WPIAL High School Football Spotlight Week 6

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Noah Sanders – 2024 – Jeannette – Athlete - @Sandersnoah5

How would your coaches and teammates describe you?

-        Hard worker but also laid back

What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?

-        My IQ for the game is high, I watch film, and my speed!

What are your hobbies or interest outside of sports?

-        Watching anime, hanging with my peoples, eating, going to church, making money!

What is the toughest class in your school and who is the teacher?

-        Coding, miss Kurt’s

Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?

-        No

Who is a young player on your team that we don’t know about that will become a big name?

-        My brother Majhi, and Jayce Powell, Kymone brown

Rank the top 5 priorities currently in your life?

-        1 Going to church, 2 Making money, 3 Getting good grades, 4 Trying to get my second ring for football, 5 Having fun with whatever I do!

Do you have any secret talent?

-        Nah

What does your daily routine look like?

-        Wake up brush my teeth, Get some food and chill with my peoples

What are your preferred pre-game routines?

-        Take a nap and eat Chick-fil-A!

What is your favorite song or musician to listen before games?

-        Meek Mill, King Von, Eminem

Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?

-        Dominos or fox

Who has the best Chicken Wings in Western, PA?

-        Buffalo wild wins

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-        Hopefully in the NFL or doing something i enjoy!

Nino Dimichele – 2025 – Athlete – Montour - @Nino_Dimichele

How would your coaches and teammates describe you?

-        I would say a guy that likes to have a good time and never take anything too serious. I’m always having a smile on my face.

What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?

-        I really understand our defense and how it should be played. I can set the edge really well and get off of blocks to make plays. If needed i can also fill that hole too. I can make tackles.

What are your hobbies or interest outside of sports?

-        I love music, everybody always wants me on aux for sure. I also get into video games a little bit, Call of Duty specifically.

What is the toughest class in your school and who is the teacher?

-        Toughest class is Honors Pre-calc and trig with Mrs. Wilson. She’s a wonderful lady.

Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?

-        He doesn’t coach at Montour anymore but he did last year, Alex DiMichele. I definitely look up to him and try to model my game after his.

Who is a young player on your team that we don’t know about that will become a big name?

-        Be ready for #26 Dom Baron. Kids a stud.

Rank the top 5 priorities currently in your life?

-        Family – Friends – School – Sports - Having fun

Do you have any secret talent?

-        I’m the best cornhole player you’ll ever watch

What does your daily routine look like?

-        Wake up, brush my teeth and wash my hair, then i go to school. I get in and out in the morning. After school we got practice and then I either go somewhere to eat with my boys, or go home and chill with my family.

What are your preferred pre-game routines?

-        Got to have good music. Im the speaker guy so you know i have to get the team jumpin a little bit. I never like to just sit there and “lock in”.

What is your favorite song or musician to listen before games?

-        Who Run It- G herbo

Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?

-        Julianos Pizza

Who has the best Chicken Wings in Western, PA?

-        Has to be Mama Lena’s no doubt

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-        Doing something I love with the people that I love.

Naytel Mitchell – 2025 – Athlete – Penn Hills - @NaytelM

How would your coaches and teammates describe you?

-          Fire of the team, I feel like I Light the fire an help us keep that grit an yeah, humbleness

What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?

-          What makes me a good player On defense is how fast i can read keys an get to the football faster than the average player. On offense i know how to read a players body language an make a play no matter what.

What are your hobbies or interest outside of sports?

-          Outside of football I love fashion an being a student of the game.

What is the toughest class in your school and who is the teacher?

-          AP US history, Mr. Zera

Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?

-          Coach Prime, When travis hunter got hurt he told him he loves him more than the game when travis  tired to come back earliy an play.

Who is a young player on your team that we don’t know about that will become a big name?

-          Javar curington and Malik mccloud Two dawgs.

Rank the top 5 priorities currently in your life?

-          1.
Football – 2. family – 3. school- 4. food – 5. football

Do you have any secret talent?

-          I know how to do backflips

What does your daily routine look like?

-          Wake up shower go to school go to practice then come home do homework an eat then repeat

What are your preferred pre-game routines?

-          Turning up an listen to music with the guys getting hyped, Then lock in an the whole locker room quite

What is your favorite song or musician to listen before games?

-          Any song by NBA young boy

Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?

-          Salvatore’s

Who has the best Chicken Wings in Western, PA?

-          Salvatore’s

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-          In the league health.

Dyson Harper – 2025 – Athlete - Gateway - @DysonHarper 12

1.     How would your coaches and teammates describe you?

-        They would describe me as quiet, very coachable, humble

2.     What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?

-        What makes me a good player is how I can get separated from the DB and I have good hands

3.     What are your hobbies or interest outside of sports?

-        My hobbies outside of sports are drawing and sometimes rapping

4.     What is the toughest class in your school and who is the teacher?

-        The toughest class is world religion and the teachers name is Mr Whelan

5.     Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?

-        Not really but Deion Sanders would be a coach I look up too

6.     Who is a young player on your team that we don’t know about that will become a big name?

-        A young player that’s going to be a big name is Tee Cole and Los Diggs

7.     Rank the top 5 priorities currently in your life?

-        Staying close to God, family, school, football, and good friends to be around

8.     Do you have any secret talent?

-        My secret talent is Basketball

9.     What does your daily routine look like?

-        My daily routine is get up wash my self-brush my teeth get ready for school then go to practice after school the stay to watch my brothers practice after our practice

10.  What are your preferred pre-game routines?

-        My pregame routine is I do 100 push-ups every Friday morning and I also listen to certain songs before the game

11.  What is your favorite song or musician to listen before games?

-        Rod wave - popular loner

12.  Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?

-        Best pizza is Gateway Grill

13.  Who has the best Chicken Wings in Western, PA?

-        Best wings are from Hooks

14.  Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-        I see myself being in the NFL or in a good place for me to be successful

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