Ryan Rementer, Raiders defense make the most of their opportunities in blowout

By Mike Drago Last updated Sep 20, 2025

Twin Valley's Ryan Rementer and Lucas Myers combine on a tackle Thursday. (Brad Drey/Purdon Photography)

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Ryan Rementer knows his best opportunities to make plays for Twin Valley will come on defense.

The linebacker scored twice last season by taking fumbles back to the end zone, but not on offense.

On a team with offensive dynamos such as Drew Engle, Lucas Myers, and Ben Grundy, Rementer knows he won’t hear his number called often in the huddle. He’s got to make the most of it when he does.

Final
Twin Valley	49
Octorara	7

“You know, I’m mainly a defensive player,” the 6-1, 200-pound senior said, “but when I get my chance on offense it’s pretty exciting for me.”

Rementer was excited Thursday after he took a handoff from Myers on a reverse and went 13 yards to the end zone, part of a six-touchdown second-quarter deluge that overwhelmed visiting Octorara 49-7 in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4 play.

“I saw my opportunity to cut upfield, score a touchdown,” he said of his only carry of the night. “I don’t get that look very often (so) I (have to) take my chance when I (do).”

Rementer played an even bigger part on the defensive side where he made nine tackles and forced a fumble as part of an effort that saw the Raiders’ first-string defense pitch a shutout.

The undermanned Braves (1-1, 3-2) didn’t get on the scoreboard until the final play of the third quarter, long after Rementer, Myers, Greyson Miller and the other starters were pulled from the game with the Raiders (2-0, 5-0) leading 49-0.

Octorara accounted for just one first down in the first half – that came off a Twin Valley pass interference penalty. It managed only 3 total yards in the first half and 18 yards on 24 rushes against the Raiders’ first unit.

Brayden Mastripolitto, the league’s second-leading rusher entering the game, was held to 10 yards on nine carries in the first half. He had been averaging 11.3 yards per carry.

“That’s a pretty good stat line for our defense,” Rementer said.

Twin Valley’s Ryan Rementer runs for a touchdown. (Brad Drey/Purdon photography)

The banged up Braves dressed just 22 players due to injuries and were playing without several starters, including quarterback Mason Prokay. They had little choice but to put the ball in Mastripolitto’s hands but he found no running room. He was stopped for zero yards on five of his nine first-half carries.

“The key was just putting in a good game plan, staying in our assignments, gap discipline, and just doing our jobs,” said defensive tackle Noah DiGiacomo. “And hustling. That’s what got it done.”

“We just (wanted to) contain him,” Rementer said. “He was getting most of his yards coming off the edge. Our goal was to set the edge, don’t let him get outside of us. We’ve got a good D-line; they really helped us out. And Lucas and our other linebackers did a fantastic job tonight, not letting him get any extra yards after the first hit.”

Myers, a junior and two-time all-league pick at linebacker, had 11 tackles in a little over two quarters. Defensive end Aaryn Sumner had five tackles, including one for loss. Rementer forced a fumble that Keenan Munn recovered; (Munn also recovered an onsides kick). DiGiacomo had a sack. Dominic Summers blocked a punt that gave the Raiders the ball at the 3.

Of Octorara’s six first-half possessions, it lined up to punt four times, turned it over on a fumble, and turned it over on downs.

“That’s kind of the way I expect us to play,” Raiders coach Brett Myers said matter-of-factly.

“I feel we played pretty solid,” Rementer said of the defense. “Throughout the whole game it was very consistent. We were wrapping up, forcing a lot of turnovers, which really helped our offense get good field position; I expect (that) to continue that throughout the season.”

It took a while for the Raiders to get going on offense. They didn’t look like a team ranked No. 6 in the state in the opening quarter. They dropped a couple passes. Had to punt when they committed a penalty on a fourth-and-2 they were going for. Then they saw that punt blocked.

“We weren’t very clean,” Brett Myers said. “Our footwork wasn’t right. It took a little bit to wake that up and get moving.”

After a scoreless first period the Raiders cranked the volume up full blast and blew the Braves away. They used a blocked punt of their own, recovered an onsides kick, and a forced fumble to quickly take control.

Engle was one of the main beneficiaries, scoring second-quarter touchdowns on runs of 2 and 26 yards. On the second he appeared stopped in the backfield for a loss before escaping a couple tacklers, reversing field, then sprinting down the right sideline for a score that made it 35-0 4 1/2 minutes before halftime.

“He spun out of one (tackle) and broke another,” said DiGiacomo, a center. “That’s Drew. (Once) I saw him going down the sideline I said: ‘Oh, he’s gonna crib this; he’s gonna take it to the house.’ ”

Lucas Myers (2) and Keenan Munn combine on a tackle. (Brad Drey/Purdon Photography)

Engle rushed for 78 yards on 10 carries. Myers rushed for a game-high 132 yards on seven carries with TD runs of 2, 46 and 62 yards.

The Raiders put the game away in the blink of an eye, scoring five touchdowns in a span of nine plays during the second quarter. They ended the opening half by scoring touchdowns on four consecutive offensive plays from scrimmage.

“Once we got the ball rolling there with a couple of good rushes we didn’t really let up,” DiGiacomo said.

Twin Valley has outscored its first five opponents 238-11 in the first half. It is averaging 56.6 points per game, highest in the state.

The Raiders made Berks football history last week when they reached 60 points for a third straight game in a 60-0 win over Elco. Twin Valley became not only the first Berks team to record 60 points in three straight games but the first to do it three times in the same season.

Dominant as the Raiders were they certainly won’t rest on this one-sided victory. Brett Myers can’t wait to break down the film with his guys and point out things they can do better.

“We’ve obviously got corrections to make,” DiGiacomo said, “but we made a pretty good statement tonight.”

	1	2	3	4	Final
Octorara	0	0	7	0	7
Twin Valley	0	42	7	0	49

Scoring summary

2	Twin Valley	Myers, 2 run (Shaffer kick)	11:20
2	Twin Valley	Engle, 2 run (Shaffer kick)	8:29
2	Twin Valley	Rementer, 13 run (Shaffer kick)	5:25
2	Twin Valley	Myers, 46 run (Shaffer kick)	5:09
2	Twin Valley	Engle, 26 run (Shaffer kick)	4:38
2	Twin Valley	Grundy, 62 pass from M. Foster (Shaffer kick)	1:18
3	Twin Valley	Myers, 62 run (Horst kick)	5:18
3	Octorara	Mastrippolitto, 53 run (O’Donnell kick)	0:00

Team statistics

	OCTORARA	TWIN VALLEY
First downs	4	14
Rushes-yards	36-117	32-271
Passing yards	0	137
Total yards	117	408
Passes	0-1-0	8-10-0
Fumbles-lost	3-1	1-0
Punts-average	3-20.7	2-22.0
Penalties-yards	6-41	9-60