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NEPA Miners Profiles...

All important components that make up our team!
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The Sales and Marketing Team

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Angela Skrobak - Entertainment Team Instructor

Angela fell in love with Cheerleading at the age of four and it has been a part of her life ever since! Angela is a 2000 graduate from Pottsville Area High School where she participated in four years of varsity cheerleading. Angela also participated in cheerleading at East Stroudsburg University where she graduated in 2005 with a Health and Physical Education degree and will receive a Masters of Science in Sports Management in 2007. Angela is a teacher at Kutztown High School where she teaches Health and Physical Education and was the Head Cheerleading Coach for the last two years.

Angela is highly educated and specializes in Fitness. She has been teaching aerobics for the past five years. Angela is a Group Fitness Instructor, certified with AFAA. She is also a Personnel Trainer and Certified Cheerleading Coach. Exercise is her passion! Angela recently added more dance and cheer experience to her resume by making it past the first round of cuts with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. Angela’s work ethic and charisma will be a benefit to the Miners Girls Entertainment Team and the fans of North Eastern Pennsylvania.

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Frank Torres - Webmaster/Designer

Frank is a desktop publisher with over a decade of experience. He is President & Chief Designer for Zoinks! Graphics, a web design company that specializes in providing professional, cost-effective solutions for start-up companies, small businesses and non-profit organizations alike. Zoinks! customer representatives are available to meet anywhere in Pennsylvania, or by phone/e-mail anywhere in the country.

Frank is excited and proud to be lending his firm’s talents towards building the NEPA Miners football franchise!

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Mike Woodard - Wide Receivers / Special Teams Coach

Mike Woodard will bring his coaching and playing experience to the NEPA Miners. Mike takes pride in fundamentals and will lead the Special Teams units along with assisting in other areas of the offense. Mike is the elder member of the staff born in Beacon New York in 1957.

Mike played for Germania Junior College in the late seventies while attending the Miami Dolphins camp in the late nineties. Most recently Mike played for the Scranton Eagles in 2001-2002, was a player/coach 2003-2004 and the Head Coach of the Scranton Eagles for the 2005-2006 seasons.

Mike’s experience and positive outlook is an asset to the NEPA Miners.


Rick Wright - Assistant Offensive Coordinator/O-Line Coach

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Rick Wright is an insurance agent by day and a motivating coach at night. He operates his State Farm Insurance office in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. for the past 21 years. He is a graduate of G.A.R. High School where he was a stand out offensive and defensive linemen and basketball player. He attended Millersville State College where he was a stand out defensive linemen and won a league championship. He also had a try out with the Dallas Cowboys. He has many community ties but he is most proud of being a co-founding member of Northeast Network Inc. which is a community based organization that works with kids and adults.

He brings twelve years of coaching experience as a coordinator & above on both sides of the ball from midget football to semi-pro ball. 1979 to 1982 he was the Freshman Head Football Coach & Defensive Coordinator at Millersville State Collage. In three years had 11 shut outs and average less then 7 points per game; while averaging 17 points per game on offensive and amassed a record of 16 and 3. 1991 to 1993 he coached Mini Football for the Hanover and Heights Packers. 2000 he coach with the Wilkes-Barre Blaze a semi-pro team. For the past six years he was the Defensive Coordinator at Northwest H.S. where he took the team form the being the door mat of their opponents to league Champs. The ranking of his defensive team for the past six years was 10th,in 2002; 7th, in 2003; 6nd, in 2003, 4th, in 2004; 6th, in 2005; 1st, in 2006; 1st, in 2007. During this period he has coached offensive and defensive line, running backs, quarterbacks, as well as line backers. The Miners welcome Coach Wright to Minor League Football in NEPA!


Charlie Wysocki - Quality Control Coach

c-y-y.jpgA major presence in this organization will be Charlie Wysocki. Charlie is a local celebrity athlete from the area who will share his incredible story with our fans.   Mr. Wysocki was an All-State football player and wrestler at Wilkes-Barre Myers.  Charlie is the second all-time leading rusher at the University of Maryland and attended the Dallas Cowboys camp before being struck with a career ending illness. Charlie has been featured in many stories locally and nationally and a book on his story is in the works.  Charlie wants to help others through his foundation and more information can be found at www.charliewysocki.com Charlie enters his fourth season as Quality Control Coach with Coach LaMagna and resides in Carbondale, PA.

Times-Leader series on Charlie Wysocki
On August 22-24, 2004, the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader newspaper presented a three-part series on NAMI PA Scranton member Charlie Wysocki. Times-Leader writer, Joe Petrucci wrote an in-depth series of articles on Charlie’s life beginning with his high school sports career; his being adopted by the Wysocki family; his outstanding football career at the University of Maryland and his experiences dealing with a very severe case of bipolar disorder. Click here to see each of the three articles in their entirety.

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Northeast Pennsylvania Football
The North East Pennsylvania (NEPA) Miners are a minor league football team bringing a first of its kind football league to North Eastern Pennsylvania that will set the Miners apart from their competitors. While the Miners represent all of North East Pennsylvania, their basis of operations is the Poconos, encompassing the areas of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. The Miners play in the Regional Atlantic Football League (RAFL) with home games at the area’s finest facilities.
The Miners’ goal is to serve the people of North East Pennsylvania with year-round community service while providing superior customer service and quality family entertainment on Saturday nights during the football season. Led by their President and Head Coach Daniel LaMagna and supported by Charlie Wysocki — a Wilkes-Barre native and legendary football player — the Miners aim to exemplify the utmost in sportsmanship while entertaining their fans. We are Scranton Football at its finest!
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Our goal is to allow players to develop their skills to advance to the next level
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