HS FOOTBALL: 20 Teams/20 Days, Lehighton

Leroy Boyer, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.
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Aug. 17—The Republican Herald will profile one of the area's high school football teams entering this season each day between now and team scrimmages Aug. 20.

Today's team is:

Lehighton

Head coach: Tom McCarroll (11th season)

2021 record: 1-9

League/Division: Schuylkill/Colonial Gold

3 key players lost to graduation: WR Hunter Crum, OL/DL Gauge Hartney, OL/DL Ricky Houser

3 key returning players: Ian Rarick (sr., WR/DB), Ethan Buchert (sr., WR/LB), Brady O'Donnell (jr., QB)

Breakout candidates: Luke Blauch (sr., TE/DE), Reese Balk (jr., OL/DL), Wyatt Scherer (jr., OL/DE)

Team strength: Experience returning, team attitude

Biggest thing you need to work on during preseason camp: Building continuity, improving defensive intensity

Lehighton has a winning season if ...: "The experienced players that are returning build from the playing time they had last year, (we) minimize untimely turnovers and get off the field defensively."

Scrimmage: Saturday, Aug. 20, Northern Lehigh, 10 a.m.

Schedule: Aug. 26, at Palmerton; Sept. 2, Tamaqua; Sept. 9, Pottsville; Saturday, Sept. 17, at Wilson, noon; Sept. 23, Northwestern Lehigh; Thursday, Sept. 29, at Blue Mountain; Oct. 7, at Bangor; Oct. 14, at Southern Lehigh; Oct. 21, Saucon Valley; Oct. 28, Jim Thorpe

Thursday's team: Tamaqua

— Compiled by Leroy Boyer