Wyomissing stones Lampeter-Strasburg, caps perfect run, Section 4 title
Lampeter-Strasburg got an early taste of Wyomissing football Saturday.
On their first possessions the Spartans used 14 plays — all runs — took 7 1/2 minutes off the clock and went 82 yards for a touchdown.
| Section 4 | League | Overall |
| Wyomissing | 7-0 | 10-0 |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 6-1 | 8-2 |
| Cocalico | 5-2 | 6-4 |
| Berks Catholic | 4-3 | 4-6 |
| Donegal | 3-4 | 4-6 |
| Conrad Weiser | 2-5 | 3-7 |
| Elco | 1-6 | 4-6 |
| Octorara | 0-7 | 1-9 |
They continued playing precision football the rest of the afternoon, wrapping up a perfect regular season and the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4 title with a near-perfect game and a 21-0 victory over the Pioneers at the A-Field.
The Spartans (7-0, 10-0) will go into the District 3 Class 3A playoffs as the top seed, and three-time defending champion. No Berks team has ever won four consecutive district titles.
Wyomissing will get a first-round bye and open defense of its championship Nov. 12 at the A-Field. It will face the winner of the No. 4 vs. No. 5 game, Upper Dauphin or Hamburg.
Power ratings and brackets will not be official until Sunday.
Wyomissing’s defense was just as efficient as its offense. It shut down a Pioneers team that had been . Lampeter-Strasburg (6-1, 9-1) managed just 40 total yards in the first half and 81 overall.
The Pioneers made five first downs, didn’t have a play that went longer that 17 yards and had just three that went longer than 10 yards. Top receiver Hunter Hildenbrand, their top offensive weapon, went without a catch.
It was the first time they were shut out in a regular season game in 14 years, since losing to Garden Spot 31-0. They have been shut out just once since 2008, 7-0 in last year’s District 3 Class 4A championship game, by Bishop McDevitt.
The Spartans followed their opening drive with another beauty, going 64 yards on 11 plays to open a 14-0 lead. They mixed in a few passes, with Ben Zechman hooking up with William Delp for 32 yards, to the Lampeter 30.
Zechman kept the drive alive with a 16-yard pass to Caleb Brewer on third-and-10, getting a first down at the 14. Ryker Jones finished the drive with a 4-yard run around right end.
Kramer finished an 11-play drive with a 16-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter to make it 21-0.
The perfect regular season is the 11th in porgram history and third straight. Wyomissing has won 35 straight regular season games and has not lost a regular season game since 2018, when the current seniors were eighth-graders.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyomissing | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Wyomissing | Kramer, 4 run (Levering kick) | 2:21 |
| 2 | Wyomissing | Jones, 4 run (Levering kick) | 5:01 |
| 3 | Wyomissing | Kramer, 16 run (Levering kick) | 0:34 |
Team statistics
| Lampeter-Strasburg | Wyomissing | |
| First downs | 5 | 19 |
| Rushes-yards | 20-65 | 59-244 |
| Passing yards | 16 | 68 |
| Total yards | 81 | 312 |
| Passes | 4-13-1 | 4-6-0 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Punts-average | 7-29.1 | 3-39.3 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-5 | 2-25 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Lampeter-Strasburg: Coleman 11-42, Hildenbrand 3-16, Mellinger 2-9, Wagner 2-8, Lopez 1-(-1), Howse 1-(-9).
Wyomissing: Kramer 18-87, McIntyre 10-61, Jones 7-36, D. Eisenhower 9-33, W. Delp 6-17, Niedrowski 1-7, C. Eisenhower 5-7, Zechman 2-(-2), Team 2(-2).
PASSING
Lampeter-Strasburg: Wagner 1-7-1–(-2), Howse 2-4-0–5, Hildenbrand 1-2-0-13.
Wyomissing: Zechman 4-6-0–68.
RECEIVING
Lampeter-Strasburg: Herr 1-13, Coleman 1-7, Gray 1-(-2), Frank 1-(-2).
Wyomissing: Brower 2-20, W. Delp 1-32, Brewer 1-16.
INTERCEPTIONS
Wyomissing: D. Eisenhower
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Wyomissing: Levering 40.