2026 Team Preview: The Ridley Green Raiders
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Willie McGonigle | August 2, 2026
The Ridley Green Raiders
Head Coach: Dave Wood
PIAA District 1
Class 6A
Conference: Central League
2025 Season Record: 9-3
| Key Starters lost |
| Casey – OL Coskey – OL Hughes – DL Plummer – RB Solomon – QB Ruffin – WR |
| returning starters (name, Position, HT, WT, Class Year |
| SR. OT Cooper Smith, 6’5, 310 SR. OG Josh Hamson, 6’1, 220 SR. OG Yuron Villanueva, 5’11, 220 SR. RB Jamar Savoy, 6’1, 175 SR. WR Gabe Smith, 5’11, 165 SR. DB Brody Bair, 6’1, 170 SR. LB Gene D’Amico, 6’0, 180 SR. LB Kevin Farley, 5’10, 190 SR. LB Jayden Gibson, 5’9 180 SR. DB Joshua Olashore, 5’11, 175 SR. DL Nate Tsafos, 6’1, 225 SR. DL Yuron Villanueva, 5’11 220 SR. K Tim Calamita, 6’0 180 SR. LS Landon Sweeney, 6’1, 195 JR. K Vince Petrellis, 5’9, 175 JR. P Joey Carroll, 5’9, 175 |
| Key Newcomers’ name, position* |
| SR. WR, DB Chase Bonnes, 5’8, 170 JR. DB Jackson Burwell, 5’11, 180 JR. QB Joey Carroll, 5’9, 175 JR. WR, LB Logan Clark, 5’10 165 SR. DB Cameron Cauthorn, 6’1, 175 SR. WR Jakai Brackett, 5’9, 170 SR. RB Dymir Lewis, 5’9, 175 SR. DL Carmen Mooney, 5’9, 215 SR. OL Michael Wajda, 5’10, 240 |
| Season Outlook |
| “The offensive line will be the key to our offense this year. We have 3 starters back on the OL and some really good depth on the offensive line that saw some game action in 2025. Joey Carroll, who has been a backup for the last two years, will take over at QB. Jamar Savoy returns at running back and brings a lot of experience along with others like Kevin Farley, Dymir Lewis, and Mahki Williams. Our biggest question will be at wide receiver. Brody Bair, Jakai Brackett, Gabe Smith, Gene D’Amico, Chase Bonnes, and Joshua Olashore all return, but we have to see who steps up to become the everyday starters. We have a lot of starters returning from the 2025 Defensive Unit that played very well. Yuron Villanueva and Nate Tsafos will lead the defensive line. Kevin Farly, Gene D’Amico, and Jayden Gibson will lead this group, but we also have Colin Cavalieri, Gabe Smith, and Logan Clark that will give us depth. The biggest question will be in the secondary even though will do have a lot of players that have experience. Brody Bair, Chase Bonnes, Jackson Burwell will battle at safety while Bair, Bonnes, Joshua Olashore, Cam Cauthorn will also battle at corner. We have two kickers, Tim Calamita and Vince Petrellis who shared the duties last year and they both return. Joe Carroll returns at Punter while Petrellis will give us more depth there too. Landon Sweeney returns as our long snapper and has been our starter for over a year. Our running back depth and wide receiver depth will give us some very good options as our returners.” Dave Wood |
08-22
|
vs. Academy Park (0-0) |
– |
08-28
|
vs. Central Bucks East (0-0) |
– |
09-03
|
vs. Lower Merion (0-0) |
– |
09-10
|
vs. Marple-Newtown (0-0) |
– |
09-18
|
@ Conestoga (0-0) |
– |
09-25
|
@ Radnor (0-0) |
– |
10-02
|
vs. Upper Darby (0-0) |
– |
10-09
|
vs. Springfield-Delco (0-0) |
– |
10-16
|
@ Haverford (0-0) |
– |
10-23
|
@ Strath Haven (0-0) |
– |
10-30
|
@ Garnet Valley (0-0) |
– |
11-26
|
vs. Interboro (0-0) |
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