Hazleton Area Cougars

Coach: Dennis Buchman
Classification: 6A
2022 Record: 8-3 (4-2)
Stadium: Harman-Geist Memorial Field

2023 Hazleton Area Schedule

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue
2023-08-25 19:00:06August 25, 2023	Pittston Area at Hazleton	19:00:067:00 pm	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2023-09-01 19:00:38September 1, 2023	Wallenpaupack at Hazleton	19:00:387:00 pm	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2023-09-08 19:00:02September 8, 2023	Hazleton at North Pocono	19:00:027:00 pm	NP Stadium Complex
2023-09-15 19:00:06September 15, 2023	Wilkes-Barre at Hazleton	19:00:067:00 pm	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2023-09-22 19:00:06September 22, 2023	West Scranton at Hazleton	19:00:067:00 pm	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2023-09-29 19:00:35September 29, 2023	Hazleton at Dallas	19:00:357:00 pm	Mountaineer Stadium
2023-10-06 19:00:55October 6, 2023	Hazleton at Crestwood	19:00:557:00 pm	Crestwood Stadium
2023-10-13 19:00:06October 13, 2023	Valley West at Hazleton	19:00:067:00 pm	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2023-10-20 19:00:44October 20, 2023	Hazleton at Williamsport	19:00:447:00 pm	STA Stadium
2023-10-27 19:00:40October 27, 2023	Hazleton at Berwick	19:00:407:00 pm	Crispin Field

WVC Division 1 Standings

Pos	Team	Overall W	Overall L	Overall Pct	Overall PF	Overall PA
1	Berwick	-	-	-	-	-
1	Crestwood	-	-	-	-	-
1	Dallas	-	-	-	-	-
1	Hazleton	-	-	-	-	-
1	Valley West	-	-	-	-	-
1	Wilkes-Barre	-	-	-	-	-
1	Williamsport	-	-	-	-	-

2022 Season

2022 Hazleton Area Schedule

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue
2022-08-26 19:00:40August 26, 2022	Hazleton at Pittston Area	47 - 15	Charley Trippi Stadium
2022-09-02 19:00:03September 2, 2022	Hazleton at Wallenpaupack	45 - 7	Wallenpaupack Stadium
2022-09-09 19:00:26September 9, 2022	North Pocono at Hazleton	7 - 54	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2022-09-16 19:00:04September 16, 2022	Hazleton at Wilkes-Barre	20 - 7	Wilkes Barre Area Stadium
2022-09-23 19:00:55September 23, 2022	Hazleton at West Scranton	42 - 7	Scranton Memorial Stadium
2022-09-30 19:00:31September 30, 2022	Dallas at Hazleton	42 - 20	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2022-10-07 19:00:11October 7, 2022	Crestwood at Hazleton	35 - 14	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2022-10-14 19:00:20October 14, 2022	Hazleton at Valley West	43 - 7	Spartan Stadium
2022-10-21 19:00:49October 21, 2022	Williamsport at Hazleton	14 - 28	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2022-10-28 19:00:25October 28, 2022	Berwick at Hazleton	0 - 20	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2022-11-04 19:00:29November 4, 2022	Hazleton at Freedom	0 - 38	BASD Stadium

WVC Division 1 Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Overall W	Overall L	Overall Pct	Overall PF	Overall PA
1	Crestwood	5	1	0.833	250	118	13	2	.867	585	216
2	Dallas	4	2	0.667	192	142	9	3	.750	425	246
3	Hazleton	4	2	0.667	145	105	8	3	.727	333	179
4	Wilkes-Barre	4	2	0.667	182	113	6	5	.545	295	236
5	Berwick	3	3	0.500	156	156	5	7	.417	295	327
6	Williamsport	1	5	0.167	109	207	5	6	.455	326	305
7	Valley West	0	6	0.000	68	261	0	10	.000	114	365

2022 Hazleton Area Stats

#	Player	Rushes	Rush Yds.	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Int	Ret TD	PAT	Points
	Richie Santos	7	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Matthew Buchman	148	951	9	16	182	3	10	16	34	0	1	0	14	86
2	Carlos Gonzalez	11	70	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
3	Riley VanGilst	1	-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Matthew Cusatis	20	97	2	37	651	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	53
6	Connor Shamany	0	0	0	40	762	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	42
8	Hunter Johnson	4	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Zander Coleman	1	3	0	7	91	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	25
10	Ryan Matyas	22	130	1	23	234	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	34
11	Austin Wilson	1	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tyler Wolfe	37	134	2	0	0	0	125	188	2031	24	7	0	0	12
17	Alex Pongrazzi	0	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
20	Kevin Guzman	16	122	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
22	Johncarlos Peralta	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Connor Kundrat	39	300	6	9	129	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44
41	Deron Newell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Jean Valdez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

2022 Hazleton Area Roster

#	Player	Position	2022 Grade	Weight	Height
	Richie Santos	RB	12	-	-
1	Matthew Buchman	DB, RB	12	205	6'1"
2	Carlos Gonzalez	DB, WR	10	175	5'9"
3	Riley VanGilst	DB, WR	10	165	5'11"
4	Matthew Cusatis	DB, WR	12	165	6'0"
6	Connor Shamany	DB, WR	12	195	6'4"
8	Hunter Johnson	LB, RB	10	180	5'9"
9	Zander Coleman	LB, TE	11	225	6'2"
10	Ryan Matyas	LB, RB	12	205	5'10"
11	Austin Wilson	DB, QB	10	160	5'9"
12	Jacob Agramonte	LB, WR	11	175	5'10"
13	Paul Munoz	DB, WR	11	160	5'10"
14	Tyler Wolfe	DB, QB	12	180	5'11"
16	Lizandro Rosario	DB, WR	10	140	5'8"
17	Alex Pongrazzi	LB, WR	12	180	5'9"
18	Yadier Mateo	DB, WR	10	145	5'9"
19	Jhendrick Perez	DB, WR	10	140	5'7"
20	Kevin Guzman	DB, RB	12	185	5'9"
22	Johncarlos Peralta	LB, RB	10	175	5'9"
25	Qay’von Minor	LB, RB	12	200	6'0"
27	Miguel Ramirez	LB, WR	12	170	5'9"
28	Connor Kundrat	LB, RB	12	190	5'11"
31	Miguel Vasquez	DB, WR	10	160	5'10"
38	Xavier Torres	DB, WR	11	150	5'8"
40	Sebastian Martinez	LB, RB	11	175	5'9"
41	Deron Newell	LB, RB	12	195	5'11"
42	Brady Mizenko	LB, RB	11	215	6'0"
44	Robin Munoz	DB, WR	10	145	5'8"
49	Will Santiago	LB, RB	9	185	5'9"
50	Maximo Ticona	DL, OL	12	250	5'9"
51	Johan Carbonell	DL, OL	11	205	5'10"
52	Mason Marolo	LB, OL	9	185	5'11"
53	Jake Zapotocky	DL, OL	9	205	5'9"
54	Peter Youngcourt	DL, OL	11	225	5'11"
56	Johan Cruz	DL, OL	10	225	5'7"
57	Manny Salcedo	DL, OL	10	250	5'11"
58	Brayan Calcano	DL, OL	11	245	5'10"
59	Robert Anderson	DL, OL	11	215	5'10"
60	Michael Ward	DL, OL	12	245	5'11"
62	Edwanny Castillo	DL, OL	10	205	5'9"
63	Sebastian Santana	DL, OL	-	265	5'9"
64	Hamlet Gonzalez	DL, OL	-	200	5'9"
65	Argeny Gomez	DL, OL	10	225	5'10"
66	Cam’ron Maldonado	DL, OL	11	190	5'6"
67	Kenny Lucas	DL, OL	12	220	6'0"
68	Gabe Boris	DL, OL	10	215	5'10"
69	Ledwin Delossantos	DL, OL	10	355	6'3"
70	Sam Porro	DL, OL	12	280	6'0"
71	Jean Valdez	DL, OL	12	225	6'4"
73	Tommy King	DL, OL	10	260	5'10"
74	Jeremy Ackerman	DL, OL	10	205	6'0"
75	Sebastian Reinoso	DL, OL	11	235	6'2"
76	Jordi Urena	DL, OL	10	300	6'3"
77	Aaron Laureano	DL, OL	10	205	6'0"
78	Juan Fabian	DL, OL	12	285	6'0"
79	Christopher Martinez	DL, OL	10	200	6'1"
81	Jose Guzman	LB, WR	12	170	5'10"

2021 Season

2021 Hazleton Area Schedule

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue
2021-08-27 19:00:02August 27, 2021	Wyoming Area at Hazleton	35 - 7	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-09-03 19:00:18September 3, 2021	Harrisburg at Hazleton	31 - 21	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-09-10 19:00:24September 10, 2021	Hazleton at Berwick	21 - 14	Crispin Field
2021-09-17 19:00:04September 17, 2021	Pittston Area at Hazleton	14 - 21	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-09-24 19:00:51September 24, 2021	Hazleton at Dallas	28 - 21	Mountaineer Stadium
2021-10-01 19:00:13October 1, 2021	Delaware Valley at Hazleton	14 - 9	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-10-08 19:00:11October 8, 2021	Hazleton at Scranton	27 - 7	Scranton Memorial Stadium
2021-10-15 19:00:47October 15, 2021	Wilkes-Barre at Hazleton	10 - 29	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-10-22 19:00:47October 22, 2021	Hazleton at Valley West	55 - 19	Spartan Stadium
2021-10-29 19:00:28October 29, 2021	Hazleton at Williamsport	14 - 11	STA Stadium
2021-11-05 19:00:44November 5, 2021	Wilkes-Barre at Hazleton	3 - 24	Harman-Geist Memorial Field
2021-11-12 19:00:12November 12, 2021	Hazleton at Delaware Valley	20 - 35	Warrior Stadium

WVC 5A/6A Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Overall W	Overall L	Overall Pct	Overall PF	Overall PA
1	Hazleton	3	0	1.000	98	40	8	4	0.667	276	214
2	Williamsport	2	1	0.667	65	28	6	6	0.500	258	200
3	Wilkes-Barre	1	2	0.333	44	68	4	7	0.364	199	310
4	Valley West	0	3	0.000	51	122	3	8	0.272	228	301

2021 Hazleton Area Stats

#	Player	Rushes	Rush Yds.	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Int	FG	PAT	Points
1	Matthew Buchman	178	701	9	33	338	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	80
2	Mitchell Masten	0	0	0	5	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Luke Gennaro	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Matthew Cusatis	20	81	1	38	544	5	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	36
5	Jose Rodriguez	1	0	0	5	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
6	Connor Shamany	0	0	0	41	801	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
10	Ryan Matyas	20	124	0	12	190	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
11	Christian Price	2	9	0	8	119	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
14	Tyler Wolfe	44	225	2	1	6	0	149	255	2182	23	9	0	0	12
15	Luke Russo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	31
20	Kevin Guzman	4	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
28	Connor Kundrat	17	98	1	6	85	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12

2021 Hazleton Area Roster

#	Player	Position	Weight	Height	2021 Grade
1	Matthew Buchman	DB, RB	205	6'1"	11
2	Mitchell Masten	LB, WR	185	5'11	12
3	Luke Gennaro	DB, QB	155	5'9	10
4	Matthew Cusatis	DB, WR	165	6'0"	11
5	Jose Rodriguez	DB, WR	155	5'7	12
6	Connor Shamany	DB, WR	195	6'4"	11
8	Sam Guzman	LB, QB	170	5'10	10
9	Jim Beltre	LB, WR	195	6'0	11
10	Ryan Matyas	LB, RB	205	5'10"	11
11	Christian Price	DB, WR	190	6'1	12
12	Ulises Ortiz	DB, WR	170	5'8	11
12	Jacob Agramonte	LB, WR	175	5'10"	10
13	Treyvon Corchado	DB, WR	180	6'2	12
14	Tyler Wolfe	DB, QB	180	5'11"	11
15	Luke Russo	K, P	160	5'10	12
17	Alex Pongrazzi	LB, WR	180	5'9"	11
18	Devin Youngcourt	LB, WR	170	5'9	12
20	Kevin Guzman	DB, RB	185	5'9"	11
25	Qay’von Minor	LB, RB	200	6'0"	11
27	Miguel Ramirez	LB, WR	170	5'9"	11
27	Stanley Jimson	LB, RB	160	5'9	12
28	Connor Kundrat	LB, RB	190	5'11"	11
29	Caden Sopko	DB, WR	150	5'7	11
31	Melvin Kernis	LB, WR	-	5	11
36	Jayden Johnson	LB, RB	190	5'10	12
40	Sam LaPoint	LB, RB	185	5'10	11
41	Kenny Tejada-Taveras	DB, RB	145	5'7	10
42	Brady Mizenko	LB, RB	215	6'0"	10
46	Isaac Peters	LB, WR	155	5'8	10
47	Patrick Petrosky	LB, RB	160	5'8	12
50	Maximo Ticona	DL, OL	250	5'9"	11
51	Jhoan Carbonell	DL, OL	190	5'8	11
53	John Daugherty	DL, OL	190	5'10	10
54	Peter Youngcourt	DL, OL	225	5'11"	10
54	Raimon Abreu	LB, OL	220	5'11	12
56	Chris Sachs	DL, OL	210	5'7	12
57	Blaze Yates	DL, OL	220	5'9	11
58	Brayan Calcano	DL, OL	245	5'10"	10
59	Robert Anderson	DL, OL	215	5'10"	10
60	Michael Ward	DL, OL	245	5'11"	11
61	Rafael Roque	DL, OL	210	5'9	11
62	Leo Kelly	DL, OL	245	5'11	12
63	Logan Aikens	DL, OL	225	6'3	11
66	Cam’ron Maldonado	DL, OL	190	5'6"	10
67	Kenny Lucas	DL, OL	220	6'0"	11
68	Jacob Castillo	DL, OL	245	6'4	11
70	Sam Porro	DL, OL	280	6'0"	11
71	Jean Valdez	DL, OL	225	6'4"	11
73	Tommy King	DL, OL	260	5'10"	9
75	Nikos Rapach	DL, OL	280	6'5	12
76	Dylan Solomon	DL, OL	270	6'5	11
78	Juan Fabian	DL, OL	285	6'0"	11

2020 Season

2020 Hazleton Area Schedule

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue	Broadcast
2020-09-11 19:00:08September 11, 2020	Hazleton at Crestwood	10 - 18	Crestwood Stadium	Watch
2020-09-18 19:00:11September 18, 2020	Hazleton at Wilkes-Barre	21 - 28	Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium	Listen
2020-09-25 19:00:09September 25, 2020	Tunkhannock at Hazleton	7 - 34	Harman-Geist Memorial Field	-
2020-10-02 19:00:41October 2, 2020	Hazleton at Pittston Area	21 - 0	Charley Trippi Stadium	Listen
2020-10-10 19:00:38October 10, 2020	Berwick at Hazleton	25 - 30	Harman-Geist Memorial Field	Listen
2020-10-16 19:00:31October 16, 2020	Hazleton at Dallas	37 - 12	Mountaineer Stadium	Watch
2020-10-23 19:00:57October 23, 2020	Valley West at Hazleton	19:00:57Postponed	Harman-Geist Memorial Field	-
2020-10-30 19:00:41October 30, 2020	Hazleton at Delaware Valley	30 - 55	Warrior Stadium	Listen

2020 WVC Division 1

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Overall W	Overall L	Overall Pct	Overall PF	Overall PA
1	Williamsport	4	0	1.000	148	20	6	2	0.750	240	122
2	Hazleton	3	1	0.750	109	65	4	3	0.571	183	145
3	Dallas	4	2	0.667	139	145	4	4	0.500	153	221
4	Wilkes-Barre	2	2	0.500	50	89	3	3	0.500	111	144
5	Valley West	1	3	0.250	59	129	2	3	0.400	101	129
6	Berwick	1	3	0.250	76	84	1	5	0.167	97	148
7	Crestwood	0	0	0.000	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

2020 Hazleton Area Stats

#	Player	Rushes	Rush Yds.	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Int
1	Matthew Buchman	122	566	4	12	139	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Evan Matyas	0	0	0	9	131	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Connor Shamany	0	0	0	32	382	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ryan Matyas	4	18	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Christian Price	0	0	0	8	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Kellen Warner	34	145	1	0	0	0	112	184	1454	12	10
4	Matthew Cusatis	3	6	0	38	544	6	0	0	0	0	0
25	Dante Matarella	8	38	3	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Kevin Meluskey	36	124	4	8	171	1	0	0	0	0	0

2020 Hazleton Area Roster

#	Player	Position	2020 Grade
1	Matthew Buchman	DB, RB	10
2	Mitchell Masten	LB, WR	11
3	Luke Gennaro	DB, QB	9
4	Matthew Cusatis	DB, WR	10
4	Nick Damiano	DB, WR	12
5	Evan Matyas	DB, WR	12
5	Jose Rodriguez	DB, WR	11
6	Connor Shamany	DB, WR	10
8	Eddie Torres	DB, WR	12
9	Jim Beltre	LB, WR	10
10	Ryan Matyas	LB, RB	10
11	Christian Price	DB, WR	11
12	Ulises Ortiz	DB, WR	10
12	Kellen Warner	LB, QB	12
14	Tyler Wolfe	DB, QB	10
15	Luke Russo	K, P	11
17	Alex Pongrazzi	LB, WR	10
18	Arick Fithian	LB, QB	10
20	Kevin Guzman	DB, RB	10
25	Dante Matarella	LB, RB	12
27	Adrian Nunez	DB, WR	12
28	Connor Kundrat	LB, RB	10
31	Melvin Kernis	LB, WR	10
40	Sam LaPoint	LB, RB	10
42	Kevin Meluskey	LB, RB	12
45	Jordan Luczak	LB, RB	10
47	Patrick Petrosky	LB, RB	11
50	Maximo Ticona	DL, OL	10
52	Max Barrett	DL, OL	12
53	James Bugda	DL, OL	12
54	Raimon Abreu	LB, OL	11
56	Chris Sachs	DL, OL	11
57	Blaze Yates	DL, OL	10
58	Seth Hunsinger	DL, OL	12
59	Bryce Torstrup	DL, OL	12
60	Michael Ward	DL, OL	10
61	Gavin Guza	DL, OL	12
62	Leo Kelly	DL, OL	11
63	Yerick Tlacult	DL, OL	10
63	Logan Aikens	DL, OL	10
67	Kenny Lucas	DL, OL	10
70	Sam Porro	DL, OL	10
71	Jean Valdez	DL, OL	10
72	Jason Biever	DL, OL	12
73	Juan Alberto	DL, OL	10
75	Nikos Rapach	DL, OL	11
76	Dylan Solomon	DL, OL	10
78	Juan Fabian	DL, OL	10
84	Starling Reyes	DB, WR	12
86	Robert Cordero	DB, WR	10
90	Jhoan Robles	DL, OL	12

Hazleton Area Cougars

Coach: Dennis Buchman Classification: 6A 2022 Record: 8-3 (4-2) Stadium: Harman-Geist Memorial Field

2023 Hazleton Area Schedule

WVC Division 1 Standings

2022 Season

2022 Hazleton Area Schedule

WVC Division 1 Standings

2022 Hazleton Area Stats

2022 Hazleton Area Roster

2021 Season

2021 Hazleton Area Schedule

WVC 5A/6A Standings

2021 Hazleton Area Stats

2021 Hazleton Area Roster

2020 Season

2020 Hazleton Area Schedule

2020 WVC Division 1

2020 Hazleton Area Stats

2020 Hazleton Area Roster

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Coach: Dennis Buchman
Classification: 6A
2022 Record: 8-3 (4-2)
Stadium: Harman-Geist Memorial Field