2014 Pleasant Valley Team Preview
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Pleasant Valley in this article. See who they have returning and what our thoughts are on the team now!
They may have fallen one game short once again of playing at the UNI-Dome but
Pleasant Valley has gone 18-0 during the final two years of MAC regular season
football. The Spartans have a lot of talent that must be replaced and
their ability to reload will dictate how good they can be as they move to
district play. The offense will have nearly all new skill players but Ryan
Spelhaug is back up front after earning first team all conference honors a
year ago. This group will be a work in progress during the off-season as
the coaches get athletes in key spots ready to perform at a high level.
Expect three returning starters along the line to make life much easier.
The defense will be searching for quality numbers to bolster the roster but
return their top two tacklers in Brendon Bormann and David Carr. A few
other teammates bring back big game experience but will be thrust into much more
important roles. On paper, this team will struggle to keep pace with their
recent success but this is not a group to bet against. They have excelled
in the MAC and hope to continue building as one of the best programs in Class 4A
on the gridiron.
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Class of 2017:
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Key Players Graduated
Brady Letney QB All-Conference
Landon Carney OL All-Conference / All-State
Corey Davidson OL All-Conference
Nick Slavens RB All-Conf
Nathaniel Scott
OL All-Conf
Jimmy Morrissey OLB All-Conf
Noah Bryan DB All-Conf /
All-State
Sam Fierce DB All-Conf
Garret Duncan SS All-Conf
Josh Wilken
DE All-Conf
Brandon Karber DE All-Conf
TJ Zerbonia RB All-Conf
Returning Offensive Starters
Chase Kipper RB will be QB 2014 5'9 180 2015
Ryan Spellhaug OL 6'4 240
2015
Louis Williams OL 6'3 245 2015
Alex Valant OL 6'1 225
Returning Defensive Starters
David Carr LB 5'11 205 2016
Ben Slavens LB 5'11 190 2016
Brednon
Bormann LB/RB 5'11 210 2015
Alex Syverud DB 6 180 2016
Other Returning Varsity Players
Sam Butler DE 6'1 225 2015
Junior Khasselin DL 5'11 235 2015
Keith
Hammaker OL 6' 255 2015
Nolan Chap OL 6'1 210 2015
Kevin Stewart WR/DB 6'1
180 2015
Colin Lenz RB/LB 5'10 180 2015
Keegan Gravert DL 5'11 220 2015
Tyler Flanders RB 5'8 170 2015
Ryan Johnson DB 6'2 180 2015
Zach Schony OL
6'3 230 2015
Team Strengths
I think our strength will be our offensive line and the style of offense we run
helps make up for some defecencies we might have on both sides of the ball. I
also like the number of Seniors that will be lining it up for us this upcoming
season which is always helpful having that experience. On the defensive side of
the ball I like our linebackers we have coming back with lots of experience.
Questions Marks
We will need to stay healthy just like every other team and it will be important
for this crew to gel and buy into our philosophy of Total Effort. We do that and
I like our chances of being very competitive again.
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