Grady Rippeon Grady Rippeon 6'1" | 190 lbs | FO | Right Hand Mt. St. Joseph | 2026 State MD is set to join his brother at Jacksonville next year, where his older brother is already the starting face-off guy, and it’s easy to see why that pipeline fits. Rippeon has a chance to tilt games in the Gaels’ favor because he’s one of the more skilled FOGOs in the MIAA. He wins a lot of draws clean forward, and he’s quick enough after the win that teams can’t fall asleep — if you don’t respect him as a scoring threat, he’ll run right through your lock-offs and dunk it. He showed that at NHSLS this fall against Brophy Prep.

What I like most is that he’s not a one-trick pony at the stripe. He can battle with top-level opponents, counter when teams adjust, vary his exits, and get physical when the draw turns into a scrap. And when you pair him with Nico Dinisio Nico Dinisio 5'10" | LSM | Right Hand Mount Saint Joseph | 2027 State MD on the wing — one of those ground-ball magnets — Mount St. Joe has a real chance to control the ground game and win the possession battle off face-offs.

Grady Rippeon Grady Rippeon 6'1" | 190 lbs | FO | Right Hand Mt. St. Joseph | 2026 State MD is set to join his brother at Jacksonville next year, where his older brother is already the starting face-off guy, and it’s easy to see why that pipeline fits. Rippeon has a chance to tilt games in the Gaels’ favor because he’s one of the more skilled FOGOs in the MIAA. He wins a lot of draws clean forward, and he’s quick enough after the win that teams can’t fall asleep — if you don’t respect him as a scoring threat, he’ll run right through your lock-offs and dunk it. He showed that at NHSLS this fall against Brophy Prep.

What I like most is that he’s not a one-trick pony at the stripe. He can battle with top-level opponents, counter when teams adjust, vary his exits, and get physical when the draw turns into a scrap. And when you pair him with Nico Dinisio Nico Dinisio 5'10" | LSM | Right Hand Mount Saint Joseph | 2027 State MD on the wing — one of those ground-ball magnets — Mount St. Joe has a real chance to control the ground game and win the possession battle off face-offs.