Coach Harold FairClough: Head Football Coach

Coach Harold Fairclough is entering his 10th season as Head

Coach of the Emmaus Green Hornets football program.

Over the past nine years, he has established Emmaus as one

of the top programs in the region, becoming the second

winningest coach in school history with 72 career wins.

Under his leadership, the Hornets have earned four league

championships, appeared in three District 11 championship

games, and made nine consecutive District playoff

appearances.

Since taking over in 2016, Coach Fairclough has led the

Hornets through some of the most successful seasons in

program history. In his first year, he guided Emmaus to a

10-2 record and an EPC South Division title, earning Coach

of the Year honors from The Morning Call and Lehigh Valley

Live. His 2016 team was also named the McFrantz Team of

the Year.

In 2018, Emmaus reached its first-ever District 11

Championship game, finishing 11-2. The program returned

to the District Championship game in 2021 and again in

2024, marking its third District final appearance. Under

Fairclough’s leadership, five of the past nine seasons, the

Hornets have won 9 or more games, including setting a school record for most wins in a single season

in 2018. In addition, the Hornets have also won four Conference championships with Fairclough at the

helm.

Prior to his time at Emmaus, Coach Fairclough served as Head Coach at Allentown Central Catholic

for six seasons, leading the Vikings to three District 11 3A titles and the 2010 PIAA AAA State

Championship with a perfect 16-0 record. He is one of only 2 PIAA head coaches to win a state title as

both a player and a head coach at his alma mater.

His coaching background also includes roles at Whitehall High School (Defensive Backs Coach and

Defensive Coordinator, 2012–2014) and Moravian College (Cornerbacks Coach, 2015).

As a player, Fairclough was1993 All-State linebacker and state champion at Allentown Central Catholic

High School, and went on to play at Susquehanna University, earning All-Conference and All-American

honors.

He currently teaches Health, Wellness, and Fitness at Emmaus High School. Coach Fairclough lives in

Emmaus with his wife Karen and their two children, Mason and Jackie.

Coach Jake Hilderbrand: Defensive Coordinator & Inside Linebacker Coach

Coach Hildebrand is the defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach. He has been coaching in the program since 2014. Previously, he did a one-year stint at Freedom. He is a proud 2009 Emmaus graduate. While playing for Emmaus, he was named team captain, scholar-athlete, as well as All-Conference and All-Area linebacker. After high school, he went on to major in mathematics and play linebacker at Moravian College. At Moravian, he earned All-Conference honors and served as a team captain. Coach Hildebrand is also a math teacher at Emmaus High School.

Coach Eric Miller: Cornerbacks Coach

Coach Miller graduated from William Allen High School in 2000 and Lebanon Valley College in 2004. After coaching stops at both of his alma maters and Salisbury, Palisades and Whitehall, Eric joined the Emmaus coaching staff in 2020. He has experience coaching quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, linebackers and defensive backs. He has also served as a Freshman Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator and Offensive Coordinator during his 20-year coaching tenure. Eric is a math teacher in the Southern Lehigh School District and he and his wife, Hillary, currently reside in Wescosville with their two children, Jax and Nia.

Coach Rich Ocelus: Wide Receivers Coach

Coach Rich Ocelus is entering his 6th year coaching varsity football at Emmaus High School. He will be coaching the Wide Receivers this season. This will be his 19th year of Coaching Football in the Lehigh Valley. Coach Ocelus graduated from Dieruff High School in 2003 where he was a 3 sport athlete. He began his coaching career at his alma mater where he spent 11 years on staff working with quarterbacks and receivers. He also coached basketball and still coaches baseball at Dieruff High School. After coaching Dieruff football, he spent two years at Catasauqua High School working as a Quarterbacks coach before he got the job here at Emmaus. He just finished his 18th year at Dieruff High School as a Security Officer. He is very excited for his 6th season here at Emmaus and looks forward to a great season.

Coach Jon Scerbo: Full Backs and Tight Ends Coach

Coach Scerbo joined the Emmaus coaching staff in 2019. Jon graduated from Bethlehem Catholic in 1999 where he was a two sport athlete participating in baseball and football. He went on to play fullback and punter at Muhlenberg College where he received a degree in Managerial Finance. Coach Scerbo was previously a position coach at Allentown Central Catholic for 3 years where he coached full backs, tight ends, and running backs. In addition to coaching, Coach Scerbo is the Director of Sales at Happi Foodi. He and his wife Tracie have two sons, Vincent and Giovanni.

Coach Mark Scisly: Offensive Line

Coach Scisly has been the Offensive Line Coach at Emmaus High School since the 2018 season. He spent the previous 14 years as the Head Football Coach for Boyertown, Salisbury and Northampton High Schools. In 2010, Coach Scisly led Boyertown to a 10-2 finish winning the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship. The 10 wins that season is still a school record and Scisly was named Coach of the Year by PCTV. In 2006, Scisly's Salisbury Falcons won their only championship since 1972 by beating Pine Grove for the Eastern Conference title. Before becoming a Head Coach for HS, Scisly was the Offensive Line coach at Ursinus College. Prior to coaching, he played football for 14 years and was a three-time Associated Press All State Offensive Lineman at Southern Columbia High School. After High School, Scisly attended Ursinus College where he was a four-year starter. In 1998, he was named Co-Offensive MVP and in 1999 he participated in the Division III National Playoffs. In 2019 Scisly was inducted into the Bernie Romanoski Sr. Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to coaching, Scisly has been a Health and Physical Education Teacher at Lower Macungie Middle School since 2002. He and his wife Tanya have 3 children, Joseph, Madeline, and Alexander.

Coach Pete Verile: Defensive Line Coach

Coach Verile played in Belvidere, NJ. He was part of the 1999 North 2 Group 1 State Championship team. Verile attended Moravian College.He coached for 3 years at Notre Dame Green Pond, 3 years at Bethlehem Catholic HS, and has coached for Emmaus since 2014. In addition to coaching, Coach Verile is also a teacher at Lower Macungie Middle School in the East Penn School District where he teaches 6th-grade reading. He and his wife Justina have 2 children Hayden and Jackson. He will be entering his 9th year coaching the Defensive Line for the Green Hornets.

Coach Izaiah McPherson: Safeties Coach

2025 marks Coach McPherson’s first season coaching safeties at his alma mater,

Emmaus High School. A 2019 graduate, McPherson played three seasons under

Coach Harold Fairclough, contributing to two EPC championship teams and the

program’s first appearance in a District Championship game in 2018. That same year,

he earned First Team All-Conference honors as a cornerback.

Following high school, McPherson continued his career at West Chester University,

where he played from 2019–2023. He graduated in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree

in Interdisciplinary Studies. In his final collegiate game, he tied the school record with three

interceptions against Clarion University.

In 2024, McPherson began his coaching career as the Assistant Defensive Backs Coach at Muhlenberg

College before returning to Emmaus for the 2025 season.

Coach Elijah Fajardo: Assistant Defensive Backs Coach

Coach Fajardo is entering his first year as Assistant Defensive Backs Coach at his alma mater, Emmaus High School. A 2023 graduate of EHS, he played under Coach Fairclough for three years, earning varsity letters in both football and lacrosse. After graduation, Coach Fajardo continued his football career at Moravian University where he started as a true freshman and completed for two seasons. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Moravian, bringing the same dedication and discipline from the field into his academic pursuits.

Passionate about the game and proud to give back to the program that shaped him, Coach Fajardo is fired up to be back on the sidelines and committed to helping the Hornets reach new heights.

Coach Geoff Laird: Assistant Outside Linebackers Coach

Coach Laird is entering his 2nd season coaching at Emmaus. The 2025 season will be his 20th year coaching high school football. Geoff is a 1999 graduate of Moravian College where he earned All League honors as a defensive end. Prior to joining the Green Hornets, Geoff spent 8 seasons at Freedom where he was a defensive line coach and special teams coordinator, 6 seasons at Salisbury where he was the defensive coordinator and his latest stop was at Central Catholic where he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2019 - 2022. In addition, Coach Laird has experience coaching wide receivers, tight ends and running backs on the offensive side of the ball as well as safeties, corners and outside linebackers on defense. Coach Laird is married to his wife Wendy and they have four children, Sean, Sofie, Teddy and Ty.

Coach Ramie Moussa: Special Teams and Assistant Offensive Line Coach

Coach Moussa is entering his 12th year coaching at the Varsity level. Recently he spent the 2019-2021 seasons as the Head Coach at Palisades High School. In 2020 Palisades won the DXI AA Championship and he was 13-17 overall in 3 seasons. The previous 8 years, he spent as the Offensive Line Coach at Whitehall (winning 2 5A District Championships). He played center and defensive end, graduating from Whitehall in 2007. He’s a 2011 Penn State graduate. He’s been employed for 12 years at The Boston Beer Co. where he currently works as a Supply Chain Production Planner. He’s entering his 2nd year coaching Special Teams and Tight Ends at Emmaus. Coach recently got married to his wife, Deanna.

Coach John Zima: Specialist and Kicker/Punter/Long Snapper Coach

Coach Zima is in his third year coaching with Emmaus where he works with the specialists - including kickers, punters, and long snappers. In 2005, he established a specialist coaching business called “Kick It”. He was a part of the Kutztown Area HS coaching staff from 2004-2007. He then moved to Fleetwood Area HS where he was the special teams coach from 2009-2011. From 2012-2015, Coach Zima worked with the Lehigh Valley Steel Hawks Arena Football professional team. He’s been the specialist coach at Wyomissing Area since 2017. Coach Zima supervises the Big 33/PA East-West All-Star Game specialist selection process to provide the selection committee with candidates for consideration for selection. He resides in Kutztown and retired after a 30-year career in the corporate world and consulting.

Athletic Trainers

EHS: Mark Yorty, Liz Del Re, Helen Kreschollek

Eyer: Victoria (Tori) Ruvolis

LMMS: Angela Formaz

MARK YORTY

Mark graduated from Northampton High School in 2011 and has a Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training

from East Stroudsburg University. He also holds a Masters degree in Exercise Science from East Stroudsburg

University. He was hired by Lehigh Valley Health Network as an Athletic Trainer in August 2015 and was

contracted to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League for their 2016-17 season. Mark

started working at Emmaus High School full-time in May of 2017 after previously spending time with Emmaus

as a long-term sub in the fall of 2016. His favorite hobbies include being outdoors, fishing, hunting, and kayaking.

Mark and his wife Marissa currently live in the Northampton area with their dogs Buck and Tia.

ELIZABETH DEL RE

Originally from Delaware County, PA where she graduated from Neumann University in 2011 with a Bachelor's

of Science Degree in Athletic Training, with a minor in Strength and Conditioning. Liz was hired at Emmaus High

School in July of 2012, and in May of 2019 she was nominated by our administration and named a finalist for

Sports Medicine Provider of the Year presented by St. Luke's University Health Network. Since that time, she

has volunteered her time as an athletic trainer at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in June 2018,

and again in January 2019 for the Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament. In September 2018, Liz traveled to the

Pan American Championships in Mexico on behalf of USA Wrestling, then to Cadet World Championships in

Bulgaria (2019) and Budapest (2021). In addition to her duties as the athletic trainer, in the fall 2016 she became

the advisor of the Emmaus High School Pediatric Cancer Club. Due to her involvement with the PCC, Liz became

the Volunteer Event Organizer for the Emmaus Shave for the Brave which has donated over $350,000 to the St.

Baldrick's Foundation in support of pediatric cancer research.

HELEN KRESCHOLLEK

Helen graduated from Saucon Valley in 2018 and played field hockey, basketball and lacrosse during her high school

career. She graduated from West Chester University in May of 2023 with a Master’s degree in Athletic Training and

a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Medicine (2021). She also played lacrosse for West Chester University for 5 years

honoring her covid eligibility during the 22-23 season.

Athletics have been a major part of her life which inspired her to pursue the athletic training career. Being able to

give back to the athletic community through athletic training has been a dream of hers since junior year of high

school.

She is excited to be a member of the team here at EHS and providing the best care to our student athletes!

VICTORIA (TORI) RUVOLIS

Graduated from Dieruff High School in 2013 as a three sport athlete.(volleyball, basketball, and soccer). She went to Kutztown University and played soccer for a year. Transferred to Alvernia University to study athletic training.

Completed her senior clinical rotation at Emmaus High School during the school year of 2017-2018. And completed her undergrad from Alvernia University in 2018. She got hired from Lehigh Valley Health Network in October 2018 as per diem. Worked at Northwestern Lehigh High School in the spring of 2019. Got hired to work at Eyer Middle School/ East Penn School District in August 2019.

ANGELA FORMAZ

Angela Formaz is originally from Wadsworth, Ohio. She attended Bowling Green State University where she

earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Sports Management with an emphasis in Athletic Training in 2003. Angela

then attended Robert Morris University working as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer, while obtaining her

Master’s Degree in Instructional Leadership in 2005. After her 2 years as a Graduate Assistant at RMU she went

on to work in the Lehigh University Sports Medicine Department for the next 3 years. Angela has been with EPSD

since 2008 and primarily works at LMMS but rotates in at both Eyer and Emmaus High School as needed.

Student Team Managers

Varsity Team Manager: