Game of the Week: Twin Valley vs. Wyomissing, presented by Kevin Miller of Berkshire Investment Group
Twin Valley (7-0) vs. Wyomissing (7-0)
Kick: Saturday, 1:30, at Wolfrum Field.
Lancaster-Lebanon Section 4 records: Raiders 4-0, Spartans 4-0.
Series: Spartans lead 14-3.
Last meeting: Justice Hardy set a program record with 297 yards from scrimmage as Wyomissing won 34-24 at Twin Valley in a Week 8 battle for first place in Section 4. Hardy rushed for a career-high 196 yards, caught two passes for 101 yards and scored two touchdowns. Keegan Maher hit a pair of field goals, including a 34-yarder that essentially clinched the win with 3:17 remaining. Wyomissing had a 449-298 advantage in total yards, a 2-0 edge in turnovers and never punted. QB Evans Myers rushed for 124 yards and passed for 129 for the Raiders, who trailed 14-3, 24-9 and 31-17.
Fast fact: Twin Valley is the highest-scoring team in the state, averaging 57.0 points per game. Clarion is No. 2 at 52.3. The Raiders are the first Berks County team to score 60 or more points four times in a season.
Raiders update: Off to 7-0 start for the third straight year after beating Donegal 49-14 last week. . . Winning by an average margin of 48.5 points, easily the best in the 37-team Lancaster-Lebanon League. . . Ranked No. 1 in the league in total offense at 428.7 yards per game. . . Soph Maverik Foster ranked No. 1 in league in passing efficiency. He’s completing a league-best 71.9 percent of his passes, has thrown 11 TDs, and no interceptions. . . Senior Drew Engle leads team with 690 rushing yards. He’s averaging 11.5 yards per carry and has scored 14 TDs. . . Junior Lucas Myers has rushed for 597 yards and is averaging 15.6 yards per carry, second-highest in the league. He’s also scored 14 TDs. . . Ranked No. 1 in the league in total defense, allowing 132.9 yards per game. . . Have turned the ball over a Berks-low two times in seven games and are plus-7 in turnover differential. . . No. 4 in District 3 Class 4A power rankings, behind Wyomissing, Susquehanna Township, and West York.
Fast fact: Twin Valley’s last win in the series came in a 2009 season-opener when it intercepted four passes in a 21-13 victory.
Spartans update: Off to 7-0 start for first time since 2022, when they recorded perfect regular season and reached PIAA semifinals. . . Winning by an average margin of 30.3 points, fourth-best in the league. . . Ranked No. 3 in Lancaster-Lebanon League in total offense at 400.5 yards per game. . . Junior Justice Hardy has rushed for 622 yards and is averaging 14.1 yards per carry; he’s scored 11 TDs. . . Senior Chase Eisenhower is averaging 9.6 yards per carry. . . He needs 239 yards to become third back in program history to reach 3,000. . . QB Brady Eisenhower is completing 77.8 percent of his throws, with 9 TDs on just 27 attempts. . . Ranked No. 5 in the league in total defense, allowing 204.7 yards per game. . . Eisenhower leads the team with 42 tackles, 9 tackles for loss and 3 sacks. . . Tyler Niedrowski has 28 tackles. . . Winning margin of 30.3 is fourth-best in Berks. . . Are plus-9 in turnover differential, second-best in Berks behind only Exeter (plus-10). . . Ranked No. 1 in District 3 Class 4A power rankings.
Did you know? Entering last year’s game, Twin Valley was ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 4A; Wyomissing was No. 4.
Quotable: “(I thought) if we could come away with points every time we had the ball we had a chance to win. We got a few stops (defensively), but the fact that we were able to keep putting points on the board and keep the ball away from them (was key).” — Wyomissing coach Bob Wolfrum, after last year’s win.
Quotable: “They ran Buck Sweep, they ran Belly Iso, they ran some Jet. They’ve been doing that for 40 years. Everybody can tell you they’re gonna do it. We’ve just gotta make the tackles, and we didn’t make the tackles.” – Twin Valley coach Brett Myers, after last year’s game.
