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Wide Receiver / Safety
New Kensington (PA)
Valley
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 190 pounds
Widely regarded as the top junior in Pennsylvania, WR/S Toney Clemons is a prospect we will all soon come to know. He lists tOSU, Pitt, PSU, WVU, Viginia Tech, and Iowa as schools of interest right now.
Post Gazette
8/25
When he took the job before last season, coach Troy Hill, a former Pitt defensive back, vowed that he would improve the Vikings.
He had an immediate impact, as Valley jumped to a 5-1 record before dropping three in a row. All that said, he definitely has the program headed in a positive route.
When you talk about Valley this year, the talk has to begin with junior receiver Toney Clemons (6-4, 190), who was an all-conference performer last season, averaging a gaudy 19.5 yards per catch. Clemons is a speedster from an athletic family and has a chance to be one of the most decorated and highly recruited players in Vikings history if he continues to improve.
Hill was quoted last year as saying, "As far as I'm concerned, he's the next Larry Fitzgerald."
While statements like that might be jumping the gun a tad, what can be said with relative confidence is that Clemons is an unquestioned difference-maker who has the ability to greatly affect the outcome of a contest.
Quarterback Anthony Howell (6-0, 195), a senior, will be given the responsibility to ensure the ball finds Clemons' hands and that the Valley offense is smoothly run. Howell's presence and how he performs could be the deciding factor in the bottom line -- wins and losses.
While the Howell-to-Clemons duo will pace the offense, the Vikings will count on senior linebacker Tyler Santucci (6-2, 235) to be the biggest difference-maker when the opposition has the football.
Santucci is coming off an all-conference season and will be the linchpin for a Vikings defense that lost the final three games last season but yielded just 52 points in that span.
So, it's pretty simple this year, if the Vikings are able to score points, they have a good shot at securing a playoff spot, but if the offense doesn't click, Valley might have a hard time.
Pittsburgh Live
8/25
Not only is that date when college coaches are allowed to contact high school seniors by telephone, it's also the first time they are permitted to send written scholarship offers to junior prospects.
Look for early offers for these Class of 2007 stars: Hampton linebacker Steve Paskorz, receivers Toney Clemons of Valley, Jon Ditto of Gateway and Derek Moye of Rochester, Central Catholic lineman Stefen Wisniewski and Greensburg Central defensive back Nick Sukay.
Scout Profile
Wide Receiver / Safety
New Kensington (PA)
Valley
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 190 pounds
Widely regarded as the top junior in Pennsylvania, WR/S Toney Clemons is a prospect we will all soon come to know. He lists tOSU, Pitt, PSU, WVU, Viginia Tech, and Iowa as schools of interest right now.
Post Gazette
8/25
When he took the job before last season, coach Troy Hill, a former Pitt defensive back, vowed that he would improve the Vikings.
He had an immediate impact, as Valley jumped to a 5-1 record before dropping three in a row. All that said, he definitely has the program headed in a positive route.
When you talk about Valley this year, the talk has to begin with junior receiver Toney Clemons (6-4, 190), who was an all-conference performer last season, averaging a gaudy 19.5 yards per catch. Clemons is a speedster from an athletic family and has a chance to be one of the most decorated and highly recruited players in Vikings history if he continues to improve.
Hill was quoted last year as saying, "As far as I'm concerned, he's the next Larry Fitzgerald."
While statements like that might be jumping the gun a tad, what can be said with relative confidence is that Clemons is an unquestioned difference-maker who has the ability to greatly affect the outcome of a contest.
Quarterback Anthony Howell (6-0, 195), a senior, will be given the responsibility to ensure the ball finds Clemons' hands and that the Valley offense is smoothly run. Howell's presence and how he performs could be the deciding factor in the bottom line -- wins and losses.
While the Howell-to-Clemons duo will pace the offense, the Vikings will count on senior linebacker Tyler Santucci (6-2, 235) to be the biggest difference-maker when the opposition has the football.
Santucci is coming off an all-conference season and will be the linchpin for a Vikings defense that lost the final three games last season but yielded just 52 points in that span.
So, it's pretty simple this year, if the Vikings are able to score points, they have a good shot at securing a playoff spot, but if the offense doesn't click, Valley might have a hard time.
Pittsburgh Live
8/25
Not only is that date when college coaches are allowed to contact high school seniors by telephone, it's also the first time they are permitted to send written scholarship offers to junior prospects.
Look for early offers for these Class of 2007 stars: Hampton linebacker Steve Paskorz, receivers Toney Clemons of Valley, Jon Ditto of Gateway and Derek Moye of Rochester, Central Catholic lineman Stefen Wisniewski and Greensburg Central defensive back Nick Sukay.
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