2023 Team Preview: Oxford Area Hornets

Written by: David Mika on Sunday, August 13th, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Mike Means

Assistant Coaches:
Joe Pearson
Dave Thomas
Chris Johnson
Josh Freese
Art Hughson
Kevin Healey
Brandon Holz
Damon Beatty
Leo Pizzini
Josh Belford

Team Name: Oxford Area Hornets

2022 Record: 3-7

District: 1

Class: AAAAA

League: Ches-Mont League, American Division

Key Starters Lost:
Dustin Long
Corey DiAntonio
Maven Brannon
Nate Jobe
Ethan Campion
Landen Turk
Danny Rodriguez
Luke Piskun
Cole Craft
Nate Vance
Makhi Ferguson

Offensive Starters Returning:
Sr. RB CJ Boyer, 6’1 170 lbs
Jr. OL David Kostykov 6’1 250 lbs

Defensive Starters Returning:
Sr. SS CJ Boyer, 6’1 170 lbs
Sr. FS Avion Rochester 6’1 180 lbs
Sr. DE Zack Richardson 6’1 260 lbs
Sr. ILB Conner Mallon 6’0 170 lbs

Special Team Starters Returning:
Sr K Will Smith 6’2 165 lbs

Key Newcomers:
Fr DE/G Landon Willey 6’1 205 lbs
Sr T Ryan Vanella 6’1 250 lbs
Soph DT Jace McKinney 5’10 250 lbs
Soph DE/LT Liam Bell 6’0 285 lbs
Jr QB Aiden Kane 5’10 160 lbs
Sr. WR/CB Davyn Anderson 5’10 165 lbs
Jr ILB Anthony Cataldi 5’10 185 lbs
Jr CB Jayden Cosenzo 5’7 160 lbs
Jr WR Nate Winters 6’0 155 lbs
Soph LB Joel McClain 5’10 175 lbs

2023 Offensive Outlook: We have a lot of new guys on the offensive side of the ball to break in. We are excited about the speed we have in the backfield and there is a lot of competition between eight guys up front for the five OL spots. We will go as far as our OL takes us. Aiden Kane, our junior QB, also has big shoes to fill replacing Dustin Long who was first-team all-league last year. He has shown a great work ethic all off-season.

2023 Defensive Outlook: We need our young guys to step up quickly. We are really young on both sides of the ball and made sure we threw them in the fire as much as possible all summer to try to speed up the learning curve. We have an experienced senior leader at every level of the defense (Zack Richardson, CJ Boyer, Avion Rochester, and Conner Mallon) and we need them to really take control of their groups.

2023 Special Teams Outlook: Will Smith is one of the best kickers in the Ches-Mont and we expect him to give us a great advantage every game. He is a scholarship kid.

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