FOOTBALL

SOUTH RANGE HIGH SCHOOL
RAIDER FOOTBALL
2023

RAIDERS DROP REGIONAL FINAL TO PERRY, CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH 12 WINS AND ONY 2 LOSSES.  CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH RACH IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, HIS STAFF, AND TO THE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED SO VERY WELL THIS PAST SEASON.  YOU MADE ALL OF SOUTH RANGE PROUD!!!

RAIDERS NE8 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

FOOTBALL NEWS!!!

FOOTBALL OPENS SEASON WITH BIG WIN

THE RAIDER FOOTBALL TEAM OPENED THE SEASON WITH A HUDGE WIN OVER ARCH RIVAL SPRINGFIELD.  THE RAIDERS WENT TO WORK EARLY AND OFTEN AS THEY LED BY 30 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF.  ALL PHASES OF THE TEAM WORKED WELL AS OFFENSE SCORED 41 POINTS, DEFENSE HELD THE TIGERS TO TWO TOUCHDOWNS, AND SPECIAL TEAMS HAD BIG PLAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POINT AFTER PASS FOR TWO POINTS!  ALSO, THE TEAM PRESENTED COACH DAVID RACH WITH HIS FIRST WIN AS A HEAD COACH!  CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM AND COACHES, IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENING.  

MEET OUR FOOTBALL COACHES

MR. DAVID RACH
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

MR. DAVID RACH IS ENTERING HIS FIRST SEASON AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HERE AT SOUTH RANGE.  HOWEVER, HE IS NO STRANGER TO THE RAIDER PROGRAM.  HE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.  WHILE HE HAS BEEN ON THE FOOTBALL STAFF, THE RAIDERS HAVE A 96-23 WIN/LOSS RECORD.  COACH RACH IS A SOUTH RANGE GRADUATE AND PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND TRACK.  HE WAS NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HIS SENIOR YEAR AND WAS NAMED ALL STATE TWO YEARS.   AFTER GRADUATION, HE ATTENDED YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY AND PLAYED FOOTBALL.  HE WAS OUTSIDE LINEBACKER FOR TWO SEASONS.  COACH RACH’S WIFE’S NAME IS JULIA.  THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, DAVID AND GENEVA.  HE SPENDS HIS LEISURE TIME GOLFING AND RELAXING WITH HIS FAMILY.  GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GREAT YEAR.

ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES

                                                WAYNE ALLEGRETTO JON BROOKE
                                                NICO MANCUSO         RANDALL McCOY
                                                LEVI TAYLOR JOE  BROWNING
                                                TONY FOSTER BRETT LEE
                                                NATHAN TOY JARED  WRIGHT
                                                BART DOCKRY MONTE  BOARD
                                                ERIC BROCK MATT  PETRICK
                                                MIKE SOMBRIO JIMMY MASHBURN  

COACH DAVID BUZZACCO
HEAD JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL COACH

COACH  BUZZACCO  HE IS ENTERING HIS FOURTH YEAR AS HEAD COACH AND EIGHTH YEAR WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAM.  COACH BUZZACCO ATTENDED SOUTH RANGE HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL.  HE EARNED FIRST TEAM ALL ITCL AND HONORABLE MENTION ALL NORTHEAST OHIO FOR HIS FOOTBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.  HE ATTENDED WESTMINSTER COLLEGE AND EARNED HONORABLE MENTION ALL PAC IN FOOTBALL.  COACH BUZZACCO IS MARRIED, HIS WIFE’S NAME IS ALYSSA.  THEY HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD SON, ANGELO.  COACH BUZZACCO ENJOYS GOLFING, HUNTING, FISHING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.  GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GREAT YEAR!