Head Coach: Billy O’Gurek
Assistant Coaches:
Charlie Connely
J.D. Hackenberg
Jim McHugh
Josh Skotek
Rory Dixon
Scott Marek
Scott Grochowski
Julian Cerullo
Volunteers:
Joey Walko
Carter Eckman
Jared Spalti
Fran Harmonosky
Team Name: Marian Catholic Colts
2024 Record: 6-5
8/23 Hanover Area (3A) 7:00 pm W 35-0
8/30 @ Tri-Valley* (1A) 7:00 pm L 0-24
9/05 Panther Valley* (3A) 7:00 pm W 27-0
9/13 @ Shenandoah Valley* (2A) 7:00 pm W 47-23
9/21 Mahanoy Area* (2A) 7:00 pm L 7-26 Homecoming
9/27 @ Minersville Area* (2A) 7:00 pm W 20-14 OT
10/04 Schuylkill Haven* (2A) 7:00 pm L 0-36
10/11 @ Williams Valley* (2A) 7:00 pm L 0-33
10/18 Pine Grove Area* (3A) 7:00 pm W 34-7
10/25 @ Nativity BVM* (1A) 7:00 pm W 21-18
11/01 @ Tri-Valley (1A) 7:00 pm L 0-27 Dist. 11 A Semifinal
District: 11
Class: A
League: Schuylkill League
Highlights of 2024:
– Bouncing back from a tough loss to beat Minersville 20-14 in overtime in Week 6
– Defeating Nativity 21-18 in week 10 to qualify for the District 11/2 sub regionals
– TE Michael Gelatko – our first Big 33 player in 27 years and having two All-State players in Gelatko and OL Aidan Milkovits
2025 Returning Players:
We will be a young team with only six seniors on our 2025 squad
Jah Bushati, Senior OL-LB
112 tackles (our leading tackler in 2024), 14 TFL, 4 sacks, 1 INT
6 games started on OL
Damian Rodino, Senior OL-LB
Matt Spino, Senior QB-WR-DB
31 tackles
Hunter Sartori, Senior WR-RB-DB
59 tackles
Jake Tom, Senior WR-DB
Rory Dixon, Junior RB-DB
Rushed for over 2,200 yards and 22 touchdowns in his freshman & sophomore seasons.
2024 – 1,229 yards, 14 TD, 45 tackles
Jason Ashfield, Junior RB-LB
120 yards rushing, 16 tackles
Rocco Griguoli, Junior TE-WR-DE
85 yards receiving – 1 TD, 14 tackles
Dominick Rodino, Junior TE-DE
Tyler Price, Sophomore WR-RB-DB
118 total yards, 2 TD
83 tackles, 1 INT
Gregory Tirpak, Sophomore QB-OLB
Key Newcomers:
Jake Tom: senior WR-DB; first year playing football full-time. great athlete, took 7th in PIAA Class A long jump. Excited about his potential.
All part time starters from a year ago who we expect to be main contributors for us this season
Jason Ashfield: junior RB-LB
Rocco Griguoli: junior WR-TE-DE
Dominick Rodino: junior OL-DL
Gregory Tirpark: sophomore QB
Dante Tate: junior WR-DB, first year at Marian, expected to step into starting role on defense and contribute on offense at receiver
2025 Offensive Outlook: We return RB Rory Dixon for his junior season, after he rushed for 1,000+ in each of his freshman & sophomore seasons. He will again be a key playmaker for us. Sophomore Gregg Tirpak will be our starting QB after seeing varsity snaps as our backup last season. Big, strong kid who can make all the throws. We are excited about his potential. Our strength on offense will be in the number of skill players we can rotate: sophomore Tyler Price, seniors Jake Tom, Matt Spino, Hunter Sartori, juniors Rocco Griguoli, Jason Ashfield, Dante Tate will all be counted on to make plays. Offensive Line returns two who started at the end of last season for us in senior Jah Bushati and junior Dominick Rodino. They will be joined by senior Damian Rodino (returning from injury last season), juniors Billy Ebert & Walker Sheer, and sophomores Jack LeClair & Nick Polakovic.
2025 Defensive Outlook: Jah Bushati returns at LB where he led our team in tackles last season. Look for him to be a playmaker for us again at the position. He will be joined by senior Damian Rodino and junior Jason Ashfield. Up front, junior Dominick Rodino will anchor our DL along with juniors Billy Ebert, Walker Sheer, and Rocco Griguoli. Dominick Rodino is primed for a breakout season. We return 4 starters in the secondary in Rory Dixon, Tyler Price, Hunter Sartori, and Matt Spino. Tyler Price has had a great off-season and is ready to emerge as one of the better players in our area. Jake Tom and Dante Tate will also be main secondary players for us. Athletic group with lots of potential. Excited to see our progress on this side of the ball.
2025 Special Teams Outlook: Jah Bushati returns as our place kicker after a solid 2024 season where he went 22 for 25 on extra points. We are counting on him to expand his game and become more of a field goal threat this season. We will need to replace our punter and candidates for the job include Bushati, Jake Tom, and Gregg Tirpak. Our long snappers & holders from last season return in Jason Ashfield & Walker Sheer (snappers) and Matt Spino & Rory Dixon (holders). Our return positions will be manned by several players including Jake Tom, Rory Dixon, Dante Tate, and Tyler Price.
