District 1.......5 A
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C-Pride, who said it was watered down? It can't compare to D7 but I don't think any district can. Here are some AAAAA D1 programs followed by D7.
Upper Dublin
Upper Moreland
Unionville
Great Valley
Academy Park
Rustin
Henderson
Springfield
That's not a bad list of teams.
Others
Glen Mills...had their moments over the years
Bis Shanahan
WC East
Marple Newtown
D7
USC, McKees, West A, Woody, Penn Traf........wow!, then NHills, Gateway, Franklin Reg. There is a lot of hardware here, gold and silver, with this group.
D1 5A come district playoff time is going to have some evenly matched teams and great games. Academy Park seems like they've be the head of he pack the last few years. Shanahan returns pretty much everybody except Doug Costin (rest of Chesmont Natl lost tons of starters). Will Upper Dublin be very strong this year? I think they lost many key players? Not sure how D1 5A will be in state playoffs.
Academy park has been 3a the likes of unionville, Henderson , Rustin will have no problem beating AC
I don't know that District-3 can challenge beyond their district but they will field good teams at 5A, namely Manheim Central (10-3) from the Lancaster-Lebanon II....then Cedar Cliff (8-3), Reading's Exeter Township (11-1) and Red Land (3-7).
Exeter has most of their principle weapons back, QB Unterkoefler (6-1, 210), QB turned RB Gabe Schapell (6-3, 220, 1004ry..split time) and RB Nick Sarangoulis (5-10, 180, 1028ry). Lost some brutes along the line, especially Michal Menet (6-5, 283, Penn State) but will put up some points. Put up 37 a game last year. Most of the teams will score points with all of them returning a QB and some skill.
Red Land, a few blocks from sister school Cedar Cliff has big Jake Redic (6-3, 200, 1086, sr) at QB plus their lead back and receiver Justin Johnson (5-8, 195, 1086), and Hunter Briner (6-1, 200, 406). Need Dylan Schroll (6-2, 280) and Brayden Coe (6-2, 285) to step up and it'd be nice if they could get something around OLB Noah Parsons (5-11, 210) who has speed, football savvy and a great motor. Fun to watch, all over the field.
Cedar Cliff should be good again but last year was the year with Jayden Demmy (1898ry, 368py), WR Mike Viti (798py) and a decent line. Should always be a threat with QB Grant Breneman (6-1, 195, 1894py, 462ry, 26/3 Td-Pick) running and gunning. Lost in a difficult rematch with league rival Lower Dauphin districts 1st round. Will battle McDevitt in the Mid Penn Keystone where they may have an easier time of it with last year's strong Lower Dauphin and Susquehanna Township replacing big losses.
Manheim Central may be the cream of the D3 crop this year with an army of people off a 10-3 season. More recently Central can throw the football with Kody Kegarise (6-1, 180) at 1416 yards and 839 rushing. They'll pound it out as usual but like district power and ground pounder Cumberland Valley (Wing-T) last year, be able to throw it. Losses last year....Hempfield (10-3) 10-3, Lampeter Strasburg (9-3) 40-27 (great QB and story in Collin Shank)..and Susquehanna Twp (10-4) 21-20 in the district semifinal. Offense should get good support with a returning defense centered up front on DTs Colin Erb (5-11, 250, 58 tackles) and Elliott Martin (6-1, 224, 45 tackles)....and some of the TOP LBs in the LL in Nick Brown (6-1, 195) with157 tackles and Tyler Lutz (6-1, 180) with 110 stops, both seniors returning to a D that allowed 14.53ppg last year. Barons will be bad asses!
Exeter has most of their principle weapons back, QB Unterkoefler (6-1, 210), QB turned RB Gabe Schapell (6-3, 220, 1004ry..split time) and RB Nick Sarangoulis (5-10, 180, 1028ry). Lost some brutes along the line, especially Michal Menet (6-5, 283, Penn State) but will put up some points. Put up 37 a game last year. Most of the teams will score points with all of them returning a QB and some skill.
Red Land, a few blocks from sister school Cedar Cliff has big Jake Redic (6-3, 200, 1086, sr) at QB plus their lead back and receiver Justin Johnson (5-8, 195, 1086), and Hunter Briner (6-1, 200, 406). Need Dylan Schroll (6-2, 280) and Brayden Coe (6-2, 285) to step up and it'd be nice if they could get something around OLB Noah Parsons (5-11, 210) who has speed, football savvy and a great motor. Fun to watch, all over the field.
Cedar Cliff should be good again but last year was the year with Jayden Demmy (1898ry, 368py), WR Mike Viti (798py) and a decent line. Should always be a threat with QB Grant Breneman (6-1, 195, 1894py, 462ry, 26/3 Td-Pick) running and gunning. Lost in a difficult rematch with league rival Lower Dauphin districts 1st round. Will battle McDevitt in the Mid Penn Keystone where they may have an easier time of it with last year's strong Lower Dauphin and Susquehanna Township replacing big losses.
Manheim Central may be the cream of the D3 crop this year with an army of people off a 10-3 season. More recently Central can throw the football with Kody Kegarise (6-1, 180) at 1416 yards and 839 rushing. They'll pound it out as usual but like district power and ground pounder Cumberland Valley (Wing-T) last year, be able to throw it. Losses last year....Hempfield (10-3) 10-3, Lampeter Strasburg (9-3) 40-27 (great QB and story in Collin Shank)..and Susquehanna Twp (10-4) 21-20 in the district semifinal. Offense should get good support with a returning defense centered up front on DTs Colin Erb (5-11, 250, 58 tackles) and Elliott Martin (6-1, 224, 45 tackles)....and some of the TOP LBs in the LL in Nick Brown (6-1, 195) with157 tackles and Tyler Lutz (6-1, 180) with 110 stops, both seniors returning to a D that allowed 14.53ppg last year. Barons will be bad asses!