Bobcat Gridders Participate In Team Camp At Lycoming College; Official Practices Start On Monday (08/13/15)

The Clarion Area High School and Junior High Football Teams participated in their Annual Team Camp at Lycoming College last Monday to Friday (August 3rd – 7th).

(All photos by Coach Larry Wiser) 2015 Lycoming Camp participants

Fifty-two players and nine coaches attended this year’s camp. They left Monday morning and arrived back in Clarion on Friday afternoon.

Coach Wiser’s brother Steve, Lycoming’s longtime defensive coordinator, is very much involved in making the camp an enjoyable learning experience for the campers. Clarion was one of six schools from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, at Lycoming during the week.

The teams were able to use both Lycoming’s turf football field and turf soccer/lacrosse field. There were two practices each day, with the team working on offensive and defensive position specific and team drills.

The team went bowling on Wednesday night.

Tuesday and Thursday the players participated in two hand touch, 7 on 7 games. There were eight teams and each team played the other seven. The two teams with the best records met in the Super Bowl.

7 on 7 Champions

The winning team was comprised of senior Luke Nellis, junior Kyle Patterson, sophomore Colt Stimmell, freshman Sam Minich, freshman Cody Rusiewicz, and 8th grader Ben Murtha

This year for the first time there was also an All-Star Game. Each team picked two players to represent their team.

The Bobcats continue to get ready for the 2015 season, with the first official day of practice next Monday (August 17th).

Bobcat Seniors

The first Varsity scrimmage is Saturday, August 22nd, at 10:00 A.M. at Marion Center. The Bobcats will Scrimmage West Branch, at home on Friday, August 28th, at 6:00 P.M.

(Thanks to Nate McClaine for providing information and contributing to this article.)