INTEREST HIGH AT DERRY
AFTER 2 SUBPAR SEASONS
No. Name Pos. Ht/Wt. Cl.
1 Kaden Creech WR/DB 5-11/160 Jr.
2 Alex Anderson WR/RB/LB Sr.
8 Griffin Gallagher QB/WR/DB Jr.
11 Damauri Robinson WR/DB 6-0/155 So.
14 Colin Bush TE/FB/LB 6-3/215 Jr.
17 Jacob Jewell RB/DB 5-7/170 So.
18 Jordan Kniseley WR/DB 6-0/155 Sr.
20 Roman Darazio WR/RB/DB 5-8/165 Sr.
21 Max Doperak WR/DB 5-4/130 Fr.
22 Ahmad Ward RB/LB 5-10/180 Jr.
23 Ayden Cottom RB/LB So.
24 Blake Revoir QB/DB 6-0/165 So.
25 Jeremiah Gess RB/DB Fr.
27 Mason Beeman WR/TE/DL/LB 6-4/230 Jr.
28 Andrew Snyder WR/DB 5-10/155 Fr.
29 Nate Gray WR/TE/LB 5-10/210 Sr.
30 Anthony Lang WR/DB 5-8/186 Sr.
31 Jonathan Sumaker WR/RB/DB 5-9/135 Jr.
33 Brett Klim RB/WR/DB 5-6/124 So.
42 Jordan Flack RB/QB/DB 5-8/155 Sr.
45 Vincent Dudzinsky WR/DB 6-3/160 So.
55 Dom Patrick OL/LB 5-11/220 Sr.
60 Colin Barkley OL/DL So.
63 Zach Stash OL/DL 6-6/285 Sr.
65 Owen Monnich OL/DL 6-0/220 So.
66 Levi Haase OL/DL Fr.
67 Jason King OL/DL 5-11/221 Jr.
68 Dawson Chamberlain OL/DL 5-7/155 Fr.
69 Drake Platt OL/DL 5-11/235 So.
70 Leo Filler OL/DL 6-2/270 Sr.
71 Cuyler White OL/DL 5-10/195 Fr.
72 Ethan Bendel OL/DL 5-7/210 So.
73 Shane Iscrupe OL/DL 6-1/225 Fr.
77 Maddox Bush OL/DL 6-6/298 Jr.
79 Aiden Abbott OL/DL 5-10/185 Fr.
82 Justin Papuga RB/TE/DL Fr.
Michael Aaron OL/DL So.
Bradly Ansel OL/DL Fr.
Nathan Barkley RB/LB Jr.
Noah Berkheimer WR/DB 6-1/200 So.
Gael Gonzalez Kelly WR/DB So.
Matthew Gunter WR/DB 5-6/130 Fr.
Jacob Harris So.
Noah Hignett Fr.
Trent Hughes WR/DB So.
Duke Klapchar WR/QB/DB So.
Dylan Klim RB/WR/DB Sr.
Lorenzo Lazaro WR/DB So.
Caden Marsh WR/DB Fr.
Carson Pynos OL/DL Sr.
Xavier O’Reiy Fr.
Franklin Palmer OL/DL Fr.
Kyler Richards OL/DL Sr.
Jason Ruckel WR/DB So.
Hunter Smith Fr.
Dominic Taresco WR/DB Jr.
Sebastian Wallace Fr.
TRIBUNE-REVIEW • SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022 • 29
Coach: Mike Arone
2021 record: 0-9, 0-5 in
Class 3A Allegheny Conference
All-time record: 267-356-14
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
8.26 Latrobe 7:30
9.2 at Greensburg Salem 7
9.9 Southmoreland 7
9.16 at Yough* 7
9.23 Apollo-Ridge* 7
9.30 at Serra Catholic* 7
10.7 Steel Valley* 7
10.14 Imani Christian* 7
10.21 Burrell* 7
10.28 at Ligonier Valley* 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing Zack Revoir
6-16, 71 yards, 0 TDs
Rushing Eric Catone*
33-199, 1 TD
Receiving Catone*
3-47 yards, 0 TDs
*GRADUATED
FAST FACT
• First-year Derry coach Mike
Arone was co-offensive coordinator
on the coaching staff
at District 6 Homer-Center
in 2017, the year the Wildcats
lost to WPIAL champion
Jeannette in the PIAA Class A
championship game.
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With a new coach on board, Derry
has been repositioned in Class
2A, drastically altering recent
schedules. No disrespect to the
current opponents, but dropping
down just might suit the Trojans
better after several fruitless seasons
in Class 3A.
Among last year’s opponents,
only Burrell, Class 4A Latrobe and
Class 3A Southmoreland remain
on Derry’s schedule.
Seven of the Trojans’ 2021 opponents
qualified for the WPIAL
playoffs, including North Catholic,
which reached the Class 3A
championship game. Three others
advanced to the quarterfinals.
This year’s slate, the first under
coach Mike Arone, features an Allegheny
Conference matchup with
defending PIAA Class 2A runner
up Serra Catholic. Steel Valley,
another new opponent, reached
the WPIAL semifinals a year ago.
Three others were knocked out
in the first round.
Derry’s push to return to the
playoffs began with 57 players in
camp, nearly double that of last
year’s 31-man, opening-night roster.
The Trojans hope the increased
interest will lead to another spot in
the postseason, where they made
four consecutive appearances
from 2016-19, including a trip to
the WPIAL Class 3A championship
game in 2018.
“Needless to say, we’re very
pleased with the turnout,” said
Arone, who takes over a team that
has won just two games during the
past two seasons.
Arone, a former Homer-Center
assistant, succeeds ex-Derry star
Vince Skillings, who was fired
with two games remaining during
an 0-9 season in 2021.
“Our goal now … as a coaching
staff, we feel this group wants to
be coached,” Arone said. “They
want to be here doing everything
we’re asking. We want to build a
culture.”
Derry opens at home Aug. 26
with its usual backyard clash
against Latrobe, hoping to erase
the memory of a 61-0 loss to the
Wildcats last year at Latrobe.
Senior Jordan Flack, who did not
play football last season, opened
camp in a quarterback battle with
sophomore Blake Revoir, who ran
the offense as a freshman, when
Derry averaged just 7.7 points.
Ahmad Ward, a 5-foot-10,
180-pound junior, was likely to
earn the starting nod at tailback.
“We expect big things from him,”
Arone said. “We’ve got some size
up front, so that’s a plus for our
running game.”
Junior Nathan Barkley likely
will play at fullback for the Trojans,
while senior Roman Darazio
and sophomore Damauri Robinson
were set to man the wide receiver
spots.
A battle at tight end featured
senior Anthony Lang and juniors
Mason Beeman (6-4, 230) and Colin
Bush (6-3, 215).
Senior Dom Patrick, a 5-11,
220-pound guard/linebacker,
should make an impact on both
sides of the line, according to
Arone, who has referred to Patrick
so far as the team’s “heartand
soul.”
“He shows up 100% of the time,”
Arone said.
Derry boasts several sizeable
offensive linemen in 6-6, 285-pound
senior Zach Stash — who, like
Flack, wasn’t on the team last season
— and 6-6, 298-pound junior
Maddox Bush.
At least four sophomores — Colin
Barkley, Ethan Bendel, Owen
Monnich and Drake Platt — also
were under consideration.
Defensively, Patrick and Nathan
Barkley were ticketed for the inside
linebacker spots, and Ward
and senior Nate Gray were manning
the outside positions.
Colin Barkley was expected to
open the season at nose guard.
In the secondary, Robinson
and Darazio, and perhaps Lang,
were likely to be the cornerbacks
with Flack and sophomores Noah
Berkheimer or Brett Klim at the
safety spots.
“I can’t tell you what this year’s
team is going bring,” Arone said.
“We’re just trying to be there in the
fourth quarter.”
by DAVE MACKALL
ROMAN DARAZIO
NATHAN BARKLEY
DERRY • ALLEGHENY