2016 Team Preview – Spring-Ford (1)

Written by: David Mika on Friday, July 15th, 2016. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Chad Brubaker

Assistant Coaches: Jim Mich, Jr., Chad Strickler, Dale Bergman, Steve Schein, DJ Fox, Chuck Nesley, Eric Hill, Mike Engro, Victor Brown

Team Name: Spring-Ford

2015 Record: 10-1

2016 Schedule:

Key Starters lost:
Matt Rice
Steve Rice
Ricky Venuto
Trey Jarmon
Teddy Dylinski
Bobby Welsh
Dan Kelchner
Sean Tatum
Tim Rudderow
Jeremiah Ndjali
Owen Gulati
Alex Nagy

Offensive Starters Return: (7)
Sr. Matt Gibson, RB, 5-9, 170
Sr. Stone Scarcelle, ATH, 6-2, 190
Sr. Quinn McKenna, TE, 6-2, 215
Sr. Selwyn Simpson, RB, 6-2, 215
Sr. Nick Salomone, OL, 6-1, 210
Sr. Casey Callahan, OL, 6-4, 230
Jr. Noah Silva, OL, 6-2, 260

Defensive Starters Returning: (6)
Sr. Toby Poet, DL, 6’1, 240
Sr. Lee Albert, LB, 6-0, 215
Sr. Tanner Romano, DL, 5-10, 190
Sr. Ryan Yanulevich, LB, 5-11, 195
Sr. Adam Sharkey, DB, 5-10, 175
Sr. Dan Cassidy, DB, 6-0, 180

Special Team Starters Returning: (2)
Sr. P Stone Scarcelle, 6-2, 190
Jr. LS David Giangiulio, 5-11, 190

Key newcomers: (10)
Sr. Josh Tumelty, LB, 5-7, 175
Sr. Billy Frazier, LB, 5-8, 175
Sr. Luke Nadwodny, OL/DL, 5-9, 225
Sr. Ryan Egbert, OL/DL, 5-10, 245
Sr. Andrew Guldin, LB, 5-10, 175
Sr. Matt Booth, WR, 5-9, 165
Jr. TJ Pergine, QB, 5-11, 170
Jr. Matt Lepore, OL, 5-11, 255
Jr. Justin Defrancesco, ATH, 5-8, 160
Jr. Ben D’Arcangelo, LB, 5’6, 155

Key Stats:
Matt Gibson – 104 car. – 824 yds – 7.8 – 7 TD
Selwyn Simpson – 84 car. – 601 yds – 7.2 – 10 TD

Quinn McKenna – 33 rec. – 453 yds – 13.7 – 10 TD
Stone Scarcelle – 29 rec. – 440 yds – 15.2 – 4 TD

Ryan Yanulevich – 39 solo tackles
Lee Albert – 37 solo tackles
Adam Sharkey – 35 solo tackles
Tanner Romano – 8 QB sacks / 13 TFL

2016 Offensive outlook: (Please let us know the keys about your team on offense. What are your keys to having a successful year?)

We have our top 4 scorers back from last year (non-kickers) and 3 of our starting lineman. We need to find out who our starting QB and 2 new lineman will be and go from there. With Gibson and Simpson, we have 2 RBs returning with a lot of experience and ability. Also, Stone Scarcelle will line up at WR, RB, and QB and Quinn McKenna has the ability to line up at WR, also. With those 4 returners and some newcomers, we have the versatility to do a lot of neat things.

2016 Defensive Outlook: (Please let us know the keys about your team on defense. What are your keys to having a successful year?)

We have a lot of experience in the back of our defense with Sharkey and Cassidy returning (and Scarcelle played a lot). We need to find at least one corner. We are expecting Yanulevich and Albert to have excellent years at LB, but we’ll need to find another and may have to shuffle who plays where. Poet and Romano return up front. The guys that end up playing at the other 2 spots on the defensive line will play a big role in how successful we will be defensively.

2016 Special Teams Outlook: (Please let us know the keys about your team on special teams. What are your keys to having a successful year?)

David Giangiulio did a great job as a sophomore long snapper last year. Stone Scarcelle returns for his 4th year as our punter. We are hoping that Erick Rodriguez can be our K this year.

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