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2022 Early Team Preview: Andrew Thunderbolts

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Andrew Thunderbolts

Head Coach: Adam Lewandowski

Assistant Coaches:

James Ramazinski Quinn Holler Paul Garbrecht Joseph Cesario Abraham Othman Eric Tanquilut Kevin Cathey Jim McDonough Robert Barth Marvin Coleman PJ Miller John Bartgen


School Nickname/Mascot: Thunderbolts

Team Twitter Handle: @VJA_Football

Conference: Southwest Suburban Red

2022 Regular Season schedule (if known):

at Kaneland
Oswego
at Sandburg
at LWE
LWC
Stagg
at Bradley
LWW
Lockport


Returning Offensive Starters for 2022

Mike Barberi - RB
Ryan Boling - RB
Nick Smith - RB
Joe Burke - WR
Ryan Bressanelli - WR
Tommy Barrett - OG
Michael McDonough - OG
Jack Sternes - OC

Returning Defensive Starters for 2022:

Noah Cozzolino - MLB
Michael Cafagna - DE/OLB

Newcomers to Watch for 2022:

Andrew Skarzinski - QB
TJ Burke - LB
Dionte Thigpen - WR

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Impact Player for Andrew:

Senior RB Mike Barberi (5-foot-10, 185 pounds) has been a very solid wingback in the TBolts running game over the past few seasons. Barberi has a nice mix of speed, quick feet and really good overall vision. Look for Barberi to again get a ton of carries for Andrew this coming season.

EDGY's Quick Take on the Andrew Thunderbolts:

The TBolts (4-5) came up just short in getting into the IHSA state playoff field in 2021 with an overall 4-5 record. Andrew had some early close calls in losses to Kaneland (27-24) and Sandburg (12-0) that could have easily flipped the TBolts into the state playoff field. Look for the TBolts and head coach AdaM Lewandowski to rely on an experienced offense while the Andrew defense will need an influx of less experienced player on the defensive side of the football. Again the early regular season schedule will be huge for the TBolts to get off to a quick early start before hitting an always hard SWSR slate. I can see Andrew getting to 5 plus wins this fall and making an IHSA state playoff appearance in 2022.
 
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