2014 Team Preview: Hamburg (3)

Written by: David Mika on Wednesday, August 6th, 2014. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach Damian Buggy Q&A

 

Q. What are the key things we should know about your offense?

A. Offensively, we are getting away from the Wing-T and moving toward a multiple Pro offense. We feel that it is the best way to use multiple athletes and get them the ball in space. It really plays to our strengths.

Some players that will impact our offense will be Aaron Nelson at wide receiver. Aaron possesses some big play potential with his speed. Robbie Henne is another threat at wide receiver.  Henne has moved from running back to wide receiver and has sure hands. There will be times when he will get the ball in the backfield as well because he is a good playmaker.

The backfield starts with Nick Kuhn at quarterback. Nick has solid leadership skills, a good arm and loves to compete.  He is definitely a player to build an offense around. Also joining Kuhn is the leading returning rusher in Ian Hamilton (532 yards) who has a tough, hard-nosed running style. To complement Hamilton’s power is Dariel Ruiz with his speed averaging over 18 yards per play in 2013.

Up front, the line returns TJ Romoho at guard and he has started since his freshman year. Alongside Romoho is senior Dustin Snyder. Snyder has seen some limited time last season but will be an important part on a youthful front five.

 

Q. What are the key things we should know about your defense?

A. Along with Hamilton, Snyder, Nelson, Ruiz, Henne and Kuhn, the Hawks defensively return Damian Bausher as a strong presence at linebacker.

Also returning are Tyler Herber at strong safety and Mike Madara at corner in the secondary.

 

Q. What are the key things we should know about your special teams? Who are your kick and punt returners? Who are your kicker and punter?

A. Nelson will be taking on the kicking duties and Jamin Levan will do the punting while Bausher will be doing the long snapping.

 

Head Coach: Damian Buggy (1^st year)

2013 Record: 5-6 Lost in the first round of District III playoffs

2014 Schedule

Key Starters Lost: QB/DB Joey Cominsky, WR/LB Cody Miller, TE/DT Austin Bashore, TE/DE Pat Barter, OL/DL Blake Roberts, DL Logan Lackey

 

Offensive Starters Returning: (6)

OL. Sr. Dustin Snyder

OL. Sr. Damian Bausher

RB. Sr. Robbie Henne

RB. Sr. Ian Hamilton

QB. Jr. Nick Kuhn

WR. Jr. Aaron Nelson

 

Defensive Starters Returning: (8)

DT. Sr. Dustin Snyder

LB. Sr. Damian Bausher

DB. Sr. Robbie Henne

LB. Sr. Ian Hamilton

DB. Jr. Nick Kuhn

DB. Jr. Aaron Nelson

LB. Jr. Tyler Herber

DB. Mike Madara

 

Key Newcomers:

WR/DB. Sr. Kai Miller

RB/DB. Jr. Matt James

WR/DB. So. Gabe Vazquez

RB/DB. So. Jordan McAllister

RB/DB. So. Tommy Kissinger

OL/LB. So. Max Kline

RB/LB. So. Andrew Payne

OL/DL. So. Jacob Metcalfe

OL/DL. So. Quinn Nabozny

 

2014 Outlook:

Hamburg will have a large contingent of young players, and we will be leaning on our upper-classmen to bring the maturity and experience needed to be successful. Our off-season commitment has been great thus far.

Offensively, Hamburg looks to return our top rusher in Ian Hamilton (532 yards) along with another leading rusher Robbie Henne who averaged 5.92 yards per rush. Leading Hamburg at QB is junior Nick Kuhn who brings the experience of 13 starts.

Along with Hamilton, Henne and Kuhn, the Hawks defensively return Damian Bausher as a strong presence at linebacker. Dustin Snyder is at defensive tackle, Tyler Herber is at strong safety and Aaron Nelson at free safety.

Hamburg Area is looking forward to the challenges of the 2014 season.

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