East High Title or Bust Mentality (’22 Season Preview)
When you’ve produced some of the top football players over the past several years like University of Maine’s starting RB Freddie Brock and University of Oregon starting WR Seven McGee. You know East is a program that will always have…
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Continue ReadingWhen you’ve produced some of the top football players over the past several years like University of Maine’s starting RB Freddie Brock and University of Oregon starting WR Seven McGee. You know East is a program that will always have some of the top athletes not only in Monroe County but all of Section V and NYS. And although the 2021 fall season was a rebuilding one for the Eagles of East High School (Rochester, NY) it helped a lot of younger guys get valuable experience that should help them thrive in 2022 and beyond. Although 2021 was a rebuilding year for the Eagles they finished the season with a 6-3 and made it to the Section V Class A2 Semi finals where they were defeated by a strong Spencerport team. With the kind of showing with a very young roster Head Coach Steve Flagler and his staff have every reason to believe that this 2022 group of East High Eagles have all the ingredients to make a run at a Section V Championship this fall. Coach Flagler simply had this to say on his teams upcoming expectations this season: “Championship.” And now with experience and a couple Eagles holding D1 Group of 5 offers East should be a team every opponent has circled with the talent and athleticism they poses, along with being battle tested last year. Some of the top returners for East in 2022 are; Anthony Diaz Anthony Diaz 5'10" | 170 lbs | WR East | 2024 State NY , ’24 (WR/DB), Ervin Wiggins Ervin Wiggins 5'9" | 175 lbs | DB East | 2024 State NY , ’24 (DB), Kelvin Shepard Kelvin Shepard 5'9" | 160 lbs | WR East | 2025 State NY ’25 (WR), Jazario McDonald Jazario McDonald 6'1" | 250 lbs | OL East | 2023 State NY ’23 (OL/DL), Jeremiah Tucker Jeremiah Tucker 6'0" | 220 lbs | DL East | 2025 State NY ’25 (DL) and Amari Young Amari Young 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB East | 2023 NY ’23 (RB/LB).
Team: East High Eagles
Twitter: @EastFootball585
Head Coach: Steve Flagler
2021 Season: 6-3 (lost to Spencerport in Class A2 Semi Finals)
Classification: Class A2 (Section V)
2023s to Keep an Eye On
Jazario McDonald Jazario McDonald 6'1" | 250 lbs | OL East | 2023 State NY – (OL/DL) Twitter: @honchosamurai_
Amari Young Amari Young 5'11" | 190 lbs | RB East | 2023 NY (RB/LB) Twitter: @amari_young12
2024s to Keep an Eye On
Anthony Diaz Anthony Diaz 5'10" | 170 lbs | WR East | 2024 State NY – (WR/DB) Twitter: @anthony_diaz22
Ervin Wiggins Ervin Wiggins 5'9" | 175 lbs | DB East | 2024 State NY – (DB) Twitter: @Ervinwiggins2
2025s to Keep an Eye On
Kelvin Shepard Kelvin Shepard 5'9" | 160 lbs | WR East | 2025 State NY – (WR) Twitter: @kelvin_shepard
Jeremiah Tucker Jeremiah Tucker 6'0" | 220 lbs | DL East | 2025 State NY – (DL) Twitter: @jeremiah_T52
East High School Eagles 2022 Schedule
September 2 vs. Brockport
September 10 @ Irondequoit
September 16 vs. Wilson
September 23 vs. Canandaigua
October 1 @ Eastridge
October 7 vs. Greece Arcadia
October 13 @ Greece Athena
October 20 @ Greece Olympia