ALUMS GUIDING DEER LAKES
by GREG MACAFEE
Deer Lakes football coach Tim Burk found
himself in an interesting situation earlier
this year.
After last season, all of his assistant coaches
went in different directions. Two decided to
chase opportunities elsewhere, one moved
to take over a family business, and the last
received a teaching job at another school. All
of a sudden, the second-year head coach who
graduated from Deer Lakes in 1997 was looking
for a whole new coaching staff.
In June, Burk announced his new staff, and
it’s full of Deer Lakes alumni, just like himself.
Now, the group is looking to create a new culture
and build for the future.
“With all the new coaches, they are bringing
a different type of passion, a different type of
energy,” Burk said. “The kids are working hard
and we are excited. Our line is mostly back, we
have the guys to lead the way, and with the new
coaches bringing a different dynamic we feel
we can still be successful and we are looking
forward to it.”
Chad Spokeman, who played at Clarion and
coached at Pine-Richland, is the new offensive
coordinator. Albie Fletcher, who played
and coached at Carnegie Mellon, handles the
defensive coordinator responsibilities, and
former Lancers head coach Todd Hazlett is
the line coach.
Former Lock Haven tackle Buck Ferber is the
strength and conditioning coach, and former
Lancers quarterback Pat Jones, who led the
program to its first playoff appearance in 2010,
is coaching wide receivers and defensive backs.
Through the first few weeks of voluntary
workouts, Burk said he could feel the Lancer
pride all over the field, and he believes in “Passion
Ignites Intensity,” which is their slogan
for this season.
“The passion that these guys have for our
district is going to come off as being intense,
and that’s OK,” Burk said. “I think it’s starting
to rub off on the kids that we have all played
here, so it means more. It’s different, and they
are getting that.”
With as much turnover as the Lancers had
in the offseason, you would expect there to be
a small adjustment period as the coaches get
back into the swing of things on the sidelines.
But senior running back Bruce Allman said
the players are starting to embrace that change
as well.
“We’ve all adjusted well to the changes, and
a lot of these guys are from the area. They’ve
coached before, and I think it’s been good,”
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DEREK BURK
CODY SCARANTINE
Coach: Tim Burk
2019 record: 3-7, 3-5
in Class 3A Big East
All-time record: 171-308-9
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
9.11 at Freeport* 7
9.18 Derry* 7
9.25 at Valley* 7
10.2 East Allegheny* 7
10.9 at Burrell* 7
10.16 North Catholic* 7
10.23 South Allegheny 7
*CONFERENCE GAME
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Passing: Aris Hasley*
159-315, 2,377 yards, 25 TDs
Receiving: Jack Hollibaugh*
47-788 yards, 7 TDs
Rushing: Hasley*
71-406 yards, 2 TDs
*GRADUATED
FAST FACTS
• Along with becoming the
Alle-Kiski Valley all-time passing
leader last year, quarterback
Aris Hasley produced
2,776 yards of total offense.
• Every Lancer who caught a
pass last year was a senior,
other than one. They produced
2,267 receiving yards.
Name Pos. Ht/Wt. Cl.
Dustin Affinito WR/DB 5-8/160 So.
Bruce Allman RB/OLB 6-2/185 Sr.
Colton Bach WR/DB 5-10/175 Jr.
Brandon Bedillion WR/DB 5-9/185 Sr.
Chris Blatnik WR/DB 5-8/160 So.
Kasey Bowser OL/DL 5-11/235 So.
Derek Burk QB/DB 6-1/170 Fr.
Nate Burke WR/DB 5-10/180 Sr.
Ryan Cochran RB/LB 5-11/165 Fr.
Brandon Colledge WR/DB 5-10/170 So.
Reed Conlon WR/DB 6-0/170 Jr.
Anthony Creaturo OL/DL 5-11/190 Fr.
Nick Cristillo WR/LB 6-0/175 So.
Luke Davis WR/OLB 6-1/170 Sr.
Aiden Detman RB/LB 5-9/180 So.
Weston Dickey WR/DB 5-11/170 Jr.
Austin Duddy RB/LB 6-1/220 Jr.
DJ Eversole OL/DL 6-3/275 Jr.
Caden Faith RB/DB 5-8/165 Fr.
Aiden Fletcher WR/DB 5-9/160 Fr.
George Gerst OL/DL 5-11/180 Fr.
Blake Gornick RB/DB 5-10/170 Fr.
Sawyer Hadlum OL/DL 5-11/190 So.
Fletcher Hammond QB/DB 6-2/170 Jr.
Cody Hazlett OL/DL 6-3/250 Sr.
Jimmy Hazlett WR/OLB 6-2/170 Sr.
Tyler Hill RB/DB 5-9/160 Sr.
Josh Jordan WR/DB 5-9/175 Jr.
Josh Lisotto OL/DL 6-3/310 Jr.
Wayne Love WR/LB 6-2/175 Fr.
Dylan Moore RB/LB 5-8/185 So.
Dylan Myers WR/DB 5-6/145 So.
Brendan Pomaybo WR/DB 5-7/160 So.
Nigel Rossman WR/DB 5-10/160 Sr.
Nate Ryan QB/OLB 6-2/170 So.
Ryan Sandor OL/DL 6-3/260 So.
Joey Scanga OL/DL 5-11/225 So.
Cody Scarantine RB/DB 6-1/170 Jr.
Lucas Schwickrath RB/DB 5-0/160 So.
Seth Sciubba WR/DB 5-10/170 Jr.
Carmen Sciullo OL/DL 6-2/245 Sr.
Paul Sciullo OL/DL 5-10/190 Sr.
Justin Siford WR/LB 5-11/170 So.
Cole Spirnock OL/DL 6-0/215 So.
Kaleb Talmadge OL/DL 6-3/300 So.
Jake Thimons RB/OLB 5-11/210 Jr.
Kameryn Trim OL/DL 6-1/240 Jr.
Conner Walker RB/DB 5-7/150 So.
Noah Wright RB/DB 5-7/155 So.
Jaden Zier OL/DL 5-9/190 So.
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