2017 FOOTBALL - The Eastern Gazette

1 The Eastern Gazette * Your HomeTown AdVantage September 29 - October 5, 2017 Page 9. 2017 FOOTBALL . League realignment and schedule pleases local FOOTBALL coaches by Mike Lange making it work. back Michaeleb Niles has been ation. I like our attitude and 16. After playing in Class C North Rogers said that Nokomis will one of the keys to the team's suc- toughness this year, Shorey The Warriors scored on a for the past four seasons, Fox- host two long-distance rivals cess. He has proven that he can said. We're going to be physical fourth-down completion from croft Academy returned to its Houlton/Hodgdon and Medomak carry the FOOTBALL at the varsity and a very hard-nosed FOOTBALL Andrew Haining to Colby Pi- roots this year by moving back Valley so the only lengthy road level, White said.

2 We depend on team. We're young, but we're get- nette with 10 seconds to go and into the Little Ten Conference. trip will be to Mount Desert Is- (quarterback) Nick Clawson as ting there. added a two-point conversion to One of the advantages of the land on Oct. 20. But every game a passer and runner, so having Shorey, who played FOOTBALL for seal the win over Oceanside. new schedule is facing teams like on the schedule is a must-win for someone to complement him is a Maine Central Institute, cred- The kids who are here want Dexter/Piscataquis that were us, he said. big plus. ited his offensive and defensive to win, Rogers said. We have a longtime rivals of the Ponies. In So far this season, White said Shorey's Dexter/Piscataquis linemen for the team's success so core group of kids who played nu- addition, Foxcroft Academy can that the Foxcroft Academy Po- Tigers came out of the starting far.

3 Guys like Tyler Handy and merous other sports, but they've pick up some valuable experi- nies who went 4-4 last year gate with a resounding 28-13 John Allen have been great, he shown up ready to play FOOTBALL .. ence by facing powerhouses like are a lot more balanced. In the victory over Ellsworth/Sumner said. They're the unsung heroes The Warriors coach said that Bucksport. first two games this year, we on opening day and added a sec- of the team. Nokomis has been struggling I think the schedule is great completed 22 passes, he said. ond victory by defeating Mount Rogers played his high school with numbers this year like a lot for us, said FA Coach Dan Last year, in the first two con- View 34-20 at home. FOOTBALL at Lawrence including of other teams. But our practices White.

4 With some traditional tests, we completed nine. We've With Dirigo and Hermon as one season under the legendary have been very good and they're opponents and a couple of cross- also cut down on our penalties crossover games, we're got our coach Pete Cooper. I learned a following instructions well.. over games, the league is more dramatically. work cut out for us, Shorey said. lot from Pete, and these kids (No- Pinette and Alex Costedio competitive and that's what the White, a former FA star quar- But some teams that seem to be komis) have never played in my were unanimously chosen as co- MPA (Maine Principal's Associa- terback, said that there are still struggling are right on the cusp type of system offensively, Rog- captains by their teammates this tion) was shooting for. some areas that need improve- of being very competitive.

5 Ers said. It's like learning a new year. Leadership is very impor- White's opinion is echoed by ment. We turned the ball over Dexter as a stand-alone team language for some of them. tant and these two have really Dexter/Piscataquis Coach An- too many teams in the early struggled with numbers in re- After going winless for two stepped up, Rogers said. In ad- drew Shorey and Nokomis first- games, he said. We have to pay cent years, but the addition of consecutive seasons, Nokomis dition, I'm really pleased with year Coach Jake Rogers. We're more attention to ball security. players from Piscataquis Com- took two out of its first three con- the support from the school, the in a very competitive league On the positive side, the Po- munity Secondary School in tests including a stunning 15-14 boosters club and the Nokomis now, Shorey said.

6 But we're nies' head coach said that tail- Guilford has helped the situ- victory over Oceanside on Sept. fans.. Page 10 September 29 - October 5, 2017 The Eastern Gazette * Your HomeTown AdVantage 2017 Dexter FOOTBALL Team Caleb Weeks, Nick Leighton, Dillion Allen, Blake Thompson, Logan Perkins, Jacob Bickford, Parker Ponte, Jeff Whitney, Tyler Chapman, Garrett Colbath, Tyler Beem, Gage Stone, Cameron Paige, Augustus Irwin, Matt Simpson, Colton Tibbetts, David Kirshkain, Haedyn Guenther, Justin Curtis, Hunter Dean, Parker Richardson, Eric Bennett, Zach Thompson, Isaac Webber, Nathan Michaud, Maleek Washington, Tylor Handy, Jonathan Allen, Robert Dorman, Ryan Davis, Kyle Watson, Dongjoon Kim, Justin Wing, Steven Moszgae. Head FOOTBALL Coach: Andrew Shorey. Assistant FOOTBALL Coaches: Brian Salsbury Bob Saccareccia Andrew Levensalor Kyle Lockhart.

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