2024 Team Preview: Troy Trojans (4)

Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Jim Smith

Assistant Coaches:
Joe Millard
Brandon Spiak
Ryan Ammerman

Team Name: Troy Trojans

District: 4

Class: AA

League: Northern Tier League, Large School Division

2023 Record: 12-1

8/26 Juniata (AAAA) 7:00 pm W 56-21
9/01 @ Montoursville (AAA) 7:00 pm W 38-7
9/08 North Penn-Mansfield* (AA) 7:00 pm W 52-13
9/15 Wyalusing Area* (AA) 7:00 pm W 41-7
9/22 @ Athens* (AAA) 7:00 pm W 62-6
9/29 Wellsboro* (AA) 7:00 pm W 51-7
10/06 @ Towanda* (AA) 7:00 pm W 37-0
10/13 Northwest Area (A) 7:00 pm W 51-0
10/20 @ Loyalsock Township (AAA) 7:00 pm W 44-7
10/27 @ Canton Area* (A) 7:00 pm W 52-0
11/04 Hughesville (AA) 7:00 pm W 36-0
11/10 Line Mountain (AA) 7:00 pm W 44-0
11/17 Southern Columbia (AA) 7:00 pm L 0-14

Key Starters Lost:
Clayton Smith RB
Jackson Taylor LB
Jed Felmeier OL
Brady Spalding k
Nick York ILB
Billy Rosanelli DL
Shawn Wood center

Offensive Starters Returning:
Ty Spencer OL
Avery Sens Ol
Camden Coyl OL
Evan Woodward QB
Mason Smith RB/WR
Kael Millard FB
Brendan Gilliland RB
Lincoln Chimics WR

Defensive Starters Returning:
Avery Sens DL
Eason Teribury DL
Jack Burbage ILB
Brendan Gilliland OLB
Lincoln Chimics DB
Evan Woodward FS
Mason Smith SS
Joe Frye DB

Special Team Starters Returning:
Mason Smith returned
Charles Oldroyd returner

Key Newcomers:
Reed Palmer grade 10 , DL/ TE 6-2 235
Evan Slater grade 11 OL 5-10 215
Seth Feldmeier grade 10 OL/DL 6-1 215
Micah Pesesky OL/ DL 6-1 250

2024 Offensive Outlook: We return a great leader in Evan Woodward under center . He leads by example and is cool under pressure . He is a three year starter at QB and is complimented by good athletes all around him . We return most of our backfield and receiving core. As always our success will depend on how dominant we can become up front. We lost two great leaders on the OL and the first order of business will finding the right fit up front.

2024 Defensive Outlook: We return 7-8 starters on the defense . We have a good core of experienced players returning .Building depth so we can get players off the field will be key. We are a small school and with few players , depth is always an issue .

2024 Special Teams Outlook: We need to replace/find both a kicker and punter. We lost an all state level kicker. Replacing a kid like that is not likely and will be a work in progress.

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