Pounding Pavement Podcast: Rochester 2018
School: Rochester High School
Mascot: Rockets
Head Coach: Derek Leonard
Years at School: 14
Overall Record: 133-29
Assistant Coaches: Steve Buecker, Derrick Nelson, J.C. Clarke, Rich McMahon, Tyson Corley, Jim Smith, Brett Tackett, George Weed, Tyler Mazzini, Jim Rychel
Last Year’s Conference Record: 9-0
Last Year’s Overall Record: 14-0
Postseason: 4A State Champions
2017 Team Scoring Average: 45.9
2017 Team Yards per Game Average: 474
2017 Team Yards per Game Passing: 281
2017 Team Yards per Game Rushing: 193
2017 Team Points Allowed Per Game: 14.3
2017 Team Yards Allowed Per Game: 241
2017 Team Yards Allowed per Game Passing: 122.5
2017 Team Yards Allowed Per Game Rushing: 119
School State Championships: 7
School Conference Championships: 2
Biggest Rival Game Every Year: SHG
Number of Players out this season: 107
Number of returning letterman: 39
Number of returning starters: 5
Offense: 2
Defense: 3
Top Returnees from 2017:
Offensive:
Cade Eddington (Sr) – WR/CB – 84 Catches, 1594 Receiving Yards, 19 Receiving TD’s, 1 Rushing TD
Riley Lewis (Sr) – WR/DB – 41 Catches, 608 Receiving Yards, 8 Receiving TD’s
David Yoggerst (Jr) – RB/DB – 77 Carries, 513 Rushing Yards, 3 Rushing TD’s, 8 Catches, 99 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD’s
Zach Gleeson (Jr) – RB – 57 Carries, 489 Rushing Yards, 8 Rushing TD’s, 2 Catches, 20 Receiving Yards
Defensive:
FS Cade Eddington 5’11 175 Senior
DB Riley Lewis 5’8 155 Senior
DB David Allen 6’1 190 Senior
DL Ethan Vose 6’0 195 Senior
Who are the newcomers we should know about and why?
Sid Cox – Senior ILB. Extremely intelligent young man who will be one of the leaders of our defense.
Talon Williams – Another Senior ILB. Extremely hard working kid who’s been putting his time in the weight room during the off season.
Nick Davis – Another Senior ILB. Athletic kid who fly’s around the field and makes plays.
Chase Hickey – Senior DB/WR. Has been making plays for us all summer and beginning to find his way into the DB and WR rotation.
Johnathon McKenzie – Senior DL who has one of the best motors on the team.
What are the questions marks for this team heading into the 2018 season?
Replacing 9 on offense and 8 on defense. A lot of young starters.
Head Coach Derek Leonard says:
“We are going to be young this year. We lost a lot of Senior starters from last year’s team and we’ll have to see which guys step up into those spots.”