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Waynesville Spartans
Head Coach: Ben Johnson
Years Head Coach (current school): 2
Record (current school): 8-14
Years Head Coach (overall): 9
Record (overall): 46-50
Assistant Coaches:
Sam Johnson
Scott Jordan
Gary Kesler
Kory Stilwell
Kyle Stone
Record last season: 1-6 / 3-8
League Affiliation: Southwestern Buckeye League
Last year's playoff results: Lost 45-22 in first round to Springfield Northeastern
Team's style of offense: Power Spread
Top players returning on offense:
Senior WR: Connor Berrey - 1st Team All-League, 2nd Team All-District, 52 catches, 840yds, 9 TDs
Junior RB: Garrett Lundy - 343 rushing yards, 226 receiving yards, 7 TDs
Junior WR: Trent Davis - 262 receiving yards, 3 TDs
Senior FB: Carter Barnthouse - 2 TDs
Senior TE: Matt Wilkerson - 2TDs
Junior QB: Alex Amburgy - moves from WR to QB this year, Scored 4TDs last year
Senior OT: Jon Brillhart - 3 year starter on O-line
Top players lost on offense:
QB Blaise Sizer - 1st All-League and District, 3rd Team All-State, 2315 yards 22TD passes, 3 rushing TDs
Joe Stone - 328 receiving yards, 7 total TDs
Team's style of defense: 4-4
Top players returning on defense:
Senior DE: Matt Wilkerson - 1st Team All-League and District, Honorable Mention All-State, 61 Tackles, 14.5 TFLs, 6.5 sacks
Junior LB: Garrett Lundy - 1st Team All-League, 2nd Team All-District, 92 tackles, 5 TFLs, 4 blocked kicks, 3 fumble recoveries 1 returned for a TD
Senior DB: Connor Berrey - 50 tackles, 2 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries both returned for TDs
Senior LB: Carter Barnthouse - 42 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, 1 blocked punt
Junior LB: Kellen Philpot - 43 tackles, 4 TFLs, 1 fumble recovery, 4 caused fumbles
Junior DE: Caleb Sullivan - 42 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 3 Pass deflections, 1 fumble recovery
Senior DB: Connor Huffman - 32 tackles, 1 int, 1 fumble recovery
Junior DB: Trent Davis - 24 tackles, 1 int, 1 fumble recovery
Senior LB/DL: Elijah Federle - 28 tackles, 1 forced fumble
Top players lost on defense:
DB Joe Stone - 1st Team All-League, 2nd Team All-District, 71 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries 1 returned for a TD, Signed to Play Baseball at Thomas More University
LB Rylan Guthrie - Honorable Mention All-League, 73 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 1 sack, 2 forced Fumbles
New impact players on defense:
DL - Jon Brillhart
Expected starters on special teams:
Kicker/Punter-Connor Berrey
Returner - Garrett Lundy
Returner - Trent Davis
Twitter:
@WaynesvilleFB
Final Comments:
We return 9 starters on Defense and 7 on Offense. This experience gives us a positive outlook for this season.