2026 Team Preview: The York Catholic Fighting Irish

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Cody Brady | August 24, 2026

The York Catholic Fighting Irish
Head Coach: Brad Hayek
PIAA District 3
Class 2A
South Central Athletic Conference
2025 Season Record 6-5

Key Starters Lost

Jon Taveras

Returning Starters

Sean Melhorn, RB/DB 2027;
Cam Fitze, RB/LB, 2027;
Reid Sinclair, OL/DL 2027;
Noah Anderson, OL/LB,
Michael Staub, QB/WR, 2028;
Callahan Murphy, WR/DE/P, 2028;
Christian Noll, CENTER/DL, 2028;
Harry McGoldrick, OL/DL, 2028;
Alex Kipple, WR/DB, 2028;
Maddox Gans, WR/WDB/LS, 2028;
Guetchine Aristilde, RB/LB, 2028;
Don Constant, OL/DL, 2028;
Steve Kury, KICKER, 2027

Key Newcomers 

n/a

Season Outlook

York Catholic returns all offensive and defensive starters from last year’s district championship season. It will be interesting to see the development from last year to this year with players have a year or two of experience under their belts. York Catholic moved up to 2A this year in District III and has added some new teams their schedule.

2026 Schedule

	08-22 10:00 am	vs. Northeastern (0-0)	Scrimmage	–
	08-28 7:00 pm	@ Susquenita (0-0)		–
	09-04 7:00 pm	vs. Camp Hill (0-0)		–
	09-11 7:00 pm	vs. Lancaster Catholic (0-0)		–
	09-18 7:00 pm	@ Littlestown (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	09-25 7:00 pm	vs. Hanover (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	10-03 10:00 am	@ York County Tech (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	10-09 7:00 pm	vs. Biglerville (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	10-16 7:00 pm	@ Big Spring (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	10-23 7:00 pm	vs. James Buchanan (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–
	10-30 7:00 pm	@ Delone Catholic (0-0)	Division Game / League Game	–