Game of the Week: Manheim Central vs. Twin Valley
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District 3 Class 4A semifinal
No. 3 Manheim Central (10-1) vs. No. 2 Twin Valley (10-1)
Kick: Friday, 7, at Twin Valley Stadium.
Common opponents: None.
Series: First meeting.
Coaches: Manheim Central – Dave Hahn, ninth season, 90-20; Twin Valley – Brett Myers, second season 17-6.
Fast fact: Manheim Central has won a record 18 District 3 championships, two more than either Bishop McDevitt or Steel-High, and has made a record 23 championship-game appearances. The Barons won a record 10 straight Class 3A titles from 1992-2001.
(Mark Palczewski/LNP photo)
Barons update: Went unbeaten to win Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 title. . . Beat Exeter 42-14 in Week 10 to clinch title. . . Lone loss came in Week 3 at Cocalico, 48-28. . . Have won 8 straight since, by an average of 35.4 points. . . Held off Susquehanna Township 45-34 in quarterfinal as QB Zac Hahn completed 25-of-30 passes for 369 yards and 4 TDs, two of them to WR Aaron Enterline. . . Hahn is having an eye-popping season, with 2,664 passing yards, 37 TD passes and just 3 INTs. He is completing over 70 percent of his passes. . . 69 of his passes have ended up in the hands of Enterline, a triple-threat who’s a standout at DB and on special teams. . . Enterline has a league-leading 1,415 receiving yards and 24 TD catches. . . Brycen Armold, the Section 2 Offensive Back of the Year as a junior, leads team with 1,275 rushing yards and has scored 17 TDs; he has not appeared in the last three games due to injury, according to head coach Dave Hahn. . . His backup, Michael Torres, did not play last week and is out this week, Hahn said. . . Netted just 56 yards on 26 rushes in playoff opener. . . Averaging 44.1 points, fourth-highest in District 3 and third-highest in the state among Class 4A teams. . . No. 2 in total offense in the league. . . Defense has recorded 4 shutouts. . . Ranked No. 3 in the league against the rush. . . Defense is led by Bode Sipel, the Section 2 Defensive Back of the Year last season. . . Lost to Bishop McDevitt in last year’s championship game. . . Ranked No. 6 in state in Class 4A by PennLive.com.
Did you know? Each team is quarterbacked by the son of its head coach, senior Zac Hahn for Manheim Central and junior Evan Myers for Twin Valley. Also, Raiders freshman LB Lucas Myers is the son of head coach Brett Myers.
Raiders update: Won a district playoff game for the second straight year, beating Elco 35-7. . . Had never won a district game before last season. . . Continue to raise the program record for victories, which had been 7. . . Earned share of Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 title, along with Ephrata and Garden Spot. . . League’s No. 1 offense is averaging 448 yards per game, including a league-best 327 on the ground. . . Soph Drew Engle has set a program record with 1,436 rushing yards. . . He and junior Evan Johnson are the league’s only 1,000-yard tandem. . . . They have combined for 30 TDs. . . Junior QB Evan Myers last week became the first 4,000-yard passer in program history, topping the career mark of 3,935, set by Zach Gardner in 2018. . . Ranked No. 10 in the state in Class 4A by PennLive.com.
Fast fact: Manheim Central QB Zac Hahn is completing 70.6 percent of his passes and is on the verge of breaking the program record of 69 percent, set in 1994 by Matt Nagy, currently the Offensive Coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs and a former head coach of the Chicago Bears.
Quotable: “It’s a big team. They run the ball well. They’re physical. They play good defense. Their interior four – their tackles and their linebackers – are a concern; they’re pretty good. I’d be hard-pressed to find somebody (we have played who’s) that’s that big.” — Manheim Central coach Dave Hahn, on Twin Valley.
Up next: Winner plays No. 1 Bishop McDevitt (11-0) or No. 5 Lampeter-Strasburg (9-2) in District 3 championship game at site of highest-seeded team.