Team of the Day: Daniel Boone Blazers
2024 Berks football coverage
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After decades of undistinguished football the Daniel Boone Blazers rose to prominence in the early 2000’s, winning or sharing three Inter-County League Section 1 titles and regularly making the District 3 playoffs.
The Blazers won the I-C Section 2 title in 2004 in just their second season under Dave Bodolus. They set a program record with 10 wins and won the Section 1 title in 2006. They upped the program to 11 wins in 2010 when they won another Section 1 title. They completed Bodolus’ nine-year stay in Birdsboro with nine winning records and a 79-28 overall mark.
Daniel Boone hadn’t known success like that before and hasn’t come close since. Recent seasons have been tough. The Blazers finished 1-9 in 2023, matching their worst record a winless 1959 varsity debut season. They have finished below .500 seven times in the last nine years.
Bodolus’ powerhouse teams were known for their dangerous passing attacks. Jon Monteiro threw for a program-record 2,969 yards in 2008, 467 coming in a record performance against Blue Mountain. Chris Bokosky owns the program record for passing yards in a career at 5,300. Zach Keeley is the Blazers’ most productive receiver; he caught 86 balls for 1,263 yards in 2008.
Earlier, Nate Romig broke the Berks career rushing mark, going for 4,492 yards from 2002-05.
To find more about Daniel Boone football history, including the newly expanded team records page, click on the Blazers Team Page.
You can find this season’s schedule, the Blazers’ series record against all their current opponent, results from the 2023, 2022 and 2021 seasons and team rushing, scoring and passing records you won’t find anywhere else.
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