Lehigh Valley Transfers - St. Frances (MD) JV Team

[RoverNation05]

So I’m plugging back in to what is going on around the Valley in the preseason, and I cannot believe the number of high end under classmen the East Penn Conference has lost to St. Frances! What is the school setup where kids from Allentown and Bethlehem are able to pick up and transfer to Baltimore to play there, is it a boarding school?

Here’s who is gone -
Antonio Fontanez, QB, Allentown Central Catholic: Sophomore starter for ACC last year, threw for 2,200 yards and 20 TDs last year and was second team all conference behind Peyton Falzone
DJ Kelly, DB/WR, Allentown Central Catjolic: Kent State commit and all conference safety
Jermaine Smith Jr, WR/LB, Freedom: One of the most highly regarded freshmen Freedom has ever had and rated as one of the top sophomores in the state, the 6’4 215 pounder is a likely high level Power 5 recruit.

Allentown Central Catholic also lost all state wide receiver Jaleel Calhoun to transfer - he’ll be at Plainfield in New Jersey.

 

[Fletchster1]

Must be something connecting the areas to have that type of the pipeline.

 

[RoverNation05]

Already a wrinkle here - Fontanez has already withdrawn from St. Frances and is back…at Liberty. He was the JV quarterback there as a freshman before transferring to ACC as a sophomore and having a really good year. That gives Liberty some upside they haven’t had in a very long time - like Easton, they return a ton of starters from a team that wasn’t very successful, but played a lot of kids. Will be interesting to throw in one of the two best quarterbacks in D11 and see how it changes things.