2018 Team Previews – Avon Grove Red Devils (1)

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Harry O’Neill

Assistant Coaches: Brian Kirby, Kevin Borcky, Todd Hershey, Vic Yokimcus,  Joe Coffey, Steve Lewis, Greg Blue, Tim Bryan, Kory Hitchens, Mike Bolmar, Don Murphy, Matt Walsh

Team Name: Avon Grove Red Devils

2017 Record: 5-5

2018 Schedules:

Key Starters lost: Kevin Francis (RB), Shane Wolford (QB), Dillon Estes(LB), Tyler Boyd (WR/SS), Josh Brockson (DE/TE), Joel Mogaka (OG/DL)

Offensive Starters Returning: (6) Sr. OT Connor Long, 6’3 265, Jr. OG Nick Pino 6’2 320, OC Rhys Whitehouse 6’1 265,

Sr OT Brian Ayres 6′ 1 265, Sr. WR Jay Paone 6’1 175, Jr. TE Max Paschall 6’2 2

Defensive Starters Returning: (4) Sr. SS Scott O’Neill, SR. DE Eric Yurkovich, Jr. FS Wyatt Kirby, Jr. DT Isisah Castenada

Key Newcomers: (11)  SR WR Tyre Stead 5’11 165 (Transfer), JR QB JT MacDonald 6’2 190, SR RB Dino Arhontakis 5’8 175, SR OG Jack Casey 6’0 240, Jr DL Briggs Godfrey 6’2 245, Jr LB Matt Walsh 6’1 205, SR LB Tate Billings 6’1 215, Sr CB/WR Kyri Rossiter 5’8 155, SR CB Pat Provence 6’1 175, Jr. S Garrett Keen 5’10 175, SR DE Max Gula 6’3 215

D1 (FBS & FCS) Prospects: Sr OT Connor Long, Jr. OG Nick Pino, Jr QB JT MacDonald, WR Jay Paone, WR Tyre Stead

2018 Outlook: On Offense We need to be able to run the ball to help our pass game be effective, On defense we need to be able to defend the run better this year and contest more passes

Offense: We need to replace RB Kevin Francis and QB Shane Wolford. Jr. QB MacDonald needs to spread the ball around to WR Paone and Stead to compliment the ground game of Arhontakis, Kirby and Rossiter.

Defense: We need to reduce our points against per game

Special Team: We need to be fundamentally sound in the kicking game

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