6 • SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021 • VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Coach: Tom Loughran
2020 record: 2-5, 2-3 in
Class 5A Northeast Conference
All-time record: 221-356-8
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
8.27 at Peters Township 7
9.3 Hampton 7
9.10 at Plum 7
9.17 at Franklin Regional 7
9.24 Moon 7
10.1 Shaler* 7
10.8 at Kiski Area* 7
10.15 Penn Hills* 7
10.22 at North Hills* 7
10.29 Pine-Richland* 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing Justin Rice*
48-94, 650 yards 8 TDs
Rushing Zidane Thomas
60-245 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Lorenzo Jenkins**
31-501 yards, 7 TDs
*GRADUATED
**TRANSFERRED
FAST FACT
• This will be the 60th anniversary
season for Fox Chapel.
The Foxes began play in 1961
by taking over Aspinwall High
School’s schedule.
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Seniors
Ryan Browell
Ian Chamberlain
Zeidon Davis-Bismil
Jacob DeMotte
Collin Dietz
Max Germanos
Nick Korbe
Caleb Kulikowski
Colin Kwiatkowski
Anthony Miles
Khi’Lee Patterson
Maurice Sampson-Schulter
Aaron Schutzman
Jacob Stahl
Zidane Thomas
Jason Williams-Anderson
Juniors
Aiden Aluise
Sean Feczko
William Fera
Christian Gaston
Kenneth Kidd
Ramadani Mada
Roman Mason
Andrew Michalak
Landyn Moore
Victor River
Zachary Sullivan
Peter Tran
Jack Visco
Jacob Zacharias
Sophomores
Nolan Childs
Ben DeMotte
Eron Fowler
Matthew Fugh
Issac Jacobs
Elliott McCann
Mason Miles
Kaeden Pekarcik
Tyrese Samuels
Harlan Sheehan
Braden Slater
Troy Susnak
Alaric Walters
Freshmen
Kristofer Bandurski
Matthew Begg
Benjamin Bonidy
Shane Browell
Lincoln Burgess
Liam Foley
Ethan Gale
D’Angelo Hamilton
Chase Hendren
Blake Kuhn
Dylan McCaffrey
Owen Mettrick
Kyle Moreira
Kyle Ong
Francesco Pistella
Luca Poli
Christian Risinger
William Schlegel
Caleb Shirk
Henry Stallings
Oliver Terrick
Jack Viti
Nathan Yeske
Owen Zaremby
ROSTER
KHI’LEE PATTERSON
FOXES LOOK TO RIDE DEEP
ROSTER INTO PLAYOFFS
After a brief interlude as a playoff
contender last season following
a two-game winning streak,
Fox Chapel fell back and missed a
WPIAL playoff spot.
But with a number of returning
players and the expansion
of the playoff field back to the
pre-pandemic four teams from
each conference, the Foxes feel
they could be playing some November
football.
Fox Chapel finished the season
2-4 in the rugged Northeast Conference
and went 2-5 overall.
One good sign was the specter
of running out of uniforms just
before camp began with 68 rostered
players.
“A school our size should have
20 to 25 kids per class,” Fox Chapel
coach Tom Loughran said. “That
has not been the case since I’ve
been here. We’ve been averaging
12 to 18 per class. This year,
we have 25 freshmen, so that’s
excellent.”
An emphasis on how the middle
school operates its program
appears to be paying off, with
measures such as inviting those
players to varsity workouts.
The Foxes, however, have some
quality players on the varsity level.
Six offensive starters return,
and seven are back on defense.
Two are those competing for
the starting job at quarterback.
Seniors Collin Dietz and Khi’Lee
Patterson are battling for the starting
position with sophomore Ben
DeMotte waiting in the wings.
“All three of those guys have
their own strengths and their own
weaknesses,” Loughran said. “So
we’ll try to work them in the best
we can.”
Last year, then-senior quarterback
Justin Rice was injured midseason
after passing for 650 yards.
Dietz came on to throw for 649
yards after that with Patterson
also seeing some action.
No matter who gets under center
in the season’s opener against Peters
Township, neither will have
the benefit of throwing to Lorenzo
Jenkins, who has transferred to
Blackhawk.
If Dietz gets the nod, Patterson
will move to wide receiver.
“I’ll play anywhere and do pretty
much what I can to help the team
win,” Patterson said. “I feel it’s
important to be a leader, and the
quarterback has pretty much control
of the game.”
Also returning at receiver is Colin
Kwiatkowski, who caught passes
totaling 285 yards last season.
Fox Chapel is working on a twotight
end set during the preseason
workouts with senior Anthony
Miles a leader there.
Zidane Thomas is set at running
back after rushing for 245 yards in
the abbreviated 2020 campaign.
The line will be anchored by
returnees Caleb Kulikowski and
Nick Korbe.
Thomas also will play middle
linebacker on defense with Miles
and Kwiatkowski on the outside.
Loughran feels the defensive line
is a strength with Kulikowski
at nose tackle, flanked by Korbe
and Jason Williams in the 3-4
alignment.
Maurice Sampson will play at
either a safety or a linebacker
with the responsibility of covering
some great playmakers in the
conference.
“It’s a lot of pressure, but I’ll get
it,” Sampson said. “We can get into
playoff contention if can play as a
family, but last year, we should
have played better than we did.”
Loughran has welcomed new
assistants Greg Caprara, Dave
Horvat, Gary Davis and former
all-stater Adam Bisnowaty, joining
holdovers John Alerich, John
Moritz, Mark Shemanski and
Vince Altieri.
by GEORGE GUIDO
COLLIN DIETZ
NORTHEAST • FOX CHAPEL