Athletics: Football

Welcome to the 2008 Seneca Fighting Irish Football Page!

"Irish Pride!"

October 26, 2008

After ending a long losing streak last week against Dwight, the Fighting Irish created a 2 game winning streak by defeating Manteno 28-13 to end the season. Josh Higgins had 3 scores and Tyler Hovious added one as the Irish won on senior night and ended their campaign at 2-7.

The JV lost a heartbreaker in the closing seconds to fall to 4-5 on the season.

The Seneca Coaching Staff consists of:

Varsity Head Coach - Ryan Reade
Varsity Assistant Coach - Eric Vroman
Varsity Assistant Coach - Marty Harig
Varsity Assistant Coach - Ryan Stephenitch
Junior Varsity Head Coach - Russell Witte
Junior Varsity Assistant Coach - Dan Stecken
Freshman Head Coach - Mike Coughlin
Freshman Assistant Coach - Kelsey Adams

Welcome to the 2008 Seneca Fighting Irish Football Web Page! On this page you will find links to:
- Team by Team Rosters
- Team Schedules
- Game Scores
- School Records

Rosters (Click for a team roster):

2008 Varsity Football Roster

Number	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Year
3	Nathan Steele	6'1	180	QB/DB	12
4	Seth Evans	6'0	180	TE/DB	12
7	Joe Wichert	5'10	160	QB/DB	11
11	Tyler Hovious	5'11	160	RB/DB	10
21	Jed Knobeloch	5'9	155	RB/DL	12
22	Jared Walsh	5'10	165	RB/DB	12
24	Patrick Ugolini	5'10	155	RB/DB	11
27	Ron Webb	5'10	180	RB/LB	10
28	Darlius Dixon	5'10	170	RB/DB	12
31	Dalton Reding	5'10	160	RB/DB	11
33	Chuck Johnson	6'0	180	RB/LB	12
34	Meese Albarran	6'0	180	RB/LB	12
35	Ryan Vint	6'1	200	TE/LB	12
43	Josh Higgins	6'0	200	RB/LB	11
50	Meghan McKinney	5'6	140	OL/DL	12
51	Alex Rodriguez	5'9	160	OL/DL	11
52	Sam Hoster	6'4	220	OL/LB	12
54	Deric Punke	6'3	205	OL/DL	12
55	Matt Steudemann	6'0	170	OL/DL	11
56	Frank Ryan	5'11	170	OL/DL	12
57	Tim Harty	5'10	220	OL/DL	11
59	Jon Punke	6'0	215	OL/DL	12
60	Kaleb Grieff	5'11	200	OL/DL	11
64	Micah Hintze	6'4	250	OL/DL	12
65	Nick Flanagan	5'10	160	OL/DL	11
66	Jeremy Pourchot	6'1	250	OL/DL	11
68	Robert Hum	6'0	180	OL/DL	11
74	Marc Dubree	5'11	220	OL/DL	10
79	Jonah Hoelscher	6'2	200	OL/DL	10

80	Alex Humphreys	6'2	175	TE/DB	12
81	Zach Breyne	6'3	190	TE/DL	12
84	Jacob Ortega	5'11	160	TE/DL	11
85	Carver Warning	6'4	205	TE/DL	12
87	Alex Marik	5'10	170	TE/LB	11
88	Cassidy Warning	5'11	170	TE/DB	11

Click here for the 2008 Junior Varsity Football Roster

Click here for the 2008 Freshman Football Roster

School Records:

Seneca Fighting Irish Varsity Football Records
(Click here for the Fighting Irish Records Page)

Schedule and Game Scores:

Date:	Opponent:	Home/Away:	Varsity Score:	JV Score:
08/29	Coal City	Away	7 - 10 (OT) Loss (0-1)	14 - 18 Loss (0-1)
09/05	Reed Custer	Home	19-26 (OT) Loss (0-2)	20 - 12 Win (1-1)
09/12	Herscher	Away	0 - 15 Loss (0-3)	14 - 20 Loss (1-2)

09/19	Lisle	Away	7 - 10 Loss (0-4, 0-1)	16 - 12 Win (2-2, 1-0)
09/26	Westmont	Home	7 - 27 Loss (0-5, 0-2)	47 - 0 Win (3-2, 2-0)
10/3	Wilmington	Home	14 - 37 Loss (0-6, 0-3)	21 - 34 Loss (3-3, 2-1)
10/10	Plano	Away	14 - 21 Loss (0-7, 0-4)	8 - 36 Loss (3-4, 2-2)

10/17	Dwight	Home	48 - 21 Win (1-7, 1-4)	38 - 20 Win (4-4, 3-2)
10/24	Manteno	Home	28 - 13 Win (2-7, 1-4)	6 - 14 Loss (4-5, 3-2)

Interstate 8 Conference Varsity Football Champions:
1979 - Yorkville
1980 - Plano
1981 - Yorkville
1982 - Yorkville, Plano
1983 - Dwight
1984 - Yorkville
1985 - Sandwich
1986 - Reed Custer
1987 - Yorkville
1988 - Yorkville
1989 - Coal City, Seneca, Yorkville
1990 - Seneca (State Champions)
1991 - Coal City
1992 - Coal City, Lisle, Seneca
1993 - Coal City
1994 - Seneca
1995 - Coal City
1996 - Wilmington
1997 - Lisle, Wilmington
1998 - Coal City
1999 - Seneca
2000 - Seneca
2001 - Seneca
2002 - Wilmington
2003 - Wilmington
2004 - Wilmington
2005 - Plano, Wilmington
2006 - Plano, Reed Custer
2007 - Coal City, Herscher
2008 - Wilmington, Reed Custer