2020 Vernon Vikings Preseason Football Preview

The 2020 Preseason Football Previews are sponsored by the County College of Morris, offering an an outstanding education at an affordable price with Division II and III athletics. Go to www.ccm.edu right now to learn more about this amazing educational institution that is right in our backyard in Randolph, NJ.

The Staff

Head Coach:  Steve Down

Years on the Job:  Three

Assistants:  Joe Down, Adam Coleman, Orlando Gomez, Pat Thompson & Anthony Vitrano

Returning Starters:  7 on offense and 8 on defense

Player’s Expected to Step Up:  John Kowalski, Robert Baumann, Aden Moskovitz, Zack Waschek, Chris Schnabel, Kevin Coulther, Shane Saulnier & Jeremiah Carfello

From the Coach

What This Team Does Better than Anybody:   We have senior leadership.

Biggest Surprise of the Off-season:  Speed and strength of junior cornerback/wide receiver Justin Simone.

Team Goal:  Win the conference and old teams to under 14 points per game.

Final Thought: A lot of starters return including two key players, John Kowalski and Robert Baumann, who were injured all of last season.

George Muha’s Take

George Muha’s Take is sponsored by Parisi Speed School of Morristown. Reach out to Parisi today to get bigger, faster and stronger because champions are made in the off-season.

I really like this year’s Vernon squad!  And it’s not just because junior John Kowalski is a legit play-maker that can score any time he touches the ball (although that is part of it).  But this team has skill and ability up-and-down the line-up and they’ve been working hard all off-season and you can tell.  Prediction:  I think this team is better than they even know.  So it might take a game or two for them to realize teams will struggle to hang with them (yes, I think they are that good).  I predict the Game of the Year and probably the deciding game for the conference will come to the final matchup against Sparta.

Schedule

10/3 @ Passaic Valley
10/9 @ West Milford
10/16 vs. Kittatinny
10/23 vs. Jefferson
10/30 @ Lakeland
11/6 vs. Sparta

Roster

Number Name Class Height Weight Position
2 Justin Simone 11 5’11” 170 WR/CB
4 Chris Parisi 11 5’11” 180 WR/OLB
5 Joe Campoli 9 5’9” 185 OL/DL
6 Jeremiah Carfello 11 5’10” 165 WR/OLB
8 Ryan Dunbar 12 5’11” 170 TE/OLB
9 John Kowalski 11 6’1” 185 QB/WR/MB
10 Ryan Dobrzynski 10 5’9” 155 RB/CB
12 Derek Lazier 10 5’11” 165 QB/LB
13 Joe Petrucci 10 5’9” 160 WR/CB
14 Zack Wasberg 11 5’11” 175 WR/S
15 Ty Del Rosario 12 5’10” 165 WR/CB
16 Ben Jurewicz 9 6’3” 185 WR/OLB
18 Connor Sensbach 10 5’9” 160 RB/WR/DB
20 Justin Bell 11 6’2” 175 OL/OLB
21 Zack Waschek* 12 6’0” 185 QB/CB
22 Ian Schmid 10 5’11” 185 RB/S
23 Aden Moskovitz* 12 5’10” 175 WR/S
24 John Rosado 12 5’9” 170 RB/CB
26 Ketchell Terzakis 9 5’8” 145 WR/CB
28 Gage Moskovitz 10 5’11” 175 WR/S
31 Joe Wilson 11 6’0” 175 WR/OLB
32 Connor Cawley 10 5’9” 160 RB/LB
33 Ricky Healy 10 5’8” 155 WR/S
34 Logan Pych 9 5’10 160 RB/S
35 Mason Shirhall 10 5’9” 150 WR/OLB
40 Ty Holden 9 5’11” 165 TE/OLB
42 Erik Mundhenk 11 5’8” 150 WR/DB
43 Michael McCafferty 11 5’8” 155 WR/DB
44 Franco Luna 9 6’1” 195 QB/TE/OLB
46 Jason Mills 9 5’11 175 WR/OLB
50 Robert Baumann* 12 5’10” 185 OL/MLB
52 Jordan Millan 9 5’9” 170 OL/LB
53 Sean Curley 10 5’11” 175 OL/DL
54 Joe Costa 10 5’9” 160 OL/LB
55 Chris Schnabel* 12 6’0” 220 OL/DL
56 Connor Dyk 9 5’11” 175 OL/DL
57 Chad Quaranta 9 6’1” 200 OL/LB
58 Jack Heller 9 5’10” 170 OL/DL
59 Shane Saulnier 11 6’3” 275 OL/DL
60 Kevin Coulther 11 6’5” 250 OL/DL
61 Jack Austin 9 5’8” 155 OL/DL
64 Isaac Thomas 10 5’11” 170 OL/LB
65 Jeyss Abreu 10 6’1” 220 OL/DL
66 Carter Wright 9 5’11” 230 OL/DL
67 Dominick Dehnert 10 6’3” 270 OL/DL
74 Noah Previglian 12 6’3” 215 OL/DL
75 Riley Gorrell 9 5’9” 150 OL/DL
76 Jake Immesberger 10 5’11” 230 OL/DL
80 Austin Reed 10 5’9” 155 TE/LB
81 Nick Gomes 12 6’4” 180 WR/OLB
84 Reilly Hague 9 5’8” 150 WR/DB
85 Lance Kurdziel 9 5’10” 175 OL/DL
87 Duke Staley 9 5’11” 165 WR/S
88 Aidan Duffy 10 6’1” 180 TE/OLB