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Q&A with Bermudian Springs running back Eddie Sebright

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Not amazing, we won our league but the goal is always to win as many games as possible and we let some slip away we shouldn’t have. Individually on the other hand it was pretty good, but I definitely would’ve liked to have had a better start to the season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Train as much as possible everyday and stack days. Become a better athlete in every way I can.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Really good, we have a great feeling about next season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“New Oxford, while they are losing a lot of skill players coach Warner always has found a way for their team to be competitive in recent years.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t really pay attention to individual players, I’m not someone who looks at another team and is scared of one of their players. I’m confident I bring more to the table for Bermudian Springs than they do for whoever they play for.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love the opportunity and feel I’m in prime opportunity to play college football, the level and school has yet to be determined.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Mainly schools in the PSAC I’ve had talks with.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“It's hard to say, a couple of schools are about the same in that regard.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not really, I plan on visiting a couple in the deeper spring.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, a couple different colleges in May and June.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I’ve been a UCLA fan since I started watching college football.”

Q&A with Hickory quarterback Zander Telesz

How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season our team accomplished a lot, a D10 title, and made it to the state semifinals for the first time in like 34 years. It was our head coach's first time there as well. We didn’t get the outcome we wanted but it was an amazing season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I was in my winter sport which was hockey and that season ended with a championship as well. But now football started in January so I’m really pushing myself this offseason so me and my team can dominate the competition this season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This year’s team is different from every other Hickory team without a doubt. We have our entire offense and defense line returning, our leading rusher, multiple all state guys. This team is going somewhere for sure.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Rival games are always the hardest, we have the Sharon Tigers week 3 on senior night and it’s just a battle every time we see them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Juju Johnson from Farrell is a really tough and good player at running back and just an all-around field.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve had multiple coaches from all levels reach out to me over Twitter and stuff, Lehigh U, Drake, Pens State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any trips yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m going to Pitt, Penn State in the next couple weekends.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up is Penn State.”

Q&A with Panther Valley quarterback Brody Breiner

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous high school season was amazing learning the position as my first year starting at quarterback as a sophomore and got a ton of experience for the next two seasons.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Lifting twice a day before school and with the team after school. The schedule is tough with baseball and track too.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m very excited for this upcoming season with everyone back. We have tons of experience returning with all of our receivers and running backs and most linemen back.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like the best opponent match up will be against our rival Marian with my cousin being their head coach and knowing most of the players gets me excited to play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love the opportunity to play college sports. Not knowing which sport between football or baseball, only the man above will lead me down the path into my future journey.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve made a couple trips in the fall on some visits.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on making a couple of visits this fall. Some in mind are Muhlenberg, LVC, Coast Guard, Navy etc. to see the collegiate competition and experience.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has to be Notre Dame, the tradition is unmatched and the campus is beautiful.”

Q&A with Deer Lakes offensive lineman Joey Ashi

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Last year went well. Bringing the first playoff win in history home was a great feeling, but we fell short of our ultimate goal and we are going to change that this year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“With football being the only sport I play, I get to focus on it all year around and this offseason a big focus for me was getting quicker and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that our team this year will really be able to do something. We have several key players returning. The seniors that left played a big role in our team last year but we got dudes ready to step up and take those roles as leaders and playmakers.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We will play a couple tough teams but they are all beatable. We don't care who we play, we just want to win.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We’re going to face lots of good players this year.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d love to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None yet but I’m going to keep working and doing my thing and hopefully they come.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team [has] got to be PITT. Nothing like a good Pitt football game.”

Q&A with Harrisburg defensive back Quincy Brannon Jr.

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Pretty good, finished the season off 12-2. We lost in the semis to states, overall great job by me and my guys.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just to get bigger, faster, and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will go far this season, we are hungry for that state championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are some pretty good teams around and in our schedule but none that I believe will give us a run for our money! We are excited about the McDevitt game though.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nobody’s tough going against us.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d love to play football in college at the d1 level, that’s why I’m working super hard to get there.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None so far, I have been talking to a couple schools but none want to give me a shot, so I’ll show them what they’re missing out on next season.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I took a trip to Syracuse, I love the atmosphere, also UCF, it was pretty good there too.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on going to a few camps to get my name out there a bit more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes Alabama was my favorite college football team growing up, but my favorite basketball team right now is Kentucky.”

The Recruiting Zone

Find out what colleges are recruiting Quincy Brannon Jr., Joey Ashi, Brody Breiner, Zander Telesz, and Eddie Sebright now!


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Q&A with Harrisburg defensive back Quincy Brannon Jr.​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d love to play football in college at the d1 level, that’s why I’m working super hard to get there.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None so far, I have been talking to a couple schools but none want to give me a shot, so I’ll show them what they’re missing out on next season.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I took a trip to Syracuse, I love the atmosphere, also UCF, it was pretty good there too.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on going to a few camps to get my name out there a bit more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes Alabama was my favorite college football team growing up, but my favorite basketball team right now is Kentucky.”


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Q&A with Deer Lakes offensive lineman Joey Ashi​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’d love to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None yet but I’m going to keep working and doing my thing and hopefully they come.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team [has] got to be PITT. Nothing like a good Pitt football game.”


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Q&A with Panther Valley quarterback Brody Breiner​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love the opportunity to play college sports. Not knowing which sport between football or baseball, only the man above will lead me down the path into my future journey.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve made a couple trips in the fall on some visits.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on making a couple of visits this fall. Some in mind are Muhlenberg, LVC, Coast Guard, Navy etc. to see the collegiate competition and experience.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has to be Notre Dame, the tradition is unmatched and the campus is beautiful.”


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Q&A with Hickory quarterback Zander Telesz​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve had multiple coaches from all levels reach out to me over Twitter and stuff, Lehigh U, Drake, Pens State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any trips yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m going to Pitt, Penn State in the next couple weekends.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up is Penn State.”


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Q&A with Bermudian Springs running back Eddie Sebright​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love the opportunity and feel I’m in prime opportunity to play college football, the level and school has yet to be determined.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Mainly schools in the PSAC I’ve had talks with.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“It's hard to say, a couple of schools are about the same in that regard.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not really, I plan on visiting a couple in the deeper spring.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, a couple different colleges in May and June.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I’ve been a UCLA fan since I started watching college football.”


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PA Preps High School Football Talk

Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football now!


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Q&A with Harrisburg defensive back Quincy Brannon Jr.
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Pretty good, finished the season off 12-2. We lost in the semis to states, overall great job by me and my guys.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just to get bigger, faster, and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will go far this season, we are hungry for that state championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are some pretty good teams around and in our schedule but none that I believe will give us a run for our money! We are excited about the McDevitt game though.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nobody’s tough going against us.”

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Q&A with Deer Lakes offensive lineman Joey Ashi
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Last year went well. Bringing the first playoff win in history home was a great feeling, but we fell short of our ultimate goal and we are going to change that this year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“With football being the only sport I play, I get to focus on it all year around and this offseason a big focus for me was getting quicker and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that our team this year will really be able to do something. We have several key players returning. The seniors that left played a big role in our team last year but we got dudes ready to step up and take those roles as leaders and playmakers.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We will play a couple tough teams but they are all beatable. We don't care who we play, we just want to win.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We’re going to face lots of good players this year.”

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Q&A with Panther Valley quarterback Brody Breiner
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous high school season was amazing learning the position as my first year starting at quarterback as a sophomore and got a ton of experience for the next two seasons.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Lifting twice a day before school and with the team after school. The schedule is tough with baseball and track too.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m very excited for this upcoming season with everyone back. We have tons of experience returning with all of our receivers and running backs and most linemen back.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like the best opponent match up will be against our rival Marian with my cousin being their head coach and knowing most of the players gets me excited to play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

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Q&A with Hickory quarterback Zander Telesz
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season our team accomplished a lot, a D10 title, and made it to the state semifinals for the first time in like 34 years. It was our head coach's first time there as well. We didn’t get the outcome we wanted but it was an amazing season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I was in my winter sport which was hockey and that season ended with a championship as well. But now football started in January so I’m really pushing myself this offseason so me and my team can dominate the competition this season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This year’s team is different from every other Hickory team without a doubt. We have our entire offense and defense line returning, our leading rusher, multiple all state guys. This team is going somewhere for sure.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Rival games are always the hardest, we have the Sharon Tigers week 3 on senior night and it’s just a battle every time we see them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Juju Johnson from Farrell is a really tough and good player at running back and just an all-around field.”

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Q&A with Bermudian Springs running back Eddie Sebright
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Not amazing, we won our league but the goal is always to win as many games as possible and we let some slip away we shouldn’t have. Individually on the other hand it was pretty good, but I definitely would’ve liked to have had a better start to the season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Train as much as possible everyday and stack days. Become a better athlete in every way I can.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Really good, we have a great feeling about next season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“New Oxford, while they are losing a lot of skill players coach Warner always has found a way for their team to be competitive in recent years.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t really pay attention to individual players, I’m not someone who looks at another team and is scared of one of their players. I’m confident I bring more to the table for Bermudian Springs than they do for whoever they play for.”

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Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Jay Harris from Downingtown East in 2013 always comes to mind for me. He was one of the most dynamic playmakers I’ve ever seen in high school football. He had a full ride to play at Michigan State but decided in May before graduation that he would… become a rapper! That lasted all of 6 months before he decided to sign with Western Michigan but then decided his true calling was the rapping life so he left after being there for two months.
That works out sometimes. Gino Fortebuono wrestled at Easton, state champ in 2001. Won Reno, Ironman, Beast of the East, ranked like #8 nationally at 130 his senior year. Steve Powell will tell you he’s on the shortlist for most talented kids he had in 40 years of coaching. Super wide open and fun to watch too. Anyway, Gino had a ton of D1 offers out of Easton, but passed them all up to go to film school in New York. Totally gave up wrestling. He was a different cat. I see his name every so often in credits on Netflix, I think he’s carved out a nice little career.

Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Jay Harris from Downingtown East in 2013 always comes to mind for me. He was one of the most dynamic playmakers I’ve ever seen in high school football. He had a full ride to play at Michigan State but decided in May before graduation that he would… become a rapper! That lasted all of 6 months before he decided to sign with Western Michigan but then decided his true calling was the rapping life so he left after being there for two months.

Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Now I’m just memory lane-ing guys. Sean Heimpel was a 6’5 190 righty for Liberty, who was their ace as a sophomore in pitching them to the PIAA final. He graduated Liberty’s all time leader in strikeouts, as a senior threw two no-hitters and fanned 106 batters in 58 innings, and in an age where high school velocity was not as crazy as it is now, sat in the low 90s with that frame.

Heimpel was so sure he was getting drafted that he didn’t take the SATs or remotely participate in the recruit process. But, he never filed his paperwork to make himself draft eligible, and didn’t get selected. He went to junior college where he was the closer for a team that was won a JUCO national title, then the ace of the team that finished runner-up at the World Series. He transferred to a Division II school in Georgia, where he piled up silly strikeout numbers, but only got himself a shot in independent ball. He got signed by the Padres out of the Frontier League, but only got a cup of coffee in affiliated baseball after putting all of those non-professional innings on his arm.

Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Not quite the same, but a “best that never was” from up here is Kyle Newell, defensive end/tight end out of Bethlehem Catholic.

I saw Newell play in a middle school basketball gane for Northeast Middle School in Bethlehem, when he was already about 6’4/6’5, but was essentially playing swing man. Must have had 50 points, like three in traffic dunks, just an insane display of physical ability from an 8th grader.

That fall, he started as a freshman at defensive end for Bob Stem’s last team at Becahi, the 2001 team that probably blew a chance at a state title when their all state quarterback got kicked off the team in week 9. I think Newell and Dan Kendra III were the only freshmen starters Stem ever had. As a sophomore, he put up double digit sacks for the Becahi team that lost to eventual state champ Parkland in that classic 02 D11 title game. He was their best defender on the last truly great Becahi team. Following his junior year, where he was an All State pick at defensive end, Rivals had Newell as the #59 overall player nationally in the class of 2005. He also put up over 800 yards receiving as a tight end (where NC State was recruiting him) and was a first team all state basketball player who scored 1,500 career points and led Becahi to the state quarterfinals twice. Put that all in a 6’7 250 pound frame and it seemed like the sky was the limit.

But Newell was “mercurial” at best. Basketball coach Jim Hutnik, who later coached at Easton, used to tell stories of him just disappearing for days at a time, then showing up for the bus for games and scoring 25 points and grabbing 20 rebounds, then they wouldn’t see him at practice again for a couple days. He’d do the same thing to coaches recruiting him, allegedly royally pissing off Rich Rodriguez and Joe Paterno. He also was hampered by chronic ankle injuries as a senior in football, and rivals dropped him down to a 3 star and out of the top 100. He chose NC State over Tennessee (who offered him as a freshman and was the first school really in on him), no doubt aided by Lehigh Valley native Chuck Amato being willing to gamble on him for his old friend Stem (he was one of five different Becahi players who played for Amato in the 00s). But I don’t think he ever made it to campus, and everybody I know has totally lost track of him.

The other big what-if with Newell is, he went to Becahi for what ended up Stem’s last season. His freshman and sophomore years, Becahi was awesome, top 3 team in the state, major contender. But they slipped to under .500 the last two years as Stem’s big recruits cycled out to college and they didn’t backfill behind Newell’s class. Meanwhile, Newell’s home school Liberty hired Tim Moncman and started their run, going 10-2 and was ranked in the top 6 in the state during Newell’s senior season with a sophomore Dan Persa. They may have been able to beat Easton and make a state run a season earlier with Newell on the roster, rather than miring away at a bad Becahi team. Which is not what the plan looked like when he picked schools in 2001. Moncman and his staff also probably were more prepared to help guide a kid like Newell than the Becahi staff was. Life is funny.

Aliquippa forced up again? PIAA wrong or right?

We'll see what's left of St. Joe's after St. Eds pounds them. Hope they survive. And about the Quips. I doubt they get out of the West and maybe not the Wpial with a big surprise lurking.
crazy- apparently "court was in session" today, in Beaver County Court- as per Pgh media- Harlan-trib and White-PG. Crazy. If they "stay" for now? That would require changing like 20-30 team schedules??
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Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Monroe Weekly of Aliquippa

he picked Pitt over Miami when Miami was the big powerhouse in college football back in 2001

I think he got busted with steroids at Pitt, and then ended up in prison for armed robbery

i wonder if he's still in prison today

who can forget him punting the basketball into the rafters when the quips lost the basketball state championship, he punted better than Pressley Harvin
Dipre was the one I remember who got busted with the juice.

Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Another Erie guy from when I was in school was Roosevelt Benjamin for erie central. He was on those 93 and 94 teams that made it to the western finals. The 94 team lost to eventually champs McKeesport 13-14. Benjamin was getting recruited by lots of major D1 schools but they found drugs in his locker. He went on to star as a starting basketball player on those 90s George Junior teams that were so talented. As good as a basketball player he was he was an even better football player. Later on after highschool he ended up getting in trouble again and eventually arrested for selling drugs to an undercover agent in a giant drug sting in Erie. To this day I say he was one of the best athletes to ever come out of Erie.
Benjamin tried to play football at Clarion but I don't remember him doing much. He looked the part but he seemed kinda slow.

Great athletes in Pennsylvania that got in their own way and couldn't stay out of trouble.

Monroe Weekly of Aliquippa

he picked Pitt over Miami when Miami was the big powerhouse in college football back in 2001

I think he got busted with steroids at Pitt, and then ended up in prison for armed robbery

i wonder if he's still in prison today

who can forget him punting the basketball into the rafters when the quips lost the basketball state championship, he punted better than Pressley Harvin

More Hc Openings

Mole, I didn’t realize how severe the recent struggles were; 10-20 over 3 years is rough for a program with that kind of tradition. What’s the outlook on the 24 squad? Will they right the ship?
That really is a pronounced drop off. Add to that the fall of North Penn and Pennsbury (Abington?) to see how dramatically the SOL has declined recently. The Skins and Knights WERE the SOL for years!
(Skinner Man; fired buddy's Mossberg 500-12GA this week. Scary weapon, 470-some grain. Better hold on!)
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