2020 Team Previews: Southern Lehigh Spartans (11)

Written by: David Mika on Sunday, August 9th, 2020. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Phil Sams

Assistant Coaches: Ed Chromczak, Tariq Haddad, Rich Giuerla, Chris Fluck, Alstan Wolfe, Ziad Haddad, Justin Koser, Brandon Holub, Mike Fay, Casey Cooperman, Josh Palyan

Team Name: Southern Lehigh Spartans

2019 Record: 12-2

Key Starters lost: Asher Smith, Eric Vingom, Cam Fisher, Riley Craft, Hunter Hughes, Michael Bodner, Noah Vogeler, Cole Moyer, Colin Gill,

Offensive Starters Returning: (3) #56 Sr. C Richie Davis 5’ 11” 250 lbs. #81 Sr. TE Jacob Riedy 6’1” 220 lbs. #89 Jr. TE Tyler Houser 6’2” 205 lbs.

Defensive Starters Returning: (5) #55 Jr. DT Alex Schaefer 5’10” 230 lbs.,#89 Jr. DE Tyler Houser 6’2” 205 lbs., #26 Sr. DE Syncere Jackson 5’10” 210 lbs., #25 Sr. CB Jake Fauzio 5’10” 175 lbs. Sr. SS Tristan Rice 5’11” 165 lbs. #12 Sr. Logan Shorb 5’11” 165 lbs.

Special Team Starters Returning: (1) #6 K/P Christian Colasurdo

Key Newcomers: #7 QB/RB/WR Sr. JC Rizzuto, Fr. James Wisecarver, #20 WR/OLB Sr. Seth Rice, #35 FB/ILB Blaze Curry, #70 Sr. OL/DE Travis Gretz, #77 Sr. OL/DT Chris Butterbaugh, #2 Sr. Jayden Henry, #54 Jr. OL/TE/LB Justin Balliet, #70 Sr. Alex Geaneotes, #78 Jr. OL/DL Ryan Gretz, #50 Jr. OL/DL Michael Vazquez

D1 (FBS & FCS) Prospects: K Christian Colasurdo

Key Stats:

Jake Fauzio 19 carries for 218 yds. 4 TD’s:

Logan Shorb 19 carries for 129 yds. And 2 TD’s:

Logan Shorb 62 tackles, 4 TFL’s, 2 PBU’s, 1 INT., 2 FR

Jake Fauzio 42 tackles, 6 PBU’s, 1 FR, 1 INT.

Alex Schaefer: 48 tackles, 5 TFL’s, 2.5 sacks, 6 pass pressures, 2 PBU’s

Tristan Rice: 34 tackles, 2 PBU’s, 1 Int.

Tyler Houser: 27 tackles, 7 TFL’s, 4.5 sacks, 8 pass pressures

Syncere Jackson: 38 tackles, 6 TFL’s, 3.5 sacks, 5 pass pressures

JC Rizzuto: 26 tackles, 1 INT.

Seth Rice: 39 tackles, 4 TFL’s, 1 sack, 2 PBU’s, 1 INT.

2020 Outlook: We have to replace a lot of starters from the most successful football team of all time at Southern Lehigh. That is the bad news. The good news is that there are over 50 players on the roster and we have players to fill the lost starters. We believe we will be a very competitive team in 2020 and look forward to playing in the new league and schedule.

Offense: Offensively we have to replace 8-9 starters. There will be a lot of competition across the board for us.

Defense: We return more starters on the defensive side of the ball and we had several players who may not have started, but were playing varsity minutes at crucial times.

Special Team: We return our kicker and punter in Christian Colasurdo. He is able to kick the ball into the end zone on kick offs and has the leg for over a 50 yd. field goal. Jake Fauzio returns as one of our kick returners.