Head Coach Brandon Mand, a former assistant who ascended to the top job in 2024, leads the continuing rebuild for the Falcons. Saint Stephen’s will be in search of consistency after a series of up-and-down seasons since 2019.

That graduating class (2019) of eight Falcons won 64 games in four years and set what had been a struggling program on the right path. After posting the best record in many years in 2018 (17-5), the Falcons made a quick, unexpected exit in the first round of the district tournament. But the veteran team bounced back in a big way in 2019, putting together an 18-8 record and a district runner-up finish that qualified SSES for its first regional playoff game since 2009.

The loss of that experienced group led to the current rebuild. After a COVID-shortened 2020 season, the Falcons struggled in 2021 (1-15), but bounced back strong in 2022 to go 9-3 and reach the district tournament semifinals. The pendulum swung again with very young teams in 2023 and 2024 that produced marks of 2-11 and 4-13, respectively.

The program hasn’t won a district championship since 2009, but does have six to its credit, as well as a regional title in 2003. It has also produced a number of players who have gone on to compete at the collegiate level, including Class of 2024 grad Cade Walters (Davis & Elkins), 2021 grads Peter Balos (Ursinus) and Brock Soletti (Coast Guard Academy), 2019 grad Ben Tobio (Stevens Institute), 2011 grad Jeremy Perron (Holy Cross) and 2002 grad J.B. Tucker (Wake Forest).