00:00 - Hello and welcome.

00:01 - My name is denizens of ABC 27, local news anchor.

00:05 - Do politics and, Now.

00:08 - But I started as a sportscaster.

00:09 - Started a show called Friday Night Football here in Harrisburg

00:12 - in the Harrisburg area.

00:14 - We just, love high school football and what it means to our community.

00:17 - We certainly want to welcome you, to that community.

00:20 - We're happy to be here at Purcell Friendship Hall at the Milton

00:23 - Hershey School in, beautiful chocolate town, USA, a Moscow sports group.

00:28 - And sports recruiter is proud to present and welcome you.

00:30 - This is the 16th annual Mister Pennsylvania Football Awards program.

00:35 - Mr. football, a concept developed by the Principles at Sports Recruiters,

00:39 - a service designed to connect high school athletes with college coaches.

00:43 - Its Board of Advisors is replete with former and current high school

00:46 - athletes and coaches, as well as respected business, civic and community leaders.

00:50 - You want to remember your football experience?

00:52 - Check out our merchandise store with the QR code,

00:55 - which are on the fliers, on your table or in the program.

00:59 - Understanding the long and rich tradition of high school football.

01:02 - Here in Pennsylvania, the organizers of Mr.

01:05 - Football have provided an opportunity

01:07 - to honor the top players through a unique awards process.

01:11 - Mr. Football Foundation is a 501 C3 nonprofit,

01:15 - all sports foundation providing funding for youth in high school sports.

01:18 - The foundation supports the development of youth athletics

01:21 - by stressing academic excellence, participation in sports,

01:25 - sportsmanship, health and safety, and character education.

01:29 - Our program also supports activities like

01:32 - over seven on 17, which

01:33 - competes in tournaments at Penn State, Maryland, Pittsburgh and Rutgers.

01:38 - We have some of those players with us today.

01:40 - Can you please stand to be recognized?

01:50 - Thank you.

01:52 - At this time, I would also like to acknowledge

01:53 - the Mister Pennsylvania Football Advisory Team.

01:57 - Thank you for all of your help in making this a successful program.

02:00 - Their names are listed in the program.

02:02 - We also want to remind you that the Mister and Miss basketball

02:05 - voting is currently underway at Pad ball.com.

02:10 - We would also like to acknowledge our sponsors for their generous support,

02:14 - especially Dauphin County Commissioners Justin Douglas, Michael Priest,

02:18 - and George Hartwick.

02:18 - The third Shellenberger Juniors, Ian Wolf LLP Carmen Finestra,

02:23 - Taurus Wealth Management Gabrielle, an Italian restaurant.

02:27 - National Character Education Foundation Ritter Insurance, marketing

02:32 - Simon Financial, Asante Bank

02:35 - Ken Miller, UPMC and Hudl.

02:39 - You can read the full list of sponsors on the screen today on Mister football.com.

02:44 - And we also want to thank all of you who make this program possible.

02:47 - Please rise now for the invocation by Bishop William Jones.

02:51 - Reclaim the Streets ministries

02:52 - remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance

02:54 - by Dauphin County Commissioner Mike priest,

02:57 - and then to conclude it, the singing of the national anthem by Julian de.

03:03 - Welcome.

03:05 - Just reach out and grab your neighbor's hand.

03:08 - Dear God, in the name of Jesus,

03:10 - we ask you to allow this to be a great celebration.

03:14 - Bless us. Covers with your blood.

03:16 - Open our hearts to be more

03:18 - leaning towards you, God and everyone around us. God.

03:21 - Let us excel in all that we do.

03:23 - God, we thank you in Jesus name, Amen.

03:27 - Amen.

03:28 - Amen.

03:37 - Pledge allegiance,

03:40 - United States of America

03:42 - and to the Republic for which it stands.

03:45 - One nation under God, indivisible,

03:49 - with liberty and justice for all.

03:57 - Oh, say, can you see.

04:01 - By the dawn's early light.

04:06 - What so proudly we hailed.

04:10 - At the twilight's last gleaming.

04:16 - Whose broad stripes and bright stars.

04:20 - Through the perilous fight

04:24 - over the ramparts we watched

04:29 - were so gallantly streaming.

04:34 - And the rockets red glare,

04:38 - the bombs bursting in air,

04:42 - gave proof through the night

04:47 - that our flag was still there.

04:51 - Oh, say, does that star

04:55 - spangled banner.

04:58 - Yet wave o'er

05:02 - the land of the free.

05:06 - And the home of the brave.

05:20 - Great job.

05:20 - Thank you very much.

05:26 - I don't know, after I hear the national anthem,

05:27 - I'd like a kick off anthem on tomorrow.

05:33 - Speaker, we do have some dignitaries in the room with us as well.

05:36 - We'd like to recognize Timothy, the former Pennsylvania Auditor General,

05:41 - wearing a, a suit on a Saturday.

05:43 - Thank you for that.

05:46 - Coach Timmy Terwilliger, East Stroudsburg

05:48 - University's head coach.

05:53 - I'd like to introduce David Marshall, representing the three star Foundation,

05:56 - to present this year's award to John Carron, Pine-Richland High School

06:00 - offensive guard, offensive tackle, going to the University of Pittsburgh.

06:09 - Good afternoon.

06:11 - I'm Dave Marshall.

06:13 - I represent three star foundation, three star Foundation

06:16 - as a Christian mentoring sports ministry for middle school age through young adult.

06:23 - The three stars stand for body, mind and spirit.

06:27 - Three Star Foundation was created

06:29 - to challenge area youth to achieve their fullest potential

06:33 - as individuals and community members by providing opportunities

06:38 - for the academic mind, physical body and character development.

06:43 - The spirit.

06:45 - We're currently running a mentoring basketball program

06:48 - for Harrisburg youth from high school through age 24, and we're getting ready

06:53 - to start a middle school program for inner city Harrisburg youth.

06:57 - So it's our honor and privilege to announce and present

07:00 - this year's Pennsylvania Three Star Character Award.

07:04 - Please join me in congratulating John Curran from Pine-Richland

07:08 - High School.

07:24 - Thank you.

07:25 - And we're at.

07:30 - Okay.

07:31 - The following is a nomination letter from his high school

07:34 - football coach, Doctor John Lydon.

07:37 - John is a dedicated student athlete

07:40 - who leads by example, acts with integrity

07:43 - and will be an asset to any school team

07:46 - or company he chooses in the future.

07:49 - John was one of the first players I met when I was introduced

07:51 - as the head coach at Pine-Richland in February 2022.

07:56 - His hard work, passion, enthusiasm

07:59 - and dedication were immediately recognized.

08:02 - He was a rising freshman football player, but he was working out

08:05 - with the varsity players like he was a senior.

08:09 - His commitment and passion during workouts made me realize

08:12 - he would be a special leader on the football team for the next several years.

08:17 - He received his second varsity football letter this season.

08:22 - He served as a two year team captain,

08:24 - earned All-Conference and all state

08:26 - recognition recognition as a junior and senior, and received team

08:30 - recognition for his integrity, leadership, commitment, and dedication.

08:34 - He has dominated on both sides of the ball during the last two years,

08:39 - with his old school, tough nosed playing mentality.

08:44 - His drive on the field commands attention from opposing coaches,

08:47 - who are drawn to number 77 when watching film.

08:51 - He anchors both the offensive line and defensive goal line, playing

08:55 - multiple positions throughout a game without complaint or hesitation.

09:00 - He embodies the characteristic a coach hopes to find in any athlete.

09:05 - John shows up to practice and workouts daily with his hard

09:08 - hat lunch pail and gives 110% in everything he does.

09:12 - He leads by example and does whatever is asked of him

09:16 - when he's not on the first team during practice.

09:18 - He's working on the scout team to make us better.

09:21 - Has taken a leadership role by mentoring several younger linemen on the team.

09:26 - He's also served as a team representative with the youth program,

09:30 - encouraging and mentoring young athletes.

09:33 - John is one of four seniors who served on a football program

09:37 - Leadership Council meeting weekly with a coach to discuss

09:40 - any thoughts, issues, concerns related to team activities.

09:44 - He's always a good spokesman for the team

09:47 - outside the lines, always smiling, doing the right things.

09:51 - A high character, lovable individual.

09:54 - When he flips the switch between the lines and puts the helmet on,

09:58 - he dominates all opponents,

10:01 - punishing them with his physicality

10:03 - and finishing defenders into the ground.

10:07 - He also demands double teams every snap while on defense,

10:10 - or he will wreck the opponent's backfield while on either side of the ball.

10:15 - John establishes the line of scrimmage

10:19 - during his last three years.

10:20 - Coach had the privilege of coaching him at the varsity level,

10:23 - and John stood out as a leader on and off the gridiron.

10:26 - He makes and he takes numerous Advanced Placement and honors

10:30 - classes and maintains a 4.3 GPA.

10:34 - That's awesome man.

10:35 - Jeff.

10:41 - I want to recognize that that's awesome.

10:43 - GPA while serving as a role model to the youth of Pine-Richland.

10:46 - He has gained a respect of his teachers and administrators and has been awarded

10:50 - for his academic success as an outstanding student,

10:54 - earning several academic achievement awards.

10:57 - His positive attitude he shares is contagious and allows him

11:00 - to build true friendships with his peers and others in the community.

11:05 - With his limited extra time, John participated

11:07 - in several teen volunteer events Backpack,

11:11 - Brigade Drive, Epilepsy Walk, Easter Thanksgiving, Blessing Baskets, Children's

11:16 - Hospital donations, daycare, mulching,

11:20 - trail cleanup, toys for tots and youth.

11:23 - Camps, to name a few.

11:25 - You've been pretty busy there.

11:26 - He's also an active member of the Black Student Union and Spanish Club.

11:30 - So John will be

11:31 - continuing his education and football career at Pitt University.

11:35 - Congratulations, John, on your achievements and this award.

11:46 - So when John walked up, I'm thinking, wow, he's bigger than me.

11:50 - And then he's 4.3, so he's smarter than me.

11:53 - And then all those other things, he's nicer to me.

11:55 - And I'm going to give you the biggest compliment.

11:56 - I got a freshman daughter at Notre Dame.

11:58 - Can I get your phone number?

12:01 - Congratulations.

12:03 - Just kidding.

12:03 - On the last part.

12:08 - The Mr.

12:08 - Parr Football Foundation and all sports charity provides funding for the movers,

12:13 - a seven on seven team which competes in tournaments.

12:16 - Please stand if you are a change movers, player

12:18 - or coach would like to honor you.

12:29 - Thank you for that.

12:30 - I'd like to introduce coaches for the movers coach Ricky Nelson.

12:34 - Now this is my

12:35 - you're really getting old moment because I literally covered this guy

12:38 - in high school, Bishop McDevitt,

12:40 - as it went on to win a state championship quarterback.

12:42 - And Ricky was a receiver.

12:47 - Scott, the quarterback

12:49 - for this guy? Yes. Very nice.

12:51 - He went to Notre Dame to, and coached him.

12:54 - Savage, former Mansfield

12:55 - University offensive lineman to present this year's MVP awards.

12:59 - Come on up here, guys.

13:16 - The carpet that.

13:21 - Yes. Okay.

13:25 - Yeah, yeah.

13:27 - The school play offense and defense for for two years.

13:31 - Our first start were working with Willis around six years ago during Covid 19,

13:35 - and says that we watched his skill set, brought in a Harrisburg high school

13:40 - where he showcased his skills.

13:42 - It was one of the best receivers in the state.

13:45 - And for the same movers, he excelled as a receiver.

13:48 - He scored multiple touchdowns and had many clutch receptions.

13:51 - We can always count on life to get open and get us the big play.

13:55 - His speed was deceptive.

13:58 - His roster spot on us.

14:00 - Coaches are proud of our guys and we and we congratulate him

14:03 - on all his achievements and wish him the best at Rutgers.

14:16 - So we have the offensive MVP award.

14:19 - A life coach, Harrisburg wide receiver committed

14:21 - to Rutgers University.

14:31 - Thank you for.

14:37 - All right.

14:37 - So first of all, to thank the guys who put all this together.

14:40 - It starts a long ago acquiring sponsorships and organization

14:43 - and the whole nine.

14:44 - It all ends today with the banquet.

14:46 - These guys do a lot behind the scenes to bring notoriety to all the student

14:50 - athletes here in PA, which I felt some the best days for football.

14:55 - For the chambers, go is basically a team comprised of the best players

14:58 - in the Mid Penn Commonwealth area, and there's a lot of talent.

15:02 - We go to 4 or 5 major shootouts a year and always compete very well.

15:07 - And so often the offensive guys quarterback route runners,

15:12 - they get all the credit catching all the balls, scoring TDs and whatnot.

15:16 - But just like real football.

15:17 - Seven and seven torments in Walmart defense.

15:22 - If you can get up two scores

15:24 - and you got the proper play caller and you're running that clock,

15:27 - you can turn it over to your defense and no winning for you.

15:30 - And, we had a guy on chambers for four years.

15:34 - Outstanding player.

15:36 - This is my first year full time coach with the same movers as an offensive

15:40 - minded guy that you can see and respect, the defensive player you want to avoid.

15:43 - So just when watching him move during drills, you know, we went into

15:47 - some scrimmages and then eventually to playing seven sevens.

15:51 - This guy always stood out.

15:52 - He took on the best opposing receiver that we were going to face.

15:56 - He's a state champion at his local high school.

16:00 - He's a very productive player.

16:02 - Great person.

16:04 - Really appreciate the relationship that grew there.

16:10 - Son of a successful father and football coach.

16:13 - So it's in the family.

16:15 - This year's Chase movers.

16:16 - Defensive player is a Keelan Smith from Michigan Devils.

16:39 - Thanks, guys.

16:39 - Appreciate it.

16:41 - And one thing that I think if you're if you're paying attention to

16:44 - this is I want the young people, especially the young players, to realize

16:49 - you're just the latest chapter in what is a book that is this thick,

16:53 - burgeoning of greatness in Pennsylvania football,

16:56 - and you're the latest you're going to be the future star.

16:59 - So that in 20 years, when you're coming here to give an award,

17:01 - who knows what you will have done.

17:03 - But I just want you to recognize

17:04 - how impressive a place Pennsylvania is and how how what an honor it is

17:08 - that you're in this room on this afternoon.

17:10 - It is very significant thing that you were here.

17:12 - We appreciate you being here, but I hope you appreciate, what has gone

17:16 - before you and the greatness that was, for instance, Bishop McDevitt.

17:20 - We just had a Bishop McDevitt guy.

17:21 - Well, I'm from Philadelphia originally, and a, a Philadelphia Eagle fan.

17:26 - You're aware that the two of the greatest running backs in the history

17:29 - of the Philadelphia Eagles are named to playing football for almost 100 years.

17:32 - Are LaShawn McCoy and Ricky Waters.

17:34 - And both of them wanted at Bishop McDevitt

17:35 - High School, which is 15 minutes from here.

17:38 - So that's just one threat.

17:39 - You know, we're not far from where, you know, we just had an anniversary

17:43 - March 2nd, 1962, March 2nd, not far from here.

17:47 - And closer than that.

17:48 - Will Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against the New York Knicks.

17:52 - And I have three teenagers and my two boys say that didn't happen.

17:55 - And then when I proved to them it did happen, they said, where's the video?

17:58 - Well, I'll tell you, we don't have video. We have the audio clip.

18:01 - We do know what happened.

18:02 - And then they say, yeah, but he was playing against plumbers and electricians.

18:06 - Say, well, we give them grace.

18:10 - They happen to think LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.

18:14 - We all know the silliness of that. Don't wait.

18:16 - Yeah.

18:17 - 100 points in one game did it here.

18:20 - The guy that was number two on that list until this week

18:24 - when someone named Bam mama had a motto or whatever

18:27 - his name is and and whatever team he played for scored 83.

18:29 - But prior to that, the guy scored 81.

18:33 - LaSalle College, which I'm also a graduate of.

18:36 - When I was your age, the young guys age, I was a fan of a guy named Joe.

18:40 - Brian played for LaSalle College.

18:41 - I was always a big LaSalle fan.

18:43 - We'd go to watch Big five basketball.

18:45 - Joe played in the NBA a little bit, played

18:48 - for the Sixers, went to Italy, but he had a son by the name of Kobe.

18:51 - So up until this week, wilt Chamberlain,

18:54 - they're 100 points and Kobe Bryant 81 points

18:58 - were the two greatest performances.

19:01 - Single game Kobe Bryant's in Philadelphia,

19:04 - Pennsylvania Athletics.

19:06 - And I know I'm now talking I went on a basketball tangent.

19:08 - I didn't intend to.

19:08 - Don't know how I did that, but nonetheless,

19:12 - you're a chapter in a very important athletics book, and I just hope

19:16 - you recognize how important it is that you're in this room.

19:18 - And what a special thing it is for you to be.

19:20 - And also the batons being passed to you.

19:23 - Take it. Run well, run fast with it.

19:26 - The Michigan Football Foundation and all sports

19:29 - charity provides funding for the late movers.

19:32 - Wait a minute.

19:32 - I just did that. So.

19:34 - Okay, let me move to the next page.

19:36 - Sports recruiters honored and proud to team up on.

19:38 - Very excited to talk about this with a very worthwhile charity.

19:42 - It's called Vicky's Angel Foundation and their founder is Mickey Minick.

19:47 - And it's fitting the role that he's going to give out a legendary coach award

19:50 - because he was a legendary coach himself, for many years.

19:53 - And then he was involved with a thing called the big 33.

19:56 - I was talking about how you're an important chapter, right?

19:58 - We've been doing the big 33 of Pennsylvania all star team

20:01 - since the 1950s.

20:03 - There has never been a Super Bowl played

20:06 - without at least one person

20:09 - from that big 33 football classic, which is amazing.

20:13 - One of you in this room may be one of those in the future.

20:17 - We're very pleased to have Mickey and Ken Miller as members

20:20 - of our advisory team and contributors to the cost of the legendary Coach Trophy.

20:24 - We want to thank Ken for arranging to have the legendary coaches.

20:28 - President Sports Recruiters is pleased to donate a portion

20:31 - of today's proceeds to Vicky's Angel Foundation.

20:34 - And Mickey, when he was done coaching, And sadly, his wife passed away of cancer

20:39 - and he recognized there's a need not for cancer research,

20:43 - which, by the way,

20:43 - they're doing that not far from here at Hershey men and doing it well.

20:47 - But he recognizes there are families who, when someone's

20:50 - diagnosed with cancer, oh my goodness, I still have to pay the bills.

20:54 - So he has taken it on himself to have this charity

20:59 - that literally gives money to families so they can pay the bills

21:03 - while they're dealing with the things they have to deal with with cancer.

21:07 - It's an amazing charity. We've done a number of stories on it.

21:09 - He's raised an incredible amount of money.

21:10 - He's doing God's work with that.

21:13 - So we want to thank, Carmen Antonio for Astra,

21:15 - for sponsoring the legendary coach presentation.

21:18 - But at this point, please, welcome Coach Mickey Minnick.

21:30 - Dennis

23:58 - So with this morning

24:00 - to come up and take a moment here and here in the New York City engineering.

24:03 - Thanks.

24:04 - Quickly.

24:09 - Thanks for the introduction.

24:10 - I want to congratulate all the players that are here today and all the coaches.

24:15 - And a special thanks,

24:18 - coach Pat Narduzzi, to coming all the way

24:20 - from Pittsburgh here today to spend some time with you guys.

24:24 - It's an honor to know my blessed to meet him and known for quite a few years.

24:28 - And these are not standing man, and he's a man of his word.

24:32 - I really appreciate him at the University of Pittsburgh, here today.

24:36 - And, I retired a few years back after 40 years coaching.

24:41 - I'd like to recognize one of the top coaches in western Pennsylvania

24:46 - who I've got the honor of playing against for numerous years,

24:49 - and they were really battles.

24:51 - Some of the

24:52 - coaches out there, coach, friend who's also on the board here.

24:55 - And coach McCurry, Jack McCurry, who was at North Hills for all those years

25:00 - or two of the most outstanding coaches ever to come out of Western Pennsylvania.

25:05 - Jack coasted to high school.

25:07 - He started at Richmond High School,

25:09 - was here for three years, and he was at North Hills

25:12 - for the remainder of his career, which was 33 years.

25:16 - He won 14 conference titles for Wpil championships,

25:21 - won a state championship

25:24 - and one national championship.

25:27 - During his career.

25:29 - That was in 1987.

25:30 - He was named the USA today

25:33 - National High School Coach of the year,

25:36 - and he also won multiple and numerous

25:39 - Hall of Fame inductions around the state.

25:43 - In the country.

25:44 - I had the pleasure.

25:45 - He won that championship in 1987 and I was in Woodland Hills.

25:50 - It was my second year there, and he couldn't find anybody to play him,

25:54 - so I volunteered to play him in 1987 or 1988.

25:59 - And he came back to our stadium called The Wolverine.

26:02 - It was a dusty field.

26:04 - He had a great team, and we ended up losing 14 to 12 as a great football game.

26:10 - But I learned what a great coach he was.

26:12 - And because I had some great players on that team.

26:15 - Jack McCrory

26:17 - is a coach from the Wpial and out West.

26:20 - I respected him, but the most important thing.

26:22 - His defenses were outstanding.

26:25 - If you got a solid defense, you in every game you played

26:28 - and he had a solid defense.

26:30 - I don't think too many coaches could figure out his defense.

26:33 - I did a few times.

26:34 - You got to beat him a few times down the road,

26:36 - but in the beginning he always beat us.

26:39 - After a while I got smarter and beat him a couple times.

26:42 - One of the most outstanding coaches from western Pennsylvania in the state,

26:46 - Jack McCrory.

26:55 - Thank you, George.

26:58 - I'm truly humbled.

27:00 - Excuse me.

27:02 - I'm truly humbled to stand here today.

27:05 - To receive this award is something that I never set out to do.

27:10 - Honestly, I don't feel.

27:13 - Like I deserve to stand here alone.

27:17 - I had the whole group.

27:18 - Every kid I coached should be standing here with me.

27:22 - Football has never been about one person.

27:25 - It's about the people who walked the journey with you.

27:29 - First, I want to thank God for the opportunity to coach this game

27:33 - that has given me so much.

27:36 - Football teaches lessons that goes far beyond the football field.

27:41 - It's discipline, their sacrifice.

27:43 - There's brotherhood and there's perseverance.

27:47 - I've been blessed to experience

27:49 - those lessons every single day.

27:52 - I want to thank my family, especially.

27:55 - Coaching is not easy for the people to love you.

27:59 - All night long sessions, missed dinners

28:03 - we can spend on busses and in locker rooms that a normal person wouldn't walk into.

28:17 - Through all of

28:17 - that, my family has been my family foundation.

28:21 - Their support made it possible for me to pour my heart

28:24 - into this profession.

28:27 - The players I've been blessed to coach, I thank you very much.

28:31 - You're the reason that this award means a great deal to me.

28:35 - The coach doesn't step on the field to make tackles

28:39 - or score touchdowns.

28:42 - The players always do.

28:44 - Watching young men grow into leaders

28:47 - as teammates and men of character

28:50 - has been the greatest reward for this job.

28:54 - Championships and trophies are special,

28:58 - but seeing

28:59 - who the players become after football,

29:02 - that's what matters most to me.

29:06 - To my assistant coaches and staff.

29:08 - The program is built by one person.

29:10 - It's built by people who believe in the same mission

29:14 - and are willing

29:16 - to work long hours for something that is greater than themselves.

29:21 - Your loyalty, your passion, your commitment

29:24 - to these players make everything possible.

29:29 - We had fun.

29:31 - I was a high school principal for 35 years.

29:35 - I was also a coach for 35 years.

29:38 - It was kind of a unique combination

29:41 - early on, and I learned lessons.

29:44 - The band director,

29:46 - three to college years and some of the people in here

29:49 - know, and I arranged for the drumline

29:53 - to march through the locker room

29:56 - before each game.

29:59 - This really, for some reason, excited our players.

30:02 - And believe it or not, it continues to this day.

30:06 - We have members of those teams sitting here today.

30:12 - We also encourage the players to audition for the for the school musical.

30:16 - I was doing some things and that way

30:19 - and they made it.

30:22 - The linemen made it.

30:24 - Picture this numerous football linemen

30:27 - dancing across the stage

30:29 - as members of the High School Musical.

30:32 - Oklahoma! So.

30:39 - All of these school relationships brought together a fanbase

30:42 - that left no empty seats in North Hills Stadium

30:47 - and a traveling fan base

30:49 - that many times outnumbered the home team.

30:52 - Proud.

30:54 - We as a group had fun.

30:57 - I had fun.

30:59 - I've been fortunate to learn

31:01 - from a great many coaches along the way.

31:05 - Coaches like Jim Render

31:07 - and George Novak

31:10 - and Bob Palka

31:12 - and many others.

31:13 - Each of them have shared wisdom that they've learned

31:17 - and passed on to coaches like myself.

31:21 - The game has always been about more than football.

31:24 - It's about building a culture where young men learn accountability,

31:28 - humility, and how to serve one another.

31:31 - If our players lead the

31:32 - program as better young men.

31:36 - Leaders and members

31:37 - of the community, then we've truly succeeded.

31:40 - As a coach.

31:42 - So I'm grateful for this recognition.

31:45 - I accept it on behalf of every player who ever trusted our program,

31:51 - and every coach who stood the sideline with me

31:55 - and every family member who sacrificed so much along the way.

32:00 - I thank you for this honor.

32:02 - I'll continue to do my best to serve the game

32:05 - and the young men who played it.

32:08 - Thank you.

32:18 - Here is the trophy you received it Trophy for?

32:21 - For you.

32:23 - And this trophy.

32:24 - I have a dozen over here to my right.

32:27 - And this will go in the governor's office with the state.

32:30 - All the winners are on here. And so,

32:34 - cannot thank you enough

32:36 - that forever and any of your coaches we introduce you to,

32:41 - I don't know, I think you're.

32:41 - What do we have to honor? You?

32:44 - Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

32:45 - Right here.

32:46 - There you go.

32:49 - Stand up.

32:50 - She runs down.

32:51 - Okay.

32:51 - Yeah.

32:56 - God bless you.

32:57 - Thank you all very much.

33:02 - I know, that's right.

33:05 - Thank you very much, Becky.

33:06 - Congratulations again, coach.

33:07 - And all the legendary coaches that are not just on here.

33:09 - We have a couple of them at the table over there.

33:11 - So thank you all for being here.

33:12 - And I think it's fitting that this next award comes after the coaches

33:16 - because coaches understand where football games are won and lost.

33:21 - Do we have wide receivers, quarterbacks and running backs here?

33:25 - Any wide receivers quarterbacks running backs.

33:28 - Well, you can just relax for a minute because the games are one

33:31 - in the line right.

33:32 - Offensive and defensive linemen.

33:34 - We're excited to present our 10th annual Lineman Award.

33:38 - Please turn your attention

33:39 - to the screen for a highlight video of these outstanding student athletes.

33:49 - 2025 Mr.

33:51 - Football Lineman Award winner class four A through six A Kevin Brown

33:56 - senior, Harrisburg High School offensive tackle, defensive end

34:02 - Kevin had 14 tackles, two sacks,

34:05 - three hurries and eight tackles for loss.

34:08 - He was coached by Calvin Everett.

34:10 - Kevin will be attending West Virginia University,

34:13 - 25 FWA First team All-State offensive lineman, 23 FWA

34:18 - First Team All-State offensive lineman, 25

34:21 - first team All-State Offensive tackle, 23

34:25 - first team All-State end 25 first team Mid Penn Commonwealth Division

34:31 - offensive line 25 first team

34:34 - Mid Penn Commonwealth Division defensive line.

34:37 - Helped lead Harrisburg High for district three,

34:40 - class six AA championships and one state final.

34:43 - Had over 100 pancake blocks as a sophomore.

34:46 - Rated as the consensus four star prospect in the 26 class.

34:50 - Ranked and number three recruit in PA by Rivals.com.

34:54 - Tabbed as a number two interior offensive lineman in the nation.

34:58 - Ranked by Rivals.com.

35:00 - Ranked the number 72 recruit nationally by Rivals.com in the 26 class.

35:06 - 2025 Mr.

35:08 - Piaa Football Lineman Award winner, class 23

35:11 - Logan Anthony, senior, Palmerton High School offensive guard, defensive

35:15 - tackle Logan had 31 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries.

35:21 - He was coached by Chris Walker.

35:24 - Logan will be attending Rutgers University,

35:27 - a two time first team All-State offensive lineman

35:31 - and two time first team of all state offensive guard.

35:34 - 25 Mr.

35:35 - Piaa football finalist, 25 Wnep super 16

35:39 - Dream Team, 25 mini Max Award recipient,

35:43 - 25 Palmerton Offensive and Defensive MVP.

35:47 - Palmerton football Scholar-Athlete 170

35:50 - career pancake blocks, 3.8 GPA.

35:54 - Ready to consensus three star prospect in the 26 class rank.

35:58 - The 14 prospect in PA by Rivals.com

36:03 - 2025. Mr.

36:05 - Piaa Football Lineman Award winner class 123A Tavian branch

36:10 - senior, Riverside High School D tackle,

36:13 - offensive tackle, offensive guard.

36:17 - Davion had 61 tackles,

36:19 - 11.5 sacks and 27 tackles for loss.

36:23 - He was coached by Harry Armstrong.

36:26 - Tavian will be attending Auburn University,

36:30 - a two time first team all state D lineman

36:33 - and two time first team All-State defensive tackle, team captain,

36:38 - four year starter, graded consensus three star prospect and a 26 class rank.

36:44 - The number 15 prospect in PA by 247.

36:47 - Sports.

37:06 - Please welcome coach Johnny Hicks, head coach Thaddeus Stevens College,

37:10 - former University of Maryland offensive lineman presenting the Mr.

37:13 - PA Football Lineman's Awards.

37:22 - Hi, guys.

37:23 - Thank you for having us.

37:24 - Way we appreciate it, Ron.

37:26 - Thank you very much.

37:27 - We love when Thaddeus Stevens is a part of his presentation.

37:30 - Now we'll have a lineman come up.

37:32 - First, actually, for the smaller schools.

37:36 - This is the first time we had two linemen.

37:39 - Presented with this award, which was awesome.

37:42 - We was telling me how it boiled down.

37:44 - They actually got the same amount of votes,

37:46 - which actually is crazy when you think about how many people actually voted.

37:49 - So, first,

37:52 - Logan Anthony from Palmerton High School.

38:02 - Logan's unable to join us.

38:03 - So his coach and I call him Coach Chris because I slaughter his last name.

38:07 - So he's going to be accepting the award for Logan.

38:15 - Unfortunately, Logan had prior commitments and couldn't make it.

38:18 - But I know if Logan was here.

38:20 - Logan is a very humble young man.

38:22 - Very, character and integrity.

38:25 - And I know the first thing he would be thanking is his teammates.

38:29 - Because he knows he is not about himself and all his accolades that he has earned.

38:34 - He didn't get by himself there.

38:36 - I also know

38:37 - they thank the rest of my staff, coach Scott Cone and friend last year,

38:41 - the line guys who worked in with him day in and day out and more importantly,

38:45 - the Palmerton community and finally his parents, Mike and Tina Anthony.

38:49 - They're in the back of the room there.

38:51 - Mike and Tina are great.

38:53 - They got Logan all over the place there.

38:56 - Last spring, I know I had them on.

38:59 - What was it, 21 days, 18 school trip there.

39:02 - And seeing all different places.

39:04 - And Logan finally ended up at Rutgers.

39:06 - So I'm very proud of Logan.

39:08 - Choosing Rutgers.

39:10 - And I know, some were expecting some bigger and exciting things for him.

39:14 - And finally, to wrap up, I know Logan would be really humbled

39:19 - to be here in this room full of talent, of other players

39:22 - that are here currently and to be on the list of past winners.

39:26 - Thank you very much.

39:31 - Next up, Mister Tavian branch.

39:34 - From Riverside High School.

39:36 - He is with us tonight.

39:44 - So? So.

39:53 - First,

39:53 - I just want to thank the men above, and you guys for giving me this award.

39:58 - One thing.

39:59 - My mom, through all the shows we had, just being there for me and,

40:03 - Riverside community, and Coach Armstrong and my teammates and everything.

40:08 - Thank you.

40:16 - Helps.

40:16 - Having long arms.

40:17 - Last but not least, from the big school.

40:21 - Mister Kevin Brown.

40:23 - Harrisburg high school.

40:39 - See you around.

40:40 - Yeah.

40:41 - Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah.

40:43 - I want to start off by thanking, my teammates and coaches.

40:47 - From getting me better every single day.

40:51 - And then I would also like to thank my family for supporting me

40:55 - throughout this journey.

40:56 - It wasn't easy, but I got through it.

40:59 - Thank you guys.

41:07 - Thanks again.

41:07 - Hope Johnny Hicks appreciate. Congratulations to those winners.

41:10 - Am I the only one that is we're looking at the video

41:12 - and they're talking about pancake blocks.

41:14 - And I'm seeing the size of these guys.

41:15 - I'm wondering they probably eat a lot of pancakes too right.

41:21 - It can't all be a list material here.

41:23 - Okay.

41:24 - We love you.

41:33 - In 2018.

41:35 - Our advisory board did lose a good friend, Michael Payton.

41:37 - And Michael was a leader and dedicated member who always made sure

41:40 - that nominees displayed academic, athletic, and moral leadership.

41:45 - In 2015, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

41:49 - This honor reflects not only his outstanding athletic great

41:51 - athletic record, but also his academic achievements

41:54 - and his community involvement following his football career.

41:57 - So an award was established in his honor.

42:00 - Please acknowledge Michael's father, David

42:02 - Peyton, and his brother, David Peyton Junior.

42:05 - You stand.

42:11 - The 1992 recipient of the

42:13 - Walter Payton Award as the best player in Division One,

42:17 - Michael Payton led Marshall to its first ever

42:20 - national championship in 1992.

42:23 - A consensus first team All-American as a senior, Payton led the herd to a 12

42:28 - and three record and was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year

42:31 - and Male Athlete of the year in 1991.

42:35 - He was the Walter Payton Award runner up, after leading the nation

42:39 - in passing efficiency and taking Marshall to the National championship game.

42:44 - For more than 20 years, the team captain held the Division one record

42:48 - for most passing yards and a half, and he currently ranks in the top four

42:52 - in almost every statistical passing category in Marshall history.

42:57 - Inducted into the Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999,

43:01 - Payton played for coaches George Chubb and Hall of Famer Jim Donnan.

43:06 - Michael Peyton, quarterback Marshall University.

43:17 - And so our

43:17 - quarterback award, it's a really cool trophy if you can see it.

43:20 - And we have a big round of applause for Charlie Faulk.

43:24 - Saint Joe Prep quarterback.

43:38 - Thank you.

43:40 - I would just like to, thank my parents,

43:42 - my coaches and my teammates, for helping me win this award.

43:46 - So thank you guys.

43:53 - Okay, so

43:54 - now I'm going to call on a number of, finalists to come up and take a seat.

43:57 - So that, you'll be in position for then there'll be a video,

44:01 - and then we're going to announce a winner.

44:02 - So we're going to have the finalists come up and take a seat.

44:05 - When you hear your name called, the 2025 finalist.

44:08 - Small school class one 8 to 3 a Logan Anthony Palmerton.

44:14 - He's going to, he is, going to attend Rutgers University.

44:18 - He is not able to be with us today.

44:20 - Aiden Bliss from Port Allegheny,

44:23 - running back.

44:32 - You've aged Aiden.

44:34 - Dante Carr, miners ville.

44:42 - Luca.

44:42 - Neil.

44:43 - Avonworth.

44:49 - Matt C for cherry.

44:56 - And Marcus Yeager, Trinity.

45:03 - Finalist from big school class for 8 to 6.

45:07 - Elias.

45:08 - Coach.

45:08 - Harrisburg.

45:14 - Charlie.

45:15 - Fulk, Saint Joe prep.

45:21 - Joey O'Brien, LaSalle College.

45:27 - Dante.

45:28 - Sheffield.

45:28 - State College.

45:33 - Mount spell McKeesport.

45:40 - And Sean Stecker, southern.

45:42 - Lehigh.

45:47 - So now on to the heart of our program.

45:49 - The votes were from sports fans, high school

45:51 - coaches, sportswriters, sportscasters from across the Commonwealth, the fans,

45:55 - media and coaches each represented one third of the vote.

45:59 - This year we had 600 nominees, the players

46:02 - within pared down to the fabulous 50 for each classification.

46:06 - Then tremendous 25 and terrific ten.

46:10 - And now we have our finalists.

46:12 - Or shall I call them the nine finalists?

46:14 - Since we're alliterative and we're over 136,000 votes this year,

46:20 - with more than 1 million social media views.

46:24 - The voters were instructed to consider the following criteria athleticism,

46:29 - performance, character, integrity,

46:33 - academics, sportsmanship, and teamwork.

46:37 - 16 other states with rich high school football traditions

46:40 - present similar awards every year.

46:43 - There will be two awards presented.

46:45 - One for the small school Mr.

46:47 - Pennsylvania Football,

46:48 - which consists of class one, A to three AA players and one for the big school, Mr.

46:52 - Pennsylvania Football, which consists of classes for A to six it.

46:57 - We certainly appreciate the support of our great sponsors.

47:00 - Once again, Dauphin County Commissioners Justin Douglas, Mike priest, George P

47:04 - Hartwick, the Third Schnellenberger Januzzi and Wolfe LLP, Carmen Finestra,

47:10 - Taurus Wealth Management, Gabriella Italian restaurant, National Character

47:15 - Education Foundation, Ritter Insurance marketing, Simon Financial,

47:21 - Asante Bank, Ken Miller, UPMC and huddle.

47:29 - Pat Narduzzi has been

47:30 - playing and coaching championship football for over 40 years.

47:34 - He was a standout All-Ohio defensive lineman

47:37 - and linebacker for Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio.

47:40 - He then went on to play as a linebacker under his own father

47:43 - as head coach at Youngstown State,

47:45 - and then finished his playing career at the University of Rhode Island.

47:49 - Pat went on to begin his coaching career at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio,

47:53 - where he worked as a graduate assistant and was a tutor for wide receivers.

47:56 - After that, he spent a long tenure at University of Rhode Island,

47:59 - where he coached linebackers for five years and was a defensive

48:03 - coordinator for two seasons with the Rams.

48:06 - In 2000, he moved to Northern Illinois

48:08 - University to serve as linebacker coach for three years.

48:11 - Then he returned to Miami of Ohio University in 2003 as defensive

48:15 - coordinator, before jumping to University of Cincinnati in the same role.

48:19 - That success would eventually lead him to the Big Ten and to Michigan State.

48:24 - Pat turned the defensive program around for the Spartans,

48:27 - helping to earn the team four seasons of 11 or more wins, two Big

48:31 - Ten championships, and six wins over rival Michigan in seven outings.

48:36 - His last game coaching the Spartans brought in a dramatic win for the team

48:39 - at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic that year.

48:42 - For the past ten years, Pat has been a fixture as head

48:45 - coach of the Pitt Panthers football program, working them

48:48 - from the ground up again steadily turning an entire team around.

48:52 - During that time, Pitt climbed up the ladder as a former ACC

48:55 - team, clinching an ACC championship in 2021.

48:59 - Pat has racked up the wins during his time at Pitt, becoming

49:02 - the second winningest coach in all of Pitt's football history,

49:06 - which currently stands at a whopping 72 wins.

49:10 - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the day

49:12 - as the University of Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi.

49:36 - Nice video way to put that together.

49:38 - I gotta go real quick.

49:41 - I know real quick. Again. I'll break.

49:44 - I'll be brief.

49:44 - Is I possibly can, but,

49:46 - we got some great players in here that I want to make sure that it's.

49:48 - They come work for you.

49:50 - But first of all, I want to congratulate all the the final session today.

49:52 - Every player that here today, whether you win it or you don't get it.

49:56 - You know, you are a leader, and,

49:59 - you know, I think everything is here, and, it doesn't stop here.

50:02 - Does that make sense?

50:03 - Like, this is just the beginning of your careers.

50:05 - You guys are all going to go play college football.

50:07 - You know, everybody in this room, and, it's not easy.

50:10 - And to think that you're here today.

50:13 - To to get into war, to to

50:15 - look at your successes throughout your four years of high school.

50:18 - It's just the beginning.

50:20 - And I can't emphasize enough on you start all over again that guys understand

50:23 - that when you start all over again, whether it's in Rutgers, West Virginia

50:27 - or Pat John,

50:28 - the thing starts over that you're not going to be here to give it to you,

50:31 - because what you did here tonight or the last four years of high school.

50:35 - So congratulations. You, Jack. Congratulations.

50:38 - You've got that word legendary next to your name.

50:41 - And I see you married young. Okay.

50:44 - So all the sacrifices. True.

50:46 - Your wife has made through the years. Because I get it.

50:48 - You know, like, I was a coach for a long time, so it's.

50:52 - God bless. God bless you. Congratulations.

50:54 - You know, you're thinking God great hands.

50:57 - You know, George over there, coach Novak,

50:58 - one of my favorites in the Pittsburgh area.

51:01 - Thanks for all you do as well.

51:02 - Next, I want to thank you all for having me here.

51:06 - You know, I have one word to describe wave.

51:09 - It's called persistence. Okay.

51:11 - Because this guy works his ass off to get me to be here today.

51:14 - Do that.

51:15 - It wasn't easy, wasn't it?

51:16 - I made this guy work.

51:18 - We all got different schedules, and I know what happened to me in the last

51:21 - 24 hours. I kind of canceled on it.

51:24 - But, you know, when I say I'm gonna do something, I'm going to do it.

51:26 - So I appreciate you being persistent.

51:28 - You know, God's word is my third time here.

51:30 - The last time I was here was during right when Covid broke.

51:34 - I was here, you know, got back to Pittsburgh,

51:37 - and three days later, you know, Covid, you know, hit us all in the face.

51:40 - So I never forget the last time I was here.

51:43 - And I think, you know, coach, go back to work up to that and get that year as well.

51:47 - So I want to make sure I say that.

51:49 - Okay. We're all here for one reason.

51:52 - We all love football. Correct? Okay.

51:54 - We all love football.

51:55 - Okay. Yeah.

51:58 - It's a great sport, guys.

52:00 - You guys have the opportunity to coach to play the greatest sport in the world.

52:04 - Okay.

52:05 - And it changes.

52:06 - I mean, yeah, everybody I've talked to upstairs here

52:08 - for an hour prior to this thing.

52:09 - You know, we him you know the game of football was changing.

52:12 - But we can't let it change. That makes sense.

52:14 - And again it's going to be part of the

52:16 - your responsibility to make sure it doesn't change you know for the worse.

52:19 - But we love football and I've been blessed.

52:21 - You know, you saw my dad up there on the outstanding video

52:25 - that had a chance to play with him. My freshman year.

52:27 - He got fired.

52:28 - But my dad had an incredible career, but I

52:31 - didn't since I was this big, I moved around.

52:34 - He went through my career as a coach.

52:36 - Now, I was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

52:37 - My dad was defense coordinator, came, back with Calvin Cavanaugh.

52:42 - Pretty darn good football player. Okay.

52:44 - First round, go back to Yale. At Yale. Okay.

52:47 - That was back when I was like, ACC football.

52:49 - Okay, that was SEC football back in the day.

52:51 - Everybody knows everybody. No Granville

52:53 - basketball player, but his dad was Cal and he was a better player.

52:56 - First rounder, played 12 years, I think in the National Football League.

52:59 - That's when I started loving football.

53:02 - Okay.

53:02 - Then we moved out to the University of Miami and, in Florida.

53:07 - Yeah.

53:07 - Was around another great offensive player, another great one, Chuck Foreman.

53:11 - Never.

53:11 - I never checked for a place like you for all kind of another first round.

53:15 - So I'm a little kid growing up.

53:16 - I'm looking around at, look at this.

53:18 - You know, I get my two year old with my dad.

53:19 - Everywhere we travel was my dad's. Okay?

53:22 - We all have heroes up here, right, guys?

53:24 - You know, don't ever stop, you know, forgetting where you came from,

53:27 - who your hero was and who you play for and why you do what you do.

53:31 - We moved from Miami, Kentucky, had some great years at the University of Kentucky.

53:35 - You know,

53:35 - another great defensive player arc still got a first rounder watching him.

53:39 - We still, you know, wrestle with the box with him in the weight room.

53:42 - Now I'm starting to get a little old.

53:43 - We left 13 house.

53:44 - And you talk about love and football in 13 houses

53:47 - from the stadium and the practices.

53:48 - He would throw my bookbag up on the front porch.

53:51 - Would he go inside, see mom?

53:53 - Okay, throw the book bag, read down the street 13 hours

53:56 - the across the street, safe side of the street corner.

54:00 - Little hole defense.

54:01 - We made ourselves.

54:02 - Okay, you know, chop, chop.

54:04 - Take in the trees, bushes in the fence right there.

54:07 - You know, you know, gigantic facility, you know, to watch that coach every day.

54:11 - Okay.

54:12 - Was there again some tremendous players

54:14 - get up there and go be the head coach at Youngstown State University.

54:17 - Was there for 11 seasons as well.

54:19 - Again, just grew up with it.

54:21 - And so all the great players here, you guys probably remember jaws one Gorski

54:26 - but I was there touchdown quarterback for for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

54:30 - And of course we have some people you'll get two great offensive players.

54:34 - And then, had an opportunity to be around a kicker being called Big Fat.

54:38 - We talked about we you know, things have changed.

54:41 - He was a rookie you know with the Philadelphia Eagles

54:44 - barefooted tender okay.

54:45 - But I didn't go to the transfer portal to get him okay.

54:48 - They went to this.

54:49 - You like to downtown states.

54:50 - You went to Youngstown State soccer team to get Paul McFadden okay.

54:54 - Find a way back to the that's how that's they have a route to the football.

54:57 - You know that was turn into a Paul.

54:59 - But to Paul McFadden from the outside he's getting drafted by the the Eagles.

55:03 - And they came here for the Eagles.

55:04 - And like I said rookie of the year.

55:07 - In the National Football League.

55:08 - So I've seen how his game was growing as a little kid.

55:11 - And then go to my old coaching career in college football.

55:14 - And again,

55:15 - we see the ups and downs and I think as a college coach

55:17 - or high school coach, we're all dealing with the same things.

55:19 - Coach go back.

55:20 - You got out one time, Jackson out at the right time.

55:23 - But, you know, the game was changing and we got to make sure it doesn't.

55:26 - And I think,

55:27 - you know, as players and coaches, it's our responsibility to keep it together okay.

55:31 - I think that's important.

55:32 - So, can you talk about special teams?

55:35 - Okay.

55:35 - Paul McFadden you know, break ticket. Okay.

55:37 - Well how important special teams are.

55:39 - So wherever you guys go, you know, on special teams, if you're a wide receiver

55:44 - or offensive lineman, do your best to be an elite player on special teams.

55:48 - Don't think you're just going to get there off of offense or defense.

55:51 - Okay, so special needs a kid is important okay.

55:53 - Then we focus on offense okay?

55:55 - Offense support.

55:57 - Somebody got me there okay.

55:58 - We all love offense right.

55:59 - Score points but offense support.

56:01 - And you guys don't believe on offense okay.

56:04 - And then we can defense okay okay.

56:07 - Which defense happens.

56:08 - Like that's where I grew out of one year is wide receiver coach

56:11 - the rest of my career. How many years have been 30. Some.

56:14 - I get good coaching on defense and that's how I got where I am

56:17 - today is with defense and what we put on the field.

56:20 - Okay.

56:20 - The one last thing that's changed in this world is,

56:23 - you know, special teams, offense, defense.

56:25 - There's also a thing called we fancy pants.

56:27 - Okay, you guys got me. Everybody say we fix.

56:30 - Okay, so we fix.

56:32 - What the heck is we fix? Okay.

56:34 - So I'm pretty good, right? Defense okay.

56:36 - So I, I came up with this a year ago

56:38 - and coaches you know take no because I think it's unbelievable okay.

56:42 - We have to stop coaching. Everything's okay.

56:45 - Yeah I'm

56:46 - I got it's a completely it's not an offensive defense I'm not a defense guy.

56:49 - It's about we facts.

56:50 - And John's heard this before okay.

56:52 - The number one key to defense I'm going to hit are we face okay.

56:55 - The number one thing is

56:56 - we never let our family that we never let our family back okay.

56:59 - So you guys we're all going to be responsible to a team okay?

57:03 - John, being more responsible to a team, you don't let your teammates down.

57:07 - That means you work your tail off

57:08 - and you do everything you can do to help your football team win.

57:12 - You do everything you do okay with that game.

57:14 - Want to back in Jersey to represent your family the right way on

57:17 - and off the field?

57:18 - Okay, academically or socially in the classroom?

57:21 - Does that make sense?

57:21 - But whatever you're doing the class okay.

57:23 - We don't you know, we don't have a family.

57:25 - So I don't care

57:26 - that you guys have college roommates and making sure that they get up

57:29 - when you get up and get to that building on time.

57:30 - So that's the number one rule we fix.

57:32 - Number two is we always trust and care for each other okay.

57:36 - In the game of football it's about trust okay.

57:38 - If I understand that folks you got to trust that offense like you, okay.

57:43 - You got to trust in offense.

57:44 - I got to believe that left tackle got your back. Okay?

57:46 - We have to trust from our teammates.

57:49 - We got to trust the people around us. Okay?

57:52 - And we got to know if we got to do it for each other.

57:54 - That makes sense.

57:55 - Okay.

57:55 - Number three, we always got to stay positive and believe okay.

57:59 - Stay positive and believe there's going to be ups and downs.

58:02 - Actual career ain't gonna be easy.

58:03 - It ain't going to be smooth. Okay.

58:05 - But we have to stay positive okay.

58:08 - Does that make sense? You better believe what you're doing.

58:10 - Okay.

58:11 - I took the heads up.

58:12 - Did 11 seasons gone okay?

58:14 - I took a heads up, hit me. Let go.

58:16 - Because I want to go to the place.

58:18 - Okay, I turned out for him, coach.

58:19 - I was like, set the job, okay?

58:21 - There's a lot of cooks. I could have never talked about.

58:23 - Head coaching job. Okay.

58:25 - I took a four head coaching job.

58:26 - So last was three days before I took the pitch up.

58:29 - Is because I believed that we could win a championship here.

58:32 - I didn't want to go anywhere, coach.

58:33 - And I won't mention the names, okay?

58:35 - Because some of you guys go there.

58:37 - Okay?

58:37 - But I didn't want to go to the high school.

58:39 - I didn't believe I could want to be a championship.

58:41 - I want to win.

58:42 - I didn't come, I didn't come, just, you know,

58:44 - just to be the head coach, make some money, okay?

58:47 - My, that was a head coach, athletic director, Youngstown State.

58:50 - He made $43,000. Okay? Six kids.

58:54 - Okay. You're hardly okay.

58:55 - I didn't get into coaching to make money.

58:57 - A coach to make money, I made money.

58:59 - I didn't get into coaching, make money. I saw how it was done.

59:01 - Okay?

59:01 - I got a way to develop young men in trying to win football games.

59:05 - That's what it was.

59:05 - It was not to make money in some golf clubs here,

59:09 - you know, consider, you know, really what it was.

59:11 - So again,

59:12 - you believe I believe what you're doing and have belief in your coaches, okay?

59:17 - You gotta have belief in each other, okay?

59:19 - Number number four there. Okay?

59:21 - This happens all the time. I see guys with are pawns up okay.

59:24 - We don't point fingers.

59:25 - Coaches our players okay.

59:27 - Things are going to go wrong.

59:28 - You know go play somebody else.

59:30 - You know you get sacked.

59:32 - You didn't throw the ball fast enough.

59:33 - Whatever it was you missed the tackle.

59:35 - Yeah but he should have been there. Help me. Hey.

59:37 - You put your thumb quarters not finger okay.

59:40 - And again I think it did.

59:41 - College football, high school football peewee football okay.

59:46 - And you know we got to play better defense as people okay.

59:49 - So we don't point fingers that make sense guys I mean don't get into that.

59:52 - What can you do better to make the situation better wherever you are okay.

59:56 - The next week the last one we're talking about encouragement okay.

59:59 - 098 We encourage our teammates okay.

01:00 - 04.500 Encourage our guys to kick off practice.

01:00 - 06.369 Guys coach each other up, okay.

01:00 - 10.506 We teach our guys how to coach each other up and encourage them to be better.

01:00 - 12.809 If you're not going to have a great day.

01:00 - 16.613 And I just that fun coach, a coach and a coach.

01:00 - 18.181 Football is fun.

01:00 - 19.849 Okay, coach football, son.

01:00 - 21.484 We have fun with it, okay?

01:00 - 23.453 The game can never stop being fun.

01:00 - 24.754 If the game stops being fun.

01:00 - 26.522 Guys, it's time to get the hell out.

01:00 - 26.789 Okay?

01:00 - 29.225 As a player or as a coach, you better have fun.

01:00 - 30.393 Okay? But how is it?

01:00 - 31.027 How is it fun?

01:00 - 34.263 You encourage each other, you pick guys up when they're not okay.

01:00 - 35.832 And again, that's what we do.

01:00 - 41.337 So those are like my five reflexes that I'll give you today I got five ball okay.

01:00 - 43.873 But I'm going to get I'm going to get pulled off the block

01:00 - 46.476 free is the last thing I want to hit you with.

01:00 - 48.244 And I think this is what life is about.

01:00 - 51.414 And this is not something I made up today or made up yesterday,

01:00 - 53.916 but these are four program goals, okay, okay.

01:00 - 57.153 I think you can take this wherever you go with any business you go okay.

01:00 - 00.256 First one is relationships with other players.

01:01 - 02.525 Okay. Get a famous set up job challenge.

01:01 - 05.662 If you date up there, you know it's about relationships.

01:01 - 06.362 Guys.

01:01 - 08.364 The game of life is about relationships.

01:01 - 10.400 We build relationships.

01:01 - 13.636 Okay, one of the old quotes that I love Lee Tressel.

01:01 - 15.838 Oh, God. What's head coach.

01:01 - 19.175 Is that what we said was, Jim Tressel head coach in Ohio State,

01:01 - 20.877 that we got some Ohio State Buckeyes in,

01:01 - 25.782 wait, but, and his quote was

01:01 - 28.184 nobody cares. Okay?

01:01 - 31.020 We don't care what you know till we know how much you care.

01:01 - 31.688 Okay?

01:01 - 35.825 Nobody cares how good a coach I am till they know how much I care about them.

01:01 - 38.361 So relationship. So how was the Michigan State?

01:01 - 39.996 Okay, again, I was in charge.

01:01 - 42.965 I was head coach in the defense, defense, coach meetings

01:01 - 46.169 and the love we had on our defense

01:01 - 50.006 was why we really were top ten, top five, top number one team in the country.

01:01 - 53.976 Defensively, it was because there was love in relationship on our defense.

01:01 - 56.612 And I said, when I become a head coach, I want to have an offense

01:01 - 58.648 and won't have a defense on our special teams.

01:01 - 00.249 I'm going to have some weak. That's okay.

01:02 - 04.687 Where we all have that love Relationships and love on the football team.

01:02 - 06.055 You can do anything you want to do.

01:02 - 08.291 Okay, so that's enough of a program goal.

01:02 - 10.193 You know, we're not going to.

01:02 - 12.361 You know, we're not going to cut you out of practice.

01:02 - 13.930 I mean, it ain't going to be like that.

01:02 - 17.533 How do you how does a kid trust you when you get just screamed at?

01:02 - 18.968 Degrading the practice.

01:02 - 19.268 Look at.

01:02 - 21.838 I seen that high school student called practices before.

01:02 - 24.140 Okay. You know, so, like, that doesn't happen.

01:02 - 26.209 You don't build relationships, I don't care.

01:02 - 29.245 You know, the fitness rating doesn't change because you're number one.

01:02 - 31.280 Number two is to graduate all players.

01:02 - 31.981 Okay.

01:02 - 34.117 You don't want to stress with graduation.

01:02 - 34.684 Hey, everybody.

01:02 - 37.587 This group better graduate from college, okay? It's a wash.

01:02 - 40.757 I sat with a kid last week in my office

01:02 - 44.827 and said, hey, give me three things you need to talk, okay?

01:02 - 46.129 Bam bam bam.

01:02 - 48.998 Never once mentioned getting a degree. I said, hey, can I get the degree?

01:02 - 51.267 It was like it didn't even matter.

01:02 - 52.735 Like it's not even any sports.

01:02 - 54.771 Okay, guys, not a.

01:02 - 55.538 Let me just tell you.

01:02 - 57.406 And I know

01:02 - 59.275 Rev share all that stuff guys.

01:02 - 00.309 It it can be the forever.

01:03 - 02.345 So you better get a degree.

01:03 - 05.548 You guys better get off the gear phones back there to knock you guys out.

01:03 - 07.917 Who's my my safety back there? My.

01:03 - 10.319 I'm looking like someone that back.

01:03 - 11.754 Hey, hey.

01:03 - 14.023 And I'm gonna call you out to John.

01:03 - 16.025 Well, I call you out in the team meeting.

01:03 - 16.893 Yes, sir.

01:03 - 19.896 Hey, you know, just the way it is, but, you know,

01:03 - 21.731 those relationships are critical to

01:03 - 24.734 where the hell is going because the safety back there forgot his name.

01:03 - 27.036 I should forget a name. I know it's a good way to do it.

01:03 - 27.303 Okay.

01:03 - 30.039 Did you figure out the graduation?

01:03 - 32.875 That is critical. So this young man didn't want to graduate?

01:03 - 33.776 Doesn't really care.

01:03 - 35.745 He just wants to make money, play console.

01:03 - 38.581 Guess what? It won't work that way. Okay?

01:03 - 41.117 It doesn't work that way. About 2.5% of you.

01:03 - 41.651 Okay.

01:03 - 45.254 So maybe one guy was who might over the other might, because it's not.

01:03 - 48.191 You know, I think you can. You got about a 2% chance.

01:03 - 50.626 One of that's probably you better get a degree.

01:03 - 52.628 And let me tell you about the transfer portal.

01:03 - 55.231 But they don't talk about it. But I call it the magic for everything.

01:03 - 58.134 You're going to automatically go to this portal and it's going to be magic.

01:03 - 59.268 Also, you're going to

01:03 - 02.905 you know, you're going to be like some of those elite quarterbacks in there.

01:04 - 06.108 You don't hear about all the the guys who go to the portal

01:04 - 08.044 that never come out of you guys. Okay.

01:04 - 09.712 You better get your degrees wherever you go.

01:04 - 12.715 And I can guarantee you this. If you transfer one time.

01:04 - 15.685 Okay, there's a great chance you're not going to graduate.

01:04 - 16.586 You transfer twice.

01:04 - 19.555 I can guarantee you have a 0% chance, right?

01:04 - 22.725 That's why when you make your decision, stick with it.

01:04 - 24.260 Trust your decision.

01:04 - 27.029 Trust the people that helped you make that decision and make it work.

01:04 - 28.531 Sit there and make the thing work.

01:04 - 30.867 That's what we did in your guys. Okay?

01:04 - 32.068 We made it work.

01:04 - 35.037 We just don't jump in this magical thinking it's going to take us where,

01:04 - 38.274 you know, maybe this other guy had success, but it just happen.

01:04 - 38.941 Guys.

01:04 - 43.045 Okay, so graduation number two, and we got to number three.

01:04 - 45.481 I kind of talked about a little bit about winning.

01:04 - 47.283 I came to pick the win okay.

01:04 - 49.919 Going on season number 12 this year okay.

01:04 - 51.354 I knew we could get to the championship.

01:04 - 53.289 First time we got our butts kicked by Clinton.

01:04 - 56.626 Second time we beat comes in at home in Aperture Stadium

01:04 - 58.794 and then beat way for us to the SEC championship.

01:04 - 02.498 And we should have the backlash here every year our football team believes

01:05 - 04.200 will be that championship game. Okay.

01:05 - 05.701 And we're one game away this year.

01:05 - 06.702 Being in that game,

01:05 - 09.705 you know, we're tied for second place with six and two in the MVC.

01:05 - 11.073 I want to win game.

01:05 - 14.944 I didn't come just to develop guys to tell guys to get off the damn phone, okay.

01:05 - 16.345 Make sure they got the degree

01:05 - 18.781 and make sure that, you know, that we had great relations.

01:05 - 21.951 Then the last one is where I teach our guys how to be givers, not takers.

01:05 - 23.052 Okay.

01:05 - 25.588 And I think we got a lot of gimme, gimme, gimme

01:05 - 27.556 what's good for me, what's good for me.

01:05 - 29.692 But we don't have enough people giving back.

01:05 - 33.095 Now we say this world would be a better place if we teach our young.

01:05 - 35.097 Which is you guys, how to give back.

01:05 - 38.467 So we do a ton of community service and we teach our guys how to do that.

01:05 - 41.037 Okay. It's it's something you can learn.

01:05 - 43.105 It's not something you were born with your mom gave you.

01:05 - 44.674 And also you're going to be a giver.

01:05 - 47.209 But we have to teach our young this world will be a better place.

01:05 - 48.411 We teach our people how to get it.

01:05 - 51.380 So, hope you got something for my talk today.

01:05 - 55.384 We're going for it to be long, but, appreciate you get anything

01:05 - 57.320 we can ever do for. University of Pittsburgh.

01:05 - 58.487 We're here to help you.

01:05 - 01.057 And I wish everybody luck wherever they go.

01:06 - 02.992 And, hope to see you in the NFL.

01:06 - 04.760 So help it. And,

01:06 - 13.169 Back to go.

01:06 - 15.237 Mr. Parr football.

01:06 - 18.240 Big school, class four A through six, a finalist.

01:06 - 23.012 Elyse Coke, senior, Harrisburg High School wide receiver, safety

01:06 - 27.616 Elias has 79 catches for 1101 yards

01:06 - 32.788 with an average of 13.94 yards per catch with 14 touchdowns.

01:06 - 37.059 On defense, he had 12 tackles and one tackle for loss.

01:06 - 40.262 He was coached by Calvin Everett.

01:06 - 43.265 Elias will be attending Rutgers University,

01:06 - 45.868 a two time first team all state

01:06 - 50.573 wide receiver, 25 first team all state wide receiver, 24

01:06 - 54.543 and second team all state wide receiver 25, Mr.

01:06 - 59.782 Football finalist 25 first team Mid Penn Commonwealth Division wide receiver.

01:07 - 02.918 Finishes the high school career leader with 198

01:07 - 08.324 receptions for 3321 yards and 42 touchdowns, led

01:07 - 13.696 the Cougars to four district three class six championship and one state final.

01:07 - 18.734 Rated a four star prospect by ESPN.com and the 26 class

01:07 - 22.671 ranked and number eight prospect in PA by ESPN.com.

01:07 - 44.326 Charlie Faulk, Saint Joe's prep quarterback

01:07 - 46.996 Charlie had 133 completions

01:07 - 50.366 on 248 attempts for 1998 yards

01:07 - 54.770 with a 54% completion rate and 30 touchdowns.

01:07 - 58.441 He was coached by Tim Rogan,

01:07 - 02.044 a two time first team all state quarterback, 24

01:08 - 07.016 class six A player of the year by the PA Football Writers, 25 Mr.

01:08 - 12.321 Football finalist, guided Saint Joe's prep to the 24 AA class six,

01:08 - 15.357 A state championship, rated a consensus three

01:08 - 18.461 star prospect and a 27 class rank.

01:08 - 22.198 The number 26 prospect in the PA by Rivals.com.

01:08 - 29.638 Joey O'Brien, SR.

01:08 - 32.875 LaSalle College High School wide receiver, quarterback.

01:08 - 37.480 Joey had 86 catches for 1249 yards

01:08 - 41.817 for a 14.52 yards per catch average with 18 touchdowns.

01:08 - 45.688 On defense, he had 50 tackles and four interceptions.

01:08 - 48.624 He was coached by Brett Gordon.

01:08 - 50.960 Joey will be going to the University of Notre Dame,

01:08 - 54.563 a two time first team

01:08 - 59.101 all state wide receiver, 25 first team all state wide receiver,

01:08 - 03.772 25 PFF and class six AA player of the year, 25 Mr.

01:09 - 06.442 Football finalist, 24 Mr.

01:09 - 08.210 Parr football finalist.

01:09 - 11.213 Named at 25 PA Gatorade Player of the year

01:09 - 14.216 25 Maxwell Football Club Jim

01:09 - 18.053 Henry Award winner 25 class six AA Philadelphia

01:09 - 22.791 Catholic League MVP, 25 MaxPreps first team All-American.

01:09 - 23.792 Athlete.

01:09 - 26.529 LED LaSalle College to the 25

01:09 - 28.998 AA class six state championship.

01:09 - 32.401 Rated a consensus four star prospect in the 26 class.

01:09 - 36.472 Rank the number one prospect in PA by 247 sports.

01:09 - 40.342 Tabbed is the number three safety in the nation by Rivals.com.

01:09 - 43.546 Ranked the number 34 recruit nationally

01:09 - 46.549 by Rivals.com in the 26 class.

01:09 - 49.385 Deonte chassis.

01:09 - 52.021 Senior state College high running back.

01:09 - 52.488 Athlete.

01:09 - 57.860 Deonte had 234 carries for 1613 yards

01:09 - 03.232 for an aggregate, 6.9 24 TDs rushing and 26 total TDs.

01:10 - 05.067 He was coached by Matt Lin.

01:10 - 09.638 Tor Deonte will be attending Penn State University 25

01:10 - 13.342 first team All-State running back, 25

01:10 - 16.745 first team All-State running back, 25 Mr.

01:10 - 19.848 Football finalist, 25 first team Mid

01:10 - 24.653 Penn Commonwealth Division running back 25 Penn lives Mid Penn

01:10 - 29.692 first team running back, graded consensus three star prospect in the 26 class.

01:10 - 32.828 Franklin number 25 prospect in PA by

01:10 - 35.831 ESPN.com.

01:10 - 40.703 Hyman spell Jr.

01:10 - 43.706 He's bought high school running back safety.

01:10 - 47.743 Key man had 135 carries for 1756 yards

01:10 - 50.813 for 13.01 average,

01:10 - 53.782 with 28 TDs and 32 total TDs.

01:10 - 56.986 On defense, he had two interceptions.

01:10 - 00.489 Coached by Matt Miller, came on as verbally committed

01:11 - 04.893 to University of Georgia PFW, a two time first team All-State

01:11 - 09.665 running back, 25 first team All-State running back 25. Mr.

01:11 - 12.201 Piaa football finalist 25.

01:11 - 17.539 Tribute Hssn Football Player of the year 25 KDKA super

01:11 - 21.677 seven class four A player of the year 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

01:11 - 25.614 Fabulous 2225 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

01:11 - 27.416 Terrific 25.

01:11 - 30.819 Graded consensus five star prospect in the 27 class.

01:11 - 34.823 Rank the number two prospect in PA by 247 sports.

01:11 - 38.694 Tabbed as the number one running back in the nation by Rivals.com.

01:11 - 44.566 Ranked the number six recruit nationally by Rivals.com in the 27 class.

01:12 - 06.555 Sean Stecker,

01:12 - 10.192 senior, Southern Lehigh High School running back linebacker

01:12 - 16.665 Sean had 386 carries for 3201 yards for an 8.32 average

01:12 - 20.302 with 45 touchdowns and 46 total touchdowns.

01:12 - 23.405 On defense, he had 22 tackles,

01:12 - 26.275 two tackles for loss, and one interception.

01:12 - 28.510 He was coached by Phil Sams.

01:12 - 31.513 He will be attending East Stroudsburg University,

01:12 - 35.417 a two time first team All-State running back,

01:12 - 39.188 25 class for a player of the year by the PA Football Writers.

01:12 - 42.691 25 Penn First Team All-State running back,

01:12 - 46.228 24 second team All-State running back,

01:12 - 50.032 25 for in class for a player of the year.

01:12 - 51.567 25 Mr.

01:12 - 56.271 PA football finalist guided Southern Lehigh to the 25 class

01:12 - 59.408 AA class for a state championship.

01:12 - 02.411 Two time all area first team running back.

01:13 - 05.180 25 league offensive MVP,

01:13 - 18.360 no. Mr.

01:13 - 21.363 Piaa football finalist, class 183 A

01:13 - 24.032 Logan Anthony

01:13 - 27.503 offensive guard, defensive tackle Logan had 31

01:13 - 30.806 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries.

01:13 - 34.276 He was coached by Chris Okereke.

01:13 - 37.279 You'll be attending Rutgers University,

01:13 - 40.549 a two time first team All-State offensive lineman

01:13 - 44.153 and two time first team all state offensive guard.

01:13 - 45.387 25 Mr.

01:13 - 48.390 Football Class 183 A lineman of the year.

01:13 - 51.360 25 Mr. PA football finalist.

01:13 - 54.463 25 Wnep super 16 Dream Team,

01:13 - 58.500 25 mini Max Award recipient 25.

01:13 - 01.503 Palmerton Offensive and Defensive MVP.

01:14 - 05.107 Palmerton Football scholar athlete, 170.

01:14 - 08.577 Career pancake blocks 3.8 GPA.

01:14 - 12.748 Created a consensus three star prospect in the 26 class.

01:14 - 16.885 Ranked the number 14 prospect in PA by Rivals.com

01:14 - 20.522 Aidan Bliss, senior for Allegheny

01:14 - 25.194 High School running back linebacker Aiden had 289 carries

01:14 - 28.263 for 2801 yards for 9.7 average,

01:14 - 31.733 43 TDs, 48 total TDs.

01:14 - 35.938 On defense, he had 89 tackles, one interception.

01:14 - 39.107 He was coached by Justin in Koski.

01:14 - 44.346 A two time first team All-State running

01:14 - 49.251 back in two time first team All-State running back, 25 Mr.

01:14 - 50.986 Football finalist.

01:14 - 52.154 24 Mr.

01:14 - 53.722 Piaa football finalist.

01:14 - 55.491 24 FFN class.

01:14 - 57.192 One AA player of the year.

01:14 - 01.096 25 big 30 player of the year 24.

01:15 - 04.099 Big 30 player of the year.

01:15 - 12.407 Purple.

01:15 - 55.017 Dante Carr, senior,

01:15 - 58.020 Montoursville High School quarterback and safety.

01:15 - 01.790 Dante threw for 1822 yards

01:16 - 06.194 with a 64% completion with 29 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

01:16 - 09.231 He also rushed for 1396

01:16 - 12.234 yards, 19 touchdowns,

01:16 - 14.903 3218 total yards

01:16 - 18.073 and 48 total touchdowns on defense.

01:16 - 21.343 He had 41 tackles and six pass defense.

01:16 - 25.881 Dante was coached by Justin France.

01:16 - 28.850 You'll be attending Central Florida University,

01:16 - 33.221 a two time first team all state quarterback, 25

01:16 - 37.092 first team All-State quarterback, 25 Mr.

01:16 - 42.364 Piaa football finalist, 25 Wnep super 16 Dream

01:16 - 46.568 Team Offensive Player of the year, 25 mini Max Award recipient.

01:16 - 51.506 Tallied 5891 yards through the air with 79 passing touchdowns.

01:16 - 56.345 His high school career owns the miners middle school record for a career passing

01:16 - 59.715 touchdowns, career rushing touchdowns, and passing yards.

01:17 - 03.685 Rated a consensus three star prospect in the 26 class.

01:17 - 08.290 Ranked the number 16 prospect in PA by ESPN.com.

01:17 - 22.771 Up. The.

01:17 - 38.553 Luka Neal,

01:17 - 41.523 senior, Avonworth High School safety athlete

01:17 - 45.160 Luca caught 48 balls for 1028

01:17 - 48.163 yards for 21 yard average.

01:17 - 51.233 He had 72 carries for 763 yards

01:17 - 54.369 for 1791 total yards

01:17 - 57.506 and 25 total touchdowns on defense.

01:17 - 00.142 He racked up 93 tackles.

01:18 - 03.045 He was coached by Duke John Cooper.

01:18 - 06.048 He is going to West Liberty University.

01:18 - 11.253 25 FWA First Team All-State athlete.

01:18 - 15.290 24 FWA First Team All-State defensive back,

01:18 - 19.828 25 class AA player of the year by the PA Football Writers

01:18 - 23.598 and two time first team All-State athlete

01:18 - 28.236 2510 class three AA player of the year, 25 Mr.

01:18 - 30.806 Football finalist 25.

01:18 - 33.809 Class three a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette player of the year

01:18 - 36.278 26 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

01:18 - 39.681 High school class three A player of the year

01:18 - 42.751 25 KDKA super seven.

01:18 - 44.486 Class three AA player of the year.

01:18 - 49.191 Matt CIG,

01:18 - 53.028 senior, Fort Cherry High School quarterback, athlete, safety

01:18 - 59.735 Matt carry the ball 63 times for 1774 yards for a 10.88 yard average.

01:19 - 04.673 He also rushed for 27 TDs and had 2259

01:19 - 08.677 total all purpose yards and 32 total touchdowns.

01:19 - 12.981 On defense, he racked up 45 tackles and had four interceptions.

01:19 - 16.318 Matt was coached by Tanner Gary

01:19 - 19.321 and Matt will be attending West Virginia University.

01:19 - 21.823 PFF, a three time first team

01:19 - 25.994 all state quarterback, 25 first team All-State quarterback

01:19 - 30.799 25 and class one AA player of the year 25, Mr.

01:19 - 33.101 Football finalist, 24.

01:19 - 35.237 Mr. Football finalist.

01:19 - 39.141 25 Maxwell Football Club National High School Player of the year.

01:19 - 41.910 25 Navy All-American.

01:19 - 43.478 National Player of the year.

01:19 - 46.148 25 KDKA super seven class

01:19 - 49.718 one AA player of the year 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

01:19 - 54.456 Fabulous 2225 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

01:19 - 56.525 Terrific 25.

01:19 - 59.127 Wpial number two career rushing leader

01:19 - 03.498 with 7941 yards 24 Trib A.J.

01:20 - 08.103 set and Football Player of the year graded consensus four star recruit

01:20 - 13.542 and 26 class rank the number three prospect in PA by 247 sports

01:20 - 17.779 practice is the number ten safety in the nation by 247

01:20 - 22.784 sports ranked at number 110 recruit nationally by two four over seven.

01:20 - 24.452 Sports in the 26 class.

01:20 - 30.258 Marcus Yeager, senior, Trinity High School

01:20 - 33.762 and linebacker and tight end.

01:20 - 36.965 Marcus had 55 catches for 599 yards

01:20 - 39.968 for 10.9 yard average with five TDs.

01:20 - 43.738 On defense, he racked up 63 tackles, 14 sacks,

01:20 - 46.908 17 tackles for loss and two interceptions.

01:20 - 50.345 Marcus was coached by Kevin Janak.

01:20 - 53.114 He will be attending Richmond University.

01:20 - 57.586 25 WA first team all state tight end 25 Mr.

01:20 - 59.921 football finalist

01:20 - 02.390 PA big 33 team

01:21 - 07.629 25 Penn last mid conference Defensive Player of the year 25 first team

01:21 - 10.632 Mid Penn, Colonial Division tight end

01:21 - 14.002 25 first team Mid Penn Colonial Division.

01:21 - 17.138 The end.

01:21 - 33.521 Congratulations all the finalists.

01:21 - 34.356 Everyone happy?

01:21 - 37.792 I'm not having to figure out which one of those is Mr.

01:21 - 40.228 Football. Because the fact matter is we have a number of Mr.

01:21 - 41.363 P footballs here.

01:21 - 42.931 Only give out, certain winners.

01:21 - 45.634 But, congratulations to all of our finalists.

01:21 - 51.506 Now please welcome Wade

01:21 - 55.644 Marsico, president, CEO, Sports Recruiters and the executive director of the Mr.

01:21 - 58.647 Parr Football Foundation.

01:22 - 09.291 All right, here, before we announce our winners,

01:22 - 14.262 very appreciative of, Coach Narduzzi coming to be our keynote speaker today.

01:22 - 17.265 So, you'd like to give him this, keynote speaker

01:22 - 20.568 trophy here?

01:22 - 32.280 All right,

01:22 - 36.952 you know, before we announce the winners, I mean, what an outstanding group here.

01:22 - 40.355 Terrific young student athletes, as everybody can see here.

01:22 - 43.091 What a great group. Everybody here is deserving.

01:22 - 46.127 And unfortunately, I think it only has one that we choose today.

01:22 - 51.833 The winner, the winner of the 2025 Mr.

01:22 - 54.869 Parr football small school, class one A to three A

01:22 - 57.872 is Luca Neal from Adam.

01:22 - 00.875 This.

01:23 - 10.952 First I want to say thank God.

01:23 - 13.722 I'd also like to say thank you to Mr.

01:23 - 15.824 Football for putting this together.

01:23 - 18.860 It's an honor to be here with all these great athletes and coaches.

01:23 - 22.497 I'd also like to thank my coaches and teammates.

01:23 - 24.799 And then I'd also like to thank my family.

01:23 - 26.334 My parents. My dad is here with me.

01:23 - 27.669 But. Yeah.

01:23 - 30.672 Thank you.

01:23 - 40.215 And the winner of the 2025 Mr.

01:23 - 44.386 Parr football and the class four and A6A is key month

01:23 - 47.355 spelled McKeesport.

01:23 - 55.263 Unfortunately, he was unable to be with us unexpectedly today.

01:23 - 57.165 So we have, Stan Lumpkin coming up.

01:23 - 00.869 This, number our advisory board is going to accept on his behalf.

01:24 - 11.846 Good evening.

01:24 - 14.282 Team.

01:24 - 17.285 Respectfully. Thank you.

01:24 - 18.319 Way to.

01:24 - 23.892 Actually, I don't have to witness or,

01:24 - 26.895 He did send something, do that with you, but,

01:24 - 29.731 unfortunately,

01:24 - 32.734 he must be unable to be with us.

01:24 - 36.104 This evening, he might ask that we share

01:24 - 39.808 an incredible honor and grateful he is to be recognized.

01:24 - 43.745 The most outstanding athletes being the best in Pennsylvania football.

01:24 - 48.349 Winning is something he is deeply proud of and thankful for him and would like

01:24 - 54.389 to thank his coaches, teammates and family and the entire McKeesport community.

01:24 - 59.060 For their support throughout.

01:24 - 59.627 He's doing.

01:24 - 02.897 He is truly grateful for the recognition and appreciation.

01:25 - 03.832 Appreciate.

01:25 - 07.702 Appreciate everything who has helped him along the way.

01:25 - 11.272 Again, you'd like to thank everyone.

01:25 - 18.046 Okay.

01:25 - 21.249 Now, we're going to hand out the, finalist plaques.

01:25 - 30.125 And 2025 Mister Football finalist.

01:25 - 33.928 Class 1838 Logan Anthony Palmerton.

01:25 - 42.504 2025 Mr.

01:25 - 47.041 Football finalist, class 183 a second time here Aiden Bliss.

01:25 - 50.044 Outstanding national.

01:25 - 57.185 2025 Mr.

01:25 - 01.156 Football finalist, class 183 A Dante Carr

01:26 - 04.159 minor civil.

01:26 - 10.965 2025 Mr.

01:26 - 14.569 Football finalist, class 1A38 Matt CIG

01:26 - 17.572 Fort Cherry.

01:26 - 24.913 2025 Mr.

01:26 - 29.083 Football finalist Marcus Yeager, Trinity class 183A.

01:26 - 31.953 Unfortunately, he wasn't able to come here today.

01:26 - 34.923 He had a conflict in the last minute with a basketball game.

01:26 - 36.925 At the same time they advanced.

01:26 - 38.326 So something unexpected.

01:26 - 40.495 Unfortunately, he wasn't here to be recognized.

01:26 - 48.069 Yet state playoffs I think the quarterfinals here today.

01:26 - 50.104 So 2025 Mr.

01:26 - 53.775 football winner class 1 to 3 A look at the organ.

01:26 - 56.778 Here's your.

01:27 - 04.819 2025 Mr.

01:27 - 08.856 Football finalist class 460 Elias Cloak. Oh.

01:27 - 17.565 2025. Mr.

01:27 - 20.535 football finalist class 4868.

01:27 - 23.571 Charlie Foley, Saint John's Prep.

01:27 - 31.246 2025. Mr.

01:27 - 34.015 football finalist class 486.

01:27 - 37.018 Joey O'Brien, South College.

01:27 - 44.525 2025. Mr.

01:27 - 45.526 football finalist.

01:27 - 48.429 Class great A68 Deontay Sheffield.

01:27 - 51.432 I don't think he was able to make it here at the last minute.

01:27 - 52.967 Had some car issues.

01:27 - 55.970 I believe 2025 Mr.

01:27 - 00.074 football finalist class 486 eight Sean Stafford,

01:28 - 07.882 Southern Lehigh. And.

01:28 - 22.497 All right so

01:28 - 26.634 the names of this year's winners will be added to the perpetual trophy right here.

01:28 - 31.172 Sponsored by Chris Simon with Simon Financial Services.

01:28 - 36.110 So we had an I guess what a great trophy we have here.

01:28 - 38.946 It's a professional trophy. Everybody gets everyone award.

01:28 - 44.485 And, this concludes our 16th annual Mr.

01:28 - 46.788 Pennsylvania football award ceremony.

01:28 - 50.992 Again, all of our, finalists are deserving of recognition, but we get on.

01:28 - 53.328 Unfortunately, we can only have two winners.

01:28 - 55.263 Best of luck to everyone in your careers.

01:28 - 58.266 What a what a could a great.

01:29 - 07.375 And, thank you to our keynote speaker,

01:29 - 10.378 Pat Narduzzi.

01:29 - 14.849 Thanks to,

01:29 - 17.719 John Hanks and his team that make it happen,

01:29 - 20.722 be that.

01:29 - 26.561 Thanks to Tom Miller, Neon Pathways marketing consultant.

01:29 - 29.597 Tom's not here, but he does a great job with us.

01:29 - 31.999 Marketing ideas.

01:29 - 35.536 Thanks to Dan and Tammy Schaefer, who Schaefer Films

01:29 - 38.840 put the highlight tapes together for this holiday film

01:29 - 42.009 here.

01:29 - 44.746 Is an outstanding job.

01:29 - 47.315 Thank you to our photographer, Chuck Henderson.

01:29 - 50.318 There he is.

01:29 - 52.954 Thank you

01:29 - 56.491 to our intern this year, Seth Statler from us.

01:29 - 59.193 He's a sports management manager from our college.

01:29 - 02.196 Was hired recently right there. So.

01:30 - 04.932 Oh, there is. I'm sorry. Okay.

01:30 - 10.972 Thank you to PCD for today's program.

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01:30 - 17.678 And again, you know, thank you for our sponsors.

01:30 - 20.314 This wouldn't be possible if we didn't have a sponsor.

01:30 - 24.118 And, and the donors and, thank you to my wife, Judy,

01:30 - 27.121 for all the support in the back there.

01:30 - 33.761 And the parents, fathers over here from.

01:30 - 39.200 All over my family.

01:30 - 42.236 And a special thanks here to ABC 27,

01:30 - 45.473 Dennis Owens, our emcee for today.

01:30 - 48.242 And also, Aaron Friedman,

01:30 - 51.512 he's a consultant, also an advisory board team member

01:30 - 54.982 for doing the voiceovers for, today's, videos.

01:31 - 02.824 And, again, thank you to all the voters.

01:31 - 06.260 Special thank you to our advisory team and volunteers.

01:31 - 08.696 And thank you for, attending today's event.

01:31 - 14.969 I could ask everyone to rise

01:31 - 17.972 to the benediction by Bishop Jones.

01:31 - 34.121 And then I join myself with not everyone else.

01:31 - 35.056 And do what?

01:31 - 37.859 I thank you for this gathering that you continue to lead.

01:31 - 42.330 Successful detective, from far, from this location to our destinations.

01:31 - 45.666 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen.

01:31 - 47.335 God bless you. Are