Oakdale High 2016 football preview: ‘Enthusiastic’ Bears are ready to make another push in the Class 3A West

Despite losing 16 of 22 total starters, the Bears have reloaded to build on last year's 8-3 mark

James Madison University commit Percy Agyei-Obese delivers a stiff arm to a Westminster defender. Photo courtesy of Percy Agyei-Obese.

Location: Ijamsville, Frederick County

2015 record: 8-3 (Lost in MPSSAA Class 3A West region semifinal to Damascus, 44-21)

2016 projected record: 8-2 (Miss the Class 3A West playoffs in a tiebreaker)

Head coach: Kurt Stein (sixth year, 24-28 record)

Returning starters: 4 offense / 2 defense

Style of play: Spread offense / 3-4 defense

 

Key returning offensive players: RB Percy Agyei-Obese, QB Cory Schlee (started at WR in 2015), OG Anthony Cunha, RB Chase De Maille

Key returning defensive players: OLB Ritchie Case, DE Percy Agyei-Obese, DT Anthony Cunha

Special team returners: KR Percy Agyei-Obese

 

Next: Team preview | Page 3: Numbers and statistics | Page 4: Schedule | Page 5: Roster

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About Kyle McFadden 268 Articles
Kyle McFadden is a graduate from Linganore High's Class of 2014 and is a sports enthusiast. He got his start as a sports writer in January 2014 for LHS's student newspaper The Lance where he wrote 13 articles. McFadden then launched his own blog in October 2014 called The Beltway Dispatch covering collegiate, local high school, and professional sports. Formally known as The Beltway Dispatch, McFadden and Evan Engelhard merged each other's respective platforms in June 2015 to make what is now Maryland Sports Access. He brings plenty of sports knowledge to the helm of MSA as he has baseball, basketball and golf experience. McFadden covers a wide variety of sports in football, baseball, basketball, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer and specializes in the collegiate and high school level's. McFadden is volunteers his time at Damascus Road Community Church -- serving as a mentor to the youth, basketball coach at the varsity and junior varsity levels, and leads a small group of high school sophomores every Wednesday night. Although he has only been around journalism since January 2014, his work has appeared in Maryland newspapers such as The Daily Times (Delmarva Now), The Hometown Observer, Germantown Pulse, and regularly in the The Frederick News-Post. He's also won two Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism awards and has appeared on The Best of SNO, which showcases top student work of high school and college journalists. McFadden also holds positions at The Frederick News-Post as a freelance sports journalist, DMVelite as a high school basketball writer and analyst, MocoFootball.com as a Maryland high school football analyst, and as a staff writer for Maryland's Yahoo! Rivals. McFadden currently studies at Frederick Community College and plans to transfer to the University of Maryland in the fall of 2017 to work on a bachelor's degree in business and journalism as he has aspirations to be a columnist for ESPN.
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