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2022 Team Preview: Big Spring Bulldogs (3)

Written by: on Wednesday, August 24th, 2022. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Joe Sinkovich

Assistant Coaches:
Chuck Hickes
Brad Fry
Bob Baker
Matt Eisenberg
John Frey
Sean Donaldson
Chris Boyd
Jesse Burnhisel
Grant Long
Austin Long

Team Name: Big Spring Bulldogs

2021 Record: 8-4

District: District 3

Class: AAAA

League: Mid-Penn Conference, Capital Division

Key Starters Lost:
Andrew Adams
Dakoda Garman
Seth Griffie
Eli Hasco
Evan Header
Tucker Lowery
Caleb Massare
Collin Roberts
Logan Schmidt
Dylan Wakefield

Offensive Starters Returning: (7)
Ethan Eisenberg 12 6’0 185 QB
Grant Hall 10 5’10 160 RB LB
Conner Black 12 6’3 215 TE LB
Logan Brennan 11 6’1 381 OL DT
Jacob Stewart 11 5’9 220 OL DL
Tyler Fogarty 12 6’1 220 OL DL
Andrew Witter 12 6’0 175 WR LB

Defensive Starters Returning: (6)
Connor Green 11 5’9 175 RB LB
Conner Black 12 6’3 215 TE LB
Zachary Mell 11 6’2 225 OL DL
Jay Roberds 12 5’10 245 OL DL
Clayton Hetrick 12 5’10 190 OL DL
Aaron Matthews 12 6’1 165 WR DB

Special Team Starters Returning: (2)
Kick-Off:
Aaron Matthews
9 returns
166 yards
18.4 average

Grant Hall
5 returns
101 yards
20.2 average

Punt Return:
Grant Hall
1 return
19 yards

Key Newcomers:
Ben Fickel 11 5’7 150 WR DB
Joshua Hockensmith 10 5’9 145 RB DB
Brady Singer 10 6’0 195 RB LB
Spencer Cachara 10 5’10 160 RB LB
Brexton Heckendorn 10 6’3 215 TE DL
Nicholas Shives 11 5’9 195 OL LB

2021 Returning Player Stats:
Rushing:
Player – Carries – Yards – Average – TD’s
Grant Hall 9 90 10.0 2
Josh Hockensmith 8 64 8.0 0
Brady Singer 8 29 3.6 1
Connor Green 6 23 3.8 1
Spencer Cachara 5 22 4,4
Connor Black 2 10 5.0

Passing:
Player – Attempts  – Comp %  -Yards –  TD – Int
Ethan Eisenberg 151 87 57.6 1751 23 10

Receiving:
Player – Catches – Yards – Average – TDs
Connor Black 23 412 17.9 7
Grant Hall 6 205 34.2 2
Andrew Witter 10 113 11.3 1
Aaron Matthews 1 13 13.0
Connor Green 1 5 5.0
Ben Fickel 1 3 3.0

2021 Defensive Statistics:
Player – Tackles – Sacks – Fum Rec – Ints – Yards
Conner Black 111 2.5 1 2 48
Connor Green 40 0 0 4 25
Zach Mell 24.5 0.5 1 1 42
Jay Roberds 24.5 2
Aaron Matthews 19 0 0 1 8
Nicholas Shives 17
Clayton Hetrick 7
Ben Fickel 5 0 1 1 12
Grant Hall 5 1
Spencer Cachara 4.5
Brady Singer 4
Logan Brennan 3.5
Brexton Heckendorn 3
Andrew Witter 3

2022 Offensive Outlook: “We will need Ethan Eisenberg and Connor Black to continue to excel. Will need the younger guys to step up and replace some very good seniors we lost. While we lost some very good players we have a good core with varsity game experience to step in and fill in these spots.”

2022 Defensive Outlook: “We have a good core back from last year’s defense. We will need to rely on our returning starters to be physical and as the same offense, we will need some of the younger kids to step in and make plays. We have many kids back that have varsity game experience and that will need to carry us to have a successful year.”

2022 Special Teams Outlook: “We will need to replace several very good performers on special teams in the upcoming year. There are kids that can step in and be highly effective.”

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