Published: August 29, 2008 12:34 pm            

BULLDOGS: Season preview

2008 BULLDOGS: Members of the 2008 Kenmore East varsity football team are, front row, from left: Justin Cornell, Josh Orta, Dominic Fraterrigo, Lucas Germano, Lewis Pizza, Ben Bauer, Mike Watts and Mike Fraterrigo. Second row, from left: Frank Morath, Peter Crawford, John Taggart, Tony Cassillo, Kevin Wagner, Nick McEldowney and Jeff Bouck. Third row, from left: Mike Pierce, Anthony Giomundo, Alex Demske, Steve Booker, Shy Quille Mayweather, Zaid Hassan, Tony Sardo and Zack Linder.  Fourth row, from left: Anthony Fabozzi, Dan Rich, Jon Anthony Wiltberger, Alen Bell, Matt Bailey, James Levy, DaJian Boswell and Adam Wyman. Back row, from left: Mike Roeder, Jake Fox, Mike Doherty, Jon Tiedeman, Victor Cacho, Kevin Samulski and Nick Balesteri.

 

Kenmore East Bulldogs

Section VI Class A North

2007 record: 6-4, 3-4

 

2008 schedule

9/6       AMHERST     2 p.m.

9/12     at Williamsville South 7:30 p.m.

9/20     GRAND ISLAND     2 p.m.

9/27     at Starpoint     2 p.m.

10/4     at Williamsville East   2 p.m.

10/11   SWEET HOME          2 p.m.

10/18   KENMORE WEST    2 p.m.

 

Coach Matt Chimera’s scouting report

“(Quarterback) Jon Anthony Wiltberger’s back and he was a Connolly Cup finalist last year. That’s a big deal. Hopefully, he’s going to have the same kind of season, if not even better. ... We’ve got a better and a deeper line in front of him. Dominic Fratterigo is a three-year starter for us on the line. He’s maybe the strongest kid we’ve ever had in this program. In addition to him, we have Lucas Germano, Lewis Pizza and Ben Bauer back along on the offensive line. They all started last year. ... Mike Doherty and Kevin Wagner are both back and they should be big weapons. ... Adam Owczarzak was our guy defensively, and he broke the school record for receptions, so that’s a huge loss. ... Cory Martin and Ryan McGowan were big losses in terms of leadership, but you always lose kids. The good news is we really only lost four starters. We’ve got more speed than we’ve ever had.”

— Jay Skurski

        

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