Football – With the loss of key personnel on both sides of ball, youthful and inexperienced Hornets will be a work in progress heading into upcoming season. (PREVIEW):

Junior Brandon Camire ran for over 600 yards and 6 touchdowns a year ago and returns as a key player in the backfield for the Hornets. Photo: Robert Thompson

Head coach – Harold Fairclough (4th year, 26-10 )

Assistants – Dale Fink (OC), Jake Hildebrand (DC), Keith Brader (Special Teams), Matt Coehn (RB), Dalton Landis (kickers/punters), Dave McFadden (DL), Jake Reichard (OLB), Rob Sawicki (Safeties), Jon Scerbo (TE/FB), Mark Scisly (OL), Pete Verile (DL), JD Williams (CB)

Last year – 11-2 overall, 9-1 EPC; finished as District XI Class 6A runner-up

Starters lost – Offense (7), Defense (9)

Starters returning – Offense (4), Defense (2)

Key losses – QB Ethan Parvel (118 of 196, 1,815 yards, 25 TD, 4 Int), RB Sone Ntoh (77 car., 636 yards, 11 TD), RB/CB Lubens Myers (153-1,072-12), WR/CB/KR Izaiah McPherson (30 recept., 480 yards, 6 TD), WR/PR/KR Deonte Castro (47-783-10), LB Tim Higgins, OLB Justin Chandler, OL/DL Jacob Wieder, S Nick Roselli, OL/DL Sam Goodge, OL/DL Owen Minnix

Key returnees – Jr. RB Brandon Camire (72 car., 633 yards, 6 TD), JR WR/DB. Jameel Sanders (11 recept., 151 yards, 3 TD), Sr. FB/LB Cole Scott (14 car., 46 yards, 2 TD), Sr. WR John Ferris (7 recept., 147 yards, 3 TD), Sr. WR/DB Mason Reed, Jr. WR/DB Chad Newhard, Sr. LB Adam Heiserman, Jr. QB Alex Lanzone, Jr. WR/DB Tanner Ritter, Jr. RB/DB Gabe Trexler, Sr. LB Reece Wieder, Sr. WR/DB Bryan Bertsch, Sr. OL/DL Jaden Vazquez, Sr. OL/DL Liam Garrett, Sr. OL/DL Dmitri Garcia, Jr. SB/LB Connor Carter

Scrimmage – Saturday, August 17 vs Downingtown West (Away, 10 am)

Season-opener – Friday, August 23 vs Allen (Away, 7 pm)

Home games – Aug. 30 vs Nazareth, Sept. 13 vs Pleasant Valley, Sept. 27 vs Liberty, Oct. 4 vs CCHS, Oct. 18 vs Becahi

Away games – Sept. 6 vs Whitehall, Sept. 20 vs Easton, Oct. 11 vs Freedom, Oct. 25 vs Parkland

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Coach Fairclough: “I’m looking at this my fourth year at Emmaus that we are young and inexperienced, but we also have some very good athleticism and guys that are coachable, that have a great work ethic and good team chemistry and those are all thing things that make us a special team. We had a lot of that last year and those guys did a good job leadership wise and we have that this year. I’m good with we are at right now now, but again we are extremely young and inexperienced.”