2019 Team Preview: Lakeland Chiefs @LHSChiefs
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Billy Splain | August 23, 2019
| 2018 Season Record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 Schedule: https://pafootballnews.com/lakeland-chiefs/
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| Head Coach |
| David Piwowarczyk |
| Assistant Coaches |
| Dom Esgro OL/DL DC Brian Kubilus WR/DB Co-OC Craig Chopko RB/LB Matt Serniak Freshman Coach Joe Vonderhey Freshman Coach Keith Galinsky OL/DL Equipment manager Chris Bennett Strength and Conditioning |
| Key Starters Lost |
| WR/DB Thomas Pidgeon WR/LB James Lewis TE/DE Colin Walsh OL/DL Jon Naniewicz FB/LB Josh Kovaleski LB Garrett Korner-Usher LB Jacob Snipes OL Antonio Spataro |
| Offensive Starters Returning |
| #18 QB CJ Dippre 6-5 250 (3-year starter 1 Year at TE 2 Years at QB), (Division 1 Offers from Boston College, Bowling Green State University) 1,382 yards passing last year 12 Td’s 6 Int, 6 Rushing Td’s #26 RB Giovanni Spataro 5-9 180 (3-year starter at RB, Returning All-Region RB, Coaches Division All Star 2018 at RB, 2,655 career rushing yards 28 Total TD’s) #52 OL Robbie Thomas 5-10 225 (3-year starter on the OL, Division All-Star in 2018 as OL) #53 OL Cross Douglas 6-1 275 (3 Year starter on OL, Division All-Star in 2018 as OL) |
| Defensive Starters Returning |
| #18 DL CJ Dippre 6-5 245 (33 Tackles 11 TFL’s 1 Interception) #53 DL Cross Douglas 6-1 275 (56 Tackles 14 TFL Division All-Star in 2018 as DL) #52 DL Robbie Thomas 5-10 225 (33 Tackles 4 TFL’s 2 Sacks) #26 LB Giovanni Spataro 5-9 180 (33 Tackles 1 Interception 60 Yards 1 TD 1 FR) #19 DB Mike Pidgeon 5-9 150 (43 Tackles 1 Interception, Division All Star DB in 2018) #9 DB Billy Good 5-9 165 (23 Tackles 1 Interception 1 FR) |
| Special Team Starters Returning |
| #9 Billy Good K/P 5-9 165 (Avg 32 Yds per punt last year 9 Inside 20, 49 Kick offs with 8 Touch-backs, 26/33 PAT, 2/2 FG Long 28) Division All-Star as Punter in 2018 |
| Key Newcomers |
| #20 SR. Chris Mellon WR/OLB 6-3 205 (Much bigger role in the offense this year) #42 JR. Robert Romanowski 6-2 185 H/LB/DE #28 JR. Chase Nolan 5-10 185 FB/LB #51 JR. Connor Passiment 5-8 185 OL/LB #54 SO. Mason Ormsby 5-9 235 OL/DL #2 SO. Nick Mancuso 5-8 150 WR/DB #23 SO. Jaron Bullick 5-9 175 RB/LB |
| What does your offense need to improve on from last year? |
| We need to improve our accuracy overall in the passing game along with sustaining our blocks on the Offensive Line. |
| What does your defense need to improve on from last year |
| Under the guidance of Coach Jeff Wasilchak we played some great defense, at times last year we struggled in the area of 3rd down efficiency and getting of the field. We are also replacing some key contributors to last years team that we lost to graduation. |
| What are your overall thoughts on this years team? |
| With a completely new coaching staff we are looking to learn the athlete’s strengths and weaknesses real fast and see where the pieces fit best into our schemes. We have some new terminology; our season will depend on how quickly the athletes pick up the terminology. Looking at our schedule, it is very difficult but we are looking forward to competing with the other school’s week in and week out. We are also looking for new leaders to step up as we graduated 11 players from last year’s district runner up team to Scranton Prep. |
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