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Roger Beitel begins his 19th year
as head football coach at Ligonier
Valley, and he hopes the 2022 season
isn’t as bizarre as 2021.
The fact that Ligonier Valley
finished 8-3 and made the WPIAL
Class 2A playoffs for the first time
is amazing with the amount of
injuries the Rams incurred during
the season.
After opening the season with
wins against Class 3A Indiana and
Elizabeth Forward, which led to
a 5-0 start, injuries started taking
their toll. Quarterback Haden
Sierocky was injured in the third
game and missed four games.
Safety Ryan Harbert, wide receiver
Miles Higgins and running
back Nick Beitel all missed action,
which forced Beitel to do the unthinkable:
forfeit a game for the
safety of his team.
“It was the first time in my
coaching career I had to deal with
that sort of adversity because of injuries,”
Beitel said. “It was crazy. I
couldn’t field a team.”
Beitel is 140-59 at Ligonier Valley.
The Rams were able to win their
final three Allegheny Conference
games and qualify for their first
WPIAL playoff game. Even though
the Rams fell at South Side, Beitel
was pleased the team finished
strong.
Sierocky returned late in the
season as a running quarterback
and wide receiver. He excelled at
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wide receiver, especially against
Apollo-Ridge when he caught a 14-
yard touchdown pass from Broderick
Schreyer, who completed 8
of 14 passes for 200 yards and four
touchdowns.
Schreyer and Sierocky are
back battling for the position, but
Sierocky is an exceptional athlete
and can play multiple positions.
“We’re changing our offense to
best suit our personnel,” Beitel
said. “We have a lot of talent that
just needs varsity playing time.
We have a lot of talent in our lower
two grades.”
Ligonier Valley returns 13 lettermen,
which includes four offensive
starters and five defensive
starters.
Joining Sierocky and Schreyer
on offense are tackles Colin Smith
and Tylan Wilkins.
Leading the way defensively is
senior defensive end Billy Sugden,
who had 61 tackles and eight
quarterback sacks. Others back
are lineman Logan Mulheren, middle
linebacker McKinley Shearer,
outside linebacker Nick Lonas and
Sierocky as a defensive back.
The other lettermen include wide
receiver Logan Johnston, running
back/defensive back Bruce Krieger,
defensive end/guard Mason
Mohnkern, fullback/linebacker
Duncan Foust and running back
John Jablunovsky.
Schreyer finished the season as
the starting quarterback, where he
completed 51 of 100 passes for 856
yards and 12 touchdowns. Sierocky
completed 20 of 34 passes for 388
yards and five touchdowns before
he got hurt.
Beitel must find capable backs
to run the Wing-T offense that he
used, with success, prior to the
2015 season.
“We have a lot of explosive players
on the field,” Beitel said. “We
want to mix things up and utilize
our talent.”
Defensively, Beitel is counting
on the defensive line to lead the
way with Sugden, Mulheren and
Mohnkern along with linebackers
Shearer, Lonas and Foust.
by PAUL SCHOFIELD
No. Name Pos. Ht/Wt. Cl.
1 Boden Schreyer QB/DB 5-7/134 Fr.
2 Jordan Pape WR/DB 5-6/130 Fr.
3 Broderick Schreyer QB/DB 5-8/175 Sr.
7 Nick Lonas RB/DB 5-11/155 Sr.
8 Duncan Foust QB/LB 5-10/161 So.
10 Zach Theys WR/DB 5-4/117 So.
11 Brody Stitt WR/LB 5-7/156 Fr.
15 Aidan Mulheren WR/DB 5-7/128 So.
17 Haden Sierocky QB/DB 6-0/176 Sr.
19 Cole Henry RB/LB 5-10/146 Fr.
24 Logan Johnston TE/DB 5-9/167 Sr.
25 Aaron Dennison RB/LB 5-6/141 Fr.
26 Jonathon Constable WR/DB 5-3/119 Fr.
28 Jacob Petalino RB/DB 5-5/117 Fr.
29 Mark Jablunovsky WR/DB 5-9/136 So.
30 James Pleskovitch TE/DL 6-3/231 Sr.
32 Bruce Krieger RB/DB 5-9/141 Sr.
34 Bryce Vida RB/LB 5-7/140 Fr.
35 Kaeleb Wible WR/DB 5-4/103 Fr.
36 Connor Faas RB/LB 5-8/141 Fr.
40 John Jablunovsky RB/DB 5-10/154 So.
44 Maxx Oberley WR/DB 5-8/147 So.
50 Mason Mohnkern OL/DL 5-11/186 Sr.
53 Drake Simmons OL/DE 5-9/156 Fr.
54 Sam Caldwell OL/DL 6-0/282 So.
55 Tony Lonas OL/DL 5-8/194 Fr.
56 Landen Laskoski OL/DL 5-9/182 Sr.
57 Nolan Huba OL/DL 5-9/200 Fr.
58 Noah Dunn OL/DL 5-10/221 So.
63 Billy Sugden OL/DL 6-1/202 Sr.
64 Tyler Pernelli OL/DL 5-5/252 Sr.
66 Lucas Krieger OL/DL 5-11/183 Fr.
71 Harrison Sheriff OL/DL 5-10/250 Jr.
72 Wade Lamont OL/DL 5-7/197 So.
74 Noah Glunk OL/DL 6-1/254 Jr.
75 Colin Smith OL/DL 6-0/245 Sr.
76 Jack Petrof OL/DL 5-10/189 Fr.
77 Tylan Wilkins OL/DL 5-11/248 Sr.
78 Logan Mulheren OL/DL 5-9/185 Sr.
80 Alex Marquis WR/DB 5-8/133 So.
81 Levi Moser TE/DE 5-10/124 Fr.
82 Cameron Kunkle TE/DE 5-11/147 Fr.
83 McKinley Shearer TE/LB 5-11/166 Sr.
86 Douglas Keenan TE/DE 5-9/141 Fr.
88 Hunter Carr TE/LB 5-10/172 So.
ROSTER
Coach: Roger Beitel
2021 record: 8-3, 3-2 in
Class 2A Allegheny Conference
All-time record: 475-498-40
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
8.26 Springdale 7
9.2 at Southmoreland 7
9.9 Greensburg Salem 7
9.16 at Apollo-Ridge* 7
9.23 Steel Valley* 7
9.30 at Yough* 7
10.7 at Burrell* 7
10.14 Serra Catholic* 7
10.21 at Imani Christian* 7
10.28 Derry * 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing: Broderick Schreyer
51-100, 856 yards, 12 TDs
Rushing: Nick Beitel*
147-873, 9 TDs
Receiving: Matthew Marinchak*
20-397, 8 TDs
*GRADUATED
FAST FACT
• New faces on the schedule
include Springdale, Burrell,
Imani Christian, Southmoreland
and Yough.
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