Head coach Bret Stover Q&A
Q. What are the key things we should know about your offense?
A. We lost our top two receivers from the 2013 team and our quarterback.
We do return both running backs John Lee Sr 13 TD and Kaleif Lee Jr 14 TD. Upper Dublin will rely heavily on the ground game.
Ryan Stover, Jr, will likely get the nod at quarterback. They will rely heavily on Matt Thompson as the only returning receiver 22 catches 3 touchdowns.
A pair of juniors will anchor the offensive line and they are Henry Winebrake and Jack Rapine. Sr. Tim Rasmussen all return with experience.
Q. What are the key things we should know about your defense?
A. With eight returning starters, our defense will be the strength for our team this season. We’re led by Thompson, John Lee, Rasmussen, and leading tackler Henry Winebrake returns at the Mike LB.
Q. What are the key things we should know about your special teams? Who are your kick and punt returners? Who are your kicker and punter?
A. We graduated both kickers, so this is a wide-open race right now.
Head Coach: Bret Stover
2013 Record: 9-1 Lost first round of District 1 4A playoffs
Key Starters Lost: John Derr QB 2400 yards combined, 22 TD’s combined, Ryan Siwinski SE 49 receptions, Marc Conran TE 33 Receptions, Tyler Berish OT, Patrick Echevarria, OL
Offensive Starters Returning: (6)
FB John Lee Sr,
TB Kalief Lee Jr,
OT Henry Winebrake Jr.
FL Matt Thompson Sr.
OL Jack Rapine Jr.
OL Tim Rasmussen Sr.
Defensive Starters Returning: (8)
Tamir Bailey Sr. MLB
Henry Winebrake Jr. LB
Jack Rapine Jr. OLB
John Lee Sr, OLB
Sr Tim Rasmussen, CB
Mike Sowers So. SS
Matt Thompson Sr, FS
Ryan Stover Jr.
Key Newcomers: George Adlam Sr. Evan Scott Jr. David Bryant Jr. Hunter Seeburger Jr.
D1 (FBS & FCS) Prospects: FB/OLB John Lee Sr, 2015, FL/DB Matt Thompson 2015, QB/FS Ryan Stover, 2016 OL/MLB Henry Winebrake 2016,
Key Stats: UD will open the 2014 season at the Walt Disney World Resort vs. Coconut Creek HS Florida August 29th at 9pm
2014 Outlook: With only nine seniors currently on the roster, Upper Dublin once again will be very young at many of the starting positions this fall. Fortunately many of them played as sophomores.
Having to replace the top three offensive performers and top two offensive linemen will be a challenge offensively. However the return of both running backs John Lee and Kalief Lee will take the pressure off until the offense can jell.
Defensively the entire linebacker core and secondary return intact, led my seniors OLB John Lee and SS Matt Thompson.
