2022 PFN Player Profile: Colm McGroarty – Mahanoy Area

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Billy Splain | August 15, 2022

Colm McGroarty
Mahanoy Area
Class Of 2024
QB and FS
Jersey #2
HT/WT 5’8 165
1000+ All Purpose Yards 2 consecutive years in a row
Other sports Basketball and Track and Field
League Champ in 300m hurdles
Twitter @ColmMcGroarty2

Why do you play football?
I love the sport and the memories I make with my teammates

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Prime Russel Westbrook…I just loved the way he played

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
Stopping Haven on 4th down in overtime which gave us the game winning touchdown

What are your goals for this coming season?
Win the district championship

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Las Vegas Raiders

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
Beating Nativity my freshman year because it was an intense game for all of us

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Miracle on Ice because it is a true story and was a great movie overall

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Winnie The Poo

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
To pick it up/hustle

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Get a sack off a blitz

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
Anyone who believes in me because if they believe in me then I believe in them

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Hockey

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
Getting my ankles broke in the district playoffs in basketball

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My grandmother, she thought I can do anything

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Either fishing or golfing because it calms me down

What is your favorite football memory to date?
When Mike Ansbach got smoked by Craig Derr in a walk through

What scares you the most?
Snakes

Music of choice:
Rap or Country, depends on the day

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
Hot wheels

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
The Wheel

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Ravens vs 49’s super bowl 2013

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