34 • SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022 • TRIBUNE-REVIEW
AFTER RARE DOWN YEAR,
JEANNETTE REBUILDS
It’s a mid-July evening and Jeannette
is returning home from a
7-on-7 workout as the sky begins
to dim toward nightfall.
About 10 hours later, the team
reassembles for a rise-and-shine
workout.
“We get done with a 7-on-7 at
8:30 at night and we’re back at
7:15 the next morning,” new head
coach Tom Paulone said. “You look
at what some of these guys went
through last year. Yet, they keep
coming back every week ready to
work. They have something you
can’t coach. They want to get back
to its traditional ways.”
After a down year in the program,
Paulone is looking to make
sure the damage didn’t leave a
scar.
“Our guys are moving on,” he
said. “You can’t expect uncommon
results without doing uncommon
things in the offseason.”
Jeannette, following the departure
of several transfers, finished
1-9 and was shut out five times — a
year after winning its 10th WPIAL
title and finishing second in the
state.
Paulone, a former Jeannette
quarterback and class president
who spent four years as an assistant
coach at Chartiers Valley, had
30 players set to take on training
camp.
While that number is somewhat
low, even for a Class A program
like Jeannette, it rivals those that
former coach Roy Hall dealt with
last season.
Still, Paulone thinks he can work
with this group.
“We’re making some changes
to the offense that will be very
unique,” he said. “I can’t say
enough about the kids’ effort. We
talk about progress in the process.
Nothing is going to happen overnight.
It’s a day-to-day process, and
the only way we’ll see any results
is if we play as a team.”
Hall led the Jayhawks for 13
seasons and won 116 games, two
WPIAL championships and a
PIAA title.
Paulone, Hall’s first captain
when he played, will build around
a small but experienced upperclass
group while blending in some
youth.
The team’s spectrum shows two
seniors at one end and 10 freshmen
at the other.
“Our seniors who were juniors
last year,” Paulone said, “they’re
the hungriest.
“We have been at it since Jan. 31,
three days a week until the summer.
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Now its four days a week.”
Senior Mitchell Steele III returns
as arguably the most versatile athlete
on the roster.
“He kicks for us,” Paulone said.
“But we’re still arguing as a staff
about where else to put him. Tackle
or tight end? D-line or linebacker?”
Steele and Andrew Ross are the
seniors.
At quarterback, junior Payton
Molter and freshman Kymone
Brown were sharing reps as Paulone
looks to settle on a starter.
Molter was ahead in the race.
Three offensive linemen should
help in juniors Jesse McCurdy and
Gavin Holemeyer, and sophomore
Nick Stuchell, who started every
game as a freshman.
“The coaches have us working,”
Stuchell said. “We want to make
sure 1-9 doesn’t happen again. We
want to get back to winning.”
Sophomore Lonnie Green (6-2,
215) shows promise as a tight end
and defensive end, while juniors
Michael Mason (RB) and Jeremiah
Williamson (WR) could be offensive
playmakers.
“Mason has been a leader for us
during the summer,” Paulone said.
Freshmen Noah Sunder (TE/DE)
and Wyatt Scaeffer (OL/DL) also
have impressed the staff.
Another freshman, Nick Mendoza,
also could fit into the mix.
“Everybody’s goal is to win the
championship,” Paulone said.
“But the goal should be doing what
it takes to get there. What can we
become?
“Winning doesn’t segregate; it’s
tough. Everybody is good at golf
until it’s time to keep score.”
by BILL BECKNER JR.
Name Ht/Wt. Cl.
Brayden Anderson 5-3/157 Jr.
Hunter Blazowich 6-0/158 Jr.
Kymone Brown 5-5/120 Fr.
Austin Cataldo 4-9/101 Fr.
Shawn Daniels 5-7/175 Fr.
Carmine Deanuntis 5-7/227 Fr.
Wykil Fortune 5-5/159 Fr.
Lonnie Greene 6-1/200 So.
Gavin Holemyer 5-7/214 Jr.
Qjwonez Jackson 5-6/150 Jr.
Michael Mason 5-8/159 Jr.
Max Mason 5-6/189 Fr.
Jesse McCurdy 5-6/199 Jr.
Jace McNally 5-6/143 So.
Nick Mendoza 5-7/147 Fr.
Payton Molter 5-9/174 Jr.
Ashtyn Molter 5-7/142 So.
Cody Rigney 5-5/215 Fr.
Andrew Ross 5-5/137 Sr.
Noah Sanders 5-3/137 Sr.
Wyatt Scaeffer 5-7/226 Fr.
Alex Scarlett 5-6/262 Jr.
Mitchell Steele 6-0/197 Sr.
Nick Stuchell 5-8/274 So.
Noah Sunder 6-0/169 Fr.
Jorel Taylor 5-5/144 So.
Daman Thompson 6-4/277 Fr.
Keith Trent 6-0/209 Fr.
Jeremiah Williamson 6-0/195 So.
ROSTER
Coach: Tom Paulone
2021 record: 1-9, 1-6 in Class
A Eastern Conference
All-time record: 767-329-48
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
8.26 Burrell 7
9.2 East Allegheny 7
9.9 at Jefferson-Morgan 7
9.16 Frazier* 7
9.23 at Charleroi 7
10.1 at Riverview* noon
10.7 Leechburg* 7
10.14 at Greensburg Central Catholic* 7
10.21 Springdale* 7
10.28 at Clairton* 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
FAST FACTS
• New coach Tom Paulone is
a former Jeannette quarterback.
He played football and
golf at Waynesburg.
• A key assistant is Darius
Brown, another Jayhawks’
standout who played at Saint
Vincent. Shavonta Craft, yet
another alum, also is on staff.
Brown is the defensive coordinator,
while Paulone will call
the offense.
• Jeannette has 766 all-time
wins, the most in WPIAL
history.
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