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Waynesboro Tigers Football: Tigers in the News

Tuesday, March 17
Outlaws Ambush Tigers

Outlaws ambush Tigers

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By Lee Goodwin

Waynesboro Tigers’ Jay Kauffman (16) gets in position to make a tackle as teammate Bill Heise (15) tries to make a play during Saturday’s East Coast Football Alliance game against the Frederick Outlaws at Faust Junior High School in Chambersburg.

By Lee Goodwin

The Record Herald

Mon Mar 16, 2009, 11:32 AM EDT

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Chambersburg, Pa. -

It was no surprise to players and coaches of the Waynesboro Tigers semi-professional football team that Saturday’s opponent, the Frederick Outlaws, are in a league of their own.

The visiting Maryland team proved just that, dismantling the new kids on the block 84-0 in the season opener of the East Coast Football Alliance, as the Tigers christened their new orange and blue uniforms at Faust Junior High School.

“Either way you look at it, we knew it was going to be hard,” said Waynesboro coach Dustin Null. “A lot of the guys knew what (Frederick) was like to start with. It’s never going to be easy. It’s pretty much the motto for this team.”

The Tigers, who re-formed after last playing in the 1970s, still haven’t found a place to call “home”, but it didn’t stop the newly-formed team from playing wherever they could find a field.

Home away from home

After being denied access to closer fields, the Tigers settled on Faust Junior High School in Chambersburg. A decent turnout in the stands, coupled with cooperative weather, were pluses. On the field, there was a lot of points for the Outlaws and a baptism by fire for the Tigers.

“They’ve been together for seven years,” said team president/quarterback Josh Leininger, who is sidelined for at least another week after suffering a broken collarbone in a scrimmage in February. “They’re a good football team.”

After holding Frederick, winners of  last season’s ECFU Alliance Bowl championship, on the Outlaws’ first possession, Waynesboro couldn’t mount any offense and had to rely on its undermanned defense to stop a potent and balanced Frederick offense. The Outlaws used a punishing ground game and a highly efficient aerial assault to pick apart the Tigers, scoring at will to put the game out of reach by halftime.

Injury hurts Tigers

It didn’t help Waynesboro that Leininger was unable to play. Backup Andrean Washington, a former Chambersburg Trojan, did his best, but the offensive line couldn’t hold back a burly and quick defense that looked every bit like a well-drilled group that’s been together for a while.

Still, Frederick’s reaction time and execution served to instruct the Tigers on what they need to work on for the next nine games. Waynesboro hosts the Valley Tigers Saturday in an American Conference West Division game. The Ranson, W. Va., team wears the same colors (black and orange) the old Waynesboro Tigers used, meaning Waynesboro had to choose alternate colors.

“We just need better decision making and to be more precise,” said Leininger, who said he hopes to be back in the lineup within the next week or two. “We need guys to do what they’re supposed to do. They said it gets better from here to keep our heads up. We knew coming in it would be a battle. They showed a lot of class.”

Saturday’s home game against the opposing Tigers kicks off at 2 p.m

Wednesday, January 28
Tiger Back on the Field!

MINOR LEAGUE FOOTBALL Leininger gets Waynesboro Tigers back on field

Public Opinion Online

By CHRISTIAN WORSTELL

Staff writer

Josh Leininger was at a Waynesboro Tigers reunion in July when the idea hit him like a blitzing linebacker.

Leininger, a 26-year-old graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, has brought semi-professional football back to Waynesboro after a 32-year layoff.

Leininger's grandfather, Bob Stouffer, played for the Waynesboro Tigers in the early 1970s before the team folded after the 1977 season. When the Tigers got together for a reunion over the summer, Leininger, who plays quarterback for the Chambersburg Cardinals, got the itch.

"I just figured why not?" Leininger said.

The 2009 version of the Tigers, coached by 2002 CASHS graduate Dustin Null, began practice in late November and is set to kick off a 10-game, Saturday night season on March 14 at the Frederick Outlaws. Waynesboro will be playing in the 20-team East Coast Football Association in the Western Division of the American Conference, along with Frederick, the Atlantic Coast Patriots, the Carroll County Cannons and the Valley Tigers.

The Tigers practice at Chambersburg Area Middle School and are currently in talks with Greencastle-Antrim High School and the Quincy Community Center about settling on a home field for games.

"It's a little more difficult than I thought it would be," said Leininger, who in addition to playing quarterback will also serve as offensive coordinator. "We have a $100 team fee to play and we did a ham sandwich

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sale to raise umpire and league fees."

The Tigers have also rounded up a few sponsors, including Bob Stouffer's Stouffers Custom Cycles, Bikers Advocate and Graphics Universal.

There are several Tigers, including Leininger, who plan to also play for the Cardinals this year. Waynesboro's last regular season game is in late May, about the same time the Cardinals begin pre-season scrimmages for a season that typically runs July through September.

"I talked to (Cardinals assistant coach) Chad (Fauson) about it and he said it was kind of good, because we'd be getting more playing time and experience and we could use that when we go play for the Cardinals," Leininger said.

The Tigers currently have 33 players and are looking to get at least a dozen more, according to Leininger. Interested players may contact Leininger at 352-2926 or jleininger99@yahoo.com. The Tigers' team Web site is http://www.eteamz.com/waynesborotigers.

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Christian Worstell may be reached at 262-4768 or cworstell@publicopinionnews.com.