Game of the Week: Wyomissing (6-1) vs. Twin Valley (7-0)
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Wyomissing (6-1) vs. Twin Valley (7-0)
Kick: Friday, 7, at Twin Valley Stadium.
Section 4 records: Spartans 4-0, Raiders 4-0.
What’s at stake? First place in Section 4 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Series: Spartans lead 13-3.
Last meeting: Wyomissing won 56-7 in 2021.
Fast fact: This game marks the first time a Berks team ranked No. 1 in the state will play another Berks team also ranked in the top five. Twin Valley is No. 1, Wyomissing No. 4, in the PennLive.com Class 4A rankings.
Spartans update: Have won five straight since 20-3 loss at Haverford School in Week 2. . . Ranked No. 2 in the 37-team Lancaster-Lebanon League in total defense and No. 3 against the rush and has allowed just two first-half TDs in four league games. . . First-team defense allowed 14 points in last four games and scored 14 (INT return, fumble return and safety). . . Soph Justice Hardy leads team in rushing, is averaging 9.5 yards per carry and 17 yards per catch. . . . His team-high 12 TDs are tied for seventh-most in the league. . . Chase Eisenhower, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, has had just 40 carries, in large part because Spartans starters have been limited to first-half play because they’re led by an average of 29 points at halftime during the five-game winning streak. . . Soph Teddy White, a first-year starter at QB, has attempted just 27 passes. . . Have won 36 consecutive home games, a streak that includes 10 postseason games and dates back to 2018. . . Ranked No. 2 in District 3 Class 4A power ratings, behind Lampeter-Strasburg and one spot ahead of Twin Valley. . . Have won five straight District 3 Class 3A titles; now playing up a classification due to PIAA “Success Formula.” . . . Ranked No. 4 in the state in Class 4A.
Fast fact: Twin Valley has recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time in program history and has three in the last five weeks; the Raiders never recorded more than two shutouts in a season during their first 28 seasons.
Raiders update: Have opened 7-0 for the second straight season. . . Lost in Week 8 last year at Ephrata when they played without several starters, including their top two RBs, Drew Engle and Evan Johnson, due to injuries. . . Engle, who set a program record with 1,599 rushing yards last year as a sophomore, has not played since Week 1; head coach Brett Myers has not disclosed the reason nor said when he will return. . . Senior RB Evan Johnson leads team with 676 yards rushing and is averaging 10.2 yards per carry. . . He has scored a program-record 47 TDs over four seasons and is 582 yards away from Fred Caruso’s career rushing mark of 3,684 yards. . . Senior QB Evan Myers is also averaging 10.2 yards per carry and has rushed for 11 TDs. . . Myers has thrown for 977 yards and 13 TDs and is completing a career-high 64.2 percent of his passes. . . The four-year starter has thrown for 5,151 yards and 39 touchdowns, both program records. . . Ranked No. 1 in the league in scoring (48.8) and winning margin (43.1), No. 3 in total yards (393.4). . . Defense, led by soph LB Lucas Myers, junior LB Ryan Rementer, and soph DE Joey Buckley, is ranked No. 1 in the league in total defense (105 yards per game), scoring defense (5.7), and rushing defense (41.4). . . Only six teams in the state have allowed fewer points. . . Coming off 49-0 win over Donegal, which opted not to come out for the second half due to mounting injuries. . . Ranked No. 3 in District 3 Class 4A power ratings, behind Lampeter-Strasburg and Wyomissing, both Section 4 rivals.
Fast fact: Twin Valley’s last win over the Spartans came in 2009.
Series flashback 2007: Nick Wilkinson rushed for 170 yards and scored three touchdowns as Twin Valley beat Wyomissing 34-14 in the regular season finale to clinch a tie for first place with the Spartans in Section 2 of the Berks Football League. The Raiders led 27-0 at the half to pave the way to their first title of any sorts. The win was their sixth straight after an 0-4 start and clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth.
Did you know? Twin Valley launched its football program in 1996. Its first game was a 30-0 loss to Wyomissing.
Quotable: “They’re good. They move the ball well. They score a lot of points and that’s what we’re good at, stopping it. The whole goal is to slow ’em down and win the game. This is the game we had circled (before the season). We know it’s gonna be tough, but we’ve been looking forward to it.” – Wyomissing senior lineman Max Tipton.
Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4
| SECTION 4 | League | Overall | PF | PA | Up next | |
| Twin Valley | 4-0 | 7-0 | 342 | 40 | Wyomissing | |
| Lamp.-Stras. | 4-0 | 7-0 | 284 | 54 | @ Elco | |
| Wyomissing | 4-0 | 6-1 | 266 | 80 | @ Twin Valley | |
| Elco | 2-2 | 3-4 | 105 | 214 | Lampeter | |
| Octorara | 1-3 | 3-4 | 100 | 185 | N. Lebanon | |
| N. Lebanon | 1-3 | 2-5 | 48 | 181 | @ Octorara | |
| D. Boone | 0-4 | 0-7 | 105 | 222 | Donegal | |
| Donegal | 0-4 | 1-6 | 102 | 231 | @ Boone |
