Five Fast Football Facts for Week 1
1
Exeter has beaten Daniel Boone 10 straight times, the longest winning streak in the series, which began in 1960.
The Blazers had won eight in a row, under former coach Dave Bodolus, before the Eagles started this streak in 2012, Matt Bauer’s fourth season as Exeter coach.
Exeter leads the series 41-22-1, and 38-18-1 since the Pig Iron Trophy was first put up for grabs in 1966.
The teams have met every season since 1960 with the exception of 2021, when the game was cancelled due to COVID-19 issues.
2
Wyomissing takes the field at Kennard-Dale tonight with a 35-game regular season winning streak, longest in Berks history.
The Spartans have been like a machine, cranking out four straight perfect regular seasons: 10-0, 5-0, 10-0, 10-0. (They played just five regular season games in 2020, due to the coronavirus.)
Before last season Wilson owned the record, winning 30 straight from 2012-15.
3
Twin Valley takes an eight-game winning streak over Schuylkill Valley into its opener against the Panthers tonight.
The Raiders lead the overall series 12-6; they won the first meeting in 1997, just their second varsity season.
Twin Valley is picked to win Section 3 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League; Schuylkill Valley is the preseason pick in Section 5.
4
Former Daniel Boone linebacker J.D Okuniewski makes his head coaching debut tonight when the Blazers play at Exeter.
At age 28 he’s the youngest head coach in Berks and the second-youngest in the 37-team Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Okuniewski is the only first-year coach among Berks’ 14 programs.
5
Gov. Mifflin kicks off its 70th season tonight at Spring-Ford.
The Mustangs first played in 1954, after the merger of Shillington High and Mohnton High.
Ray Linn took over as head coach in Mifflin’s third season and brought home the first of seven Tri-County League championships in his fourth season.
The Mustangs’ best seasons have come over the last 15 years, under Mick Vecchio and now Jeff Lang. They won 14 section titles in the final 17 years of the Berks League and claimed their only District 3 championship in 2020, when Nick Singleton was a junior.
