2022-23 Varsity Roster

NAME		YR	#	HT	WT	POS
Montrai	Lockwood	12	1	5’7	150	WR/DB
Milton	Dowell	12	2	5’8	160	WR/DB
William	Nicholson	12	3	6’3	195	WR/LB
Brian	Jackson	11	4	5’9	170	WR/DB
Jahkori	Adams	11	5	5’10	185	RB/DB
Zach	Lusk	12	6	5’10	175	WR/DB
Landon	McDonald	12	7	5’9	170	QB/LB
Cortez	Stuart	12	8	5’10	175	WR/DB
DJ	Cross	11	9	5’10	165	WR/DB
D’Morrion	Shaw	12	10	5’8	160	WR/DB
Mahkyri	Jefferson	12	12	5’8	155	WR/DB
Aiden	Colbert	10	13	5’8	140	WR/DB
Andrew	Bowie	12	14	6’1	155	WR/DB
Jerry	Smith-Johnson	11	15	5’8	175	WR/DB
Zac	Pitre	10	16	5’7	160	RB/LB
Kyle	Hughes	12	17	5’6	150	QB/DB
Calvin	Nolan	10	18	5’8	160	WR/DB
Brian	Bess	11	19	5’9	175	WR/DB
Ashton	Edwards	11	20	6’1	190	RB/LB
Exavier	Zeilman	11	21	5’7	155	WR/DB
Tyler	White	12	22	5’10	220	RB/LB
Derrick	Knight	11	23	5’6	155	WR/DB
Troy	McLean	10	24	5’8	150	LS
Jaylub	Jones	10	25	5’7	225	RB/DL
Shamontae	Matthews	10	30	5’9	210	RB/LB
Da’Shawn	Gage	11	31	5’10	150	WR/DB
Davon	Newbern	10	33	5’7	210	RB/LB
Demarion	Fountain	11	34	5’7	150	WR/DB
Ethan	Hofmeister	10	35	5’8	190	RB/LB
Sameer	Al-Musleh	10	40	6’0	190	P
Nolan	Bowie	10	41	6’0	180	TE/DL
Ethan	Friederick	12	42	5’9	165	WR/DB
Jason	Bean	12	43	6’0	210	RB/DL
John	Hilpert	10	44	5’7	150	K
Deangelo	Armstead	12	45	5’10	160	WR/DB
Charvon	Cary	12	51	5’9	220	OL/DL
Hayden	Hudak	11	54	6′	245	OL/DL
Jaylen	Manning	10	59	6′	300	OL/DL
Khayden	Williams	10	62	5’10	240	OL/DL
Marquis	Bucanhan	12	65	5’10	280	OL/DL
Logan	Davis	10	70	6’3	300	OL/DL
Lawrence	Powell	10	72	5’10	330	OL/DL
Kenwyn	Horne	11	74	5’10	275	OL/DL
Zechariah	Helfer	11	78	6′	330	OL/DL
Jeremy	Grime	10	79	6’4	340	OL/DL
James	McCloskey	10	80	6’1	220	TE/DL
Aaron	Powell	10	88	6’1	205	TE/DL
Byron	Warner	11	95	6′	215	OL/DL

2022-23 JV Roster

NAME		YR	#	HT	WT	POS
Sameer	Al-Musleh	10th	81	5’11	189	C/LB/P
Kadin	Alexander	10th	10	5’7	135	QB/WR/DB
Giovanni	Anderson-Dey	9th	21	5’4	115	WR/DB
Nolan	Bowie	10th	80	5’10	170	TE/LB
DeMonte’	Cary	10th	13	5’6	135	RB/DB
Bernard	Chapman III	9th	6	5’9	175	QB
Aiden	Colbert	10th	7	5’6	140	WR/DB
Jamal	Darling	10th	64	5’6	185	OL/DL
Deshaun	Gage	10th	15	5’8	175	WR/DB
Mykell	Gilmore	11th		5’6	140	DB
Montez	Green	10th	47
Lorne	Green	9th	26	5’10	140	WR/DB
Jermery	Grime	10th	75	5’11	335	OL/DL
Nicholas	Hankins	9th	85
Noah	Heard	10th	34	5’8	160	WR/DB
Nykolas	Heard	10th	43	5’8	160	WR/DB
Zechariah	Helfer	11th	79	5’10	315	OL/DL
Kenwyn	Horne	11th	78	5’9	265	OL/DL
Brilian	Jackson	9th	14	5’8	155
Gabriel	James	10th	37	5’7	155
Malik	James	11th	70	5’9	250	OL/DL
Derrick	Knight	11th	41	5’7	155	WR/DB
Kieron	Loving	10th	24	5’8	155
Ahmaad	Mathews	10th	25	5’6	160	LB/FB
Micah	May	9th	31
Troy	McLean	10th	20	5’10	150	LS/WR
Davon	Newbern	10th	33	5’8	180	LB
Freddy	Perry IV	9th	11	5’5	130	WR/DB
Zac	Pitre	10th	3	5’6	140	RB
Kyle	Reagan	10th	66	5’8	265	OL/DL
Calvin	Robinson	10th	61	5’10	185
Zachary	Rucker	10th	72	5’8	205	OL/DL
Antonio	Silas	10th	96	5’10	275	OL/DL
Paul	Smith	10th	56
Jace	Strickland	9th	82	5’8	180	K/TE/DL
Michale	Sutton	10th	45	5’8	140	DB
Aaron	Taylor	10th	86	5’8	170	WR/DB
Blake	Weston	10th	27	5’10	145
Khayden	Williams	10th	74	5’9	186	DL
Dareon	Willis	9th	40	5’8	235	RB/FB

2022-23 Freshman Roster

NAME		#	HT	WT	POS
Matt	Behrmann	10	5’11	155	WR/DB
Michael	Bell	66	5’11	335	OL/DL
Deonta	Beverly	24/33
Tyler	Beverly	2	5’6	140	WR/C
Carson	Blair	36	5’8	150	LB
Hunter	Blevins	52	5’8	160	OL/DL
Jordan	Breuer	56	6’0	205	OL/DL
Antwon	Brown	84	5’9	195	FB/DL
Ty	Buchanan	21/38	5’5	145	WR/C
Deraz	Burton Jr.	28	5’1	127	LB/DB
Owen	Clark	55	5’9	270	OL/DL
Jalyn	Cole	11	5’10	155	WR/RB
Joziah	Cotton	14	5’10	160	WR/RB
Elijah	Dunn	75	5’6	220	OL/DL
Larry	Fields	31	5’7	130	WR/DB
Jeremiah	Ford	18/15	5’3	115	WR/DB
Logan	Gansmann	81	5’7	160	FB/DL
Kevin	Gibson	3	5’5	125	WR/QB/C
Demitri	Hettenhausen	32	5’8	185	OL/DL
Paolos	Hicks	96	5’6	190	OL/DL
Chancellor	Hogan	83	6’0	215	LB/QB
Jeffery	Howard	79	5’8	235	OL/DL/LB
Nathan	Irvin	65	5’6	150	LB
Santrese	Jones	25/82	5’6	150
Kendell	King	27	5’5	145	RB
John	Lukomski	40	5’6	140	LB
Cody	McCormick	54	5’7	160	OL/DL
Hayden	McNease	76	5’9	200	OL/DL
Malikai	Miller	63	5’7	190	OL/DL
Lavontray	Mitchell	95	5’6	240	OL/DL
Xander	Moentenich	44	5’6	130	LB/DB
Chase	Moody	43/37	5’6	135	LB/C
Ayden	Morgan	34	5’5	130	LB
Charles	Morgan Thomas	41
Marco	Orr	20	5’4	125	WR/C
Kaleb	Pfeil	30	5’5	140	LB/RB
Ashton	Pulliam	53	5’6	175	OL/DL
Kranston	Ratcliff		5’8	180
Angel	Renteria	68/67	5’7	175	OL/DL
Emmonie	Rogers
Ricky	Salmond	9	5’5	130	WR/C
Tyler	Schlegel	4	5’4	125	WR/C
Landon	Schneider	85	6’0	175	WR/DB
Owen	Schroeder	70	5’7	200	OL/DL
Steven	Shaffer		5’10	260
Jaylen	Shamble	6/7	4’11	95	WR/C
Travon	Shaw	72	5’7	190	OL/DL
Braydin	Sumner	73	5’7	210	OL/DL
James	Thomas	80	6’0	210	QB/LB
Sierra	Tolliver	64/89	5’10	200
Darnell	Turner	35	5’8	170
Dalton	Vonderheide	74	5’8	185	OL/DL
Jeremiah	Ward	42	5’7	195	FB/DL
Javon	Wilson	45/47
Kyle	Worthen	99	5’11	320	OL/DL

STATE RECORDS  

All Records were taken from the official Illinois High School Association Web Site. Click here to check more records, or to verify ours. Team Records Single Game State Records: (#1) West holds the Illinois state record for Rushing TD’s in a game with 14 vs Sparta in 1942. (#1) West holds the Illinois state records for Total Yards in a single game with 826 yards vs Sparta in 1942. (#2) West is number 2 in the Illinois state record books for Rushing Yards in a game with 699 yards vs Sparta in 1942. Single Season State Records: (#3) West is tied for 3rd place in the state record books for most Shutouts in a season with West blanking 9 opponents in their 1937 campaign. (#6) West is tied for 6th place in the state record books for most consecutive shutouts in a season when the Maroons shut out 6 straight opponents in 1937.

Head Coaches:

Season	Class	Titles	Place	Won	Lost	Tied	Coach
As Belleville (Twp.)
1916-17				0	4	2	John Karch
1917-18				2	4	1	John Karch
Coach Total				2	8	3	2 yr   .269
1919-20				2	4	1	F.J. Friedli
Coach Total				2	4	1	1 yr   .357
1920-21				1	8		Homer Harper
1921-22				0	10		Homer Harper
Coach Total				1	18		2 yr   .053
1922-23				1	6	1	John Beck
1923-24				7	4		John Beck
1924-25				4	5		John Beck
Coach Total				12	15	1	3 yr   .446
1925-26				6	2		Edgar Gunderson
1926-27				4	5		Edgar Gunderson
1927-28				1	6	1	Edgar Gunderson
1928-29				1	5	2	Edgar Gunderson
1929-30				9	0		Edgar Gunderson
1930-31				6	3	1	Edgar Gunderson
1931-32				7	2	1	Edgar Gunderson
1932-33				6	2	3	Edgar Gunderson
1933-34				4	6		Edgar Gunderson
1934-35				3	4	2	Edgar Gunderson
Coach Total				47	35	10	10 yr   .565
1935-36				6	1	2	Hubert Taylor
1936-37				2	8	1	Hubert Taylor
1937-38				8	1	1	Hubert Taylor
1938-39				10	0		Hubert Taylor
1939-40				8	2		Hubert Taylor
1940-41				3	6	1	Hubert Taylor
1941-42				7	3		Hubert Taylor
1942-43				8	2		Hubert Taylor
1943-44				9	1		Hubert Taylor
1944-45				9	1		Hubert Taylor
1945-46				4	7		Hubert Taylor
1946-47				7	3		Hubert Taylor
1947-48				6	5		Hubert Taylor
1948-49				5	3	2	Hubert Taylor
1949-50				7	1	2	Hubert Taylor
1950-51				6	4		Hubert Taylor
1951-52				8	2		Hubert Taylor
1952-53				8	2		Hubert Taylor
1953-54				6	2	2	Hubert Taylor
1954-55				6	4		Hubert Taylor
1955-56				9	1		Hubert Taylor
1956-57				1	9		Hubert Taylor
1957-58				5	4	1	Hubert Taylor
1958-59				0	10		Hubert Taylor
Coach Total				148	82	12	24 yr   .636
1959-60				3	7		Robert Frala
1960-61				4	4	2	Robert Frala
1961-62				8	2		Robert Frala
1962-63				10	0		Robert Frala
1963-64				10	1		Robert Frala
1964-65				9	1		Robert Frala
1965-66				7	2	1	Robert Frala
Coach Total				51	17	3	7 yr   .739
As Belleville (West)
1966-67				8	2		Robert Samples
1967-68				8	1	1	Robert Samples
1968-69				7	3	1	Robert Samples
1969-70				10	1		Robert Samples
Coach Total				33	7	2	4 yr   .810
1970-71				5	5		Bruce Arnold
1971-72				8	2		Bruce Arnold
1972-73				8	2		Bruce Arnold
1973-74				9	1	1	Bruce Arnold
1974-75				5	4		Bruce Arnold
1975-76	5A	Q		9	2		Bruce Arnold
1976-77	5A	Q		11	1		Bruce Arnold
1977-78				6	3		Bruce Arnold
1978-79				6	3		Bruce Arnold
1979-80				6	3		Bruce Arnold
1980-81				3	6		Bruce Arnold
1981-82				7	2		Bruce Arnold
1982-83				6	3		Bruce Arnold
1983-84	5A	Q		8	2		Bruce Arnold
1984-85				8	2		Bruce Arnold
1985-86	5A	Q		8	2		Bruce Arnold
1987-88				2	7		Bruce Arnold
Coach Total				115	50	1	17 yr   .696
1988-89				3	6
1989-90				4	5
1990-91				5	4
1991-92				3	6
1992-93				2	7
Coach Total				17	28		5 yr   .378
1993-94	5A	Q		6	4		Dick Hood
1994-95				4	5		Dick Hood
1995-96				2	7		Dick Hood
Coach Total				12	16		3 yr   .429
1996-97				2	7		Larry Betz
1997-98				3	6		Larry Betz
1998-99				0	9		Larry Betz
Coach Total				5	22		3 yr   .185
1999-00				4	5		Dennis Snep
2000-01				5	4		Dennis Snep
2001-02	7A	Q		5	5		Dennis Snep
2002-03	7A	Q		5	5		Dennis Snep
2003-04				2	7		Dennis Snep
2004-05				2	7		Dennis Snep
2005-06				2	7		Dennis Snep
2006-07				2	7		Dennis Snep
Coach Total				27	47		8 yr   .365
2007-08				4	5		Ric Johns
2008-09	7A	Q		8	2		Ric Johns
2009-10	7A	Q		5	5		Ric Johns
2010-11	7A	Q		6	5		Ric Johns
Coach Total				23	17		4 yr   .575
School Total				495	366	33	93 yr   .554

  It was the fall of 1916, the campus on West Main was just opened and Belleville Township High School students roamed the halls for the first time and Township fielded their first football team. The following is an excerpt from “Mighty Maroon Football 1916-1984 by Bill Nold. “In 1916, the games were played at the old North End Park, which was at North Illinois and the Southern Railroad; Kurt Kueschner returned a fumble 85 yards against Collinsville for the only points scored by the Maroons the entire season… In 1921… Theo. “Knocker” Wilhelms’ (had an) 80 yard touchdown run and his 80 yard kickoff return touchdown in two games against East St. Louis…” 1923 was the first winning season in the school’s history as the Maroons went 7-4 including a 33-13 victory over Edwardsville. George Votava (called the “Red Grange of Belleville”) scored four touchdowns in one quarter on passes from Norman Gundlach in that Edwardsville game. In that year, Belleville finished second in the new conference, which was formed by Belleville, Collinsville, Alton, Edwardsville and Granite City. Assisting us in our celebration this evening is George “Bill” Nold, author of “Mighty Maroon Football 1916-1984”. Bill will serve as the honorary captain for this evenings’ coin toss. Prior to 1923, cheerleaders were basically anyone from the stands who would volunteer for the job. In 1923 the first designated cheerleaders were elected by the student body. They were: Paul Robertson, Helen Towers and “Goof” Ruediger 1929- The first unbeaten team. The Maroons went 9-0 and were conference champions. The team included: Barney Cole at Quarterback, Bob Aufdenspring at fullback, Carl Kane at halfback and Wally Rauth at halfback. Rauth later returned to coach wrestling and football at Township. 1938- Undefeated Conference Champs. One of the team leaders was Virgil Wagner who later went on to play professional football in Canada. He is also a charter member of the Belleville West Wall of Fame 1939- In the first game was played in Township Stadium the Maroons beat Sparta 19-13. The stadium was officially dedicated later that year prior to the game with Cathedral, which ended in a 0-0 tie. 1942- The 8-2 Maroons beat Sparta 108-0. The Maroons were led by running back Dick McKelvey who was one of the most prolific performers of all time. He set school records for touchdowns scored, total points scored and second in career rushing. He amassed 2994 total offensive yards in four years including 12 touchdown passes- 6 passing and 6 receiving. 1946- The Maroons finished 7-4. The squad included future golfing great Bob Goalby and Norm Armstrong who later became a legendary track coach at both Township and Belleville West. The 60’s and 70’s were glorious times for the Mighty Maroons. The following is a summary: 1961 8-2 Conference Co-Champs Coach Bob Frala 1962 10-0 Undefeated Conference Champs Coach Frala 1963 10-1 Conference Champs Coach Frala 1964 9-1 Conference Co-Champs Coach Frala 1965 7-2-1 Conference 2nd Coach Frala 1966 8-2 Conference 2nd Coach Bob Samples 1967 8-1-1 Conference Co-Champs Coach Samples 1968 7-3-1 Conference 3rd Coach Samples 1969 10-1 Conference Champs Coach Samples During the nine year run the overall record was 77-10-2 including six Conference Championships.