2023 Team Preview: Nativity BVM Green Wave

Written by: David Mika on Monday, August 14th, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

 

Head Coach: Pat Mason

Assistant Coaches:
Jason Albon
Josh Dolbin
Greg Koperna
Tyler Jenkins
Mike Downey
Jonas Kreitzer
Joe Opolosky
Mike Bilansky

Team Name: Nativity Green Wave

2022 Record: 3-8

District: 11

Class: A

League: Colonial-Schuylkill League, Blue Division

Key Starters Lost: Kyle Kenton, Blake Whalen

Offensive Starters Returning:
Jr. QB Ben Kreitzer, 5-8 155
Jr. RB Samuel Spolski 5-9 180
Sr. RB John Borrell 5-10 170
Sr. WR Nolan Ferhat 5-9 155
Sr. RB Devon Smith 5-10 210
Jr. WR Noah Dolbin 6-5 180
Jr. WR Mike Stank 5-9 140
Jr. TE Drew Seaman, 5’9″ 195
Sr. OL Will Mongrain 6 260
Jr. OL Mark Kimmel 6 266
So. OL George Shimko 6-3 220
Sr. OL Jacob Rosenberger 5-11 230

Defensive Starters Returning:
So. DL George Shimko 6-3 220
Jr DL Drew Seaman 5-9 185
Jr DL Jasir Jones 5-10 250
Jr DL Mark Kimmel 6 266
Jr LB Gavin Frie 5-10 167
Sr LB Devon Smith 5-10 210
Jr LB Samuel Spolski 5-9 180
Jr LB Barry Jenkins 5-9 195
Sr LB John Borrell 5-10 170
Jr DB Noah Dolbin 6-5 180
Jr DB Sam Walborn 5-7 140
Jr DB Mike Stank 5-9 140
Sr DB Nolan Ferhat 5-9 155

Special Team Starters Returning:
Jr K/P Mike Stank 5-9 140
Jr PR/KR Noah Dolbin 6-5 180

Key Newcomers:
So QB Colt Mason 5-11 155
Sr OL Kevin Kanute 6-1 250
Jr OL Andrew Verchick 5-11 240
Jr WR Dominic Rowlands 6-3 150
Jr LB Nikolas Steele 5-10 165
Jr DB Nolan Daynorowicz 5-9 135
Jr DL Coy Mason 5-6 245
Jr DL Lukas McNamara 6 185
Jr DL Brandon Schwartz 5-9 215
So LB Aiden Becker 5-9 155
So WR Evan Ritter 5-8 160

2023 Returning Player Stats:
QB Ben Kreitzer 71 comp 158 att 1237 yards 11 TDs
WR Noah Dolbin 44 rec 856 yards 8TDs
RB Sam Spolski 130 carries 691 yards 6 TDs
DB Noah Dolbin 58 tackles 3 INT

2023 Offensive Outlook: We return our leading passer, receiver, and rusher from last year. We also return 4 out of 5 starters on the offensive line. We struggled at times last year establishing the run game and that will be a major priority for us this year. Although we return a lot of players that saw a significant amount of time on offense, we still have a lot of positions battles that will need to be settled in the preseason. The key to a successful year on offense will be to improve significantly in our ability to run the football.

2023 Defensive Outlook: We also return a large amount of players who saw a significant amount of time on defense. We return our entire defensive backfield and I believe that will be the strength of our defense. We struggled stopping the run last year so we are looking to change up a few things to prevent that from happening again. The key to a successful year on defense will be to stop the run.

2023 Special Teams Outlook: We return our kicker and our punter. I think our returners are very good and we are looking for them to make some big plays for us.

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One Response to “2023 Team Preview: Nativity BVM Green Wave”

1. Good Luck Nativity!! I will be coming up to see you play at the HAVEN Game. says:
   August 15th, 2023 at 11:02 pm

   Coach Mason, I wish you all the luck this year. Looking at your returning players it appears that you will be very competitive. I’m 1993 I was the defensive coach for Allentown Central Catholic and I had very few returning so my mission was to build up the younger players. We did our very best the returning players were tough but what really impressed me was the younger players stepped up and fill the holes. We won the State Championship in 1993 beating Blackhawk High School. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️