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2020 Team Previews: Panther Valley Panthers (11)

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, July 30th, 2020. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Rick Jones

Assistant Coaches:

Major Gerald New
Shawn Hoben
Joe Perilli
Mike Pascoe
Brad Jones
Wally Breiner
John Williams
Dean Kunkle
Chris Hoover

Team Name: Panther Valley Panthers

2019 Record: 2-8

Key Starters Lost:

Blake White-WR/cb
Shawn Hoben-WR/ss
Ethan Reis-QB/fs
Elias Tavaris-RB/olb
Ben Sheridan-DE

Offensive Starters Returning: (5)
sr- OG Antonnio Perilli 6′ 235
sr- TE Seth Berk 6’2 215
sr- OT CJ Ohl 6’2 222
sr- RB Louie Clouser 5’9 165
so- OG Austin Hadley 6’2.5 220

Defensive Starters Returning: (8)
sr- DT Antonio Perilli 6′ 235
sr- LB Jaden Shubeck 5’10 185
sr-DE/OLB Seth Berk 6’2 215
sr-DT CJ Ohl 6’2 222
sr- CB Louie Clouser 5’9 165
jr- DT D’Antay Alston 5’11 213
so- DE Austin Hadley 6’2.5 220
so- SS Tremaine Ervine 6’1 175

Special Team Starters Returning: (3)
Louie Clouser
Tremaine Ervine
PK-Seth Berk

Key Newcomers:

sr- WR-QB/FS Julian Matula 6’1 175
sr- RB/WS Gage Breiner 5’7 145
jr- RB/WS Lamar Easley 5’7 150
jr- DL Sincere Flamer 5’8 300
jr- WR/CB Angel Fuentes 5’9 160
jr- OL Rich Zabroski 5’10 235
so- QB/OLB Mike Pascoe 6′ 192
so-OL Riley Hoben 6’1 205
so- OL Jordan McColgan 6′ 210
fr- OL Brady Jones 5’8 185

Key Stats:
Offense averaged 17.5 pts/game Defense gave up 38 pts/game
Louie Clouser averaged 6.5 yards/carry (4 TD)
Tremaine Ervine averaged 7.4 yds/carry (5 TD)

2020 Offensive Outlook: We have speed in backfield and perimeter however, OL must continue to improve. Key position will be the development of the QB position (all potential candidates are dual threat type kids–the one who brings leadership and consistency in pass game will be the starter. There is potential to be a solid football team on this side of the ball. We ran the ball fairly well in the second half of last season (4 of our final 5 games we rushed for over 200 yds)

2020 Defensive Outlook: Despite the number of kids returning, if we don’t get more physical at the point of attack and tackle better we will struggle. We will try to disguise what we do with multiple looks but eventually we have to win battles at LOS–PLAIN AND SIMPLE

2020 Special Teams Outlook: We have a solid PK returning and a number of solid LC and Punter candidates. We have a couple of fast kids who could excel in return game as well.