2024 Team Preview: Cedar Crest Falcons (3)

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, August 22nd, 2024. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Nick Lambros

Assistant Coaches:
Brian Powers
Tom Waranavage
Logan Horn
Jona Padilla
Nevin Pagan
Evan Horn
Sean Sellers
Bob Peebles

Team Name: Cedar Crest Falcons

District: 3

Class: AAAAAA

League: Berks-Lancaster-Lebanon League, Section 1

2023 Record: 8-3

8/25 Northeast (AAAAAA) 6:00 pm W 24-0
8/31 @ Central Dauphin East (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 33-7
9/09 @ Warwick (AAAAA) 11:00 am W 29-23
9/15 Penn Manor* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 42-13
9/22 Wilson West Lawn* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm L 13-21
9/29 @ Reading* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 36-0
10/06 @ Manheim Township* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm L 0-42
10/13 J.P. McCaskey* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 48-6
10/20 @ Hempfield (3)* (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 49-28
10/26 Lebanon (AAAAAA) 7:00 pm W 49-6
11/11 @ Harrisburg (AAAAAA) 1:00 pm L 28-54

Key Starters Lost:
RB: Fernando Marquez; Alex Abreu
WR/DB: Owen Chernich; Leo Tirado; Logan Oriel; Kenyon Figueroa
TE: Aiden Schomp
OL: Nick Lambros III; Christian Weaber; Cam Simone; Isaiah Sepulveda
LB: Caleb Dorshimer; Richie Hernandez

Offensive Starters Returning:
QB: Jackson Custer, 6-0 185
WR: Jack Waranavage, 5-11 190
WR: Malachi Victor, 6-1 190
OL: Alex Kissinger, 6-1 225

Defensive Starters Returning:
DT: Tristan Long, 5-11 270
LB: Malachi Victor, 6-1 190

Special Team Starters Returning:
K: Ethan Bowman, 5-11 160
PR: Jack Waranavage, 5-11 190

Key Newcomers:
OL: Nate Harbaugh, 6-0 250
OL: Ahmed Mohamed, 5-10 265
TE: Seth Warren, 6-3 210
WR: Cristhian Viveros, 5-8 180
RB: Isaiah Zimmerman, 5-10 185
RB: Eli Beard, 5-9 185
LB/FB: Garrett Starry, 6-1 225
LB: Landyn Kline, 5-11 195
DB: Luke Oriel, 5-10 175
DB: Kaeleb Fees, 5-9 175

2024 Returning Player Stats:
QB: Jackson Custer: 84/145, 1093Yds, 10TD Passing; 304Yds Rushing, 5TD Rushing
WR: Jack Waranavage: 21 rec 330yrds 4TD’s
DT: Tristan Long: 64 Tackles, 18TFL, 5.5 Sacks
LB: Malachi Victor: 61 Tackles, 12 TFL, 2 sacks, 2 INT, 2 Def TD

2024 Offensive Outlook: Everything revolves around our ability to run the football. Our quarterback is perfectly suited to run our scheme, and our young running backs are explosive. Our ability to get the ball to our playmakers outside (Jack Waranavage, Malachi Victor, Cristhian Viveros, etc.,) in combination with our run game will determine the success of our offense.

2024 Defensive Outlook: Replacing 9 starters from a very strong defense will be challenging. However we have several players who saw rotational action last year, so their ability to shoulder the workload coupled with several young guys stepping up will determine the success of our defense.

2024 Special Teams Outlook: Ethan Bowman was honorable mention LL-Section I All-Stars last year. He has hit the weight room this offseason and we expect big things from him. Jack Waranavage is one of the best punt returners I’ve ever coached, in addition to being our deep-snapper and FG/PAT holder. He is critical to our special teams’ success.

2024 Cedar Crest Falcons
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