Spartans wins 30th straight regular season game
Wyomissing ties Wilson’s Berks record for consecutive victories
Wyomissing tied the Berks record with its 30th straight regular season win, running by Elco 42-0 Friday in a Lancaster-Lebanon Section 4 game at Myerstown.
The Spartans (2-0, 5-0) tied the mark set by Wilson from 2012-15.
Wyomissing ran for 347 yards on 40 carries and held Elco (0-2, 3-2) to just 79 yards of offense.
The Spartans led 14-0 after a quarter and 35-0 at halftime.
Charlie McIntyre started the scoring with a 42-yard run. Jeremiah Diaz caught a 31-yard pass from Ben Zechman to make it 14-0.
In the second quarter, Wyomissing scored on a 14-yard run by Matthew Kramer, a 3-yard run by Chase Eisenhower and a pass from Zechman to Drew Eisenhower.
Drew Eisenhower ran for the only touchdown of the second half.
The Spartans will look to set the county record for consecutive regular season wins when they play at Donegal on Sept. 30. CONRAD WEISER 45, OCTORARA 7 >> Friday at Atglen, Conrad Weiser ran for 270 yards and scored the game’s final 38 points in rolling to a win over Octorara in a Lancaster-Lebanon Section 4 game.
The Scouts (2-0, 3-2) outgained the Braves 443-257 in winning their second straight.
Ousmane Conde gave Weiser a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard run before Braeden Wood tied it for Octorara (0-2, 1-4) on a 25-yard run.
Trey Dianna caught a 34yard pass from Donovan Gingrich to give the Scouts the lead for good at 14-7.
They made it 21-7 on a 3-yard run by Gingrich with 27 seconds left in the first half.
Weiser then scored on the second play from scrimmage in the second half on Sevon Parham’s 63-yard run to make it 28-7.
Adam Noll kicked a 28-yard field goal, Conde scored on a 1-yard run and Jonathon McQuillen had a 69-yard TD run to finish the scoring.
SCHUYLKILL VALLEY 55, PEQUEA VALLEY 7 >> Friday at Kinzers, Dominic Giuffre rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns to lead Schuylkill Valley to a 55-7 victory over Pequea Valley in a Lancaster-Lebanon Section 5 game.
The Panthers (2-0, 3-2) had 271 rushing yards and 404 yards of total offense against the Braves (0-2, 0-5).
Schuylkill Valley limited Pequea Valley to 83 rushing yards and 147 yards of total offense.
Giuffre scored on runs of 45, 40 and 13 yards to give the Panthers a 21-0 lead after the first quarter.
After Pequea Valley scored its lone touchdown on a 5-yard run by Orlando Stoltzfus in the second quarter, Schuylkill Valley answered with two more TDs to take a 35-7 halftime lead.
Quarterback Michael Goad threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Dillon Lackner, and Jacob Stelluti scored on 5-yard run.
Goad finished 4-of-6 passing for 86 yards and also ran for 30 yards on five carries.
Giuffre scored on a 10yard run and backup quarterback Logan Nawrocki threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Lackner to make it 49-7 after three quarters. Lackner finished with a team-high 79 receiving yards on three catches.
Nawrocki closed the scoring on a 1-yard run.
Kowen Gerner, Cooper Hohenadel and Logan Cammauf had interceptions for the Panthers.
Schuylkill Valley continues Section 5 play when it travels to Northern Lebanon on Sept. 30.
PENN MANOR 36, READING HIGH 7 >> Friday at Millersville, Penn Manor returned three Reading High turnovers for touchdowns in beating the Red Knights 36-7 in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 game.
After taking a 3-0 lead on a 25-yard field goal by Peter Skiadas, the Comets (20, 3-2) scored on a 30-yard interception return by Jonathan Osman to go up 9-0 at halftime.
Penn Manor then put it away by scoring 27 points in the third quarter.
Eli Warfel ran for a touchdown before the Comets got fumble returns for TDs from Sekai Lewis and Jordan Martin. Osman ran for another touchdown to put Penn Manor up 36-0 after three quarters.
Ryan Roman ran for a touchdown for Reading High (0-2, 2-3) in the fourth quarter.
EPHRATA 28, DANIEL BOONE 20 >> Friday at Birdsboro, Daniel Boone gave up several long plays and was unable to convert on a couple short ones in falling to Ephrata in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 game.
The Mountaineers (1-1, 3-2) took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 96-yard pass from Sam McCracken to Nate Conover
Blazers quarterback Dean Rotter scored on runs of 1 yard and 24 yards in the second quarter to put Boone (0-2, 1-4) up 147. Ephrata responded with 79-yard TD pass from McCracken to Andre Weidman to tie it 14-14 at the half.
The Mountaineers took the lead for good on a 25yard pass from McCracken to Weidman.
The Blazers had a chance to tie it, but were stopped on back-to-back quarterback sneaks from the 1.
Ephrata went up 28-14 on Weidman’s third touchdown of the game, a 27-yard run late in the third quarter.
Boone scored on a 19yard pass from Rotter to Draven Klick with 5:29 left, but missed the extra point to cut it to just 28-20.
The Blazers got the ball back at their 29 with 3:31 left, but turned it over on downs at the 37.
The Mountaineers then were able to run out the clock.
GARDEN SPOT 44, FLEETWOOD 0 >> Friday at New Holland, Fleetwood had just 124 yards of total offense in falling to Garden Spot in a Lancaster-Lebanon Section 3 game.
The loss was the second straight for the Tigers (0-2, 2-3).
Garden Spot quarterback Kyle Harting threw for three touchdowns and ran for two. Nicolas Gleason made three field goals for the Spartans (2-0, 4-1).
Fleetwood quarterback Jack Riffle completed 16-of29 passes for 119 yards and threw two interceptions. The Tigers ran for just 5 yards on 22 carries.
Gleason made two field goals in the first quarter before Harting connected with Blake Weaver for a 62-yard touchdown pass to make it 13-0 after one.
Gleason made his final field goal of the night with 10:34 left in the second.
Harting ran for a 79-yard touchdown with 7:23 left in the first half to give Garden Spot a 23-0 lead. He threw touchdown passes to Zechariah Nagle and Jace Conrad later in the second to give the Spartans a 37-0 halftime lead.
The Tigers were limited to 44 yards of total offense in the first half.
The scoring closed out in the third quarter when Harting scored a 33-yard run.
Owen Kotsch made two interceptions and had a fumble recovery for Fleetwood. Ty Wamsher had 151 kick return yards, and Mason Musitano caught five passes for a team-high 42 yards for the Tigers.
Garden Spot rushed 32 times for 328 total yards and had 158 passing yards off seven completions.
Fleetwood returns home on Oct. 1 to take on Kennard-Dale.