GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week for Week 3: Wyomissing vs. Trinity
Wyomissing (2-0) vs. Trinity (1-1)
Kick: Saturday, 1:30, at the A-Field.
Series: Spartans lead 4-2.
Last meeting: Ben Terefenko threw three touchdown passes as Wyomissing defeated Trinity 48-3 in Week 3 of the 2018 season. Alyas Branford-Williams had a pair of TD catches and Tim Kowalski ran for 115 yards and two scores. The Spartans went on to finish 9-3.
Spartans update: Entered season ranked No. 2 in the state in Class 3A by PennLive.com and have lived up to the billing, with shutouts of Kennard-Dale and Pottsville. . . Have recorded back-to-back shutouts for first time since recording three straight early in 2020 season, over Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Kutztown, Schuylkill Valley. . . Had two shutouts last season, against Schuylkill Valley and Middletown. . . Held Pottsville to 54 rushing yards on 23 attempts last week in 49-0 win. . . Defense allowed just seven first down and 129 total yards. . . Have six takeaways and two turnovers. . . Soph Derek Macrina has INTs in each game. . . Allowing just 66 rushing yards per game. . . Matt Kramer has scored 5 TDs. . . Averaging over 282 rushing yards per game, No. 2 in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Quotable: “Our offensive line is trapping guys and the defense doesn’t know who is going to hit them on each play. But when you combine it with the athleticism and the size our line has, a lot of times I’m making 10 to 15 yards up field before I hit a guy. And it’s fun to make runs like that.” — Spartans FB Matt Kramer, after rushing for two TDs and 89 yards on nine carries.
Fast fact: Wyomissing has opened with back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1982, when it shut out its first three opponents: Big Spring, Kutztown and Muhlenberg. This is just the second time in program history the Spartans have opened with consecutive shutouts.
Did you know? Trinity owns a 2-1 record over Wyomissing in the postseason, including a 28-0 win in the 2010 District 3 Class 2A championship game.
Shamrocks update: Opened with 35-7 win at Delone Catholic before falling to Roman Catholic 41-14 last week. . . The game vs. Roman was halted by officials with 5:41 remaining after a “scrum” broke out along the Trinity sideline, according to a report from PennLive.com. . . Rocks managed just 41 yards rushing. . . Roman beat Wilson 46-15 in Week 1. . . Freshman RB Messiah Mickens, who has an offer from Texas A&M, ran for a pair of touchdowns in season-opener. He was 14 when he received the offer in the spring. . . Mickens was limited to 34 yards on four carries last week. . . TE/DE Wyatt Cooper has committed to play at Stony Brook. . . Return 15 starters, including QBs Caleb Wray and three WRs. . . Picked to finish second in in Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division, behind state-ranked Steel-High and ahead of Middletown, Big Spring and Boiling Springs. . . Went winless (0-7) in 2020 and had a 10-game losing streak before opening 2021 with a win over Delone Catholic. . . Finished 3-6 last season. . . Ended last season with five straight losses. . . Have not qualified for the postseason since 2012. . . Last winning season came in 2012, when they finished 9-2.
Quotable: “He could be one of the best to ever do it from this area. Just . . . maybe the best to ever do it. He can play linebacker, he can play safety. He is kind of like (Penn State’s) Mehki Flowers. When he comes in and works out, he doesn’t look like a freshman. He looks like he could be a junior or senior.” — Trinity coach and former Steel-High, Penn State and NFL lineman Jordan Hill, on RB Messiah Mickens.
Fast fact: Wyomissing is the only team in District 3, and the only Class 3A team in the state, that has not allowed a point this season.
