When Central Dauphin and Bishop McDevitt take the field this weekend at Hershey Park Stadium, they will do so with players with ties to the local youth football scene here in the Central Pennsylvania area.? Those players include wide receiver Brian Lemelle (Bishop McDevitt), quarterback Alec Werner (Bishop McDevitt), linebacker Brock Dean (Bishop McDevitt), and quarterback Brandon Lavia (Central Dauphin). What?s their connection? All four players at some point were coached by retired head coach Tony Buglio from the Holy Name Jets football program.? I had a chance to speak with Buglio about their time with Holy Name and other things as well.
Dating back to last year, three former Holy Name quarterbacks that Buglio has coached will have participated in a PIAA Championship game by the time this weekend is over. Those quarterbacks are: Matt Johnson (last year for Bishop McDevitt), Brandon Lavia, and Alec Werner.? ?Alec showed his ability to recognize defensive schemes even as a youth football player.? Whatever we gave him to run on offense , he picked it up with no problem?, said Buglio? There?s no question Werner has had one of the most impressive seasons from the quarterback position in the state. Replacing someone like Matt Johnson (currently playing at Bowling Green) was no easy task. ?The most impressive thing about Alec is his poise.? He has a work ethic that is amazing.?
Coach Buglio had high praise for another quarterback of his playing this weekend, Central Dauphin?s Brandon Lavia.? ?Brandon?s competiveness and athleticism is what set him apart from Johnson and Werner.? He plays the quarterback position like a linebacker, if you know what I mean?, he said.? Buglio was also to point out that former Central Dauphin standout Mike Probst (quarterback) also played a hand in helping develop these quarterbacks while with Holy Name.
Of course, I asked him about some of the other players that are playing in state title games this weekend. He had high praise for Zayd Issah, Drew Scales, and Adam Hollinger (all from Central Dauphin).
On Brock Dean :? ?He?s a monster. Brock Dean has improved every year he?s played.?
On Brian Lemelle: ? His route running separates him from everybody else. He has the great ability to get in and out of his cuts without losing speed.? There are not too many people who can cover him one on one?.
There are probably other players ? on Central Dauphin and Bishop McDevitt that Coach Buglio coached during his time at Holy Name. There?s probably too many to name, but nevertheless, he?s like a proud parent who has watched his child grow up.? ?Me and Probst spent a lot of time with those players in the summertime as well and it?s nice to see some of that pay off for them. ? I?ll be in the stands in Hershey this weekend rooting all of them on?. <a href="http://s15.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s15joecleezy" target="_top"> <img src="http://s15.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s15joecleezy" alt="Site Meter" border="0"/></a> Source: http://blog.pennlive.com/joecleezy/2011/12/former_youth_football_coach_to.html
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