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2020 Team Previews: Perkiomen Valley Vikings (1)

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, August 6th, 2020. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Rob Heist

Assistant Coaches:

Jason Basile
Matt Young
Tim Connolly
Don Lindberger
Andrew Miller
Tim Walsh
Jim Bildstein
Kevin Kehs
Chris Finkbiner
Jason Heflin

Team Name: Perkiomen Valley Vikings

2019 Record: 7-4

Key Starters Lost: Randy Washington, Will Marotta, Gavin Euker, Jon Moccia, Kyle Rittenhouse, Jacob Sturm, Jakob Sterling, Mike Dougherty, Matt Brock, Eli Johnston, Matt Wilhelm, Nick McMenamin, Brendan Shayer, Hayden Bailey, Logan Holloway

Offensive Starters Returning: (5)

Jr – QB – Ethan Kohler, 6’2″ 195
Sr – C – Taylor Hartner, 6’4″ 290
So – RB – Rasheem Grayson, 5’11” 185
Jr – WR – Dawson Debebe, 6’2″ 175
Jr – OL – Jake Jonassen, 6’2″ 240

Defensive Starters Returning: (3)

Sr – CB – Jason Posner, 6′ 180
Sr – ILB – Nico Holder, 5’11” 220
Sr – OLB – Aiden Owens, 5’11” 185

Special Team Starters Returning: (1)

Sr – K/P – Brayden Basile, 5′ 11″ 160

Key Newcomers: We will have a tremendous amount of competition at many open positions vacated by our class of 2020.

Key Stats:

7-4 Overall Record
First Round District 1 Playoff loss to Downingtown East HS

2020 Offensive Outlook: We will look to replace much of our offensive line this season and we’re excited about many of the prospects we have at those positions. We return our Quarterback, Ethan Kohler, who had a phenomenal sophomore season throwing for 2,300 yards and 21 touchdowns. Sophomore Running Back, Raysheem Grayson, is poised to have a breakout season for the Vikings and we have great competition at the slot and wide receiver positions moving into the season. We will strive, as always, to be balanced offensively and create conflict for opposing defenses.

2020 Defensive Outlook: We will be replacing 8 of 11 starters on defense, but we are very interested in some of our younger players that spotted in last season and showed flashes of becoming good varsity players. We like to play aggressive downhill defense where each player understands their gap/coverage responsibilities regardless of defensive call.

2020 Special Teams Outlook: We are very happy to return our Senior kicker/punter, Brayden Basile for the coming season. Brayden has been working very hard this offseason to improve his overall strength and technique and we have high hopes that he will have a terrific senior season.