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2022 Team Preview: Wyomissing Area Spartans (3)

Written by: on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Bob Wolfrum

Assistant Coaches:
Frank Ferrandino
Tom Baldwin
Steve Brunner
Andy Siggins
Chris Blickley
JIm Delp
Dave Outland
Steve O’Neil
Al Silveri
Jack Paris
John Zima
Corbett Babb
Kevin Miller
Ty Smith
Nick Wojciechowski
Hunter Beane
Mike Matz
Mike Unger

Team Name: Wyomissing Area Spartans

2021 Record: 15-1, Berks league champions, District 3A champions (3 peat) , PIAA runners up

Key Starters Lost:
Aiden Mack TE/DE (Richmond)
JJ Jackson DT/FB (Kutztown)
Tommy Grabowski FB/MLB (Susquehanna)
Jack Miller MLB/OG, Julian DiMaio C/NG (Wilkes)
Preston Aikman OT (Denison), Nevin Carter CB/WR (Cal)
Amory Thompson RB/CB(Cal) , Rory Filoon OLB/TE (Bloomsburg)

Offensive Starters Returning:
Ben Zechman QB 6’3 185
Drew Eisenhower RB 5’10 190
J’Ven Williams 6’4 308 OG
Pacen Ziegler 6’4 275 OT
Jack Gartner OG 5’10 190
Cooper Young 6 250 OT
Ian Levering K/P 5’10 195

Defensive Starters Returning:
Drew Eisenhower S 5’10 190
Charlie McIntyre CB moved over from safety
Matt Kramer OLB 6’1 215

Special Team Starters Returning:
Ian Levering K/P 5’10 195 ,Ryker Jones P 6’1 195

Key Newcomers:
Caleb Brewer NG/TE/OT 6’5 280
Ryker Jones MLB/RB/P 6’1 195
Issac Focht C/DL 6’2 235
Colin Niedrowski MLB/FB 6’0 190
Ethan Brower WR/S 6’0 180
Logan Hyde S/QB 6’0 170
Andrew Delp DB/HB 5’10 150
William Delp DB/HB 5’10 150
Drew Forrey OLB/HB 6’2 200
Evan Blickley TE/OLB 6’3 195
Thomas Weller OG/OLB 6’2 195

2021 Returning Player Stats:
Drew Eisenhower
Rushing:
116 carries
871 yards
12 TD’S
Receiving:
5 catches
125 yards
4 TD’S
19 total TDs
Special Teams:
1 Kickoff Return TD
Defense:
50 tackles
4 Ints (1 Return TD)
2 Fumble recoveries (1-return TD)
2 QBS
10 Pass Break Ups

Charlie McIntyre
Rushing:
64 carries
457 yards
5 TDs
Receiving:
5 catches
67 yards
2 TD’s
Special Teams:
81-yard Kickoff return for TD

Defense:
36 tackles
3 tackles for loss
1 pass break up
1 INT
1 fumble recovery

Ryker Jones
Rushing:
23 carries
243 yds
4 rushing TD’s
Receiving:
2 catches
34 yds
1 TD

Defense:
3rd the leading tackler last year with 65
1 forced fumble
1 fumble recovery
1 sack
6 tackles for loss

Ben Zechamn
Passing:
54 of 92 for
794 yards
11 TD’s
2 INT’s

Matthew Kramer
Defense:
48 tackles
1 Int
1 FR
1 Blk Punt
4 QBS
1 FF
11 TFL
7 QB Pressures

J’Ven Williams
Defense
19 tackles
1 FR
2 TFL
Offense:
35 Pancake Blocks

Caleb Brewer
Defense:
14 tackles
4 tackles for loss
13 QB pressures
2 sacks
Offense:
5 pancake blocks

2022 Offensive Outlook: “We have a very nice core on the offensive side of the ball. We have 4 very experienced offensive linemen with J’Ven Williams, Pacen Ziegler, Jack Gartner, and Cooper Young. Those guys along with Caleb Brewer, Issac Focht, and Thomas Weller can be a very solid group. We also have two experienced halfbacks in Drew Eisehenhower and Charlie McIntyre who will lead that group, along with Matthew Kramer getting his turn at FB. And finally, having your Qb back always makes things much easier. And having Ben Zechman back at qb is huge for us. He has grown up running the Wing-T, and he had an incredibly efficient season with 11 TD’s compared to 2 ints.”

2022 Defensive Outlook: “Defensive side of the ball will be less experienced, but we got 2 back in the secondary with Drew and Charlie. The other 2 defensive back spots will come down to Andrew Delp, William Delp, Logan Hyde, and Ethan Brower. Matthew Kramer also returns as an OLB, and he showed what he can do last year. Specifically having a huge game in the state final. The key to success for this unit is how quickly the new starters pick up the scheme and responsibilities. With so many lopsided games last season, a lot of the potential starters got lots of varsity playing time. Looking for big seasons in the front seven from J’Ven Williams, Pacen Ziegler, Caleb Brewer, Drew Forrey, Collin Niedrowski, and Ryker Jones.”

2022 Special Teams Outlook: “We have Ian Levering back as kicker and Ryker jones back as a punter so we feel good about both of those guys. We had a long-time starter at snapper in Tommy Grabowski we need to replace. It will come down to camp, but Evan Blickley is the leader at this point.”

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