Fenwick Falcons
1997







Record:4-6(3-4)
Coach:Ben Ballard
Mid-Miami League
1997
W/L Date PF Opponent PA Notes
L August 29 0 at Eaton 49  
L September 5 6 at Badin 35  
W September 12 28 Waynesville 0  
L September 19 19 Edgewood 54  
L September 26 7 at Miamisburg 21  
L October 2 6 at Carroll 27  
L October 10 21 Talawanda 22  
W October 18 17 Monroe 0  
W Octobert 24 24 at Dayton Stebbins 13  
W November 1 54 Franklin 12  
    182   233  

Post Season Honors
Jonathan Barrow(SR) C Brian Hirsch(SR) E
Div. V Southwest District 1st Team Div. V Southwest District 1st Team
All-MML 2nd Team All-MML 1st Team WR
Middletown Journal All-Area Team Middletown Journal All-Area Team
Ray Lanz(SR) QB Billy Schwab(SR) LB
Div. V Southwest District Special Mention Div. V Southwest District Special Mention
All-MML Honorable Mention All-MML 1st Team
Jamie South(SR) Jeff Zihlman(SR) DB
Div. V Southwest District Special Mention All-MML 1st Team
All-MML 2nd Team T Joel Praete(SR) DB
All-MML 2nd Team DL All-MML 2nd Team

Mid-Miami League Honors
Coach of the Year Steve Channel Edgewood
Offensive Player of the Year Greg Cornett Franklin
Defensive Player of the Year James Smith Edgewood
1st Team 2nd Team
Q Greg Cornett Franklin
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
Q Jeff Hunsche(SR) Talawanda
State Div. 2 Special Mention
Div. 2 SWD 1st Team
RB Chris Eyers Miamisburg RB N'Du Nitta Dayton Stebbins
  Jessup Gage Talawanda
Div. 2 SWD Special Mention
  Joe Riggs Dayton Carroll
Div. 2 SWD 2nd Team LB
  Thomas Laimo(JR) Edgewood
State Div. 3 Special Mention
Div. 3 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
  Mark Wolfinbarger Franklin
TE Matt Jacobs Franklin TE Brad Fillnow Monroe
WR Brian Hirsch(SR) Fenwick
Div. 5 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
WR Jeremy Abney Franklin
  Mike Mullins Franklin
Div. 3 SWD 2nd Team
  Nick Thompson Miamisburg
C Nick Hucket Dayton Carroll C Jonathan Barrow(SR) Fenwick
Div. 5 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
G Kevin Fall Edgewood
Div. 3 SWD Special Mention
G Jason Moos Talawanda
Div. 2 SWD 2nd Team
  Scott Green Miamisburg   Chad Smith Edgewood
Div. 3 SWD Special Mention
T Nick Hean Dayton Carroll T Jonathan Osborne(SR) Edgewood
State Div. 3 2nd Team
Div. 3 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
Miami(OH) University
  Randy Stupp Miamisburg   Jamie South(SR) Fenwick
Div. 5 SWD Special Mention
P Kyle Geswein(SR) Dayton Carroll
State Div. 2 1st Team
Div. 2 SWD 1st Team
P Jeremy Williams Monroe
K Steve Ehret Dayton Carroll K Brian Hughes Monroe
DL Nick Bartlett Dayton Carroll DL Josh David Monroe
  Jay Berenzweig Talawanda   Brandon Muncy Talawanda
  Chris Counts(SR) Edgewood
State Div. 3 2nd Team
Div. 3 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
  Mike Palmisano Miamisburg
  Jon Manning Miamisburg   Jamie South(SR) Fenwick
LB Brian Hughes Monroe LB Andy Clemens Dayton Carroll
  Billy Schwab(SR) Fenwick
Div. 5 SWD Special Mention
  Rick Hart Dayton Stebbins
  James Smith Edgewood
Div. 3 SWD Special Mention
  Clark Marcum Talawanda
DB Jeff Kimmey Monroe
Div. 2 SWD Special Mention
DB N'Du Nitta Dayton Stebbins
  Zach Pace Talawanda
Div. 2 SWD Special Mention
  Joel Praete(SR) Fenwick
  Ryan Smith Miamisburg   Joe Riggs Dayton Carroll
  Jeff Zihlman(SR) Fenwick   Adam Sortman Edgewood
Div. 3 SWD 2nd Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
Honorable Mention Others
Dayton Carroll Ryan Carmichael John Aregood Franklin Middletown Journal All-Area Coach of the Year
Dayton Stebbins Rafael Hobson Jason Hollon(JR) MON RET State Div. 2 Special Mention
Div. 2 SWD 1st Team
Middletown Journal All-Area Team
Edgewood Josh Adkins
Div. 3 SWD Special Mention
Tim Kiefer Talawanda Div. 2 SWD Special Mention
Fenwick Ray Lanz(SR)
Div. 5 SWD Special Mention
Ryan Stephens Talawanda Div. 2 SWD Special Mention
Franklin Drew Dyer    
Miamisburg Ryan Thomas    
Monroe Adam Stafford    
Talawanda Todd Daniels    

Players
Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman
50 Jonathan Barrow 16 Matt Copley QB 9 John Bidwell Mike Bidwell
53 Adam Burkhart 24 Chris Griffith 55 Micah Fening Ryan Black
Denison University
74 Brad Dennis 21 Matt Hall 80 Grant Goodall Matt Burns
72 Nathan Goforth OL 23 Chris Mosko S 76 Joe Kuhn 71 Brian Dennis
88 Mike Hess 64 Drew Munafo 15 John Mulligan Mike Gardner
20 Brian Hirsch E 28 Craig Page HB 79 Matt Neu OL 79 Nick Hackett OL
60 P.J. Kelly 54 Matt Penny 44 Matt Smith Grahm Halcomb HB
University of Dayton
5 Ray Lanz QB 30 Mike Sorrell   32 Nick Lueking
26 Frank Lolli FB/LB 77 Travis Thomas OL   10 Charlie Martin QB
22 Ryan McAden HB     Matt Munafo
19 Kevin McConnell     57 Mike Murray
4 Joel Praete HB/DB     Steve Otte
83 Billy Schwab FB/LB     Tyler Robertson
75 Jamie South OL/LB     Rob Schwab OL
University of Dayton
69 Doug Statt     65 B. Valentine
2 Jeff Zihlman DB      

Overall Total Offense
Games Yards YPG Rush Rush YPG Pass Pass YPG PTS PTS/G
10 2217 221.7 971 97.1 1129 112.9 182 18.2

Overall Total Defense
Games Yards YPG Rush Rush YPG Pass Pass YPG PTS PTS/G
10 2358 235.8 1807 180.7 551 55.1 233 23.3

Individual Season Stats
Passing Com. Att. Int. Yards TD 2 PT
Ray Lanz 92 191 10 1110 12 2
Matt Copley 2 4 1 19 0 0
Jeff Zihlman 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rushing Att. Yards Avg. Long TD 2 PT
Craig Page 78 347 4.45 73 2 0
Billy Schwab 40 230 5.75 40 6 0
Ryan McAden 55 153 2.78 0 2 0
Ray Lanz 12 129 10.75 8 3 0
Mike Sorrell   79   19 1 0
Receiving No. Yards Avg. Long TD 2 PT
Brian Hirsch 35 540 15.43 30 8 0
Joel Praete 25 207 8.28 11 1 0
Mike Hess 1 20 20 20 1 0
Craig Page 1 18 18 18 1 0
Ryan McAden 1 7 7 7 1 0
Billy Schwab 1 0 0 0 0 1
Place Kicking FGM FGA Long XPM XPA
Brian Hirsch 2 3 35 16 20
Kickoff/Punt Returns No Yards Avg. Long TD
Joel Praete 1 55 55 55 0
Defense Sack FF FR INT TD
Jonathan Barrow 3 0 0 0 0
Frank Lolli 0 0 1 0 0
John Mulligan 0 0 0 2 0
Billy Schwab 1 0 0 0 0
Jamie South 3 0 2 0 0