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A group of 46 first-year athletes are set to report to Lycoming College to join the football team when practice commences on Thursday, 14th-year coach Mike Clark announced. Among that class are five local players in Central Mountain's Jake Welch and Tyler Cygan; Montoursville's Jacob Fellinger and Heath Jones; and Jersey Shore's Lee Springman.
The Warriors welcome three all-state players in the group, with two earning the honors on the defensive line and one on the offensive line. Steelton-Highspire's Tydre Holland-Alli earned the honors from Pennsylvania's Football Writers in Class A on the defensive line and Welch was a Pa. Football News first-team nose guard in Class 5A. Springman also earned Pa. Football News accolades, earning second-team all-state honors as a guard in Class AAAA.
In total, the incoming class features nine offensive linemen, four wide receivers, five running/fullbacks, one tight end and two quarterbacks. On the defensive side, the team welcomes 10 linemen, four defensive backs and 11 linebackers.
Welch is a 6-foot-1, 305-pound defensive lineman who was a three-year letterwinner with Central Mountain. He was a first-team all-conference defensive lineman as a senior.
Cygan is 5-11, 265-pound offensive lineman. He was a three-year letterwinner at Central Mountain and a second-team all-conference pick as a senior.
Fellinger comes from Montoursville as a defensive lineman and a two-year letterwinner and as a senior, had 35 tackles, 2.5 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss. Jones was a three-year letterwinner at Montoursville and had 51 carries for 269 yards and two TDs as a senior. He also posted 49 tackles, four for loss, and a pick as he garnered second-team all-conference honors. He was a 5-8, 160-pound linebacker at Montoursville.
At Jersey Shore, Springman was a three-year letterwinner as a defensive lineman and also earned first-team all-conference honors. He posted 31 tackles and three for loss as a senior to earn second-team all-conference honors. He had 45 tackles his junior season.
Other members of Lycoming's class include:
• Delaware Valley's Tom Actisdano (defensive lineman), Salisbury, Maryland's Anthony Bell (defensive back), Westminster, Maryland's Teddy Booth (defensive lineman), Pocono Mountain West's Dylan Colford (tight end), Archbishop Carroll's Billy Coppock (wide receiver), Sun Valley's Jake Crowder (offensive lineman), Jefferson Township's Jeff Danyus (running back), Southern Lehigh's Richie Davis (offensive lineman), Central's Branson Dodson (linebacker);
• Cheltenham's Amani Ezell (wide receiver), Baltimore, Maryland's Dominic Fauntleroy Jr. (runnning back), Binghamton, New York's Alex Fedo (offensive lineman), East Stroudsburg's Will Fish (quarterback), Skillman, New Jersey's Alexander Hemans (linebacker), Coatesville's Frank Johnson (linebacker), Towanda's Trent Kitchart (defensive lineman), Weatogue, Connecticut's Nick Kline (wide receiver), Baltimore, Maryland's Jahiem Knox (defensive back), North Pocono's Chris Kryeski (defensive lineman);
Archbishop Carroll's Nick Lamey (defensive back), Interboro's Nick MacMillan (offensive lineman), Coatesville's Adam McCafferty (linebacker), East Stroudsburg's Myles McHugh (offensive lineman), Pocono Mountain West's Brody Miller (linebacker), Father Judge's Liam Mulgrave (offensive lineman), Delaware Valley's Aiden Oliver (quarterback), William Penn's KJa'juan Orr (offensive lineman), Cheltenham's Jaquan Paige (defensive back);
• Wallenpaupack's Nick Parrella (linebacker), Notre Dame Green Pond's Joey Rivituso (linebacker), North Plainfield, New Jersey's Elijah Roselle (defensive lineman), Pennsbury's Jake Schilling (linebacker), Bellwood-Antis's Owen Shedlock (wide receiver), Upper Marlboro, Maryland's Dallas Simmons (running back), Wallenpaupack's Liam Smith (defensive lineman), Wallenpaupack's Seamus Smith (linebacker), Pittston's John Symons (linebacker), Palmyra's Nick Wallaesa (running back), Juniata's Jace White (running back) and West Seneca West's Mike Witt (offensive lineman).