School: University High School
Mascot: Pioneers
Head Coach: Brody Walworth
Years at School: This is year 5.
Overall Record: 47-36
Assistant Coaches: Steven Corrigan, Nick Cottone, Dusty Burk, Derek DeBarr, Jake Gates, Alec Mudra, Chris Pedersen, Bryan Sengsay, Lance Tinsley
Last Year’s Conference Record: 6-1
Last Year’s Overall Record: 10-3
Postseason: Semifinalist
School State Championships: n/a
School Conference Championships: 2024
Biggest Rival Game Every Year: Central Catholic if we can find a way to play them, but we play Bloomington High School which will be close.
Number of returning letterman: 33
Number of returning starters: 9
Offense: 2
Defense: 7
Top Returnees from Fall 2024
Offensive:
Cade Cunningham – WR – #2 (All-Conference)
Bodey Klemmensen – TE – #33
Rhett Lynch – RB – #44
Defensive:
Carson James Jr – DL – #72
Michael Bennett Jr – DL – #62
Griffin Meyer – LB – #15 (All-Conference)
Max Dameron – OLB – #12
Austin Kruger – DB – #9
Calvin Jones Jr – DB – #5
Chenzo Cottone – DB – #7
Who are the newcomers we should know about and why?
OL – need to replace 5 starters. They will come from this group: Frank Swope, Hagan Corry, Carson James JR, Mike Bennett JR, Sam Karun, Corbin Hunt, Joe Donahue, Evan Hunt
QB – Owen Kirby will step into the QB role
WR/TE – We expect contributions from a big group of skills – Jackson Vance, Chenzo Cottone, Andrew Alvarez, Austin Kruger, Calvin Jones JR, Daniel Kovalaske, Darieus Perry, Andrew Felstead, Korey Dolk
RB – Max Dameron & Hayden Washum
DL – Grayson Moody, Frank Swope, Andrew Alvarez, Grant Vaughan, Rhett Lynch, Joe Donahue, Hagan Corry, Corbin Hunt, Grant Vaughan are all guys we expect to play at least rotationally for us
LB – Hayden Washum, Andrew Felstead, and Sean Vazquez are guys to watch here
DB – Darieus Perry, Daniel Kovalaske, and Blake Schlipf
Head Coach says: Last year’s team made history and left a huge footprint on our program. While we will have some inexperience, we think we have the right guys to plug into roles and keep rolling. The development of leadership and team chemistry will be the difference in how far this team can make it.
