2021 Team Preview: Whitehall Zephyrs

Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, August 17th, 2021. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

 

Head Coach: Matt Senneca

Assistant Coaches:
Tom Wills
Kyle Beller
Peter Kreisher
Justin Kondikoff
Shawn Clary
George Makhoul
Stip Federok
Isaiah Gills
George Cowitch
Jeff Baker
Kasey Myers
Larry Russell

Team Name: Whitehall Zephyrs

2020 Record: 5-3

District: 11

Class: AAAAA

League: EPC – Lehigh

Key Starters Lost:
Angelo Daddona
Isaac Moore

Offensive Starters Returning:
Ryan Kovalchick – WR/C – 12
Tommy Buskirk – WR/S – 12
Quinn Wentling – QB/S – 12
Bryce Bashore – WR/S – 12
Jaiden Lee – WR/C – 12
Nigel Linton – RB/C – 11
Devin Donatelli – WR/S – 12
Damonte Foreman – RB/LB – 12
Mike Hernandez – SB/LB – 12
Logan Headman – OL/LB – 11
Carter Hudak – OL/DL – 11
Anthony Saed – OL/DL – 12
Aiden Tacker – OL/DL – 12
Brayden Marrero – OL/DL – 12

Defensive Starters Returning:
Tommy Buskirk – WR/S – 12
Quinn Wentling – QB/S – 12
Bryce Bashore – WR/S – 12
Jaiden Lee – WR/C – 12
Devin Donatelli – WR/S – 12
Damonte Foreman – RB/LB – 12
Mike Hernandez – SB/LB – 12
Logan Headman – OL/LB – 11
Carter Hudak – OL/DL – 11
Anthony Saed – OL/DL – 12
Aiden Tacker – OL/DL – 12
Brayden Marrero – OL/DL – 12

Special Team Starters Returning:
None

Key Newcomers:
So. Brayden Bashore
So. Jack Kocher
So. Dalton Wickel

2020 Returning Player Stats:

Quinn Wentling completed 101 of 186 passes for 1,365 yards and 12 touchdowns. On defense, he had 32 total tackles.

Damonte Foreman rushed for 301 yards on 85 carries and 6 touchdowns. He caught 6 passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns. On defense had had 26 total tackles and one sack.

Nigel Linton rushed for 421 yards on 51 carries and 7 touchdowns.

Bryce Bashore caught 20 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns. On defense, he had 18 total tackles and one interception. 

Tommy Buskirk caught 33 passes for 453 yards and two touchdowns. On defense, he had 41 total tackles, 2 sacks and one interception. 

Ryan Kovalchick caught 17 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns. 

Mike Hernandez  had 35 total tackles, one sack.

2021 Offensive Outlook: We have a lot of experience returning on the offensive side of the ball and look to be able to put points on the board. We have some position battles along the offensive line and at some skill positions that will play out throughout the pre-season. If we can play consistently up front and win the majority of snaps up front we should be in good shape.

2021 Defensive Outlook: We need to limit teams much more than we have in the past. We have to run to the football, know our assignments and execute them at a high level. We will be challenged by a lot of good offenses and will have to rise to the challenge of stopping our opponents and not just trying to outscore them.

2021 Special Teams Outlook: We have to replace our kicker and our punter. It will be how quickly we find consistency in the kicking game that will determine how well we can play on special teams.

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