Seven McDaniel Gridders Named All-CC
LANCASTER, Pa.—Seven players on the McDaniel College football team were named
to the 2005 All-Centennial Conference football squad on Monday. Five players on
defense and a pair on offense were named to the league’s First and Second
Teams. McDaniel was not represented on the Honorable Mention listing.
Junior Drew Abbamonte (Damascus, MD / Damascus) along with seniors Chase
Noll (Wilmington, DE / McKean) and Ron Ringgold (Aberdeen, MD / Aberdeen),
were named to the defensive first team.
Abbamonte was a constant disruption to opponents’ passing game nabbing six
passes for 68 return yards. He also broke up 11 passes this season. The junior
free safety recorded 82 tackles to finish second on the squad in that category.
51 of his tackles were unassisted efforts with four resulting in a loss of
yards.
Noll recorded a team-high six-sacks from his nose guard position resulting in 44
yards of losses for McDaniel’s opposition. He recorded 44 tackles, forced two
fumbles and blocked a kick in 2005.
Ringgold, a middle linebacker, recorded 136 tackles, the fifth most prolific
season of stops in McDaniel’s football history. His 72 solo tackles represents
the fifth best season on record in that category. Amongst his tackles were four
sacks. He also forced a fumble and recorded three interceptions and tacked on 77
return yards, 41 of which came on a touchdown return in the win against Ursinus.
Defensive back Andy Lee (Bethesda, MD / Walt Whitman) and punter Corey
Allen (Rockville, MD / Magruder) were each named to the Second Team Defense.
Working opposite of Abbamonte, the strong safety was third on the team in
tackles with 66 stops. He broke up 6 passes and intercepted another to go along
with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
Allen finished his career as the only punter to pass the 8,000-yard barrier in
Green Terror history. The senior kicked 77 times for a school record 2,824 yards
averaging 36.7 yards per punt. Allen dropped 17 kicks inside his opponent’s
20-yardline this season, leaving several on the 1-yardline, including once in
each of the season’s final to weeks. He boomed a career long punt of 68 yards
at Muhlenberg this season.
McDaniel’s two offensive players honored were both juniors. Offensive lineman Rob
Jones (Middle River / EVT) and wide receiver Chris Martin (Clarksville,
MD / River Hill) were each named Second Team All-Centennial.
Jones centered a line that afforded McDaniel runners 3.4 yards per carry in
2005, while Martin was second on McDaniel’s roster with 26 receptions and 241
yards for 9.3 yards per catch.
The Green Terror finished the season at 5-5 marking the first time since 1996
the team finished at or below .500.
First Team Offense
Pos Name, School Cl
Ht Wt Hometown / High
School
QB-Vince Gallagher, Ursinus Sr
6-1 185 Folsom, PA / St.
Joseph's Prep
RB-T.J. Lyons, Johns Hopkins Sr
5-9 190 Paramus, NJ / Paramus
RB-Tom Sturges, Gettysburg So 5-8
165 Ridgefield, CT / Ridgefield
WR-Anthony Triplin, Johns Hopkins # Jr 6-0
195 Baltimore, MD / Gilman School
WR-Kyle Douglass, Muhlenberg Sr
5-10 174 Wyncote, PA / Cheltenham
TE-Ryan Stearrett, Dickinson * Jr 6-2
230 Wilmington, DE / St. Elizabeth
OL-Marc DeGennaro, Johns Hopkins # Sr
5-11 260 Secaucus, NJ / St. Peter's
Prep
OL-Kevin Mentrikoski, Dickinson Jr 6-2
274 Danville, PA / Danville
OL-Brian Rice, Franklin & Marshall # Jr
6-2 310 Rockville, MD / Good
Counsel
OL-Paul Markowski, Johns Hopkins Jr
6-0 250 Carlstad, NJ / Paramus
Catholic
OL-Carl Slabicki, Muhlenberg # Sr 6-4
273 Westwood, NJ / Westwood
PK-Brandon Kline, Franklin & Marshall Fr
6-0 165 Hummelstown, PA / Lower
Dauphin
First Team Defense
Pos Name, School Cl
Ht Wt Hometown / High
School
DL-Brian Cook, Johns Hopkins % Jr
6-0 230 New Freedom, PA /
Susquehannock
DL-Will Corbin, Muhlenberg Sr
6-1 246 Berlin, NJ / Edgewood
Regional
DL-Chase Noll, McDaniel Sr 6-1
245 Wilmington, DE / McKean
DL-Anthony Woodard, Johns Hopkins Jr
6-0 265 Earlysville, VA / St.
Anne's Belfield
LB-Dan McCall, Muhlenberg + Sr
6-3 205 Northfield, NJ /
Mainland
LB-Adam Luke, Johns Hopkins (A) Sr
5-10 190 Teague, TX / Teague
LB-Ron Ringgold, McDaniel * Sr 6-2
225 Aberdeen, MD / Aberdeen
LB-Chris Stepien, Franklin & Marshall Sr
5-9 180 Fairfield, NJ / West
Essex
DB-Andrew Ackley, Dickinson * Jr 5-10
177 Chalfont, PA / Central Bucks West
DB-Adam Colicchio, Johns Hopkins # Jr
5-9 180 Martinsville, NJ /
Immaculata
DB-Drew Abbamonte, McDaniel # Jr
5-9 175 Damascus, MD / Damascus
DB-Nathan Smith, Gettysburg Sr
6-1 190 Hanover, PA /
Cooperstown Central, NY
DB-Adam Schmidt, Ursinus % Sr 5-10
185 Palmyra, PA / Conrad Weiser
P-Ben Scott, Johns Hopkins Jr
6-3 195 Pittsburgh, PA / Shady
Side Academy
KR-Nathan Smith, Gettysburg Sr
6-1 190 Hanover, PA /
Cooperstown Central, NY
Second Team Offense
Pos Name, School Cl
Ht Wt Hometown / High
School
QB-Zach DiIonno, Johns Hopkins # Sr 6-1
190 West Caldwell, NJ / James Caldwell
RB-Dwight Phyall, Dickinson Sr 6-0
222 Westbury, NY / Friends Academy
RB-Rick Dunlap, Franklin & Marshall Jr
5-9 210 Boothwyn, PA / Garnet
Valley
WR-Justin Ziegler, Ursinus Sr 5-9
170 Souderton, PA / Souderton
WR-Chris Martin, McDaniel Jr
5-11 180 Clarksville, MD / River Hill
TE-Steve Montalto, Muhlenberg # So
6-4 219 Coral Gables, FL /
Ramson Everglades
OL-Enoch Boateng, Gettysburg $ Sr
6-2 285 Vienna, VA / W.T.
Woodson
OL-Rob Jones, McDaniel Jr 6-0
275 Middle River, MD / Eastern Tech
OL-Jeff Pawlikowski, Franklin & Marshall Sr
6-3 250 Sinking Spring, PA /
Conrad Weiser
OL-Carmen Gentile, Ursinus (A) So
6-1 270 Media, PA / Strath Haven
OL-Dain Alaia, Gettysburg Jr
6-0 250 Lake Ronkonkoma, NY /
Sachem
OL-Mike Leanch, Muhlenberg * Sr
6-1 250 Macungie, PA / Emmaus
PK-Ben Scott, Johns Hopkins Jr
6-3 195 Pittsburgh, PA / Shady
Side Academy
Second Team Defense
Pos Name, School Cl
Ht Wt Hometown / High
School
DL-Kieran Cavanagh, Ursinus Sr
5-11 230 Media, PA / Strath Haven
DL-Dan Hogdahl, Gettysburg Sr
6-1 240 Riverdale, NJ /Pompton
Lakes
DL-Dan Petersen, Gettysburg Sr 6-0
230 Beachwood, NJ / Toms River South
DL-Mickey Rehring, Franklin & Marshall So
5-11 230 Harrison, TN / State College,
PA
DL-Tom Wargacki, Muhlenberg # Sr 6-0
262 Randolph, NJ / West Morris Mendham
LB-Eric Dube, Dickinson # So
5-10 195 Voorhees, NJ / Eastern
LB-Harold Barton, Gettysburg Jr
5-8 205 Somerdale, NJ / Sterling
LB-Max Whitacre, Johns Hopkins (A) # Sr
6-1 195 Sugarloaf, PA / Bishop
Hafey
LB-Matt Hagel, Johns Hopkins # Jr
5-10 200 Linwood, NJ / Mainland
DB-Jim Sanders, Johns Hopkins (A) Sr 6-0
195 North Lima, OH / South Range
DB-Mike McCurley, Muhlenberg * Sr 5-11
188 Emmaus, PA / Wyoming Seminary
DB-Andy Lee, McDaniel * Sr 6-1
180 Bethesda, MD / Walt Whitman
DB-Justin Adair, Muhlenberg * Sr
5-10 169 Morristown, NJ / Morristown
P-Corey Allen, McDaniel Sr
5-10 170 Rockville, MD / Magruder
KR-Adam Schmidt, Ursinus Sr
5-10 185 Palmyra, PA / Conrad Weiser
Honorable Mention Offense
Pos Name, School Cl Ht
Wt Hometown / High School
QB-Matt Torchia, Dickinson Jr
5-11 202 Kinnelon, NJ / Kinnelon
RB-Marc Patricelli, Franklin & Marshall Fr
5-10 200 Milmont Park, PA / Roman
Catholic
WR-Rob Donofrio, Franklin & Marshall Jr
5-10 175 Sea Girt, NJ / Wall Township
OL-Randy Marquis, Franklin & Marshall Jr
5-11 245 Staatsburg, NY / FDR
OL-Andrew Bonsall, Ursinus Sr 6-0
267 Hummelstown, PA / Hershey
Honorable Mention Defense
Pos Name, School Cl
Ht Wt Hometown / High
School
DL-Justin Ellis, Ursinus Sr 6-2
230 Bensalem, PA / Bensalem
DL-Paul Titchenell, Dickinson So
6-1 240 Glenolden, PA / Cardinal
O'Hara
LB-Mark Bennett, Muhlenberg Sr
6-1 222 Fair Lawn, NJ / Fair
Lawn
LB-Brian Hrynczyszyn, Ursinus Jr 6-0
225 Bensalem, PA / Conwell-Egan
DB-Phil Gasker, Muhlenberg % Sr 6-0
193 Lehighton, PA / Lehighton
DB-Ryan Sychterz, Franklin & Marshall Sr
5-10 185 Sinking Spring, PA / Holy
Name