Game of the Week: Twin Valley vs. Selinsgrove
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Twin Valley (1-0) vs. Selinsgrove (1-0)
Kick: Friday, 7, at Twin Valley Stadium.
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Series: First meeting.
Last season: Raiders 10-2; Seals 13-1-1.
Raiders update: Opened with convincing 42-16 win at Berks Catholic. . . . Led 42-3 midway through the 3Q. . . QB Evan Myers rushed for 111 yards and a TD and passed for career-high 238 yards, completing 12-of-16 passes. . . Evan Johnson rushed for 91 yards and Drew Engle for 82. . . Averaged better than 10 yards per carry and racked up 526 total yards. . . Ryan Rementer scored a defensive TD, scooping up a fumble on a poor snap punt at the 9. . . Myers has passed for 4,412 career yards, No. 6 on the all-time Berks list. . . His 303 career completions are 6 shy of the program record. . . Johnson and Engle each rushed for over 1,000 yards last season. . . Offensive line is led by Navy recruit Aris Drake and transfer Carter Faubel, a two-way all-league pick last season for District 2 champ Delaware Valley. . . Drake is among 6 returning players who earned all-league honors, along with Engle at RB and DB, Johnson, WR Ben Grundy, G Greyson Miller and LB Lucas Myers. . . Ranked No. 7 in the state in Class 4A.
Seals update: Took undefeated record into PIAA Class 4A semifinal last season before losing to Aliquippa 52-32. . . Graduated three All-State picks, the best RB Tucker Teats, who rushed for 2,354 yards and scored 41 TDs. . . Opened with 14-6 win over Juniata, scoring a clinching TD with 2:40 remaining after forcing a fumble and taking over at Juniata 20. . . Seals stopped two-point conversion bid in 4Q to hold onto 14-6 lead. . . Allowed just 11 rushing yards on 11 attempts. . . Allowed Juniata QB Wyatt Ehrenzeller to complete 18-of-22 passes for 136 yards, without an INT. . . Rushed for 154 yards on 34 carries in the win, with Ethan Miller leading the way with 47 yards on four carries. . . Miller is top player. He was an All-State LB last year and he rushed for 591 yards and 11 TDs. . . Junior Brett Rice returns after rushing for 420 yard last season. . . Senior Gavin Bastian returns to WR after catching team-leading 55 passes for 836 yards and 9 TDs. . . Former Seals LB Matt Wenrich is in his first year as head coach. . . Shared PA Heartland Conference Division I title last year with Jersey Shore after their game was suspended due to a serious player injury with the score tied 21-21. . . Won PIAA championship in 2009. . . Listed as a Team To Watch in PennLive.com Class 4A state rankings.
Did you know? For the second straight season the Raiders set a program scoring record, averaging 39.7 points. They averaged 32.2 points in 2022.
Fast fact: Drew Engle, as a sophomore, set the Twin Valley record for rushing yards in a season, going for 1,599 yards; he topped the record by 375 yards.
Quotable: “Our goal is to run the ball, and you’re going to see different kids (touching the ball). It is up to us to get our best athletes the ball. here are too many good athletes to just give the ball to one kid.” — Selinsgrove coach Matt Wenrich, to the Shamokin News-Item.
