Add Parkland’s Adams to list of 1,000-yard rushers
The weather conditions were as bad as anyone could ever remember them for a high school football Friday last week and the defenses had an advantage.
That especially was the case at Parkland where the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference South’s lone grass field was turned into a mud bowl.
Yet, despite the shaky footing, the Trojans’ Dahlir Adams ran for 98 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries in his team’s 25-14 win over Emmaus.
Adams credited his offensive line and using “short, choppy steps” to have success against one of the league’s best defensive in conditions that made every step treacherous.
The performance earned Adams his team’s offensive player of the game honors and also put him over 1,000 yards rushing on the season where he joins Freedom’s Deante Crawford in that category.
On a turf field and in better conditions the next day against Liberty, Crawford ran for 147 yards on 32 carries in a 28-13 victory and went over the 1,200-yard mark in the process.
Freedom quarterback Brian Taylor threw for 110 yards in the same game and is over 1,200 yards passing this season.
Meanwhile, Nazareth’s Mason Kuehner had four catches in the rain and wind against Easton for 108 yards and a touchdown and he has emerged as the division’s top receiver in both receptions and receiving yards.
Here’s a look at the EPC South stat leaders:
RUSHING Player, School, Att, Yards, Avg. TD
Deante Crawford, Freedom, 200, 1,204, 6.0, 19 Dahlir Adams, Parkland, 229, 1,070, 4.7, 13 Tyler Rohn, Nazareth, 195, 865, 4.4, 13
Marcus Williams, Easton, 84, 760, 9.0, 11 Kyndred Wright, Liberty, 129, 739, 5.7, 4 Damonte Foreman, Whitehall, 117, 617, 5.3, 6 Travis Foster, ACCHS, 138, 522, 3.8, 7
Jared Richardson, Becahi, 79, 518, 6.6, 6 Aidan Hutchison, Easton, 72, 493, 6.8, 2
Tylik Jarvis, Emmaus, 64, 488, 7.6, 6
Sam Moratori, Emmaus, 44, 453, 10.3, 5
Zyaire Morris, Becahi, 125, 451, 3.6, 6
Nigel Linton, Whitehall, 53, 412, 7.8, 9
Caiden Schaffer, ACCHS, 47, 412, 8.8, 3
PASSING Player, School, Com, Att, Int, Yards, TD
Sonny Sasso, Nazareth, 122, 200, 7, 1726, 15 Josiah Williams, Emmaus, 84, 173, 7, 1354, 12 Jared Richardson, Becahi, 116, 196, 4, 1283, 9 Tamlin Ferguson, ACCHS, 103, 169, 1, 1239, 7 Brian Taylor, Freedom, 76, 140, 8, 1224, 13
Tommy Mason, Liberty, 60, 147, 13, 1003, 8 Cole Transue, Easton, 59, 113, 2, 803, 8 Luke Spang, Parkland, 56, 100, 5, 699, 8 Quinn Wentling, Whitehall, 32, 53, 2, 441, 1 Trey Dogmanits, Whitehall, 39, 72, 5, 437, 1
RECEIVING Player, School, Rec, Yards, Avg, TD
Mason Kuehner, Nazareth, 42, 654, 15.6, 6 Eric Wert, Becahi, 39, 390, 10.0, 2
Karim Brice, Liberty, 38, 610, 16.1, 5 Griffin Patridge, ACCHS, 37, 465, 12.6, 6 Jaiden Ellis-Lahey, Becahi, 30, 436, 14.5, 2 Jake Hilarczyk, Nazareth, 28, 391, 14.0, 2 Jaden Robinson, Emmaus, 27, 334, 12.4, 5 Bryce Bashor, Whitehall, 25, 217, 8.7, 0 Armonie Torres, ACCHS, 24, 331, 13.8, 0 Trey Tremba, Parkland, 24, 285, 11.9, 4 Nolan Lobb, Nazareth, 23, 416, 18.1, 5 Jareel Calhoun, ACCHS, 22, 200, 9.1, 4 Owen Johnson, Freedom, 21, 454, 21.6, 5 Jack Harrison, Parkland, 20, 215, 10.8, 4
SCORING Player, School, TD, 2pt, PAT, FG, Points
Deante Crawford, Freedom, 19, 0, 0, 0, 114 Tyler Rohn, Nazareth, 13, 0, 0, 0, 78
Dahlir Adams, Parkland, 13, 0, 0, 0, 78 Marcus Williams, Easton, 11, 0, 0, 0, 66 Jared Groller, 10, 0, 0, 0, 60
Nigel Linton, 9, 0, 0, 0, 54
Chris Bugbee, Nazareth, 0, 0, 34, 6, 52 Griffin Patridge, ACCHS, 8, 0, 0, 0, 48 Austin Martellucci, Easton, 0, 0, 26, 6, 44
TACKLES Player, School, Total tackles
Aidan Garrett, Emmaus, 74
Broc Bender, Nazareth, 74
Lavon Johnson, ACCHS, 73
Jared Groller, Emmaus, 71 Peyton Elliott, ACCHS, 70
Nico Medlar, Parkland, 70
Nico Sciarra, Liberty, 66.5
Mason Keyes, ACCHS, 61
Chase Levey, Nazareth, 58
Sonny Sasso, Nazareth, 57
Owen Johnson, Freedom 57 Caiden Schaffer, ACCHS, 56 Keegan Corr, Liberty, 55
Collin Wells, Nazareth, 54
Griffin Patridge, ACCHS, 53 Damonte Foreman, Whitehall, 52 Daniel Macon, Freedom 50
SACKS Player, School, Sacks
Sean Kinney, Nazareth, 8 Lavon Johnson, ACCHS, 8 Brock Boyer, Parkland, 7 Jared Groller, Emmaus, 7 Aidan Garrett, Emmaus, 6 Trevor Gitski, Emmaus 6 Matt Burton, Nazareth, 6 Broc Bender, Nazareth, 6 Collin Wells, Nazareth, 6 Braelin Moore, Freedom, 5
INTERCEPTIONS Player, School, Ints
Mason Kuehner, Nazareth, 5 Nasir McLean, ACCHS, 5 Connor Stofanak, Freedom, 4 Armonie Torres, ACCHS, 4
STANDINGS Team, Division, All, PF, PA
XY:Parkland, 7-1, 8-1, 245, 152 X:Freedom, 6-2, 8-2, 321, 135 X:ACCHS, 5-3, 7-3, 189, 125 X:Emmaus, 5-3, 7-3, 312, 86 X:Nazareth, 5-3, 7-3, 296, 183 X:Easton, 3-3, 5-3, 240, 126 X:Whitehall, 2-5, 3-6, 168, 177 Becahi, 1-6, 2-7, 190, 253 Liberty, 0-8, 1-9, 130, 239 X: District 11qualifier Y: Division champ