THE ENGINEERS
SEEK CITY
CHAMPIONSHIP
Story by Ryan McNamee // Photos by Anthony Hughes
BROOKLYN TECH HIGH SCHOOL
T
he Brooklyn Tech High School football team is
coming off of a city quarterfinals finish and the
Engineers are looking to improve upon that win with
a city championship. As always, they have to go through a
gauntlet of a schedule, as they need to face off against big
rivals in Fort Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson Campus, and Boys
and Girls High School. The Engineers are going to have to
be sharp throughout the season to compete, and are going
to be relying on a slew of new starters on both sides of the
ball. This hasn’t detoured Coach McKenna’s confidence in
his team as he states, “We made quarterfinals last year and
(I) hope the experience will help us in close games. We
expect to be competitive.”
Brooklyn Tech returns five starters all-together; three
on defense and two on offense. This loss of players to
graduation is unfortunately the nature of high school football,
but nonetheless, leaves the Engineers with a lot of holes to fill
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on the roster. With six of the graduates from last year moving
on to play college football, and three moving onto division
one programs, the Engineers lose a lot of athleticism as well.
Some of these notable departures are DB James Gale, who is
now playing for Princeton, TE/DE Thomas Plonski, who is
now playing for the Wildcats at Villanova, and WR Kyvaune
Brammer, who is now up in the Bronx playing at Fordham.
The Engineers are going to be relying on key players
this season, such as: junior quarterback Elijah Rueda, senior
WR/DE Deon Mash and senior LB/OL Chawit Bunditwong.
Their play will be crucial towards the success of Brooklyn
Tech this season. The Engineers will have inexperience
at some positions with the entrance of 17 new starters,
combined with both sides of the ball. The team will need
the senior leadership of captains Chawit Bunditwong, PJ
Landers (OL/DL), and Tristan Brown(RB/SS). According to
Coach McKenna, these players were chosen as captains “due
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