Quaker Valley’s Ricky Guss named Pennsylvania’s Class 3A player of the year
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 | 2:30 PM
Quaker Valley coach Jerry Veshio and quarterback Ricky Guss, who led the Quakers to a PIAA football championship this month, were named Tuesday as the state's Class 3A Coach and Player of the Year.
Two of Guss' teammates, Isaiah McNair and Andrew Seymour, also earned all-state honors in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. In all, 10 WPIAL players earned all-state honors, including three from Aliquippa: Tariq Jones, Kwantel Raines and Solvauhn Moreland. The others from the WPIAL are Bryce Ramer and Will Connelly of Beaver, Lionel Deanes of Seton LaSalle and Dustin Shoaf of Yough.
Class 3A
OFFENSE
Quarterback
Ricky Guss, Quaker Valley – 6-2, 195 senior
Connor Watkins, Loyalsock – 6-3, 205 junior
Adam Cecere, Forest Hills – 6-4, 220 junior
Cole DeFranco, Notre Dame-Green Pond – 6-0, 185 junior
Lane Voytik, Sharon – 5-11, 185 sophomore
Running back
TaQuan Bradley-Chambers, Lehighton – 5-9, 175 senior
Ian Border, Huntingdon Area – 6-0, 210 senior
Brady Fox, Middletown – 5-11, 205 senior
Patrick Garwo, Conwell-Egan – 5-10, 200 senior
Jesse Capriotti, New Hope-Solebury – 5-11, 165 senior
Zach Helsley, Mercyhurst Prep – 6-0, 180 junior
Dustin Shoaf, Yough – 6-1, 195 junior
Wide receiver
Ziyon Strickland, Sharon – 5-10, 180 senior
Gerald Ross, Loyalsock – 6-2, 170 junior
Isaiah McNair, Quaker Valley – 5-8, 180 senior
Will Gruber, Hickory – 5-10, 175 senior
Tight end
Chris Mottillo, Mercyhurst Prep – 6-5, 245 senior
Offensive line
Brendan Douglass, Middletown – 6-5, 270 senior
Solvauhn Moreland, Aliquippa – 6-4, 260 junior
Anthony Rossi, Scranton Prep – 6-3, 270 senior
Bryce Ramer, Beaver Area – 6-5, 300 senior
Nolan Wentz, Lehighton – 5-11, 240 senior
Athlete
Jon Long, Forest Hills – 6-0, 180 senior
Cody Scherer, Lehighton – 5-9, 240 senior
Jared Colletti, Palisades – 5-9, 165 senior
Lionel Deanes, Seton LaSalle – 5-8, 175 senior
Specialist
Will Connelly, Beaver Area – 6-2, 200 senior
DEFENSE
Defensive line
Rilee Bechdel, Bald Eagle Area – 6-1, 200 senior
Cole Senior, Middletown – 6-0, 210 junior
Dylan Dailey, Jim Thorpe – 6-0, 202 junior
Drew Nickles, Palisades – 6-3, 225 senior
Andrew Seymour, Quaker Valley – 6-1, 222 senior
Linebacker
Hunter Webb, Loyalsock – 6-2, 210 senior
Jesse Luketa, Mercyhurst Prep – 6-3, 235 senior
Ivan Balavage, Scranton Prep – 6-2, 200 senior
Tariq Jones, Aliquippa – 6-0, 245 senior
Jared Smith, Martinsburg Central – 6-0, 210 senior
Defensive back
De'Shaun Wilson, Wyomissing – 5-10, 175 senior
Kwantel Raines, Aliquippa – 6-3, 200 senior
Sam Dickson, Scranton Prep – 5-9, 160 senior
Sam Newton, Loyalsock – 5-8, 145 senior
Athlete
Kyle Truesdale, Middletown – 5-11, 185 senior
Dylan Farronato, Lewisburg – 6-1, 183 junior
AWARDS
Player of the Year
Ricky Guss, Quaker Valley
Coach of the Year
Jerry Veshio, Quaker Valley
Tags: Aliquippa, Beaver, Quaker Valley, Seton-LaSalle, Yough
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