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David Blay

Sophomore David Blay has been identified by The College Football Network as one of the top 20 defensive tackles entering the 2023 season. Last season as a redshirt freshman, Blay played in all 11 games and tallied 39 tackles, including 13 tackles for loss, en route to earning second team All-PSAC East honors.

Unfortunately, next season he’ll be playing for Louisiana Tech as he now appears on the Bulldogs’ roster. LaTech finished 2022 with a record of 3-9 including 2-6 in Conference USA.

Event News - 2023 Phil Simms NJ All-Star Football Classic

A future Golden Ram will be participating in the Phil Simms New Jersey All-Star Football Classic to be held at 6:00pm on Sunday June 11 in Alumni Stadium at Kean University. Wide receiver Darrell Brown Jr of Kingsway will suit up for the South squad which will be coached by Steve Everette of Willingboro.

2023 South Roster

Event News - 2023 Tri-County All-Star Football Game

Three future Golden Rams are scheduled to play in the 2023 Manheim Touchdown Club Tri-County All-Star Football Game to be held on Friday May 26 at 7:00 pm at Manheim Central High School's Elden Rettew Stadium.

Playing for the Berks-Lebanon Team are offensive lineman Jacob Collazo of Berks Catholic and Draven Klick of Daniel Boone. Klick is listed as a tight end for this game but has been recruited as a defensive end for the Golden Rams.

Playing for the Lancaster Team is running back Grant Hoover of Hempfield.

The game is sponsored by the Manheim Touchdown Club.

Event News - 2023 Valor Bowl

A pair of future Golden Rams will be participating in the annual Believe and Achieve Valor Bowl to be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, May 25 at Downingtown's Walter E. Kottmeyer Stadium. Both offensive lineman AJ Saggese of Downingtown West and quarterback Jamy Jenkins of Downingtown East will suit up for Team Allison which will be coached by Joe Coffey of Avon Grove.

2023 Believe & Achieve Valor Bowl Selection!!! pic.twitter.com/5qwwSEXWdI

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The Valor Bowl was founded by Scott Allison and former West Chester Golden Ram and Killinger Hall of Fame member Joe Carroll, and serves as Chester County's senior all-star game with proceeds going to benefit the Special Needs Community of the region.

Many West Chester University football players have participated in the Valor Bowl, most recently offensive lineman Dylan Nichols, quarterback and 2022 MVP Cooper Jordan, and running back Dayshawn Jacobs.

Other notable Valor Bowl alumni include 2001 North Offensive MVP Bob Findora who later led the Golden Rams to the 2004 Division II National semi-final and 2010 East Offensive MVP Rondell White who led the Golden Rams to the Division II National semi-final in 2013.

UPDATE - PA Prep Live - Coatesville's Ferguson Sparks Valor Bowl Win For Team Allison

Event News - 2023 PSFCA 4A-6A East/West Game

Two future Golden Rams are expected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) 4A-6A East/West All-Star Game on Sunday, May 21 at Bishop McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium in Harrisburg.

Selected to play for the East squad, which will be coached by Matt Ortega of Coatesville, are:

• Riley Hackett - DE - Upper Dublin
• Mitch Ragni - LB - West Chester East

Kick-off is set for 5:00pm.

Current Golden Rams that have been selected to participate in this annual all-star game include wide receiver D'Shaun Seals, tight end Thatcher Miller, offensive lineman Quinton Derr, wide receiver Seth Degree, defensive back Izaiah McPherson, and tight end Stone Huffman.

PSFCA - The 2023 Titan Threadz PSFCA East/West Big School All-Star Teams

Event News - 2023 City All-Star Football Game

Several future Golden Rams are scheduled to play for the Non-Public squad in the Philadelphia City All-Star Football Game to be held on Saturday May 20 at 1:00pm at Northeast High School.

The offense will be represented by lineman Jack Ruskowski of Archbishop Ryan and tight end McDermott Murphy of Archbishop Ryan. The defense will have defensive end Seamus McCain of Penn Charter, linebacker Luke Trunell of Conwell-Egan, defensive back Kyle Schumann of Archbishop Ryan, and defensive back Mekhi Harper of Conwell-Egan.

Several former Golden Rams have participated in this contest including All-American wide receiver Michael Washington (2004), WCU MVP quarterback Mike Mattei (2008), All-American cornerback Al-Hajj Shabazz (2010), wide receiver Erick Brundidge (2010), safety Kevin Malone (2012), cornerback Blaise Schieler (2012), offensive lineman Vince Lostracco (2013), and shark linebacker Nydair Rouse (2014).

Event News - 2023 PSFCA 1A-3A East/West Game

Two future Golden Rams are expected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) 1A-3A East/West All-Star Game on Sunday, May 21 at Bishop McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium in Harrisburg.

Selected to play for the East squad, which will be coached by Matt Gingrich of Annville-Cleona, is:

• Chris Treshock - OL - Southern Columbia

Selected to play for the West squad, which will be coached by Todd Silfies of Kane, is:

• Ian Hornberger - WR - Loyalsock

Kick-off is set for noon.

Current Golden Rams that have been selected to participate in this annual all-star game include wide receiver D'Shaun Seals, tight end Thatcher Miller, offensive lineman Quinton Derr, wide receiver Seth Degree, defensive back Izaiah McPherson, and tight end Stone Huffman.

PSFCA - The 2023 Titan Threadz PSFCA East/West Small School All-Star Teams

Team News - 2023 WCU Football Schedule

This season's schedule is a mirror image of 2022, with all the same opponents in all the same order, with merely the venue of each game being swapped. So what does this mean:

The Golden Rams will open the season with two long roads trips - first north to Waltham, MA to face Bentley and then west to take on Slippery Rock.

Last season, West Chester went 2-2 against 2021 playoff teams. The two losses came to Slippery Rock and Shepherd. Both those teams made the playoffs again in 2022 and both appear on the Golden Rams' 2023 schedule.

This will be West Chester's first trip to Slippery Rock since the Golden Rams captured the PSAC championship in 2018. The Rock tends to draw large crowds for night games and kickoff is scheduled at 6:00pm

Bloomsburg will be West Chester's homecoming for the fourth time in the past 20 years. The Golden Rams are 3-1 in those contests with the most recent game being a narrow one-point margin for the purple and gold.

Day	Date	Opponent	Time	Notes
Saturday	September 2	at Bentley	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 9	at Slippery Rock	6:00 pm
Saturday	September 16	vs Gannon	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 23	at Millersville	12:00 pm
Saturday	September 30	vs Bloomsburg	2:00 pm	Homecoming/Family Weekend
Saturday	October 7	at Shippensburg	1:00 pm
Saturday	October 14	vs East Stroudsburg	12:00 pm
Saturday	October 21	at Shepherd	12:00 pm	Shepherd's Homecoming
Saturday	October 28	at Lock Haven	1:00 pm
Saturday	November 4	vs Kutztown	12:00 pm
Saturday	November 11	vs Clarion	12:00 pm	Senior Day

2023 Spring Game Report - Purple 12 - Gold 7

Here are some observations from Friday's Purple-Gold game which was won by Purple by a score of 12-7:

• Less than a week since the second scrimmage of the spring, quarterback Aidan Dooley joined his brother Shane on the "no longer interested in playing football at West Chester" list.
• After missing all of last season, presumably due to academics, receiver Seth Degree was back on the field. The speedster started ten games in 2021 when he was second on the team in both receptions and receiving yards.
• While the Purple offense had the first team skilled position players - quarterback Cooper Jordan, receivers Degree and D'Shaun Seals - the Gold offense appeared to have the starting line - Quinton Derr, Caelan Krasley, Dylan Nichols, Trey Wells, and Ethan Vargas. As a junior, Derr is the oldest among all the linemen that played, so there is certainly the potential for changes come summer camp.
• Jonathan Haynes and Brody McAndrew were mid-year transfers and participated. McAndrew, who played quarterback at New Hampshire but is playing safety for the Golden Rams, registered a tackle for loss in the game.
• Another expected incoming transfer from Temple is linebacker Connor Noble. He's the son of former Golden Ram defensive coach Brandon Noble.
• The steady cold rain shortened the game to one half and adversely impacted the passing offense. One of Jordan's four completions was to Seals who got past Izaiah McPherson for what would result in a 99-yard touchdown pass. Gold quarterback Ethan Kohler had just two completions with one of them going 44 yards to Rahiem Bowens. Kohler did have a nice 16-yard scamper. Each QB threw a pick, with Kohler's coming on a fourth-and-22 Hail Mary with 32 seconds left in the contest.
• The Gold offensive line paved the way for almost 100 yards rushing in the abbreviated contest. Daquan Robinson, who was listed as a defensive back but played plenty of offense in high school, had 48 yards on seven carries before leaving with a left shoulder injury. Dayshawn Jacobs picked up 44 yards on ten carries.
• For Purple, Jordan executed a beautiful play action fake and connected with Degree on a 26-yard touchdown pass. Unfortunately, Degree was flagged for excessive celebration and the ensuing long PAT attempt failed.
• Defensively for Purple, safety Kaleb Brown and linebacker Khalib Slaughter led the way with five tackles each. Nazeem Werts had two pass breakups while linebacker Graham Muscella and end Kyle Fisher were each credited with a sack.
• The Gold defense was paced by linebackers Stanley Bryant and Ricardo Delgado. Bryant registered five total tackles including a sack and Delgado was credited with four solo stops including two sacks.

West Chester Athletic Site - Seals’ 99-yard TD Reception Highlights Purple’s 12-7 Win in Spring Game

Daily Local News - Golden Rams answer some questions during Spring workouts

Alumni News - Former Golden Rams Playing Professionally

Four former Golden Rams are continuing to play football now that their college careers are completed.

• Defensive lineman Shane Griffin is in his second year as the long snapper for the Michigan Panthers of the USFL. The Panthers sit atop the North Division with a record of 2-0.
  
  
• Also in the USFL is safety Jarey Elder who is with the New Orleans Breakers. Similar to Griffin's team, the Breakers are undefeated and in first place in the South Division.
  
  
• After spending a season with the Bismarck Bucks and a brief time with the Tucson Sugar Skulls, former Golden Ram wide receiver Lex Rosario is now with the Tulsa Oilers of the Indoor Football League.
  
  
• And former defensive back Nydair Rouse is currently with the first place DC Defenders of the XFL.