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2020 Team Previews: Upper Dauphin Area Trojans (3)

Written by: David Mika on Wednesday, August 5th, 2020. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Kent Smeltz

Assistant Coaches:

Rick Stewart
Tom Hain
Craig Scott
Aaron Wright
Jon Stewart
Brian Wetzel
Will Kerr

Team Name: Upper Dauphin Area High School

2019 Record: 12-1

Key Starters Lost:

Macklin Ayers
Jake Ramberger
Hayden Bellis
Sam Kerwin
Indiana Miller
Kyle Kerstetter
Dalton Boyer
Brennen McAllister
Hunter Lentz
Kade Matter
Steve Heck
Nathan Faust
Cody Folcarelli
Ethan Paul
Zach Smeltz

Offensive Starters Returning: (7)

SR QB Tyler Cleveland 6′ 170
SR OG Dominic Fulkroad 5’10” 200
SR WR Hayden Harner 6’2″ 175
SR OC Owen Mattern 5’10” 240
SR WR Kyle Casner 5’9″ 170
SR RB Chance Crawford 5’6″ 165
SR RB Caden Feaster 5’8″ 165

Defensive Starters Returning: (4)

SR DB Tyler Cleveland 6′ 170
SR DE Elijah Latshaw 5’9″ 210
SR DT Jaben Jury 5’9″ 220
JR DE Colton Reed 6′ 215

Special Team Starters Returning: (0)

Key Newcomers:

JR LB Christian Snyder 5’11” 180
JR LB Chase Lentz 5’10” 175
SR OT Bransen Byle 6’2″ 260
SR OG Alex Gannon 5’9″ 195
JR DB Aiden Wiest 5’10” 170

Key Stats: 2019 District 3 AA Champions

2020 Offensive Outlook: It will be difficult to replace Macklin Ayers (Dartmouth) at QB. But Tyler Cleveland has been the backup QB the past 3 years and I am confident that he can lead our Offense. We don’t have a lot of size returning on Offense, but our returning RBs have good speed.

2020 Defensive Outlook: It will be difficult to replace Macklin Ayers (Dartmouth) at OLB. But our JV Team was undefeated last year, so I am expecting a lot of those players to make major contributions to our Defense.