Becahi hosts combine in front of D-I coaches
When you have talented players, it's natural that you might want to show them off.
Bethlehem Catholic's football program was able to do that Saturday morning, as the Golden Hawks held a mock combine on their campus in front of an impressive list college scouts and assistant coaches.
The Combine-A-Thon started after head coach Joe Henrich's first-year in the program and is essentially a fundraiser used for the program, as players collect donations for their point total in events such as the bench press, 40-yard dash and vertical jump, to name a few.
Parents, family and friends come to watch the culmination of Becahi's spring work, but this was the first time college coaches attended the event.
"I actually have to give E.J. Fineran credit for getting coaches here, because he asked me if any coaches were coming," said Henrich. "That really got the ball rolling and that's when I started reaching out to coaches and we had nine different schools come and watch the events."
Representatives from NC State, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Temple, Stony Brook, Lehigh, Lafayette and Millersville were in attendance for Saturday's event and were able to watch all the Becahi players in action, but there were obviously a few that all the big schools were interested in seeing.
That list includes seniors Julian Spigner (QB), Antwan Keenan (RB), E.J. Fineran (WR/DB), Joe Smith (DB) and Nate Stewart (WR, transfer from Pius X), who are all considered to have D-I potential.
Keenan showed off his speed by running a 4.51 second, 40-yard dash, while Fineran performed a 37 1/2-inch vertical jump. Tommy Weber cranked out 29 reps of 185-pounds on the bench press, but Spigner took home the day's best honors.
He broke the school record for the overall point total that is used for all the events, quintessentially making him, pound-for-pound the strongest and fastest player in the program.
"It's a good feeling when your quarterback performs that well in all these events," said Henrich. "He [Spigner] also broke our school record for hang cleans by doing 21 reps at 185-pounds. It was great and all of the coaches that came were pleased with what they saw."
Henrich hopes that his yearly event can continue to blossom and bring in more college coaches to showcase the talent in the program.
"We know we have players in the program that D-I coaches want to see," he said, "but we want to get more of the D-II coaches out for this in the future. Unfortunately, things just didn't work out that way this year with guys schedules, but this was a good start for us."








