2023 Team Preview: Honesdale Hornets

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, August 10th, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

 

Head Coach: Paul Russick

Assistant Coaches:
Joe Kosciuk
Jim Ludwig
Dan Patrisso
Jon Gillow
Josh LoBasso
Jeremy Ebert
Jeff Kent
Gordy West

Team Name: Honesdale Hornets

2022 Record: 5-5

District: 2

Class: AAAA

League: Lackawanna Football Conference, Division 2

Key Starters Lost:
Max Mickel – RB/DB
CJ Hinton – RB/LB
Aaron Phillips – FB/DL
Kole Fries – WR
Kage Southerton – WR/DB
Isaac Carmody – TE/DL
Rocco Fluck – DL
Bryce Stone – DL

Offensive Starters Returning:
JR, QB – Aiden Collins, 6-2 195
JR, RB – Mason Avery, 5-10 170
SR, WR – Cameron Hedgelon, 5-8 160
JR, LT – Anthony Passaro, 6-3 225
JR, LG – Wyatt Rutherford, 6-3 280
JR, C – Evan Funk, 5-10 230
SR, RG – Caleb Bryant, 5-10 225
SR, RT – Caleb Dodson, 5-10 205

Defensive Starters Returning:
SR, CB – Cameron Hedgelon, 5-8 160
JR, LB – Bradley Bibalo, 5-8 180
SR, DL – Jacob Garvey, 6-1 230

Special Team Starters Returning:
JR, K – Rylan Montgomery, 5-11 180

Key Newcomers:
SR, Max Cummings, TE/LB
SR, Nick DeNoie, OL/DL
SR, Mason Parker, OL/DL
JR, Donavan Davis, TE/LB
JR, Conlan Keast, WR/DB, 5-10 160
JR, Clay LeClere, WR/DB, 5-10 155
JR, Rylan Montgomery, K/P
SO, Kobe White, WR/QB/ATH/DB,
SO Jakub Randolph, WR/DB
SO Charlie Propst, OL/LB
SO Gus Deron, OL/DL
SO Logan Dieterich, OL/DL

2023 Returning Player Stats:
QB – Aiden Collins – hon mention all star 2021, 876 yards passing, 10 TDs
RB – Mason Avery – hon mention all star 2022, 623 yds 97 carries, 4 TDs
WR/DB – Cameron Hedgelon, 5 catches 107 yds, 1 TD, 46 tackles
LT – Anthony Passaro – 11 game starter
LG – Wyatt Rutherford – 11 game starter
C – Evan Funk – 11 game starter
RG – Caleb Bryant – 7 game starter before injury
RG – Jesse Scarpa – 4 game starter
RT – Caleb Dodson – 11 game starter
LB – Bradley Bibalo – 45 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 INT
DL – Jacob Garvey – 1 Sack, 3 TFL ,15 tackles

2023 Offensive Outlook: We are a run-first team. We found our lead back at the end of the year last year averaging over 6 yards/carry in Mason Avery. Replacing him will be a huge test for our team pre-season. We have a number of offensive linemen returning who have seen varsity action including our starting 5 (Anthony Passaro, Wyatt Rutherford, Evan Funk, Caleb Bryant & Caleb Dodson). We also have a great group who will compete for time (Charlie Propst, Gus Deron, Nick DeNoie, Mason Parker, and Logan Dieterich). Having a returning 2-year starter signal-caller in Aiden Collins will be huge for our development this season. We will be breaking in some new receivers/tight ends. It will come down to how quickly we can get our new starters to mature and pick up the offense.”

2023 Defensive Outlook: We need to continue to tackle. We will be replacing 8 starters on defense. Cameron Hedgelon is back as a 3-year starter to lead our secondary. Bradley Bibalo is back to lead the defense and will slide to our MLB. We have plenty of guys with experience returning up front (Jacob Garvey/Mason Parker/Jesse Scarpa). Again it will come down to how quickly we can get our new starters to mature and pick up the defense.

2023 Special Teams Outlook: Rylan Montgomery was 7/8 in backup placing kicking duties last year. He will take over full-time. We will need to find a new punter as well as the long snapper. Special teams have done a good job for us. We need to find some role players for special teams and develop our young guys and I think success will follow.

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