Carey's Corner
FROM THE MALVERN ARCHIVES
A LOOK BACK
January 2021
What a crazy year it was. In August there wasn’t a coaching staff in Southeast Pennsylvania that thought they would even get one game in this season. The Friars were able to get four games in and had laid the groundwork for an excellent 2020 campaign. Since Ted Silary’s website (www.tedsilary.com). no longer list team pages, one of my part time endeavors is to create and archive team pages. Congrats to the Friars for an undefeated season and for making memories out of a challenging year. For the seniors I promise that you will never forget your senior season. Settle in, grab a cup of coffee and take a look at the 2020 Season in Review. This will be a long one.
Hope I did not miss anyone who was recognized with post season honors. Please let me know at Rcarey5171@aol.com so I can edit the archives.
Thanks to Coach Gueriera for sending the stats along.
| Final Record | |||
| 4-0 Overall | |||
| 111 PF, 28 PA | |||
| Coach, Dave Gueiera | |||
| SCHEDULE | W-L | We | They |
| Salesianum | W | 35 | 0 |
| Hun School | W | 10 | 8 |
| Valley View | W | 38 | 6 |
| Arch. Wood | W | 28 | 14 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | SAL | HUN | VV | AW | TOTALS |
| 26 | Isaiah Wright | 12-52 | 19-66 | 13-132 | 16-87 | 60-337 |
| 10 | Lonnie White | 2-5 | 5-89 | 7-94 | ||
| 17 | Yaahdir Nash | 6-16 | 3-12 | 3-25 | 12-53 | |
| 5 | Steve Rose | 6-10 | X | X | 6-10 | |
| 11 | Bryce Pippin | 1-1 | 1-9 | 2-10 | ||
| 43 | Mike Joyce | 3- -4 | 3- -4 | |||
| 15 | Jack Capaldi | 3-9 | 3- -16 | 2-6 | 3-1 | 11-0 |
| X | Center Snap | 1- -3 | 2- -47 | 2- -44 | 5- -94 | |
| 32-81 | 27-67 | 21-125 | 26-133 | 104-406 | ||
| Passing | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | SAL | HUN | VV | AW | TOTALS |
| 15 | Jack Capaldi | 11-15 | 10-20 | 7-9 | 8-19 | 36-63 |
| 214 (3) | 128 | 170 (3) | 132 | 644 (6) | ||
| Receiving | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | SAL | HUN | VV | AW | TOTALS |
| 10 | Lonnie White | 6-152 | 4-41 | 4-115 | 3-61 | 17-369 |
| 14 | Ryan Falkenstein | 3-52 | 2-34 | 5-86 | ||
| 1 | Kellen Mathias | 1-9 | 1-30 | 2-45 | 4-84 | |
| 3 | Andrew Connolly | 2-38 | 1-3 | 1-12 | 4-53 | |
| 4 | D'Angelo Stocker | 1-14 | 2-14 | 3-28 | ||
| 40 | Jake Brownley | 1-21 | 1-21 | |||
| 26 | Isaiah Wright | 1-2 | 1-2 | |||
| 5 | Steven Rose | 1-1 | 1-1 | |||
| Scoring | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | SAL | HUN | VV | AW | TOTALS |
| 10 | Lonnie White | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 26 | Isaiah Wright | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 40 | Jake Brownley | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Jake Reid | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 35 | Joe Walheim | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Andrew Connolly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Andrew Monteith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Scoring Breakdown | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | Rush | Rec | 2 PT | INT | XPT |
| 10 | Lonnie White | 2 | 4 | |||
| 26 | Isaiah Wright | 4 | 1 | |||
| 40 | Jake Brownley | 1 | 2 | |||
| 12 | Jake Reid | 9 | ||||
| 35 | Joe Walheim | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Andrew Connolly | 1 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Andrew Monteith | 2 | ||||
| 15 | Jake Capaldi (6) | |||||
| Interceptions | |||||
| NO. | NAME | SAL | HUN | VV | AW |
| 40 | Jack Brownley | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 10 | Lonnie White | 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Aiden Catania | 2 | |||
| 56 | Luke Gueriera | 1 | |||
| 26 | Isaiah Wright | 1 | |||
| 35 | Joe Walheim | 1 | |||
| 1 | Kellen Mathias | 1 | |||
| 4 | D'Angelo Stocker | 1 | |||
| 2020 Malvern Prep Friars Roster | |||||
| CAPTAINS- Kellan Mathias and Jake Brownley | |||||
| 2021 | 1 | Kellen Mathias | OLB/WR | 6'2 | 200 |
| 2021 | 2 | Jack Mulqueen | WR/DB | 5'10 | 170 |
| 2022 | 3 | Andrew Connolly | WR | 6'2 | 195 |
| 2022 | 4 | D'Angel Stocker | DB/WR | 5'10 | 165 |
| 2021 | 5 | Steven Rose, Jr | DB/RB | 5'11 | 190 |
| 2021 | 6 | Aidan Catania | LB/H | 5'10 | 195 |
| 2021 | 7 | Ronan Swope | P/K | 5'11 | 160 |
| 2023 | 8 | Brett Kauffman | QB | 6'0 | 160 |
| 2021 | 9 | Cooper Frankenheimer | DB/WR | 5'10 | 185 |
| 2021 | 10 | Lonnie White | QB/WR/DB | 6'3 | 215 |
| 2023 | 11 | Bryce Pippin | QB | 6'2 | 190 |
| 2022 | 12 | Jake Reid | K | 6'2 | 195 |
| 2022 | 15 | Jack Capaldi | QB | 6'2 | 190 |
| 2021 | 16 | Andrew Monteith | K | 5'10 | 140 |
| 2023 | 17 | Yaahdir Nash | RB/DB | 5'9 | 165 |
| 2022 | 18 | Dale Law | DL/LB/H | 6'1 | 210 |
| 2021 | 19 | Owen McHugh | WR/OLB | 5'10 | 175 |
| 2022 | 20 | GJ Sucher | DB | 5'8 | 160 |
| 2022 | 21 | Ryan Davis | LB | 6'1 | 205 |
| 2022 | 22 | Sam Brecker | WR/DB | 5'9 | 155 |
| 2022 | 23 | Hayden Kennedy | WR | 5'11 | 170 |
| 2021 | 24 | Thomas Klusarits | DB | 5'9 | 160 |
| 2021 | 25 | Peter Sims | DB/WR | 5'10 | 180 |
| 2022 | 26 | Isaiah Wright | RB/DB | 5'8 | 175 |
| 2022 | 27 | Jayln Evans | LB/RB | 5'9 | 177 |
| 2023 | 28 | Sean Maguire | LB/H | 6'1 | 190 |
| 2021 | 29 | Jack Steinmetz | RB/DB | 5'8 | 170 |
| 2023 | 30 | AJ Nikolic | LB | 6'0 | 170 |
| 2022 | 31 | Steven Hollander | DB/RB | 5'10 | 160 |
| 2023 | 32 | Bobby Mears | LB/RB | 6'3 | 190 |
| 2022 | 34 | Robert DiFabio | DB/WR | 5'10 | 170 |
| 2021 | 35 | Joe Walheim | TE/DE | 6'4 | 200 |
| 2022 | 36 | Jack Walters | DL/OL | 5'9 | 170 |
| 2022 | 37 | Brecklan Lotz | H/DL | 5'10 | 195 |
| 2023 | 39 | Hayden Pegg | LB/TE | 6'2 | 155 |
| 2021 | 40 | Jake Brownley | LB/TE | 6'2 | 201 |
| 2021 | 42 | Mike Behrle | LB | 5'10 | 180 |
| 2022 | 43 | Mike Joyce | RB/LB | 6'0 | 180 |
| 2023 | 44 | Andrew Phillips | DE/TE | 6'3 | 210 |
| 2023 | 45 | Tyson McGee | WR/DB | 6'2 | 155 |
| 2023 | 48 | Chris Rabena | OL/LB | 5'10 | 165 |
| 2022 | 50 | Chance Steele | DL | 5'8 | 215 |
| 2022 | 51 | Coltin Deery | OL/DL | 6'4 | 275 |
| 2023 | 52 | Colin McHugh | H/LB | 6'0 | 185 |
| 2021 | 55 | Jack Oswald | DL | 6'0 | 195 |
| 2022 | 56 | Luck Gueriera | DL/LB | 5'6 | 170 |
| 2022 | 57 | Will Shallow | OL/DL | 6'1 | 235 |
| 2022 | 58 | Dan Gazillo | OL/DL | 5'11 | 190 |
| 2022 | 59 | Lawson Haylock | DL | 6'0 | 230 |
| 2022 | 64 | Matthew Morrissey | OL | 5'10 | 215 |
| 2021 | 65 | Christian Curatolo | OL | 6'4 | 285 |
| 2022 | 66 | Aidan McGuigan | OL/DL | 6'1 | 260 |
| 2022 | 67 | Danny Mendler | OL/DL | 5'8 | 210 |
| 2023 | 68 | J.C. Catania | OL/DL | 5'4 | 155 |
| 2022 | 69 | Max Bowman | OT/DL | 6'6 | 290 |
| 2023 | 73 | Hunter Jones | TE/DL | 5'11 | 175 |
| 2023 | 75 | Kevin Miller | OL | 6'4 | 290 |
| 2023 | 76 | Cam Paquette | WR/DB | 5'7 | 150 |
| 2024 | 77 | Peter Jones | OL | 6'5 | 265 |
| 2022 | 80 | Jack Onderdonk | WR | 6'0 | 150 |
| 2021 | 82 | Matt Behrle | QB | 5'10 | 170 |
| 2023 | 83 | Jake Buzin | LS/TE/DL | 6'3 | 185 |
| 2023 | 84 | Conner Boyle | WR/DB | 5'11 | 150 |
| 2022 | 89 | Brian Ciarlone | P | 5'11 | 179 |
| 2023 | 90 | Michael McGrory | LB/H | 5'9 | 160 |
| 2023 | 14 | Ryan Falkenstein | WR/DB | 6'0 | 190 |
| 2022 | 33 | Ryan Aquilani | OLB | 5'11 | 165 |
| 2023 | 38 | Luke Testa | RB/LB | 6'1 | 185 |
| 2023 | 41 | Anthony Pizzi | WR/DB | 5'4 | 130 |
| 2023 | 46 | Xander Little | DE/TE | 6'1 | 176 |
| 2023 | 47 | Aiden Naughton | TE/DE | 6'3 | 180 |
| 2023 | 49 | Kevin Jackson | DB | 5'8 | 155 |
| 2023 | 53 | Nick Stinger | OL/DL | 5'10 | 190 |
| 2023 | 54 | Robert Prince | OL/DL | 5'10 | 190 |
| 2023 | 60 | William Adolph | WR/DB | 5'8 | 155 |
| 2023 | 62 | Carter Hilton-Landon | OL/DL | 5'8 | 165 |
| 2023 | 63 | Matthew Tsiaras | QB/DB | 5'10 | 160 |
| 2023 | 70 | Ryan McLaughlin | WR/DB | 5'9 | 145 |
| 2023 | 71 | Matt Tegler | OL/DL | 6'0 | 215 |
| 2023 | 72 | Patrick Mears | TE/LB | 5'10 | 160 |
| 2023 | 74 | Patrick Kennan | OL/DL | 5'10 | 170 |
| 2023 | 78 | Justin Puhl | OL | 5'10 | 215 |
| 2024 | 79 | Lucca DiBartolomeo | WR | 5'10 | 150 |
| 2023 | 81 | Kevin Clark | WR/DB | 5'10 | 165 |
| 2022 | 85 | Andy Consolino | WR/DB | 5'11 | 140 |
| 2023 | 86 | Dillon O'Connor | WR/DB | 5'8 | 150 |
| 2023 | 87 | Jake Stinger | WR/DB | 6'2 | 160 |
| 2022 | 88 | Cadeon Shockley | WR/DB | 6'2 | 160 |
POST SEASON RECOGNITION
ALL MAIN LINE
1st Team- Lonnie White, Jr ATH, Coltin Deery OL, Jake Brownley LB, Isaiah Wright RB
2nd Team- Christian Curatolo OL, Kellen Matthias LB, Jack Capaldi QB Honorable Mention- D’Angelo Stocker DB, Ryan Davis LB, Aidan Catania LB
MAX PREPS ALL-STATE
Lonnie White, Jr.
PFN CLASS 5A COACHES SELECT ALL-STATE TEAM
1st Team- Coltin Deery OL, Lonnie White, Jr. ATH,
2nd Team- Ronan Swope Punter, Jack Reid Kicker
CLASS 5A All EASTERN PA FOOTBALL TEAM
CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR- Lonnie White, Jr.
1st Team- Coltin Deery OL, Lonnie White, Jr. ATH,
2nd Team- Jake Brownley LB
DAILY LOCAL NEWS ALL AREA TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR- Lonnie White, Jr.
1st team- Jack Capaldi QB, Coltin Deery OL, Isaiah Wright, ATH, Jake Brownley, LB, D’Angelo Stocker, DB, Rona Swope, Punter
2nd Team- Christian Curatolo-OL, Ryan Davis LB
Honorable Mention- Kellen Mathias LB, Aiden Catania LB
OFFENSIVE NOTES OF INTEREST
This year’s team averaged close to 28 points a game. The offense was ably led by Junior signal caller Jack Capaldi. Jack became an honorable mention Chunk Player by averaging a healthy 17.8 yards per completion and was on pace for a 1500-1600 yard passing season.
Isaiah Wright led the ground game with 337 yards and 4 TDs. Isiah is coming back next year too. With Jack and Isiah back, that is a nice one-two punch.
Lonnie White, Jr. became a two-time Chunk Player in two different positions. I believe that is a first. Last year as a QB he ran for 1065 yards at 8.4 yards a clip. With 17 catches for 369 yards this year as a receiver Lonnie ONLY averaged 21.7 per catch. Double Chunk!
There have been some very good athletes that have played sports at Malvern Prep. Then there are some athletes that come along every once and awhile who are special. I believe Lonnie White, Jr. is one of them. The core to the success of Malvern’s overall sports programs has been the multisport athlete. Many Malvern students excel at 2 sports. When you get a player who can excel at 3 sports, that is a whole other level. These are athletes that are true game changers. In his football career at MP Lonnie was a multi position player who significantly contributed on offense, defense and special teams. His offensive career stats look like this:
Rushing- 164- 1221 yards and 17 TDs – His four year average of 7.4 yards per carry makes him an honorable mention career Chunk Player
Receiving- 50-903- yards and 9 TDs- an honorable mention career Chunk player at 18.1 yards a catch. If he had a 10 game schedule this year he may have become Malvern’s first 1000 yard receiver in a season. Joe Price ’08 currently holds the season yardage record at 939 yards.
Passer- 55-130- 859 yards and 10 TDs.
Totals- 2,983 career yards and he was responsible for 37* TDs. Not to be outdone he also had a punt return for a TD. To put this in perspective, every time Lonnie had the ball in his hands, MP averaged 11 yards per play. The fact that he almost gained 1000 career yards of offense in 3 categories is a remarkable statistic. Safe to assume he would have gained at least 97 yards receiving this year if 10 games were played. Maybe Coach Gueriera throws in a couple of passes this year and he would have hit 1000 yards in passing. Based on the above statistics it is not too far of a reach to think Lonnie would have been the Inter Ac MVP in 2020,.
And to think he decommitted from a Power Five baseball offer to play football at Penn State! Not many athletes have the ability to play two sports in college let alone two sports at a very high Division 1 level. Lonnie is just that kind of player. His future career may even take another turn depending on the upcoming Major League baseball draft. You heard it correctly. He could have the opportunity to play Major League baseball. It will be interesting to follow and find out. Congrats to Lonnie, one on Malvern’s all-time best 3 sport athletes and certainly one of its “Chunkiest Players” in football.
One last note with an offensive average of 27.7 points per game and a defensive average of 7, the 2020 team also joins previous teams on the “Beat the Spread” list. Great job all around
DEFENSIVE NOTES OF INTEREST
Ted Silary’s Team Page only includes interceptions. Coach Gueriera provided me all the defensive stats for the year and I will archive them. Even though I did not post I will still talk about defense, defense, defense. The Malvern D turned in another typical Malvern D performance. Led by DC Joe Carr, this squad only gave up a total of 28 points in 4 games. This would qualify them for the Touchdown Club, highlighted in a previous article. I had the privilege of working with Joe Carr when he was at West Chester Rustin. Malvern has one of the best defensive coordinators in the area.
First off, the stat that really stuck out was 14 interceptions in only 4 games? I had to contact Coach Gueriera to see if that was correct. I thought it was a misprint. Digging into the MP Team Page archives the team record over an entire season was 20 set by the 2018 undefeated squad. Those 20 picks were over 11 games. The next closest was the 2013 squad that had 17. Both the 2001 and 2011 teams had 15 apiece. Would have been interesting to see what this defense could have done over a 10 or 11 game schedule. The pick parade was led by Jake Brownley with 4 and Lonnie White, Jr. with 3. Jake had two pick sixes and fellow senior Joe Walheim added another. The school record for an individual is 7 picks set by DJ. Driscoll in 2001. Of note, DJ is a Wall of Famer who went on to play lacrosse in college. Great job Jake and Lonnie and Joe. You will be missed.
The rush defense gave up very stingy 3 yards a carry. Tough to move the ball when you are only getting 3 yards a clip on the ground. This set up many 2nd and 3rd and longs, playing right into the defense’s hand. When the opponents had to pass, they barely completed 50% of them. The opponents threw 115 times in 4 games. That means every 8th throw was picked off by the boys in blue.. That is impressive.
Double digit tacklers were led by Jake Brownley. Jake was ably supported by Ryan Davis, Aidan Catania, Kellen Matthias, Dale Law, Coltin Deery, D’Angelo Stocker and Cooper Frankenheimer. Jake completed his defensive tri-fecta by not only leading the team in interceptions and tackles but also in sacks. Jake, Aidan, Kellen, and Cooper all graduate. Ryan, Dale, Coltin and D’Angelo are back and will provide a great base for Joe Carr’s defense next year.
“SPECIALS” NOTES OF INTEREST
Senior Ronan Swope punted 13 times and was a field changer with every punt. Junior Jake Reid, a major college kicking prospect, contributed 21 points on 2 field goals and 15 point after tries. His long field goal was a hefty 44 yards. Jake’s field goal against The Hun School was the game winner in a tough 10-8 nail biter. He had more than 60% of his kickoffs going deep into the end zone. Thump and lift are two things you want your kicker to have. You can actually hear a good kick without watching it. If the extra points consistently clear the top of the goal post it shows the kicker has great lift to his kick. Jake checks off both of those boxes big time.
Kick offs can have a roller coaster of results. Knowing your guy can get you a touchback most of the time puts the opponent in an immediate hole and provides a big advantage to the defense. It forces the opponent to go 80 yards and have to execute a near perfect drive. You do not want to give a Joe Carr coached defense that kind of edge. Jake Reid will be a very reliable weapon next year.
MY BIG FATTIES
With the utmost respect I call offensive and defensive linemen my big fatties. We often talk about the runners, the receivers and the quarterback as the skill players who make it all happen. Well, as a former lineman no team is successful without the BIG SKILL up front. Round of applause to my fellow fatties- Christian Curatolo, Coltin Deery, Tom Shallow, Aiden McGuigan, Kevin Miller, Peter Jones, Dale Law and Joe Walheim. If I am looking at the roster correctly, only Christian and Joe graduate. That’s a ton of big skill coming back.
AND TO THE SENIORS
To that end, one last Roll Call
Kellen Mathias, Jack Mulqueen, Stephen Rose Jr., Aiden Catania, Ronan Swope, Cooper Frankenheimer, Lonnie White, Jr., Andrew Monteith, Owen McHugh, GJ Sucher, Thomas Klusartis, Peter Sims, Jack Steinmetz, Joe Walheim, Jake Brownley, Mike Behrle, Jack Oswald, Christian Curatolo, Matt Behrle.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. You finished 4-0. Since the rest of the Inter Ac refused to play you, I count 5 forfeits and a 9-0 record. You guys hung together through the ups and downs of the day to day and week to week uncertainty. It would have been easy to just mail it in or quit, but you guys did neither. Your strength and your resolve are to be commended. The experience this football season will serve you well as you move on in life. You played hard to the very end and defended the “M”. As a former player and speaking on behalf of all the players who came before you, we thank you for carrying on the great tradition of Malvern Football. You are now officially a Malvern Football Alum. Welcome aboard.
Brothers forever.
POST SCRIPT
As we move through future articles I will be working my way through and highlighting different teams. In no particular order I will be writing about undefeated/unbeaten teams and teams with one and two losses. Getting information on the teams of the 50s and 60s will be a challenge but I will give it a shot. I know it will keep me busy and there will be more than enough teams to talk about.
In the Inter Ac period from 1950 through 2020, 71 years, MP has lost two games or less a total of 36 times. Let that stat sink in. How many teams in Southeast Pennsylvania can hang their hat on that kind of consistent excellence? Congrats to all the players and coaches who have represented the Malvern Prep Friars.
More to come……………
01.19.21
