfrom a dislo-cated rightelbow.

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9/4 @ Cent. Dauphin 7 p.m.

9/11 @ Red Lion 7 p.m.

9/18 GOV. MIFFLIN 7 p.m.

9/25 CONESTOGA VAL. 7 p.m.10/2 @ Warwick 7 p.m.

10/9 CEDAR CREST 7 p.m.


10/23 WILSON 7 p.m.

10/30 @ McCaskey 7 p.m.


Central Dauphin L, 34-27

Red Lion W, 47-6

Governor Mifflin L, 22-13

Conestoga Valley W, 42-7

Warwick W, 35-7

Cedar Crest W, 35-0

Penn Manor W, 35-28

Wilson L, 28-14

McCaskey W, 49-13

Hempfield W, 35-14

Exeter W, 45-15

Wilson L, 21-7

camp.

So it’s up to newcomers Riley MacDonald,Mike Sharpe, Alex Wade, Rece Bender,Dillon O’Connor and Alex Kepler, among

others, to battle it out at wideout in theStreaks’ spread/pro set offense.

Also keep an eye on 6-foot-4, 250-poundsophomore tight end/offensive guardDrake Puffenbarger being a bit of anuisance for opposing defenders.

“There’s definitely some things we needto work on,” senior lineman Tanner Evanssaid. “We need to get everyone on thesame page working on all cylinders andstuff. We’re still filling roles, finding outwho is gonna play where.”

Evans (6-5, 245) will anchor the o-linealongside returning starters A.J. McCloud(6-3, 265) and Tim O’Hara (6-0, 225).

It remains to be seen who will leadthe ground game for the Blue Streaks,but in the final weeks of preseasoncamp, fourth-year head coach MarkEvans said he likes senior KadeKubicki at tailback and senior NateSeprinski at fullback. Also keep tabson senior Matt Van Gorden seeingsome carries.

About the defense: Tanner Evans (76tackles, two sacks last season) will alsoanchor the Streaks’ d-line alongside

Manheim TownshipContinued from 14

interception) at safety.

That leaves seven remaining spots up forgrabs on the Manheim Township defense.

Despite all the holes needed to be filled,Coach Evans has confidence in this bunch.But it might take some time for the BlueStreaks to get rolling. Of course, Evanswould like to see that happen soonerrather later.

“You see the most dramatic improvementsof your football team between Weeks Oneand Two of the regular season,” Evanssaid. “So you don’t know until you getthat first game under your belt, you canonly see so much in the scrimmage. I thinit’d be great to see us get off to a greatstart.”

returning starter McCloud (63 tackles, 6.5sacks). Riley MacDonald (64 tackles, threesacks, two forced fumbles, one fumblerecovery) returns at linebacker and Stutz(40 tackles, three forced fumbles, one

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SECTION 1WARWICK WARRIORS

2014 SECTION: 1-6 | 2014 OVERALL: 2-8 | BASE OFFENSE: SPREAD | BASE DEFENSE: 4-3


9/4 MANHEIM CENTRAL 7 p.m.

9/11 @ Garden Spot 7 p.m.

9/18 @ Ephrata 7 p.m.


10/2 MANHEIM TWP. 7 p.m.10/9 @ Conestoga Val. 7 p.m.


10/23 @ Penn Manor 7 p.m.


11/6 @ Wilson 7 p.m.

Manheim Central L, 42-6Garden Spot L, 31-21Ephrata W, 41-0Cedar Crest W, 17-14Manheim Township L, 35-7

Conestoga Valley L, 45-14McCaskey L, 31-17Penn Manor L, 31-13Hempfield L, 42-0Wilson L, 19-2

eniors Pos. Ht. Wt. Owen Neff WR/DB 6-3 172 Daniel Gates WR/DB 6-3 190 Colin Gibble QB/DB 6-0 188

10 Justin Smith QB/LB 6-0 18716 Connor Rogers WR/DB 6-0 1841 Keegan Flahive WR/DB 6-1 1842 Tucker Bolich WR/LB 6-0 1812 Malik Bergman RB/LB 6-0 2013 Preston Forney OG/DT 6-0 2304 Jason Coonan OG/OLB 5-8 1930 Austin Goodwin OG/DT 6-1 2631 Ethan Sponagle OT/DT 6-0 2276 Robbie Grow OT/DE 6-2 217

8 Kaleb Swift OT/DE 6-2 2064 Cole Benko WR/OLB 6-0 1748 Tyler Snavely WR/DE 6-1 185- Steven Lipko RB/OLB 5-10 --

uniors Pos. Ht. Wt. Tyler Trimarchi QB/DB 5-10 152 Tyler Gerhart WR/OLB 6-3 192

15 Taylor Lentz QB/FS 6-2 1935 Ryan Deibler RB/LB 5-8 1752 Jordan Snavely WR/DB 5-10 1405 Anthony Kinney RB/DB 5-10 1856 Chris Schober OG/DE 5-9 1879 Nate Miller OG/DT 5-10 2673 D. Johnson-Ortiz OT/DT 5-11 223

6 Brandon Segura FB/LB 5-9 2309 Dreydan Vazquez OT/DE 6-4 2103 Hunter Martin OT/DT 5-11 2324 Brad Heckman OG/DT 5-8 203

75 Caleb Denlinger OT/DT 6-0 24177 Tyler Borg C/DT 6-0 23580 John Wilson WR/DB 6-0 16082 Paul Hofner OT/DE 5-11 --89 Adam Martin TE/LB 5-10 166-- Noah Johnson RB/DB -- ---- Bailey Stauffer RB/LB -- --

Sophomores Pos. Ht. Wt.4 Isaac Rissinger RB/CB 5-8 1697 Patrick Quinn WR/DB 5-10 15011 Carter Forney WR/DB 5-11 16812 Hunter Grow WR/DB 5-10 15713 Jorden Cruz WR/DB 5-9 143

14 Steven Seepaul RB/LB 5-11 17420 Danny Bannout RB/LB 5-10 17526 Ryan Long RB/OLB 5-10 16228 Tanner Heckel RB/LB 6-0 20834 Nate Riley WR/DB 5-6 14043 Zach Messimer WR/DB 5-7 14947 Alex Mauro WR/DB 6-0 15250 Evan Clark C/DT 5-8 --51 Zach Smith C/LB 5-11 16555 Matt Ensinger OG/DT 5-11 22357 Jeffrey Esbenshade OG/DT 5-9 22662 Zach Spatz OT/DT 5-8 24764 Josh Swinehart OT/DE 6-4 17570 Ross Formica OG/DT 6-1 24279 Ben Martin OT/DT 6-2 257

83 Evan Popalis WR/DB 5-10 16286 Brandon Miller WR/DB 5-11 145-- Morgan Brooks OG/DE 5-10 170-- Ryan Brown -- -- --

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2015 ROSTER

HEAD COACHLeaving frustrating ’14 behind Depth, experience should help Warriors move forward

DAVE BYR [email protected]

Hopes were high in Lititz atthe dawn of the 2014 footballseason as Warwick looked toimprove on the previous year’s3-7 record.

But, with a defense that fin-

ished in the bottom third ofthe league statistically, and anoffense that finished 21st over-all — out of 23 teams — thosehopes were dashed as the War-riors came home 2-8, 1-6 in theL-L’s Section One.

A year older, a year wiser, thecogs of that offense are in placeonce more.

Quarterback Colin Gibble (69

for 151 for 1,054 yards, 6 TDs/13INTs), went down late in theseason with an injury, but re-turns none the worse for wear,along with his backups TylerTrimarchi (19-32, 173, 1 TD)and Taylor Lentz (22-52, 159).

Gibble also ran 76 times for286 yards and three scores andis joined by returning backsRyan Deibler (74-298, 4 TDs)

and Isaac Rissinger (17-72). After missing all of ’13 with an

injury, tight end Justin Smithcaught four balls for 35 yards,while wideout Keegan Flahive,the Warriors’ top returning re-ceiver, finished with 14 catchesfor 188 yards.

About the offense: The Warriorswill run a one-back spread,“Most of it will be (shot)gun,

three wideouts, a tight end and arunning back,” says Locker.

“Our two leading rushers return.Our quarterback is back for asecond full year. We return threeoffensive linemen who startedevery game last year, plus acouple other linemen, and our

starting tight end.

“If we’re a better football teamthis year it’s because of somechanges we’ve made in the last

two years that have started to paydividends.”

About the defense: “We gave up

Ryan Deibler, who had 298 yards on 74 carries and four touchdowns lastseason, returns at running back for Warwick.

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way too many points (293, 16th in the league)and yards (350 per game, 17th overall) last year,”Locker says.

That said, the Warriors’ base 4-3 returns with

a 4-6 goal line look and, in certain situations/against certain opponents, Warwick will playsome stack.

Smith (98 tackles, 2 sacks) and Deibler (39tackles) return at linebacker with Flahive (30tackles, 1 INT) in the defensive backfield.

Intangibles: The Warriors’ pre-season roster is61 strong. “That’s more depth than we’ve had inyears,” says Locker.

“We have some sophomores who are makingserious progress. We have competition,” he

continues.“You talk about things that are better this timearound, we have people legitimately fighting for jobs right now. And, when you are being pushed,it makes you better.”

Key to the season: “If we’re successful thisseason,” forecasts Locker, “it will be because werun, and we throw when we want to, not when wehave to.”

Final word: “Two and eight’s not acceptable,”Locker says. “It’s not a motto we’re allowed to use,but ‘Shut Up and Hit Someone’ is kind of where

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About the defense: The Falcons’ defense,which finished in the middle of the section

last year, will see a lot of new faces in newspots this season.

Gone are players like honorable mentiondefensive back Dominic Garloff andsecond-team Section One linebackerDamon Edwards, whose role may now fallto Horn.

“Evan will be bouncing around betweenstrong safety and linebacker,” saidWildasin. “He’ll fill those shoes or at leastthat position literally sometimes, andat times he’ll bounce back to the safety

spots.”

Intangibles: Practice makes perfect,and the Falcons are already noticinga difference in their second year inWildasin’s system.

Continued from 11

Cedar Crest“Last year we had a new coachingstaff and everything was kind of newto us and this year they know whatto expect from us and we know whatto expect from them so it kind of justclicks everything,” said Horn. “That’ssomething that looks real positive for

us this year.”Key to the season: “Our offensiveline,” Wildasin said without hesitation

when asked for the team’s biggeststrength. “(The key is to) stay healthyand follow the lead of the offensiveline — I think that they’re the busdrivers.”

Final word: “I think motivated,” Hornsaid of the team’s mentality headinginto the season. “I think we’re allreally sick of losing and we want towin.”

DISTRICT THREE FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATIONSSchool’s male enrollment is in parentheses

AAAA Reading (2,138)

McCaskey (1,275)

Chambersburg (1,118) Cumberland Valley (1,038)

Hempfield (961)

Harrisburg (833)

Central Dauphin (829)

Red Lion (807)

Wilson (766)

York (764)

Manheim Twp. (748)

Penn Manor (712)

Dallastown (694)

Central York (673)

Central Dauphin East (662)

Warwick (617)

Cedar Crest (633)

Carlisle (590)

Conestoga Valley (577)

York Tech (576)

Exeter (565)

Cedar Cliff (548)

Gov. Mifflin (540)

Lebanon (507)

Ephrata (505)

Waynesboro (501)

South Western (499)

Lower Dauphin (499)

Elizabethtown (489)

AAA New Oxford (490)

Mechanicsburg (489)

Muhlenberg (487)

Hershey (486)

Solanco (484)

Garden Spot (462)

Red Land (454)

Daniel Boone (450)

Northern (439)

Spring Grove (436)

Northeastern (429)

Shippensburg (419)

Green.-Antrim (413)

Twin Valley (411)

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SECTION 1CONESTOGA VALLEY BUCKSKINS

2014 SECTION: 2-5 | 2014 OVERALL: 3-7 | BASE OFFENSE: WING-T | BASE DEFENSE: 3-3-5


9/4 @ Ephrata 7 p.m.

9/11 SOLANCO 7 p.m.

9/18 @ Lamp.-Strasburg 7 p.m.



10/9 WARWICK 7 p.m.

10/16 @ Wilson 7 p.m.




Ephrata W, 70-0Solanco L, 26-7Lampeter-Strasburg L, 30-25Manheim Township L, 42-7

Penn Manor L, 45-14Warwick W, 45-14Wilson L, 61-14Hempfield L, 38-20Cedar Crest W, 28-21McCaskey L, 42-41


5 Daulton Martin -- 5-11 181

9 Jordan Yoder -- 6-3 175

26 Andy Miller -- 5-9 160

46 T. Humphreville -- 5-11 165

56 Tyler Skelton -- 5-10 165

57 Kole Martin -- 6-1 258

75 Joe DeWitt -- 5-11 200

87 Andrew Cameron -- 5-11 165

88 Adam Provost -- 5-10 170

89 Carlos Martinez - - 6-0 165


2 Connor Brinton -- 6-0 185

8 Grant Stoltzfus QB/DB 6-0 185

10 Albert Hanna -- 6-1 170

14 Gilberto Rodriguez -- 5-8 180

15 Zack Mowrer -- 5-11 166

16 Seth Smith -- 5-9 155

17 Terrance Dunkly -- 6-1 185

22 Bryce Shetter -- 6-2 170

25 Jerrice Stokes -- 5-7 165

34 Eiler Aponte -- 5-9 150

50 Mike Sadis -- 5-10 225

51 Thomas Weidman -- 5-11 195

55 Nick Ator -- 5-10 215

58 Eric Graff -- 5-10 150

60 Jacob Martin -- 5-11 235

67 Isaiah Paulin -- 6-0 250

68 Joel Ortiz -- 5-9 299

70 Chris Mousley -- 5-9 265

77 Brandon Reifsnyder -- 5-10 199

79 Daniel Stoltzfoos -- 5-9 180

83 Tyler Mini -- 5-11 145

86 Mikel Post -- 5-9 160


7 Tanner Schwilk -- 5-8 175

18 Arentz Menard -- 5-7 140

20 Andrew Logan -- 5-8 135

24 Jose Barbon -- 6-1 165

28 Yozeph Bencosme -- 5-7 170

35 Xavier Lopez -- 5-10 205

52 Justin Albinus -- 5-10 249

54 Tyler Oakley -- 5-9 225

59 Brady Metzler -- 5-8 150

62 Mike Lefever -- 6-0 170

63 Chris Dietrich -- 6-2 240

84 Clayton Byers -- 5-11 169

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complete, CV upbeatabout future

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For Conestoga Valley, the2014 season showed a lot ofpromise, even if it may nothave translated to a lot of wins.

In the Buckskins’ first seasonin Section One, as well as theirfirst year playing in the Wing-Toffense and the 3-3-5 defense,

they finished third overall inboth statistical categories.

Given that extra year of ex-perience, head coach Mark Pi-eters is excited for what 2015could hold for his squad.

“We went to an air raid of-fense and usually the secondyear in that you can get to awhole new level, and I’m see-ing it already,” said Pieters.

“Our execution, our knowledgeof the scheme — I think were just leaps and bounds ahead ofwhere we were last year at thispoint.”

About the offense: As asophomore, Grant Stoltzfus threwfor 1,996 yards — the best inSection One — and both Pietersand the signal caller think hecan be even better in his junior

campaign.“I think I got better at readingthe coverages and knowing myprogressions a lot better than lastyear, so I think that’ll help,” saidStoltzfus.

“He’s just smooth in running theshow,” added Pieters. “We let him

As a soph-omore,Conesto-ga Valleyquar-terbackGrantStoltzfusthrewfor 1,996yards —

the besttotal inSectionOne.CoachMark Piet-ers thinkshe mightbe evenbetter inhis juniorseason.

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call some plays on his own now.He knows the system, he feelscomfortable in the system andI think he is going to have a bigyear for us.”

With Joel Lopez and his 780yards and 11 touchdowns goneto graduation, the Buckskins willturn to junior Connor Brinton atrunning back.

Pieters notes the speedster“makes great cuts on the insidezone,” and he’s not the only one

taking notice.

“He’ll definitely be able to dowhat Joel did,” two-way linemanKole Martin said of Brinton.“He’s more of a speed back ascompared to, Joel is more of apower back. Connor will definitelybe able to carry the load for us.”

About the defense: Martin — asecond team all-star last year —will be back to lead the line, butthe highlight for the defense sofar has been speed.

Only one starting linebackerreturns, but Pieters is confidentthat track sprinter Andy Millerwill make a difference and “couldreally run some players down.”Brinton will also slot in a strongsafety, while Tyler Humphrevillewill start at corner.

Daulton Martin also returns fromtwo years ago, when he wasnamed first team All-Section atfree safety in Section Two.

Intangibles: “Our wide receivers,I think that’ll be our biggestsurprise,” said Stoltzfus.

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Javon Marrero raked in 554 yards andthree touchdowns to lead the section asa junior and Stoltzfus thinks the wideoutscould prove even more troubling this year.

“I think we’re more athletic than last year,”he said. “The wide receivers are a lot tallerand I think they’ll be pretty good oncethey get the ball in their hands.”

ontinued from 18

Key to the season: “I think our defensewas pretty good last year, but I think ouroffense is going to be what carries usthrough this year,” said Martin.

Final word: “I think having gone througha campaign in Section One, we’re going tobe a lot more comfortable with the teamsthat we have to play,” said Pieters. “Theyput their pants on just like everybody inSection Two and I think just the comfortlevel of the schedule and the expectationswill enable us to play at a higher level.”

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ship and Lampeter-Strasburgall had 60 or more.

Which is to say, high schoolfootball remains popularround these parts, not onlywith fans but, evidently, withteenage boys and (crucially)their parents.

Still, in an age of concus-sion awareness, when

the essential safety of footballis questioned more than ever,

some L-L coaches say theymust sell their sport as never

before.“It’s tough to convince

Mom,’’ said L-S coach JohnManion, who acknowledgedthat the problem is mostlyat the youth level for now.“A lot of parents have a lot ofconcerns.’’

“If you’re looking for a violentsport, look at boys’ lacrosse,’’said Warwick coach Bob

Locker. “Football gets (a badrep) because of exposure; look

at the amount of football on TVcompared to any other sport.’’

The PIAA is con-sidering going to a

six-class structure for thefootball postseason start-ing as soon as the 2016season. An informal pollof coaches at L-L mediaday found a vast majority

of coaches in favor of sixclasses, which would put

the schools-per-champi-onship ratio closer to thatof most other states.

The six-class setup wouldalso shorten the season if, asexpected, it includes start-ing the season a week earlier,perhaps by eliminating onescrimmage. Everybody seemsto favor that.

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2 Damon Camacho RB/DB 5-7 165

4 Derek Adams K/DB 5-11 180

16 Drew Eshleman WR/DB 5-8 163

19 Gavin Guyer WR/DB 6-0 190

20 Dylan Nelson RB/DB 5-8 160

21 Alex Studenroth WR/DB 5-4 140

22 Craig McKee FB/LB 5-8 202

23 Justin Flanagan WR/DB 6-1 173

24 Kevin Starner TE/LB 5-10 193

27 Austin Lefever TE/LB 5-11 180

28 Chris Carvell LB 6-2 191

33 Harrison Myer RB/LB 5-11 180

39 Connor Pavlik RB/LB 5-6 163

42 Kole Dorwart DL 5-9 18049 Brock Fittery RB/LB 5-11 200

54 Doug Heller OL/DL 5-11 225

59 Wes Geib III OL/DL 5-9 213

65 DaShaun Neville OL/DL 6-3 270

72 Vanden Grube OL/DL 5-10 190

78 Austin Bradley OL/DL 6-2 260

81 Justin Lundgren WR/DB 5-11 140

87 Sam Martin TE/LB 5-10 200


5 Lowen Hanselman RB/DB 5-8 140

6 Mitchell Ruth QB/DB 6-0 165

7 Kody Kegarise QB/DB 6-0 176

10 Trevor Hosler QB/DB 5-11 181

11 Roman Wagner WR/LB 6-2 193

14 Brandon Fisher WR/DB 5-8 145

15 Jay Barreto RB/DB 5-8 166

17 Austin Geib WR/LB 6-1 181

25 Tyler Lutz TE/LB 5-11 175

35 Nick Brown RB/LB 5-9 191

36 Dante Himelright RB/LB 5-6 146

37 Edwin Perez WR/DB 5-9 134

40 Gunnar Royer WR/LB 6-1 193

44 Jordan Derr RB/DL 5-9 165

45 Brock Hochstetler WR/LB 6-1 172

53 Adam Kline OL/DL 6-1 220

58 Elliot Martin OL/DL 6-1 220

60 Wyatt Zimmerman OL/DL 6-0 254

66 Isaiah Mejias OL/DL 5-8 163

88 Devon Maurer WR/DB 5-10 161


3 Jake Novak QB/DB 5-9 145

8 Ryan Carter WR/DB 6-0 155

13 Jared Hershey WR/DE 6-1 170

26 Michael Hudson WR/DB 5-10 135

29 David Merkey WR/DB 5-8 141

31 Joe Kolk TE/LB 5-10 171

32 Nate Bryson RB/LB 5-10 163

47 Preston Martin TE/DL 6-4 205

48 Colin Erb TE/DL 5-10 243

50 Jarod Hauser OL/DL 5-11 253

52 Dalton Gainer OL/DL 5-11 216

55 Aaron Goss OL/DL 6-2 224

64 Hunter Shreiner OL/DL 5-7 196

74 Garret Fittery OL/DL 6-1 220

80 Giovanni Lester WR/DB 5-11 165

82 Vinny Lester WR/DB 5-10 150

83 J. Beni Esposito WR/DB 5-4 110

84 Brad Myer TE/K 5-9 215

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SECTION 2MANHEIM CENTRAL BARONS2014 SECTION: 5-2 | 2014 OVERALL: 8-4 | BASE OFFENSE: MULTIPLE | BASE DEFENSE: 4-4

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For the past two decadesManheim’s Central’s footballprogram stood astride DistrictThree Class AAA like a colos-sus.

The Barons won 16 district

championships, including anastonishing 10 straight.Over the past half-decade,

though, a new behemoth hasbestrode Triple-A. Bishop

McDevitt has won five straighttitles and is halfway to tying amark once thought unassail-able — Central’s 10 consecu-tive crowns. The past two yearshave seen the Crusaders beatthe Barons in the postseason.

Now, for the first time in 35

years, the task of taking Centralto the top falls to a new man.Longtime offensive line coachDave Hahn has succeeded Hallof Fame head coach Mike Wil-

liams, the latter remaining ostaff as an assistant.

To handle the defense Hahhas hired former Cedar Creshead coach Tom Waranavage.In other moves regarding thecoaching staff, assistants JoeMack and Tom Getz, former

head coaches at LancasterCatholic and Hempfield, re-spectively, have stepped down.

Change, then, is in the air a


Manheim Cen-

tral’s DamonCamacho slipspast Solanco’sMatt Hastingslast Hallow-een night. Thegame-breakingCamacho willsee time at tail-back this seasonalong withDylan Nelson.

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