Twin Valley’s Evan Myers closing in on rare passing milestone
Evan Myers is about to join an elite club.
The Twin Valley quarterback needs 169 passing yards to become only the fifth quarterback in Berks history to pass for 5,000 career yards. The state-ranked Raiders (4-0) play at Octorara (3-1) Friday.
The four-year starter has thrown for over 1,000 yards in each of his first three seasons and is on pace to top that in a few weeks; when he does he’ll join Chad Henne as the only Berks passer to throw for 1,000 or more yards four times.
Henne is Berks’ all-time passing leader, and by a wide margin — by more than 1,700 yards. He set the record early in his junior season, 2002, and later that year became the first from Berks to top 5,000 yards.
Prior to Henne Hamburg’s Matt Deibler owned the career passing mark, with 3,855 yards. That topped the record of 3,698 set by Muhlenberg’s Mike Malinowski in 1990.
Another Muhlenberg quarterback, Ron Gattone, held the Berks career passing mark for more than 20 years before that. Gattone finished with 3,689 yards in 1967.
In recent decades the passing game has evolved quickly at the high school level; the top 15 career passing leaders have all played since 2000.
Myers could become just the second Berks passer to reach 6,000 yards but Henne’s mark seems well out of reach.
Henne, who went on to play at the University of Michigan and then in the NFL for 15 seasons, showed his promise at an early age. He set a Berks freshman record by throwing for 1,835 yards in 2000. He threw for 1,405 yards as a sophomore, 2,008 as a junior, and 1,743 as a senior. His final season was limited to 10 games as the Bulldogs did not qualify for the postseason.
Playing in an era when only the top four Class AAAA teams qualified for districts, Henne had the benefit of playing in just three postseason games. Two of those came in his junior season when Wilson reached the championship game against Central Dauphin.
One more name should crack this list by season’s end: Schuylkill Valley’s Logan Nawrocki. He enters Friday’s game vs. Pequea Valley with 3,364 yards; he has thrown for 816 yards in four games.
If the Panthers make the district playoffs he has a chance to finish in Berks’ all-time Top 10.
| Chad Henne | Wilson | 7,071 | 2000-03 |
| Chris Bokosky | Daniel Boone | 5,300 | 2003-05 |
| Logan Klitsch | Conrad Weiser | 5,177 | 2019-21 |
| Jon Monteiro | Daniel Boone | 5,070 | 2006-09 |
| Evan Myers | Twin Valley | 4,831 | 2021-24 |
| Nate Daniels | Muhlenberg | 4,724 | 2006-08 |
| Terrance Derr | Berks Catholic | 4,319 | 2015-18 |
| Corey Unger | Fleet./Wyom. | 4,281 | 2009-12 |
| Steve Huber | Wilson | 4,192 | 2006-08 |
| Zach Koenig | Fleetwood | 4,029 | 2012-14 |
| Grayson Helm | Wyomissing | 3,975 | 2008-11 |
| Zach Gardner | Twin Valley | 3,935 | 2016-18 |
| Tommy Bodolus | Daniel Boone | 3,927 | 2008-11 |
| Dave Crognale | Boyertown | 3,899 | 2005-08 |
| Zach Zweizig | Wilson | 3,882 | 2008-10 |
| Matt Deibler | Hamburg | 3,855 | 1997-99 |
