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The Early College School of Delaware State University will play varsity football in 2024 and it has an athletic trainer.
Head of School Evelyn Edney said so Thursday, a day after former coach Zach Horstmyer suggested otherwise.
Horstmyer resigned as ECS football coach several days into the start of preseason camp two weeks ago. He said school leaders “had different visions” about the football program’s future and was frustrated an athletic trainer was not present when practice started.
Early College High School’s Jordan Devonish poses for a photo during Delaware Online’s High School Football Media Day at Odessa High School on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
The Hornets are slated to open their 2024 season next Thursday, Aug. 29, at Delaware Military Academy. That is a difficult assignment for an ECS football program that has won one game in its 3-year varsity history despite playing other smaller schools that have also had limited football success in DIAA Class 1A.
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Edney, a former track and field coach at Christiana and Delcastle, said Thursday that there are presently 25 players on the team and ECS will play its game at DMA, knowing but also welcoming the challenge.
The new coach is Shane Speights, a 2015 Dover grad who was an all-conference defensive lineman for the Senators and is a para-educator at ECS. The football team did not play its first two scrimmages so Speights could settle into his new position, Edney said.
“Shane relates to the kids very well. I have known Shane since was he 16 years old,” said Edney, who was previously principal at Dover. “He was a fired-up athlete. He was a leader when he played. Everyone was drawn to this kid and they still are.”
Athletic trainer Zaynah Daley, who is on the DSU staff, started also working…
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Author : Delaware Online | The News Journal
Publish date : 2024-08-22 15:02:10
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