Freddies and Scots open up Football season in Sparta

Just one year ago the Fredericktown Freddies were defeated 35-0 behind 3 touchdown passes from Kolton Stover, two of them to Kadyn Reichenbach. Dane Nauman ran for 120 yards and the defense forced 2 turnovers and held the Freddies to less than 200 yards on offense.

The Scots finished 6-6 for the season, they beat Liberty Benton in the playoffs before falling to Port Clinton.

Gone is Nauman who rushed for a school record 7200 yards in his career. He’s on to Toledo to play for the Rockets.

The Scots bring back Stover at quarterback, he amassed over 1700 yards last season.

Kolton Stover- QB- 1772yds in 2023. 1st Team All NCOFCA, 2nd Team All MOAC, 2nd Team All District, Stay 11 Award Winner
Kadyn Reichenback- WR- Over 700yds receiving in 2023, Division 5 Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention All MOAC, 1st Team NCOFCA
Sam Hernandez- RB- Over 700yds rushing in 2023-played injured most of the year.
Zach Church-WR-Played all 12 games for us in 2023 as a go to receiver in the slot.
Kort Sears-WR- Played all 12 games for us in 2023 in the slot as a key receiver in our passing game

Top players returning on defense:
Sam Hernandez-FS- was 2nd on the team in tackles in 2023
Zach Church- SS- Leader for us on defense. 2nd Team All MOAC, 1st Team NCOFCA, 2nd Team All-District Player
Gavin Wiggand-LB- Injured for most of 2023 but will be a 3 year starter for us on defense.
Kane Stover- LB- Played 10 games as ILB as a freshman. Physical, Agile, and Aggressive player.

Top players lost on defense:
Ladon Hayes-LB- 2nd Team All Ohio Linebacker that led our team in tackles in 2023.

New impact players on defense:
Clai Mitchell- DT- Strong, athletic junior that will make an impact for us.
Cooper Young- OLB- Will play our outside linebacker spot- very agile.

Expected starters on special teams:
Kicker- Senior Malin Fichtner
KR- Branson Newsome
PR- Sam Hernandez
Punter- Zach Church

The season will be taxing with a tough schedule for the Scots.

The Freddies have high hopes for this season after finishing 5-6 last year. They’ll have to replace 4 year stalwart Cameron Koebl on the line and Grant Hartley from the receiving corps after he was a second team all conference pick.

Fredericktown Freddies Football

Head Coach Will Hartley

5-6 last season

1. “We only lost 7 Seniors last year.” 8 kids on each side of the ball returns but lose Cameron Koebl from the line but a lot of experience is back this year”

2. Quarterback Blake Sipes is back ran for 1,000 yards and threw for over 1,000. Brode Davis and Gavin Toombs are key pieces in the passing game returning. Elijah Roush will be the featured back for the Freddies, he is also a linebacker

3. On Offensive Line Blake Tucker, Evan Whitt and John Burns are names to keep an eye out for.

4. We want to get the ball to our athletes and spread it out out of the gun. Hartley says the team is a running team first but want to be more balanced.

The team’s slogan is Raise the Standard, want to get over 500 this year.

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