LaShaun Sanders '13 - Football Alum of the Week

Photo courtesy of Capital University Athletics

LaShaun
SANDERS

Height:   6-1  
Weight:  190
Position:  Defensive Back
Class:  2013
College:  Capital University

WEEK 5 RECAP:

Sanders registered 4 tackles, forced a fumble and intercepted pass in the Crusader’s 39-28 come from behind victory last Saturday (9/16) against Muskingum.  For the season, the 6-foot-1, 190 pounder has 9 total tackles for Capital, after recording 37 tackles and intercepting 2 passes in 2016.

Steve Brown - "Where Are They Now?"

Steve Brown '94

The 5th edition of the "Where Are They Now?" series in 2017 is Steve Brown '94

A former First Team All-Ohio punter and two-year starter for Eastern Kentucky University, Steve now serves as the Head Softball and Football Coach of Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, Florida.

Click here to see what Steve is up to these days!

A special thanks to State Farm Agent and SFD Defensive Backs Coach Ben Aucoin for sponsoring this series once again!

 

Warren Ball '12 - Football Alum of the Week

Warren Ball '12
University of Akron

Week 4 Recap

See previous SFD Football Alums of the Week

Last week, from Ashland University, it was Ryan Corkrean.   This week, from the University of Akron, it’s Warren Ball.  Ball, a redshirt senior running back rushed for 146 yards and 3 touchdowns on 20 carries in a 52-3 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday (9/9).  For the season, the 6-foot-1, 225 pounder leads the Zips with 193 rushing yards and became the first Zips player to record three scores in a game since 2005.  Last year, the former Stallion started two games before suffering a season-ending injury and ended up receiving a medical hardship from the NCAA for a sixth season.  While at DeSales, the former Stallion finished his career with over 2,300 yards rushing and 47 touchdowns in 30 appearances for the Purple and White.  As as senior, he set a school-record with 29 rushing touchdowns and was recognized - First Team All-Ohio.  

Mike Fickell - "Where Are They Now?"

The 4th edition of the "Where Are They Now?" series in 2017 is Mike Fickell '96!

As a First Team All-District defensive player in 1995, Mike helped lead a Stallion Defense that allowed just 33 points in the regular season, which set the record for fewest points allowed.  Also a standout on the wrestling mat, Fickell placed third at 189 pounds at the OHSAA DII State Wrestling Meet and went onto become an All-American at the University of Pennsylvania.

Click here to see what Mike is up to these days!

A special thanks to State Farm Agent and SFD Defensive Backs Coach Ben Aucoin for sponsoring this series once again!

 

Ryan Corkean '17 - SFD Football Alum of the Week

Ryan
CORKREAN

Height:   6-1 

Weight:  210 

Position:  Linebacker

Class:  2017

College:  Ashland University

WEEK 3 RECAP:

The former Stallion who started 39 consecutive games at DeSales, recording 249 total tackles, made his first collegiate appearance in a 26-23 loss at Indiana (PA) University on August 31.  Corkrean, a 6-foot-1 210-pound linebacker, made four tackles for the Eagles.    

Complete list of 2017 SFD Football Alum of the Week

DeSales 28, Cardinal Mooney 7

In the 4th meeting between two tradition-rich programs, DeSales used a stellar defensive performance to earn a 28-7 win over Youngstown Cardinal Mooney.  The Stallions held the Cardinals to 196 total yards and forced two turnovers to improve to 3-0 overall.  Will Mnich and Anthony Sciarroni each had interceptions and the Purple and White, who forced three turnovers on downs. 

Brian Asamoah, a recent Oklahoma verbal commit, rushed for a career-high 130 yards and scored two touchdowns including a 66-yard run to put the game out of reach in the 4th quarter.  

Joey Velazquez (20) and Cole Silvestri (1) had rushing touchdowns for the Stallions on the 55th anniversary of the program's first varsity game (9/8/62).  

Matt Williamson - "Where Are They Now?"

The 3rd edition of the "Where Are They Now?" series in 2017 is Matt Williamson '06!

Matt was a member of the 2005 DIII State Runner-up team and went on to become an All-American at Mount Union, where he won  two NCAA National Championships with Purple Raiders.  

Click here to see what Matt is up to these days!

A special thanks to State Farm Agent and SFD Defensive Backs Coach Ben Aucoin for sponsoring this series once again!

 

Kenny Stafford '08 - SFD Football Alum of the Week

Kenny
STAFFORD

Height:   6-3  

Weight:  214 

Position:  Wide Receiver

Class:  2008

College:  University of Toledo

WEEK 2 RECAP:

Last Friday (8/25), the 6-foot-3, 204 pound wide receiver caught three passes for 22 yards in a 54-31 loss to Saskatchewan.  The three receptions puts the 5-year CFL veteran over 100 catches in his career.  Stafford was signed as a free agent in June, earlier this year, and returns to Edmonton - where he hauled in 47 passes for 732 yards and nine touchdowns on a Grey Cup Championship.  For the season, the former Stallion has 12 receptions for 203 yards with a touchdown for the 7-2 Eskimos.

Complete list of 2017 SFD Football Alum of the Week

Audio Highlights from the 34-14 win over Lancaster

Audio highlights from Friday's 34-14 win against Lancaster.  

DeSales 34, Lancaster 14

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The Stallions used a 21-point second quarter in building a 28-0 halftime lead en route to beating Lancaster 34-14 to improve to 2-0.  Brian Asamoah and Joey Velazquez each had two rushing touchdowns as the Stallions won their 21st consecutive regular season game - their most since 2007-2009.  

DeSales out-gained the Gales 256-57 after two quarters, led by Cole Silvestri's 62-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Sciarroni.  Velazquez recorded his second interception of the season and Marco Susi picked-off his first pass as a Stallion.   

Josh Kusan - "Where Are They Now?"

The 2nd edition of the "Where Are They Now?" series in 2017 is Josh Kusan '09.

Josh helped lead the Stallions to a Regional Championship in 2008 after rushing for 1,502 yards and collecting 167 tackles.  

Click here to see what Josh, now a Captain in the United States Air Force, is up to these days!

A special thanks to State Farm Agent and SFD Defensive Backs Coach Ben Aucoin for sponsoring this series once again!

 

DeSales 50, Royal Imperial Collegiate 0

The Stallions won their 20th consecutive regular season game after a 50-0 win over Royal Imperial Collegiate (ON) to open up 2017.  Joey Velazquez had two rushing touchdowns and recorded an interception in the first-ever meeting with RICC.  The Stallion Defense posted their first shutout since 2014 (Centennial, 42-0) and scored two defensive touchdowns - Ty Van Fossen on a returned fumble and on a Zach Dowling-Fitzpatrick 53 yard interception for a score.  In total, DeSales forced six turnovers with four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.  

The Stallions scored 24 points in the first quarter, including a 25-yard field goal by Hector Gomez, in his first attempt of his career.  Carter Hilleary scored his first varsity touchdown on a 20-yard run in the second quarter to make it 37-0.  Anthony Cua and Cole Silvestri each had rushing touchdowns and Brian Asamoah rushed for a career-high 101 yards.  

Dylan McKinney (fumble recovery), Frank Sciarroni (interception) and Caden Zellner (interception) recorded turnovers for the Purple and White.  Will Mnich registered four tackles for loss with three sacks.

 

Brian Hairston - "Where Are They Now?"

Brian Hairston
1974 Co-Captain

The 1st edition of the "Where Are They Now?" series in 2017 is Brian Hairston '75.

Brian became the program's first 1,000 yard rusher as a junior in 1973.  He once racked-up 250 yards rushing in a single half against Wehrle.  He went on to play collegiately at the University of Minnesota and later became a Senior Vice President of Kellogg's and Cenveo.

Click here to see what Brian is up to these days and his reflection on his time with the Stallions and Coach Sharrock.  

A special thanks to State Farm Agent and SFD Defensive Backs Coach Ben Aucoin for sponsoring this series once again.  

Class of 2017 Collegiate Profile Pages

View the collegiate profile pages for senior members from the 2016 team by clicking on the links below.  

Chris Stoll

Dominic DiMaccio

Alonzo Booth

Ryan Corkrean

Class of 2017:  Alonzo Booth (RB), Eastern Kentucky University
Class of 2017:  Ryan Corkrean (LB), Ashland University
Class of 2017:  Dominic DiMaccio (PK), University of Missouri
Class of 2017:  Drew McLuckie (DL), University of Findlay
Class of 2017:  Derrius Mullins, University of Toledo
Class of 2017:  Jared Noble (DB), University of Pennsylvania
Class of 2017:  Chris Stoll (LS), Penn State University

Registration Open for 2017 Night of Tradition

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Night of Tradition on July 29th will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of our 1997 Division III State Championship Team.  The 1997 season provided great memories ending with an appearance in the school’s third State Championship Game and achieving the school’s second football State Championship with a dramatic 17-14 victory over Youngstown Chaney at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, in Massilon, Ohio. We expect many players and coaches from the ‘97 team will be in attendance to reunite, reminisce, and celebrate!

Warren Ball '12 ranked 22nd among top College Football Workout Warriors

Former All-Ohio Stallion Running Back Warren Ball was listed among the top 40 of college football’s top workout warriors by Sports Illustrated.  Ball, a senior at Akron, rushed for 181 yards in two games before suffering a season-ending injury.

Here is the excerpt from Sports Illustrated: 

"The former Ohio State back spent three seasons in the Big Ten (behind Carlos Hyde and Ezekiel Elliott) before joining the Zips. This spring he was granted a sixth year of eligibility. Ball had started the first two games of the 2016 season and piled up 181 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries before getting injured in Week 2 against Wisconsin. The 6’3”, 230-pounder is quite the physical specimen. He vertical jumps 39 inches, broad jumps 10’8”, was clocked at 4.4 in the 40 and only has 3% body fat. It’ll be interesting to see what Ball can do if he can stay healthy this fall in the MAC."

While at DeSales, Ball tallied 2,361 career rushing yards and scored 47 touchdowns in 30 games for the Stallions.

As a senior, he was recognized as a First Team All-Ohio selection after setting a school-record with 29 touchdowns.  

2016 Team Tribute Page

Winner's Cup Celebration

2016 was a record-setting year - both individual and team - for the Division-III State Semifinalist St. Francis DeSales Stallion Football team.  Take a look back at the 13-1 season, which included a CCL Silver Division Championship and an undefeated regular season, by visiting the tribute page by clicking here.  

Austin Andrews '16 intercepts a pass in Michigan State's Spring Game

Photo credit:  Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

ICYMI: Here are some of the key moments from @MSU_Football's spring game Saturday: https://t.co/gQSB6dlNAb

— Michigan St. on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) April 1, 2017

Former Stallion Football player Austin Andrews '16 recorded an interception in yesterday's (4/1/17) Spring Game at Michigan State.  The 5-foot-11, 183 pound defensive back redshirted last year for the Spartans.  He was Michigan State's Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week vs. Notre Dame during the regular season in 2016.  

While at DeSales, Andrews was a two-time First Team All-Central District Defensive Back and also rushed for 1,534 in his career with 21 touchdowns as a running back.  

The MSU Defense defeated the Offense 33-23.  Michigan State concludes spring practice with two more practices next week (Tuesday and Thursday).

DeSales junior standouts picking up DI offers (UPDATED)

Division-I offers continue to pile-up for a pair of DeSales juniors - DE Brandon Derrow and RB/LB Brian Asamoah.  Ten schools are interested in the services of Derrow, the 6-3 230 pound bookend, with Eastern Michigan being the latest.  Asamoah is up to 21 offers with Oklahoma and Arizona State recently offering the 6-2 215 pound junior from St. Matthias.  

Brandon Derrow, DL

DERROW PROFILE

• Second Team All-Central Catholic League

• Started 13 games at defensive end and finished with 47 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, three sacks and one fumble recovery

• Was second on the team with five quarterback hurries

• Recorded a career high (at DeSales) nine tackles in the State Semifinal against Akron Hoban

DIVISION-I OFFERS:
Toledo, Akron, Kent State, Eastern Kentucky, Western Michigan, Youngstown State, Bowling Green, Appalachian State, Eastern Michigan

Brian Asamoah, RB/LB

ASAMOAH PROFILE

• Special Mention All-Central District

• Second Team All-CCL

• Started 13 games at linebacker and four at running back

• Rushed for a career high 667 yards on a career high 95 carries (7.0 avg.) with eight touchdowns and caught two passes for 90 yards and a touchdown

• Recorded a career high in tackles (39) and tackles for a loss (11)

DIVISION-I OFFERS:
Toledo, Michigan, Penn State, Rutgers, Cincinnati, UCLA, Eastern Kentucky, Indiana, Duke, Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Kentucky, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Boston College, Notre Dame, Buffalo, Michigan State, Purdue, Colorado State, Oklahoma, Arizona State

Junior linebacker Ty Van Fossen verbals to Cincinnati

Ty Van Fossen (7)

On March 3, DeSales linebacker Ty Van Fossen verbally committed to the University of Cincinnati.  Last season, the junior from St. Matthew led the Stallions with 92 tackles and 26.5 tackles for a loss.  He also recorded four sacks, one interception and a forced fumble for the CCL Silver Division and Regional champions.  On offense, he caught five passes for 139 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 19 yards with a touchdown.  

A two-year starter at linebacker, Van Fossen had 11 Division-I offers.