2026 Team Preview: The Punxsutawney Chucks
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Willie McGonigle | August 19, 2026
The Punxsutawney Chucks
Head Coach: Brandon Snyder
PIAA District 9
Class 3A
Conference: District 9 – Region 1
2025 Season Record: 10-2
| Key Starters lost |
| Maddox Hetrick QB/S Beau Thomas TE/LB Logan Moore WR/S Jordan Rutan RB/OLB Adam Muth OT/DT Breydon Trithart OG/DE |
| returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year |
| Jaden Greenblatt WR/CB 5’8” 150, 2027 Max Presloid WR/CB 5’7” 155, 2028 Ward Yoder C 5’10” 285, 2027 Jayden Rutan OT/DE 6’1” 220, 2027 Sage Burkett OG/DE 6’2” 270, 2027 Teeg Hetrick OLB 5’11” 180, 2028 Zach Blews OLB 5’9” 180, 2027 Owen Roken K/P 6’0” 205, 2028 |
| Key Newcomers’ name, position* |
| Teeg Hetrick QB Phoenix Johnston TE/LB Max Roberts WR/S Gavin Neal RB/TE/LB Ian Leseman RB/OLB Luke Grusky TE/OLB |
| Season Outlook |
| “We graduated over 80% of our offensive production in 2025. We will need to find new production from our skill players to complement our returning lineman. Defensively, we will have some new faces in some key spots, we will need those guys to catch on quickly for 2026. We return all state junior kicker Owen Roken, but need to replace our long snapper and holder to enable Owen to be the special teams weapon that he is.
All in all, we will have a young group that will need to learn and grow quickly to have success in 2026.” Brandon Snyder |
08-28
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vs. Bradford (0-0) |
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09-04
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@ Brookville (0-0) |
– |
09-11
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vs. Karns City (0-0) |
– |
09-18
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vs. DuBois (0-0) |
– |
09-25
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@ Saint Marys (0-0) |
– |
10-02
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@ Port Allegany (0-0) |
– |
10-09
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vs. Brockway (0-0) |
– |
10-16
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@ Central Clarion (0-0) |
– |
10-23
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@ Kane (0-0) |
– |
10-30
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vs. Ridgway (0-0) |
