Twin Valley’s Drew Engle among four Berks picks for Big School squad
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Before he begins his college lacrosse career Drew Engle will play one more football game.
The record-setting Twin Valley tailback is one of four Berks players selected to play in the PSFCA Big School East/West game May 17. Kickoff is at 5 at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field, following the Small School game.
Engle will be joined on the East roster by Wilson wide receiver Jaiden Carpenter, Wyomissing linebacker Chase Eisenhower, and Wyomissing punter Keeghan Maher.
Wilson’s Doug Dahms will be the head coach. Muhlenberg’s Rob Flowers will be an assistant coach.
Two other Lancaster-Lebanon League players were selected to the 36-player East roster: Manheim Township wide receiver Daryus Dixon and Lampeter-Strasburg offensive lineman Collin Shelley.
Engle, committed to play lacrosse at the United State Military Academy at West Point, was named Outstanding Back and Offensive Back of the Year in Section 4 of Lancaster-Lebanon League after setting program records with 2,095 rushing yards in a season and 4,212 in career. He was also named Berks Player of the Year by MikeDragoSports.com.
The All-State pick averaged 9.3 yards per carry in leading the Raiders to the PIAA Class 4A championship game, where he rushed for 176 yards.
Engle scored 37 touchdowns as a senior and 61 in his career. He set a program record with six TDs, against Lampeter-Strasburg, and another when he piled up 388 all-purpose yards in playoff win over West Perry.
He’ll share backfield duties with Sean Steckert, who led Southern Lehigh to a 43-21 victory over the Raiders in the state championship game.
Carpenter was named to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 6A All-State team as a defensive back after recording seven pass breakups and two interceptions and returning a fumble for TD. He averaged 19.1 yards on his team-leading 35 receptions, with a team-best 11 TDs.
He was Defensive Back of the Year in Section 1 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.
Eisenhower, a four-year defensive starter for the Spartans, earned a first-team spot on the Pennsylvania Football News Class 4A Coaches Select All-State team as a fullback.
He was an all-league pick at inside linebacker and led the team with 88 tackles and 12 tackles for loss. He averaged 7.4 yards per carry and rushed for 737 yards as a senior, with 12 TDs.
Maher was named Berks Specialist of the Year and was an all-league pick as a punter after averaging 45.6 yards per kick. He converted 40-of-41 PATs and 3-of-3 field goals, with a long of 38. He recorded touchbacks on 19% of his kickoffs. He was a second-team pick on the Coaches Select All-State team.
Dahms, the winningest coach in Wilson history, has been on the Bulldogs staff for 50 seasons, the last 20 as head coach. He has a 205-47 record with 14 Section 1 titles and four District 3 championships.
Flowers just completed his second season at Muhlenberg, where he led the Muhls to an 8-3 record and back to the district playoffs for the first in 12 years. He has also been head coach at Reading High and Daniel Boone.
Gerry Yonchiuk of Central York will be head coach of the West team, which includes players from high school west of the Susquehanna River.
