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USC football notes

By Eleanor Bailey almanac Sports Editor ebailey@thealmanac.Net 6 min read

Upper St. Clair

football junk

fifth year……

having a young team, when I first arrived, had a very young team. that experience and going through that.

highs and lows. will be valuable. draw upon.

training and

influenced by experience

we don’t have experience in friday night experience.

one of younger groups I have had.

we have had kids……been part of program and part of culture.

focused energy on get youth kids up here summer.

watching since M.S. and youth leagues.

more connected with this group.

Offense

OL….two starters back.

Marco Carone Navy, Penn OT……he had a really good junior year. great. anchor our efforts up front.

Nate Stohl…….leadership. a returner from last year. two-way starter. bright future as OG. we expect big things out of him.

newcomer

Brooke gillespie…..junior. had limited experience. worked hard in off season. OG

rest battle between

Austin Middleton….C/G Junior

Mason Geyer….sophomore. dad played for Lebo

Bobby Fleckenstein, Reese Partien

Chase Kaszmerick….

all competing.

until pads on.

all these kids to a man. all worked extremely hard and prepared

playing O/D line one of most physically demanding activities.

prepared for the battle.

excited about that.

need guys who embrace the grind.

WR….

Charlie Bywalski….JR….

haven’t played

Peter Engel

Bryce Jones, JR.

Julian Dahlem…..will play, ready if called upon

both ways every down

As a whole they have really improved from first day of summer camp,

grow and mature.

7-on-7. went and competed in a lot of them. saw improvement each time. Encouraging

Marshall Howe (booster pres. kid)

Brett Meinert will also play DB

Bennett Henderson…..Kicker

we hold graduation around hear.

Todd Akron…full scholarship.

Last year…Our Town. Our team.

New

RB…..

Mason Chambers….had some carries.

Jamaal….Richmond….full scholarship. Besslemna in Princeton.

11 guys in college. first year we put one. point of emphasis get ready to play at next level. proud of.

Goal hasn’t changed despite our youth. expectation in this town competing for championships. don’t run from that. tradition kids are taught. duty to protect.

spend time and appreciate place in that story.

responsibility put black helmet on.

other RB

lot

Greg Cory

and Dante Coury

brothers.

John Banbury…last one….built like Luke….

Evan Taylor. a senior…..Greg Coury is a senior.

Mason is a senior. good-looking kid.

QB started WPIAL Ethan Helmann is our started. Julian is ready if pressed into service.

get along well. developed a chemistry. QB-WR is crucial. admired handle competition. realize need each other. success depend upon each other. happy with way competed.

Ethan….biggest thing he able to do. he was very raw last year. played in some big games for us. WPIAL semifinals. first start against PT. rare have sophomore QB played in so many big games. draw upon that as we move through season. can’t simulate. on the biggest stage. he’s a veteran as a sophomore.

Aug. 11. 4 p.m. Friday….heat of the day..

Panther tunnel.

circus.

We are excited about the returning OL that have lot of experience. key part of success.

A lot of young kids excited about. Anxious to see what do on Friday nights. while a lot of questions. excited about potential. Have veteran at QB. place high value on.

Defense….

Top Stohl, Carone and Gillespie. Odd front. key guys. Fleckentstine, Middleton and Geyer.

LBs…..

Van Helman a returner. MLB….from a veteran standpoint. most experience. be a guy rely upon.

Cam Phillips played a bit last year.

John Banbury will compete for position

Mason Chambers

Beck Shields.

feel a position of depth. feel good about all those guys. all contributing.

Carter Stein another one.

We graduated. some good LB but feel we have a number of kids who can fill those holes for us.

DB

all brand new

Dalhmen…Safety\

Jones a CB

Gianni Disora….Jr.

Zack Salapo….CB

Nico D’Arazio….

Charlie Bywalski

secondary a lot of fresh faces..

especially a lot of good arms in this conference. they will be challenged in this league.

All games are 7 p.m.

Defense…

Our front seven are going to be kids really focused on stop the run. Being Physical. Like their physicality.

Biggest concern is secondary. we are yourg. make sure they are ready for challenge.

we need to be ready defend R and the Pass.

Special teams

Bennett kicking duties. offers from fordahm. allpconference kicker. long is 47 against Gateway.

biggest improvement. consistent in his touchbacks. improved his percentage. that will help our defense.

Punter is the same

Toughest conference opponent. PT is going to be lot of players, lot of experience. that is important in H.S. football. lot of energy at BP, something that will lift them to compete for conference.

SF return veteran squad, with excellent signal caller.

said before….last five WPIAL have featured a team form our league.

speaks to depth and strength of our conference. top to bottom. most well-rounded in WPIAL.

big reason is really good coaches in our league. bring good athletes but have coaches that can coaches.

Goals and expectations.

Big thing we are hoping to see is growth in non-conference schedule. first games keys. foundation needs to be laid in first few games.

lot of beginning. early in the year.

step one.

step two. expectations compete for conference championships. kids have goal in mind.

continue in tradition we have been able to establish. important part of culture. we embrace that challenge.

our youth can be a strength.

our kids are open to coaching. competing for jobs. as a H.Coach you want teams to embrace that competition. Net positive for us.

We evaluate selves, certain first place look on scoreboard. as young as we are, look at growth.

part of maturation. handle Highs and lows. learn from setbacks and growing and moving forward.

why we had success, previous years we faced number of struggles.

setbacks growth takes place.

this team having experienced success. set back grow from.

part of the journey.

Our culture here at USC, we talk about here. Culture of winning but also about teaching young man to be young man of substance and character. when wolf at door or hard times come to you, face and overcome challenges is part of life.

playing friday, so is raising a family.

how to compete in life.

exciting about crew. young and anxious to get started. waiting their turn. shot. live out their dream

excited as coaches watch them grow.

Marco Krohn

Nate Stohl

Mason Chambers

Julian Dahlmen

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