Offseason Program Profiles: Minersville Battlin Miners
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2022 Recap: It was a quality year for the Miners and head coach Justin Frantz in 2022, going 6-5 including 5-4 finishing third in the Colonial-Schuylkill conference. It marked the fourth consectuive season of .500 or better play for the…
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Continue Reading2022 Recap:
It was a quality year for the Miners and head coach Justin Frantz in 2022, going 6-5 including 5-4 finishing third in the Colonial-Schuylkill conference. It marked the fourth consectuive season of .500 or better play for the Battlin’ Miners after several tough seasons. Under Frantz, the Battlin’ Miners have become one of the tougher teams to play in the entirety of the Colonial-Schuylill conference. Last year, they picked up wins over Marian Catholic, Shenandoah Valley, Williams Valley, Panther Valley, Schuylkill Haven, and Nativity BVM. After starting the season 4-1, they went through a tough stretch, losing three straight against Pen Argyl, Catasauqua and Palisads before recovering in their final two regular season games. Their season came to an end in the playoffs in a 24-13 loss to Tri-Valley. Quarterback Dante Carr Dante Carr 6'4" | 200 lbs | QB Minersville | 2026 State PA and running back Luke Stevenosky Luke Stevenosky ATH Minersville | 2024 State PA led the Miners offensively while defensively, it was Brock Polinsky Brock Polinsky 5'11" | 170 lbs | DB Minersville | 2023 State PA , Stevenosky, and Cade Schultz leading the charge.
Key Losses:
DB Brock Polinsky Brock Polinsky 5'11" | 170 lbs | DB Minersville | 2023 State PA
OL Ron Beach Ron Beach 5'8" | OL Minersville | 2023 PA
WR Blake Brown Blake Brown 5'8" | 150 lbs | WR Nativity | 2023 PA
RB Aaron Laudeman
CB Raymond Snyder Jr
RB Connor Beck
Key Returners:
2026 QB Dante Carr Dante Carr 6'4" | 200 lbs | QB Minersville | 2026 State PA
RB Luke Stevenosky Luke Stevenosky ATH Minersville | 2024 State PA
WR Lorenzo Yourey
WR Logan Hutsko Logan Hutsko 6'2" | 185 lbs | WR Minersville | 2025 PA
OL Emiliano Conklin
OT Cade Schultz
CB Blake Wesler
OL Alegnis Almonte
OL Gavin Spirkoa
2023 outlook:
The good news for the Battlin Miners is that from being a rather young team last year, they return a ton of their talent and therefore sshould be in a good position to improve in 2023. 2026 QB Dante Carr Dante Carr 6'4" | 200 lbs | QB Minersville | 2026 State PA is the real deal and has a chance to be a Power Five quarterback after his time in Minersville is over. RB Luke Stevenosky Luke Stevenosky ATH Minersville | 2024 State PA should be one of the best running backs in the Colonial-Schuylkill conference while they return as well key wide receivers Lorenzo Yourey and Logan Hutzko and several offensive linemen. On the defensive side of the ball, cornerback Blake Wesler returns as Stevenosky was also a key player defensively a year ago as well as Cade Schultz and another rising freshman in Matthew Dube. Don’t be surprised if the Miners are much improved next fall.