Boys Volleyball – Despite key losses to graduation, Hornets still have plenty of firepower returning to be amongst the challengers in the EPC. PREVIEW

Coach – Jon Wilson (2nd season)

Assistants – Dylan Schlosser, Collin Dunkle (JV coach)

Last year – 11-1 EPC/16-3 overall; EPC Tournament – lost to Whitehall 3-1; Districts – defeated Northampton 3-0, lost to Whitehall 3-1

Key losses to graduation – MH Jametric Harris (1st Team EPC, Moravian – Basketball), Setter Cooper Henseler (1st Team, Messiah), Cael Kratzer (Oakland City University), Kyle Long

Key returnees – Sr. OH Lucas Mondin, Sr. Libero Jackson Holden, Sr. MH/OPP Brayden Dang, Sr. MH Colin Holden, Sr. Libero Jude Boyle, Sr. Libero Gabe Dressler, Jr. setter Ben Skekel, Jr. OH Grayson Answini

Newcomers – Jr. Setter Jayden Perez, Jr. MH Chris Mitchell, Jr. Bilaal Kerim, Jr. Sander Houtz, Jr. Cameron Furniss, Jr. Josiah Brown, Soph. OH Miles Boulrice

Coach Wilson – “I’m really excited for this season. We had a great team last year and this junior class has a lot of talent. We are deep in numbers (16) which is great. Ninety percent of these guys play year-round, and they’ve been working really hard. It’s a competitive team. They have a great opportunity to go far in the post-season, but we’re just going to take it day by day, practice by practice and match by match.”

Season-opener – March 15 vs CB West, Away (Noon)

Home-opener – March 18 vs Whitehall, 6 pm

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JV Roster – Sophomores Alexander Dise, Jack Reichert, Tres Velasco-Gardenier; Freshmen Nicolas Anders, Elek Chuhran, Laughlin Hullfish, Maxwell Kern, Kai Lipski, Chris Romig, Dominic Schmidt, Brennan Stack