Offseason Outlooks: North Schuylkill Spartans
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2022 Recap Head Coach: Walter Hall Next up in our offseason outlook series is the North Schuylkill Spartans of the Colonial-Schuylkill Conference. The Spartans, one of the best teams consistently in the conference in the AAA class was once again…
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Head Coach: Walter Hall
Next up in our offseason outlook series is the North Schuylkill Spartans of the Colonial-Schuylkill Conference. The Spartans, one of the best teams consistently in the conference in the AAA class was once again outstanding in 2022. The Spartans went 10-3 on the season including 9-1 in conference play while outscoring their opponents 452-202, an average score of 34.7 to 15.5. After starting their season with a 25-17 loss to Mount Carmel, the Spartans would bounce back winning 10 of their 12 remaining games, many in dominating fashion including three shutout victories. Their season would ultimately come to an end in November in a 34-14 loss to Northwestern Lehigh. It was their fourth straight (full) season of 10+ wins – in the 2020 COVID-shortened season, they also had eight wins.
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Key Losses
OT Steven Davis
OG Robbie Weitz
RB Terry Thomas
C Brady Salukas
RB Jared Tinari
DE Chris Long
Key Returnees
2024 WR Joey Flail Joey Flail 6'0" | 185 lbs | ATH North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA
2024 RB Jaxson Chowansky Jaxson Chowansky 5'11" | 220 lbs | LB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA
2024 QB Trevor Minalda Trevor Minalda 6'0" | 210 lbs | QB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA
2024 SS Collin McGee Collin McGee 6'2" | 205 lbs | DB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA
2025 K Gavin Mentzer
2026 OL Aiden Zilker Aiden Zilker 6'5" | 280 lbs | OL North Schuylkill | 2026 State PA
2024 RB Ricky Halford
2026 WR Luke Miller Luke Miller 5'10" | 150 lbs | ATH North Schuylkill | 2026 State PA
2023 Outlook
Overall, the Spartans were a rather young team in 2022 and is returning one of the best rosters at the AAA level in the Colonial-Schuylkill Conference, if not the best overall roster. Key players like Joey Flail Joey Flail 6'0" | 185 lbs | ATH North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA , Jaxson Chowansky Jaxson Chowansky 5'11" | 220 lbs | LB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA , and Trevor Minalda Trevor Minalda 6'0" | 210 lbs | QB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA should lead a potent and highly dangerous offense for the Spartans while Collin McGee Collin McGee 6'2" | 205 lbs | DB North Schuylkill | 2024 State PA will be the leader of their defense this upcoming season.
There’s very little doubt in our mind that the Spartans won’t be one of the top teams in the conference this upcoming fall. The program has been a model of consistency for much of this millennium and has been completely dominant over the last decade. They have produced some of the best players to come through the conference throughout the last decade as well and have several members on their roster for next fall who have great upside as well. We fully expect the Spartans to be competing for a conference and district title once again in 2023.