Spotlight Game: Wilson (2-2) at Cedar Crest (4-0)
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Wilson (2-2) vs. Cedar Crest (4-0)
Kick: Friday, 7, at Earl Boltz Stadium.
Section 1 records: Bulldogs 1-0, Falcons 1-0.
Series: Wilson leads 49-4-1, with 19 straight wins.
Last meeting: Bulldogs won 36-13 as Cam Jones ran for two scores and caught a TD pass; he rushed for 113 yards.
Fast fact: Chad Henne threw for 270 first-half yards, most ever by a Wilson quarterback, in a 54-0 win over Cedar Crest in 2003.
Bulldogs update: Have won 2 straight, beating Cheltenham and Reading High. . . Have scored 35 or more points in each of their last 3 games. . . Led Red Knights 31-0 at halftime last week as Tommy Hunsicker threw 3 TD passes, 2 to Madyx Gruber. . . Gruber added a third scoring pass in the third quarter. . . Hunsicker finished with 241 passing yards, one week after throwing for a career-high 291. . . He is completing 64.2 percent of his passes and has thrown for 959 yards, fourth-most in the Lancaster-Lebanon League. . . Hunsicker is also the leading rusher, with 151 yards. He has gained 249 yards but has lost 98 yards in sacks. . . LB Ryan McMillan leads team with 26 tackles. . . LB Christo Hunsicker has 24 tackles and leads team with 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries. . . Gruber has team-best 4 pass breakups. . . Senior lineman Anthony Matta, out all season with a foot injury, expected to play more this week. He entered for one play last week.
Falcons update: Beat winless Penn Manor 42-13 last week to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2019. . . Forced four first-half turnovers in building 35-0 lead. . . Winning with defense and strong running game. . . LB Caleb Dorshimer, all-league LB Zion Rolon, all-league DB Owen Chernich, second-team all-league DT Tristan Long and 6-6 DE Aiden Schomp lead a defense that is allowing 102 rushing yards and 111 passing yards per game, each figure second-best in Section 1. . . Dorshimer has 23 tackles and 4 TFL. . . Long leads team with 4 sacks and 10 TFL. . . Chernich shares team lead with 27 tackles. . . LB Malachi Victor has 27 tackles and 5 TFL. . . Overall, defense ranks No. 9 in the league . . . Have allowed 1 first-half touchdown in 4 games. . . Allowing 10.7 points, sixth-lowest in District 3. . . Closest call came in Week 3 when they needed 3 overtimes to hold off Warwick, 29-23. . . QB Jackson Custer has thrown for 309 and 3 TDs. . . He took over as starter last year when QB Jay Huber was injured on first series against Wilson. . . RB Fernando Marquez leads offense with 287 rushing yards and 8 TDs. . . He went for 117 yards and scored 3 TDs last week. . . Schomp, a TE getting Division I looks, caught 22 passes as a junior and earned second-team all-league honors; he has 3 receptions this season. . . Schomp has offers from Colgate, Lehigh, Maine and Sacred Heart. . . Ranked No. 5 in Section 1 in total offense and No. 22 in the league. . . Ranked No. 3 in District 3 Class 6A power ratings, behind Manheim Township and Central York.
Did you know? Cedar Crest’s last win in the series came in 2001, a 21-0 victory at Gurski Stadium.
Quotable: “Township, Hempfield and Wilson should finish 1-2-3 in the section every year. They shouldn’t lose to anybody in the section except each other. They have the numbers, they have the resources, they have the recruiting in some cases . . . we know it’s true, so let’s (acknowledge) it.” – Cedar Crest coach Rob Wildasin, to LancasterOnline.com.
