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After completing winning seasons in two of the past three seasons, the Fleetwood football team has no intentions of slowing down.
Last season, the Tigers finished 2-4 in Section 3 and 6-5 overall. In addition, Fleetwood won the Eastern Conference Class 4A championship game with a 42-41 win over Shamokin.
The Tigers’ accomplishments were largely influenced by the play of a trio of offensive weapons who have now graduated in All-Berks running back Czion Brickle, All-Berks wide receiver Mason Musitano and Jack Riffle, an All-Berks honorable mention at quarterback.
Brickle finished last year with 1,583 yards and 24 touchdowns on 202 carries, and 12 catches for 180 yards and a touchdown, while Musitano had 61 catches for 882 yards and seven touchdowns.
Despite these key losses, coach Steve Pangburn is confident that his team has enough returners to carry on the team’s recent success.
“We’ve got a pretty experienced group coming back,” Pangburn said. “They’re battle tested. I think first and foremost, we’ve all been on the field in some capacity before him and to bring them all together we feel like it’s going to be an advantage for us.
“A lot of the guys that are going to be playing this year have been on the field, just maybe not in that large capacity, but it’s their turn now. So we feel like they’re ready to rock.”
Riffle was 130-for-242 passing in 2023 and threw for 1,497 yards, 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. Filling in Riffle’s shoes will be senior Tristin McFarland, as well as Chase Domenech who will share time.
McFarland, standing at 6-4 and weighing 210 pounds, was an All-Berks second team selection at linebacker in 2023 and will transition over to quarterback from wide receiver. As a wide receiver in 2023, McFarland scored three touchdowns, caught 26 passes for 229 yards and rushed…
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Author : Reading Eagle, Pa.
Publish date : 2024-08-18 16:16:00
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