Week 1 Game Preview: La Salle College Vs. Bishop McDevitt
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Pennsylvania high school football is finally back for the 2021 season, and we have a great matchup with Bishop McDevitt hosting La Salle College Friday night August 27th. In a crazy 2020 season, despite going undefeated last year, Bishop McDevitt…
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Continue ReadingPennsylvania high school football is finally back for the 2021 season, and we have a great matchup with Bishop McDevitt hosting La Salle College Friday night August 27th. In a crazy 2020 season, despite going undefeated last year, Bishop McDevitt missed the playoffs. For La Salle College they also missed the playoffs, despite going 5-1 last season. They are both looking for revenge.
Bishop McDevitt is loaded on offense and leading the way for them is freshman QB, Stone Saunders Stone Saunders 6'2" | 200 lbs | QB Bishop McDevitt | 2025 State PA . Saunders threw 2 touchdowns in his first scrimmage as the starting quarterback. To protect Saunders’ blindside is top ’23 offensive lineman Gabriel Arena Gabriel Arena 6'5" | 285 lbs | OL Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA . Loved what this kid did last season as a sophomore and exciting to see how he improved. Look for junior defensive lineman Darold Dengohe Darold Dengohe 6'3" | 280 lbs | DL LaSalle College | 2023 State PA to make some noise in the backfield. In the backfield for the Crusaders is a great 1-2 punch with top running back in the ’23 class with Marquese Williams Marquese Williams 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA and also junior Cyncir Bowers Cyncir Bowers 5'10" | 190 lbs | RB Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA . Williams had a 62-yard touchdown run in their scrimmage while Bowers added 2 more rushing touchdowns. While Williams is a definite P5 player, I believe Bowers is a Group of 5 player who could be a potential Power 5 player. La Salle College linebackers Abdul Carter Abdul Carter 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB Lasalle College | 2022 State PA , Sean McFadden Sean McFadden 6'0" | 210 lbs | LB La Salle College | 2023 State PA , and Chris Thompson are going to have their hands full. The Crusaders receiving core can be dangerous as well with seniors Mario Easterly Mario Easterly 6'0" | 190 lbs | ATH Bishop McDevitt | 2022 State PA who I believe is a better safety, Kamil Foster Kamil Foster 5'11" | 190 lbs | WR Bishop McDevitt | 2022 State PA , and junior Jeffrey Penn Jeffrey Penn 6'3" | 190 lbs | WR Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA . Penn is a big target for Saunders, they did make a TD connection in the scrimmage. Expect more of that in this game and for the season. Senior corner Amir Anderson Amir Anderson 6'0" | 170 lbs | DB La Salle | 2022 State PA is going to have a tough task ahead of him as well, no matter who he’s covering.
La Salle College has second-ranked running back in the ’22 class, and Rutgers commit in Samuel Brown Samuel Brown 6'3" | 200 lbs | RB Lasalle College | 2022 State PA . All eyes will be on him for Bishop McDevitt. In the 5 games Brown played last year, he carried the ball 86 times for 460 yards. In the season opener, Brown had 196 yards from scrimmage with 4 touchdowns. This season opener could be a little different with Bishop McDevitt’s defense, Brown is a big physical back who can be hard to take down. Junior linebacker Kade Werner Kade Werner 5'10" | 200 lbs | LB Bishop McDevitt | 2023 State PA has his hands full. He did record 43 total tackles last season. Luckily he has help in the back end with Easterly who is a physical kid and sophomore Ty Kephart Ty Kephart 6'0" | 190 lbs | DB Bishop McDevitt | 2024 State PA who is a good tackler as well. This is an interesting and exciting matchup.