Boyertown

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Boyertown's Justin Siejk (26) runs through Phoenixville's Mackensie Thomas (4) in the Bears' victory last year. With the graduation of feature back Cody Richmond, Siejk, who is also a safety, could have an increased offensive role in 2014. (File -- Gametimepa.com)

By Darryl Grumling

dgrumling@pottsmerc.com

First-year Boyertown football coach George Parkinson hasn’t quite identified the specific personnel the Bears will deploy for their opener against Exeter Aug. 29.

What Parkinson does know, though, is the kind of squad he wants to see take the field.

“My biggest thing with any team is that they play together, play for one another and play as a team,” Parkinson said. “And not just talk about it, but do it. We want to make sure we stress discipline and have a disciplined team.”

Like a number of area squads, the Bears (5-4, 7-4 last year) incurred heavy graduation losses — most notably feature back Cody Richmond, quarterback Griffin Pasik, wideout Nick Brough and line behemoths Kyle Schutt and Austin Jacobs from a record-setting offense.

While Parkinson — he succeeds Mark Scisly, who took the head job at Northampton — will scrap the no-huddle attack, he said he still plans to run a spread offense.

Junior Lawrence Garnett and sophomore Evan Giannetti will vie for the quarterback position, with a lot of the key skill positions still up for grabs at this point.

In addition, both lines need to be rebuilt entirely and will be works in progress.

On defense, safety Justin Siejk and linebacker Mike Murphy are expected to be key players.

“We have to give it our all and play with heart and emotion,” Siejk said. “We might not have as much talent, but we do have guys who play with emotion and can fly to the ball.”

“We just have to stay confident and focused on our goals,” added Murphy. “We have a lot of young players coming in who are hungry.”

Parkinson previously served as head coach at St. Pius X from 2006-09, guiding the Winged Lions to an 8-6 mark and PIAA Class A Tournament berth his final season.

“I think the biggest key for us is staying healthy,” Parkinson said. “As long as we can stay healthy through camp and the season, I think we’ll be OK.

“I have confidence in the guys we have. We have guys that are buying into the program and are picking up the system and getting better at it every day.”

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Number	Name	Position	Grade
1	Dan Heller	RB/DB	Junior
2	Lawrence Garnett	QB/DB	Junior
3	Brad Mazurak	QB/DB	Junior
4	Andrew Bill	WR/DB/P	Senior
6	Mitch Koronkiewicz	WR/DB	Senior
9	Dan Yednock	WR/CB	Sophomore
10	Dalton Hughes	WR/DB	Senior
13	Jaydon Bray	WR/CB	Junior
17	Evan Giannetti	QB/S	Sophomore
18	Thad Knight	QB/S	Junior
19	Ian Cosenza	WR/S/K	Junior
20	Kyle Kooker	SB/S	Sophomore
21	Hunter Vogels	RB/DB	Sophomore
23	Chris Berry	WR/CB	Sophomore
24	Devon Bucks	RB/DB	Senior
25	Jake Gambone	RB/LB	Junior
26	Justin Siejk	RB/DB	Senior
27	Pierce Wright	RB/DB	Junior
28	Pat Ricci	RB/LB	Sophomore
31	Will Scholl	RB/LB	Senior
32	Michael Porreca	RB/S	Sophomore
33	Anthony Borzillo	TE/LB	Senior
34	Garrett Mauger	WR/CB	Junior
35	Brandon McGough	QB/LB	Sophomore
37	Elijah Giorgio	K	Senior
41	Ryan Zern	RB/LB	Sophomore
42	Mitch Warriner	RB/DE	Senior
43	Gregg Harvey	RB/LB	Junior
45	Torin Pickford	RB/LB	Senior
46	Mike Murphy	RB/LB	Senior
48	Dino Charitos	TE/DE	Sophomore
50	Max Dominique	OG/DT	Junior
52	Mason Breyer	OG/DE	Senior
55	Dean Moyer	OL/DL	Junior
56	David Terry	OL/DL	Junior
58	Angelo Pistilli	C/DT	Sophomore
59	Tyler Meitzler	OL/DL	Junior
60	Austin Carlile	C/DT	Sophomore
61	Jack Hartenstine	OL/DL	Senior
62	Shawn O'Donnell	OL/DL	Senior
63	Jeremy Kokonos	TE/LB	Sophomore
66	Eyon Bowie	OG/DE	Junior
69	Alex Miller	OG/DT	Sophomore
70	Collin Shane	OG/DE	Sophomore
71	D.J. Stahl	OL/DL	Senior
72	Alex Beidler	OL/DL	Senior
74	Mike Banks	OL/DL	Junior
75	Robert Cavalari	T/DE	Sophomore
77	Zack Davis	OL/DL	Junior
78	Aaron Kratz	OL/DL	Senior
80	Michael Hicks	TE/DL	Junior
81	Codie Munch	TE/LB	Sophomore
82	Tom Hemingway	RB/DB	Junior
85	Dashon Rodriguez	WR/CB	Junior
84	Keith Brough	OL/LB	Junior
89	Grant Fronheiser	WR/TE	Sophomore

Date	Opponent	Time
8/29	vs. Exeter	7 p.m.
9/5	@ Upper Perkiomen	7 p.m.
9/12	vs. Methacton	7 p.m.
9/19	@ Spring-Ford	7 p.m.
9/26	vs. Owen J. Roberts	7 p.m.
10/4	@ Pottstown	1 p.m.
10/10	vs. Phoenixville	7 p.m.
10/17	@ Perkiomen Valley	7 p.m.
10/25	@ Pope John Paul II	1 p.m.
10/31	vs. Pottsgrove	7 p.m.

Select any year to see the results

7-4

2013
3-8

2012
6-6

2011
10-2

2010
6-6

2009

Select any year to see the results.

2013

W/L	Team	Score
W	Central Bucks East	46-39
W	Upper Perkiomen	61-19
L	Methacton	10-48
L	Spring-Ford	14-41
W	Owen J. Roberts	21-13
W	Pottstown	49-34
W	Phoenixville	62-7
L	Perkiomen Valley	6-48
W	Pope John Paul II	21-14
L	Pottsgrove	29-62
W	Northampton	50-28

2012

W/L	Team	Score
L	Central Bucks East	26-48
W	Upper Perkiomen	47-15
L	Pottstown	47-51
L	Pottsgrove	6-56
L	Perkiomen Valley	7-42
L	Spring-Ford	0-42
L	Phoenixville	0-33
L	Methacton	20-24
W	Pope John Paul II	28-21
W	Owen J. Roberts	42-14
L	Souderton	27-49

2011

W/L	Team	Score
W	William Allen	52-8
W	Twin Valley	42-6
L	Pottstown	27-34
L	Pottsgrove	12-18
L	Perkiomen Valley	21-22
L	Spring-Ford	14-45
W	Phoenixville	33-17
L	Methacton	7-17
L	Pope John Paul II	14-27
W	Owen J. Roberts	46-14
W	Great Valley	33-28
W	Upper Perkiomen	42-21

2010

W/L	Team	Score
W	William Allen	49-6
W	Twin Valley	42-6
W	Pottsgrove	34-28
W	Pope John Paul II	35-13
W	Phoenixville	44-19
W	Perkiomen Valley	26-14
W	Pottstown	35-7
W	Spring-Ford	20-0
L	Owen J. Roberts	14-55
W	Methacton	27-21
W	Upper Perkiomen	55-27
District 1 Class AAAA first round
Result	Opponent	Score
L	Bayard Rustin	13-21

2009

W/L	Team	Score
W	William Allen	41-15
L	Governor Mifflin	7-9
L	Pottsgrove	0-28
W	St. Pius X	23-13
W	Phoenixvile	21-6
L	Perkiomen Valley	7-28
W	Pottstown	35-7
L	Spring-Ford	14-17
L	Owen J. Roberts	14-34
W	Methacton	42-7
W	Great Valley	62-26
L	Upper Perkiomen	17-24

2013 Stats

total

Pts for	Pts Against	Turnover Ratio
369	353	Even

Rushing

Rush	Yards	TD
592	3132	38

Passing

Completions	Attempts	Yards	TD
102	205	1540	14

Pioneer Athletic Conference
Class AAAA
Coach: George Parkinson (0-0)