Wilson gets 3 defensive scores, beats McCaskey for 24th straight time

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2025 Berks football coverage presented by

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(This story was produced by LNP/Lancasteronline, and published in partnership with MikeDragoSports.com.)

By Mike Pollis — LNP/Lancasteronline

LANCASTEWilson continued its domination of McCaskey Friday, winning its Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 game 56-0 at Lancaster Catholic Stadium.

The Bulldogs (5-0, 8-1) set up a season-ending showdown against Manheim Township at Gurski Stadium for the Section 1 title. The Bulldogs won at Township last year in Week 10 to claim the title.

Final
Wilson	55
McCaskey	0

Wilson now has a 43-7-1 series advantage on McCaskey, with 24 straight wins; the Red Tornado last won in 2023.

After about five minutes of play Wilson had run only two offensive plays but led 21-0 thanks to two defensive touchdowns: a 25-yard interception return by Matthew Wyatt and a 30-yard fumble return by Michael Glover.

Wyatt added a second touchdown later in the half with a 33-yard fumble

return.

EJ Brownback and Ethan Harding forced fumbles for Wilson.

The Bulldogs limited McCaskey to 31 total yards on 29 first-half plays.

On the offensive side, Wilson moved the ball at will. The Bulldogs ran only 13 offensive plays in the first half but still gained 233 yards and had nine first downs.

Elijah Dean started the scoring with a 24-yard run. Later in the first half, Mason Young connected with Jaiden Carpenter for a 47-yard touchdown pass. Correll Akings finished off the first half scoring with a 35-yard touchdown run.

Akings finished with 50 rushing yards on three carries. Young completed 3-of-4 passes for 83 yards.

Wilson added two scores in the second half, a 7-yard run by Jaiden Whitehurst and A 10-yard pass from Sammy Dianna to Madden Knar.

SECTION 1	League	Overall
Wilson	5-0	8-1
Manheim Twp.	5-0	8-1
Hempfield	3-2	5-4
Cedar Crest	3-3	4-5
Penn Manor	1-4	2-7
Reading High	1-4	1-8
McCaskey	0-5	0-9

On a night that McCaskey celebrated its Homecoming as well as its Hall of Fame class, echoes of the school’s past athletic excellence provided glimmers of hope for the future. The current Red Tornado kept fighting with a few bright spots, a big kick return in the first half by Qua’may Pettway and an interception by Quinnes Jones-Hawkins.

During halftime the school honored basketball player Kanisa Wilson, who led the Red Tornado to the 1996 league championship; the 2000 district champion boys basketball team; and 1981 PIAA wrestling finalist Fredo Pagan.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Wilson	28	14	7	7	56
McCaskey	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring summary

1	Wilson	Young, 21 run (Oxenreider kick)	9:07
1	Wilson	Wyatt, 25 interception return  (Oxenreider kick)	7:33
1	Wilson	Glover, 26 fumble return  (Oxenreider kick)	5:32
1	Wilson	Carpenter, 47 pass from Young  (Oxenreider kick)	:05
2	Wilson	Wyatt, 36 fumble return  (Oxenreider kick)	9:15
2	Wilson	Akings, 35 run  (Oxenreider kick)	5:05
3	Wilson	Whitehurst, 7 run  (Oxenreider kick)	1:33
4	Wilson	Knarr, 10 pass from Dianna  (Oxenreider kick)	6:21

Team statistics

	WILSON	McCASKEY
First downs	16	3
Rushes-yards	23-207	36-37
Passing yards	130	0
Total yards	337	37
Passes	9-11-1	0-5-1
Fumbles-lost	1-1	2-2
Punts-average	0	7-21.7
Penalties-yards	4-41	6-35

Individual statistics

RUSHING

Wilson: Akings 3-50, Whitehurst 3-26, D. Greer 1-24, Glover 1-22, Young 1-21, Dianna 2-20, Ulrich 3-20, M. Greer 1-19, Vasquez 2-8, Knarr 2-5, Dzurkovich 1-3, Pettit 1-(-3), Team 1-(-8).

McCaskey: Rivera 3-22, Melton 5-14, Jones-Hawkins 8-12, Paula 4-10, Vargas 1-2, Baisch 1-1, Stinchfield 7-(-8), Pettway 7-(-16).

PASSING

Wilson: Young 3-4-0–83, Challenger 2-3-1–16, Peterson 2-2-0–14, Dianna 2-2-0–17.

McCaskey: Pettway 0-2-0–0, Jones-Hawkins 0-2-0–0, Stinchfield 1-0-1–0.

RECEIVING

Wilson: Dean 2-14, Carpenter 1-47, Akings 1-22, D. Greer 1-14, Dzurkovich 1-11, Knarr 1-10, Matesic 1-7, Archampong 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

Wilson: Wyatt.

McCaskey: Jones-Hawkins.