Evan Myers leads Raiders rebound in District 3 tuneup

By josh micsky Last updated Oct 27, 2024

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By Josh Micsky — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent

Evan Myers and his Twin Valley teammates needed a reset after a tough two-week stretch that saw losses to state heavyweights Wyomissing and Lampeter-Strasburg.

As he has done so many times in his record-setting career, Myers was the catalyst of a strong response by the Raiders, throwing for four touchdowns and adding another score on the ground in a 42-6 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4 rout of Daniel Boone Friday night at Birdsboro.

Twin Valley had some key injuries, most notably the team’s rushing leader this season, Evan Johnson, who missed his second straight game. Junior running back Drew Engle has not appeared in a game since Week 1.

Sophomore Chase Reilly had 200 rushing yards and a touchdown in their place.

“We haven’t had our full strength the last 3-to-4 weeks,” Evan Meyers said. “I’m excited to see guys start going back in.”

Myers’ four touchdown passes broke a tie for 10th all-time in Berks history and gave him 46. He ranks second in all-time passing yardage. His 99 yards passing Friday put him at 5,580 for his career.

The District 3 playoff picture won’t be official until Sunday but it appears Twin Valley will host an opening-round game next week as the No. 5 seed, against No. 12.

Myers got to do it all under the watchful eye of his father Brett, who has been the Twin Valley head coach for the past three seasons.

Raiders coach Brett Myers with son Evan Myers (PhilMarPhoto)

“It’s nice not having to go home and shoot a text to someone when I have a question,” Brett Myers said. “I’d say we’re usually on the same page, too, from being around each other a lot. There are times where we want a play call and I feel like I know it already before it’s being called.”

The elder Myers was pleased with the response from his team this week in practice after two straight losses.

“It’s a sign of our maturity and the leadership of our players and captains,” Brett Myers said. “We probably had our best week of practice in the last five or six weeks.”

For Daniel Boone, a second straight season ended in a 1-9 record. The Blazers have just four wins since 2022.

The only Daniel Boone touchdown came on a highly entertaining sequence late in the second quarter. Quarterback Haydn Moyer ran for a first down gain of 9 yards but took a late hit out of bounds on the Twin Valley sideline that left him injured and down for several minutes.

Moyer returned after two plays and threw an 18-yard touchdown to Harrison Delissaint, who made a tough, contested catch along the sideline in the end zone. The score got the Blazers within 28-6 and added to a great game for Delissaint, who had 97 receiving yards.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Twin Valley	21	7	14	0	42
Daniel Boone	0	6	0	0	6

Scoring summary

1	Twin Valley	Oliver, 14 pass from Myers (Shaffer kick)	8:44
1	Twin Valley	Hardy, 19 pass from Myers (Shaffer kick)	6:53
1	Twin Valley	Grundy, 9 pass from Myers (Shaffer kick)	1:00
2	Twin Valley	Myers, 1 run (Shaffer kick)	9:54
2	Daniel Boone	Delissaint, 18 pass from Moyer (kick blocked)	:17
3	Twin Valley	Hardy, 13 pass from Myers (Shaffer kick)	10:28
3	Twin Valley	Reilly, 8 run (Shaffer kick)	2:15

Team statistics

	Twin Valley	Daniel Boone
First downs	16	9
Rushes-yards	28-294	23-16
Passing yards	99	157
Total yards	393	173
Passes	9-17-1	11-22-1
Fumbles-lost	1-1	1-1
Punts-average	2-38	7-31
Penalties-yards	5-40	2-20

Individual statistics

RUSHING

Twin Valley: Reilly 15-200, Myers 9-88, Grundy 1-5, Foster 1-3, Munn 2-(-2).

Daniel Boone: Heffner 3-12, Moyer 14-2, Cruz 4-1, Williams 2-1.

PASSING

Twin Valley: Myers 9-17-1–99.

Daniel Boone: Moyer 8-16-1–143, Heffner 3-6-0–14.

RECEIVING

Twin Valley: Grundy 5-41, Hardy 2-32, Oliver 1-14, Buckley 1-12.

Daniel Boone: Delissaint 3-97, Heffner 3-30, Moyer 2-14, Cruz 2-10, Williams 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

Twin Valley: Rementer.

Daniel Boone: Cruz.