Preview Capsule: Twin Valley vs. Gettysburg
Twin Valley (6-3) vs. Gettysburg (6-3)
Kick: Saturday, 6, at Warrior Stadium, Gettysburg.
Series: First meeting.
Raiders update: Can clinch first District 3 playoff berth with a win. . . Enter ranked No. 10 in Class 5A. . . Could qualify for the 14-team field without a win, depending on the outcome of several other games. . . Clinched the third winning record in program history with last week’s 31-12 win over Executive Education. . . Can match the program record for victories with a win. . . Have never won seven games in the regular season. . . Went 7-5 in 2007, earning the record-setting victory with an Eastern Conference victory over Tunkhannock. . . That’s the only postseason win in program history. . . Senior WR Trey Freeman needs 18 receiving yards to become Berks’ all-time leader. . . Wyomissing’s Nolan McCready set the Berks career record with 2,110 yards in 2001. . . Freeman enters with 2,093. . . He holds program records for receptions in a career (104), receiving yards in a game (189) and season (947, this season) and career touchdown catches (19). . . He shared the record for TD catches in a season, seven; he matched that in last week’s game. . . Senior RB Dominic Caruso has program records for career rushing yards (3,504) and touchdowns (39). . . He has rushed for 73 yards and scored 12 TDs this season.
Warriors update: Beat New Oxford 27-10 last week and have won five of last six to move up to No. 11 in the District 3 Class 5A power rankings, one spot behind Twin Valley. . . Last reached playoffs in 2019, losing to Berks Catholic 14-7 in a Class 4A quarterfinal. . . Lost 2018 quarterfinal to Conrad Weiser 34-28 in 2OT. . . In second place in Division II of the York-Adams League behind Kennard-Dale. . . Averaging 38.3 points. . . Allowing 29.5 points, but have allowed just one TD in each of their last two games. . . Lost to Kennard-Dale 62-22 in Week 7. . . RB Landon McGee rushed for 198 yards in 61-13 win over York Suburban in Week 8. . . 6-4, 285-pound T Franklin Richardson is committed to play at Coastal Carolina; also had offers from Bucknell, U-Conn, and Darmouth. . . RB/LB Ruger Pennington is committed to play at Stevenson University. . . Have rebounded from 1-2 start after 52-14 loss to Cedar Crest and 55-49 triple-overtime loss to Waynesboro. . . Will leave York-Adams League and return to Mid-Penn Conference next season.
Berks career receiving leaders
| Nolan McCready | Wyomissing | 2,110 | 1999-2001 |
| Trey Freeman | Twin Valley | 2,093 | 2018-2021 |
| Alex Javier | Exeter | 1,950 | 2017-19 |
| Zack Keeley | Daniel Boone | 1,942 | 2007-08 |
| Ian Firestone | Wilson | 1,907 | 1998-01 |
| Tony Hardy | Reading High | 1,893 | 1989-91 |
| Nate Ottaviani | Schuylkill Valley | 1,888 | 1998-2001 |
| Ernie Woolf | Schuylkill Valley | 1,877 | 1997-99 |
| Aanjay Feliciano | Conrad Weiser | 1,860 | 2019-21 |
| Josh Smith | Wilson | 1,842 | 2004-06 |