West Branch Warriors 2022 football preview
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS
2021 Record: 13-1, 6-0
Head coach/offensive coordinator: Tim Cooper, first year
Head coaching record at school: 0-0
Coaching staff:
Shawn Alazaus (defensive coordinator, wide receivers, linebackers)
Ken Harris (offensive line, defensive line)
Bob Shepherd (offensive line, cornerbacks)
Carl Davanzo (running backs, defensive ends)
Jordan Voitus (offensive line, safeties)
Dale Mitchell (wide receivers)
Chris Thomas (defensive ends)
Returning starters:
Dru DeShields, quarterback-cornerback (6-3, 187), senior
Mitchell Coffee, right offensive tackle-defensive tackle (6-3, 245), senior
Christian Martig, wide receiver-cornerback (5-10, 160), senior
Lukasz Greschaw, left offensive tackle-defensive end (6-7, 258), senior
Connor Mayle, right guard-nose guard (5-10, 250), senior
Lleyton Uphold, left guard (6-2, 237), senior
Zachary Lesch, center (6-1, 300), senior
Thomas Egli, defensive end (6-6, 225), senior
Michael Kanagy, wide-receiver-safety (6-3, 180), senior
Starters lost to graduation:
Steven Marra, running back-linebacker
Nick Wilson, wide receiver-linebacker
Greg Rockwell, guard, defensive tackle
Caleb Adams, center, nose guard
Jaxon Hendershott, wide receiver-cornerback
Ryan Irwin, linebacker
Zachary Peters, safety
Jed Smith, linebacker
Ben Tolson, kicker
Newcomers:
Nate Summers, wide receiver-defensive end (6-2, 186), senior
Trenton Stryffler, running back-linebacker (5-9, 180), senior
Beau Alazaus, quarterback-wide receiver-linebacker (6-5, 195), junior
Kyle Graham, offensive line-linebacker (5-10, 185), senior
Boston Mulinix, running back-linebacker (5-8, 175), sophomore
Anthony Perry, wide receiver-cornerback-kicker-punter (6-0, 180), sophomore
Joey Jackson, wide receiver (5-9, 155), sophomore
Cooper Anderson, wide receiver, linebacker (6-3, 180), sophomore
Jax Brooks, guard-defensive tackle (6-3, 261), sophomore
Cam Summers, offensive tackle-defensive tackle (5-11, 280), sophomore
Nick Love, wide receiver-linebacker (5-11, 176), junior
Head coach's comment: "We have a great group of seniors who will be asked to lead a group of younger guys and we need to mature daily. We hope our quarterback will elevate our offense. Because of our [faster] tempo, we want to be able to rotate kids and keep them fresh. We're smaller and undersized at inside linebacker [compared to the past two seasons]. We have a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule, starting with Canfield."
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: West Branch eyeing another successful season