Thursday, November 29, 2012

Rams cashing in on Coyne’s value

Spring-Ford quarterback Hank Coyne.

By Don Seeley
dseeley@pottsmerc.com

There isn’t a soul on the current Spring-Ford roster who was born when Lance Viola was taking snaps from center Jerry Hoff and terrorizing the opposition with his throwing arm (and that seemingly always perfectly timed quarterback draw) from 1971 through 1973.
Come to think of it, there aren’t many (if any) parents of players on the current Spring-Ford roster who were even born when Viola led the Rams to the Ches-Mont League title his senior season.
Viola was good … really, really good. And what made Viola so good was his poise, his ability to throw accurately with a defender or two hanging on him, his knack for turning a game around, if not dominating it … his confidence.
He also owned practically every Spring-Ford passing record, too, at least until Trevor Sasek broke a few before his final season in 2009, and Hank Coyne erased all of them since, or up through last Saturday afternoon’s District 1-Class AAAA semifinal win at Pennridge.
“He’s good,” the now 56-year-old Viola said shortly after being introduced to Coyne on the sidelines Saturday and wishing him luck in this week’s district final against Coatesville at Downingtown West High School.

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