2023 Team Preview: Pottsville Crimson Tide

Written by: David Mika on Friday, August 18th, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Tom McGeoy

Assistant Coaches:
Rusty Yost
Jamie O’Brien
Pete McDonald
Tony Barone
Scott Grochowski
Kurt Eroh
Damon Yost
Anthony Kelly
Bryce Dragna

Team Name: Pottsville Crimson Tide

2022 Record: 5-6

District: 11

Class: AAAA

League: Colonial-Schuylkill League, Gold Division

Key Starters Lost:
Amaree Bainbridge
Teejay Allen
Joey Palko
Zach Ott
Jacob Begansky
Kieran Houston

Offensive Starters Returning:
Parrish McFarland SR RB 5’9, 170
Brenden Zelwalk SR HB 5’10 190
John Kushwarra SR OT 5’11 245
Jacob Filiac JR C 6’1 240
Tsirell Curry JR WR 6’2 170
Terell McFarland SO FB 5’10/195

Defensive Starters Returning:
Parrish McFarland SR SS 5’9, 170
Brenden Zelwalk SR LB 5’10 190
Jacob Filiac JR DT 6’1 240
Terell McFarland SO LB 5’10/195
Evan Drum SR LB 6’1/205
Nick Englert SR LB 5’10 200
Henry Mohl SR CB 5’8 175
Kole Becker SR FS 5’11 170
Cole Cesari NG SO 6’1 260

Special Team Starters Returning:
Christian Alvarez SO Place Kicker 6’2 160
Evan Drum SR Punter 6’1/205
Kole Becker SR Longsnapper 5’11 170

Key Newcomers:
Luke Matz SR FS 5’8 165
Brody Herndon SO QB 5’10 170
Christian Alvarez SO WR 6’2 160
Evan Galavage JR WR/DB 5’10 160
Luke Schane JR OG/DE 6’0 210
Ryan Galen JR OG/DE 6’0 215
Tahlil Flicker-White JR TE/DT 6’0 225
Juju Bainbridge SO RB/DB 5’10 180
Brett Holley SO DB 5’8 160
Logan Kessler SO OT 6’1 250

2023 Offensive Outlook: We have our best player on offense coming back in Parrish McFarland. He ran for over 1000 yards last season. That is always a good start. Our line should be solid with 2 returning starters and some really good athletes looking to fill out the rest of the positions along the line. Skill-wise we should be solid as well. The big question mark for us going into the season is who is going to win the QB battle. We have multiple players competing for the position, which I think will bring the best out in whoever ends up winning the job.

2023 Defensive Outlook: We are starting the season off with a much more experienced defense than we did last year. On top of that, the guys who played last year are coming back bigger, stronger, and faster, so I am excited to see how we play defensively this season. The strength of our defense should be our LB position. The secondary has a decent amount of experience as well, so we will just need our D line to come together. If we can force a few more turnovers and limit some big plays, which hurt us last year, I think we can be a very solid defense this season.

2023 Special Teams Outlook: We have our kicker, punter, and long snapper back from last season, plus we have a bunch a guys who can run and hit, so I am excited for our special team outlook going into the season.

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