2024 Team Preview: Germantown Academy (Inter-Ac)

Written by: David Mika on Friday, August 16th, 2024. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Kyle Donahue

Assistant Coaches:
Martin Dean
Brian Hensel
Jerry Gerth
Jibri McLean
Dad Poquie
Al Picerello
Jake Dianno
Seamus Dean
Matt Gorman
Rob Campbell

Team Name: Germantown Academy

Class: 2A

League: Inter-Academic League

2023 Record: 5-5

9/01 Simon Gratz (5A) 12:00 pm W 50-28 @ Ocean City (NJ) HS
9/08 @ The Hill School 7:00 pm W 45-21
9/14 Archbishop Wood (5A) 3:30 pm W 31-20
9/23 @ Blair Academy (NJ) 4:30 pm W 24-10
9/29 Peddie School (NJ) 7:00 pm W 42-18
10/14 The Haverford School* 1:00 pm L 7-45
10/21 @ Springside Chestnut Hill Academy* 1:00 pm L 0-28
10/28 Episcopal Academy* 1:00 pm L 7-42
11/04 @ Malvern Prep* 6:00 pm L 10-38
11/11 @ William Penn Charter* 1:30 pm L 14-35

Key Starters Lost:
Seamus Knox RB
Anthony Lara RB
CJ Mersky C
Jared Smith K

Offensive Starters Returning:
Jr. OL Brandon Truszkowski, 6-9, 310
Sr. OL Zach Kniese, 6-2, 325
Sr. OL Maloy Lafferty 6-3, 265
Jr. QB Xavier Stearn, 6-6, 205
Sr. WR AJ Towsen, 6-1, 190
Sr. WR George Arendt, 5-10, 170
Jr. WR Josh Cain, 6-2, 185
Jr. RB/WR Mick McKee, 6-2, 180
Sr. TE Jack Wescott, 6-3, 225

Defensive Starters Returning:
Soph, DE Ryan Wanner, 6-5, 235
Jr. DL Robbie Bordeaux, 6-0, 240
Sr. DL Zach Kniese, 6-1, 325
Sr. LB Eddie McGettigan, 6-1, 215
Jr. LB Timmy Ginter, 6-1, 220
Jr. LB/DB Jack Durkin, 5-9, 175
Sr. DB George Arendt, 5-10, 170
Jr. DB Mick McKee, 6-2, 180

Special Team Starters Returning:
Sr. Kicker / Punter Cole Grim, 5-10, 175

Key Newcomers:
So. LB Holt Record 5-11, 185
Fr. LB/RB Maurice Goosby, 5-11, 170
Jr. Wr/DB Jake McVeigh, 5-10, 175
Jr. WR Jake Bulicki, 5-8, 160
So. LB/DE Matthew Hadlock, 5-11, 225
Fr. DB/RB Ryan Clarke, 5-9, 170

2024 Returning Player Stats:
Xavier Stearn
188/303 (62%)
2,226 yards
21 touchdowns

⁃school single-season passing yards record.
⁃school single-season completion record. (Beat by over 60 completions

AJ Towsen
– 70 Receptions, 984 Yards, 11 TDs, 2INT
– Blessed to say that I broke three School Records (Receiving yards, Touchdowns, and Receptions)
– First Team All Inter-Ac

2024 Offensive Outlook: We want to control the tempo of the game. We want to spread the ball around to our skill players and establish a running game that can be produced later in the season during league play.
We have some elite talent, building consistency and situational awareness will be our keys.

2024 Defensive Outlook: We are building a defensive football team that gets 11 to the ball at all times. We want to stop the run, tackle, and make teams throw to beat us. Toughness wins inter ac games. We play in what we believe is the best league top
to bottom in the state and the coaches in the inter ac are really good at what they do. All the league teams have a strong identity on offense and we are excited to display our toughness and identity on defense.

2024 Special Teams Outlook: We have an awesome all-around kicker who does everything at a high level. Cole Grim is fantastic. We also welcome back our special teams coordinator who will be creative and detailed in the kick game.

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