VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH • SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022 • 27
Coach: Ryan Tempalski
2021 record: 7-5, 3-4 in
Class A Eastern Conference
All-time record: 425-474-30
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
8.26 at Ligonier Valley 7
9.2 at Northgate 7
9.9 Summit Acad. 7
9.16 at Leechburg* 7
9.23 Greensburg Central Catholic* 7
9.30 at Union 7
10.7 at Clairton* 7
10.14 Frazier* 7
10.21 at Jeannette* 7
10.28 Riverview* 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing: Legend Ausk*
43-141, 859 yards, 13 TDs
Rushing: Logan Dexter*
108-643, 11 TDs
Receiving: John Utiss*
15-329, 4 TDs
*GRADUATED
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began his high school
coaching career in 2007 and
has served on coaching staffs
at Burgettstown, Keystone
Oaks, Yough, Cornell, Peters
Township, Elizabeth Forward
and Fort Cherry.
• The Dynamos in 2022 will
attempt to make the WPIAL
playoffs for the third year in a
row after a two-year hiatus.
No. Name Pos. Ht/Wt. Cl.
2 Colton Gent RB/DB 5-10/165 So.
5 Brayden Layhew QB/LB 5-10/175 Jr.
6 Noah Robbins RB/LB 5-8/185 So.
8 Caleb Gent WR/DB 5-9/160 So.
10 Riley Betts WR/DB 5-11/170 Sr.
11 Chase Weihrauch QB/LB 6-0/175 Jr.
14 Owen Scheuring WR/DB 6-0/140 Jr.
25 Noah Bradley RB/LB 5-10/175 Jr.
28 Dominic Shearer WR/DB 5-5/140 Fr.
29 RJ Lyandis WR/DB 5-6/130 Fr.
32 Landon Richards WR/LB 6-1/160 Jr.
39 Nathan Gebauer QB/LB 5-9/160 Fr.
53 Joey Loebig OL/DL 5-10/190 Fr.
61 Nathan Folmer OL/DL 6-0/255 Sr.
62 Austin Murray OL/DL 6-1/220 Jr.
66 Matt Sovick OL/DL 6-2/295 Sr.
71 Giovanni Tommarello OL/DL 5-11/230 Jr.
72 Anthony Spirk-Gilbert OL/LB 5-7/235 So.
73 Mark Spence OL/DL 6-0/335 Jr.
75 Noah Abaray OL/DL 5-10/245 So.
82 Garrett Myers TE/LB 6-1/190 So.
84 Collin Hails RB/LB 5-6/130 Fr.
ROSTER
It was a busy senior night last
fall for the Springdale football
team.
Seventeen team members were
honored, and many of them were
key two-way starters and contributors.
As the page turned to a new
season, first-year Dynamos coach
Ryan Tempalski, who was hired in
March, and his staff were eager to
see what the mix of returning and
new players had to offer as every
spot on both sides of the ball was
up for grabs.
“I told some of the returning
coaches that I didn’t wanted any
advance information about the
players,” Tempalski said. “I wanted
to see it for myself.”
That evaluation kicked into high
gear over the summer and continued
this month as Springdale
hopes to again be a playoff factor
in the Eastern Conference.
“The progression was really evident
as we moved through July,”
Tempalski said.
He comes to Springdale after a
recent three-year stint as an assistant
at Bentworth.
“From March, when I was hired,
through May, we had really good
strides from the kids in the weight
room, and that set a strong foundation,”
Tempalski said. “They accepted
and embraced the structure
and design of what we wanted to
accomplish with the work they put
in. Because so many graduated,
these guys understood the opportunities
they had, and they were
ready to show me that they were
ready to play football. They understood
that I and my assistants were
going to be on them through every
rep and every sprint.”
Tempalski said the summer
work was valuable in developing
a group of players who will represent
Springdale on the field this
fall.
“Nothing is the same as what
they did last year to now in terms
of a system with the offense and
defense and also the expectations
for conditioning,” Tempalski
said. “Everything is new to them.
Change is never easy, but they’ve
taken it in stride every day.”
Junior Chase Weihrauch led the
returning players in receptions (7)
and receiving yards (171) last year.
Tempalski expects him to have an
expansive role in the offense.
“Chase has been a great leader
for this team, and we communicated
daily throughout the summer,”
Tempalski said. “He’s always
listening, and with only being a
junior, he has a lot of varsity learning
still to do. He is a great example
of someone who has taken to what
I want the team to do. He’s a great
player, and I’ve come to know him
as a great person who loves this
team and his teammates.
“Whatever position he plays on
offense or defense, it doesn’t matter.
I expect him to make a big
impact and have a breakout year
as a standout varsity player.”
Tempalski said sophomore Garrett
Myers, listed as a tight end and
defensive end last year, responded
to work in the weight room, as did
a couple of linemen in junior Mark
Spence and senior Matt Sovick.
Sophomore Colton Gent, Tempalski
said, also is making an impact
and should be a factor at a
skill position on offense and in the
secondary on defense.
“I can’t say I’ve seen a sophomore
ever take leadership reins
like this kid has,” Tempalski said.
“He is hungry, and you can see it in
every rep that he does. He’s hungry
to get better.”
Senior Nathan Folmar, Tempalski
said, is another two-way
lineman who hopes to shine in a
returning starting varsity role.
“You can tell he’s going to be
ready for game day,” Tempalski
said. “He will be a true leader of
this team.”
Tempalski said he was excited to
see how the players would perform
in their lone scrimmage against
Chartiers-Houston.
Springdale will kick off its season
at Ligonier Valley and will
play additional nonconference
matchups against Northgate and
Union.
The Dynamos went 3-4 in Eastern
Conference play last year and
finished 7-5 overall with an upset
victory, 28-0, at West Greene in the
WPIAL Class A first round.
Offseason alignment changes
took Bishop Canevin and Imani
Christian out of the conference and
brought in Frazier.
“The conference is going to
be tough again, knowing what
Clairton and Leechburg have and
how improved Jeannette should
be,” Tempalski said. “They have
a new coach, and there is a new
coach at Frazier, too. I know Frazier
from coaching at Bentworth.
GCC, with Marko Thomas over
there, is getting better and better.
It will be a trying conference
schedule. We just have to battle
and be ready every Friday.”
by MICHAEL LOVE
CHASE WEIHRAUCH
RYAN TEMPALSKI
SPRINGDALE • EASTERN A