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Top 10 East-6A (#1 and # 2)

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Here are some “Quick Hits” giving St. Joseph’s Prep the respect deserved with an expanded write up for putting together another great season to win their third state title in four years! Also included more information on Coatesville who are one of the real favorites to win district one and perhaps more. Otherwise, just a few short entries with some general information of interest and a stab at the Top 10 6A teams in the East and West. As always feel free to jump in or on with corrections and opinions. Thanks.



THE EAST
1 St. Joseph’s Prep 14-0: 6A champ
St. Joseph’s won their third state title in the last four years with a thorough destruction of previously unbeaten Pittsburgh Central Catholic 42-7. This is the second time they’ve handled the Vikings, beating them in the 2013 final 35-10 for their first PIAA state title. The following year they held on to defeat Pine Richland’s powerful array, 49-41. So it’s been quite a run. And with a decent core returning, who knows!
Last year’s record setting offense scored 40ppg, their best in at least 25 years. At 40ppg, the closest group to this was 2002’s great team that went 13-0 scoring 38ppg, allowing 8.
With the loss of last year’s special offensive line, super back D’Andre Swift (1566 yds) and receiver Terrence Green (656), duplicating last year’s offensive punch will be difficult. But the cupboard is not bare.
Key returns on offense include quarterback Marquez McCray (6-2, 205, sr) and one of his principal receivers from last year, Darryl Simmons (6-3, 200, 536 yds, sr). WR James Cherry (5-8, 160, sr) gives them speed outside to combine with McCray’s duel threats, passing for 2164 yards and rushing for another 422. It’s a wipe out of an outstanding O-Line (tackle to tight end) but they have significant numbers returning to the defense where they could be special.
DT Ryan Bryce (6-4, 285, sr) and DE Rayshad Wallace (6-0, 210, sr) are up front with LBs Bradley Cobaugh (6-1, 200, sr), their leading tackler with 84, Phil O’Connor (6-0, 210, sr) and Myles Talley (5-9, 185), last year’s outstanding sophomore. Dawson DeIuliis (5-9, 190, sr) and DeJuan Dandridge (6-0, 175, sr) return to the secondary.
Beginning the season with an experienced quarterback and a solid defensive front is not a bad way to be especially with their history of reloading well. The defense was an outstanding unit last year allowing 16ppg. Pretty good stuff playing Oaks Christian, Don Bosco Prep, Archbishop Wood, LaSalle twice then Parkland, North Penn and Central Catholic, winning by an average score of 43-20.
Looking ahead, the opener with Jesuit (12-1, 5A, Tampa) should be interesting. Good timing personnel wise with Jesuit graduating most of their record setting offense that scored 46ppg including quarterback Daniel Boon (1566yds, 62%) and Malik Davis (UF) who had 2472 yards rushing. Lead WR Travell Harris with 604 yards also graduated.
Known for strong defense (11ppg last year) they return good numbers with their leading tacklers in MLB Braden Gilby (6-2, 225,138 tackles, sr) and OLB Nick Terrana (6-3, 210, 95 tackles, sr) back….plus LB Reid Clark (5-11, 190, 24 tackles, sr), DEs Anthony Nellson (6-2, 235, 81 tackles, sr) and Blake Courtade (6-2, 220, 28 tackles, sr), DT A.J. Pinion (5-9, 230, 39 tackles,, sr), FS Dane Belton (6-1, 180, 54 tackles, jr) and SS Nick Polo (5-10, 170, 44 tackles, jr). Last year saw them lose in the 6A semifinal to American Heritage 21-14. To gage Jesuit’s pedigree through their strength of schedule, here are American Heritage’s (Plantation campus) impressive wins from last year, bearing in mind the narrowness of Jesuit’s loss to them….and that AH would go on to win their 3rd state title in 4 years; Don Bosco Prep 21-0, Colquitt County, GA 17-14 and Northwestern (Miami) 34-32 in the regular season, then Cardinal Gibbon (9-2, Lauderdale), Bishop Moore (11-2, Orlando) and Ponte Vedra (13-1 outside Jacksonville) in the final. Jesuit’s 5 year won-loss is 48-15, going 13-1 and 12-1 the last two years.
This looks like a defensive battle with both fielding veteran units where only one returns a veteran quarterback. Then again it’s at Jesuit who will have two games under their belt having played Gaither (7A, 5-5, Tampa) and Durant (7A, 8-3, Plant City) giving the new QB a few throws and game experience. Plus Tampa is typically summer-like hot on the Gulf Coast in September where it usually gets anywhere from 85 to the low 90s. After this comes St. Peters Prep-NJ and Archbishop Wood.

2 Coatesville 11-2:The Ches Mont champ had a heck of a run last year with such a young team dismantling Abington and Ridley in the postseason before losing to North Penn in the district semifinal 35-13. There was a notable trend losing to power teams like Cumberland Valley 41-21 and North Penn 35-13 (per youth?) by an average score of 17-38 while winning all other games by an average score of 43-16.
For this season the main elements of that offense return, led by the powerful triumvirate of QB Ricky Ortega, running back Aaron Young and wide out Avery Young. Ortega (6-0, 185, so) passed for 2224 yards and 25 Tds while rushing for 596 yards with another 12 tds. Aaron Young (5-11, 190, sr ) rushed for 1410 yards and brings elite speed (4.5/40) with the clear ability to break it on any play. Avery Young (6-2, 195, sr) gives them a real threat receiving with 38 receptions last year for 733 yards. He is a superior talent in the secondary. Mekhi Alexander (5-9, 175, sr) and Dapree Bryant (5-9, 175, jr) can both motor from their SB position and secondary.
The line lost some good ones, particularly Alex Vondra (6-2, 265), Owen Kline (6-1, 250) and Tyler Brown (6-2, 225); some played both ways. Receiver Jaden Hudson is a loss at receiver and the D will definitely miss NG Isiah Hall (5-10, 215), MLB Taun Evan (5-11, 215) and Tyler Brown (6-2, 225) at DE. DB Ed Clark (5-10, 180) is also gone. LBs Jimmy Limper (6-2, 210, jr) and Nikolas Thompson (6-1, 210) are back, Limper at DE with NG Alex Raimondo (5-10, 220, sr) also back. With last’s average score of 39-17, many, many players got playing time, making this a highly experience and deep team.
They’ll be more mature and veteran this year with 6A challenges coming from Downingtown West (4-6) and Downingtown East (9-3). A look at the all-important “schedule read” sees them at Downingtown West in the Whippets home opener after visiting Perk Val, Wayne Val (NJ) and Neshaminy, making for one raucous opener at Kottmeyer. Later in the season Downingtown East closes their home schedule against Coatesville, putting the Raiders in another emotion packed setting perhaps with playoff implications for the Cougars.
They open at Gratz then a tough one at Mechanicsburg across the river from Harrisburg against West Shore power Cumberland Valley. CV is CV, always strong along the lines, running the Wing-T like few teams in this state. Nice chance for some payback but it’s tough winning at Chapman Field behind the school before a packed house where it will be SRO!
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Top 10 East 6A (#8-#10 and others)

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8 Spring Ford 9-3: Graduation hit this team real hard, almost wiping out the defense but returning three key cogs in D1 talented quarterback TJ Pergine (6-1, 195, sr) who threw for 2285 yards in his first year under center. His completion percent was 59 with a 27/8 Td to Pick ratio, Never underestimate Head Coach Chad Brubaker’s ability to develop quarterbacks as evidenced by his years at Wilson (West Lawn) where he developed Chad Henne, Kerry Collins and others. Year two should see marked improvement. The other key cogs are OL/DL Noah Silva (6-2, 275, sr) and Center Matthew Lapore (6-2, 270, sr). A D1 left tackle and returning center will put a smile on any quarterback’s face. The offense is going to be fine. Been fine at 41, 41 and 43ppg the last 3 years with a D allowing 16, 11 and 13ppg last year. A home opener to Unionville plus a road game at Chester could get things off to a positive start before playing Wilson at home. The Bulldogs are absolutely loaded again this year but took 2 overtimes beating the Rams last year in West Lawn. Plus, they come in off their monster rivalry game with fellow Reading area foe Governor Mifflin from Shillington. Maybe the Rams catch them a little beat up as the Bulldogs and Mustangs typically go it against each other with no holds barred.


9 Neshaminy 11-1; The SOL-National champ Redskins had notable graduation losses with quality lineman on both sides including quarterback Mason Jones and running back Will Dogba. But you have to like any team returning 3 linebackers, almost the entire receiver corps/secondary and 2 linemen. The fact they’re going with a sophomore quarterback in Brody McAndrew (6-1,190) to replace Jones speaks volumes about the staff’s confidence in the 10th grader. Add to that a stable coaching staff and Neshaminy’s long history of success to see they are well positioned for the coming season. They are a D1 staple with a 98-30 record the last 10 years and a 46-17 slate the last 5. Last year’s team blew through the regular season schedule winning their first 10 before running into a red hot buzz saw from Garnet Valley who shocked them 42-14 in the 2nd round. At a glance, the schedule looks favorable with 3 home games to open the season until a closer look reveals those teams are prideful Roman Catholic, troublesome Pennridge who has been their nemesis of late and Downingtown West looking for pay back from last year’s 42-14 thrashing where the Skins shut em down, 484 total yards to 183.





10 Downingtown West 4-6: The Whippets return the world with 16 starters, added to a hefty dose of subs to have them well positioned to reverse last year’s losing season, their first since 2010. 4-6 is strange stuff at Downingtown but they haven’t fallen that far, with wins over Neshaminy at Langhorne and Coatesville two years ago plus narrow nail biters to Pennsbury in the postseason. It’s Downingtown, where despite a losing season they were still racking up points scoring 28 a game. The problem was defense where they allowed 29 a game, disallowing them winning the close ones, losing to Perkiomen Valley (12-1) 42-41, Wayne Valley-NJ (9-3) 34-31 and Henderson (9-4) 14-7. With their quarterback, most of their linemen, their skill people and most of their defense and almost all their linebackers returning, they should be in the Ches Mont-National hunt. And if they can survive the opening gauntlet of Perkiomen Valley, Wayne Valley and Neshaminy all on the road, you’ll know they’re ok. All 3 are rebuilding while breaking in a new quarterbacks. PV lost their great tandem of record setting quarterback Stephen Sturm and WO Justin Jaworski and others, Neshaimy lost QB Mason Jones and RB Will Dogba while Wayne Valley (NJ) lost standout QB Grant Ferrauilo (6-3, 210, 3360yds), RB Nick Gould’s +1100 yards and WR Joe Scancarella’s 1055 yards. All are depleted and arguably winnable games. Then they come home to Coatesville! The 10 spot was a toss-up between Garnet Valley and Downingtown East, leaning to a driven, proud team steeped in tradition bouncing back from a losing season. But just a lean!



Others:

Perkiomen Valley 12-1; Should be one of the better defensive fronts in the area.

Downingtown East 9-3; Return QB Bryce Lauletta’s 1678 yards, 58% completion rate and a 17/11 Td/Pick ratio that has to improve. Decent core!

Ridley 11-2; It’s a big rebuild but its Ridley, without a losing season since 1955 and finally some size along the lines the last few years.

Garnet Valley 11-3; Shocked everyone last year losing in the district final to North Penn and return at least 5 lineman and 3 backs from a deep backfield to put them in good shape for another spooky Veer Offense to again shake up the district.

Haverford 7-5; Two 7-pt losses denied a 9-3 record but look for good things with a returning junior quarterback and talented WR/LB Jordan Mosley (6-1, 205,sr).

Pennridge 6-6; They’re looking for another quarterback from Georgia but do have a few lineman and backs, experience at quarterback and big FB/MLB Nick Tarburton (6-3, 245,sr) with 96 tackles from last year and 19 TFL.

Central Bucks East 8-3; Will be strong along the lines and at LB with experience at QB.

Central Bucks South 8-3; Last year’s 15ppg yield on D was their best ever (1st year 2012) and that’s saying something with a non-supporting offense sputtering along at 21ppg. A lot of experience returns to the D with the O rebuilding the entire line, hoping for some help from oft injured quarterback Jack Johns (6-6, 215, sr) who had considerable playing time.
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Failure Friday

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What better way to start Failure Friday than to update our uniformed board liberals about what is actually going on in the world. Susan Rice, Incapabama's national security advisor, said this week about Obama's North Korea dealings that "you can call it a failure." She then went on to try to include the past two decades, probably to try to cover for the statement by including Bush and Clinton in the responsibility.

No doubt this is partially true, as it wasn't just Incapabama who was responsible. However, it is interesting how little coverage Clinton's role is in all of this receives. His 1994 deal basically set North Korea on the path to achieving the nuclear capability they desired. His decision to give them huge amounts of crude oil was just plain ignorance.

Often the case is made on this board that a president's actions are not felt for 10-20 years, at least when they take on major initiatives; this is a classic case, as Incapabama's "deal" with Iran will probably demonstrate around 2024-2034. That "deal" will likely be way worse than Clinton's North Korea disaster deal, as Iran is likely to be much more offensive with their nukes. Any guesses as to how the left-wing, fake news media will cover that event in terms of investigative work into how bad the deal was and how it set up Iran to become a nuclear power?
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Success Friday........

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I say that we use the last Friday of each month to list Trump's successes. Just this week:
  • taking action against MS-13 and their gang activities, including murder of innocent young ladies.
  • 2.6% GDP growth in his first full quarter of being president, keeping in mind that he is going up against the marginal utility of debt that was built by Incapabama®, thereby making growth more difficult.
  • continuing to lower regulations
  • stock market at all-time highs based partially on good earnings, but also on the realization that we are going to run a real economy based on lower regulations, lower taxes, infrastructure building program, etc.
  • much lower level of crossings at Mexican-American border
Yes, these are tough times for democrats/liberals/socialists/communists. They still can't believe what happened in the election, but, even more importantly, they look back on the Incapabama® years and wonder how eight years could go by so quickly without one major accomplishment. Yet, it is they who were critical of Trump after only a month or two about not getting things done. No wonder we love the entertainment that they provide here!
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Trump Praises Putin Instead of Critiquing Cuts to U.S. Embassy Staff

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“I want to thank him because we’re trying to cut down on payroll, and as far as I’m concerned, I’m very thankful that he let go of a large number of people, because now we have a smaller payroll,” Mr. Trump told reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. “There’s no real reason for them to go back. So I greatly appreciate the fact that we’ve been able to cut our payroll of the United States. We’ll save a lot of money.”


The President of the United States doesn't understand that Putin didn't and cannot fire embassy staff. I guess his base believes his fake news, but it's laughable to the rest of us. Putin must have pissed himself (which Trump would enjoy).
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2018 Verbals

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Wanted to give credit to David Mika .. pulled this off his web page..

2018 Eastern PA HS Football Verbal Commitments
Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
If a player on your team commits to a college, please let us know and include their name, position and what school there from. Thanks!

Updated: 08/01/2017

Email us: 2018 Verbal Commitments



Army:

Noah Yates – DE – Carbondale Area

Timothy Kater – DL – Steelton-Highspire



Boston College:

Aaron Gethers – CB – Bishop McDevitt (3)



Delaware

Anthony Paoletti – QB – Marple-Newtown

Liam Trainer – LB/TE – LaSalle College HS



Fordham:

Jaden Vazquez – OLB/FB – Bethlehem Liberty



Florida:

Kyle Pitts – TE – Archbishop Wood



Harvard:

Luke Emge – QB – Manheim Township



Maryland:

Jordan Mosley – WR/SS – Haverford



Ohio University:

Kurt Danneker – OL – Williamsport Area



Oregon:

Justin Johnson – OT- Neuman Goretti



Penn State:

Charlie Katshir – ATH – Cumberland Valley

Isheem Young – ATH – Imhotep Charter

Nick Tarburton – LB – Pennridge

Shaquon Anderson-Butts – WR – Harrisburg

Zack Kuntz – TE – Camp Hill



Rutgers:

Avery Young – CB/WR – Coatesville

Matt Rosso – OL/DL – Pennsbury



Syracuse:

Aaron Bolinsky – LS – North Schuylkill

Cooper Lutz – SS – Berks Catholic



Temple:

Adam Klein – OL – Episcopal Academy

David Martin-Robinson – WR – Hempfield



UConn:

Hunter Webb – LB – Loyalsock Township



University of Penn:

Tanner Long – LB – Germantown Academy



UCLA:

Chris Bleich – OL – Wyoming Valley West



Virginia Tech

Nasir Peoples CB-RB – Archbishop Wood
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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Summer Previews

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1. Emmaus

Last Season: 10-2 (EPC South Division Champions)
Playoffs: Beat Liberty 23-13; Lost to Freedom 42-12

Returning Starters Offense (9): RB Sone Ntoh (Jr. 5’10 205); *RB Lubens Myers (Jr. 5’11 165); *WR Josh Artis (Sr. 6’4 200); TE/FB Noah Breidinger (Sr. 5’9 220); OT Gregg Johnson (6’4 270); OG Austen Kasaczun (Sr. 6’1 260); *C Andy Roche (Sr. 6’0 235); *OG Matt Nimas (Sr. 6’1 260); *OT Mike Reeves (Sr. 6’2 220)

Returning Starters Defense (9): DT Matt Nimas (Sr. 6’1 260); DT Joey Barno (Sr. 5’8 240); DE Grant Ritter (Sr. 6’2 245); *LB Noah Breidinger (Sr. 5’9 225); *LB Blake Reed (Sr. 6’0 195); LB Ben Maehrer (Sr. 6’0 200); LB Sone Ntoh (Jr. 5’10 205); CB Lubens Myers (Jr. 5’11 165); SS Josh Artis (Sr. 6’4 200)
* = All Conference pick in 2016

Returning Leaders
Passing: Blake Reed: 9-32, 178 yards, 2 TD 0 INT
Rushing: Lubens Myers: 197 carries, 1,208 yards, 16 TDs
Rushing: Sone Ntoh: 128 carries, 905 yards, 17 TDs
Receiving: Josh Artis: 34 catches, 554 yards, 6 TDs
Defensive: Noah Breidinger: 94 tackles, 10 TFL

Emmaus is the preseason favorite, returning 18 starters from a team that went 9-1 in the regular season and won their first outright conference championship in football since the early 1972. First year head coach Harold Fairclough (2010 state championship at Allentown Central Catholic) completely revamped the Emmaus program, winning far beyond what anybody expected in year one. An injury to quarterback Derek Shaeffer in the last game of the regular season dashed any hopes of a District XI championship, but the Green Hornets come back loaded for bear ready to build off of their 2016 momentum.

The Offense: Sophomores Sone Ntoh and Lubens Myers combined for over 2,100 yards and 30 TDs last season and are one of the best running back combos statewide in 6A. The juniors should lead the Emmaus offense in 2017 and both are 1,000 yard threats and could push 3,000 yards as a duo. Ntoh is probably the better college prospect as a running back, while Myers future is probably at corner. Ntoh is a bull in the inside run game an can put it into gear in the open field, while Myers stretches the field and has the straight line speed to take it to the house if he gets a corner. Expect them to put up massive numbers behind an offensive line that returns all five starters, including three All EPC picks from a year ago. The unit averages 250 across and is super physical at the point of attack. The passing game has a major safety blanket in senior receiver Josh Artis, an FCS prospect who is a huge mismatch at 6’4 200 with great hands and athleticism. Artis is a two-time slam dunk champion at the Stellar Catch a Rising Star basketball tournament, and he really showcases those ups and athleticism on the football field. The key on offense will be senior quarterback Blake Reed. Reed filled in for Shaeffer last season after not taking a varsity snap on offense in 2016, and the rust showed. With a full offseason and camp to develop as a QB, Reed’s development will be the difference between Emmaus being a good team and a team that can really do damage come playoff time.

The Defense: Emmaus led the EPC in sacks as a team last year, and brings back 9 starters on defense, including All EPC linebackers Noah Breidinger and Blake Reed. Reed is an edge rush specialist (though his QB duties may take away from his impact on defense) while Breidinger is a classic, downhill run stopper at middle linebacker who made 94 tackles as a junior. Myers has the tools to be one of the best corners in the eastern part of the state, and Artis is a rangy, ball hawking safety, who can deliver a blow in run support. They’ll need to fill the corner spot opposite of Myers, as more teams have gone spread in the EPC, strong play in the secondary with guys on an island is huge. The defensive line lost its leader in Kyle Carraher, but brings back the rest of its starters. They have a ton of size. Emmaus may also show more 3-4 this year to get a lot of their talented linebackers on the field.

Expectations: On paper, this is the best team in the Lehigh Valley and the 6A favorites in D11. With a pair of 1,000 yard running backs, an impact, Division I wide receiver, an experienced offensive line, the best linebacking corps in the Valley, and a coaching staff that has won everything under the sun, this has all the makings of the best year in school history for the Green Hornets.
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