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Stritch ScheduleAugust 27 WOODWARDSeptember 3 ELYRIA OPEN DOORSeptember 11 @ LakotaSeptember 18 @ EdonSeptember 25 DANBURYOctober 2 HILLTOPOctober 10 @ Tiffin CalvertOctober 16 @ NorthwoodOctober 23 GIBSONBURGOctober 30 OTTAWA HILLS

Stritch Roster1 Noah Wolfe Jr 6'0 140 WR/DB

2 Paul Latz Fr 5'7 125 WR/DB

3 Marvin Ham Fr 6'0 160 WR/DB

4 Kyle Boehm So 5'7 150 WR/DB

5 Sean Donovan Sr 5'10 180 QB/LB

7 Gage Perry So 5'11 150 WR/DB

8 Tayvion Wright Sr 6'0 160 WR/DB

9 Shaun Enright So 5'11 165 WR/DB

10 Jeff Dunsmore So 6'0 140 WR/DB

11 Grant Curavo Sr 6'0 180 WR/DB

12 Trenton Besgrove Sr 5'10 140 QB/DB

13 Bobby Guth So 5'6 120 QB/LB

15 Tanner Langlois Sr 5'11 165 WR/LB

16 Paul Martin Fr 5'6 125 WR/DB

17 Kevin Hohenberger Sr 6'1 185 RB/LB

18 Sean Killian Sr 6'0 165 WR/LB

21 Ethan Rollo Fr 5'9 130 RB/LB

33 Zach Matwiejczyk So 5'11 160 RB/LB

34 Hunter Crippen Fr 5'9 135 RB/LB

50 Miguel Swackhamer Fr 5'8 125 OL/DL

51 Jack Stoiber Fr 5'8 135 OL/DL

52 Adam Bruckner Sr 6'3 200 OL/DL

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74 Raul Quiroga So 6'0 180 OL/DL

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85 Dominick Woodby Fr 5'7 125 WR/DB

Coach: Brian Wical, third year, 4-16Last year: 4-6 (1-5 TAAC)Forecast: Cardinal Stritch made signifi -cant strides in 2014, Wical’s second sea-son with the Cardinals. This year’s team will have to make up for the graduation of several key players, including quarterback Joe Sinay, who started both seasons under Wical.

Senior Trent Besgrove, who played de-fensive back in fi ve games last season after transferring from Lake, will replace Sinay under center. Sinay led the team in rushing (878 yards, 12 TD) and threw for 983 yards and eight touchdowns.

“One of the things I’ve seen from Trent is his growth and understand-ing of the offense,” Wical said. “He started against Northwood last year in his fi rst varsity game. That was kind of an eye-opener for him. He’s doing a really good job learning the offense. He’s

a smart football player and makes good de-cisions most of the time.”

Stritch returns six starters to its spread offense, and six on defense. Depth, howev-er, could become a problem, as only 33 play-ers were on the initial roster this summer.Senior Kevin Hohenberger should see the bulk of carries at running back after backing up that spot last year, when he was also a starting strong side linebacker. Hohenberger had 59 carries for 291 yards and three touchdowns as a junior.

“Kevin, toward the end of last season, we thought he would be one of our best re-turning football players,” Wical said. “He’s not real shifty and he won’t juke people, but he will break tackles and he’s a strong runner. He’s a quick kid, a strong kid. We think he’s a solid asset in our backfi eld and right now maybe our most dangerous weapon.”

The Cardinals will have to replace top receiver Chris Blazevich, a two-way stand-out (he also played cornerback) who caught 19 passes for 252 yards and two scores). His spot will be fi lled by senior Tanner Langlois in the slot, junior Noah Wolfe and freshmen Marvin Ham and Paul Latz.

“Tanner has experience,” Wical said. “He split time at his position, so he only got about half the reps. Latz is probably our

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fastest receiver and he brings a lot to the table. He’s 5-6 and plays about 6-foot and catches the ball extremely well. Noah is maybe our most all-round athletic receiver. He runs, jumps and catches well and is a tough, gritty kid. He’s always gonna give you 100 percent.

“Marvin is probably the most gifted kid we’ve got in terms of catching. He’ll go up and get the football. He’s a decent sized freshman and kind of a physical kid. He runs our crossing routes across the mid-dle.”

Stritch returns three starting of-fensive linemen and has added senior Adam Druckner at tackle. Druckner started on the defensive line a year ago.The Cardinals allowed 28.7 points a game last season, and Wical is confi dent the de-fense can improve.

“I think our defense is pretty good,” he said. “the defensive line and offensive line are playing pretty well. One of our big chal-lenges since I’ve been at Stritch has been the ability to score points. Our defense is probably better than we have been. I don’t think we’ll get in shootouts, where we’re

scoring 30 and giving up 30. If it’s gonna be a close football game, it will have to be in that 21-14 range. That seems to be who we are.”

The Cardinals graduated both safeties and both corners last year, and those posi-tions will be fi lled by Latz and sophomore Kyle Boehm at corner, and Besgrove and Wolfe at safety.

“All the kids on defense are the same kids on offense,” Wical said. “Our best de-fensive player will probably be Bruckner at defensive end. He has a motor that never stops. He’s one of these kids that he just goes and goes and never checks himself out of a drill or a game.”

Hohenberger was the team’s top tackler last year with 72 stops, including 17 tackles for loss.

“Kevin has a knack for the football and fi lls holes well on defense,” Wical said. “He hits hard and does a perfect form tackle when he hits a kid.”

Wical said the team’s goals are simple: to improve every day and be a better team at the end of this season than it was at the end of last season.

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Clay ScheduleAugust 28 @ PerrysburgSeptember 4 @ Sylvania NorthviewSeptember 11 WAITESeptember 18 CENTRAL CATHOLICSeptember 25 FINDLAYOctober 2 @ WhitmerOctober 9 ST. JOHN'S JESUITOctober 16 @ Fremont RossOctober 23 LIMA SENIOROctober 30 @ St. Francis De Sales

Clay Roster1 Jaret Whitt Sr 5'8 150 2 Josh Kiss Jr 5'10 1653 Mason Ensign Jr 5'11 1654 Steven Nguyen Sr 5'10 1505 Jacob Novak Fr 6'2 1656 Reese Wamer Fr 5' 8 1407 Gary Vincent Jr 5'10 1658 Trenton Gast Sr 6'2 2409 Lorenzo Levally Sr 6'1 17510 Skylar Musselman Sr 5 '9 16011 Jake Gladieux Fr 5'11 14012 Dustin Aiton So 5'11 14714 Jake Lingohr Jr 5'11 148 15 Chase Lambrecht So 6'2 15016 Bo Szymczak So 5'11 16817 Michael Halka So 5'10 18518 Tyler Fuller Jr 6'0 14520 Bryson Casselberry Fr 5' 9 13222 Eric Kovacs Sr 6'1 19323 Adam Ummel Fr 5'10 14824 Josh Meinke So 5'10 14025 Andy Self So 5'10 17626 Mason Baker Jr 5'7 15028 Kyle Milerq Fr 5'8 15231 Palmer Yenrick Fr 5'3 11032 Walker Bliss So 5'11 16533 Mickey Wiseman Jr 6'0 18534 Grant Wend Sr 5'9 17035 Brandon Hoskinson Sr 5'8 15040 Kyle Campbell Sr 6'2 18043 Kevin Curry Jr 5'10 17844 Nick Steveson Jr 5'10 22550 Sean Pecina Sr 5'11 21551 Michael Nottage So 5'10 20052 Christian White Jr 5'10 28054 Alec Kulwicki Sr 5'10 20056 Aaron Faneuff Sr 5'9 24057 Hugo Camarillo Jr 5'6 20358 Robert Nelson So 6"2 22560 Drew Vascik Jr 5"7 19461 Jacob Perry So 5'10 18062 Levi Halka Jr 6'3 20963 Nick Daly So 6'2 24565 Jason Heck So 5'9 21968 Devin Lunsford So 5'10 20670 Matt Reed So 6'4 28371 Mason Cummings Sr 5'10 20872 Dustin Lee Sr 6'0 26073 Joshua Harrison Sr 6'4 26076 Austin Kochanski Sr 6'2 26577 Brock Belinski Sr 6'3 30080 Jack Winckowski So 5'10 13081 Ramon Garcia Jr 5'11 14586 Jeff Fouke Sr 6'3 175

Coach: Mike Lee, third year, 4-16Last year: 2-8 (1-6, TRAC)Forecast: Lee said the players proved in the offseason that they are ready to return to a more wide-open attack.

“The boys did not put in a good off-season a year ago,” Lee said. “We were contemplating going wing-T and we had a backup plan. If they would work the plan over the summer, we would have gone to the passing game a little more during the season. They didn’t go in the weight room or put the time in, so we said, ‘Receivers, you’re going to learn to block.’ All these guys are a year older.”

The Eagles return fi ve starters on of-fense, including junior quarterback Josh Kiss, and fi ve on defense. Kiss start-ed nine games a year ago and completed 37 of 72 passes for 589 yards and fi ve touchdowns.

“He has made great, great improve-ment,” Lee said. “He’s gotten a lot stron-ger after putting in a great offseason. He’s become a nice leader. He ran the spread as a freshman and looked good against fresh-man competition. This summer he’s looked tremendous. Big improvement.”

Last year’s leading rusher, Aaron Seymour (248 carries, 1,606 yards, 18 touchdowns) has graduated. Clay will split Seymour’s carries between senior Grant Wend and juniors Nick Steveson and Mason Ensign.

“We’ll be in the spread, so we just use one back,” Lee said. “A lot of times we’ll go with two. Grant and Nick got some work last year; Nick was the backup to Seymour. They have very comparable speed. Nick’s a little more of a power runner. Everybody can catch the ball, but we’ll try to keep Nick in the backfi eld more.”

Several players are in the mix at re-ceiver, where Tyler Mildenberger (12 catch-es, 239 yards, 3 TD) graduated. Those vy-ing for spots are seniors Skylar Musselman, Lorenzo Levally, Steven Nguyen and Eric Kovacs, and juniors Gary Vincent, Tyler Fuller and Jake Lingohr.

Sophomores Dustin Aiton and Jack Winckowski and freshman Jake Novak could also see playing time.

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still fi ghting for spots,” Lee said. “It’s a good battle. I’m expecting others to step up, and a few others are surprising me.”

Lee likes what he’s seen from Musselman and looks forward to seeing what Kovacs can offer. Kovacs was injured all of last season and has been predomi-nantly a defensive player.

“Novak, the freshman, had a great sev-en-on-seven this summer,” Lee said. “He’s starting to learn you’ve got to be more physi-cal. We’ll have to be real careful how we handle him, but he’s a tremendous receiver.”

Three starters on the offensive line – senior right tackle Brock Belinske, se-nior right guard Josh Harrison and senior left guard Aaron Faneuff return. Senior left tackle Dustin Lee and junior center Christian White will fi ll the other two spots. Lee said line play is crucial to the offense’s success.

“Right now, they’re behind schedule,” he said. “If we can’t have protection, we’re not going to be able to throw. Spread of-fenses also have to be able to run the ball.”

Fixing a defense that allowed 39 points a game last year is a top priority. Junior

Michael Wiseman, who had a team-high 72 tackles last year, returns at inside linebacker.

“I like his intensity,” Lee said. “He’s always looking to improve his knowledge of the game.”

Senior Trent Gast moves from end to inside linebacker in Clay’s 3-4 defensive alignment. “Trent put in a great offseason,” Lee said. “He has improved to the point where he’s worthy of moving to that inside linebacker spot.”

Junior Kevin Curry will see time at out-side linebacker, while Kovacs and junior Michael Halka will play inside or outside ‘backer. Wend returns at strong safety and Levally and Nguyen return at cornerback. Musselman is a backup corner, and Lee said freshman Adam Ummel is also getting a look there. Kiss will play free safety, with junior Mason Baker seeing action there.

The all-senior line will consist of nose tackle Alec Kulwicki and ends Sean Pecina and Austin Kochansky. Levi Halka, a ju-nior, will play a backup role.

“These guys are fast and strong,” Lee said. “I’m expecting them to create havoc across the front.”

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Coach: Jerry Rutherford, 34th year, 213-132Last year: 9-2 (7-0, NBC)Forecast: The Eagles return their starting quarterback, leading tackler and second-team All-Ohio defensive end Chris Orcutt. The third-leading rusher, senior halfback Eli Brown, returns after rushing for 425 yards and six touchdowns on 62 carries.

“I don’t know if we have that feature guy right now,” Rutherford said. “Eli’s a great blocker, a good receiver and a tough kid. He’s a wrestler and a baseball play-er and he’s not afraid to stick his nose in there. Through summer and two-a-days, he stepped up and started at right halfback.”

This year’s backfi eld includes senior Mitchell Davidson and sophomores Cade

Boos, Cooper Comes and Ian Downard.

“We think we’ve got some depth there,” Rutherford said. “I don’t know which guy will be

the guy, because all three can carry the ball and should be able to do some things for us. The sophomores are coming off a pretty good freshman team.”

Senior Jonathan Bowlus will start again at tight end after leading the team with eight catches for 131 yards and one score a year ago. Orcutt will also play tight end, with juniors Braden Bejarano and Tyler Brenot and sophomore Cory Coffman playing wide receiver.

The entire offensive line graduated. New starters there are junior right tackle Tyler Tudor, junior right guard Austin Meece, senior center Preston Link, soph-omore left guard Dalton Andrews and 320-pound senior left tackle Trevor Schultz.

“A couple of those guys started some games,” Rutherford said. “They’re a group that has pretty good size, and they’re get-ting better every day. Replacing the O-line is an issue for everybody. Our guys have put in their time.”

Orcutt, a 226-pound defensive end, earned All-Ohio honors after racking up 71 tackles including 23 for loss and 11.5 sacks.

“Physically, he’s a big guy and he’s real aggressive,” Rutherford said. “He plays real-ly hard. He wants to play football in college. He uses good leverage and he likes contact.”

The team’s leading tackler, Davidson (104 tackles), also returns on defense along

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with senior linebacker Andrew Caris, who also returns at quarterback. In fi ve starts un-der center last year, Caris completed 15 of 24 passes for 253 yards and one touchdown.

“Last year (Caris) came out for football and started the fi rst six games at outside line-backer,” Rutherford said. “Then we moved him to quarterback. Obviously he’s a good wrestler, a state qualifi er, and he was a re-gional qualifi er in the pole vault. He’s a good athlete. We weren’t sure a year ago where Davidson was going to play. We had Geiser and some other guys back, but he stepped in at inside linebacker right away. He came in and did a good job. He just took the job.”

Eastwood’s other linebackers are sophomore Jalen Casiano (inside) and se-nior Ben Haas (outside). Orcutt is a fi x-ture at one end position, and the other ends could be senior Zach Thompson or sophomores Hunter Slattman and Antonio Salinas. The tackles include Tudor, Andrews, Meece or junior Michael Burket.Sophomore Cade Boos, who started in the playoff game against Marion Pleasant, re-turns at safety and will again return punts and kickoffs. Brown will start at the other

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safety spot, with Jake Pickerel, Alex Ross, Bejarano and Cory Coffman vying for spots at cornerback.

“Four sophomores, a junior and a se-nior will play those three (backfi eld) spots,” Rutherford said. “They’re petty good ath-letes. We’re playing so many sophomores be-cause they’re really good. It’s not that they’re playing because there’s nobody in front of them, it’s because they’re the best guys.”

Senior Lucas McCullough is in his third year as the team’s kicker and will probably punt, too McCullough made four fi eld goals last season.

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you want to do. If the spread is for chucking the ball around, we’re not that. If you look at Ohio State, they spread you out, but

they run. We’ll put some spread concepts in but we’ll run. You’ll see a lot more shot-gun for us." One downside is their team will have to replace the vast majority of its starters, but Patterson is confident in his players.Another downside is that running back Donte McClure (54 carries for 506 yards, 9.4 per carry, and five touchdowns, plus he had two interceptions on defense) will play at Port Clinton after his family moved there. McClure was an Alan Miller Jewel-ers All-Press honorable mention selection at running back. Among those graduated are All-Press Defensive Player of the Year Blake Traver, a 5-foot-10, 190 pound defensive lineman who did big things for his size, including an area-leading 138 tackles, including 18 tackles for a loss (including quarterback sacks). First team All-Press linebacker Jay Nino, a state champion wrestler who stood 6-1, 235 pounds, graduated after getting 92 tackles, including 16 for a loss. Gone from the offense are running back Jake Wojciechowski, who graduat-ed after running for 2,076 yards on 245 attempts (8.5 per carry) and 29 touch-downs, and quarterback Kyle Edwards, who completed 40 of 85 passes for 649 yards and five touchdowns. Currently, freshmen Zach Grodi and Jake Plantz are battling it out for the quar-

Genoa ScheduleAugust 28 CLEVELAND VILLA ANGELA-ST. JOSEPHSeptember 4 @ Oak HarborSeptember 11 @ PerkinsSeptember 18 ELMWOODSeptember 25 WOODMOREOctober 2 @ RossfordOctober 9 EASTWOODOctober 16 FOSTORIAOctober 23 @ LakeOctober 30 @ Otsego

Genoa Roster1 Zach Grodi 12 QB/DB 5'8 1602 Matt Bradfield 11 WR/LB 6'1 1853 Andrew Bench 9 WR/LB 6'4 180 4 Trey Neumann 11 WR/DB 5'9 150 5 Jacob Plantz 9 QB/DB 6'2 170 6 Jacob Bradfield 9 WR/DB 5'10 135 7 Caleb McGeorge 9 QB/DB 5'9 1408 Jarrod Brossia 12 K 6'0 165 9 Anthony Hayes 10 WR/DB 6'0 15010 Caden Cruickshank 11 QB/LB 6'0 16011 Michael Roberts 12 TE/LB 5'8 21012 Dakota Sparks 12 RB/DB 5'11 16513 Josiah Bradfield 10 RB/DB 5'11 16015 Ben Netry 10 RB/DB 5'5 12016 Noah Edwards 10 RB/DB 5'9 16020 Jacob Stewart 9 RB/DB 5'5 12022 Issac Smith 9 WR/DB 5'7 14024 Justin Goney 10 RB/DB 5'7 13525 Jordan Goney 10 RB/DB 5'6 13527 Adam Bates 11 RB/LB 5'7 16528 Damian D'Emilio 12 RB/DB 5'8 15530 Christian Pearson 9 WR/DB 5'5 12532 Malik Bankston 9 RB/DB 5'6 13533 Connor Chapinski 11 RB/DB 5'10 16535 Ethan Roberts 12 TE/DE 5'8 20050 Nathan Lewis 9 OL/LB 5'10 16052 Dylan Witt 12 OL/DL 5'10 19053 Gary Goodman 10 OL/LB 5'8 15554 Matt Herrick 11 OL/DL 6'2 20055 Jose Sanchez 12 TE/LB 6'0 19056 Hunter Simmons 10 OL/DL 5'11 21557 Jordan Stuck 11 OL/DL 5'6 18059 Christian Aranda 9 OL/DL 5'9 22060 Mike Meng 12 OL/DL 6'0 17061 Alex Hodulik 11 OL/LB 5'10 19062 Trent Tate 10 OL/DL 5'11 17564 Josh McCoy 9 OL/DL 6'3 26065 Kaleb Kuhlman 10 OL/DL 6'4 25067 Andrew Drummond 12 OL/DL 5'11 20068 Joey McClear 12 OL/LB 6'2 24070 Dakota Cochran 10 OL/DL 6'2 22071 Tyler Stuck 12 OL/DL 5'6 18072 Trey Duran 10 OL/DL 5'11 15575 Noah Koch 9 OL/DL 6'2 23580 Andrew Muir 10 WR/DB 5'7 14581 Joe Farkas 12 WR/DB 5'10 15087 Austin Shaffer 10 WR/DB 5'10 13088 Michael Apthorpe 12 WR/DB 5'8 140

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terback position and four players, Dakota Sparks, Damian D'Emilio, Adam Bates and Noah Edwards will all see time at run-ning back. The 6-foot-2, 170 pound Plantz already has good sight over the line and has demonstrated his throwing skills at the junior high level, but that doesn't mean he has the job, Patterson says. "Our regular formation is a two-back, tight end, two-receiver set. You’ll see some two tight set with three backs with some of our personnel. We’ve been in the shotgun for the majority of the time. We also have our under-center packages with some tradi-tional wing-T stuff. It’s about getting good at certain things in each package — not trying to do a million things out of every package. I think they’ve adjusted real well with it." To help protect his new playmakers, Patterson says he has the most experi-enced line he has ever coached in sopho-more Hunter Simmons, senior Joe McClear, senior Dylan Witt, junior Matt Herrick, senior Alex Hodulik, senior Andrew Drum-mond, and senior Ethan Roberts. Patterson is confident that McClear,

Herrick, Drummond and Roberts can hold down the fort on the defensive line, and will need strong play out of Matt Bradfield and Alex Hodulik, who fill in for the duo of Blake Traver and Jay Nino. Last year, Drummond had eight tackles for a loss, and Roberts was a second team All-Press selection — he is the only underclassmen to make the first or second team, joining 13 seniors who are now graduated. "We lost a lot," Patterson said. "I think we lost 11 all-league performers. You look at our offense, we have two offensive line-men back. On defense, we’re returning two linemen and our nickel back. We lost our punter, our kicker. We're replacing a lot. "We will be successful this year if we continue to improve week after week. The work they’ve put in has been awesome. They are inexperienced. We’ll be successful as long as we improve and handle adver-sity. When things are going bad, we're not panicking and trusting each other with what we’re supposed to be doing. The winning mentality that’s been built up at Genoa is not going to change. We’re still trying to physically run the ball and block people."

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Coach: Steve Reser, sixth year, 23-27Last year: 9-1 (6-1, TAAC)Forecast: Gibsonburg was the only team in Ohio to fi nish the regular season 9-1 and not qualify for the state playoffs last year. As Reser quickly points out, that was last year, with last year’s players.

“We want to push the limits and see what the 2015 football team can do,” he said, “because 2014 is over.”

The Bears graduated four four-year starters from a team whose only loss in ‘14 came against Northwood, 21-13, in Week 9.

Gibsonburg did not play Toledo Area Athletic Conference champion

Tiffi n Calvert or Toledo Christian last year, but both of those teams are on the Bears’ schedule this season.

“We just have to take care of our business every week,” Reser said. “Last

year we lost nine seniors who were good leaders and good players. We have some holes to fi ll, for sure.”

Perhaps Gibsonburg’s biggest loss was four-year starting quarterback Matt Tille, who threw for 2,168 yards and 28 touch-downs last year while rushing for 1,087 yards and 12 TD. Ryan Clark, a 6-foot, 200-pound junior, will replace Tille in the Bears’ spread offense.

“Ryan is a pretty darn good quarter-back,” Reser said. “He’s a smart kid with good size, and he’s very coachable. He’s not just a thrower and he’s not just a runner. He might be a better runner. We’re very happy with him so far.”

Last year’s second-leading rusher, se-nior Josh Dyer (703 yards, 8 TD) returns and will be joined in the backfi eld by ju-niors Madison Jaso and Alex Richards. Jaso transferred from Lakota last year.

“Madison is a football player who knows how to get after it,” Reser said. “He plays an awesome defensive end. We’re pretty excited he’s on our team. Dyer is a hard-nosed kid. He is a four-year starter at linebacker and he’s gonna get the tough yards. He put on a little bit of weight, and we’re happy about that. Richards has supe-rior vision in the backfi eld.”

Four-year starting receiver Derek Angelone has graduated, but the Bears wel-

Gibsonburg ScheduleAugust 28 @ ElmwoodSeptember 4 LAKOTASeptember 12 @ Fremont St. JosephSeptember 18 @ NorthwoodSeptember 25 TIFFIN CALVERTOctober 2 TOLEDO CHRISTIANOctober 9 @ MontpelierOctober 16 DANBURYOctober 23 @ Cardinal StritchOctober 30 HILLTOP

Gibsonburg Roster2 Madison Jaso Jr RB/DL 5’10 1903 Erik Jahna Sr WR/DB 5’9 1605 Mateo Flores Sr WR/DB 5’8 1556 Marcus Tille Sr WR/DB 5’9 1458 Andrew Milton Fr WR/DB 5’3 1359 Addison Weaver Fr QB/DB 6’1 17010 Kane Gomez Jr WR/DB 5’8 15511 Zack Kaetzel Sr WR/DB 5’10 18012 Tyler Lilley So WR/DL 5’11 17514 Ryan Clark Jr QB/LB 6’0 20015 Griffin Geary Sr WR/DB 5’10 16521 Jaret Harrison So WR/LB 6’0 18022 Bradley Mendoza Fr RB/LB 5’8 16023 Brady Jaso Fr WR/DB 5’7 16025 Isaak Arriaga Jr WR/DB 5’8 16032 Zach Hill Sr WR/LB 5’10 16533 Alex Richards Jr RB/LB 5’10 18535 Paul Klosinski So WR/DB 5’6 15545 Josh Dyer Sr RB/LB 5’10 20046 Nate Kissell So OL/LB 5’6 16050 Brian Milton Jr OL/LB 5’8 19052 Matt Jaso Fr OL/DL 5’9 21553 Nick Hade Fr OL/DL 5’9 18555 Joey Adkins So OL/DL 6’1 18555 Marcus Kreais Sr OL/DL 6’0 20557 Billy Ruth Sr OL/DL 6’1 27559 Trent Hovis Jr OL/DL 5’11 24570 Alex Dix So OL/DL 6’0 24071 Ian Taylor Jr OL/DL 6’2 23072 Andrew Kreais So OL/DL 5’10 17574 Austin Dix So OL/DL 5’10 20575 Skyler Shively Sr OL/DL 6’3 25081 Wesley Campbell Sr WR/DB 5’8 14084 Austin Jors Fr WR/DB 5’5 13585 Tate Carnicom Jr WR/DL 6’2 170

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come back seniors Erik Jahna (16 catches, 479 yards, 9 TD), Marcus Tille (17, 258, 1) and Griffi n Geary (17, 305, 4) to the receiv-ing corps.

Senior Zack Kaetzel and junior Kane Gomez will also see time there, while se-nior Mateo Flores is getting a look at run-ning back and receiver.

“Marcus Tille will run great routes,” Reser said. “He’s a great possession re-ceiver and does a great job catching the ball. Erik, hopefully, will make the defense put more than one guy over to cover him, and Griffi n plays in the slot for us and re-ally came out of his shell last year. He re-ally understands what we’re trying to do. They’re all great kids who go to practice and work hard.”

The line includes seniors Skyler Shively at right tackle and Billy Ruth at right guard, junior Trent Hovis at left guard and center Ian Taylor, a junior, or sopho-more Alex Dix. Junior Brian Milton, who is still recovering from a shoulder injury he suffered last year, will eventually be in the mix on the line.

“The O-line defi nitely knows where

they’re supposed to go,” Reser said. “They understand the schemes. Now we have to get them to go where they need to go, quicker. This is the seniors’ time to shine.”

Reser also hopes the defense can du-plicate last year’s success, when it gave up less than 17 points a game.

“We have a couple more holes to fi ll on the defensive side than the offensive side,” the coach said. “We will be solid up front. The boys we have in those spots are doing pretty well so far. If they live up to expec-tations, we feel we’re going to be pretty solid.”

The two key losses on defense are linebacker Tyler Hovis and Angelone (nine interceptions) at free safety. Dyer led the team with 86.5 tackles last sea-son from his linebacker spot, where Richards and Milton will also play.Marcus Tille, who had fi ve interceptions a year ago, and Flores both return at corner-back, and Isaak Arriaga will play free safety. The strong safety will be either Geary, Jahna or Kaetzel, with Gomez pushing for time at corner. The D-line will be Jaso, Trent Hovis, Taylor and sophomore Tyler Lilley.

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Lake Roster1 Dawson Delventhal QB Fr 5'8 1322 Jacob Lee TE Jr 5'9 1913 Robert Dotson WR Jr 5'8 1354 Jacob Rettig QB Jr 6'0 2256 Brendan Eisenhauer TE Jr 5'7 1897 Marty Pennington WR Jr 5'11 1658 Jacob Boelkins WR Fr 6'0 1489 Drayton Willaims TE Sr 6'2 20611 Aaron Mckee WR Fr 5'11 14013 Luke Walsh RB Fr 6'0 17914 Chris McMillion WR Fr 5'1 100 15 Dylan O'Quinn QB So 6'4 23020 Trevor Lockname RB Fr 5'5 12621 Nick DeLauter RB Sr 5'10 182 22 Johnny Guyton WR Fr 5'3 18223 Adam Duncan WR Sr 5'9 19325 Brandon Knieriem WR Jr 5'9 16528 Blake Osborn RB So 6'0 20330 Griffen Pollock RB Fr 5'7 16131 Harry Jackson WR Fr 5'9 147 34 Jacob Benson WR So 5'9 150 35 Shane Clark WR Fr 5'6 11741 Chase Weber WR So 5'8 134 43 Branden Short RB Sr 5'10 19644 Justin Cole RB Fr 5'8 19645 Dylan Cole WR So 5'7 12648 Nick Eye WR So 5'11 14750 Kevin Mason OL Jr 5'6 18251 Alex Bradfield OL So 5'8 15352 Jerry Smith OL Jr 5'7 22954 Dakota Bunn OL Fr 5'6 22955 Camron Sundermeier OL Fr 5'10 13558 Randy Zam OL Sr 5'11 20059 Taylor Maxey OL Sr 5'8 23660 Seth Weis OL Fr 5'7 20161 Jimmv Urias OL Jr 6'3 27565 Matt Szymanski OL Sr 5'10 22566 Hunter Dotson OL Fr 5'8 23667 Nathan Banky OL Jr 6'0 25170 Tyton Shane OL Fr 6'2 35371 Aaron Szegedi OL Sr 6'2 24172 Vincent Waldrich OL Fr 5'11 17S73 Michial Cluckey OL Jr 5'11 22374 Andrew Whitmore OL Jr 6'0 21875 Jacob Greear OL Sr 6'2 20476 George West OL Sr 5'11 17577 Bryan Hastings OL Fr 5'11 23278 Chris Strock OL Sr 6'0 25279 Joe Muetze OL Fr 6'0 223 80 Jason Henry TE Fr 5'6 13382 Nick Miller TE Fr 5'8 18986 Zack Cowell TE Sr 6'2 207

Coach: Mark Emans, 16-5Last year: 8-2 (5-2, NBC)Forecast: In Mark Emans’ fi rst two years at Lake, the Flyers have gone 16-5 while end-ing a 12-year playoff drought and establish-ing themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the Northern Buckeye Conference. However, many of last year's players have graduated, including the school’s re-cord-setting quarterback, Jared Rettig, and his top three receivers from last season, Connor Bowen, Todd Walters, Zak Green-lese. Replacing Rettig is his younger broth-er, Jacob, who will be joined in the back-fi eld by a talented running back in Bran-

den Short. Nick DeLauter will be the wingback in the wing-T set, Brandon Knieriem will see his share of carries and Adam Duncan and Drayton Wil-liams will serve as the

wide receiver and tight end, respectively. Emans, a standout linebacker at East-wood and Bowling Green State University who won a state championship as a high school coach at Wauseon in 1993 and was named Division IV Co-Coach of the Year at Lake two years ago, says Jacob has his work cut out for him in trying to fi ll in for his brother, who is now playing NCAA Divi-sion II football at the University of Findlay. “Jake is really, really progressing phys-ically and the maturation process of play-ing the position way beyond my expecta-tions,” Emans said. “He’s done everything I’ve asked of him — he comes to work with a great attitude. He’s a great teammate. Whether it’s throwing 30 touchdowns or three touchdowns, he’s into it for the team. In our two scrimmages, he’s done a nice job and made some nice plays. The key for Jake is to be himself.” Last year, Jacob completed 51 percent of his passes (23 for 45) for 338 yards and fi ve touchdowns. He found himself start-ing on a couple occasions when his older brother suffered a shoulder injury, getting a taste of varsity action under his brother's tutelage. The key test was against East-wood, in which he fi lled in, but the Eagles prevailed on their way to an NBC title. DeLauter, a fi rst team Alan Miller Jew-elers All-Press tight end, caught nine passes

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for 223 yards (24.8) and two touchdowns. Duncan caught fi ve passes for 102 yards (20.4) and one touchdown, plus he did the place kicking, kicking 47 extra points con-versions and with his three TDs, scored 65 points, earning him second team All-Press. Emans is also expecting big things out of Short, who rushed for over 1,156 yards and averaged nearly double digits on his average carry (9.6), scoring 21 touchdowns. He also caught 10 passes for 126 yards and fi ve TDs. His 156 points put him second in scoring in the Eastern Maumee Bay re-gion only behind Genoa running back Jake Wojciechowski (180 points). “Brandon is going to have a very nice year,” Emans said. “He’s our horse.” The line, which includes Williams at tight end, features two returners in Jim Urias and Chris Strock and three newcom-ers in Matt Szymanski, Randy Zam and Aaron Szegedi. They key for the defense is maintain-ing their physicality, something Emans has tried to instill within his program since tak-ing over. “I think that they have really pro-

gressed since we started two-a-days and in our two scrimmages in becoming physical. Before I got here, I wouldn’t say Lake was known for their physicality. We wanted to bring that back,” he said. “That’s not being dirty or taking cheap shots, that’s just play-ing tough. Our coaches do an outstanding job of getting them ready. I don’t do any-thing with the defense, I just let them go.” DeLauter returns to head up the de-fense after getting 90 tackles last year, sec-ond on the team behind the graduated Aus-tin Ruess (111 tackles, including 14 for a loss). Short had 61 tackles, Rettig had eight tackles for a loss (including quarterback sacks) and Greenlese had two interceptions last year. While the team is talented, there are questions about its depth. “We’re going to have a lot of guys going both ways. Our Achilles’ heel might be our depth,” Emans said. “We don’t have a lot of second line guys that have played a lot of varsity. We have about 50 on our roster, but we don’t have a lot that have had Friday night experience. That’s our job to get them ready.”

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Coach: Ken James, 30th year, 166-133Last year: 6-4 (5-2 TAAC)Forecast: Ken James is the fi rst to admit that the Rangers have come to expect eight-, nine- and 10-win seasons. Conference championships and an occasional playoff berth usually follow.

Not last year. Northwood was ham-pered by an early-season injury to its best player, running back Dominik Bermejo, and fi elded a young team in general en route to fi nishing 6-4.

“We were pretty grumpy last winter, the players and coaches,” said James.

Bermejo (619 yards, 7 TD) returned in the second half of the season and

Northwood won their last fi ve games. James said the team had a good offseason and is prepared to turn things around in 2015.

“Our seniors did a phe-nomenal job in buying what we’re trying to do,” James

said. “We tried to squeeze some more work out of them in the offseason. We had to kick a lot of guys out of the weight room. They bought into the work ethic and mak-ing themselves better. We feel physically more prepared to handle the schedule we had last year.”

The Rangers return fi ve starters on de-fense and nine on offense, including senior quarterback Mike Vallejo, who threw for 840 yards and eight touchdowns last sea-son completing 47 percent of his passes. James said Vallejo, a three-year starter, will play almost exclusively out of the shotgun.

“We feel like he functions a little better there,” James said. “He’s not real tall and he can see things faster out of the shotgun. We don’t have lot of tall targets. It’s not like we have a lot of 6-2 guys to throw to. Last year we didn’t run the ball well, so we were in third-and-9, third-and-10. We have to run the ball better to give Vallejo an opportu-nity to throw the ball when teams aren’t expecting him to throw.”

The Rangers fi gure to have fi ve play-ers rotate in and out at the running back position, including seniors Joey Woody, Jonny Wheeler and Scott Slater, and juniors Trevor Mack and Gavin Fritz.

“When we’re good, it’s usually run-ning back by committee,” James said. “We

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Northwood Roster2 Brandon Lampros 5’8 140 11 CB3 Donovan Brown 5’4 109 9 SE4 Mike Vallejo 5’10 170 12 QB5 Austin Krueger 6’0 175 11 SE6 Tyler Baer 5’9 140 11 CB7 Sean Whitmore 5’8 141 12 SE 9 Colton Falk 5’7 129 9 FB10 DJ Wishon 5’4 120 9 SE11 Jon Lucas 6’0 141 9 QB12 Mike Lopinski 6’1 184 11 DE13 Scott Slater 5’8 160 12 CB14 Jacob Vickers 5’11 162 12 SE15 Jaylan Matthews 5’8 120 9 SE16 Tim Romstadt 5’10 193 10 LB18 Andrew Claus 5’10 175 11 LB20 Joey Heise 5’7 125 9 CB21 Collin Gutekunst 6’0 181 12 LB22 Dylan Rodriguez 5’10 200 10 HB23 Jonny Wheeler 5’6 150 12 FB24 Gavin Fritz 5’7 145 11 FS25 Nate Brice 5’11 146 11 SE27 Joey Woody 5’8 149 12 HB31 Tre’ June 5’6 153 10 HB32 Thadd Briggs 5’7 140 9 HB34 Austin Weatherholt 5’10 180 11 LB35 Obel Garcia 5’7 145 9 HB36 Jason Lord 5’9 183 10 FB40 Lamar Daniels 5’10 170 9 HB 42 Dillan Cathers 6’0 183 12 FS44 Trevor Mack 5’10 180 11 LB45 Devin Newman 5’7 147 10 LB50 Nick Bonnette 6’1 200 11 DE51 Lukas Cousino 5’10 244 9 OT52 Ben Goins 5’9 252 11 C54 Troy Schmitz 5’9 201 12 OG55 Spencer Lutes 6’0 228 10 C56 Zac Heuser 5’8 266 10 OG57 Anthony Arzuaga 5’10 279 11 NG58 Hunter Wolff 5’11 196 9 C60 Will Peart 5’7 167 12 DE62 Ronnie Vendt 5’9 223 10 DE63 Brandon Hayes 5’11 206 10 OT64 Donte Dixon 5’10 222 9 OG70 Cody Fonseca 5’9 167 9 LB71 Dave Chappell 6’0 210 9 DE72 Tyler Arman 5’8 216 11 NG75 Tim Hall 5’8 225 11 OG76 Brett Turner 6’0 343 10 OT77 Jacob Shephard 5’9 255 12 OG78 Shane Keller 5’6 295 10 NG79 ChristianVickers 5’9 176 11 LB 87 Derek Braden 5’10 169 10 LB

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didn’t have anybody established last year when Dominik went down. By the end of the year, Jonny got himself ready to play. Woody had to get better at blocking and similar things early in the year. Those guys all got experience and that made us better at the end of the year.”

Top receivers are seniors Jacob Vickers and Sean Whitmore, and junior Brandon Lampros, who did not play last season.

“Sean and Vickers are like the of-fensive line guys,” James said. “They are bigger, faster and they’ve worked hard at catching the ball. We feel we need to get some plays out of them, which will help us run the ball more effectively.”

The line consists of returning start-ers Ben Goins (center), Troy Schmitz (right guard) and tackles Nick Bonnette and Christian Vickers. Others rotating in are Zac Heuser, Lukas Cousino and Jacob Shephard, who started a few games a year ago.

Bonnette returns at defensive end along with Will Peart. Tyler Arman, who lettered last year, is the likely starter at nose guard. Anthony Arzuaga, a 279-pound junior, will play nose guard and end, and Tim Romstadt

will also see time at the end position.“Arman is very quick, and Arzuaga is a

little bigger this year,” James said. “He’s got some size and had a good camp. Bonnette and Peart are proven commodities and are good football players. We feel we’re a little better on the line because we have some good depth there.”

The inside linebackers are Mack, Wheeler and sophomore Jason Lord. Mack, a fi rst-team All-Toledo Area Athletic Conference selection, tied a school record in initial hits last season.

“He played at 160 pounds last year, and this year he’s around 180,” James said. “He’s a heck of a leader. You just tell him to get something done and you don’t have to worry about it.”

The starting outside linebackers could be either Christian Vickers, Collin Gutekunst, Austin Weatherholt, Mike Lopinski or Andrew Claus, who could play strong safety. Fritz is the only returning starter in the defensive backfi eld. Dillan Cathers can play both safety positions, and the corners will be Woody, Scott Slater, Tyler Baer or Lampros.

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Oak Harbor Roster3 Raymon Behlmer WR/DB 5'9 160 Jr5 Jeff Winterfield QB/DB 5'10 170 Jr6 Kyle Hanselman TE/LB 5'11 150 Fr7 Noah Harder RB/LB 6'1 215 Sr8 Allan Luecke K/P 6'0 180 Sr9 Caleb Oberther RB/LB 5'8 170 Jr10 Jacob Lewis QB/DB 5'11 140 So11 Garrett Duty RB/DB 5'7 140 So12 Clark Rutledge RB/DB 5'9 160 So13 Matt Harris WR/DB 6'0 160 Jr14 Conner Hoy QB/DB 5'9 125 Fr15 Cy Franck TE/DL 6'1 165 Jr16 Ethan Schwaderer WR/DB 5'10 165 Sr17 Nick Pfeiffer RB/DB 5'5 115 Fr18 Collin Hayslett QB/DB 5'11 160 Sr20 Brandon Elmes WR/DB 5'10 130 Fr21 Hunter Wilkins RB/LB 5'5 125 Fr22 Adam Ohms RB/LB 5'6 140 So23 Kalob Vargas RB/LB 6'1 210 Sr24 Gage Mahan RB/LB 6'4 190 Fr25 Trenton Overmyer RB/DB 5'5 105 Fr26 Garrett Mapes RB/LB 5'6 160 So27 Caleb Turco WR/DB 5'9 160 Sr28 Andrew Heberling RB/DB 5'7 170 Sr30 Kaleb West WR/DB 5'9 145 So31 Jaret Parker RB/DB 5'10 170 Jr32 Kevin Aikman RB/DB 5'8 135 So33 Rhett Petersen RB/DB 5'9 165 Sr41 Cole Roob RB/DL 5'9 230 Fr35 Trent Ficken-Johannsen WR/DB 5'8 155 Sr38 Seth Widener TE/DL 6'1 180 Sr40 Connor Blatt RB/LB 5'11 155 Jr42 Dylan Mansor RB/LB 5'11 150 Jr44 Kyle Pape TE/DL 6'1 205 Sr47 Tyler Laughlin RB/DL 5'8 180 So50 Dominick Vidal OL/LB 5'9 180 So51 Jacob Sage OL/LB 5'11 190 Fr52 AJ Showalter OL/DL 6'0 220 So53 Aaron Lee OL/LB 6'0 190 So54 Alex Lacumsky OL/DL 5'8 195 So55 Dawson Kosier OL/DL 5'6 165 Fr56 Noah Mills OL/DL 5'8 160 So57 Jacob Ellithorpe OL/DL 5'10 190 So 58 Logan Segaard OL/DL 6'0 185 Sr59 David Tooman OL/DL 5'11 205 Sr60 Ted Ozanski OL/DL 5'9 160 So61 Kyle Sherman OL/DL 6'2 245 Sr 62 Zach Roberts OL/DL 5'10 230 Jr63 Dean Kellogg OL/DL 5'10 195 Jr64 Dylan Bodnar OL/DL 6'3 300 Sr65 Ethan Berlin OL/DL 5'9 225 Jr66 Cole Heffernan OL/DL 5'10 205 Fr67 Michael Wojciechowski OL/LB 5'3 135 Fr68 Dru Palmer OL/DL 5'7 165 So70 Brayden Jeffries OL/DL 6'0 200 Jr71 Sam Lattea OL/LB 6'3 160 Fr72 Austin Martikan OL/DL 5'6 200 Fr73 Brandon Garber OL/DL 6'0 245 Sr74 Matthew Hill OL/DL 6'0 215 Sr75 Korey Keegan OL/DL 5'9 150 Fr76 Zach Laughlin OL/DL 5'9 210 So77 Collin Underwood OL/DL 5'10 250 Jr78 Aaron Wisler OL/DL 6'0 240 So79 Hunter Lacer TE/DL 6'1 240 So84 Tad Jensen WR/DB 5'2 115 Fr88 Alec Young TE/DL 6'5 210 Sr

Coach: Mike May, eighth year, 34-36 Last Year: 3-7 (2-5, SBC) Forecast: Mike May returns for his eighth season at the helm of the storied Oak Harbor Rockets football program, as he looks to im-prove on his team’s lukewarm 3-7 overall fi nish, and its 2-5 mark in Sandusky Bay Conference play one year ago.

Still, in order to do that, and hopefully make some noise in a tough Sandusky Bay Conference that trots out the likes of such perennial contenders as Huron, Perkins, and Clyde, and an emerging Port Clinton Redskins squad every Friday night...Coach May and company will have to try to ac-complish their mission without the ser-

vices of some key starters, who were claimed by grad-uation.

One such loss? Last year’s fi rst-year starting quarterback Andre Ramsey, who didn’t exactly shatter

any Oak Harbor records with a fi nal stat line that read 74-of-151, for a 49 percent completion rate, and six touchdown toss-es to go along with 752 yards through the air...but who nonetheless served as a very steady, reliable, and athletic fi eld general, who his Rocket teammates always respond-ed to.

This fall, look for May to plug in yet another fi rst-year starter at the crucial QB position in junior Jeff Winterfi eld, who will have some big shoes to fi ll if he hopes to lead the Rockets’ potentially-explosive of-fense as capably as Ramsey did in 2014.

Meanwhile, not making this ongoing quarterback transition any easier for these Rockets will be Winterfi eld’s veteran fi rst line of defense, or lack thereof rather...as Oak Harbor returns without four of its fi ve starting offensive linemen from last year, including Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press honorable mention center Ben Bergman, and fellow awardees T.J. Lawrence and Vince Szabo — with only Brandon Garber serving as the lone stalwart on the OL from last fall.

On the fl ip side, OH looks to be deep at the running back position, boasting a three-pronged attack that includes starting ball carriers Andrew Heberling, Noah Harder, and Jaret Parker, with a brace of athletes in Caleb Oberther, Kalob Vargas, and Dillon

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Mansor lining up to add depth and get touches.

Of the six, Heberling is a known com-modity, as in 2014, he toted the rock for 618 yards on 122 attempts for a solid 5.1-yard average and seven scores, and he has all of the physical tools to give opposing de-fenses fi ts every Friday night. All he’ll have to do is regain last fall’s form in 2015 and make consistent, smart plays with his legs, plus count on his retooling offensive line.

The Rockets may have to experiment with some different, able bodies to fi ll the holes and act as stopgaps on the defensive line this year. The only returnee on that all-important unit in ‘15 will once again be Garber, though this two-way starter should get plenty of help stuffi ng the run from fellow defensive leaders Noah Harder, a six foot tall, 210 pound middle lineback-er whose play garnered him second team All-Press defensive recognition last year. Harder notched 57 tackles, with nine of them going for losses. Free safety Rhett Petersen also returns to anchor May’s 4-4 defense.

“We need to develop depth on the of-

fensive and defensive lines,” said May, whose scrappy Rocket team returns 14 let-termen from last year, but only three start-ers on both sides of the ball, “but our team chemistry, and our senior leadership are both strengths.”

Another element going Oak Harbor's way is a health roster size, which includes nearly 70 coming out to play football this season. In high school football, good roster numbers mean depth, plus they will assist May in supporting the wing-T offense he brought over eight years ago from a prior as-sistant coaching stint at St. Marys Memorial.

Backfield trio, depth could mean banner season

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Coach: Dan Chipka, second year, 5-5Last year: 5-5 (4-1, TCL)Forecast: The Indians graduated their top two rushers from the running back posi-tion, Nate Houle (651 yards, 8 TD) and Jermaine Brown (448 yards, 3 TD).

The new quarterback is junior left-hander Ronnie Sanders. This year’s starting tailback will be senior Anthony Ashford (6-1, 210), who played tight end (13 catches, 226 yards, 4 TD) and outside linebacker last year. Ashford was a fi rst-team All-CL linebacker as a sophomore and junior.

“He ran the ball some last year,” Chipka said. “He got quite a few practice reps. He’s our alpha male. He’s the real deal. He’s got strength and power and we’re excited to

see him run.”Also in the backfi eld

will be senior fi rst-year player Mike Hernandez.

“He will give us what Jermaine gave us,” Chipka said. “He’s an incredibly

physical runner who keeps his feet moving and falls forward. He’s done a great job so far and has a great attitude.”

Waite’s top pass catcher last season, senior slot receiver Kelvin Downer, returns after catching 11 passes for 277 yards (25.2 average) and two touchdowns in 2014.

“He’s electric,” Chipka said. “We’ve got a number of plays to get him the foot-ball out in space. He’s done very well in the seven-on-sevens. He made about three or four kids miss in our scrimmage against Evergreen. He’s pretty gifted. We’re excited to see what he can do for us.”

Other top playmakers could be junior Anthony Huff and Jamel Blanks.

“Anthony has a lot of speed on the edges,” Chipka said. “One of our most im-proved players has been Jamel. We’ve got him slotted to start the season and he’s done a great job in the preseason in seven-on-sevens and throughout camp.”

The offensive line is anchored by two returning starters, junior left tackle Dakota Stevenson and senior right guard Noah Paprocki. The other starters will be senior left guard Jesus Benavidez, junior center Randy Planck and junior right tackle Mark Boone (6-6, 285).

“The strength of our team may be the offensive line and our ability to run the

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ball,” Chipka said. “They’re a hard-work-ing group and they have a tremendous at-titude. They come to work every day.”

Defensively, last year’s leading tackler, Houle (107 stops, 19.5 tackles for loss) has graduated along with Jovan Sanson (53, 19.5 TFL), but sophomore end Taevion Cummings returns. Cummings had 56 tackles as a freshman. “He’s growing, get-ting faster, just developing,” Chipka said. “We’ve been pleased that he is having a good (preseason) camp. If we can get ahead late in games and make our opponents start passing, he can get after the quarterback.”

Ashford and Downer will both play a hybrid linebacker/end/safety role on defense, depending on Waite’s defensive coverage. Boone will start at defensive end, while Hernandez and senior Eduardo Jackson, who also played tight end last year, return at linebacker.

“Jackson’s got a motor,” Chipka said. “He’ll do whatever we ask of him.”

The secondary returns second team all-league cornerback M.C. Harris, who will play opposite Sanders at the other corner.

“I think Harris plays with a chip on his

shoulder,” Chipka said. “He’s somewhat un-dersized (5-9, 160) but he’s got a mean streak in him. He plays great in press coverage.”

Huff will start at free safety, with senior Dajahn Baker at strong safety and receiver.

“I’ve been preaching attitude, effort and enthusiasm since I’ve been here,” Chipka said. “Those are the pillars of our program. This group has really taken it and run with it. I’m very pleased with our mindsets, attitude and approach to the pro-gram. How we overcome adverse situations this season will determine the amount of success we have this year.”

Waite seeks to defend City League co-championship

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“We will need to work on getting our young players to contribute on Friday nights,” offered Spicer, of his team that only returns 11 previous letter winners, among them only eight holdover

starters, and those are our concerns. We’ll be playing several freshmen, and we have a lack of depth.” The reason — there are only 28 play-ers on the roster, including eight freshmen, fi ve sophomores, eight juniors and seven seniors, which means many will have to play on both sides of the ball. The ‘Cats’ strengths that Spicer and staff are excited about? Among that small crop of stud veterans who are coming back are several of Woodmore’s light-up-the-scoreboard, scratch-their-names-in-the-record-books “skills” guys...which means the Wildcat spread offense has all the better chance of being even more explosive this year, seeing as how it’s going to be manned by talented, athletic personnel with years of experience playing together under their belts. Like 6-foot-1, 195 pound senior quar-terback extraordinaire Connor Bringman...whose rifl e arm shot him straight to the top of the NBC passing board in 2014 on the strength of a school-record 2,224 yards and 16 touchdown passes, while going 170 of 349, all of which earned the QB not only Alan Miller Jeweler All-Press honorable mention honors, but also saw him tabbed second team All-NBC. Bringman also ran for 240 yards on 97 carries and eight touch-

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Woodmore ScheduleAugust 28 PORT CLINTON

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September 18 OTSEGO

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the best require time to scan the fi eld and throw and Bringman may be operating behind an offensive line that may have to plug in unproven players. The ‘Cats lost three of fi ve starters on the line after last season. However, the younger guys could learn from that unit’s two veterans — 6-3, 260 pound senior center Colin Sandrock and Williams — a pair of NBC standouts at their respective positions who bring a combined fi ve years of experience at O-line play to the table. Defensively, Woodmore will be led by a strong linebacking corps, which in turn has a reputation for churning out dynamic playmakers. That includes Conner Haas, a 6-2, 200 pound junior; 6-1, 200 pound se-nior Dustin Haar (65 tackles last year); and 5-9, 150 pound junior linebacker Brandon Cowell (40 tackles, inclulding 4½ for a loss), all of whom have nice motors and are very active on the football fi eld. Senior corner Ross Weirich and junior free safety Derek Wank will look to help shore up the secondary and lead a defense that gave up 397 points last year, 223 more points than the Wildcat offense scored.

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