2023 Team Preview: Holy Cross Crusaders

Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Joe Giorgio

Assistant Coaches:
Chris Coviello
Jim Tallarico
Jake Gatto
Mike Giorgio
Corey Coviello
Duncan Coolican
Gene Pane

Team Name: Holy Cross Crusaders

2022 Record: 0-10

District: 2

Class: AA

League: Lackawanna Football Conference, Division 3

Key Starters Lost:
RB/LB Logan Tierney
C/DT Pio Tanana
OG/DT Andrew Naim
WR/S Johnathon Jones
OG/DE Bobby Staples
FB/LB Fred Strein
TE/DE Gabe Gonzales

Offensive Starters Returning:
OT Chris Petrucci Sr. 6’3 270
OG Zac Minich Sr. 5’11 225
FB Leland Wudarski Soph. 5’11 190
C John Elko Jr. 6’0 210
Wr. Aiden Wudarski Soph. 5’11 185

Defensive Starters Returning:
DT Chris Petrucci Sr. 6’3 270
DE Zac Minich Sr. 5’11 225
LB Leland Wudarski Soph. 5’11 190
DB Aiden Wudarski Soph. 5’11 185
LB Kevin Vincent Soph. 5’11 175

Special Team Starters Returning:
P Aiden Wudarski Soph. 5’11 185
K Leland Wudarski Soph. 5’11 190
LS Chris Petrucci Sr. 6’3 270

Key Newcomers:
QB/WR Josh Lentowski Jr. 6’0 180
WR/DB Fred Ceccacci Jr. 6’0 185
OT/DT Branden Fadl Soph. 6’1 260
TE/DE Frank Cutrona Sr. 5’11 190
C Noah Karzenowski Soph. 5’10 250
WR/DB Henry Chilewski Soph. 5’9 160
FB/LB Luke Krystiniak Soph. 5’10 170
WE/DB Noah Propes Soph. 5’10 160

2023 Offensive Outlook: We need to be able to run the football effectively and keep the chains moving. We will be somewhat inexperienced in the skill positions but we think we have some athletes who can pick up on things rather quickly. Also, last year we had too many turnovers so we’ll try and correct that problem.

2023 Defensive Outlook: Defensively, we have some key personnel back with a year of experience and have gotten a lot more athletic. We need to improve our pass defense and be able to create turnovers, something we didn’t do last year.

2023 Special Teams Outlook: Aiden Wudarski did a nice job for us punting the football, but we need to get more physical and tackle better on returns.

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