St. Xavier Football 2022

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It's a new year Bomber fans.....time to yap about the 2022 team/season.

StX 2022 Schedule

Pre-Season
Saturday August 6 10am at Centerville (Centerville, Pick Central and Canal Winchester)
Friday August 12 7pm Colerain

Regular Season
Friday August 19 7pm at Lakota West
Sunday August 28 1pm at Loyola Academy (Chicago IL) on ESPN
Friday September 2 7pm Powell Olentangy at StX
Friday September 9 7pm Penn (Mishawka IN) at StX
Friday September 16 7pm Moeller at StX
Friday September 23 7pm at Elder
Friday September 30 7pm at Louisville Trinity
Friday October 7 7pm at LaSalle
Saturday October 15 2pm St. Ignatius at StX
Friday October 21 7pm Life Christian Academy (South Chesterfield VA)
 
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Non-GCL Schedule

Week 1: The Bombers are 4-1 lifetime vs the Firebirds. The lone loss blew the Bombers chance to repeat as D1 champs last year. Coach Bolden returns 6 starters on offense - his son Mitch at QB, WR Trent Lloyd 51 catches for 612 yards 8 TDs, WR/S Ben Minich 16 catches for 251 yards and 4 TDs and 2 undersized linemen (225lb and 240lb). 6 starters return on defense: DE Elijah Davis 6'2" 260lb (47 tackles and 6 sacks), LB Jake Asbeck (60 tackles/5.5 sacks), LB Mike Brankamp (30 tackles in only 7 games), S Minich (49 tackles), Ohio State bound S Malik Hartford (58 tackles and 2 INTs) and 3 star CB Josh Fussell (41 tackles and led the GMC in interceptions with 6, 2 of them vs StX in the playoffs). Fussel has offers from Kentucky, Duke, Akron, UConn and Bowling Green. Gone are the big dogs Afari, Brown, Miller, Tshbola, Goode, McComis and Henderson

Week 2 All 3 teams (300+ players) will board buses Saturday morning bound for Chicago with the Frosh and JV games played Saturday afternoon and Varsity 1pm Sunday. Loyola Academy returns 12 Starters from last years 12-1 team that lost in the state semifinals. Key returners include CCL player of the year dual threat QB Jake Stearney Sr. 6’3” 185lb, WR Spencer Leadbetter Sr. 6’2” 190lb 53 catches, TE Jack Fitzgerald Sr. 6’5” 220lb, TE Jack Parker Sr. 6’5” 230lb offers Western Michigan and Illinois St, OL Kyle Baltazar Jr. 6’3” 275lb, OL Michael Kostantonov Sr. 6’4” 315lb and DE Brooks Bahr Sr. 6’6” 250lb 46 tackles and 3 sacks offers Iowa State, Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan

Week 3 and Week 4: Hopefully Powell Olentangy and Penn are much improved. This will be the first time both teams play at StX

Week 7: The Bombers have not played at Louisville Trinity since 2012. After beating X last season for their first victory the Shamrocks finished 6-7 on the year losing in the 6A state semifinals to Louisville Male. Key returners include WR/RB Stephen Mack, RB Luke Sasser, WR Noah Meyers, LB Cole Wickliffe, S Cameron Wooten, CB Lincoln Mitchell and PK Kellan McLaughlin - who accounted for 15 points in last season's win hitting 4 FGs (24, 39, 45 and 53 yards) and 3 XPs

Week 9: The Wildcats travel to Cincinnati in Chuck Kyle's final season as head coach. Key returning players include RT Dominic Ference (6’2” 275lb), C Pat Lavelle (6’0” 270lb), DE Will Robinson (6'5" 240lb), LB Max Palinski (6’1” 205lb), S Anthony Spellacy (6’2” 180lb) and CB Brandon Webster (6'0" 175lb)

Week 10: Life Christian Academy from Chesterfield Virginia makes the long drive to Ballaban Field to finish the season. Despite a losing record (4-6) last season the Eagles are impressive on paper. They return multiple 2 way D1 skill players #1 Kaleb Spencer 6’3” 200lb LSU commit, #5 Antonio Cotman 6’3” 195lb 18 D1 offers, #11 B.J. Lowery Sr. 5’10” 175lb offer from Pitt and RB #4 Michael Dabney So. 5’7” 170lb offers from Boston College, Pitt and Maryland. Their offensive line is ginormous AVERAGING 330lbs.
LT #71 Joshua Doogie Miller Sr. 6’6” 320lb Penn State commit
LG #74 Salah Hawash Sr. 6’8” 380lb
C #54 Kendall Hatch Sr. 6’4” 325lb
RG #60 Daron Thompson So. 6’2” 250lb
RT #75 Bryant Nowlin Jr. 6’8” 380lb
 
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GCL Schedule

Week 5: The Bombers swept the Evil Empire last season: Varsity 49-16; JV 29-13 and Freshmen 15-14. Key returning starters include RB Alec Weeder (125 carries for 718 yards and 8 TDs); DL Brandon Martin (51 tackles); WR Tennel Bryant (71 catches for 896 yards and 15 TDs; RB Jordan Marshall (166 carries for 1,155 yards and 15 TDs; DB Matt Seliga (84 tackles); LB Joe Ginetti (108 tackles)

Week 6: StX will take a 4 game winning streak into the Pit this fall. Key returning Panthers: RB Luke Flowers, DB Matt Gutekunst, OL Evan James, WR Justin Re and NG Samari Freeman

Week 8: The Bombers swept the Vouchers last season: Varsity 49-14; JV 14-6 and Freshmen 13-7. Key returners include QB Mason Mattingly, LB Tahj Landrum, PK Mason Luensman, RB/LB Jaylen Grant, DB Koy Beasley and OL Kyle Kelhoffer
 
X Returning QBs
#12 Kyle Tressler Sr. 6'0" 177lb
#9 Kyle Fitzgerald Sr. 6'3” 190lb
#5 Jack O’Malley Jr. 6'0" 175lb
Ben Soloria So.
Chase Herbstreit So.
Michael McColgan So. 5'10" 150lb - transferring to Culver

O’Malley became the varsity backup last year after JV season ended and is frontrunner entering camp.
Soloria and Herbstreit split time on frosh level will likely be JV starters if neither wins the varsity job.
 
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X Returning RBs
#22 Tyler Rivers Sr. 5’8” 143lb
#40 Steve Napier Jr. 5’10” 190lb
Gage Patrick Jr.
Tre Dean Jr.
PJ Roberson So.
Lucas Bishop So.

Napier had 41 rushes on varsity last season as a sophomore and is odds on favorite to be the featured running back.
 
X Returning TEs
#88 Joey Wassler Sr. 6’4” 200lb offers from Kent State, UConn, Harvard, Temple, Fordham, Memphis, Princeton, Navy, App State, Dartmouth, Army, Yale, Michigan, Illinois St, Miami (OH), Ohio, Bryant, Liberty, Youngstown State, Air Force Academy, James Madison and South Dakota
#89 Frank Scheurmann Sr. 6’3” 193lb
#48 Doran Mason Sr. 6’2” 195lb
Luke Klare Jr. 6'5" 200lb
Jake Wassler So. 6'7" 195lb

3 year varsity player senior Joey Wassler (13 varsity catches over the last 2 years) is pretty much a lock.
The other 4 players will battle to be the backup/second TE in double tight formation.
 
X Returning WRs
#19 Robert Houston Sr. 5'10" 165lb offers from Centre College and Wilmington
#82 Jamal Sharp Sr. 5'8” 159lb
#80 Tyler Nicholson Sr. 5’9” 167lb
#13 Eli Griesser Sr. 6'1" 190lb
#84 Jack Goshorn Sr. 6'0" 180lb
Jack McClatchey Jr. 6'1" 175lb
Magnus Violet So.
Hayden Shamsi So.
Christian Parker-Rowe So.
Brady Bennett So.
Kamsi Nwanko So. 6'1" 175lb

Versatile Robert Houston (161 total varsity yards on 4 touches: 1 KO return, 2 catches and 1 jet sweep).
The other players will battle for varsity PT.
 
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Offensive Line (Updated - Seniors only)
LT #70 Drake Ross Sr. 6’3” 286lb
LG #66 Evan Fleetwood Sr. 6’3” 270lb offers from University Tennessee Martin, Walsh University, Valparaiso
C #60 J.J. Dollenmeyer Sr. 6’3” 269lb / #65 Ty Cravens Sr. 5’10” 234lb
RG #72 Braylon Adams Sr. 6’1” 285lb
RT #69 Rob Fogler Sr. 6’7” 308lb offers from Georgia Tech, Indiana, Miami OH, Bowling Green, Kent State, Middle Tennessee State, Western Michigan, UConn, Bryant University and Central Michigan
 
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Offensive Line
LT #70 Drake Ross Sr. 6’3” 286lb
LG Justin Kattus So. 6’4” 240lb
C #60 J.J. Dollenmeyer Sr. 6’3” 269lb
RG #72 Braylon Adams Sr. 6’1” 285lb
RT #69 Rob Fogler Sr. 6’7” 308lb
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You forgot Evan Fleetwood who is arguably their best returning OL. He started every game last season. Also forgot Tyson Cravens, he got some playing time at Varsity and has been on the Varsity Roster for 3 seasons. Hopefully they will have some quality depth at OL. They are losing 4 starting OL of which two of them are three year starters. To me this is the one position area that probably gets a lot stronger over the course of the season just because which 5 guys they put out there they haven't played together at any point in their careers at StX.
 
I think that there is some confusion on the Kattus boys.
Justin will be a Junior and played both TE and DE on JV before moving up to Varsity this season.
Tucker will be a Sophomore and played OL for the Freshman team. He has an offer from UK and will most likely be on the OL going forward. He is going to be a BIG fella by the time he is a Senior!!

I think you will want to keep an eye out for Gordy Sulfsted (SO) at TE as well. He played both TE and DE on the freshman team this year. He is looking at least 6'4" and is an athletic kid. His dad also played OL at Miami (OH) as well as in the NFL.
 
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You forgot Evan Fleetwood who is arguably their best returning OL. He started every game last season. Also forgot Tyson Cravens, he got some playing time at Varsity and has been on the Varsity Roster for 3 seasons. Hopefully they will have some quality depth at OL. They are losing 4 starting OL of which two of them are three year starters. To me this is the one position area that probably gets a lot stronger over the course of the season just because which 5 guys they put out there they haven't played together at any point in their careers at StX.
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I used the roster on the GCL website that has Fleetwood and Cravens listed as seniors.....

LT #70 Drake Ross Sr. 6’3” 286lb / Tucker Kattus So. 6'4" 260lb offers from Kentucky, Miami (OH)
LG #66 Evan Fleetwood Sr. 6’3” 270lb offers from University Tennessee Martin, Walsh University, Valparaiso
C #60 J.J. Dollenmeyer Sr. 6’3” 269lb / #65 Ty Cravens Sr. 5’10” 234lb
RG #72 Braylon Adams Sr. 6’1” 285lb
RT #69 Rob Fogler Sr. 6’7” 308lb offers from Georgia Tech, Indiana, Miami OH, Bowling Green, Kent State, Middle Tennessee State, Western Michigan, UConn, Bryant University and Central Michigan
 
Kicking Game (Seniors)
P #96 Mathias Clark Sr. 6’3” 180lb
PK #6 Liam Miller Sr. 5’11” 164lb

Klare handled most of the punting last year but Clark did get to kick 8 punts that netted 300 yards (37.5 average) with a long of 50 yards
 
Defensive Line
Hammond returns at NG and there are more than a dozen contenders to land a spot in the rotation.
Several of these guys could move to LB, OLine or the TE position.

Seniors
#44 Dijon Harris 6'1” 230lb
#53 Isaiah Jackson 6’3” 235lb offers from Otterbein, Hanover
#91 Evan Hoynes 6’1” 230lb
#93 Micah Holder 5’9” 250lb
#98 Antony Morris 6’2” 273lb offers from Morehead St, Valparaiso, Hanover, Walsh University, MSJ

Juniors
#97 Ted Hammond 6'5” 260lb offers from Vanderbilt, Temple, UMass, UConn, Pitt, Miami, Iowa, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Duke, KY
Will Batton
Nate Brice 6'0" 200lb
William Hester
Justin Kattus 6'0" 200lb
A.J. Seibel 6'0" 178lb
Luke Veech

Sophomores
Ben Boerger
Elijah Dubois
Ben Lehman
AJ Saunders
Gordy Sulfsted 6'4" 205lb
 
Returning Linebackers
Last seasons 2nd leading tackler Max Bonner (Michigan commit for LAX) returns at Jet
Noah Beck was the leading tackler on JV
Pete Rose played in 8 varsity games recording 14 tackles and 1 sack

OLB (Will) Noah Beck Jr. 6'3" 220lb / #44 Gavin Hang Sr. 5’9” 175lb
ILB (Sam) #14 Pete Rose III Sr 6’0” 200lb / AJ Golden Jr. 6'0" 190lb / Matt Schulte So. 6'1" 175lb
OLB (Jet) #7 Max Bonner Jr. 6’2” 208lb Michigan commit (LAX) / Zach Hertzman So.
 
Defensive Secondary

Seniors
#30 Alex Devine 5'11" 190lb
#2 FS Nolan Myers 6'2" 167lb
#50 Stephan Jackson 5’10” 170lb

Juniors
Caleb Dennis
Joshua Dennis
Gus Folke 6'0" 180lb
Macen Hall
Cole Harris
Ty Stegbauer
Ty Wiesman

Sophomores
Breylin Horton
Caron Seymour
Shane Strayhorn

The entire secondary were seniors last season (Bareswilt, Kirk, Kemper, Anderson and Nolan)
Alex Devine had 16 tackles in 2021 mostly on special teams.
Hall and Harris moved up to varsity after the JV season ended.
Folke was one of the leaders on the JV defense.
 
A lot of sophomores will be competing for some PT on varsity.

The past 15 classes had a total of 40 players who logged significant PT as sophomores.
Mean average = 2.66, Median = 2, Mode = 2, Standard Deviation = 1.92

The Class of 2016 (no sophomores) and 2022 (9 of last year's seniors) are the 2 years that fall outside one standard deviation (Class of 2022 9 players so rare it is 3 sigma)

Could this year's sophomores (Class of 2025) have at least 5 players playing significant roles on varsity?

From 2010-2021: 93% (25/27) of these players played college ball at some level and 63% (17/27) played D1 college

Class of 2025: ????????
Class of 2024 (2): NG Ted Hammond, RB Steve Napier
Class of 2023 (2): DB Max Bonner, TE Joey Wassler
Class of 2022 (9): OL Cam Collins (Air Force), OL Brian Parker (Duke), Kickoff Max Klare (Purdue), CB Josh Anderson (Dayton), CB Ryan Nolan, FS Eli Kirk, OL Jack Renneker, PK Mason Rohmiller, RB Luke Vrsansky
Class of 2021 (2): OL Gio Albanese (Air Force), WR Liam Clifford (Penn State)
Class of 2020 (2): OL Jack Kirby (Penn), OL Paris Johnson (Ohio State)
Class of 2019 (2): LB Thomas Kiessling (Holy Cross), WR Jared Kreimer (Holy Cross)
Class of 2018 (1): RB Cameron Specht (Dayton)
Class of 2017 (3): QB Sean Clifford (Penn State), OL Matt Bockhorst (Clemson), WR Colton Paul (Ashland)
Class of 2016 (0) Nobody
Class of 2015 (4): NG Simeon Lane (Princeton), LB Cole Jones (Army), RB Ben Glines (BC), LB Justin Hilliard (OSU)
Class of 2014 (2): RB CJ Hilliard (Iowa) and WR/CB Ryan Frey
Class of 2013 (3): WR Trey Kilgore (Michigan St), *WR Kevin Milligan and LB Mark Jacob (Buffalo)
Class of 2012 (3): DE Nate Gerbus (Miami OH), C Brandyn Cook (Miami OH), RB Conor Hundley (Akron)
Class of 2011 (3): LB Steve Daniels (Boston College), LB Sean Duggan (Boston College), OL Jack Woodall (Princeton)
Class of 2010 (2): QB Luke Massa (Notre Dame) and OL Matt James (Notre Dame)
*significant time on varsity as a freshman
 
This year will be really interesting. The OL has really potential, even losing so much talent and experience. The two returning RB'S showed potential, and Wassler could be a stud. WR is a complete unknown, aside from Houston, who I love.

Defensive backfield will be completely new, if I remember right even the top two backups were seniors. Hammond is going to be a monster, though his size translates better to the end than the nose, and I wouldn't be surprised if he moved out. I think Adams was on defense until last year, could see him back on the nose. LB's should be the strength of the unit, which is a good thing in the stack as long as the line can keep blockers from getting up field.

The team has been so dominated by the class of 22 for the past two years, and even the 19 season to a degree. I really have no idea how this season will play out.
 
Plenty of talent just limited varsity experience since the 2021 team was senior heavy.
I'm fired up to watch camp and see how the team comes together.
This will be the most challenging camp for the coaching staff in awhile
Expecting to see massive player position changes.
The sophomore class is intriguing.
 
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Plenty of talent just limited varsity experience since the 2021 team was senior heavy.
I'm fired up to watch camp and see how the team comes together.
This will be the most challenging camp for the coaching staff in awhile
Expecting to see massive player position changes.
The sophomore class is intriguing.
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They've got talent. It will be very interesting seeing how they develop with another year in the weight room, and the new expectations of varsity. Its also going to be fun to see whats coming in via the freshman class next year. Always fun watching the younger guys develop. Its going to be a wild ride the next couple of years.
 
The team has been back working out for a few weeks now, anyone know how the young men are progressing?
 
HS Football on Sunday?
Dear God please forgive the Jesuits for what they have done

Yay, a 5 hour bus ride on a Sunday morning!
 
hdvhsmgr said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1492265054393483264
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Loyola Academy located in Wilmette IL (north Chicago suburb) plays in the Chicago Catholic League Blue Division (Brother Rice, Mt. Carmel etc).

Return 12 Starters from last years 12-1 team that lost in the state semifinals

Offense (7)
QB Jake Stearney Sr. 6’3” 185lb dual threat, CCL player of the year
RB Will Nimesheim Jr. 5’9” 175lb
WR Spencer Leadbetter Sr. 6’2” 190lb 53 catches
TE Jack Fitzgerald Sr. 6’5” 220lb
TE Jack Parker Sr. 6’5” 230lb offers Western Michigan and Illinois St
OL Kyle Baltazar Jr. 6’3” 275lb
OL Michael Kostantonov Sr. 6’4” 315lb

Defense (5)
DE Brooks Bahr Sr. 6’6” 250lb 46 tackles and 3 sacks offers Iowa State, Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan
DL Joe Kelly Jr. 6’2” 250lb
LB Ethan Hogg Jr. 6’3” 185lb
FS John McGuire Sr 6’2” 197lb 56 tackles
CB Gabe Gyorgy Sr. 6’0” 175lb
 
In comparison, the Bombers return 2 full time starters on defense (Hammond and Bonner), 1 full time starter on offense (Fleetwood)
and 4 part time starters on offense (Fogler, Houston, Wassler, Napier).

Challenging start to the season for an inexperienced team with Week 1 at Lakota West and Week 2 a 1pm Sunday ESPN game in Chicago
Wonder if the Bombers will choose to travel on Saturday............... doubt it.

At least the only other long distance away game is Louisville Trinity in week 6
 
ReLoad said:
In comparison, the Bombers return 2 full time starters on defense (Hammond and Bonner), 1 full time starter on offense (Fleetwood)
and 4 part time starters on offense (Fogler, Houston, Wassler, Napier).

Challenging start to the season for an inexperienced team with Week 1 at Lakota West and Week 2 a 1pm Sunday ESPN game in Chicago
Wonder if the Bombers will choose to travel on Saturday............... doubt it.

At least the only other long distance away game is Louisville Trinity in week 6
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What are your way too early preseason GCL projections for 2022?
 
I had Moeller penciled in to win the GCL but now they have lost their QB I think it could be a wide open race. It would not surprise me if LaSalle, Moeller, and StX all beat each other other and Elder goes 0-3.
 
FourthAndOne said:
I had Moeller penciled in to win the GCL but now they have lost their QB I think it could be a wide open race. It would not surprise me if LaSalle, Moeller, and StX all beat each other other and Elder goes 0-3.
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I guess time will tell? What happened to Moes QB? Lets hope Elder has a nice long run in the basketball tourney. X played them well the other night. Could have gone either way.
 
pantherland said:
What are your way too early preseason GCL projections for 2022?
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Miraculously winning R4 and returning 6 key starters makes the Evil Empire the favorite entering the season but I am confident Coach Elder and birdog will muck it up and implode by mid season.
 
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