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YSU Penguin Athletics / Vindy: YSU golf teams plan to be in the mix for conference crowns

« on: April 20, 2011, 06:39:21 AM »

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Since Youngstown State joined the Horizon League a decade ago, two teams have performed better than the rest: women’s track and women’s golf.

“We have a lot of pride,” said women’s golf coach Roseann Schwartz. “If you don’t let them know they’re pretty good, they’re not going to build that confidence.

“We always tell them how proud the athletic department is of this team.”

The Penguins won the first league tournament in 2003 and added another trophy in 2009. They should be in the mix for another title this weekend when they travel to Florida for the league championships at Mission Inn Resort.

“If we play in the championship the way we’ve been playing — and we have been playing well — we should do a good job,” said Schwartz, who expects to battle Butler and Detroit for the top spot. “When my No. 1 and No. 2 players are playing the kind of golf they can play, they can be one or two anywhere, not just here.”

Junior Samantha Formeck won this event two years ago and has been the league’s golfer of the year each of the last two seasons. Senior Katie Rogner (Warren JFK), YSU’s female athlete of the year last year, is also capable of earning medalist honors.

Both are honors students in challenging majors, with Rogner ready to earn her engineering degree and Formeck set to leave school a year early to attend pharmacy school.

“They’ve been so good, they really have,” Schwartz said. “They’ve worked so hard and they deserve all the credit they’ve gotten.”

YSU’s No. 3, sophomore Sarah Heimlich, has improved by eight shots in the past year and should be even better next year, Schwartz said.

“I don’t think she’s peaked yet,” she said. “I think she’ll move up into one of the two top spots next year.”

Women’s track (seven combined league titles in indoor and outdoor competition) is the only other YSU sport to win more than one league title, so the golf team is in lofty company.

If Penguin freshmen Angela Molaskey (Poland) and Sarah Scheidmantel can step up this weekend, Schwartz likes her chances.

“Whoever starts putting is going to win,” Schwartz said. “That’s what it always comes down to.”

The men’s team, meanwhile, enters this weekend’s tournament as a bit of a dark horse. The Penguins have finished in the top half of their last three tournaments — the only times they’ve done so in 10 tournaments tracing back to last fall — and Coach Tony Joy thinks his team has as good a chance as anybody.

“Now, I might not be this optimistic if you talk to me on Sunday,” he said, chuckling. “Cleveland State looks like the strongest team but the league is pretty open.

“We’re going to Orlando feeling we’ve got as good a chance as anybody. From top to bottom, we’re as solid as anybody.”

The Penguins lost last year’s Horizon League champion, Ryan Stocke, to graduation. Senior Spenser Sulzener (the team’s lone senior) and junior Joe Santisi (who missed the fall season) finished second to Stocke in eight events last season, including the league meet.

Juniors Michael Lower and Anthony Conn and freshman Mark Olbrych give YSU some solid depth from 1-5.

“We’re dangerous if everyone plays well,” said Joy, who is in his 27th year with the Penguins. “I don’t feel like the gun’s not loaded.

“We’ve got some bullets and we’re going down there and we plan to be competitive.”

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: U Mass to FBS, will join MAC for football only

« on: April 19, 2011, 04:03:39 PM »

Yes Wick ...we need to have enough clout to have Mickey Matthews removed prior to joining any conference that he coaches in.   

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: U Mass to FBS, will join MAC for football only

« on: April 19, 2011, 02:19:31 PM »

Just like Buffalo. The MAC sees a change to get facilities. UMASS will give them Gillette Stadium, and access to the Boston media market.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: 2011 football rule changes

« on: April 18, 2011, 02:41:48 PM »

With last year's rule, dealing with the placement of the ball and subsequent starting of the clock; it will be interesting to see which penalties can be declined. The "taunting rule" will not have as much of an impact at our level (at least in most conferences) as it will in the IA/FBS conferences where it is much more prevalent. I very much like the new kicking rule. No more than 2 defenders on offensive player during FG's and XP's.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Post Game Interviews: White Wins Annual Spring Game

« on: April 17, 2011, 08:48:25 AM »

Youngstown -- Sophomore tailback Allen Jones ran for 159 yards, and his defensive teammates held the first-string offense to 14 points as the White team beat the Red 24-14 on very rainy Saturday in the 39th Annual Red-White Spring Game at Stambaugh Stadium.

The White team scored the first 17 points of the game, and Jones' 94-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter accounted for the only points of the second half.

The White team was comprised of the first-team defense and the second-string offense while the Red had the No. 1 offense and the second-team defense. The first half had standard timing rules while the second half had a continuous running clock.

Jamaine Cook ran for 93 yards and a touchdown, and Kurt Hess completed 11-of-19 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown for the Red.

Josh Lee forced two big turnovers in the first half, and Patrick Angle spearheaded the White's offense as it built a 17-0 lead two plays into the second quarter.

Lee stripped David Rogers on the Red's first play from scrimmage to give the White squad the ball at the Red 20. Torrian Pace connected with Pat White on a halfback pass down to the one, and Pace punched it in one play later to make the score 7-0.

Thomas Sprague stopped Cook on fourth-and-one on Red's next drive, and Angle connected with White on a fade in the corner of the end zone from 10 yards out to make the score 14-0.

Angle threw another strike that was dropped in the back of the end zone on the first play of the second quarter, and the White team had to settle for a 25-yard field goal from David Brown to go up 17-0.

Hess and Cook got the Red offense going on its first drive of the second quarter as the margin was trimmed to 17-7. Cook broke loose on a 22-yard rush on fourth-and-one, and Hess connected with Andre Barboza on a 22-yard strike down to the two on fourth-and-six. Cook kept his legs churning and fought his way into the end zone from the four two plays later.

Cook burst through the line and had nothing but daylight ahead with less than four minutes remaining in the first half, but Lee caught him from behind and stripped the ball. Donald D'Alesio recovered the fumble, and White took over at its 13.

The Red defense held, and the offense took over at the 20 following a touchback with 1:28 to go. Hess orchestrated the two-minute offense well, connecting with Barboza twice and Rogers once to get down to the 23. The quarterback then hit Adaris Bellamy out of the backfield along the left sideline for a score with 29 seconds left.

The White defense allowed just one first down on the first drive of the second half, and Jones displayed his breakaway speed on the 94-yard score on the White's second offensive play of the third quarter.

Down 10 points, Red went three-and-out on its next three drives as the running clock limited the number of second-half possessions.

Angle finished 6-for-10 for 78 yards and a touchdown, and White had a game-high five catches for 68 yards and a score for the White. Barboza had four catches for 69 yards for the Red.

Nick Liste punted for both teams and averaged 41.4 yards per kick. He had a long of 59 yards and placed five punts inside the 20.

Defensively, Kyle Sirl had a game-high eight tackles, including three for loss, for the Red team. He and Ethan Slark both had two sacks, and Austin Jackson had two pass break-ups.

Obinna Ekweremuba had seven tackles, including two for loss, for the White. Lee had six tackles and three pass break-ups in addition to his two forced fumbles. Four of Sprague's six tackles were behind the line of scrimmage.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League "Off-Season" news

« on: April 16, 2011, 04:23:20 PM »

Something else to consider. I think we may find a solution stemming from football, rather than basketball.  With the expansion of the MVFC, the conference will only require 7 or 8 games for it's members. This does leave us with enough open dates to play a warm-up, a money game, and Akron and/or Kent (rival). If we can begin to defeat these two (or at least an above 50/50 split) we make a statement to potential recruits and excite the fans with a return to our rival games.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / The devoted ...YSU Sping Game

« on: April 16, 2011, 02:24:14 PM »

Needless to say there was rather sparse crowd on hand for the 2011 spring game. I saw some good and some bad. However, with weather and only being spring ...too early to tell.

1. Patrick Angle ...best QB on the field today and game MVP through the first half (when I left).
2. Welcome back to Taylor Hill. He was reading every throw and reacting today.
3. Nice height in the WR corps ... now if they can just catch the ball.
3. Torian Pace held the ball today, and Bellamy looked very good. Cook looks actually smaller, but has a slightly-changed running style ...lower with better ball security.
4. My FG concerns are not gone, but I fell a little better. I would love to go back to having two kickers.

Players that stood out in a good way:

Both #5's. Bellamy and Lewis
90 OB
14 Angle
42 Nate Adams (matches well with Angle)
40 Hill
55 Mady (played both sides a couple of times)
91 Nick DeKraker
81 Nick Liste* (really hitting the ball well today).

Again, I only stayed for the half ...so what else did I miss?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Softball Inks Pitcher Paige Miller During Late Signing Period

« on: April 14, 2011, 10:24:31 PM »

The Youngstown State softball program has signed pitcher Paige Miller to a National-Letter-of-Intent to continue her academic and athletic career at Youngstown State, Head Coach Brian Campbell announced on Thursday (April 14).

"Paige is a control pitcher," Campbell said. "She can locate all of her pitches and her rise ball pops through the strike zone.

"We are excited to add a young lady to our pitching staff that has been very successful in the circle. Her height and pitching style bring a new look to our staff."

Miller, a 6-foot right-hander from St. Louis, Mo., was a three-time letterwinner at Kennedy Catholic High School, who plays softball in the fall, and led her prep squad to the 2009 state quarterfinals and back-to-back district championships in 2009 and 2010.

A three-time all-conference selection and two-time conference player of the year, Miller went 41-3 with with a 1.02 earned-run average and 117 strikeouts in 117 innings pitched.

The two-time all-state performer also batted .456 with 10 home runs and 42 runs batted in during her senior campaign.

For her career, Miller posted a record of 60-10 with an earned-run average of 0.75 and 481 strikeouts in 300 inning pitched. She also belted 13 career home runs and drove in 81 runs.

As a junior, Miller went 13-3 in the circle with a 0.19 earned-run average with 188 strikeouts. She batted .453 with a home run and 16 runs batted in.

During her sophomore campaign, Miller struck out 119 in 75 innings pitched and posted a 6-4 record. She was named first-team all-conference and earned all-district honors.

Miller joins Kayla Haslett (Baden, Pa.), Kaitlyn Kite (Urbana, Ohio), Brooke Meenachan (Boardman, Ohio) and Samantha Troxell (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) in the 2012 recruiting class.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Devan Matkin Signs NLI to Join YSU Women's Basketball Program

« on: April 14, 2011, 10:19:17 PM »

Youngstown -- Devan Matkin, a 5-foot-10 guard from Tallahassee Community College, has signed a National Letter of Intent to become a member of the Youngstown State University women's basketball program, YSU head coach Bob Boldon announced.

Matkin, a native of Twin Falls, Idaho, is the fourth member of Boldon's first signing class that will join the program for the 2011-12 season. She joins Kelsea Fickiesen, Ashley Lawson and Melanie Poorman, who all signed NLI's as high school seniors in the fall.

"Devan fills needs that we wanted to address with recruiting, and that was to get skilled players and get better shooters," Boldon said. "Her size and athleticism will provide some versatility for us. We're really excited about adding Devan to our squad."

In her lone season at Tallahassee Community College in Florida, Matkin averaged 7.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists as one of only four players to appear in all 25 games. She ranked second on the team with 30 treys, making 31.9 percent of her attempts, and she shot 81 percent from the free-throw line. She made three triples in five different games, and she scored in double figures in three of her last four contests.

Matkin played her first collegiate season at the College of Southern Idaho in her hometown. She averaged 4.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while making a team-high 26 3-pointers. She had 77 assists against just 67 turnovers for the Lady Eagles, who went 22-9.

Matkin played her senior year of high school at Vallivue, Idaho, and earned regional all-star recognition. She helped lead the squad to a 20-4 record and a fourth-place finish in the state. She played her first three high school seasons at Twin Falls High and helped the Bruins to back-to-back fourth-place finishes at state. She was the Region Player of the Year and second-team all-state as a junior when she averaged 17.1 points and 5.4 assists.

The regular signing period extends until May 18.

"We have some kids visiting campus still, and we're going to move forward," Boldon said. "We're trying to make next year's team as good as we can. One of the ways we can do that is by adding some skill players and adding some athleticism. We're trying to meet both of those needs in this late signing period."

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Puskas: All eyes on Spring Game

« on: April 14, 2011, 11:53:12 AM »

YOUNGSTOWN - One of the primary goals for Youngstown State's spring football workouts is for the Penguins to become a more physical team.

Second-year coach Eric Wolford believes that is critical if YSU is going to return to prominence in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The Penguins were just 3-8 overall and 1-7 in the MVFC in Wolford's first season. Too often, Wolford felt, YSU came out on the wrong side of physical matchups.

After a scrimmage last Saturday, he said that is beginning to change.

"I'm happy with where we are," Wolford said. "We're progressing along. I think you guys can tell by standing here listening that we're a more physical football team. You actually hear some pads popping. That's encouraging."

The Penguins of the 1990s usually managed to be more physical than most opponents during their run of Division I-AA championships and appearances in the title game. To re-establish itself as a power in the Football Championship Subdivision, Wolford said YSU first must catch up with its MVFC rivals.

"It's a very physical league," he said. "There are some physical teams in this league and that's a compliment to them. We have to raise our level of being a physical football team in order to have an opportunity to win the league."

But for now, the Penguins' only chance to get physical is with one another. Spring practice continues this week and concludes at 12:05 p.m. on Saturday with the 39th annual Red-White Spring Game.

YSU's No. 1 offense and No. 2 defense will make up the Red team. The White team will consist of the Penguins' No. 1 defense and No. 2 offense.

The game will be broadcast live by WKBN-570 AM. Tickets are available by calling the YSU Athletic Ticket Office at 330-941-1978. Tickets are $5. The university is offering $15 tailgate passes.

A women's coaching clinic is set for Friday at 5:30 p.m.

COACHES SET: Red team coaches include YSU assistants Shane Montgomery, Louie Matsakis, Andre Coleman, Tom Sims, Frank Buffano and Rollen Smith. The honorary coaches on offense are Sam Covelli and Ohio Sen. Joe Schiavoni. Former Ohio Sen. Harry Meshel and U.S. Judge Peter C. Economus are the honorary defensive coaches.

The White staff includes Penguins assistants Carmen Bricillo, Mauro Monz, George Clarke, Rick Kravitz, Ron Stoops and Sal Guagliardo. Honorary coaches on offense are Eric Ryan and Penguin Club president Walter "Buzz" Pishkur. Kelly Pavlik and Jim Gasior are the honorary defensive coaches.

epuskas@tribtoday.com

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Somogyi, Thomas Key Doubleheader Sweep Over Detroit

« on: April 14, 2011, 06:48:19 AM »

Canfield, Ohio -- Sophomore Hana Somogyi fired her second shutout in less than a week and junior Haley Thomas belted two home runs to lead the Youngstown State softball team to an 8-0 win in game two of a doubleheader sweep of Detroit on Wednesday afternoon. The Guins won game one, 6-2.

The Guins improve to 21-14 overall and 4-7 in the Horizon League. With the wins, the Guins reach the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2006. Detroit falls to 5-23 overall and 0-8 in the league.

Somogyi, who recorded her second career shutout, tossed a two-hitter and struck out seven in the five-inning complete game. Somogyi also recorded her fourth straight win.

Thomas cranked her team-best fifth and sixth home runs of the season in the shutout and drove in three runs.Her first came in the bottom of the second inning extending the Guins' 1-0 edge to a 5-0 lead.

Thomas also ripped a solo home run in the bottom fourth inning to give the Guins a 4-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the fifth, Courtney Ewing's single to center and Sarah Gable's pinch-hit, two-run double down the left field line enforced the eight-run mercy rule.

In the opener, freshman Casey Crozier scattered eight hits and allowed just two runs with six strikeouts to record her 12th complete game of the year.

Senior Kim Klonowski went 2-for-3 with and drove in a run while sophomore Vicky Rumph hit a two-run home run and freshman Samantha Snodgrass also drove in two runs.

The Guins host Valparaiso in a three-game series, April 16-17, at McCune Park. First pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Vindy: Irish grad Peterman considers Penguins

« on: April 14, 2011, 06:46:33 AM »

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Dale Peterman is a talented junior college football player who will have several Division I options this summer if he can get his grades in order.

He’s also a father. And that obviously complicates things.

“I’ve missed out on two years of his life and I’m trying to make up for that,” said Peterman, an 2009 Ursuline High graduate who has attended two different junior colleges the past two years. “It’s been really hard.”

Peterman was an All-Ohio defensive back for the Irish in 2008 and is best known for his game-winning interception return for a touchdown in the regional final against Kirtland that season. Two weeks later, Ursuline won the first of three straight Division V state titles.

Peterman originally signed with Syracuse as a senior, but didn’t qualify academically. He instead spent one season at Georgia Military College, then played last fall for the City College of San Francisco.

“Coming from the type of neighborhood I came from, going to school was not the No. 1 goal in life,” Peterman said. “But college really grew on me. I’m doing better now.”

Peterman is back in Youngstown now, taking online classes from City College. If everything goes as planned, he’ll earn his associates degree this spring, then sort through offers from Syracuse, Akron, Toledo and Youngstown State. If not, he’ll need to take summer classes.

Either way, Peterman said he’s “100 percent sure” he’ll be playing college football this fall.

“Right now, YSU is definitely the leader because of my son, [Dale Jr.],” Peterman said. “If I go there, I’d be right up the street from him.”

At GMC, Peterman played with future SEC players such as Jakar Hamilton (Georgia) and Kaleb Broome (South Carolina) as five players went to Division I schools. He played with similar talent in San Francisco, a program that has won eight national titles, including four in the last decade.

“Most of the teams we faced were passing, spread-type teams,” he said. “I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and faster but my biggest improvement was mentally, as far as reading offenses and coverages.

“I think I’m twice the player I was in high school.”

Peterman watched YSU’s first spring scrimmage from the sidelines, where he saw former teammates such as RB Allen Jones and WR Jake Dragovich.

“I think they’re going to be pretty good,” Peterman said of the Penguins. “Allen Jones, he’s one of those playmakers that gets me hyped up. He’ll get up from a play and scream and it gets you motivated to play.

“And Jake has improved so much since high school. He always had good hands but he’s gotten much better physically.”

YSU has several other Irish ties — head coach Eric Wolford is an Ursuline graduate and cornerbacks coach Rollen Smith coached there for 20 years — and with the team’s uncertainty at defensive back, the coaches have made it clear he’d be a welcome addition.

“The coaches told me I could come in and make an immediate impact in the secondary,” Peterman said. “I think I can come in and fight for a starting position.”

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Spring Game Roster

« on: April 13, 2011, 07:23:38 AM »

So:
 Going by coach Matsakis' comments: (Red has #1 O and White has #1 D) ...that would make your first team (of those that are healthy)


O-Linemen: Andrew Radakovich, Lamar Mady, Mark Pratt, Chris Elkins, D.J. Main.

Quarterback: Kurt Hess

Running Back: Jamaine Cook, Adaris Bellamy.

Wide Receiver: Andre Barboza, Kevin Watts, Juilian Harrell, Jelani Berassa.

Tight-End: David Rogers, Carson Sharbaugh, Andy Colegrove.

D-Linemen: Daniel Stewart, Andrew Johnson, Nick DeKraker, Obinna Ekweremuba, D.J. Moss.

Line-backer: Thomas Sprague, Ali Cheaib, Taylor Hill.

Defensive Back: Donald D’Alesio, Deionte Williams, Scott Sentner, Josh Garner, Jamarious Boatwright, Randy Louis.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Scalzo: Wolford confident after 2nd spring

« on: April 13, 2011, 06:54:16 AM »

YOUNGSTOWN

If you were to pick a snapshot of Eric Wolford at last year’s Youngstown State spring practice, it would probably show the first-year coach in full fury, getting in the face of one of his players, most likely saying something like, “DO YOUR JOB!”

(There might even be a colorful adjective included between “your” and “job.”)

This spring has been a different story. Wolford has mostly watched in silence, which is either a sign that he’s mellowed since turning 40 last week or that he’s pleased with his team’s performance.

“It’s night and day, for me,” he said at Tuesday’s Bob Dove spring luncheon. “It’s a different team. These kids are doing things right and understand what’s expected.

“I haven’t had to yell and scream nowhere near as much. I have a voice and I don’t have as many headaches.”

Some of the progression has come on the field. Most of the players are entering their second year in Wolford’s system and, naturally, look better.

But Wolford said the progress can be seen in other areas, from putting their towels away (“They know if they don’t put their towels back, they’re going to drip-dry or dry off with paper towels”) to their attitudes (“It’s yes sir, no sir”) to their conditioning (“We’re a more physical football team”).

The Penguins will get a chance to display their progress in Saturday’s annual Red-White spring game, which will feature a starters versus starters format. (Last year’s game was starters versus backups.)

It will be the last chance for the current players to impress the coaches in a competitive atmosphere before 30 freshmen arrive this summer, most on defense.

“In certain positions, we’re in pretty good shape,” Wolford said. “I say all the time, ‘You’ve got 15 practices to show what you can do. Then we go into the fall and we got some new guys coming in. And we kind of already know what you can do. It’s your job to hold on to your spot.’”

Wolford feels confident in every offensive position except receiver, where he is trying out sophomore running back Jordan Thompson in an effort to upgrade the talent and create more competition. Defensively, the Penguins have looked solid on the defensive line but injuries have ravaged his linebackers and defensive backs this spring, so the depth chart at those positions could change over the next few months.

Regardless of what happens Saturday, Wolford and his staff will pay careful attention to how his players perform in the “voluntary” conditioning sessions that run from May through July.

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Spring Game Roster

« on: April 13, 2011, 06:50:12 AM »

RED TEAM

OFFENSE

Linemen: Andrew Radakovich, Lamar Mady, Mark Pratt, Chris Elkins, D.J. Main.

Quarterback: Kurt Hess, Marc Kanetsky.

Running Back: Jamaine Cook, Adaris Bellamy.

Wide Receiver: Andre Barboza, Kevin Watts, Juilian Harrell, Jelani Berassa.

Tight End: David Rogers, Carson Sharbaugh, Andy Colegrove.

Coaches: Shane Montgomery, Louie Matsakis, Andre Coleman.

Honorary Coaches: Sam Covelli, Joe Schiavoni.


DEFENSE

Linemen: Josh Fenderson, Kyle Sirl, Brandon Green, Chuck Lengyel, Tim Taumoepeau, Kevin Johnson.

Line-backer: Dom Rich, John Sasson, Will Shaw, Ethan Slark, Deonta Tate, Dan Fernback, Mark Brandenstein, Thomas Kipp.

Defensive Back: Gannon Hulea, Josh Lee, Justin Austin, Grant Mayes, Matt Romeo, Alex Antonucci.

Coaches: Tom Sims, Frank Buffano, Rollen Smith.

Honorary Coaches: Harry Meshel, Judge Peter C. Economus.

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SPECIAL TEAMS

Punter: Nick Liste
Kicker: David Brown
Long-Snapper: Nate Schkurko

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WHITE TEAM

OFFENSE


Linemen: Andrew Sinko, Zach Larson, Marc Stevens, Stephen Page, J.P. May, Fred Herdman.

Quarterback: Patrick Angle, Najee Tyler.

Running Back: Allen Jones, Torrian Pace.

Wide Receiver: Pat White, Jake Dragovich, Jordan Thompson, Ely Ducatel, Dionte Snow.

Tight End: Nate Adams.

Coaches: Carmen Bricillo, Mauro Monz, George Clark.

Honorary Coaches: Eric Ryan, Buzz Pishkur.


DEFENSE

Linemen: Daniel Stewart, Andrew Johnson, Nick DeKraker, Obinna Ekweremuba, D.J. Moss.

Line-backer: Thomas Sprague, Ali Cheaib, Taylor Hill.

Defensive Back: Donald D’Alesio, Deionte Williams, Scott Sentner, Josh Garner, Jamarious Boatwright, Randy Louis.

Coaches: Rick Kravitz, Ron Stoops, Sal Guagliardo.

Honorary Coaches: Kelly Pavlik, Jim Gasior.