Football notebook: There’s a different standard for Nick Singleton, and other Berks notes

The bar is set a little higher when you’re dealing with Nick Singleton.

Thanks to former SportsCenter great Dan Patrick it’s now a cliche to say, “You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him,” but that’s just the reality with Singleton.

After seeing the Penn State recruit run past his team for 155 yards and three touchdowns Harrisburg coach Calvin Everett seemed pleased with his guys.

“Our defense did a phenomenal job,” he said after the 49-13 loss to the Mustangs. “I take my hat off to those guys (on our defense), because of the fact that they’re playing against, arguably, the best running back in the country.

“And on top of that they’re playing against a Triple-Option offense with a day-and-a-half of preparation. You find me a team in America that can do what they did against those types of circumstances right there. Find me a team.”

The game was thrown together quickly when both the Mustangs and Cougars had their scheduled opponents cancel on them, due to COVID situations.

Despite the big final numbers the Cougars did an admirable job on Singleton. He had nine first-half carries and just one went for longer than 5 yards; of course, that was a 53-yard TD.

In the second quarter they threw Singleton for losses on each of his three carries. He had 55 yards at half.

His final carry, a 46-yard TD with 1:52 remaining, left him at exactly 5,000 career yards.

Klitsch raises the bar

Rather than back off on his course load, as high school seniors might be tempted to do, Conrad Weiser’s Logan Klitsch dropped some electives and added a few more rigorous courses to his schedule this fall. He had a 3.7 GPA and was hoping to enhance his academic resume.

Dartmouth College must like what they’ve see of Klitsch, on the field and in the classroom, and offered him chance to play in the Ivy League.

Last week Klitsch committed to the Big Green, announcing it on Twitter. He thanked all of his coaches and his family “for pushing me to be the best version of myself on and off the field.”

Klitsch passed for a personal-best 316 yards in Friday’s win over Fleetwood to become the Scouts’ all-time passing leader, with 3,743 yards. He topped the mark of 3,682, set by Jim Debeic.

He owns several other Scouts passing records and soon should become just the ninth Berks passer to reach 4,000 career yards.

Another rung of the ladder

Wyomissing coach Bob Wolfrum is at the point where he breaks some kind of record every time he eats a meal.

Saturday’s 47-7 win over Hamburg was his 326th victory, moving him into a tie for ninth place with Mike Pettine of Central Bucks West, according to figures on easternpafootball.com. Wolfrum began the season No. 11 in the state.

Wolfrum, in his 35th season with the Spartans, ranks No. 2 among active coaches in Pennsylvania — and he’s never going to get any higher.

No. 1 is Southern Columbia’s Jim Roth, who became the state’s all-time winningest coach last year in the PIAA Class 2A championship game. He’s currently at 460 wins.

Wolfrum needs 23 wins to surpass Manheim Central’s Mike Williams as the winningest coach in District 3 history.

Berks Catholic’s Rick Keeley is No. 34 all-time in state history, and No. 7 among active coaches, with 266 victories.

Cacch-ing on

Christian Cacchione, who played wide receiver his first two seasons at Berks Catholic before switching to running back, is now the Saints’ all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards.

His 41 career catches top the record of 37, set by Cooper Kutz in 2013.

Last season he topped Chris Warren’s record for career receiving yards (609) and now has 832.