2016 Team Preview – West Chester East (1)

Written by: David Mika on Saturday, July 30th, 2016. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Dave Gueriera

Assistant Coaches:
Scott Taylor
Jim Boyd
Scott Stephen
Ben Perlmutter
Keith Harding
James Wiggins
Shrey Vyas
Rick Horan
Greg Smith
Tony Naab
Strength and Conditioning – Team McCloskey

Team Name: West Chester East Vikings

2015 Record: 5-5

2016 Schedule:

Key Starters lost:
QB Jon Jon Roberts
OL/DL Tavis Peterson
OL/DL Tom Gormley
DE/OLB TJ Gaspard

Offensive Starters Return: (5)
RB – Jared Cooper 5 foot 7 180
TE – J.D. Carroll 6 foot 5 220 lbs
WR – Alex Hirsch 5 foot 10 170 lbs
OL – Tom Silva 6 foot 260 lbs
OL – Austin Pitt 5 foot 8 190 lbs

Defensive Starters Returning: (9)
DL Tom Silva 6 foot 260 lbs
DL Kenny Pugh 5 foot 7 270 lbs
LB Matt Erfle 6 foot 1 190 lbs
LB Jack Phelan 5 foot 11 180 lbs
SS Mike Salloum 5 foot 9 180 lbs
CB Jared Cooper 5 foot 7 180 lbs
CB Anthony Gray 5 foot 10 180 lbs
DE JD Carroll 6 foot 5 220 lbs
FS Alex Hirsch 5 doot 10 170 lbs

Special Team Starters Returning: (0)
N/A

Key newcomers: (4)
Steve Hocker OL/DL – 6 foot 1 190 lbs
Michael Gray – FB/OLB 5 foot 11 180 lbs
Kyle Cichanowski RB/FS 5 foot 9 170 lbs
Malyk Tucker – OL/DL 5 foot 7 265 lbs

Key Stats:
Conference record of 3-3 last year was best since schools split. Alex Hirsch returns as a 1st team All League WR. Jared Cooper and JD Carroll return as 2nd team All League on O. Defensively we return Matt Erfle and Jack Phelan as 2nd Team D All League. Alex Hirsch 2016 stats 47 catches – 704 yards – 10 TD’s. Jared Cooper 2016 stats 108 Rush – 688 yards 10 TD’s. J.D. Carroll 35 Catches 492 Yards 2 TD’s.

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

New pieces to the Offensive puzzle this year. We will need consistent play from our OL to have sustained success. We will also need to reduce the amount penalties and turnovers from 2016.

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

We return a good amount of players on our D. We will need to play more violent in the run game than we have in years past. We have to create more turnovers and give the O more short fields.

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?)

Execution and Discipline are our two main keys for ST.

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