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2020 Team Previews: Jim Thorpe Olympians (11)

Written by: David Mika on Friday, August 28th, 2020. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

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Head Coach: Mark Rosenberger

Assistant Coaches: Frank Miller, Craig Zurn, Jake Zurn, Wes Hurley, Blake Yurchak

Jr. High
Josh McCartney, Brian Schwartz, Pete McGuire

Team Name: Jim Thorpe Olympians

2019 Record: 8-3

Key Starters Lost: CJ Selby, Kendall Herron, Cobe Frycklund, TJ Garritano, Noah Snisky, Tyler Hartman, Dom Madera, Garett Holloway, Brandon Becker, Collin Binder, Beau Strika, Keegan McCartney

Offensive Starters Returning: (2) Davier Calcano SR QB, AJ Bailor, SR G

Defensive Starters Returning: (4) AJ Bailor, SR DE, Gabe Herschman, SR, DT, Derek Hunter, SR, DT, Chris Strika, SR, CB

Special Team Starters Returning: (2) Chris Condly SR, K, Travis Benson, JR, P

Key Newcomers:

Derryl Fisher JR WR, CB
Drew Wimmer JR CB
Brandon Fasolino JR RB/LB
Brett Balliet SO FS
Ian Hubbard SR TE/LB
Sal Capria FR RB/WR
Ethan Gavornik JR CB
Gavin Fikenstcher SR RB/LB
Jason Bowen JR RB/LB
David Firito SO WR/CB
Camron Tinajero JR FB/LB
David Wiley JR OT
Noah Rosahac FR OL
Jared Newhall JR C/DE
Bryan Bowen JR DE
Bryson Heydt JR TE/DE

2020 Offensive Outlook: We bring back an experienced QB with several linemen that got quality experience last year. We are a run first team but we look forward to the growth that Davier showed last year in the passing game. We look forward to several players picking up the slack left from CJ Selby our school’s all time leading rusher.

2020 Defensive Outlook: We retrun 3 startes on the D Line that we are very excited about. All 3 are very explosive players that spend a lot of time in the weight room. Look forward to the other players competing for spots in the secondary as well as the linebacker spots.

2020 Special Teams Outlook: We bring back a lot of experince here with our K and P.