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Section D

October 15, 2010

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•Red Land rides out rough start

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HigH ScHoolS

• Red Land fights through tough schedule .................D2• Sentinel Week 7 Picks ................................................D3• Leaderboard ...............................................................D3• High school notebook ................................................D4• Week 7 preview capsules ...........................................D5• State rankings .............................................................D6

local collegeS

• Barley’s big plays boost Ship .....................................D8• Local college preview capsules .................................D8

Penn State

• Battered and bruised PSU .........................................D9• Inside College Football ............................................. D10

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Head coach Frank Gay and his Red Land Patriots are off to a 2-4 start after a 13-12 loss to Cedar Cliff last weekend.• See Patriots, D7

By Travis L. PickensASSISTANT SPoRTS [email protected]

Who could have blamed them if they had simply given up?

A punch-to-the-gut loss to rival Cedar Cliff in the game’s waning moments Oct. 1 was just the latest frustrating turn of events in Red Land’s difficult football season.

The 13-12 loss dropped the Patriots’ record to 1-4 and put them on the verge of missing the District 3 playoffs for the second year in a row.

But coach Frank Gay had a simple message for his players. It was a message that can be de-livered on a football field or to anyone looking for answers after something that’s perceived to be unfair happens.

“The better team that night

didn’t win, and the message was, ‘You fought hard but sometimes in life things don’t go the way you want them to go,’” Gay said he told his players. “They under-stood that, and we got better as a team.”

In the annual rivalry between the West Shore School District teams, Red Land ended with 168 more yards than Cedar Cliff and dominated the Colts on the ground.

In what felt like the same story every week, self-inflict-ed wounds ultimately cost Red Land the game.

The Patriots committed four more penalties than their rival and had three more turnovers.

“We outplayed them in ev-ery single aspect of the game, but once again the little things

Red Land navigating one of the more ■

difficult schedules in the Mid-Penn.

“I’m just here to help out the team, whether it be distracting and being a decoy,” Barley said. “If I have to do that, I’ll go out and do that. We just want to win, that’s what we put in our hard work for. That’s all we want.

“It would be nice to get more plays, but with our wideout group, we all have our set skills. We all have our different spe-cialties, and I just do what coach wants me to do. If he wants me to run all deep routes, I’ll run all deep routes and do the best I can. And let the other guys get the possession stuff.”

At 6 feet, Barley has just enough size to make a vertical play down-field.

But at just 176 pounds, he doesn’t exactly have enough

weight to plow through lineback-ers.

“I’m not the biggest guy,” Barley said. “I’m not exactly the posses-sion type of receiver, but I think going up and getting the ball has always been one of my best at-tributes ... I’d say my build type helps me.”

Barley’s success this year is no fluke. As a third-string quarter-back in the 2009 preseason, Ad-ams worked extensively with Barley — then a true freshman — during training camp.

The chemistry they created is paying off. Barley has clearly be-come Adams’ security blanket within the Wing-T passing game, leading all Ship split ends this year in receptions (13), yards (341) and touchdowns (three), and the 60-yard touchdown reception at West Chester was the second-longest

catch by a Red Raider this season. Sophomore halfback Mike Fren-ette’s 64-yard touchdown recep-tion earlier in the game at West Chester is the longest.

“Throwing the ball and run-ning routes, it’s all timing,” Barley said. “And the amount we put in, we got that timing down. I know what (Adams is) looking for, and he knows where I’ll be at on the field. All that work we put in is definitely helping us out, and will continue to in the next couple years. We have long careers ahead of us.”

With his slew of 40-plus-yard receptions, Barley has drawn some extra attention from oppos-ing defensive backs. However, as Shippensburg slumps to 0-3 in the PSAC Eastern Division, the double teams are often thrown to the wayside in favor of an extra

run stuffer.Barley has done his best to make

opposing defenses pay for it.“I think West Chester brought

a safety over top of me a lot,” Bar-ley said. “Other than that, (oppos-ing defenses) just run the regular defense. Every once in a while, I might get a man with a safety over the top, depending on where we are on the field and what down it is.”

Despite his big plays at Conesto-ga, Barley drew interest from just a pair of PSAC schools: Shippens-burg and West Chester. Fortu-nately for the Red Raiders, former Ship U. quarterback Chris Gicking was Barley’s offensive coordinator at Conestoga.

Gicking holds every Red Raid-ers passing record imaginable: career passing yards (6,365), sea-son passing yards (2,832), season (161.3) and career (143.1) pass ef-

ficiency rating, and season (17.27) and career (15.75) yards per com-pletion, just to name a few. The information he gave Barley about Shippensburg’s football program and about the good times he had there helped sway Barley’s deci-sion.

“I talked to (Gicking), and he told me how good of a place this was and all that,” Barley said. “So, I came up for my visit, and I fell in love. It was an easy choice for me.”

Coming from a high school program that featured wide-out-heavy offenses and plenty of passes to go around, Barley had the experience to excel at the Di-vision II level.

And, even with a struggling Wing-T, running back-heavy of-fense, he’s making highlight-reel catches.

• Continued from D8

Barley

did not play due to ankle and calf injuries, respectively, and defensive end Jack Crawford, who did not dress and spent the afternoon on crutches while nursing an-other ankle injury.

Penn State issued a release this week that said Craw-ford, Dailey, Gbadyu, Mauti, linebacker Gerald Hodges (leg) and defensive tack-le Jordan Hill (ankle) were “possible” for the Minne-sota game on Oct. 23, and

that Latimore, wide receiver Curtis Drake (leg) and tight end Andrew Szczerba (back) would be out for a minimum of two weeks.

The players who stayed in the game aren’t immune, either; middle linebacker Chris Colasanti made a ca-reer-high 18 tackles with a broken hand.

Penn State took Sunday and Monday off. The bye week will give players who could return soon time to heal, but injuries aren’t Penn State’s only problem

right now.“We’ve got to overcome

them,” Paterno said. “We can’t be sitting around moaning about them all the time.”

After his team’s most le-thargic performance of the season, if not in several years, Paterno was asked if his team still had leadership issues.

“Some of the guys we might have thought would step to the front have got-ten injured,” Paterno said. “I think that’s been a big

problem. You just get used to playing with a guy and all of a sudden he’s out and you have to bring someone else in that hasn’t had the expe-rience to be a leader.”

Leadership at the top of the program has become a concern for many Penn State fans, who expressed their frustration with Paterno on radio shows and the Inter-net this week in a tone not seen and heard since Penn State went 7-16 in 2003 and 2004.

As always, little of that

criticism had reached Pa-terno, he said.

“I haven’t got time to even think about that,” Paterno said. “I’ve just got to try to get my team a little better. ... I don’t even know what kind of criticism it is. Send me a detailed list.”

Paterno shares at least some of the fans’ disap-pointment, though, in terms of what his team has accom-plished to date.

“I thought after we played four or five games that we’d be a little bit better football

team than we are right now,” Paterno said. “We’ve got to be encouraging and get some of these kids to real-ize they still have the kind of potential we felt we’ve had.”

Injuries have kept Penn State from realizing some of that potential. Paterno knows he must go on push-ing his healthy players to-ward their potential.

“There’s nothing I can do about it,” he said. “I’m just trying to take care of some things we can do something about.”


Injuries

Now, with a contract that runs only through 2011 when he will be 85, Paterno has a team that has severe and long-term injuries at several key posi-tions, players pointing fingers of blame at each other and a re-

maining schedule that includes four ranked teams in a five-week span.

Criticism from players emerged after the 33-13 loss to Illinois last Saturday at Beaver Stadium, with senior guard Stefen Wis-niewski complaining about some players’ complacency and run-

ning back Evan Royster ques-tioning the desire of some team-mates.

Paterno said he was unaware of those remarks, but he admitted to some concern if they are true.

“I don’t know how accurate that is, but if it is, that is some-thing we have to address this

week. That kind of thing is det-rimental and doesn’t help.”

Lineup changes, Paterno said, may not be the answer, contra-dicting what some coaches said after the Illinois game. He sug-gested there will be no changes to the offensive line, which has struggled all season.

“I think the offensive line is getting a little more criticism than they deserve,” he said.

He did admit, however, that fixing the problems won’t be easy.

“It’s doable, but it’s going to take a lot of commitment from a lot of people.”


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The Sentinel

LeaderboardThe following is a list of leaders through the sixth week of the high school football season. Stats reflect only those reported to The Sentinel:

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 126 1,092 8.62. Colby Whitten (BiS) 105 671 6.33. Ryan Miller (BiS) 84 520 6.14. Adam Geiger (T) 50 509 10.15. Kevin Snyder (CV) 63 461 7.36. Kevin Stago (EP) 98 454 4.67. Matt Richmond (NoY) 68 436 6.48. Jack Miller (T) 37 397 10.79. Dan Flynn (CV) 58 387 6.610. Matthew Gibson (BiS) 45 379 8.4

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Chris Lenz (T) 17 3462. Adam Breneman (CC) 31 3393. Ryan Herr (CH) 19 3094. Bryton Barr (M) 11 2744. Tyler Botchie (M) 22 274

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 31 3392. Tyler Botchie (M) 22 2743. Ryan Herr (CH) 19 3094. Ryan Smith (CC) 19 1955. Roland Miller (BoS) 18 2475. Sal Purpura (M) 18 264

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. James Rusenko (M) 82 162 1,061 8 72. Patrick Dill (T) 47 93 1,029 13 53. Kelvin White (EP) 55 89 692 9 54. Cody Failor (C) 46 93 564 4 35. Jared Bliss (BoS) 42 72 523 5 4

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)

Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 19 1162. David Cook (BoS) 10 623. Kevin Snyder (CV) 8 504. Jeremy DiPetro (CV) 8 484. Chris Lenz (T) 8 484. Kevin Lytle (NoY) 8 484. Jack Miller (T) 8 484. Colby Whitten (BiS) 8 48

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Lance Geesey (CV) 5 26-28 412. Alex Cramer (T) 1 29-34 323. Sam Dell (BoS) 2 21-23 274. Zach Myers (Ship) 0 24-29 245. Taylor Walls (EP) 1 18-20 21

——OFFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 251 41.82. Shippensburg 239 39.83. Cumberland Valley 220 36.64. Boiling Springs 175 29.14. East Pennsboro 175 29.1

——DEFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 59 9.82. Shippensburg 68 11.33. Big Spring 91 15.14. Cumberland Valley 98 16.35. Northern 101 16.8

Sentinel PickSWeek7

Guest Picker:Jeff Sanno, West Perry

baseball coach

Carlisle atChambersburg

Travis L. PickensLast week:

11-3Season:

55-29

Tom Ash

Last week:11-3

Season:55-29

Ron Rogers

Last week:12-2

Season:60-24

Guest Picker

Last week:10-4

Season:46-38

Andy Sandrik

Last week:12-2

Season:53-31

Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle

CV atCD East

Cedar Cliff atSusquehanna Twp.

Hershey atRed Land

Big Spring atGettysburg

Northern atShippensburg

West Perry atWaynesboro

Boiling Springsat Steel-High

Camp Hill atSusquenita

Palmyra atEast Pennsboro

Mechanicsburgat B. McDevitt

Donegalat Trinity

Bloomsburgat Ship U.

Dickinson atSusquehanna

CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Red Land

Big Spring

Shippensburg

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV

Cedar Cliff

Red Land

Gettysburg

Northern

West Perry

Steel-High

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

East Penn

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Susquehanna

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

Steel-High

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Susquehanna

Wednesday, Oct. 13UCF 35, Marshall 14Thursday, Oct. 14Kansas State at Kansas (late)South Florida at West Virginia (late)Friday, Oct. 15Cincinnati at LouisvilleSaturday, Oct. 16Ole Miss at AlabamaArkansas at Auburn Eastern Michigan at Ball StateMiami (Ohio) at Central MichiganMaryland at ClemsonBaylor at Colorado UNLV at Colorado StateMiami (Fla.) at DukeNC State at East CarolinaMississippi State at FloridaBoston College at Florida StateNew Mexico State at Fresno StateVanderbilt at GeorgiaMiddle Tennessee at Georgia TechNevada at HawaiiArkansas State at IndianaSouth Carolina at KentuckyIdaho at Louisiana TechMcNeese State at LSUSouthern Miss at MemphisIowa at MichiganIllinois at Michigan StateSMU at NavyTexas at Nebraska FIU at North TexasBuffalo at Northern IllinoisWestern Michigan at Notre DameAkron at Ohio Iowa State at OklahomaMinnesota at PurdueHouston at Rice Army at Rutgers Air Force at San Diego StateBoise State at San Jose StatePittsburgh at SyracuseBYU at TCUBowling Green at TempleMissouri at Texas A&MOklahoma State at Texas TechKent State at ToledoUL-Lafayette at TroyTulane at TulsaUTEP at UABCalifornia at USC North Carolina at VirginiaWake Forest at Virginia TechOregon State at WashingtonArizona at Washington StateUL-Monroe at Western KentuckyOhio State at WisconsinUtah at Wyoming

Tuesday, Oct. 5Troy 42 Middle Tennessee 13Wednesday, Oct. 6UCF 42 UAB 7Thursday, Oct. 7 Nebraska 48 Kansas State 13Friday, Oct. 8Oklahoma State 54 UL-Lafayette 28Rutgers 27 Connecticut 24Saturday, Oct. 9Air Force 49 Colorado State 27Arizona State 24 Washington 14Arkansas 24 Texas A&M 17Arkansas State 24 North Texas 19Army 41 Tulane 23Auburn 37 Kentucky 34Boise State 57 Toledo 14BYU 24 San Diego State 21California 35 UCLA 7Cincinnati 45 Miami (Ohio) 3East Carolina 44 Southern Miss 43Florida International28 Western Kentucky 21Florida State 45 Miami (Fla.) 17Georgia 41 Tennessee 14Georgia Tech 33 Virginia 21Hawaii 49 Fresno State 27Illinois 33 Penn State 13Kent State 28 Akron 17Louisiana Tech 24 Utah State 6Louisiana-Monroe 20 Florida Atlantic 17Louisville 56 Memphis 0LSU 33 Florida 29Michigan State 34 Michigan 17Mississippi State 47 Houston 24Missouri 26 Colorado 0Navy 28 Wake Forest 27NC State 44 Boston College 17Nevada 35 San Jose State 13New Mexico State 16 New Mexico 14North Carolina 21 Clemson 16Northern Illinois 31 Temple 17Notre Dame 23 Pittsburgh 17Ohio 49 Bowling Green 25Ohio State 38 Indiana 10Oregon 43 Washington State 23Oregon State 29 Arizona 27Purdue 20 Northwestern 17SMU 21 Tulsa 18South Carolina 35 Alabama 21Stanford 37 USC 35Syracuse 13 South Florida 9TCU 45 Wyoming 0Texas Tech 45 Baylor 38Utah 68 Iowa State 27UTEP 44 Rice 24Vanderbilt 52 Eastern Michigan 6Virginia Tech 45 Central Michigan 21West Virginia 49 UNLV 10Western Michigan 45 Ball State 16Wisconsin 41 Minnesota 23

1. Ohio State (6-0) Buckeyes ascend to the top of every poll.2. Oregon (6-0) Injury bug can’t derail Ducks vs. Wazzu.3. Boise State (5-0) Broncs taking care of business vs. inferior foes.4. Oklahoma (5-0) Early-season rout of FSU looking better all the time.5. TCU (6-0) Key tilts loom with Air Force and Utah.6. Nebraska (5-0) Martinez spoils Bill Snyder’s birthday in rout of KSU.7. Auburn (6-0) Newton, Tigers enjoying meteoric rise.8. South Carolina (4-1) Spurrier gets his signature win at USC.9. Alabama (5-1) St. Nick won’t be delivering an undefeated season.

10. Stanford (5-1) Luck leads Cardinal comeback vs. USC.11. Utah (5-0) Utes averaging 60 points over last three contests.12. Missouri (5-0) Nation says “Show me” to unbeaten Mizzou.13. Arkansas (4-1) Hogs call on Auburn in wild West showdown.14. Michigan State (6-0) Little brother beats up big brother in the Big House.15. LSU (6-0) Les Miles wants to know: How ya like me now?16. Iowa (4-1) Three-game gauntlet vs. ranked teams looms.17. Wisconsin (5-1) Top-ranked Buckeyes visit for prime-time showdown.18. Florida State (5-1) No wide rights this time vs. Canes.19. Oregon State (3-2) Both losses have come to top-5 teams. 20. Air Force (5-1) Falcons soaring behind potent ground attack.21. Arizona (4-1) Swarmed under in the desert by Beaver attack.22. Michigan (5-1) Beginning of the end of Michigan’s magical season?23. Oklahoma State (5-0) Trip to Lubbock precedes Nebraska tilt.24. Nevada (6-0) Should be 11–0 when Boise State comes calling.25. Florida (4-2) Tigers drain the Swamp of all its enthusiasm.Utah RB Eddie Wide Utah SID

Ohio State at Wisconsin The nation’s new No. 1team heads to Madison for its most difficult test to date.The Buckeyes have allowed only one opponent — themighty Eastern Michigan Eagles — to score more thanone offensive touchdown. Ohio State 20, Wisconsin 10

Arkansas at Auburn The key for Auburn will beCam Newton’s ability to run the ball and make big playsin the passing game when the opportunity presents it-self. The Tigers’ magical ride continues for at least onemore week. Auburn 34, Arkansas 27

Iowa at Michigan For the first time this season,Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson failed to takeover a game. Sure, the man they call Shoelace threw for

215 yards and rushed for 86, but he tossed three costlyinterceptions in the Wolverines’ 34–17 loss to Michi-gan State. Expect a similar result against an Iowa de-fense that is allowing only 10.2 points per game (fewestin the country). Iowa 30, Michigan 17

Texas at Nebraska The rematch of the 2009 Big 12title game has lost some luster thanks to Texas’ surpris-ing struggles. Nebraska, on the other hand, continues todazzle, led by the brilliant play of dynamic quarterbackTaylor Martinez, who ranks fourth in the nation in rush-ing and has scored 12 TDs. That could spell trouble fora Texas defense that has allowed a total of 388 rushingyards the past two games. Nebraska 24, Texas 16

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By Travis L. PickensAssistAnt sports [email protected]

The first half of the high school football season was a bitter pill for the proud coaching staff at Camp Hill to swallow.

“We’re used to winning cham-pionships, we’re not used to scraping just to win a game, and that’s how it was,” said 16-year veteran head coach Frank Kindler of his team’s 0-5 start. “It was tough. We’ve been a succesful coaching staff, but even we start-ed to question ourselves.”

The nightmarish start that saw the Lions outscored 119-9 in their first three games meric-fully came to an end Friday night when Camp Hill slammed visit-ing ELCO, 34-14.

The victory snapped a 10-game losing streak that dated to Oct. 9 of last year.

While it was nice to finally get in the win column, Kindler

wasn’t getting ahead of himself.“Our kids just got tired of

losing,” he said. “Plus, (ELCO) wasn’t that good, so that helped.”

The game served as a coming-out party for junior quarterback Marcellas Hayes, who moved into the Camp Hill School District less than two weeks before the opening of preseason practice.

Hayes has completed 50 per-cent of his passes (21 of 42) for 254 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Against the Raiders, Hayes completed 8 of 14 for 168 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

“He has a good arm, and we were trying some things out,” Kindler said. “He’s a baseball player, so we figured we’d try him.”

Camp Hill, which moved back into the District 3 Class A play-off picture this week as the No. 7 seed, finishes its season against

only one team with a winning record. But the four teams re-maining on the schedule — Susquenita, Steelton-Highspire,

Middletown and East Pennsboro — are all dangerous.

Hayes, Lions coming into their owncamp Hill building ■

on its first win in nearly a year.

• See Notebook, D6

Mid-Penn Glance

michael bupp/special to the sentinel

Teddy Ramsey helped Camp Hill break a 10-game losing streak Friday night when the Lions beat ELCO, 34-14.

High School Football Notebook

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Penn sTaTe

Battered Blue & White

A bye week for Penn State (3-3)

Week 7

Mid-Penn Conference FootballAll games begin at 7 p.m. unless noted

StandingsCommonwealth

Team Division OverallCumberland Valley 3-0 5-1Harrisburg 3-0 5-1Central Dauphin 1-1 5-1Central Dauphin East 1-1 3-3State College 1-2 1-5Carlisle 0-2 3-3Chambersburg 0-3 1-5

——Keystone

Team Division OverallSusquehanna Twp. 2-0 4-2Bishop McDevitt 2-1 4-2Cedar Cliff 2-1 4-2Red Land 2-1 2-4Hershey 1-1 4-2Mechanicsburg 0-2 1-5Lower Dauphin 0-3 0-6

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ColonialTeam Division OverallGreencastle-Antrim 3-0 6-0Shippensburg 2-1 5-1Big Spring 2-1 4-2Gettysburg 2-1 3-3Northern 2-1 3-3West Perry 1-2 1-5James Buchanan 0-3 1-5Waynesboro 0-3 0-6

——Capital

Team Division OverallTrinity 5-0 5-1Boiling Springs 4-0 5-1Palmyra 3-2 4-2Steelton-Highspire 3-2 4-2East Pennsboro 2-2 3-3Milton Hershey 2-2 3-3Middletown 1-3 2-4Camp Hill 0-4 1-5Susquenita 0-5 1-5

WEEK 7Friday, Oct. 15

CommonwealthCarlisle at ChambersburgCumberland Valley at Central Dauphin East

KeystoneCedar Cliff at Susquehanna Twp.Hershey at Red Land

ColonialBig Spring at GettysburgGreencastle-Antrim at James BuchananNorthern at ShippensburgWest Perry at Waynesboro, 7:30

CapitalBoiling Springs at Steelton-HighspireCamp Hill at SusquenitaMilton Hershey at MiddletownPalmyra at East Pennsboro

Non-divisionState College at Lower Dauphin

Non-conferenceDonegal at Trinity

Saturday, Oct. 16Commonwealth

Harrisburg at Central DauphinKeystone

Mechanicsburg at Bishop McDevitt, 10:30 a.m.District 3 Power Rating

Class AAAA(top 16 qualify for playoffs)

Team Record Rating1. Dallastown 6-0 .8742. Daniel Boone 6-0 .8443. Wilson 6-0 .8434. Red Lion 5-1 .8275. Harrisburg 5-1 .8136. Cumberland Valley 5-1 .8047. Central Dauphin 5-1 .8008. Warwick 4-2 .7299. Manheim Twp. 4-2 .72910. Governor Mifflin 4-2 .72911. Central York 4-2 .72312. Exeter 4-2 .69113. McCaskey 4-2 .67814. Cedar Cliff 4-2 .66215. William Penn 3-3 .64316. Spring Grove 3-3 .62619. Carlisle 3-3 .609

——Class AAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Lampeter-Strasburg 6-0 .8362. Greencastle-Antrim 6-0 .8213. Conrad Weiser 5-1 .7614. Bishop McDevitt 4-2 .7265. Shippensburg 5-1 .7166. West York 4-2 .7107. Susquehanna Twp. 4-2 .6818. Hershey 4-2 .6649. Big Spring 4-2 .62410. Garden Spot 3-3 .59511. Cocalico 3-3 .57712. Manaheim Central 3-3 .57513. Central Catholic 4-2 .57014. Palmyra 4-2 .55515. Gettysburg 3-3 .54916. Dover 3-3 .54217. Northern 3-3 .52720. East Pennsboro 3-3 .49021. Red Land 2-4 .48732. Mechanicsburg 1-5 .34834. West Perry 1-5 .331

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Class AA(top 8 qualify for playoffs)

Team Record Rating1. Littlestown 6-0 .8222. Lancaster Catholic 6-0 .8043. Wyomissing 5-1 .7174. Trinity 5-1 .7095. Boiling Springs 5-1 .7016. Delone Catholic 5-1 .7017. Bermudian Springs 4-2 .5948. Hanover 3-3 .49614. Susquenita 1-5 .266

——Class A

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Holy Name 5-1 .7352. Steelton-Highspire 4-2 .5993. York Catholic 4-2 .5724. Millersburg 4-2 .5465. Columbia 2-4 .4156. Halifax 3-3 .4057. Camp Hill 1-5 .2668. Upper Dauphin 1-5 .213 Joe Paterno

Penn State hit with epidemic of injuriesBy Jeff ricemcclAtcHy nEwspApErs

UNIVERSITY PARK — This week, for the second time in four days, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told reporters he didn’t do “a very good job” getting his Nit-tany Lions ready for Illinois, which pounded Penn State 33-13 in Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

Given the Nittany Lions’ dispirited performance across the field, it was hard to argue. There wasn’t anything Pa-terno or his staff could have done, however, to halt Penn State’s growing parade of injuries.

Paterno said during the Big Ten Coaches Teleconfer-ence that free safety Nick Sukay, who leads the Nittany Lions with three interceptions, will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left pectoral muscle early in the Illinois game.

Sukay, who will undergo surgery and face six months of rehabilitation, wasn’t the only Nittany Lion to spend some time with team doctors on Saturday. Defensive end Eric Latimore suffered an injury to his left wrist on the Fighting Illini’s opening series. Safety Andrew Dailey, Penn State’s nickel back and then Sukay’s replacement, left in the third quarter with a shoulder stinger, and de-fensive end Pete Massaro missed most of the second half with dehydration.

The Nittany Lions were already without linebackers Michael Mauti and Bani Gbadyu, who both dressed but

Problems mount for Paterno, Nittany Lions

By Jerry DiPaoLamcclAtcHy nEwspApErs

Penn State coach Joe Paterno met with his troubled team this week, perhaps unsure of what problem to address first.

The Nittany Lions enter their off week with a 3-3 record (0-2 in the Big Ten), their worst effort after six games since 2004. Penn State finished 4-7 that season — for a two-year record of 7-16 — but at the end of it, Paterno was strong enough and sure enough of his standing to ignore University president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley when they asked him to resign.

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A Penn State fan with his face painted watches from the sideline as his team loses to Illinois Saturday in State College.

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A look at this week’s local high school football matchups:Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division

Cumberland Valley (5-1 overall, 3-0 division)

at Central Dauphin East (3-3, 1-1)Site: Landis Field, HarrisburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — Tim Rimpfel (22nd year,

281-92-3); CD East — Brian Bowman (1st year, 3-3).Last year: Cumberland Valley, 73-12.Key players: Cumberland Valley — Eric Sawyer, sr., QB;

Kevin Snyder, sr., RB-SS; Jeremy DiPietro, jr., RB-DB; Dan Flynn, sr., FB-LB; Colton Kirkpatrick, sr., TE-LB; Barry Lyons, sr., TE-DE; Kyle Friend, jr., T-DT. CD East — Aris Scott, sr., QB; Bo Wilson, sr., RB-CB; Nate Stazewski, jr., FB-ILB; Dyrelius Robinson, jr., OL.

Breakdown: If the 61-point thrashing administered by CV last year didn’t add enough tension to this division rivalry, the problems these two had during a summer camp sure kept the fire burning. Now, it’s time for the Panthers to step up and prove they’re a better team. Getting CV a week after its important win over Central Dauphin will help, but how does East plan on stop-ping Snyder, DiPietro and Flynn?

Prediction: Cumberland Valley, 52-14._____

Mid-Penn Keystone DivisionCedar Cliff (4-2 overall, 2-1 division) at Susquehanna Twp. (4-2, 2-0)

Site: Roscoe Warner Field, HarrisburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cedar Cliff — Jim Cantafio (27 years overall, 3rd

at Cedar Cliff, 15-12); Susquehanna Twp. — Joe Headen (8th year, 47-36).

Last year: DNPKey players: Cedar Cliff — Tim Kelly, sr., QB-DB-K; Tyler

Orris, jr., QB-DB; Josh Lebo, sr., TE-DE; Adam Breneman, soph., WR-DB; Ryan Smith, sr., WR-DB; Matt Sowers, jr., LB. Susque-hanna Twp. — Anthony Gelbaugh, sr., QB; Brandon Wallace, sr., RB; Brandon Baltimore, sr., FB-LB; Rodney Watkins, sr., WR-S; Averee Robinson, jr., DL.

Breakdown: Cedar Cliff’s offense better find another gear, and it needs to happen quickly. In their last three games, the Colts have scored 20, 13 and seven points in going 2-1. Sure, they won two of those, but it’s going to take more to beat Susquehanna Twp., which put the shocking loss to Carlisle behind it last week with a 35-17 win at Lower Dauphin. Tough assignment for the struggling Colts.

Prediction: Susquehanna Twp., 33-17._____

Hershey (4-2 overall, 1-1 division) at Red Land (2-4, 2-1)

Site: West Shore Stadium, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Hershey — Mark Painter (6th year, 30-28); Red

Land — Frank Gay (8th year, 45-40).Last year: Hershey, 14-6.Key players: Hershey — Brett Santangelo, sr., QB; Mike

Timmons, sr., TB-LB; Harold Brantley, jr., FB-DT; Mike Taylor, sr., OT-DE. Red Land — Kyle Biddle, soph., QB-DB; Nick Diller, sr., RB-DB; Ricky Kraynak, jr., RB-LB; Spencer Gay, sr., WR; Jeff Scaramuzzino, sr., TE-LB; Tyler Hubbard, sr., LT.

Breakdown: The annual game between these two teams has slowly turned into one of the better rivalries in the Mid-Penn Conference. Since the series began in 2006, Red Land owns a 3-2 advantage, but Hershey won arguably the biggest game in

the quarterfinal round of the 2007 District 3-AAA playoffs, only two weeks after the Patriots posted a 13-3 win. It’s usually a low-scoring, hard-hitting affair, and tonight should be no different.

Prediction: Hershey, 17-13._____

Mechanicsburg (1-5 overall, 1-2 division) at Bishop McDevitt (4-2, 2-1)

Site: McDevitt Field, HarrisburgTime: Saturday, 10:30 a.m.Coaches: Mechanicsburg — Chris Hakel (3rd year, 19-11);

Bishop McDevitt — Jeff Weachter (12th year, 104-41).Last year: DNPKey players: Mechanicsburg — James Rusenko, sr., QB;

Ryan Greene, jr., RB-DE; Tyler Botchie, sr., WR-DB; Sal Purpura, sr., WR-DB; Bryton Barr, jr., RB-LB. Bishop McDevitt — Matt Johnson, sr., QB; Jameel Poteat, sr., RB-KR; Sean Barowski, sr., FB-LB; Noah Spence, jr., TE-DE; Connor Maloney, soph., PK.

Breakdown: Rusenko leads the area with 1,061 passing yards, but for the Wildcats to stay close, they’re going to need more than just their quarterback to beat a powerful McDevitt team. The Crusaders put together back-to-back complete efforts by routing Lower Dauphin and Cedar Cliff in consecu-tive weeks. Now comes a Mechanicsburg team that, before last week’s game against Red Land, was struggling mightily to move the ball. The hard truth is that McDevitt is simply head and shoulders above most Class AAA teams it will play this year.

Prediction: Bishop McDevitt, 42-13._____

Mid-Penn Colonial DivisionBig Spring (4-2 overall, 2-1 division)

at Gettysburg (3-3, 2-1)Site: Warrior Stadium, GettysburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Big Spring — Brent Stroh (4th year, 9-27); Get-

tysburg — Raymond Gouker (1st year, 3-3).Last year: Gettysburg, 14-3.Key players: Big Spring — Barry Deitch, sr., QB-LB; Colby

Whitten, sr., RB-LB; Austin Coyle, sr., TB; Matt Gibson, sr., WR-OLB; Josh Bloser, sr., TE-DE. Gettysburg — Chase Whiteman, jr., QB; Zach Hill, sr., RB; D.J. Johnson, sr., RB.

Breakdown: In terms of securing its place among the play-off contenders, Big Spring must win this game. And going against a traditionally tough, physical Gettysburg team won’t be a walk in the park. Johnson is a threat any time he touches the ball, but Stroh has to feel confident in his defense after its last few games, including a win against Shippensburg in which the Bulldogs nearly made star running back Todde ̀Statum a non-factor. The question we have is whether the lights are getting too bright for a program not used to playing meaningful football in October.

Prediction: Gettysburg, 19-6._____

Northern (3-3 overall, 2-1 division) at Shippensburg (5-1, 2-1)

Site: Memorial Park Veterans Stadium, ShippensburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Coaches: Northern — Rick Mauck (12th year, 96-30); Shippensburg — Eric Foust (9th year, 37-51).

Last year: Northern, 12-7.Key players: Northern — Alex Dale, jr., QB-DB; Matt Rich-

mond, sr., RB-DB; Kevin Lytle, jr., RB-LB; Andrew Keirn, sr., WR-FS; Dominic Salomone, jr., RB-LB. Shippensburg — Marshal Witmer, jr., QB-DB; Todde ̀Statum, sr., FB-LB; Kasaun Shaffer, sr., HB-DB; Dereck Mills, sr., HB-DB; Steve Charles, sr., T-NG; Matt Conner, sr., G-DT.

Breakdown: Struggling through a rare trying season, North-ern’s wins have come against teams with a combined record of 2-16. What’s worse, in their losses, the Polar Bears have fallen by an average of 17.6 points. Shippensburg, a failed two-point con-version from being unbeaten, still harbors hopes of winning the division, which means a win over Northern is a must. Statum needs to have a big game if Shippensburg hopes to prevail.

Prediction: Shippensburg, 28-19._____

West Perry (1-5 overall, 1-2 division) at Waynesboro (0-6, 0-3)

Site: Rip Engle Stadium, WaynesboroTime: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.Coaches: West Perry — Al Ream (13th year, 67-62);

Waynesboro — Scott Shacreaw (1st year, 0-6).Last year: West Perry, 14-7.Key players: West Perry — Zach Smith, soph., QB-DB;

Logan Gerst, sr., QB-DE; Steve Reynolds, jr., RB-LB; Jake Weber, jr., RB-LB; Mitch Binger, sr., WR-DB. Waynesboro — Matt Wade, jr., QB; Karl Culbreath, sr., TB; Levi Besecker, sr., G-LB; Andrew Paterno, soph., C-NT.

Breakdown: A week after shocking Big Spring, West Perry took a step back in an ugly loss to Shippensburg. That can’t be good on the team mentally, and a long trip to Franklin County probably won’t help. But this is a Waynesboro team in a serious rut. Waynesboro has scored 16 total points this season and has been blanked four times. That’s a recipe for disaster.

Prediction: West Perry, 21-6._____

Mid-Penn Capital DivisionBoiling Springs (5-1 overall, 4-0 division) at

Steelton-Highspire (4-2, 3-2)Site: War Veteran’s Memorial Field, SteeltonTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Boiling Springs — Matt Heiser (9th year, 49-40);

Steel-High — Rob Deibler (12th year, 111-35).Last meeting: Steelton-Highspire, 30-8, in 2007.Key players: Boiling Springs — Jared Bliss, jr., QB; Ryan

Miller, jr., RB-LB; David Cook, sr., RB-FS; Roland Miller, sr., WR-DB; Kevin Stritch, jr., T. Steel-High — Max Ward, jr., QB; Clayton McNair, sr., RB-OLB-KR; J.C. Brandt, jr., WR; Neftali Valentin, jr., G-DT.

Breakdown: On a four-game winning streak, the Bubblers are looking for their first victory against the Rollers since they posted an impressive 54-21 win on Cottage Hill in 2006. The renewal of this rivalry — the teams haven’t played since 2007 — comes at an important time for the Bubblers, who are chal-lenging for both a division title and a district playoff berth. Steel-High has a very questionable defense (33.1 points allowed per game) that Bliss, Cook and the other Bubblers should use to their full advantage.

Prediction: Boiling Springs, 29-25.

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Mid-Penn Commonwealth DivisionCarlisle (3-3 overall, 0-2 Common-

wealth) at Chambersburg (1-5, 0-3)Site: Trojan Stadium, ChambersburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Carlisle — Josh Oswalt (1st year, 3-3);

Chambersburg — Mark Saunders (1st year, 1-5).Last year: Chambersburg, 20-18.Key players: Carlisle — Cody Failor, jr., QB;

Hunter Robb, jr., FB-LB; Chris Wuestner, jr., WR-DB; Keegan Love, jr., SE-DB; Shon Nyero, jr., RB-LB; Lee Townsend, sr., TE-DE. Chambersburg — Matt Harbaugh, jr., QB; Connor McCoy, soph., QB; Tyler Williams, jr., HB; Dontez King, soph., FB; Spencer Ebersole, jr., FB.

Breakdown: Each team is struggling through the meat of the season, and injuries are beginning to take their toll. Chambersburg lost fullback Derek Burkhard a couple of weeks ago, and Carlisle is still without its fullback, Jordan Woodall. Another way the teams are similiar: Both lost by blowouts last week. Carlisle was pounded, 46-10, at State College, and Chambersburg fell, 66-24, at Har-risburg. Carlisle, which hasn’t won a game in the Commonwealth Division since Oct. 12, 2007 at Chambersburg, will take advantage of a suspect Trojan defense.

Prediction: Carlisle, 23-14.

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Carlisle coach Josh Oswalt leads his team into a vital game tonight against Chambersburg at Trojan Stadium.

Local college preview capsules

Barley’s big plays too tough to defendLocal Colleges

Dickinson Red Devils (1-4, 1-3 Centennial) at

Susquehanna Crusaders (1-5, 1-5 Centennial) at Amos Alonza Stagg

Field, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.Head coaches: D — Darwin Breaux (111-68-1

all-time, 111-68-1 at Dickinson); S — Steve Briggs (110-93 all-time, 110-93 at Susquehanna)

Assistant coaches: D — Kory David (special teams/linebackers); Joel Quattronne (defensive coordinator); Mick Chronister (defensive line); Bob Gamble (kicking); Bob Jazwinski (defensive line); Ben Miller (offensive line); Ian Mitchell (quarter-backs); Steve Reider (wide receivers); Scott Shank (running backs). S — Nate Milne (offensive coor-dinator); Brad Fordyce (defensive coordinator); Bob Pittello (offensive line); Frank Duffy (defensive backs); Glenn Dorris (defensive ends); Erich Majors (defense); Jack Lydic (quarterbacks); Scott Knapp (running backs); Derek Pope (running backs); James Mangiero (tight ends); Satyen Bhakta (de-fensive line).

CC offensive rankings: SCORING — D 6 (20.0), S 8 (15.3); TOTAL YDS — D 6 (299.6), S 7 (267.7); RUSHING — D 5 (112.8), S 6 (95.5); PASSING — D 4 (186.8), S 7 (172.2).

CC defensive rankings: SCORING — D 8 (31.4), S 7 (22.7); TOTAL YDS — D 9 (335.4), S 6 (301.0); RUSHING — D 7 (131.4), S 8 (138.3); PASSING — D 9 (204.0), S 3 (162.7).

Other CC rankings: TURNOVER MARGIN — D 9 (-6), S 8 (-2); PENALTIES — D T-1 (25), S 6 (32); 3rd DOWN CONV. % — D 4 (42.3), S 10 (20.8); FIRST DOWNS — D 8 (85), S T-6 (88).

Offensive leaders (by average): RUSHING: D — Tim Smith (46-194, 1 TD); S — Greg Tellish (96-474, 1 TD). PASSING: D — Ricky Martz (69-113-4, 792 yds, 6 TDs); S — Rich Palazzi (93-163-5, 966 yds, 9 TDs). RECEIVING: D — Craig Helfer (22-342, 4 TDs); S — Mike Ritter (33-447, 5 TDs).

Defensive leaders: TACKLES (by total): D — Scott Sullivan (42), Andrew Fink (35), Jack Connolly (40); S — Aaron Inch (53), Louis Wyley (34), Mitch Phillips (50). SACKS (by total): D — Adam Farrell (2.0); S — Bill Mancini (4.0). INTERCEPTIONS (by total): D — none; S — Jesse Eggerton (1), Mike Brown (1).

Notes: This is the Crusaders’ first year in the Centennial Conference. Previously, they belonged to the Liberty League ... Susquehanna lost 12 start-ers after last season ... Dickinson leads the all-time series 14-7-1. The two teams last met in 2000, when Susquehanna claimed a 24-13 victory ... Three quar-terbacks saw time in the Red Devils’ loss at Johns Hopkins last weekend.

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Bloomsburg Huskies (5-1, 3-0 PSAC East) at Shippensburg Red Raiders

(1-5, 0-3 PSAC East) Seth Grove Stadium,

Saturday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.Head coaches: B — Danny Hale (189-63-1 all-

time, 149-50-1 at Bloomsburg); S — Rocky Rees (155-123-2 all-time, 119-108-1 at Shippensburg)

Assistant coaches: B — Paul Darragh (assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/linebackers); Tom Pajic (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/

wide receivers); Chet Henicle (defensive second-ary); Brian McBryan (offensive line); Bill Perkins (defensive line); Ed Rush (kickers); Alf Melito (de-fensive line); Robert “Gump” May (offensive assis-tant); Maurice Daly (linebackers); Dave Shemaria (tight ends). S — Mark Maciejewski (assistant head coach/secondary); Pete Lee (offensive coordina-tor/offensive line/kickers); Mike Burket (defensive coordinator/linebackers); J.C. Morgan (running backs); Chance Powell (wide recievers/passing game); Tunde Agboke (defensive line); Mark Luther (secondary); Tony Johnson (secondary); Robert Rollins (defensive line); John Wetzel (offensive line).

PSAC offensive rankings (average): SCOR-ING — B 3 (37.3), S 7 (25.8). TOTAL YDS — B 2 (407.3), S 5 (380.2). RUSHING — B 1 (258.7), S 8 (162.0). PASSING — B 12 (148.7), S 6 (218.2).

PSAC defensive rankings (average): SCOR-ING — B 2 (15.2), S 12 (31.5). TOTAL YDS — B 4 (291.7), S 16 (412.5). RUSHING — B 4 (112.8), S 11 (169.2). PASSING — B 6 (178.8), S 16 (243.3).

Other PSAC rankings (total): TURNOVER MARGIN — B 2 (+11), S 10 (-1). PENALTIES — B 5 (35), S T-3 (33). 3rd DOWN CONV. % — B 3 (43.0), S 6 (40.2). FIRST DOWNS — B 4 (123), S 5 (119).

Offensive starters: B (Multiple pro-style) — Daryl Kurtz (6-4, 315, Jr. LT); Pat Casey (6-0, 300, Sr. LG); Chris Steck (6-0, 275, R-Fr. C); Justin Walker (6-1, 320, Sr. RG); Brandon Allen (6-2, 300, So. RT); Ben Weaber (6-3, 265, Sr. TE); Tyler Guise (6-0, 180, Jr. WR); Cory Stiger (6-1, 190, Sr. WR); Franklyn Quiteh (5-10, 197, R-Fr. TB); Matt Cox (5-11, 225, Jr. FB); Pat Carey (6-2, 205, Jr. QB). S (Wing-T) — Steve Hohenwarter (6-2, 267, R-Jr. LT); Bobby

Mullen (6-2, 260, R-So. LG); Peter Kreisher (6-3, 320, R-Jr. C); Chris Restino (6-2, 261, R-So. RG); Drew Gallardy (6-2, 272, R-Sr. RT); Jake Biondi (6-3, 229, R-Sr. TE); Steven Adams (6-5, 212, R-So. QB); Kevin Marshall (5-11, 183, R-Sr. HB); Mike Frenette (5-9, 175, So. HB); Kevin Herod (6-1, 231, R-So. FB); Jacob Baskerville (6-2, 195, R-So. SE).

Defensive starters: B (4-3) — Dave Huot (6-4, 260, Sr. DE); Marcus Zimmerman (6-0, 270, Sr. DT); Todd Givler (6-2, 270, Sr. DT); John Pettine (6-2, 265, Jr. DE); Mike Varanavage (6-0, 220, Sr. LB); Jarrett Pidgeon (5-10, 225, So. LB); Thomas Mc-Farland (6-1, 225, Sr. LB); Vince Browning (5-9, 180, Jr. CB); Oscar Rivera (5-9, 180, Jr. CB); Alex Landis (6-2, 210, Sr. S); D. Solomon Oliver (5-11, 190, Sr. S). S (4-3) — Dainen Green (6-3, 244, R-Fr. DE); Mark Kahlil Smith (6-0, 303, R-So. DT); Erik Van Ness (6-1, 260, R-Sr. DT); Andy Horn (6-7, 225, R-Sr. DE); Riley Bowen (6-1, 202, Sr. LB); Tyrik Clary (6-2, 210, R-So. LB); Vinnie Ranauto (6-0, 206, Jr. LB); Avery Coleman (5-10, 175, R-Fr. CB); Jamahn McCollough (6-0, 191, R-Sr. S); Corey Hunt (6-0, 188, R-So. S); Marcellus Sammons (6-1, 208, R-Jr. CB).

Notes: Bloomsburg starting wideout Guise (Cumberland Valley) and starting fullback Cox (Red Land) have local high school connections ... Quiteh has accounted for 42.5 percent of the Huskies’ total offense and nine rushing touchdowns ... Blooms-burg is ranked No. 20 in D2Football.com’s Top 25 Media Poll and in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll ... Hale and Rees are both West Chester University alumni ... Shippensburg leads the all-time series 42-30-1, but the Raiders have lost five of the last seven meetings.

— From staff reports

BY TOM ASHSENTINEL [email protected]

To most Shippensburg University football fans, Bryan Barley is known as an acrobat.

They cheer as he makes leaping catches in traffic, like his spinning jump-ball grab on a 49-yard pass from redshirt sophomore quarterback Steven Adams in double cover-age at the 17-yard line in the second quarter against C.W. Post on Sept. 25.

They marvel at his game-changing abil-ity, displayed in his go-ahead, 60-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter at West Chester last Thursday.

But there’s much more to the sophomore split end than simply a deep threat.

At Conestoga High School, Barley was everything. His exploits are chronicled in a six-minute collage on YouTube — power-ing ahead on screen passes, taking reverses out of the backfield, making tight sideline catches.

In four years with the Pioneers, Barley helped Conestoga win 34 games and ad-vance to the District 1 Class AAAA quarter-finals during his senior season in 2008.

These days, he’s just happy to help the 1-5 Red Raiders as much as possible.

Shippensburg sophomore split end Bryan Bar-ley has provided redshirt sopho-more quarterback Steven Adams with a reliable downfield threat this season.

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Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 5-1 12. North Penn (1) 5-1 23. Wilson (3) 6-0 34. Ridley (1) 6-0 45. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 6-0 56. North Allegheny (7) 6-0 67. North Hills (7) 6-0 88. Cumberland Valley (3) 5-1 99. Council Rock South (1) 6-0 1010. Neshaminy (1) 6-0 NRDropped out: Central Dauphin (3).

——Class AAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 6-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 6-0 23. Pottsgrove (1) 5-1 34. Abington Heights (2) 6-0 45. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 6-0 56. Thomas Jefferson (7) 5-1 67. Montour (7) 6-0 78. Dallas (2) 6-0 89. Ringgold (7) 6-0 910. Oil City (10) 6-0 10Dropped out: none.

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Greensburg Central Catholic (7) 6-0 12. Aliquippa (7) 6-0 23. North Schuylkill (11) 6-0 34. Tyrone (6) 6-0 45. Lancaster Catholic (3) 6-0 56. Forest Hills (6) 6-0 67. Northern Lehigh (11) 6-0 78. Lewisburg (4) 6-0 99. Danville (4) 6-0 1010. Littlestown (3) 6-0 NRDropped out: Keystone Oaks (7).

——Class A

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 6-0 12. Southern Columbia (4) 5-1 23. Rochester (7) 6-0 34. Sharpsville (10) 6-0 45. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 6-0 56. Riverside (2) 6-0 67. Farrell (10) 6-0 78. Sto-Rox (7) 5-1 99. Dunmore (2) 4-2 NR10. Bellwood-Antis (6) 5-1 NRDropped out: Bethlehem-Center (7), Schuylkill Haven (11).


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Capswe didn’t do right came back to bite us, and it really hurt,” senior running back/defensive back Nick Diller said. “Coach told us we outplayed them, but we have to work harder on the small things and try to minimize the mistakes.”

To help the team focus, there have been consequences for any player who has a mental lapse in practice.

“If we jump offsides or have false starts, we have to do up-downs,” said Diller, who leads the team with 234 rushing yards on 61 attempts with a team-high four total touchdowns. “We have to do those things just to make sure we know what’s going on in every single play and that each person is held responsible for themselves.”

In the coming weeks, the Patriots will need to focus harder than they have all year.

If it’s possible, the schedule becomes more difficult starting tonight against Hershey (4-2).

Red Land has, arguably, one of the more difficult schedules in the Mid-Penn Con-ference and it finishes the year against Cumberland Valley (5-1), Bishop McDevitt (4-2) and Susquehanna Twp. (4-2).

The four teams the Patriots have lost to this season — Cedar Cliff, East Pennsboro, Dallastown and Dover — have a cumula-tive record of 16-8.

“We’re playing some quality teams and it is tough,” Gay said. “I think things should be different, but we can’t go back to the first three weeks.”

“I’ve never had a schedule like this,” Diller said. “Every year we’ve had, I wouldn’t necessarily say easy games, but games we knew if we came out, we’d win for sure if we just did what we were sup-posed to do.

“But this year it’s been a whole different story. No game is easy, and even though we started 0-3, those teams we lost to were great teams.”

Searching for something to help an anemic offense — Red Land scored seven points in the first three games — Gay made the decision to replace his son, quarter-back Spencer, with sophomore Kyle Biddle after the Week 2 loss to Dallastown.

The move sent Spencer Gay to wide re-ceiver, his natural position, and jump-started Biddle’s career in Lewisberry.

Despite his relationship with Spencer and the fact that Biddle was only a sopho-more, Gay said the move wasn’t a difficult decision.

“You’re trying to win football games,

and you’re going to put the best people out there,” Gay said. “(Biddle) offered us a shot at winning, and I don’t care if it was my son or not, we’re going to put the best 11 guys on the field.

“It was a little embarrassing for him be-ing the starting quarterback and then re-moved and moved to wide receiver, but the kids have bought into it. They understand it, and we’re better off for it.”

From the start, Biddle has proven his worth.

He has completed 49.2 percent of his passes (33 of 67) for 416 yards, two touch-downs and five interceptions — three of those picks came against Cedar Cliff.

“He’s had a couple interceptions, but they were good reads, the defender just made a great play,” Diller said. “He’s doing the smart thing and not trying to go for the home run every time.

“We back him up through the thick and the thin. If he makes a mistake, we know he’s our guy from now on and we’ll back him up. We have all the confidence in the world in him.”

Biddle didn’t expect to be the starting quarterback as a sophomore but worked hard over the summer, regardless.

In the back of his mind, he knew this day might come earlier than expected.

“It feels great knowing I still have two more years to play the position I’m in,” Biddle said. “I can get much better than I already am.

“I was pretty nervous for my first game, but now I’m fitting in. The offense seems to be going smoother and we’re putting points on the board.”

That they are.The Patriots are averaging 23.6 points

and 328.6 yards per game over their last three outings. Red Land averaged 2.3 points and 153.6 yards in its first three games.

“The last three weeks, we’ve played ex-ceptionally well,” Diller said. “We only came out with two wins, but we feel like we’ve out-played teams every week. We know if we can keep it going how we’ve been playing, we can come out victorious in every game we play.”


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“We cut down on mistakes the last game, and we have to keep doing it and come out aggressive right from the start,” Kindler said. “We have a lot of nice kids that play for us, but you can’t be nice on the football field or you won’t win any games.”

Against the L-LCamp Hill’s win over ELCO on Friday

night snapped a two-game losing skid for area teams against those from the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

Early in the season, Cedar Cliff and Boiling Springs beat Elizabethtown and Columbia, respectively, but Cedar Cliff lost to Lampeter-Strasburg, and East Pennsboro was drilled by Lancaster Catholic in the middle of the season.

Trinity’s home game with Donegal (3-3) tonight is the final regular-sea-son bout for area teams against the L-L, which has lost three of the five games thus far.

Strength of scheduleOne of the new components in the up-

graded District 3 power rating is strength of schedule, which rewards teams for playing difficult opponents win or lose.

Through six weeks, the only case in which that is clearly evident is in Class AAA.

Bishop McDevitt has one more loss than Shippensburg but is ranked fourth, one stop in front of the Greyhounds.

Garden Spot, Cocalico and Manheim Central all have 3-3 records and are ranked ahead of Central Catholic and Palmyra, which are 4-2.

In Class AAAA, teams that are 6-0 hold the top three spots, 5-1 teams are seeded fourth through seventh, and teams with 4-2 records are eighth through 14th. The final two teams (Wil-liam Penn and Spring Grove) are 3-3.

For the record, Red Lion and Cum-berland Valley both sport 5-1 records, but the Lions are seeded fourth and the

Eagles sixth. Remember, CV beat Red Lion, 45-6, in Week 1.

Quick hits• Daniel Boone, a perennial threat for

the District 3 Class AAA golden football, moved up to No. 2 in the latest Class AAAA power rankings. The undefeated Blazers (6-0) beat Reading, 39-33, in double overtime last week.

• Another program that was bumped up from AAA to AAAA and is looking for a playoff spot is Conestoga Valley. The

Buckskins (3-3) check in this week 17th but have a difficult assignment at Man-heim Central tonight.

• Only two teams in the Mid-Penn Conference remain winless: Lower Dauphin and Waynesboro. If we had to guess, neither will finish that way. Low-er Dauphin will beat Mechanicsburg on Oct. 29, and Waynesboro will take out James Buchanan a week later.

• Greencastle-Antrim is the final un-defeated team in the Mid-Penn. The Blue Devils, who own an impressive win against Susquehanna Twp. this year, will finish the regular season 10-0 but won’t escape the 3-AAA quarterfinals.

Camp Hill (1-5 overall, 0-4 division) at

Susquenita (1-5, 0-5)Site: Blackhawk StadiumTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Camp Hill — Frank Kindler (16th

year, 116-64); Susquenita — Bart Miller (2nd year, 6-10).

Last year: Susquenita, 19-13.Key players: Camp Hill — Marcellas Hayes,

jr., QB-DB; Jake Bingham, jr., QB-DE; Ryan Herr, soph., WR; Teddy Ramsey, soph., RB-LB; Kevin Chrencik, jr., DE. Susquenita — Ethan Reichert, sr., QB; Kurt Kenny, jr., RB-LB; Dan Webber, sr., RB-DB; Michael Weldon, jr., RB-S; Devin Crisamore, sr., SE-DB.

Breakdown: A win tonight will solidify Camp Hill’s chances to make the District 3-A playoffs.

For a team with a struggling offense like Camp Hill, seeing Susquenita is a sight for sore eyes. The Blackhawks’ defense hasn’t been able to get off the field in the last five weeks, and the final scores reflect that. Now, with Hayes feeling comfortable under center, Camp Hill is ready to take advantage of that leaky defense.

Prediction: Camp Hill, 32-12._____

Palmyra (4-2 overall, 3-2 division)

at East Pennsboro (3-3, 2-2)Site: George Saxon Field, EnolaTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Palmyra — Chris Pope (4th year,

14-22); East Penn — Todd Stuter (11th year, 70-59).

Last year: Palmyra, 27-21.Key players: Palmyra — Billy Beecher, sr.,

QB-OLB; Preston Bare, jr., RB; Dom Faiola,

jr., RB-CB; Will Haus, sr., WR-CB. East Penn — Kelvin White, sr., QB; Austin Wilson, soph., QB; Kevin Stago, jr., RB-LB; Devin Binner, sr., WR-DB; Joseph Stevens, sr., WR-LB; Bryce Wilson, sr., TE-DE.

Breakdown: It’s safe to say that, after three straight losses, the magic is gone. Now, East Penn must circle the wagons and find a way to get back on track. That won’t be easy against a hard-nosed Palmyra side that is one huge blown lead away from being a one-loss team. The key here is whether White will be able to play. Wilson’s a capable replacement, but the skill and leadership the Panthers lose without him can’t be easily replaced. We’ll go out on a limb and say the loser of this one misses the postseason.

Prediction: East Penn, 28-27. _____

Non-conferenceDonegal (3-3) at Trinity (5-1)

Site: COBO FieldTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Donegal — Jeff Polites (2nd year,

5-11); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 12-5).Last year: DNPKey players: Donegal — Matt Kolp, sr., QB-

DB; Drake Brumfield, sr., HB-DB; Taylor Nau-man, sr., TE-DE; Tony Burkhart, sr., T-T; Lucas Meador, jr., T-T. Trinity — Patrick Dill, jr., QB; Jack Miller, jr., HB-DB; Adam Geiger, soph., RB; Chris Lenz, jr., WR-DB; Danny Jackson, soph., HB-DB; Colin Rigney, sr., G-LB.

Breakdown: Trinity continued running downhill last week as it smashed East Penns-boro, and the Shamrocks should face little resistance against a Donegal team that has yet to beat a team of substance — the Indi-ans’ wins have come against Fleetwood (0-6), Pequea Valley (1-5) and Annville-Cleona (3-3). Dill went over the 1,000-yard mark last week and can run his streak to six-straight

games with at least one touchdown pass.Prediction: Trinity, 35-14.

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Other regional games of interest

Warwick 28, McCaskey 14 — If it keeps winning, Warwick might be a team to watch out for in the playoffs. Season-ending show-down with Wilson is looking like a huge game in L-L Section I.

South Western 21, Central York 20 — Mustangs need this badly to re-enter post-season race. Panthers haven’t had a real test since Week 2.

Harrisburg 33, Central Dauphin 28 — Cougars have been living on the edge with that shaky defense but catch Central Dauphin at the perfect time. How do Rams rebound from loss to Cumberland Valley?

—Travis L. Pickens

“We have a lot of nice kids that play for us, but

you can’t be nice on the football

field or you won’t win any games.”

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Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 5-1 12. North Penn (1) 5-1 23. Wilson (3) 6-0 34. Ridley (1) 6-0 45. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 6-0 56. North Allegheny (7) 6-0 67. North Hills (7) 6-0 88. Cumberland Valley (3) 5-1 99. Council Rock South (1) 6-0 1010. Neshaminy (1) 6-0 NRDropped out: Central Dauphin (3).

——Class AAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 6-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 6-0 23. Pottsgrove (1) 5-1 34. Abington Heights (2) 6-0 45. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 6-0 56. Thomas Jefferson (7) 5-1 67. Montour (7) 6-0 78. Dallas (2) 6-0 89. Ringgold (7) 6-0 910. Oil City (10) 6-0 10Dropped out: none.

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Greensburg Central Catholic (7) 6-0 12. Aliquippa (7) 6-0 23. North Schuylkill (11) 6-0 34. Tyrone (6) 6-0 45. Lancaster Catholic (3) 6-0 56. Forest Hills (6) 6-0 67. Northern Lehigh (11) 6-0 78. Lewisburg (4) 6-0 99. Danville (4) 6-0 1010. Littlestown (3) 6-0 NRDropped out: Keystone Oaks (7).

——Class A

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 6-0 12. Southern Columbia (4) 5-1 23. Rochester (7) 6-0 34. Sharpsville (10) 6-0 45. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 6-0 56. Riverside (2) 6-0 67. Farrell (10) 6-0 78. Sto-Rox (7) 5-1 99. Dunmore (2) 4-2 NR10. Bellwood-Antis (6) 5-1 NRDropped out: Bethlehem-Center (7), Schuylkill Haven (11).


Notebook


Capswe didn’t do right came back to bite us, and it really hurt,” senior running back/defensive back Nick Diller said. “Coach told us we outplayed them, but we have to work harder on the small things and try to minimize the mistakes.”

To help the team focus, there have been consequences for any player who has a mental lapse in practice.

“If we jump offsides or have false starts, we have to do up-downs,” said Diller, who leads the team with 234 rushing yards on 61 attempts with a team-high four total touchdowns. “We have to do those things just to make sure we know what’s going on in every single play and that each person is held responsible for themselves.”

In the coming weeks, the Patriots will need to focus harder than they have all year.

If it’s possible, the schedule becomes more difficult starting tonight against Hershey (4-2).

Red Land has, arguably, one of the more difficult schedules in the Mid-Penn Con-ference and it finishes the year against Cumberland Valley (5-1), Bishop McDevitt (4-2) and Susquehanna Twp. (4-2).

The four teams the Patriots have lost to this season — Cedar Cliff, East Pennsboro, Dallastown and Dover — have a cumula-tive record of 16-8.

“We’re playing some quality teams and it is tough,” Gay said. “I think things should be different, but we can’t go back to the first three weeks.”

“I’ve never had a schedule like this,” Diller said. “Every year we’ve had, I wouldn’t necessarily say easy games, but games we knew if we came out, we’d win for sure if we just did what we were sup-posed to do.

“But this year it’s been a whole different story. No game is easy, and even though we started 0-3, those teams we lost to were great teams.”

Searching for something to help an anemic offense — Red Land scored seven points in the first three games — Gay made the decision to replace his son, quarter-back Spencer, with sophomore Kyle Biddle after the Week 2 loss to Dallastown.

The move sent Spencer Gay to wide re-ceiver, his natural position, and jump-started Biddle’s career in Lewisberry.

Despite his relationship with Spencer and the fact that Biddle was only a sopho-more, Gay said the move wasn’t a difficult decision.

“You’re trying to win football games,

and you’re going to put the best people out there,” Gay said. “(Biddle) offered us a shot at winning, and I don’t care if it was my son or not, we’re going to put the best 11 guys on the field.

“It was a little embarrassing for him be-ing the starting quarterback and then re-moved and moved to wide receiver, but the kids have bought into it. They understand it, and we’re better off for it.”

From the start, Biddle has proven his worth.

He has completed 49.2 percent of his passes (33 of 67) for 416 yards, two touch-downs and five interceptions — three of those picks came against Cedar Cliff.

“He’s had a couple interceptions, but they were good reads, the defender just made a great play,” Diller said. “He’s doing the smart thing and not trying to go for the home run every time.

“We back him up through the thick and the thin. If he makes a mistake, we know he’s our guy from now on and we’ll back him up. We have all the confidence in the world in him.”

Biddle didn’t expect to be the starting quarterback as a sophomore but worked hard over the summer, regardless.

In the back of his mind, he knew this day might come earlier than expected.

“It feels great knowing I still have two more years to play the position I’m in,” Biddle said. “I can get much better than I already am.

“I was pretty nervous for my first game, but now I’m fitting in. The offense seems to be going smoother and we’re putting points on the board.”

That they are.The Patriots are averaging 23.6 points

and 328.6 yards per game over their last three outings. Red Land averaged 2.3 points and 153.6 yards in its first three games.

“The last three weeks, we’ve played ex-ceptionally well,” Diller said. “We only came out with two wins, but we feel like we’ve out-played teams every week. We know if we can keep it going how we’ve been playing, we can come out victorious in every game we play.”


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“We cut down on mistakes the last game, and we have to keep doing it and come out aggressive right from the start,” Kindler said. “We have a lot of nice kids that play for us, but you can’t be nice on the football field or you won’t win any games.”

Against the L-LCamp Hill’s win over ELCO on Friday

night snapped a two-game losing skid for area teams against those from the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

Early in the season, Cedar Cliff and Boiling Springs beat Elizabethtown and Columbia, respectively, but Cedar Cliff lost to Lampeter-Strasburg, and East Pennsboro was drilled by Lancaster Catholic in the middle of the season.

Trinity’s home game with Donegal (3-3) tonight is the final regular-sea-son bout for area teams against the L-L, which has lost three of the five games thus far.

Strength of scheduleOne of the new components in the up-

graded District 3 power rating is strength of schedule, which rewards teams for playing difficult opponents win or lose.

Through six weeks, the only case in which that is clearly evident is in Class AAA.

Bishop McDevitt has one more loss than Shippensburg but is ranked fourth, one stop in front of the Greyhounds.

Garden Spot, Cocalico and Manheim Central all have 3-3 records and are ranked ahead of Central Catholic and Palmyra, which are 4-2.

In Class AAAA, teams that are 6-0 hold the top three spots, 5-1 teams are seeded fourth through seventh, and teams with 4-2 records are eighth through 14th. The final two teams (Wil-liam Penn and Spring Grove) are 3-3.

For the record, Red Lion and Cum-berland Valley both sport 5-1 records, but the Lions are seeded fourth and the

Eagles sixth. Remember, CV beat Red Lion, 45-6, in Week 1.

Quick hits• Daniel Boone, a perennial threat for

the District 3 Class AAA golden football, moved up to No. 2 in the latest Class AAAA power rankings. The undefeated Blazers (6-0) beat Reading, 39-33, in double overtime last week.

• Another program that was bumped up from AAA to AAAA and is looking for a playoff spot is Conestoga Valley. The

Buckskins (3-3) check in this week 17th but have a difficult assignment at Man-heim Central tonight.

• Only two teams in the Mid-Penn Conference remain winless: Lower Dauphin and Waynesboro. If we had to guess, neither will finish that way. Low-er Dauphin will beat Mechanicsburg on Oct. 29, and Waynesboro will take out James Buchanan a week later.

• Greencastle-Antrim is the final un-defeated team in the Mid-Penn. The Blue Devils, who own an impressive win against Susquehanna Twp. this year, will finish the regular season 10-0 but won’t escape the 3-AAA quarterfinals.

Camp Hill (1-5 overall, 0-4 division) at

Susquenita (1-5, 0-5)Site: Blackhawk StadiumTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Camp Hill — Frank Kindler (16th

year, 116-64); Susquenita — Bart Miller (2nd year, 6-10).

Last year: Susquenita, 19-13.Key players: Camp Hill — Marcellas Hayes,

jr., QB-DB; Jake Bingham, jr., QB-DE; Ryan Herr, soph., WR; Teddy Ramsey, soph., RB-LB; Kevin Chrencik, jr., DE. Susquenita — Ethan Reichert, sr., QB; Kurt Kenny, jr., RB-LB; Dan Webber, sr., RB-DB; Michael Weldon, jr., RB-S; Devin Crisamore, sr., SE-DB.

Breakdown: A win tonight will solidify Camp Hill’s chances to make the District 3-A playoffs.

For a team with a struggling offense like Camp Hill, seeing Susquenita is a sight for sore eyes. The Blackhawks’ defense hasn’t been able to get off the field in the last five weeks, and the final scores reflect that. Now, with Hayes feeling comfortable under center, Camp Hill is ready to take advantage of that leaky defense.

Prediction: Camp Hill, 32-12._____

Palmyra (4-2 overall, 3-2 division)

at East Pennsboro (3-3, 2-2)Site: George Saxon Field, EnolaTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Palmyra — Chris Pope (4th year,

14-22); East Penn — Todd Stuter (11th year, 70-59).

Last year: Palmyra, 27-21.Key players: Palmyra — Billy Beecher, sr.,

QB-OLB; Preston Bare, jr., RB; Dom Faiola,

jr., RB-CB; Will Haus, sr., WR-CB. East Penn — Kelvin White, sr., QB; Austin Wilson, soph., QB; Kevin Stago, jr., RB-LB; Devin Binner, sr., WR-DB; Joseph Stevens, sr., WR-LB; Bryce Wilson, sr., TE-DE.

Breakdown: It’s safe to say that, after three straight losses, the magic is gone. Now, East Penn must circle the wagons and find a way to get back on track. That won’t be easy against a hard-nosed Palmyra side that is one huge blown lead away from being a one-loss team. The key here is whether White will be able to play. Wilson’s a capable replacement, but the skill and leadership the Panthers lose without him can’t be easily replaced. We’ll go out on a limb and say the loser of this one misses the postseason.

Prediction: East Penn, 28-27. _____

Non-conferenceDonegal (3-3) at Trinity (5-1)

Site: COBO FieldTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Donegal — Jeff Polites (2nd year,

5-11); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 12-5).Last year: DNPKey players: Donegal — Matt Kolp, sr., QB-

DB; Drake Brumfield, sr., HB-DB; Taylor Nau-man, sr., TE-DE; Tony Burkhart, sr., T-T; Lucas Meador, jr., T-T. Trinity — Patrick Dill, jr., QB; Jack Miller, jr., HB-DB; Adam Geiger, soph., RB; Chris Lenz, jr., WR-DB; Danny Jackson, soph., HB-DB; Colin Rigney, sr., G-LB.

Breakdown: Trinity continued running downhill last week as it smashed East Penns-boro, and the Shamrocks should face little resistance against a Donegal team that has yet to beat a team of substance — the Indi-ans’ wins have come against Fleetwood (0-6), Pequea Valley (1-5) and Annville-Cleona (3-3). Dill went over the 1,000-yard mark last week and can run his streak to six-straight

games with at least one touchdown pass.Prediction: Trinity, 35-14.

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Other regional games of interest

Warwick 28, McCaskey 14 — If it keeps winning, Warwick might be a team to watch out for in the playoffs. Season-ending show-down with Wilson is looking like a huge game in L-L Section I.

South Western 21, Central York 20 — Mustangs need this badly to re-enter post-season race. Panthers haven’t had a real test since Week 2.

Harrisburg 33, Central Dauphin 28 — Cougars have been living on the edge with that shaky defense but catch Central Dauphin at the perfect time. How do Rams rebound from loss to Cumberland Valley?

—Travis L. Pickens

“We have a lot of nice kids that play for us, but

you can’t be nice on the football

field or you won’t win any games.”

frANK KiNDLErCAMP HILL HEAD COACH

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A look at this week’s local high school football matchups:Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division

Cumberland Valley (5-1 overall, 3-0 division)

at Central Dauphin East (3-3, 1-1)Site: Landis Field, HarrisburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — Tim Rimpfel (22nd year,

281-92-3); CD East — Brian Bowman (1st year, 3-3).Last year: Cumberland Valley, 73-12.Key players: Cumberland Valley — Eric Sawyer, sr., QB;

Kevin Snyder, sr., RB-SS; Jeremy DiPietro, jr., RB-DB; Dan Flynn, sr., FB-LB; Colton Kirkpatrick, sr., TE-LB; Barry Lyons, sr., TE-DE; Kyle Friend, jr., T-DT. CD East — Aris Scott, sr., QB; Bo Wilson, sr., RB-CB; Nate Stazewski, jr., FB-ILB; Dyrelius Robinson, jr., OL.

Breakdown: If the 61-point thrashing administered by CV last year didn’t add enough tension to this division rivalry, the problems these two had during a summer camp sure kept the fire burning. Now, it’s time for the Panthers to step up and prove they’re a better team. Getting CV a week after its important win over Central Dauphin will help, but how does East plan on stop-ping Snyder, DiPietro and Flynn?

Prediction: Cumberland Valley, 52-14._____

Mid-Penn Keystone DivisionCedar Cliff (4-2 overall, 2-1 division) at Susquehanna Twp. (4-2, 2-0)

Site: Roscoe Warner Field, HarrisburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cedar Cliff — Jim Cantafio (27 years overall, 3rd

at Cedar Cliff, 15-12); Susquehanna Twp. — Joe Headen (8th year, 47-36).

Last year: DNPKey players: Cedar Cliff — Tim Kelly, sr., QB-DB-K; Tyler

Orris, jr., QB-DB; Josh Lebo, sr., TE-DE; Adam Breneman, soph., WR-DB; Ryan Smith, sr., WR-DB; Matt Sowers, jr., LB. Susque-hanna Twp. — Anthony Gelbaugh, sr., QB; Brandon Wallace, sr., RB; Brandon Baltimore, sr., FB-LB; Rodney Watkins, sr., WR-S; Averee Robinson, jr., DL.

Breakdown: Cedar Cliff’s offense better find another gear, and it needs to happen quickly. In their last three games, the Colts have scored 20, 13 and seven points in going 2-1. Sure, they won two of those, but it’s going to take more to beat Susquehanna Twp., which put the shocking loss to Carlisle behind it last week with a 35-17 win at Lower Dauphin. Tough assignment for the struggling Colts.

Prediction: Susquehanna Twp., 33-17._____

Hershey (4-2 overall, 1-1 division) at Red Land (2-4, 2-1)

Site: West Shore Stadium, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Hershey — Mark Painter (6th year, 30-28); Red

Land — Frank Gay (8th year, 45-40).Last year: Hershey, 14-6.Key players: Hershey — Brett Santangelo, sr., QB; Mike

Timmons, sr., TB-LB; Harold Brantley, jr., FB-DT; Mike Taylor, sr., OT-DE. Red Land — Kyle Biddle, soph., QB-DB; Nick Diller, sr., RB-DB; Ricky Kraynak, jr., RB-LB; Spencer Gay, sr., WR; Jeff Scaramuzzino, sr., TE-LB; Tyler Hubbard, sr., LT.

Breakdown: The annual game between these two teams has slowly turned into one of the better rivalries in the Mid-Penn Conference. Since the series began in 2006, Red Land owns a 3-2 advantage, but Hershey won arguably the biggest game in

the quarterfinal round of the 2007 District 3-AAA playoffs, only two weeks after the Patriots posted a 13-3 win. It’s usually a low-scoring, hard-hitting affair, and tonight should be no different.

Prediction: Hershey, 17-13._____

Mechanicsburg (1-5 overall, 1-2 division) at Bishop McDevitt (4-2, 2-1)

Site: McDevitt Field, HarrisburgTime: Saturday, 10:30 a.m.Coaches: Mechanicsburg — Chris Hakel (3rd year, 19-11);

Bishop McDevitt — Jeff Weachter (12th year, 104-41).Last year: DNPKey players: Mechanicsburg — James Rusenko, sr., QB;

Ryan Greene, jr., RB-DE; Tyler Botchie, sr., WR-DB; Sal Purpura, sr., WR-DB; Bryton Barr, jr., RB-LB. Bishop McDevitt — Matt Johnson, sr., QB; Jameel Poteat, sr., RB-KR; Sean Barowski, sr., FB-LB; Noah Spence, jr., TE-DE; Connor Maloney, soph., PK.

Breakdown: Rusenko leads the area with 1,061 passing yards, but for the Wildcats to stay close, they’re going to need more than just their quarterback to beat a powerful McDevitt team. The Crusaders put together back-to-back complete efforts by routing Lower Dauphin and Cedar Cliff in consecu-tive weeks. Now comes a Mechanicsburg team that, before last week’s game against Red Land, was struggling mightily to move the ball. The hard truth is that McDevitt is simply head and shoulders above most Class AAA teams it will play this year.

Prediction: Bishop McDevitt, 42-13._____

Mid-Penn Colonial DivisionBig Spring (4-2 overall, 2-1 division)

at Gettysburg (3-3, 2-1)Site: Warrior Stadium, GettysburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Big Spring — Brent Stroh (4th year, 9-27); Get-

tysburg — Raymond Gouker (1st year, 3-3).Last year: Gettysburg, 14-3.Key players: Big Spring — Barry Deitch, sr., QB-LB; Colby

Whitten, sr., RB-LB; Austin Coyle, sr., TB; Matt Gibson, sr., WR-OLB; Josh Bloser, sr., TE-DE. Gettysburg — Chase Whiteman, jr., QB; Zach Hill, sr., RB; D.J. Johnson, sr., RB.

Breakdown: In terms of securing its place among the play-off contenders, Big Spring must win this game. And going against a traditionally tough, physical Gettysburg team won’t be a walk in the park. Johnson is a threat any time he touches the ball, but Stroh has to feel confident in his defense after its last few games, including a win against Shippensburg in which the Bulldogs nearly made star running back Todde ̀Statum a non-factor. The question we have is whether the lights are getting too bright for a program not used to playing meaningful football in October.

Prediction: Gettysburg, 19-6._____

Northern (3-3 overall, 2-1 division) at Shippensburg (5-1, 2-1)

Site: Memorial Park Veterans Stadium, ShippensburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.

Coaches: Northern — Rick Mauck (12th year, 96-30); Shippensburg — Eric Foust (9th year, 37-51).

Last year: Northern, 12-7.Key players: Northern — Alex Dale, jr., QB-DB; Matt Rich-

mond, sr., RB-DB; Kevin Lytle, jr., RB-LB; Andrew Keirn, sr., WR-FS; Dominic Salomone, jr., RB-LB. Shippensburg — Marshal Witmer, jr., QB-DB; Todde ̀Statum, sr., FB-LB; Kasaun Shaffer, sr., HB-DB; Dereck Mills, sr., HB-DB; Steve Charles, sr., T-NG; Matt Conner, sr., G-DT.

Breakdown: Struggling through a rare trying season, North-ern’s wins have come against teams with a combined record of 2-16. What’s worse, in their losses, the Polar Bears have fallen by an average of 17.6 points. Shippensburg, a failed two-point con-version from being unbeaten, still harbors hopes of winning the division, which means a win over Northern is a must. Statum needs to have a big game if Shippensburg hopes to prevail.

Prediction: Shippensburg, 28-19._____

West Perry (1-5 overall, 1-2 division) at Waynesboro (0-6, 0-3)

Site: Rip Engle Stadium, WaynesboroTime: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.Coaches: West Perry — Al Ream (13th year, 67-62);

Waynesboro — Scott Shacreaw (1st year, 0-6).Last year: West Perry, 14-7.Key players: West Perry — Zach Smith, soph., QB-DB;

Logan Gerst, sr., QB-DE; Steve Reynolds, jr., RB-LB; Jake Weber, jr., RB-LB; Mitch Binger, sr., WR-DB. Waynesboro — Matt Wade, jr., QB; Karl Culbreath, sr., TB; Levi Besecker, sr., G-LB; Andrew Paterno, soph., C-NT.

Breakdown: A week after shocking Big Spring, West Perry took a step back in an ugly loss to Shippensburg. That can’t be good on the team mentally, and a long trip to Franklin County probably won’t help. But this is a Waynesboro team in a serious rut. Waynesboro has scored 16 total points this season and has been blanked four times. That’s a recipe for disaster.

Prediction: West Perry, 21-6._____

Mid-Penn Capital DivisionBoiling Springs (5-1 overall, 4-0 division) at

Steelton-Highspire (4-2, 3-2)Site: War Veteran’s Memorial Field, SteeltonTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Boiling Springs — Matt Heiser (9th year, 49-40);

Steel-High — Rob Deibler (12th year, 111-35).Last meeting: Steelton-Highspire, 30-8, in 2007.Key players: Boiling Springs — Jared Bliss, jr., QB; Ryan

Miller, jr., RB-LB; David Cook, sr., RB-FS; Roland Miller, sr., WR-DB; Kevin Stritch, jr., T. Steel-High — Max Ward, jr., QB; Clayton McNair, sr., RB-OLB-KR; J.C. Brandt, jr., WR; Neftali Valentin, jr., G-DT.

Breakdown: On a four-game winning streak, the Bubblers are looking for their first victory against the Rollers since they posted an impressive 54-21 win on Cottage Hill in 2006. The renewal of this rivalry — the teams haven’t played since 2007 — comes at an important time for the Bubblers, who are chal-lenging for both a division title and a district playoff berth. Steel-High has a very questionable defense (33.1 points allowed per game) that Bliss, Cook and the other Bubblers should use to their full advantage.

Prediction: Boiling Springs, 29-25.

We e k 7 : High school preview capsules

• See Caps, D6

Mid-Penn Commonwealth DivisionCarlisle (3-3 overall, 0-2 Common-

wealth) at Chambersburg (1-5, 0-3)Site: Trojan Stadium, ChambersburgTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Carlisle — Josh Oswalt (1st year, 3-3);

Chambersburg — Mark Saunders (1st year, 1-5).Last year: Chambersburg, 20-18.Key players: Carlisle — Cody Failor, jr., QB;

Hunter Robb, jr., FB-LB; Chris Wuestner, jr., WR-DB; Keegan Love, jr., SE-DB; Shon Nyero, jr., RB-LB; Lee Townsend, sr., TE-DE. Chambersburg — Matt Harbaugh, jr., QB; Connor McCoy, soph., QB; Tyler Williams, jr., HB; Dontez King, soph., FB; Spencer Ebersole, jr., FB.

Breakdown: Each team is struggling through the meat of the season, and injuries are beginning to take their toll. Chambersburg lost fullback Derek Burkhard a couple of weeks ago, and Carlisle is still without its fullback, Jordan Woodall. Another way the teams are similiar: Both lost by blowouts last week. Carlisle was pounded, 46-10, at State College, and Chambersburg fell, 66-24, at Har-risburg. Carlisle, which hasn’t won a game in the Commonwealth Division since Oct. 12, 2007 at Chambersburg, will take advantage of a suspect Trojan defense.

Prediction: Carlisle, 23-14.

In the Spotlight

Sentinel file photo

Carlisle coach Josh Oswalt leads his team into a vital game tonight against Chambersburg at Trojan Stadium.

Local college preview capsules

Barley’s big plays too tough to defendLocal Colleges

Dickinson Red Devils (1-4, 1-3 Centennial) at

Susquehanna Crusaders (1-5, 1-5 Centennial) at Amos Alonza Stagg

Field, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.Head coaches: D — Darwin Breaux (111-68-1

all-time, 111-68-1 at Dickinson); S — Steve Briggs (110-93 all-time, 110-93 at Susquehanna)

Assistant coaches: D — Kory David (special teams/linebackers); Joel Quattronne (defensive coordinator); Mick Chronister (defensive line); Bob Gamble (kicking); Bob Jazwinski (defensive line); Ben Miller (offensive line); Ian Mitchell (quarter-backs); Steve Reider (wide receivers); Scott Shank (running backs). S — Nate Milne (offensive coor-dinator); Brad Fordyce (defensive coordinator); Bob Pittello (offensive line); Frank Duffy (defensive backs); Glenn Dorris (defensive ends); Erich Majors (defense); Jack Lydic (quarterbacks); Scott Knapp (running backs); Derek Pope (running backs); James Mangiero (tight ends); Satyen Bhakta (de-fensive line).

CC offensive rankings: SCORING — D 6 (20.0), S 8 (15.3); TOTAL YDS — D 6 (299.6), S 7 (267.7); RUSHING — D 5 (112.8), S 6 (95.5); PASSING — D 4 (186.8), S 7 (172.2).

CC defensive rankings: SCORING — D 8 (31.4), S 7 (22.7); TOTAL YDS — D 9 (335.4), S 6 (301.0); RUSHING — D 7 (131.4), S 8 (138.3); PASSING — D 9 (204.0), S 3 (162.7).

Other CC rankings: TURNOVER MARGIN — D 9 (-6), S 8 (-2); PENALTIES — D T-1 (25), S 6 (32); 3rd DOWN CONV. % — D 4 (42.3), S 10 (20.8); FIRST DOWNS — D 8 (85), S T-6 (88).

Offensive leaders (by average): RUSHING: D — Tim Smith (46-194, 1 TD); S — Greg Tellish (96-474, 1 TD). PASSING: D — Ricky Martz (69-113-4, 792 yds, 6 TDs); S — Rich Palazzi (93-163-5, 966 yds, 9 TDs). RECEIVING: D — Craig Helfer (22-342, 4 TDs); S — Mike Ritter (33-447, 5 TDs).

Defensive leaders: TACKLES (by total): D — Scott Sullivan (42), Andrew Fink (35), Jack Connolly (40); S — Aaron Inch (53), Louis Wyley (34), Mitch Phillips (50). SACKS (by total): D — Adam Farrell (2.0); S — Bill Mancini (4.0). INTERCEPTIONS (by total): D — none; S — Jesse Eggerton (1), Mike Brown (1).

Notes: This is the Crusaders’ first year in the Centennial Conference. Previously, they belonged to the Liberty League ... Susquehanna lost 12 start-ers after last season ... Dickinson leads the all-time series 14-7-1. The two teams last met in 2000, when Susquehanna claimed a 24-13 victory ... Three quar-terbacks saw time in the Red Devils’ loss at Johns Hopkins last weekend.

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Bloomsburg Huskies (5-1, 3-0 PSAC East) at Shippensburg Red Raiders

(1-5, 0-3 PSAC East) Seth Grove Stadium,

Saturday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m.Head coaches: B — Danny Hale (189-63-1 all-

time, 149-50-1 at Bloomsburg); S — Rocky Rees (155-123-2 all-time, 119-108-1 at Shippensburg)

Assistant coaches: B — Paul Darragh (assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/linebackers); Tom Pajic (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/

wide receivers); Chet Henicle (defensive second-ary); Brian McBryan (offensive line); Bill Perkins (defensive line); Ed Rush (kickers); Alf Melito (de-fensive line); Robert “Gump” May (offensive assis-tant); Maurice Daly (linebackers); Dave Shemaria (tight ends). S — Mark Maciejewski (assistant head coach/secondary); Pete Lee (offensive coordina-tor/offensive line/kickers); Mike Burket (defensive coordinator/linebackers); J.C. Morgan (running backs); Chance Powell (wide recievers/passing game); Tunde Agboke (defensive line); Mark Luther (secondary); Tony Johnson (secondary); Robert Rollins (defensive line); John Wetzel (offensive line).

PSAC offensive rankings (average): SCOR-ING — B 3 (37.3), S 7 (25.8). TOTAL YDS — B 2 (407.3), S 5 (380.2). RUSHING — B 1 (258.7), S 8 (162.0). PASSING — B 12 (148.7), S 6 (218.2).

PSAC defensive rankings (average): SCOR-ING — B 2 (15.2), S 12 (31.5). TOTAL YDS — B 4 (291.7), S 16 (412.5). RUSHING — B 4 (112.8), S 11 (169.2). PASSING — B 6 (178.8), S 16 (243.3).

Other PSAC rankings (total): TURNOVER MARGIN — B 2 (+11), S 10 (-1). PENALTIES — B 5 (35), S T-3 (33). 3rd DOWN CONV. % — B 3 (43.0), S 6 (40.2). FIRST DOWNS — B 4 (123), S 5 (119).

Offensive starters: B (Multiple pro-style) — Daryl Kurtz (6-4, 315, Jr. LT); Pat Casey (6-0, 300, Sr. LG); Chris Steck (6-0, 275, R-Fr. C); Justin Walker (6-1, 320, Sr. RG); Brandon Allen (6-2, 300, So. RT); Ben Weaber (6-3, 265, Sr. TE); Tyler Guise (6-0, 180, Jr. WR); Cory Stiger (6-1, 190, Sr. WR); Franklyn Quiteh (5-10, 197, R-Fr. TB); Matt Cox (5-11, 225, Jr. FB); Pat Carey (6-2, 205, Jr. QB). S (Wing-T) — Steve Hohenwarter (6-2, 267, R-Jr. LT); Bobby

Mullen (6-2, 260, R-So. LG); Peter Kreisher (6-3, 320, R-Jr. C); Chris Restino (6-2, 261, R-So. RG); Drew Gallardy (6-2, 272, R-Sr. RT); Jake Biondi (6-3, 229, R-Sr. TE); Steven Adams (6-5, 212, R-So. QB); Kevin Marshall (5-11, 183, R-Sr. HB); Mike Frenette (5-9, 175, So. HB); Kevin Herod (6-1, 231, R-So. FB); Jacob Baskerville (6-2, 195, R-So. SE).

Defensive starters: B (4-3) — Dave Huot (6-4, 260, Sr. DE); Marcus Zimmerman (6-0, 270, Sr. DT); Todd Givler (6-2, 270, Sr. DT); John Pettine (6-2, 265, Jr. DE); Mike Varanavage (6-0, 220, Sr. LB); Jarrett Pidgeon (5-10, 225, So. LB); Thomas Mc-Farland (6-1, 225, Sr. LB); Vince Browning (5-9, 180, Jr. CB); Oscar Rivera (5-9, 180, Jr. CB); Alex Landis (6-2, 210, Sr. S); D. Solomon Oliver (5-11, 190, Sr. S). S (4-3) — Dainen Green (6-3, 244, R-Fr. DE); Mark Kahlil Smith (6-0, 303, R-So. DT); Erik Van Ness (6-1, 260, R-Sr. DT); Andy Horn (6-7, 225, R-Sr. DE); Riley Bowen (6-1, 202, Sr. LB); Tyrik Clary (6-2, 210, R-So. LB); Vinnie Ranauto (6-0, 206, Jr. LB); Avery Coleman (5-10, 175, R-Fr. CB); Jamahn McCollough (6-0, 191, R-Sr. S); Corey Hunt (6-0, 188, R-So. S); Marcellus Sammons (6-1, 208, R-Jr. CB).

Notes: Bloomsburg starting wideout Guise (Cumberland Valley) and starting fullback Cox (Red Land) have local high school connections ... Quiteh has accounted for 42.5 percent of the Huskies’ total offense and nine rushing touchdowns ... Blooms-burg is ranked No. 20 in D2Football.com’s Top 25 Media Poll and in the AFCA Division II Coaches Poll ... Hale and Rees are both West Chester University alumni ... Shippensburg leads the all-time series 42-30-1, but the Raiders have lost five of the last seven meetings.

— From staff reports

BY TOM ASHSENTINEL [email protected]

To most Shippensburg University football fans, Bryan Barley is known as an acrobat.

They cheer as he makes leaping catches in traffic, like his spinning jump-ball grab on a 49-yard pass from redshirt sophomore quarterback Steven Adams in double cover-age at the 17-yard line in the second quarter against C.W. Post on Sept. 25.

They marvel at his game-changing abil-ity, displayed in his go-ahead, 60-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter at West Chester last Thursday.

But there’s much more to the sophomore split end than simply a deep threat.

At Conestoga High School, Barley was everything. His exploits are chronicled in a six-minute collage on YouTube — power-ing ahead on screen passes, taking reverses out of the backfield, making tight sideline catches.

In four years with the Pioneers, Barley helped Conestoga win 34 games and ad-vance to the District 1 Class AAAA quarter-finals during his senior season in 2008.

These days, he’s just happy to help the 1-5 Red Raiders as much as possible.

Shippensburg sophomore split end Bryan Bar-ley has provided redshirt sopho-more quarterback Steven Adams with a reliable downfield threat this season.

Special to The Sentinel

Lightweight wideout at forefront of Ship’s receiving corps. ■

• See Barley, D11


By Travis L. PickensAssistAnt sports [email protected]

The first half of the high school football season was a bitter pill for the proud coaching staff at Camp Hill to swallow.

“We’re used to winning cham-pionships, we’re not used to scraping just to win a game, and that’s how it was,” said 16-year veteran head coach Frank Kindler of his team’s 0-5 start. “It was tough. We’ve been a succesful coaching staff, but even we start-ed to question ourselves.”

The nightmarish start that saw the Lions outscored 119-9 in their first three games meric-fully came to an end Friday night when Camp Hill slammed visit-ing ELCO, 34-14.

The victory snapped a 10-game losing streak that dated to Oct. 9 of last year.

While it was nice to finally get in the win column, Kindler

wasn’t getting ahead of himself.“Our kids just got tired of

losing,” he said. “Plus, (ELCO) wasn’t that good, so that helped.”

The game served as a coming-out party for junior quarterback Marcellas Hayes, who moved into the Camp Hill School District less than two weeks before the opening of preseason practice.

Hayes has completed 50 per-cent of his passes (21 of 42) for 254 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Against the Raiders, Hayes completed 8 of 14 for 168 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

“He has a good arm, and we were trying some things out,” Kindler said. “He’s a baseball player, so we figured we’d try him.”

Camp Hill, which moved back into the District 3 Class A play-off picture this week as the No. 7 seed, finishes its season against

only one team with a winning record. But the four teams re-maining on the schedule — Susquenita, Steelton-Highspire,

Middletown and East Pennsboro — are all dangerous.

Hayes, Lions coming into their owncamp Hill building ■

on its first win in nearly a year.

• See Notebook, D6

Mid-Penn Glance

michael bupp/special to the sentinel

Teddy Ramsey helped Camp Hill break a 10-game losing streak Friday night when the Lions beat ELCO, 34-14.

High School Football Notebook

www.cumberlink.com/sports/penn-state-fb/

Penn sTaTe

Battered Blue & White

A bye week for Penn State (3-3)

Week 7

Mid-Penn Conference FootballAll games begin at 7 p.m. unless noted

StandingsCommonwealth

Team Division OverallCumberland Valley 3-0 5-1Harrisburg 3-0 5-1Central Dauphin 1-1 5-1Central Dauphin East 1-1 3-3State College 1-2 1-5Carlisle 0-2 3-3Chambersburg 0-3 1-5

——Keystone

Team Division OverallSusquehanna Twp. 2-0 4-2Bishop McDevitt 2-1 4-2Cedar Cliff 2-1 4-2Red Land 2-1 2-4Hershey 1-1 4-2Mechanicsburg 0-2 1-5Lower Dauphin 0-3 0-6

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ColonialTeam Division OverallGreencastle-Antrim 3-0 6-0Shippensburg 2-1 5-1Big Spring 2-1 4-2Gettysburg 2-1 3-3Northern 2-1 3-3West Perry 1-2 1-5James Buchanan 0-3 1-5Waynesboro 0-3 0-6

——Capital

Team Division OverallTrinity 5-0 5-1Boiling Springs 4-0 5-1Palmyra 3-2 4-2Steelton-Highspire 3-2 4-2East Pennsboro 2-2 3-3Milton Hershey 2-2 3-3Middletown 1-3 2-4Camp Hill 0-4 1-5Susquenita 0-5 1-5

WEEK 7Friday, Oct. 15

CommonwealthCarlisle at ChambersburgCumberland Valley at Central Dauphin East

KeystoneCedar Cliff at Susquehanna Twp.Hershey at Red Land

ColonialBig Spring at GettysburgGreencastle-Antrim at James BuchananNorthern at ShippensburgWest Perry at Waynesboro, 7:30

CapitalBoiling Springs at Steelton-HighspireCamp Hill at SusquenitaMilton Hershey at MiddletownPalmyra at East Pennsboro

Non-divisionState College at Lower Dauphin

Non-conferenceDonegal at Trinity

Saturday, Oct. 16Commonwealth

Harrisburg at Central DauphinKeystone

Mechanicsburg at Bishop McDevitt, 10:30 a.m.District 3 Power Rating

Class AAAA(top 16 qualify for playoffs)

Team Record Rating1. Dallastown 6-0 .8742. Daniel Boone 6-0 .8443. Wilson 6-0 .8434. Red Lion 5-1 .8275. Harrisburg 5-1 .8136. Cumberland Valley 5-1 .8047. Central Dauphin 5-1 .8008. Warwick 4-2 .7299. Manheim Twp. 4-2 .72910. Governor Mifflin 4-2 .72911. Central York 4-2 .72312. Exeter 4-2 .69113. McCaskey 4-2 .67814. Cedar Cliff 4-2 .66215. William Penn 3-3 .64316. Spring Grove 3-3 .62619. Carlisle 3-3 .609

——Class AAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Lampeter-Strasburg 6-0 .8362. Greencastle-Antrim 6-0 .8213. Conrad Weiser 5-1 .7614. Bishop McDevitt 4-2 .7265. Shippensburg 5-1 .7166. West York 4-2 .7107. Susquehanna Twp. 4-2 .6818. Hershey 4-2 .6649. Big Spring 4-2 .62410. Garden Spot 3-3 .59511. Cocalico 3-3 .57712. Manaheim Central 3-3 .57513. Central Catholic 4-2 .57014. Palmyra 4-2 .55515. Gettysburg 3-3 .54916. Dover 3-3 .54217. Northern 3-3 .52720. East Pennsboro 3-3 .49021. Red Land 2-4 .48732. Mechanicsburg 1-5 .34834. West Perry 1-5 .331

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Class AA(top 8 qualify for playoffs)

Team Record Rating1. Littlestown 6-0 .8222. Lancaster Catholic 6-0 .8043. Wyomissing 5-1 .7174. Trinity 5-1 .7095. Boiling Springs 5-1 .7016. Delone Catholic 5-1 .7017. Bermudian Springs 4-2 .5948. Hanover 3-3 .49614. Susquenita 1-5 .266

——Class A

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Holy Name 5-1 .7352. Steelton-Highspire 4-2 .5993. York Catholic 4-2 .5724. Millersburg 4-2 .5465. Columbia 2-4 .4156. Halifax 3-3 .4057. Camp Hill 1-5 .2668. Upper Dauphin 1-5 .213 Joe Paterno

Penn State hit with epidemic of injuriesBy Jeff ricemcclAtcHy nEwspApErs

UNIVERSITY PARK — This week, for the second time in four days, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told reporters he didn’t do “a very good job” getting his Nit-tany Lions ready for Illinois, which pounded Penn State 33-13 in Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

Given the Nittany Lions’ dispirited performance across the field, it was hard to argue. There wasn’t anything Pa-terno or his staff could have done, however, to halt Penn State’s growing parade of injuries.

Paterno said during the Big Ten Coaches Teleconfer-ence that free safety Nick Sukay, who leads the Nittany Lions with three interceptions, will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left pectoral muscle early in the Illinois game.

Sukay, who will undergo surgery and face six months of rehabilitation, wasn’t the only Nittany Lion to spend some time with team doctors on Saturday. Defensive end Eric Latimore suffered an injury to his left wrist on the Fighting Illini’s opening series. Safety Andrew Dailey, Penn State’s nickel back and then Sukay’s replacement, left in the third quarter with a shoulder stinger, and de-fensive end Pete Massaro missed most of the second half with dehydration.

The Nittany Lions were already without linebackers Michael Mauti and Bani Gbadyu, who both dressed but

Problems mount for Paterno, Nittany Lions

By Jerry DiPaoLamcclAtcHy nEwspApErs

Penn State coach Joe Paterno met with his troubled team this week, perhaps unsure of what problem to address first.

The Nittany Lions enter their off week with a 3-3 record (0-2 in the Big Ten), their worst effort after six games since 2004. Penn State finished 4-7 that season — for a two-year record of 7-16 — but at the end of it, Paterno was strong enough and sure enough of his standing to ignore University president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley when they asked him to resign.

Associated press

A Penn State fan with his face painted watches from the sideline as his team loses to Illinois Saturday in State College.

• See Problems, D11• See Injuries, D11


The Sentinel

LeaderboardThe following is a list of leaders through the sixth week of the high school football season. Stats reflect only those reported to The Sentinel:

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 126 1,092 8.62. Colby Whitten (BiS) 105 671 6.33. Ryan Miller (BiS) 84 520 6.14. Adam Geiger (T) 50 509 10.15. Kevin Snyder (CV) 63 461 7.36. Kevin Stago (EP) 98 454 4.67. Matt Richmond (NoY) 68 436 6.48. Jack Miller (T) 37 397 10.79. Dan Flynn (CV) 58 387 6.610. Matthew Gibson (BiS) 45 379 8.4

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Chris Lenz (T) 17 3462. Adam Breneman (CC) 31 3393. Ryan Herr (CH) 19 3094. Bryton Barr (M) 11 2744. Tyler Botchie (M) 22 274

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 31 3392. Tyler Botchie (M) 22 2743. Ryan Herr (CH) 19 3094. Ryan Smith (CC) 19 1955. Roland Miller (BoS) 18 2475. Sal Purpura (M) 18 264

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. James Rusenko (M) 82 162 1,061 8 72. Patrick Dill (T) 47 93 1,029 13 53. Kelvin White (EP) 55 89 692 9 54. Cody Failor (C) 46 93 564 4 35. Jared Bliss (BoS) 42 72 523 5 4

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)

Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 19 1162. David Cook (BoS) 10 623. Kevin Snyder (CV) 8 504. Jeremy DiPetro (CV) 8 484. Chris Lenz (T) 8 484. Kevin Lytle (NoY) 8 484. Jack Miller (T) 8 484. Colby Whitten (BiS) 8 48

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Lance Geesey (CV) 5 26-28 412. Alex Cramer (T) 1 29-34 323. Sam Dell (BoS) 2 21-23 274. Zach Myers (Ship) 0 24-29 245. Taylor Walls (EP) 1 18-20 21

——OFFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 251 41.82. Shippensburg 239 39.83. Cumberland Valley 220 36.64. Boiling Springs 175 29.14. East Pennsboro 175 29.1

——DEFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 59 9.82. Shippensburg 68 11.33. Big Spring 91 15.14. Cumberland Valley 98 16.35. Northern 101 16.8

Sentinel PickSWeek7

Guest Picker:Jeff Sanno, West Perry

baseball coach

Carlisle atChambersburg

Travis L. PickensLast week:

11-3Season:

55-29

Tom Ash

Last week:11-3

Season:55-29

Ron Rogers

Last week:12-2

Season:60-24

Guest Picker

Last week:10-4

Season:46-38

Andy Sandrik

Last week:12-2

Season:53-31

Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle

CV atCD East

Cedar Cliff atSusquehanna Twp.

Hershey atRed Land

Big Spring atGettysburg

Northern atShippensburg

West Perry atWaynesboro

Boiling Springsat Steel-High

Camp Hill atSusquenita

Palmyra atEast Pennsboro

Mechanicsburgat B. McDevitt

Donegalat Trinity

Bloomsburgat Ship U.

Dickinson atSusquehanna

CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Red Land

Big Spring

Shippensburg

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV

Cedar Cliff

Red Land

Gettysburg

Northern

West Perry

Steel-High

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

East Penn

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Dickinson

CV CV

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Susquehanna

SusquehannaTwp.

Hershey

Gettysburg

Ship

West Perry

Steel-High

Camp Hill

Palmyra

BishopMcDevitt

Trinity

Bloomsburg

Susquehanna

Wednesday, Oct. 13UCF 35, Marshall 14Thursday, Oct. 14Kansas State at Kansas (late)South Florida at West Virginia (late)Friday, Oct. 15Cincinnati at LouisvilleSaturday, Oct. 16Ole Miss at AlabamaArkansas at Auburn Eastern Michigan at Ball StateMiami (Ohio) at Central MichiganMaryland at ClemsonBaylor at Colorado UNLV at Colorado StateMiami (Fla.) at DukeNC State at East CarolinaMississippi State at FloridaBoston College at Florida StateNew Mexico State at Fresno StateVanderbilt at GeorgiaMiddle Tennessee at Georgia TechNevada at HawaiiArkansas State at IndianaSouth Carolina at KentuckyIdaho at Louisiana TechMcNeese State at LSUSouthern Miss at MemphisIowa at MichiganIllinois at Michigan StateSMU at NavyTexas at Nebraska FIU at North TexasBuffalo at Northern IllinoisWestern Michigan at Notre DameAkron at Ohio Iowa State at OklahomaMinnesota at PurdueHouston at Rice Army at Rutgers Air Force at San Diego StateBoise State at San Jose StatePittsburgh at SyracuseBYU at TCUBowling Green at TempleMissouri at Texas A&MOklahoma State at Texas TechKent State at ToledoUL-Lafayette at TroyTulane at TulsaUTEP at UABCalifornia at USC North Carolina at VirginiaWake Forest at Virginia TechOregon State at WashingtonArizona at Washington StateUL-Monroe at Western KentuckyOhio State at WisconsinUtah at Wyoming

Tuesday, Oct. 5Troy 42 Middle Tennessee 13Wednesday, Oct. 6UCF 42 UAB 7Thursday, Oct. 7 Nebraska 48 Kansas State 13Friday, Oct. 8Oklahoma State 54 UL-Lafayette 28Rutgers 27 Connecticut 24Saturday, Oct. 9Air Force 49 Colorado State 27Arizona State 24 Washington 14Arkansas 24 Texas A&M 17Arkansas State 24 North Texas 19Army 41 Tulane 23Auburn 37 Kentucky 34Boise State 57 Toledo 14BYU 24 San Diego State 21California 35 UCLA 7Cincinnati 45 Miami (Ohio) 3East Carolina 44 Southern Miss 43Florida International28 Western Kentucky 21Florida State 45 Miami (Fla.) 17Georgia 41 Tennessee 14Georgia Tech 33 Virginia 21Hawaii 49 Fresno State 27Illinois 33 Penn State 13Kent State 28 Akron 17Louisiana Tech 24 Utah State 6Louisiana-Monroe 20 Florida Atlantic 17Louisville 56 Memphis 0LSU 33 Florida 29Michigan State 34 Michigan 17Mississippi State 47 Houston 24Missouri 26 Colorado 0Navy 28 Wake Forest 27NC State 44 Boston College 17Nevada 35 San Jose State 13New Mexico State 16 New Mexico 14North Carolina 21 Clemson 16Northern Illinois 31 Temple 17Notre Dame 23 Pittsburgh 17Ohio 49 Bowling Green 25Ohio State 38 Indiana 10Oregon 43 Washington State 23Oregon State 29 Arizona 27Purdue 20 Northwestern 17SMU 21 Tulsa 18South Carolina 35 Alabama 21Stanford 37 USC 35Syracuse 13 South Florida 9TCU 45 Wyoming 0Texas Tech 45 Baylor 38Utah 68 Iowa State 27UTEP 44 Rice 24Vanderbilt 52 Eastern Michigan 6Virginia Tech 45 Central Michigan 21West Virginia 49 UNLV 10Western Michigan 45 Ball State 16Wisconsin 41 Minnesota 23

1. Ohio State (6-0) Buckeyes ascend to the top of every poll.2. Oregon (6-0) Injury bug can’t derail Ducks vs. Wazzu.3. Boise State (5-0) Broncs taking care of business vs. inferior foes.4. Oklahoma (5-0) Early-season rout of FSU looking better all the time.5. TCU (6-0) Key tilts loom with Air Force and Utah.6. Nebraska (5-0) Martinez spoils Bill Snyder’s birthday in rout of KSU.7. Auburn (6-0) Newton, Tigers enjoying meteoric rise.8. South Carolina (4-1) Spurrier gets his signature win at USC.9. Alabama (5-1) St. Nick won’t be delivering an undefeated season.

10. Stanford (5-1) Luck leads Cardinal comeback vs. USC.11. Utah (5-0) Utes averaging 60 points over last three contests.12. Missouri (5-0) Nation says “Show me” to unbeaten Mizzou.13. Arkansas (4-1) Hogs call on Auburn in wild West showdown.14. Michigan State (6-0) Little brother beats up big brother in the Big House.15. LSU (6-0) Les Miles wants to know: How ya like me now?16. Iowa (4-1) Three-game gauntlet vs. ranked teams looms.17. Wisconsin (5-1) Top-ranked Buckeyes visit for prime-time showdown.18. Florida State (5-1) No wide rights this time vs. Canes.19. Oregon State (3-2) Both losses have come to top-5 teams. 20. Air Force (5-1) Falcons soaring behind potent ground attack.21. Arizona (4-1) Swarmed under in the desert by Beaver attack.22. Michigan (5-1) Beginning of the end of Michigan’s magical season?23. Oklahoma State (5-0) Trip to Lubbock precedes Nebraska tilt.24. Nevada (6-0) Should be 11–0 when Boise State comes calling.25. Florida (4-2) Tigers drain the Swamp of all its enthusiasm.Utah RB Eddie Wide Utah SID

Ohio State at Wisconsin The nation’s new No. 1team heads to Madison for its most difficult test to date.The Buckeyes have allowed only one opponent — themighty Eastern Michigan Eagles — to score more thanone offensive touchdown. Ohio State 20, Wisconsin 10

Arkansas at Auburn The key for Auburn will beCam Newton’s ability to run the ball and make big playsin the passing game when the opportunity presents it-self. The Tigers’ magical ride continues for at least onemore week. Auburn 34, Arkansas 27

Iowa at Michigan For the first time this season,Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson failed to takeover a game. Sure, the man they call Shoelace threw for

215 yards and rushed for 86, but he tossed three costlyinterceptions in the Wolverines’ 34–17 loss to Michi-gan State. Expect a similar result against an Iowa de-fense that is allowing only 10.2 points per game (fewestin the country). Iowa 30, Michigan 17

Texas at Nebraska The rematch of the 2009 Big 12title game has lost some luster thanks to Texas’ surpris-ing struggles. Nebraska, on the other hand, continues todazzle, led by the brilliant play of dynamic quarterbackTaylor Martinez, who ranks fourth in the nation in rush-ing and has scored 12 TDs. That could spell trouble fora Texas defense that has allowed a total of 388 rushingyards the past two games. Nebraska 24, Texas 16

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Head coach Frank Gay and his Red Land Patriots are off to a 2-4 start after a 13-12 loss to Cedar Cliff last weekend.• See Patriots, D7

By Travis L. PickensASSISTANT SPoRTS [email protected]

Who could have blamed them if they had simply given up?

A punch-to-the-gut loss to rival Cedar Cliff in the game’s waning moments Oct. 1 was just the latest frustrating turn of events in Red Land’s difficult football season.

The 13-12 loss dropped the Patriots’ record to 1-4 and put them on the verge of missing the District 3 playoffs for the second year in a row.

But coach Frank Gay had a simple message for his players. It was a message that can be de-livered on a football field or to anyone looking for answers after something that’s perceived to be unfair happens.

“The better team that night

didn’t win, and the message was, ‘You fought hard but sometimes in life things don’t go the way you want them to go,’” Gay said he told his players. “They under-stood that, and we got better as a team.”

In the annual rivalry between the West Shore School District teams, Red Land ended with 168 more yards than Cedar Cliff and dominated the Colts on the ground.

In what felt like the same story every week, self-inflict-ed wounds ultimately cost Red Land the game.

The Patriots committed four more penalties than their rival and had three more turnovers.

“We outplayed them in ev-ery single aspect of the game, but once again the little things

Red Land navigating one of the more ■

difficult schedules in the Mid-Penn.

“I’m just here to help out the team, whether it be distracting and being a decoy,” Barley said. “If I have to do that, I’ll go out and do that. We just want to win, that’s what we put in our hard work for. That’s all we want.

“It would be nice to get more plays, but with our wideout group, we all have our set skills. We all have our different spe-cialties, and I just do what coach wants me to do. If he wants me to run all deep routes, I’ll run all deep routes and do the best I can. And let the other guys get the possession stuff.”

At 6 feet, Barley has just enough size to make a vertical play down-field.

But at just 176 pounds, he doesn’t exactly have enough

weight to plow through lineback-ers.

“I’m not the biggest guy,” Barley said. “I’m not exactly the posses-sion type of receiver, but I think going up and getting the ball has always been one of my best at-tributes ... I’d say my build type helps me.”

Barley’s success this year is no fluke. As a third-string quarter-back in the 2009 preseason, Ad-ams worked extensively with Barley — then a true freshman — during training camp.

The chemistry they created is paying off. Barley has clearly be-come Adams’ security blanket within the Wing-T passing game, leading all Ship split ends this year in receptions (13), yards (341) and touchdowns (three), and the 60-yard touchdown reception at West Chester was the second-longest

catch by a Red Raider this season. Sophomore halfback Mike Fren-ette’s 64-yard touchdown recep-tion earlier in the game at West Chester is the longest.

“Throwing the ball and run-ning routes, it’s all timing,” Barley said. “And the amount we put in, we got that timing down. I know what (Adams is) looking for, and he knows where I’ll be at on the field. All that work we put in is definitely helping us out, and will continue to in the next couple years. We have long careers ahead of us.”

With his slew of 40-plus-yard receptions, Barley has drawn some extra attention from oppos-ing defensive backs. However, as Shippensburg slumps to 0-3 in the PSAC Eastern Division, the double teams are often thrown to the wayside in favor of an extra

run stuffer.Barley has done his best to make

opposing defenses pay for it.“I think West Chester brought

a safety over top of me a lot,” Bar-ley said. “Other than that, (oppos-ing defenses) just run the regular defense. Every once in a while, I might get a man with a safety over the top, depending on where we are on the field and what down it is.”

Despite his big plays at Conesto-ga, Barley drew interest from just a pair of PSAC schools: Shippens-burg and West Chester. Fortu-nately for the Red Raiders, former Ship U. quarterback Chris Gicking was Barley’s offensive coordinator at Conestoga.

Gicking holds every Red Raid-ers passing record imaginable: career passing yards (6,365), sea-son passing yards (2,832), season (161.3) and career (143.1) pass ef-

ficiency rating, and season (17.27) and career (15.75) yards per com-pletion, just to name a few. The information he gave Barley about Shippensburg’s football program and about the good times he had there helped sway Barley’s deci-sion.

“I talked to (Gicking), and he told me how good of a place this was and all that,” Barley said. “So, I came up for my visit, and I fell in love. It was an easy choice for me.”

Coming from a high school program that featured wide-out-heavy offenses and plenty of passes to go around, Barley had the experience to excel at the Di-vision II level.

And, even with a struggling Wing-T, running back-heavy of-fense, he’s making highlight-reel catches.


Barley

did not play due to ankle and calf injuries, respectively, and defensive end Jack Crawford, who did not dress and spent the afternoon on crutches while nursing an-other ankle injury.

Penn State issued a release this week that said Craw-ford, Dailey, Gbadyu, Mauti, linebacker Gerald Hodges (leg) and defensive tack-le Jordan Hill (ankle) were “possible” for the Minne-sota game on Oct. 23, and

that Latimore, wide receiver Curtis Drake (leg) and tight end Andrew Szczerba (back) would be out for a minimum of two weeks.

The players who stayed in the game aren’t immune, either; middle linebacker Chris Colasanti made a ca-reer-high 18 tackles with a broken hand.

Penn State took Sunday and Monday off. The bye week will give players who could return soon time to heal, but injuries aren’t Penn State’s only problem

right now.“We’ve got to overcome

them,” Paterno said. “We can’t be sitting around moaning about them all the time.”

After his team’s most le-thargic performance of the season, if not in several years, Paterno was asked if his team still had leadership issues.

“Some of the guys we might have thought would step to the front have got-ten injured,” Paterno said. “I think that’s been a big

problem. You just get used to playing with a guy and all of a sudden he’s out and you have to bring someone else in that hasn’t had the expe-rience to be a leader.”

Leadership at the top of the program has become a concern for many Penn State fans, who expressed their frustration with Paterno on radio shows and the Inter-net this week in a tone not seen and heard since Penn State went 7-16 in 2003 and 2004.

As always, little of that

criticism had reached Pa-terno, he said.

“I haven’t got time to even think about that,” Paterno said. “I’ve just got to try to get my team a little better. ... I don’t even know what kind of criticism it is. Send me a detailed list.”

Paterno shares at least some of the fans’ disap-pointment, though, in terms of what his team has accom-plished to date.

“I thought after we played four or five games that we’d be a little bit better football

team than we are right now,” Paterno said. “We’ve got to be encouraging and get some of these kids to real-ize they still have the kind of potential we felt we’ve had.”

Injuries have kept Penn State from realizing some of that potential. Paterno knows he must go on push-ing his healthy players to-ward their potential.

“There’s nothing I can do about it,” he said. “I’m just trying to take care of some things we can do something about.”


Injuries

Now, with a contract that runs only through 2011 when he will be 85, Paterno has a team that has severe and long-term injuries at several key posi-tions, players pointing fingers of blame at each other and a re-

maining schedule that includes four ranked teams in a five-week span.

Criticism from players emerged after the 33-13 loss to Illinois last Saturday at Beaver Stadium, with senior guard Stefen Wis-niewski complaining about some players’ complacency and run-

ning back Evan Royster ques-tioning the desire of some team-mates.

Paterno said he was unaware of those remarks, but he admitted to some concern if they are true.

“I don’t know how accurate that is, but if it is, that is some-thing we have to address this

week. That kind of thing is det-rimental and doesn’t help.”

Lineup changes, Paterno said, may not be the answer, contra-dicting what some coaches said after the Illinois game. He sug-gested there will be no changes to the offensive line, which has struggled all season.

“I think the offensive line is getting a little more criticism than they deserve,” he said.

He did admit, however, that fixing the problems won’t be easy.

“It’s doable, but it’s going to take a lot of commitment from a lot of people.”


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