2024 Team Preview: Malvern Prep Friars (Inter-Ac)

Written by: David Mika on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Dave Gueriera

Assistant Coaches:
Joe Carr
Derek Benedict
Joe Gallagher
Sam Schmucker
Jeff Carroll
Rocco Vernisi
Dante Coles
Bob Mears
Joe Baisura
Dan Milewski
Scott Taylor
Nihja White
Chuck Kanuika
Tony Naab
Charlie Antell
Brett Antell
Bob Powers
Mike Rose
Kevin Mobley

Team Name: Malvern Prep Friars

Class: 4A

League: Inter-Academic Leagu

2023 Record: 9-1

9/01 La Salle College HS (6A) 6:00 pm W 13-7 at Ocean City HS (NJ)
9/09 Delbarton School (NJ) 11:00 am W 20-17
9/15 @ Imhotep Charter School (5A) 7:00 pm L 14-24 @Germantown SS
9/22 Rock Creek Christian Academy (MD) 7:00 pm W 17-16
9/29 Hun School (NJ) 7:00 pm W 17-7
10/14 Episcopal Academy* 1:00 pm W 35-21
10/21 @ The Haverford School* 1:00 pm W 24-6
10/28 @ William Penn Charter* 2:00 pm W 42-3
11/04 Germantown Academy* 6:00 pm W 38-10
11/11 @ Springside Chestnut Hill Academy* 1:00 pm W 17-7

Key Starters Lost:
OL-Peter Jones – Notre Dame
OL-Logan Demchyk – Harvard
OL-Dylan Kraiza – Bloomsberg
OL-Liam Horan – Penn State
P/K-Jack Ploszay – Wake Forest
OLB-Chris Lake – Coastal Carolina
DT-Phil Tabasso – Colgate
Ennis Udo – Brown Lacrosse

Key Returning Players:
LB/H- Jake Bauer
ATH- Andrew Pellicciotta
DE-Bernard Blakey
TE/LB- Ben Kumpon
OLB/H – Owen Mears
QB-Skyler Smith
QB- Jackson Melconian
DB/WR- Zade Smith-Johnson
WR – Luke Hardy
WR- PJ Holmes
RB – Zeke Bates
RB – Chris Smith
OL- Orazio Nastase
WR – Cade Cooper
LB- Max Morhing
LB – Joe Rosano
OL/DL- Luke O’Hair

Key Newcomers:
Cameron Brickle JR DL/OL 6’4 285
Jackson Ford JR DL/TE 6’5 230
Ian Gopez JR P/K 5’8 150

2024 Returning Player Stats:
Andrew Pellicciotta – 63 carries for 656 yards; 20 catches for 261 yards; 9 TDS
Zeke Bates – 83 carries for 461 yards; 7 Catches for 78 Yards; 8 TD’s
Chris Smith – 66 carries for 274 yards
Skyler Smith – 55/107 – 647 Yards; 6 TD’s
Jackson Melconian – 10/21 140 Yards; 1 TD
Jake Bauer – 90 Tackles, 7 TFL’s; 3 INT, 6 TD’s
Owen Mears – 35 Tackles, 2 TFL’s; 3 INT, 1 TD
Ben Kumpon – 53 Tackles; 1 TFL
Luke Hardy- 14 Catches – 201 Yards 1 TD
PJ Holmes – 9 Catches – 107 Yards, 2 TD

2024 Outlook:
Offense: We return all of our skill players and graduate 4 out of 5 OL’s. Our success will depend how quickly our new OL can jell and communicate. Must eliminate self inflicted errors.

Defense: We return a majojrity of our starters on defense and add a couple of very high level defenders. Our success will depend how we’ll tackle.

Special Team: Losing Jack Ploszay to Wake Forest leaves a big hole. We feel confident with our new kickers and punters who are ready to jump into that role.

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