How did the high school football season go overall?
“Our season went very well I thought, even though we came up short in the state championship, getting there was a hard process to accomplish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now with sports and workouts is to continue to go to the gym, get stronger and faster, and eat right.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team next season will achieve good things again because we are all very close with each other and we all grew up playing football together.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest team is always whoever we play week 1 because you never know what can happen, they could come out in a totally different offense/defense then what you were prepared for because of the new season.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Jaden Shedlock, he can either throw it or run it and he’s good at both so it’s hard to stop.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play either football or baseball in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No, colleges have not been recruiting me yet.”

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?
“I haven’t made any college trips yet but I plan to very soon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, my favorite college growing up was always Penn State, because I used to go to the football games all the time and fell in love with the school.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season was a battle, we started off the season 1-4 and finished 5-5 and made a push for a playoff game. Our team got closer and bonded, that team I’d consider my family.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“We have started off-season workouts and everyone in there is working hard and getting better every day. Personally, I work out 6 days a week. I go to a trainer out in Norwin that plays at Mercyhurst. I will also run track in the Spring.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“With the news of us moving up to 5A I feel as if we are already the underdogs many of people wrote us off last year but I feel we use that as motivation to work harder.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Well moving to 5A means we got to play teams like Pine Richland which we got a taste of last year but I’d say the reigning champions Peters Township would be the toughest possible opponent.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We don’t know our schedule exactly yet but Latrobe has Alex Tatsch at linebacker and he’s ranked with 4 stars so he would be a pretty exciting opponent to compete with.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Ever since I was little my biggest dream was to play in college. I train every day and in the back of my mind that always pushes me more because I’m aware of what it takes to make it to that level. But my options are very much open and my eyes aren’t set on any specific school just yet.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some PSAC schools such as Shippensburg have reached out. Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst where my fellow teammates Isaiah Gonzalez and Brennan Moore have been offered to play for them.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“As of right now Shippensburg has reached out the most, I’ve been on a game day visit there and met the coaches and saw the campus.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to Shippensburg for a visit so far.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Some schools I plan on visiting are Clarion, Slippery Rock, MercyHurst, Gannon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite team growing up was for sure Pitt, my mom went there and so did most of my family so I’ve always watched them play growing up.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season went really well, finishing 12-2. We won the district championship and [went] to the state semifinals.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m playing basketball now and baseball in the spring but I will continue to workout through the year.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team will be good, we are going to have some young guys step up this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The team that will be tough competition is Manheim Central but they are always a good rivalry game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m honestly not sure who will be the toughest individual player we will play next year.”

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges yet.”

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

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t made any college trips yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No plans as of now.”

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

Find out what colleges are recruiting Dane Horning, Landon Kucic, Dylan Geskey, Noah Keating, and Grady Snyder now!


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Q&A with Cocalico running back Dane Horning​

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges yet.”

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

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t made any college trips yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No plans as of now.”

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


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Q&A with Kiski Area running back Landon Kucic​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Ever since I was little my biggest dream was to play in college. I train every day and in the back of my mind that always pushes me more because I’m aware of what it takes to make it to that level. But my options are very much open and my eyes aren’t set on any specific school just yet.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some PSAC schools such as Shippensburg have reached out. Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst where my fellow teammates Isaiah Gonzalez and Brennan Moore have been offered to play for them.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“As of right now Shippensburg has reached out the most, I’ve been on a game day visit there and met the coaches and saw the campus.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to Shippensburg for a visit so far.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Some schools I plan on visiting are Clarion, Slippery Rock, MercyHurst, Gannon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite team growing up was for sure Pitt, my mom went there and so did most of my family so I’ve always watched them play growing up.”


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Q&A with Dallas running back Dylan Geskey​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play either football or baseball in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No, colleges have not been recruiting me yet.”

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?
“I haven’t made any college trips yet but I plan to very soon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, my favorite college growing up was always Penn State, because I used to go to the football games all the time and fell in love with the school.”


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Q&A with Pennridge quarterback Noah Keating​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’ve always wanted to play football in college and I’d love to play at Liberty University.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’m not being actively recruited by any schools.”

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

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went to a couple camps last year (Penn State, Lehigh, Maryland) and plan to do the same this year.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“I went to two game day visits this past year, Liberty and Penn State and I really enjoyed both of them.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I always loved Notre Dame and Penn State growing up.”


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Q&A with Central Cambria running back Grady Snyder​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I am planning on playing football in college but as of right now I am undecided where.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have talked with multiple schools but currently I have not received any offers.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Since I have no offers yet, my answer would have to be that no one school is recruiting me harder than the other.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, I am waiting for spring.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I am waiting till basketball season is over to plan out my visits.”

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


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


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Q&A with Cocalico running back Dane Horning
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season went really well, finishing 12-2. We won the district championship and [went] to the state semifinals.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m playing basketball now and baseball in the spring but I will continue to workout through the year.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team will be good, we are going to have some young guys step up this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The team that will be tough competition is Manheim Central but they are always a good rivalry game.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m honestly not sure who will be the toughest individual player we will play next year.”

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Q&A with Kiski Area running back Landon Kucic
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season was a battle, we started off the season 1-4 and finished 5-5 and made a push for a playoff game. Our team got closer and bonded, that team I’d consider my family.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“We have started off-season workouts and everyone in there is working hard and getting better every day. Personally, I work out 6 days a week. I go to a trainer out in Norwin that plays at Mercyhurst. I will also run track in the Spring.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“With the news of us moving up to 5A I feel as if we are already the underdogs many of people wrote us off last year but I feel we use that as motivation to work harder.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Well moving to 5A means we got to play teams like Pine Richland which we got a taste of last year but I’d say the reigning champions Peters Township would be the toughest possible opponent.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We don’t know our schedule exactly yet but Latrobe has Alex Tatsch at linebacker and he’s ranked with 4 stars so he would be a pretty exciting opponent to compete with.”

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Q&A with Dallas running back Dylan Geskey
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Our season went very well I thought, even though we came up short in the state championship, getting there was a hard process to accomplish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans now with sports and workouts is to continue to go to the gym, get stronger and faster, and eat right.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team next season will achieve good things again because we are all very close with each other and we all grew up playing football together.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest team is always whoever we play week 1 because you never know what can happen, they could come out in a totally different offense/defense then what you were prepared for because of the new season.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Jaden Shedlock, he can either throw it or run it and he’s good at both so it’s hard to stop.”

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Q&A with Pennridge quarterback Noah Keating
How did/is everything going football wise as of late?
“Obviously the season didn’t go as I wanted it to record wise but I really had a great time with my teammates and now am just trying to focus on becoming the best I can be this off-season.”

What do you feel your team can continue to improve on going forward?
“We honestly just have to be consistent. The talent’s there, we just have to execute and finish every game. There were so many opportunities we had this year where we failed to execute and it cost us games.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“I’m happy with what I accomplished this year but there’s definitely so many areas where I can improve so I’m just excited to continue to get better next year.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“Like I said earlier, I know this team has the talent we just need to finish games.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“To eventually become a college athlete.”

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Q&A with Central Cambria running back Grady Snyder
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The football season went well overall with a record of 4-6. We got better week by week and just missed out on playoffs and we are looking to make a run at the playoffs next year. Individually ran for over 1000 yards and received for over 400 yards.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Being a multi-sport athlete I have to plan my lifting workouts, running workouts, and my other sports that I am playing which doesn't give me much free time but I wouldn't have it any other way.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am excited for next season in which we have multiple starters returning and we are looking to take that next step as a team and a program.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Penn Cambria because they are returning a large number of players.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“In my opinion Carson Nagle from Bald Eagle. He is going to be one of the toughest players in the state next year.”

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One of my favorite events of the year, District 11 Duals, takes place this weekend at Freedom High School in Bethlehem. Although it doesn't quite have the stakes of the early 2000s, where just one team from D11 qualified for the state tournament (now it's both finalists) it still is an exceptionally competitive field with more state level teams than there are slots in the field at Hershey. District 11 started their duals championship in 1992, but the state did not begin a State Duals championship until 1999 (with D11 champ Northampton famously boycotting the first state tournament by sending their JV team due to it's proximity to the D11 individual tournament). Since the tournament started, the D11 champion has gone on to win the state title 12 times in 24 years, with the runner-up also posting a win in 2007. Since they started letting two D11 teams into the tournament, the finals has been an all D11 affair five times, including the last two seasons and three of the last four. Four different D11 teams have won a state title (Easton, Nazareth, Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic) and five have made finals (Parkland joins the list).

This year will be the first in nearly a decade where Bethlehem Catholic is not the top seed. Easton went undefeated against Pennsylvania teams, including wins over Becahi and Nazareth, to claim the top seed in the tournament. They'll have a first round match up with Liberty, then a semifinal with the Northampton/Whitehall winner. The Rovers defeated Northampton last weekend rather comfortably, and would be similarly favored against Whitehall, and are solid favorites to punch a Hershey ticket in semis.

The other side of the bracket is where the intrigue is, and sets up for another classic in the Becahi/Nazareth rivalry. Bethlehem Catholic, the two seed, will get some tough individual match ups against Pottsville, but should overwhelm on the team score. Nazareth gets upstart Pocono Mountain East in the quarters, which should be a comfortable win. That pits Bethlehem Catholic and Nazareth in the other semi in a "winner goes to states, loser goes home" match. They've met in the D11 tournament five times since Becahi moved up to 3A, but all were in finals with both teams assured to move on to the state bracket. We'll break that matchup down in a little more depth after team capsules.

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Easton loses their fifth straight to P’Burg, 27-27 with the Stateliners winning on the second criteria - most pins, 2-1. Both teams tied on the first tie breaking criteria with 7 wins a piece in the match.

Since the match was wrestled in New Jersey, they used NJ weights, so there were 14 bouts instead of 13, and Easton had to use a JV wrestler on varsity for the evening. Incredible match, despite the final result. Easton won massive toss ups at 157 and 165 to feel pretty good going into the back stretch. But at 190, Easton had a 6-1 lead and got cement mixed to their back to tie the match 6-6. Easton got a takedown to go up 8-7, but then was reversed and ridden out to lose 9-8. Won a big toss up at 215 to take a 23-21 lead in the match. P’Burg got an expected pin at 285, but despite being heavily favored at 106, Easton could not match the fall and only won 14-4, which left the match tied at 27 with P’Burg holding the tie breaking criteria.

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They say it's just too dangerous with claims that up to 30% of boys who played midget and weight-football have suffered concussions.

When I started playing tackle ball for Queen of The Universe (in third grade in 1962 or something) and then with the Penndel Wildcats (before Carl Sandburg junior high and then Neshaminy) so did all or most of my friends.

I am unaware that any of them have suffered from concussions or dementia or whatever - at last so far (with the average age of my friends around 70). People have had other health issues but not those as have come to be associated with repeated head trauma.

I guess it will be intramural flag football through high school soon enough and somehow the girls will dominate (owing to societal views/laws/whatever) and so it won't be long before we'll be watching an all female college landscape and NFL (if we're watching -- maybe just female soccer at the pro level which I find hilariously uninteresting as a solid boys high school squad can run them into the ground).

Way to go, California!

#4 Easton (10-0; third at Top Hat, third at Bethlehem Hurricane Classic) at #1 Bethlehem Catholic (5th at Beast of the East, 24th at Ironman)

One of the premier dual meets remaining in the regular season takes place Wednesday night when Easton travels to Bethlehem Catholic to take on the top ranked team in the state. Easton is in the midst of a resurgent year under fourth year head coach Jody Karam, who has nearly built back the program from the tumult and turmoil since Steve Powell’s retirement in 2016. In his first team meeting after getting hired, he told the freshmen that they would be (reigning state champ) Nazareth by the time they were seniors – they took care of that in a big way with a 39-19 win in December. They’ll have their crack at Bethlehem Catholic tonight, which is the second major checkpoint on their way back to the program’s heights. After last sesaon’s dual, Karam said to the Express-Times, “We knew we weren’t going to beat that team tonight. But we are going to beat that team, and we’re going to beat that team soon.” Here’s their shot.

Bethlehem Catholic is the two-time defending state duals champion and has won 35 straight dual meets, though that figure is misleading since they entered their JV team in the abbreviated 2021 state duals during the COVID season, with their starters they’ve won 40 straight since a State Duals semifinal loss to Waynesburg in 2020. Since moving up to 3A in 2015, Bethlehem Catholic has won five state dual titles, and have ten titles since the program’s resurgence in 2009. Their only teams to beat them in duals since moving up are Nazareth, Waynesburg, Franklin Regional, Wyoming Seminary, Blair Academy, Malvern Prep, Lake Highland Prep (FL), and Liberty (coached by current Easton head coach Jody Karam). The Red Rovers last beat the Golden Hawks in 2011.

Wednesday’s dual is expected to be decided by a razor thin margin. Make no mistake, this is a very good Bethlehem Catholic team (5th at Beast of the East tells us that). Despite two of the nation’s best wrestlers in Kollin Rath and Keanu Dillard, they are not as deep as previous iterations of the Golden Hawks. The retirement of longtime head coach Jeff Karam and a controversial (at least in some Becahi circles) hire of Mike Cole as the new head coach caused a wave of transfer – the Hawks lost current nationally ranked wrestlers Nate Desmond (2x state champ) and Jake Dailey (2x state medalist) to Wyoming Seminary and state qualifier Auggie Warke back to Schuylkill Haven. Their freshman and sophomore classes are also unusually light – Keanu Dillard is the only sophomore on the roster and his brother Reef is the lone “high impact” freshman who came in this season. They’re still really good – their junior class, even without Desmond, is excellent and provides a backbone that can compete with anybody in the state. But this is not the Godzilla team like you saw last season, where they set a scoring record at states with three champs and seven medals amongst their 10 qualifiers.

Easton is now in year four with Jody Karam (Jeff’s brother), the hall of famer and longtime boss at Liberty, and are starting to show the hallmarks of a Jody Karam program. Jody is as good as anybody at turning an average kid into a good kid, and you see that reflected in the quality of depth Easton has in its lineup. Kids like Quentin Hammerstone, James Geiger, and Shae Linegar, have gone from .500ish wrestlers to legitimate threats to qualify for individual states. And, this might be the first year in a decade where an athlete from the Easton feeder programs isn’t a state medalist at Bethlehem Catholic, Notre Dame, or both. Easton’s ability to hang on to lower weights Nick Salamone and Noah Fenner, both of whom were long tied to the Catholic school powers in the Valley, shows the potential Karam’s program can have if they hang onto their best kids - and with a wave coming in the junior high program right now, we may see that potential very soon. One of the criticisms of Jody at Liberty was the lack of elite kids, he only had one state champ in 20 years, but Liberty also has never had the resources and feeders that Easton does, so he hasn’t had the same access to talent that he does now. Fenner certainly looks the part of a star through his first month of varsity competition, and that will be the trend to watch is Easton is going to get back to being nationally ranked. But a win over Bethlehem Catholic would be a big start.

Find out what colleges are recruiting Brett Kania, Niko Carestia, Brock Cornell, Tyler Merrill, and Semaj Beals now!


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Q&A with Cambridge Springs running back Brett Kania​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would definitely like to play sports in college, and I would equally love to play either baseball or football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I was told I cannot be contacted by anyone yet since I am only a sophomore in high school.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have not had any colleges reach out for an official visit.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have unofficially visited several schools for baseball including: PSU, Kent St, Michigan, Campbell, NC State, UNC, Notre Dame and others.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I do not have any trips planned at this time.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I always loved Penn State growing up because my dad played football there, so it has always been special to me.”


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Q&A with Schuylkill Haven running back Niko Carestia​

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Nothing at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I liked Penn State as a kid but now I like both Pitt and Penn State.”


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Q&A with West Allegheny safety Brock Cornell​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I will be playing college football when I am older, not sure where yet.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been recruited by many patriot league schools, NEC schools, and CAA schools with a bunch of scattered FBS schools.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The schools that have been recruiting me the hardest have been UAlbany, and Duquesne.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been to a number of college visits already and I’m looking forward to visiting more.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“As of right now I have no trips planned.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Coastal Carolina.”


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Q&A with Cumberland Valley right tackle Tyler Merrill​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes of course, it has always been a dream of mine to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from PSU, Ohio St, Michigan, Pitt, Texas A&M, Nebraska, South Carolina, Syracuse, Iowa St, West Virginia, Temple, Akron, Kent State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I’ve had the most contact with PSU, Syracuse, & Pitt at this point.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I did game day visits at PSU, Ohio St, and Notre Dame. Also visited South Carolina and Pitt for a Junior day visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, I plan on doing some Spring practice visits, and camps this summer. Haven't yet decided which schools yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I really didn't. I grew up in Europe for most of my life as my dad worked for the US military and we were stationed there. So I didn't have the traditional college football influences.”


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Q&A with Roman Catholic quarterback Semaj Beals​

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Penn State, Alabama, Syracuse, Maryland, Pitt, and many more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I wouldn’t say any school is recruiting the hardest, I would say they all are about the same right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I went to Rutgers recently to watch a practice to get to know the coaching staff more.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“As far as now I don’t know, I have to get with my coaches to figure things out.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, my favorite college as a young pup was Clemson for a while.”


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


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Q&A with Cambridge Springs running back Brett Kania
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went great for us. We reached our goal and won the first District 10 Championship for our school since 1996 as well as a berth into the state playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’ve been lifting 6 days a week since the end of the season and then I’ll be starting up baseball in the spring.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we’ll be just as good as we were this past season. We lost a lot of key players on defense and some playmakers on offense, but we have the majority of our line back, so I think we’ll do great.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest team will probably be Eisenhower; they have plenty of young kids and we had a close game against them in the playoffs.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Layton Zacherl, #2 for Lakeview, he had a great junior season this past year.”

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Q&A with Schuylkill Haven running back Niko Carestia
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went better than we expected because we were a young team, nobody expected us to go 9-3. We were runner ups for districts, and we had two 1000-yard rushers.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans in sports are to place in districts with wrestling and track again and during those respective sports get stronger and faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We’re returning our whole offensive line and several other key positions. We expect to get to the district XI AA championship game again and win.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Blue mountain/.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dante Carr, Minersville.”

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Q&A with West Allegheny safety Brock Cornell
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went well, we did not ultimately get to the final goal we wanted to, but we are returning a lot of guys and looking forward to a great year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan is to just hit the weights hard and get good field work to increase my weight, but also maintain my speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we will be better than we were this year. We will be more mature, bigger, faster, stronger.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The schedules have not come out yet, but Aliquippa always finds a way to win with their rich tradition, so I feel they will be tough.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cam Lindsey was a great football player all around a tough gritty individual. He was the most fun kid to play against.”

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Q&A with Cumberland Valley right tackle Tyler Merrill
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We had a great season. We faced some adversity early on and we turned it around to get to the 2nd round of playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been taking a few weeks for my body to rest and recover. I'll start back with winter weights and some lineman training in January.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I'm confident in our team next year. We have some key guys that are going to step up after losing some great seniors.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Harrisburg, those guys always show up.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There's so much in Harrisburg, but I got to give it to Elias Coke. He's a huge weapon for them.”

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Q&A with Roman Catholic quarterback Semaj Beals
How did/is everything going football wise as of late?
“Football is good right now. I'm about to start 7v7 for NLG (Next Level Greats), and my off season workouts have started.”

What do you feel your team can continue to improve on going forward?
“We can always improve at all aspects of the game no matter how good we are as a team.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“Yes I feel as though we had a very tough and competitive team this past year.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“I am very confident in our team play, I feel as though we have a chip on our shoulder, we have something to prove.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“My goals are to win the city championship and win a state championship.”

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How did/is everything going football wise as of late?
“Football is good right now. I'm about to start 7v7 for NLG (Next Level Greats), and my off season workouts have started.”

What do you feel your team can continue to improve on going forward?
“We can always improve at all aspects of the game no matter how good we are as a team.”

Have you been pleased with your performances?
“Yes I feel as though we had a very tough and competitive team this past year.”

How do you feel about the play of your team?
“I am very confident in our team play, I feel as though we have a chip on our shoulder, we have something to prove.”

What are your sporting goals going forward as of now?
“My goals are to win the city championship and win a state championship.”

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Penn State, Alabama, Syracuse, Maryland, Pitt, and many more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I wouldn’t say any school is recruiting the hardest, I would say they all are about the same right now.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I went to Rutgers recently to watch a practice to get to know the coaching staff more.”

Do you have plans for game day trips?
“As far as now I don’t know, I have to get with my coaches to figure things out.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, my favorite college as a young pup was Clemson for a while.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“We had a great season. We faced some adversity early on and we turned it around to get to the 2nd round of playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been taking a few weeks for my body to rest and recover. I'll start back with winter weights and some lineman training in January.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I'm confident in our team next year. We have some key guys that are going to step up after losing some great seniors.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Harrisburg, those guys always show up.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There's so much in Harrisburg, but I got to give it to Elias Coke. He's a huge weapon for them.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes of course, it has always been a dream of mine to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from PSU, Ohio St, Michigan, Pitt, Texas A&M, Nebraska, South Carolina, Syracuse, Iowa St, West Virginia, Temple, Akron, Kent State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I’ve had the most contact with PSU, Syracuse, & Pitt at this point.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I did game day visits at PSU, Ohio St, and Notre Dame. Also visited South Carolina and Pitt for a Junior day visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes, I plan on doing some Spring practice visits, and camps this summer. Haven't yet decided which schools yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I really didn't. I grew up in Europe for most of my life as my dad worked for the US military and we were stationed there. So I didn't have the traditional college football influences.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went well, we did not ultimately get to the final goal we wanted to, but we are returning a lot of guys and looking forward to a great year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan is to just hit the weights hard and get good field work to increase my weight, but also maintain my speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we will be better than we were this year. We will be more mature, bigger, faster, stronger.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The schedules have not come out yet, but Aliquippa always finds a way to win with their rich tradition, so I feel they will be tough.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cam Lindsey was a great football player all around a tough gritty individual. He was the most fun kid to play against.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I will be playing college football when I am older, not sure where yet.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been recruited by many patriot league schools, NEC schools, and CAA schools with a bunch of scattered FBS schools.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The schools that have been recruiting me the hardest have been UAlbany, and Duquesne.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been to a number of college visits already and I’m looking forward to visiting more.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“As of right now I have no trips planned.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Coastal Carolina.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went better than we expected because we were a young team, nobody expected us to go 9-3. We were runner ups for districts, and we had two 1000-yard rushers.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans in sports are to place in districts with wrestling and track again and during those respective sports get stronger and faster.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We’re returning our whole offensive line and several other key positions. We expect to get to the district XI AA championship game again and win.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Blue mountain/.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dante Carr, Minersville.”

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

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Nothing at the moment.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I liked Penn State as a kid but now I like both Pitt and Penn State.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went great for us. We reached our goal and won the first District 10 Championship for our school since 1996 as well as a berth into the state playoffs.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’ve been lifting 6 days a week since the end of the season and then I’ll be starting up baseball in the spring.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we’ll be just as good as we were this past season. We lost a lot of key players on defense and some playmakers on offense, but we have the majority of our line back, so I think we’ll do great.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest team will probably be Eisenhower; they have plenty of young kids and we had a close game against them in the playoffs.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Layton Zacherl, #2 for Lakeview, he had a great junior season this past year.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would definitely like to play sports in college, and I would equally love to play either baseball or football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I was told I cannot be contacted by anyone yet since I am only a sophomore in high school.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have not had any colleges reach out for an official visit.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have unofficially visited several schools for baseball including: PSU, Kent St, Michigan, Campbell, NC State, UNC, Notre Dame and others.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I do not have any trips planned at this time.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I always loved Penn State growing up because my dad played football there, so it has always been special to me.”

I guess this was the expected outcome? Congrats to Coach Gordon and best of luck.

St. John DC
DePaul NJ
Malvern
Dematha

Pretty good.

is transferring to Ohio State with one year of eligibility left; 12-5 W/L as a starter.

Player of the Year: Samaj Jones, St. Joseph’s Prep

Coach of the Year: Art Walker, North Allegheny


Quarterback

Matt Zollers, Spring-Ford – 6-4, 205 junior
Hayden Johnson, Manheim Township – 6-0, 180 senior
Logan Kushner, North Allegheny – 6-1, 200 senior
Samaj Jones, St. Joseph’s Prep – 6-2, 210 senior
Payton Wehner, Pittsburgh Central Catholic – 6-0, 180 senior

Running Back

Anthony Leonardi, Central Bucks South – 5-11, 180 senior
Juelz Goff, Central York – 5-10, 195 senior
Jared Porter, Central Dauphin East – 5-9, 170 junior
Trey Tremba, Parkland – 5-11, 200 senior

Wide Receiver

Mason Kuehner, Nazareth – 5-11, 170 senior
Pete Gonzalez, Pittsburgh Central Catholic – 6-3, 200 senior
David Washington Jr., St. Joseph’s Prep – 6-0, 185 senior
Landon Kennel, Manheim Township – 6-3, 200 senior
Mason Scott, Spring-Ford – 6-1, 170 senior

Tight End

Jack Donnelly, Central Bucks East – 6-2, 235 senior

Offensive Line

Cooper Cousins, McDowell – 6-6, 310 senior
Michael Carroll, Central Bucks East – 6-6, 298 junior
Kevin Brown, Harrisburg – 6-5, 250 sophomore
Michael McMonigle, York High – 6-6, 290 senior
Adham Abouraya, Downingtown East – 6-5, 280 senior
Jack Yatchenko, North Allegheny – 6-3, 285 junior

Athlete

Jaheim Bennett, George Washington – 6-0, 175 junior
Michael Scott, Dallastown – 5-9, 160 junior
Tommy Hunsicker, Wilson-West Lawn – 6-2, 185 senior

DEFENSE

Defensive Line

Maxwell Roy, St. Joseph’s Prep – 6-4, 285 junior
Ryan Epps, Harrisburg – 6-1, 235 senior
Sean Kinney, Nazareth – 6-3, 290 senior
Sean McNulty, St. Joseph’s Prep – 6-0, 245 senior
Malachi Ramnath, Central York – 6-3, 220 junior
Eli Rodriguez, Manheim Township – 6-0, 220 senior

Linebacker

Anthony Speca, Pittsburgh Central Catholic – 6-3, 215 senior
Anthony Sacca, St. Joseph’s Prep – 6-4, 220 junior
Cole Sullivan, Pittsburgh Central Catholic – 6-3, 205 senior
Michael Gaul, State College – 6-1, 205 junior
Alex Sauve, Cumberland Valley – 6-0, 205 senior

Defensive Back

Saxton Suchanic, Central York – 6-3, 180 junior
Ziyyon Bradell, Abraham Lincoln – 6-0, 180 junior
Omillio Agard, St. Joseph’s Prep – 5-11, 165 senior
Quincy Brannon, Harrisburg – 5-11, 175 junior

Specialist

Matthew Parker, Central York – 6-2, 200 junior

Athlete

Shawn Lee Jr., Harrisburg – 5-11, 180 junior
Tyree Alualu, North Allegheny – 5-11, 220 senior

In a tune up for Michigan vs Washington........
Sunday, the FCS Championship game, South Dakota St (14-0) vs Montana (13-1). Weird seeing this one without North Dakota State in there! Different level but good football tho SDSU is a big favorite and defending champ.

Heck of a coach and heck of a career. Congrats and enjoy retirement!