![]() ![]() The team also must replace 1,000-yard rusher Ryan Magiske, who graduated. Senior receiver Breylen Carrington will help replace Casilli, who scored 22 touchdowns last season. But one thing I’m challenging him with is he needs to make some off-scripted plays for us.” “He fully understands what he needs to do with the ball and where it should go,” Plack said. That means a little more improvisation when the pass protection breaks down. He passed for 2,358 yards and 24 touchdowns last fall, but Plack expects more creativity from the quarterback this season. Senior quarterback Logan Pfeuffer also is a three-year starter. “He’ll be a guy we look to get the ball to in different ways.” “We expect everything he brought last year on the defensive side of the ball and more,” Plack said. He was a difference maker on defense last season, but should contribute more at wide receiver this fall. McMillon, a three-year starter, committed in July to Florida over offers from Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech. He had 69 tackles last season, including 10 sacks and 16 tackles for loss as Peters Township finished tied for the conference title. Hondru (6-1, 225) will be a four-year starter. Hondru and McMillon lead a defense that allowed a touchdown or less eight times last season with three shutouts. “If one person went down, we were moving everyone around. “We had really no depth whatsoever,” Plack said. “We’re losing about four dudes who are very hard to replace, but we’re trying to do it with about 16 guys,” he said.Ī year ago, the team had only nine seniors. What this year’s team has that last year’s lacked is depth, Plack said. Hondru, a linebacker and tight end, chose Miami (Ohio). McMillon, a safety and wideout, committed to Florida. Gone from last year’s 12-2 team is Penn freshman Josh Casilli, but McMillon and Hondru are both Division I recruits as well. ![]() If we just had ‘guys,’ we’d still fight every game and maybe get back in a couple of years. “If we didn’t have (Donovan) McMillon, (Corban) Hondru and some of these others, we’re probably not in the mix. “We have some good guys coming back,” coach T.J. Peters Township came within one point of winning the WPIAL Class 5A title last season, but that rain-soaked loss didn’t close the team’s championship window. ![]()
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