Football This Week

Section D

October 9, 2010

FTWFootball this Week

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High Schools• Ship stays grounded ..................................................D2• Sentinel Week 6 Picks ................................................D3• Leaderboard ...............................................................D3• High school notebook ................................................D4• Week 6 preview capsules ...........................................D5• State rankings .............................................................D6

Local Colleges• Clary adjusts to new schemes at SU ........................D8• Local college preview capsules .................................D8

Penn State• PSU linebackers still waiting to peak ........................D9• Lions waiting for Szczerba to return ....................... D10

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Shippensburg Greyhounds

Todde’ Statum keys a Ship running ■

game that averages 329 yards a game.

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by andy SandrikSENTiNEL [email protected]

On the offensive line of Shippensburg’s Wing-T offense stand six blocks of granite. And behind them, a sledgehammer.

With the special group of players coach Eric Foust has this season, it’s no secret what the Shippensburg Greyhound football team wants to do every Friday night: run the ball and run it with authority.

So far, so good. Five weeks into the regular season, the Greyhounds have the top rushing offense in the area, cranking out 1,646 yards on 223 carries for an average of 7.38 yards per carry and 329 yards per game.

According to MaxPreps.com, Shippensburg has the No. 4-ranked rushing offense in Pennsylvania Class AAA football, behind

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From left, Chase Rhodes, Zac McMullen, Todde’ Statum, Garrett Vandebrake and Cary Hess are just a few reasons the Shippensburg Greyhounds are off to a 4-1 start.• See Ground, D7

Susquenita (1-4 overall, 0-4 division) at boiling Springs

(4-1, 3-0)Site: Ecker Field, boiling SpringsTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Susquenita — bart miller

(2nd year, 6-9); boiling Springs — matt Heiser (9th year, 48-40).

Last year: boiling Springs, 15-14.key players: 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. 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.

breakdown: We’re willing to go out on a limb and say this year’s game won’t come down to a last-second field goal. Susquenita is in a world of trouble. The blackhawks have allowed 62, 49, 54, and 54 points following a season-opening win against Newport. The bubblers, rolling af-ter a Week 1 loss at unbeaten Littlestown, should take advantage of the question-able defense. miller and Cook will have tons of running room.

Prediction: boiling Springs, 35-0._____

non-conference

ELCO (0-5) at Camp Hill (0-5)

Site: Siebert memorial Park, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: ELCO — mark Evans (13th

year, 68-63); Camp Hill — Frank kindler (16th year, 115-64).

Last year: DNPkey players: ELCO — Zach Pletz, sr.,

Qb; Tyler George, sr., Wr-Db; Eric ondo, sr., Wr-Db; bryan bowman, sr., rb-TE-Lb; Justin Gilbert, sr., C. Camp Hill — mar-cellas Hayes, jr., Qb-Db; Jake bingham, jr., Qb-DE; ryan Herr, soph., Wr; Teddy ramsey, soph., rb-Lb; kevin Chrencik, jr., DE.

breakdown: it appears that kindler has turned the keys of the offense over to Hayes, who completed 12 of 28 passes for 69 yards, one touchdown and one in-terception against boiling Springs last week. The Lions have struggled mightily on offense and need something positive. This might be their chance against win-less ELCo. The raiders’ record, with four losses by seven points or fewer, is a little deceiving. Camp Hill will keep it close, but ELCo’s size — the raiders average 248.7 pounds on the offensive line — could be a factor late.

Prediction: ELCo, 14-7.Other regional

games of interestPottsville 28, Governor Mifflin 21 —

Crimson Tide rebound after loss to Daniel boone; stay in running for i-C Section i title.

Lampeter-Strasburg 20, Manheim Central 17 — in their first season as a member of L-L Section ii, Pioneers are the class of the field.

delone Catholic 23, bermudian Springs 14 — Squires pass a difficult test; should finish with a 9-1 record. Don’t count out the Eagles in 3-aa playoffs.

Harrisburg 48, Chambersburg 14 — remember last year when the Trojans won at Severance Field, 11-6? The Cougars do.

—Travis L. Pickens

• Continued from D6

Caps

And, of course, keeping guys healthy. The Nittany Lions lost Gerald Hodges, the backup weakside linebacker, to a leg in-jury on the opening kickoff of the Alabama game, though he could return in the next few weeks.

Mauti, who missed all of 2009 with a torn ACL, said his knee is feeling fine, but he missed Monday’s practice with an ankle in-jury, as did fellow starter Bani Gbadyu. Pa-terno said Tuesday that middle linebacker Chris Colasanti has been playing through a

minor shoulder injury.The injuries have meant more time for a

pair of young Nittany Lions. True fresh-man Khairi Fortt has seen more time on the weakside since Hodges’ injury and got work with the first team when Gbadyu was out this week.

“For him it’s just a matter of time,” Mauti said. “He’s a real talented linebacker. The more experience he gets, the better off he’s going to be.”

Freshman Glenn Carson made his de-fensive debut against Iowa at middle line-backer after vaulting past Mike Yancich on

the depth chart.“He’s been practicing well the last cou-

ple weeks,” Mauti said of Carson. “Origi-nally I was practicing at both middle and strongside spots but he came along and started practicing good and got his feet underneath him. Coach (Ron Vanderlin-den) was confident that he could make some plays.”

After some sluggish starts, the defense has played solidly for stretches at a time. The Nittany Lions will need to be better than solid, though, if not during Saturday’s noon game with Illinois then against the

high-octane offenses of Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana and Michigan State later in the year.

Better defensive play, as always, will re-quire better linebacking play. The Nittany Lions hope it’s on the horizon.

“I don’t see us lacking or deficient in tal-ent or guys that can make plays,” Mauti said. “It’s really just getting things done at the right times with the right person in the right situation.”

———Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune

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Linebackers

by Mark TuPPErmCCLaTCHY-TribUNE

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Martez Wil-son is a little like the tin man from the Wizard of Oz. Forced inactiv-ity rusted some of his joints, and he has needed repeated squirts from the oil can to loosen up.

The University of Illinois mid-dle linebacker suffered a season-ending neck injury in last season’s opening game, so when he took the field for this year’s opener against Missouri on Sept. 4, it had been al-most exactly one year since he had played college football. No matter how hard you prepare, that’s a lot of

rust.Statistical-

ly, Wilson did fine. He was credited with 11 tackles, but through the first couple games of the season, he l o o k e d a s though he was thinking

his way around the football field. And as coaches say, if you slow down to think, you can’t speed up to play.

This past week, however, was one

of Wilson’s best, and it may have demonstrated that he is maturing as a player, one who is more con-fident physically and one who has made a commitment to be more prepared mentally. He led Illinois in tackles (9) vs. Ohio State and is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in that category.

“I just told him he is settling in and playing the way we all think he can play,” coach Ron Zook said Tuesday. “I think he’ll get better and better as he settles in and flies around.

“Being away from football that long, you don’t just go right back and start playing. It takes time.

What I love about him is that he’s really working hard. I brought up (former Illini linebacker) J Leman and asked him, ‘Why did you think he was such a good player? It’s be-cause he worked so hard.’

“And then Martez stopped me and said, ‘Do you see me watching more tape? I’m going to be like J.’”

Wilson seems to have discovered a formula that could elevate his play toward the potential everyone saw in him when he arrived in 2007 as one of the most highly recruited athletes in Illini football history.

After being named a USA Today All-American at Chicago Simeon High School, Wilson picked Illinois

over Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Ohio State, Miami (Fla.), Michigan and Florida.

He was honorable mention fresh-man All-American in 2007, playing 13 games at linebacker. As a sopho-more, he ranked 14th in the Big Ten in tackles with an average of 6.6 per game. But he was still playing tentatively, often looking uncertain where he was supposed to be.

An offseason incident in which he suffered a stab wound to his stom-ach while trying to rescue a former teammate from a fight was one setback, then the herniated disc he suffered against Missouri ended his 2009 season.

Illinois Fighting Illini

Wilson getting his game back for Illini

Martez Wilson

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Sentinel PickSWeek6

Guest Picker:Ted Spinelli,

former Trinity QB

Carlisle at State College

Travis L. PickensLast week:

8-6Season:44-26

Tom Ash

Last week:10-4

Season:46-24

Ron Rogers

Last week:10-4

Season:48-22

Guest Picker

Last week:7-7

Season:36-34

Andy Sandrik

Last week:10-4

Season:41-29

State College State College State College State College Carlisle

CV atCentral Dauphin

Mechanicsburgat Red Land

James Buchananat Northern

Shippensburgat West Perry

Waynesboroat Big Spring

East Pennsboroat Trinity

Susquenita atBoiling Springs

ELCO atCamp Hill

Cedar Cliff atB. McDevitt

Dickinson atJohns Hopkins

Illinoisat Penn State

LSU atFlorida

Arkansas atTexas A&M

CentralDauphin

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

Johns Hopkins

Illinois

LSU

Arkansas

CentralDauphin

Mechanicsburg

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

Johns Hopkins

Penn State

Florida

Arkansas

CumberlandValley

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

Florida

Arkansas

CumberlandValley

CumberlandValley

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Cedar Cliff

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

LSU

Arkansas

Mechanicsburg

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

LSU

Arkansas

The Sentinel

Leaderboard

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

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 107 883 8.22. Colby Whitten (BiS) 93 593 6.33. Adam Geiger (T) 38 420 11.03. Kevin Stago (EP) 83 420 5.05. Matt Richmond (NoY) 62 416 6.76. Kevin Snyder (CV) 54 409 7.57. Ryan Miller (BoS) 65 372 5.78. Dan Flynn (CV) 50 355 7.09. Kelvin White (EP) 70 351 5.09. Jordan Woodall (C) 39 351 9.0

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Rec. Yards1. Chris Lenz (T) 14 3052. Adam Breneman (CC) 28 3033. Ryan Herr (CH) 14 2064. Keegan Love (C) 13 1915. Ryan Smith (CC) 18 186

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Rec. Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 28 3032. Ryan Smith (CC) 18 1863. Tyler Botchie (M) 15 1753. Joseph Stevens (EP) 15 1635. Ryan Herr (CH) 14 2065. Chris Lenz (T) 14 305

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. Patrick Dill (T) 36 73 857 10 32. James Rusenko (M) 60 132 724 5 73. Kelvin White (EP) 55 88 692 9 54. Cody Failor (C) 36 75 475 3 35. Alex Dale (NoY) 27 67 432 3 4

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 14 862. David Cook (BoS) 9 563. Kevin Snyder (CV) 8 504. Chris Lenz (T) 7 424. Kevin Stago (EP) 7 424. Colby Whitten (BiS) 7 42

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Lance Geesey (CV) 4 23-24 352. Alex Cramer (T) 1 24-28 273. Sam Dell (BoS) 1 16-17 194. Taylor Walls (EP) 0 17-19 175. Zach Myers (Ship) 0 16-21 16

——OFFENSE

Team Points Avg.1. Trinity 210 42.02. Cumberland Valley 190 38.03. Shippensburg 183 36.64. East Pennsboro 165 33.05. Boiling Springs 131 26.2

——DEFENSE

Team Points Avg.1. Trinity 49 9.82. Shippensburg 55 11.03. Cumberland Valley 81 16.24. Red Land 82 16.45. Big Spring 85 17.05. Cedar Cliff 85 17.0

Lions hope Szczerba returns soon

Week 6 : College football picksUnderdog USC finds itself in unfamiliar role. ■

By Jeff RiceMCClatChy NewSpaperS

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Nit-tany Lions got pretty young at tight end when freshman Kevin Haplea entered the game to replace injured starter Garry Gilliam in the second quarter last Saturday at Iowa.

They weren’t exactly burgeoning with experience at the position be-fore that, though.

That’s mainly because the most experienced tight end on Penn State’s roster heading into the season — redshirt junior Andrew Szczerba — hasn’t played all year due to a lin-gering back injury.

Szczerba might be getting close to a return, though. He returned to prac-tice this week for the first time this season and was, as wide receiver Jus-tin Brown put it, “starting to pad up.” He hasn’t yet returned to full contact drills, but it was encouraging progress for the Nittany Lions nonetheless.

“It’s the first time we’ve been able to get him where he at least can jog,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “But he won’t be ready this week.”

Gilliam, a redshirt freshman, caught just one pass in the first five games. He will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruci-ate Ligament in his right knee.

That means Haplea, who made his first catch (a 23-yarder) against Iowa, will hold down the position until Szczerba is able to return. Penn State’s other backups at the position are Jonathan Stewart and Mark Wed-

derburn.“(Haplea) has just not had the

kind of experience that nowadays you want with the tight end,” Pa-terno said. “The tight end used to be a blocker, now it’s such an integral part of your passing game that he’s got a lot to learn. It’s unfortunate that we’ve got to stick him in there right away, but I think he’ll do OK.”

There was other encouraging news along the injury front for Penn State this week. Linebacker Gerald Hodg-es, who has been out since suffering a leg injury against Alabama, has been doing some light running in practice and could be ready, said Paterno, “in a week or two.”

Defensive tackle Jordan Hill left the Iowa game with a sprained ankle, but Paterno hopes that he will be ready for Saturday’s game against Illinois.

Wide receiver Curtis Drake, who

broke a bone in his left leg in early August, “is close” to a return, said Paterno, but won’t be ready for Sat-urday.

The coach added that Penn State linebackers Chris Colasanti and Bani Gbadyu have been playing through minor shoulder and ankle problems, respectively.

A new look?Paterno said he has thought about

using backup quarterback Kevin Newsome as a “change of pace” threat but has been leery both be-cause of Newsome’s development and of the potential effects it might have on starter Rob Bolden.

“I think there is a place for him, and maybe we have to use him a little bit more,” Paterno said. “I don’t know. You hate to do that with a young quarterback. You hate to take Bolden out. ... I’ve decided we’ll just play that

by ear for a while.”Vague clarifications

After Saturday’s game, Paterno said that cornerback Derrick Thomas and defensive end Sean Stanley, who did not make the trip to Iowa, were left home for academic reasons, then added that he wasn’t allowed to say anything else.

He offered more of the same this week.

“We were told that we’re break-ing the law if we talk about it,” Pa-terno said. “If any kid is in any way not allowed to play for one reason or another, we have a long letter from the university administration not to discuss it.”

Paterno then said that defensive tackle Brandon Ware, who also did not make the trip, was in “the same boat, except I can say that Ware has some academic problems.”

Nittany Lion Notebook

paterno says it may ■

be time for Newsome to see more action.

If there was still any doubt the days of Southern California dominating the pac-10 are over — at least for the near future — there’s proof positive this week.

USC is a 9½-point underdog at Stan-ford on Saturday.

It’s just the third time since 2004 that USC has been an underdog, according to the odds maker rJ Bell of pregame.com. the last time was when USC played at Oregon in 2007. the trojans were three-point underdogs to the Ducks that day and lost 24-17 in quarterback Mark San-chez’s third career start. he was replac-ing an injured John David Booty.

what’s your deal, trojans?that’s not just the question this year, it

was last year’s, too. after Stanford coach Jim harbaugh went for a 2-point conver-sion with the outcome decided last year, coach pete Carroll asked his counter-part, “what’s your deal?” during a chilly postgame meeting at midfield. harbaugh responded, “what’s yOUr deal?”

Clearly, no Christmas cards were swapped between the Carroll and har-baugh families.

the picks:———

THURSDAyNo. 7 Nebraska (minus 12) at

Kansas StateDaniel thomas can become a legit

heisman contender with big game in K-State victory ... NeBraSKa 31-14.

fRiDAyNo. 22 Oklahoma State (minus 24)

at Louisiana-Lafayettet. Boone pickens couldn’t buy the

Cowboys out of this trip? ... OKlahOMa State 49-20.

SATURDAyNo. 1 Alabama (minus 6½) at No.

19 South carolinaStephen Garcia, Giant Killer. Can’t say

it with a straight face, can you? ... ala-BaMa 33-21.

indiana (plus 22½) at No. 2 Ohio State

If Buckeyes need to protect terrelle pryor, this is the team to do it against ... OhIO State 42-17.

No. 3 Oregon (minus 36) at Wash-ington State

Ducks have already had one 70-point game. Maybe another? ... OreGON 60-14.

Toledo (plus 38½) at No. 4 Boise State

Broncos will try to keep pace with Or-egon ... BOISe State 60-14.

Wyoming (plus 34½) at No. 5 TcUhorned Frogs need to make some

statements, too ... tCU 48-10.No. 8 Auburn (minus 6) at Ken-

tuckywildcats won 21-14 at auburn last year.

two in a row? .... KeNtUCKy 31-24.Oregon State (plus 7½) at No. 9

ArizonaBefore last season’s wildcats win, Bea-

vers had won nine of 10 in series ... arI-ZONa 34-24.

No. 10 Utah (minus 6) at iowa StateCyclones coming off big win, but ....

Utah 31-21.BeST BeT

No. 11 Arkansas (minus 6) vs. Texas A&M at Arlington, Texas

Stats say a&M defense is improved. ryan Mallett will be judge of that ... ar-KaNSaS 42-24.

No. 12 LSU (plus 6½) at No. 14 florida

Can les Miles pull another one out of his hat? ... FlOrIDa 20-10.

No. 23 florida State (plus 6) at No. 13 Miami

Most interesting ’Noles-’Canes game in a while, with both trending in right di-rection ... MIaMI 38-28.

Southern california (plus 9½) at No. 16 Stanford

here’s the deal: Cardinal poised for another romp through trojans ... StaN-FOrD 45-28.

UPSeT SPeciALNo. 17 Michigan State (plus 4½) at

No. 18 MichiganDenard robinson will have to score

every time he has the ball. Not saying he can’t, but .... MIChIGaN State 48-38.

Minnesota (plus 22) at No. 20 Wisconsin

Gophers have lost six straight in series overall and seven in a row in Madison ... wISCONSIN 45-14.

San Jose State (plus 39) at No. 21 Nevada

wolf pack had NCaa-record four play-ers top 100 yards rushing vs. SJSt last season ... NeVaDa 58-14.

colorado (plus 13) at No. 24 Mis-souri

time to find out if Buffaloes are re-ally ready for turnaround season ... MIS-SOUrI 38-21.

colorado State (plus 25) at No. 25 Air force

aFa has won four straight ram-Falcon trophy games ... aIr FOrCe 35-17.

———Last week: 11-4 (straight); 7-8 (vs.

points).Season: 82-14 (straight); 44-39-3 (vs.

points).— Associated Press


By Jeff RiceMcclatchy-tribune

From 2004 to 2009, Penn State’s line-backers represented the backbone of the defense.

The 2010 group is just trying to keep its bones in one piece.

Injuries and inexperience have turned one of the Big Ten’s annually dominant units into a group that has, through five games, yet to deliver a dominant performance for what, through five games, has been an av-erage defense.

In Penn State’s three wins, linebackers have made a total of 88 tackles, defensive backs a total of 59. In losses to Alabama and Iowa, the defensive backs out-tackled the linebackers 55 to 43, a tell-tale sign of too many tackles being made down the field.

Through the five games of 2010, the Nit-tany Lions have 31 tackles for loss (a com-bined 12 in the Alabama and Iowa games). Through the first five games of 2009 — even with Sean Lee and Navorro Bowman missing time — they had 43 tackles for loss.

Perhaps the standard has been set too high, but the current Penn State lineback-ing corps hasn’t yet reached it.

“I think the linebackers have played good football. Not great football,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “Yet, there’s a lot of things that they’re a little bit hesitant about, because of some of the things we’ve seen. But I think we’re doing okay. And I think we’re getting better.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement from a coach who rarely offers ringing endorse-ments, but the Nittany Lions’ starting

strong-side linebacker didn’t argue.“I’d agree with that statement,” Michael

Mauti said Wednesday. “We’re replacing three guys who are in the NFL (Lee, Bow-man and Josh Hull) right now. At the same time I think we have enough talent, it’s a matter of getting experience, guys making plays at the right time.”

By TRavis L. Pickensassistant sports [email protected]

Shippensburg was able to do it last week; now it’s time to see if a few other area teams are up to the challenge.

The mental aspect of high school football is a huge compo-nent of every game, every prac-tice and every play. Carlisle coach Josh Oswalt is fond of saying that it only takes one guy to screw up a play, which is true.

And it’s also true that when a bunch of guys aren’t on the same page, the result can be disastrous.

Shippensburg faced that dilem-ma last week following its 20-19 loss to rival Big Spring. Had the Greyhounds not given James Bu-chanan their complete attention, the outcome might not have been an easy 55-6 win.

Big Spring coach Brent Stroh admitted that his team lacked its usual focus in the week after the

monumental win.“We talked about it all week. We

needed to be ready to play foot-ball, and there was no indication at practice that we weren’t,” Stroh said following his team’s surprise 8-7 overtime loss at West Perry. “They weren’t the best practices that we ever had, but they weren’t the worst, either.

“It’s a life situation, and that life situation is you need to pre-pare every week for your oppo-nent. You need to respect your opponent, and if you don’t, that’s what’s going to happen.”

Big Spring, obviously, is one of the teams that needs to pull a Shippensburg and come out swinging this week at home against Waynesboro.

In that same category are Red Land and East Pennsboro.

Penn sTaTe

Still a work in progressIllinois (2-2) at Penn State (3-2)

Saturday, noon on ESPN2

Week 6

PSU’s linebacker unit hasn’t peaked yet

• See Linebackers, D11

The focus factor in high school footballbig spring, red ■

land, east penn all face similar challenges this week.

• See Notebook, D6

Mid-Penn GlanceMid-Penn Conference Football

All games begin at 7 p.m. unless notedStandings

CommonwealthTeam Division OverallCumberland Valley 2-0 4-1Harrisburg 2-0 4-1Central Dauphin 1-0 5-0Central Dauphin East 1-1 2-3Carlisle 0-1 3-2Chambersburg 0-2 1-4State College 0-2 0-5

——Keystone

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

——Colonial

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

——Capital

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

———WEEK 6

Friday, Oct. 8

CommonwealthCarlisle at State CollegeCumberland Valley at Central Dauphin

KeystoneLower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp.Mechanicsburg at Red Land

ColonialGettysburg at Greencastle-AntrimJames Buchanan at NorthernShippensburg at West PerryWaynesboro at Big Spring, 7:30

CapitalEast Pennsboro at TrinitySteelton-Highspire at Milton HersheySusquenita at Boiling SpringsMiddletown at Palmyra, 7:30

Non-conferenceELCO at Camp Hill

Saturday, Oct. 9Commonwealth

Chambersburg at Harrisburg, 1Keystone

Cedar Cliff at Bishop McDevitt, 10:30 a.m.Non-division

Central Dauphin East at Hershey, 1———

District 3 Power RatingClass AAAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Dallastown 5-0 .8732. Central Dauphin 5-0 .8613. Wilson 5-0 .8504. Daniel Boone 5-0 .8435. Red Lion 4-1 .8086. Governor Mifflin 4-1 .8027. Harrisburg 4-1 .7928. Cumberland Valley 4-1 .7769. Cedar Cliff 4-1 .74110. William Penn 3-2 .70611. Manheim Twp. 3-2 .69912. Central York 3-2 .68513. Warwick 3-2 .68514. South Western 3-2 .67615. Spring Grove 3-2 .67316. Carlisle 3-2 .663

——Class AAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Lampeter-Strasburg 5-0 .8442. Greencastle-Antrim 5-0 .8143. Conrad Weiser 4-1 .7414. Hershey 4-1 .7295. Shippensburg 4-1 .6946. Bishop McDevitt 3-2 .6917. West York 3-2 .6858. Central Catholic 4-1 .6629. Susquehanna Twp. 3-2 .65710. Manheim Central 3-2 .63911. Gettysburg 3-2 .61812. Dover 3-2 .60313. Lebanon 3-2 .58414. Big Spring 3-2 .56815. East Pennsboro 3-2 .55316. Milton Hershey 3-2 .54522. Northern 2-3 .47426. Red Land 1-4 .39729. Mechanicsburg 1-4 .38631. West Perry 1-4 .354

——Class AA

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Littlestown 5-0 .8222. Lancaster Catholic 5-0 .8053. Wyomissing 4-1 .6974. Delone Catholic 4-1 .6805. Boiling Springs 4-1 .6756. Trinity 4-1 .6737. Bermudian Springs 4-1 .6688. Annville-Cleona 3-2 .55214. Susquenita 1-4 .278

——Class A

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Holy Name 4-1 .7062. Steelton-Highspire 3-2 .5573. York Catholic 3-2 .5214. Millersburg 3-2 .4925. Halifax 3-2 .4666. Columbia 2-3 .4617. Upper Dauphin 1-4 .2298. Fairfield 0-4 .1569. Camp Hill 0-5 .153

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Hunter Robb, a junior fullback, leads Carlisle into its game at State College tonight. The Herd is coming off a big win over Susquehanna Twp. and needs to stay focused on the winless Little Lions.

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When Tyrik Clary arrived at Shippensburg University, the Red Raiders’ 4-3 defense was a totally new concept to the Philadelphia native.

Any defense, for that matter, would have been a new concept.

At Northeast High School, Clary didn’t have to learn a defense. His pure athleticism helped him earn All-Public League First Team and All-City Third Team honors as a middle linebacker/standing de-fensive end/outside linebacker.

He was pretty much whatever struck him at the moment.

“In high school, it was more so, the coach sticks you on the field and says, ‘Go have fun. Play foot-ball.’ That’s what I did.”

Needless to say, Shippensburg was a big adjustment for Clary. He had to learn a defensive scheme for the first time while proving to the coaching staff that he had what it takes to see regular playing time.

“(At Shippensburg), you have to learn,” Clary said. “It’s more than just running around, hitting peo-ple. I thank (Ship U. linebackers

coach Mike) Burket for teaching me there’s more to football, and how to be a linebacker.”

These days, Clary has one of the more intuitive defensive minds on the team.

After beginning the season as a backup, Clary’s ability at middle and strongside linebacker pro-pelled him into a starting job heading into the Week 4 contest against C.W. Post.

“(Clary) was in the rotation of guys to play, but his play has de-manded more time,” head coach Rocky Rees said. “He’s a middle-Sam kid. We try to double-teach our kids. He can play two spots, really.”

The redshirt sophomore’s most brilliant game came last weekend at Kutztown, a program that ac-tively recruited him out of high school.

After watching game tape of the Golden Bears, Clary and his coach-es noticed a flaw in Kutztown’s blocking scheme. Smaller blockers on the outside — running backs and tight ends — tended to go low to trip up pass rushers rather than stand and attempt a block.

Clary’s solution? Hurdle right over the blocker and go for the kill.

“We saw on film, the coaches pointed out that they don’t usu-ally try to block, the smaller guys,” Clary said. “They’re going to go for your legs. After seeing it on film, I haven’t seen them stay up one time. So I was like, I’m going to try to go overtop of them.

“I was in the right place at the right time a lot of times. The coaches put me there, made the calls. The D-line definitely flushed the quarterback out of the pocket, so that helped me get the sacks

that I got.”Shippensburg suffered a devas-

tating, come-from-behind loss, 33-24, but Clary turned in a fan-tastic defensive performance, re-cording three sacks, seven tackles, two blocked kicks and an intercep-tion. The latter came on the Gold-en Bears’ first possession of the game, when Kutztown quarter-back Kevin Morton’s pass attempt on a flea flicker was immediately sniffed out by Clary and returned 50 yards.

“(Clary) had a great game last week,” Rees said. “It’s a shame we didn’t win so that he could enjoy it. But he came up with intercep-tions, fumbles, caused fumbles, pressures. He did a great job. He’s really playing himself into being a real dominant player.”

Kutztown certainly got a taste last weekend of what it had missed out on. Clary made an official visit to the Golden Bears’ facilities dur-ing his recruitment process, but an aggressive campaign by Ship-pensburg to bring him into the Red Raiders’ program sealed the deal.

“Shippensburg cornered me real fast,” Clary said. “‘If you make this deal, you’ve got this. We make the offer, and you get this.’ I figured I have to take this.

“It’s thanks to (former Ship U. offensive lineman) Dave Fremont. I gave all the credit to him. He re-

ally showed me a great time while I was up here. ... They showed me a lot I didn’t see in high school.”

In going from Northeast High to Shippensburg University, Clary is following in the footsteps of an-other well-known Northeast grad.

Brent Grimes, who played for the Red Raiders from 2002 to ‘05, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 and, after stints in NFL Eu-ropa and on the Falcons’ practice squad, has finally earned a start-ing cornerback job with the NFL franchise.

Clary wasn’t attending North-east High when Grimes was there, but after Clary committed to Ship U., Northeast head coach Mel Hinton told the rising star all about Grimes’ journey to the NFL.

And, even though he still has two-and-a-half seasons left at Ship, Clary can’t help but dream of taking that same path to the NFL someday.

“As soon as I committed to Ship-pensburg, (Hinton) started talk-ing about Brent Grimes and how he did the same thing I did,” Clary said. “How he came through that program, and he let me know he went to the next level. And he did it here, that it was possible.

“(Grimes) was great here, though. He did it all four years. Hopefully, I can do the same.”

a look at this week’s high school football matchups:mid-Penn Commonwealth Division

Carlisle (3-2 overall, 0-1 division) at state College (0-5, 0-2)

site: memorial Field, State collegeTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Carlisle — Josh oswalt (1st year, 3-2); state

College — al Wolski (16th year, 123-53).Last year: DnpKey players: Carlisle — cody Failor, jr., Qb; Jordan

Woodall, sr., Fb-ilb; hunter Robb, jr., Fb-lb; chris Wuest-ner, jr., WR-Db; keegan love, jr., Se-Db; Shon nyero, jr., Rb-lb; lee townsend, sr., te-De. state College — Josh Weakland, soph., Qb-Db; Shane Dorner, sr., Rb; Saige Jenco, jr., WR-Db; Garrett nicholson, sr., WR-k; mark Younkins, jr., De; Dan taylor, sr., S.

Breakdown: carlisle nabbed a major victory last week when it shocked Susquehanna twp. in overtime. the in-dians, who were coming off an emotional win at bishop mcDevitt, proved just how hard it is to be mentally ready for the next game following a win of that magnitude. throw in the fact that carlisle is battling a few injuries and State high is chomping at the bit to end a six-game losing streak, and what you have is a rough spot for the herd. little lions aren’t as bad as that record indicates.

Prediction: State college, 31-21._____

mid-Penn Keystone Divisionmechanicsburg (1-4 overall, 0-1 division)

at Red Land (1-4, 1-1)site: West Shore Stadium, camp hillTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: mechanicsburg — chris hakel (3rd year, 19-

10); Red Land — Frank Gay (8th year, 44-39).Last year: mechanicsburg, 12-7.Key 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. Red Land — kyle biddle, soph., Qb-Db; nick Diller, sr., Rb-Db; Ricky kraynak, jr., Rb-lb; Spencer Gay, sr., WR; Jeff Scaramuzzi-no, sr., te-lb; tyler hubbard, sr., lt.

Breakdown: Red land is slowly starting to turn the corner. the patriots followed their win over lower Dau-phin with a near miss against rival cedar cliff. biddle has taken over the offense, and it’s finally starting to produce. the same can’t be said for mechanicsburg, which hasn’t scored a touchdown in its last two games. the Wildcats will be hard-pressed to find something that will work against the rugged patriots.

Prediction: Red land, 24-10._____

Cedar Cliff (4-1 overall, 2-0 division) at Bishop mcDevitt (3-2, 1-1)

site: mcDevitt Field, harrisburgTime: Saturday, 10:30 a.m.Coaches: Cedar Cliff — Jim cantafio (27 years over-

all, 3rd at cedar cliff, 15-11); Bishop mcDevitt — Jeff Weachter (12th year, 103-41)

Last year: bishop mcDevitt, 49-7.Key players: Cedar Cliff — tim kelly, sr., Qb-Db-k;

tyler orris, jr., Qb-Db; Josh lebo, sr., te-De; adam brene-man, soph, WR-Db; Ryan Smith, sr., WR-Db; matt Sow-ers, jr., 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: high school games that stretch past the

three-hour mark are rare, but if this one doesn’t, it can be considered a surprise. both teams will come out throwing, with reliable quarterbacks and downfield threats. the dif-ference will come down to which team can establish the run. mcDevitt has the edge in that category with poteat, but don’t forget about kelly’s team-leading 321 rushing yards. the colts can hang with mcDevitt, but we’re a little concerned about their response after the loss to lam-peter-Strasburg. cedar cliff needed late scores to beat hershey and Red land. if it falls behind on market Street, catching up will be hard to do.

Prediction: bishop mcDevitt, 35-21._____

mid-Penn Colonial DivisionJames Buchanan

(1-4 overall, 0-2 division) at Northern (2-3, 1-1)

site: bostic Field, DillsburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: James Buchanan — Dr. mark Yurek (3rd

year, 2-22); Northern — Rick mauck (12th year, 95-30).Last year: DnpKey players: James Buchanan — coy Quivers, jr., Qb-

S; tyler thomas, jr., Rb; Robert lee, sr., WR-cb; clinton

Smith, sr., ol-Dl. Northern — alex Dale, jr., Qb-Db; matt Richmond, sr., Rb-Db; kevin lytle, jr., Rb-lb; andrew keirn, sr., WR-FS; travis Saylor, soph., WR-Db; Dominic Salomone, jr., Rb-lb.

Breakdown: last week was a test for the polar bears, and they failed. a win over Gettysburg was of vital im-portance for the playoff push. after the 20-point loss, northern will be fighting the rest of the season to crack the top 16. it appears mauck has settled on Dale as his quarterback, but maybe more important is the fact that Richmond, with three-straight 100-yard rushing games, is coming into his own. the Rockets, on the heels of a 55-6 loss to Shippensburg, are reeling.

Prediction: northern, 49-0._____

shippensburg (4-1 overall, 1-1 division) at West Perry (1-4, 1-1)

site: West perry athletic Field, elliottsburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: shippensburg — eric Foust (9th year, 36-

51); West Perry — al Ream (13th year, 67-61).Last year: Shippensburg, 42-10.Key players: 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. 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.

Breakdown: there’s one key stat to keep in mind regarding this contest: West perry struggled to stop big Spring’s power running game Friday night when the bulldogs pounded out 232 yards and reached the red zone three times. problem was, big Spring failed to score. We’re betting that West perry’s defense won’t be able to give up that many yards and keep another team off the scoreboard. the mustangs had a hard time stopping big Spring fullback colby Whit-ten, and they’ll have a more difficult time putting the brakes on Statum.

Prediction: Shippensburg, 34-12._____

Waynesboro (0-5 overall, 0-2 division) at Big spring (3-2, 1-1)

site: big Spring high School Stadium, newvilleTime: tonight, 7:30 p.m.Coaches: Waynesboro — Scott Shacreaw (1st year, 0-

5); Big spring — brent Stroh (4th year, 8-27).Last year: DnpKey players: Waynesboro — matt Wade, jr., Qb; karl

culbreath, sr., tb; levi besecker, sr., G-lb; andrew pa-terno, soph., c-nt. Big spring — barry Deitch, sr., Qb-lb; Josh bloser, sr., te-De; austin coyle, sr., tb; matt Gibson, sr., WR-olb; colby Whitten, sr., Rb-lb.

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mid-Penn Commonwealth DivisionCumberland Valley (4-1 overall, 2-0

division) at Central Dauphin (5-0, 1-0)site: landis Field, harrisburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — tim Rimpfel

(22nd year, 280-92-3); Central Dauphin — Glen mcnamee (5th year, 38-14).

Last year: central Dauphin, 38-35, in regular season; cumberland Valley, 24-21, in District 3-aaaa quarterfinals.

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. Central Dauphin — brandon laVia, soph., Qb; Zayd issah, soph., Rb; Jon Schnaars, sr., WR; brian morris, sr., Fb-te; artie Rowell, sr., ol-Dt; Jeremy Seaman, sr., ol.

Breakdown: landis Field is starting to feel like a second home for cV. this game marks the third-straight time the eagles are heading across the river to play the rival Rams on their home turf. last season, the teams split at landis Field. this time around, cV is more experienced, but central Dau-phin has the edge in terms of line play, and in high school football, that’s a huge advantage. Still, cV is more explosive, and in a series that hasn’t seen a game decided by more than seven points since 2006, it might take a big play late to determine the winner between these two state-ranked teams.

Prediction: cumberland Valley, 30-24.

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Cumberland Valley and Rutgers recruit Kevin Snyder have their eyes on an-other big win over Central Dauphin at Landis Field.

Local college preview capsules

Keeping defensive schemes in mindRedshirt sophomore tyrik clary plays a key ■

role in Su’s defense from his linebacker spot

Tyrik Clary

Dickinson Red Devils (1-3, 1-2 Centennial) at Johns hopkins Blue Jays (2-2, 2-1 Centennial)

homewood Field, Tonight, oct. 8, 7 p.m.head coaches: D — Darwin breaux (111-67-1 all-time, 111-67-1 at

Dickinson); Jh — Jim margraff (131-77-3 all-time, 131-77-3 at Johns hopkins).

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 (quarterbacks); Steve Reider (wide receiv-ers); Scott Shank (running backs); Jh — Dan Swanstrom (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks); Frank colaprete (defensive coordinator); Greg chimera (tight ends/running backs); Jonathan churchill (line-backers/special teams); Gordy combs (strong safeties); mark Green (defensive line); mark nastase (defensive backs); nick Schloeder (of-fensive line); mike toerper (wide receivers).

CC offensive rankings (average): sCoRING — D 6 (27.7); Jh 2 (32.3). ToTAL yDs — D 5 (346.3); Jh 1 (402.7). RUshING — D 5 (115.0); Jh 2 (151.3). PAssING — D 3 (231.3); Jh 1 (251.3).

CC defensive rankings (average): sCoRING — D 8 (25.0); Jh 4 (18.0). ToTAL yDs — D 8 (334.3); Jh 4 (289.0). RUshING — D 5 (108.0); Jh 7 (113.0). PAssING — D 9 (226.3); Jh 4 (176.0).

other CC rankings (total): TURNoVER mARGIN — D 6 (-1); Jh t-1 (+3). PENALTIEs — D 1 (15); Jh 5 (17). 3rd DoWN CoNV. % — D 3 (47.7); Jh 1 (54.7). FIRsT DoWNs — D 8 (56); Jh 4 (68).

offensive leaders: RUshING: D — tim Smith (5-10, 215, Sr. Rb, 39-171, 1 tD); Jh — Jonathan Rigaud (5-8, 165, So. Rb, 56-224, 2 tDs). PAssING: D — Ricky martz (6-0, 175, Jr. Qb, 67-105-4, 769 yds, 6 tDs); Jh — hewitt tomlin (6-2, 190, Jr. Qb, 85-145-9, 1,111 yds, 7 tDs). RECEIVING: D — craig helfer (5-10, 195, Sr. WR, 22-342, 4 tDs); Jh — Sam Wernick (5-10, 185, Jr. WR, 29-420, 5 tDs).

Defensive leaders: TACKLEs: D — andrew Fink (5-9, 185, Jr. Db,

31), Jack connolly (Sr. lb, 30), Scott Sullivan (5-11, 175, Jr. Db, 30); Jh — Ryan piatek (6-1, 215, Jr. lb, 39); tyler brown (5-9, 191, Jr. lb, 29); kale Sweeney (6-1, 225, Jr. SS, 25). sACKs: D — adam Farrell (6-3, 225, Sr. Dl, 2), pete hamill (5-8, 190, Sr. lb, 2), conolly (2); Jh — pi-atek (5); brown (3.5); Sweeney (2.5). INTERCEPTIoNs: D — Sullivan (1); Jh — Sam eagleson (6-0, 195, Jr. Db, 3); piatek (2); mike milano (5-9, 180, Jr. Db, 2).

Notes: Johns hopkins runs a 3-4 defensive formation that can vary from a 4-4 to a 3-5, depending on where the Rover position plays ... the blue Jays were ranked no. 12 in the lindy’s Sports Division iii top 25 preseason poll this year ... Johns hopkins’ two losses have come by a combined total of seven points: a 41-37 loss at Randolph-macon in the season opener and a 30-27 loss vs. muhlenberg last weekend ... Dickinson has scored at least 24 points in three of its four games this season.

— From staff reports

Shippensburg University


The Patriots, coming off their first win of the season, dominated all facets of the game against West Shore School District rival Cedar Cliff on Friday but came out on the short end of a 13-12 final.

East Pennsboro, after a fast 3-0, hasn’t been the same since it dominated Steelton-Highspire in Week 3.

The Panthers fell victim to a trick play against Middletown that resulted in a 36-33 loss in Week 4 and were crunched, 42-0, by Lancaster Catholic last week.

Neither team has an easy rebound tonight as Red Land hosts rival Mechanicsburg while East Pennsboro travels to COBO Field for a date with dangerous and division-fa-vorite Trinity.

On the other end of the spectrum is Carlisle, which sent tremors through the Mid-Penn landscape with a 28-27 overtime win against Susquehanna Twp. on Friday.

How the Herd shifts its attention to win-less State College might decide whether this program makes the District 3 Class AAAA playoffs for the first time since 2005 or sits at home in Week 11.

As Oswalt or Stroh will tell anyone, one guy’s lack of focus can derail not only a game but an entire season.

What’s really at stake?Tonight’s game at Landis Field in Harris-

burg is, on the surface, a huge matchup be-tween perennial powers Cumberland Valley and Central Dauphin.

Both teams come in unbeaten in Mid-Penn Commonwealth play, ranked in the top 10 of the Pennsylvania Football News rankings in Class AAAA and ranked in the top 10 of the latest District 3 Class AAAA power ratings.

It’s a big game, but in the grand scheme of things, the outcome doesn’t matter much.

For the reason why, look back at last year

when Central Dauphin rallied for a thrilling 38-35 win over visiting CV in Week 10. The only thing that victory did for the Rams, other than help them share the division with State College, was ensure that they’d be at home two weeks later when the teams met in the 3-AAAA quarterfinals.

CV won that game, 24-21, on its way to the district title.

So the winner might end up with a divi-sion crown and more than one home play-off game, but when November rolls around, what happened the night of Oct. 8 will be long forgotten.

Rare acquaintancesState College has been a member of the

Mid-Penn Conference for football only since the 2004 season.

During that time, the Little Lions have played Carlisle twice.

In 2006, State College posted a 56-0 win over visiting Carlisle before winning at Ken Millen Stadium, 28-7, the next season.

Buffalo wingsCarlisle is one of the area teams that relies

on a power running attack.The program has employed the Wing-T

since Brett Ickes took over in 2006. New coach Josh Oswalt, a graduate of Wing-T programs at Cumberland Valley and Shippensburg University, retained the run-first philosophy when he took over in April.

So it may come as a surprise that Carlisle has two players on the area leaderboard for aerial statistics.

Junior split end Keegan Love’s 191 receiv-ing yards are good for fourth in the area, and junior quarterback Cody Failor’s 475 pass-ing yards check in as fourth-best among

area quarterbacks.Failor has completed 36 of 75 passes (48

percent) with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Love has caught 13 of those passes.

Quick hits• West Perry snapped an eight-game los-

ing streak Friday with its 8-7 win over Big Spring in overtime.

• Susquenita has been outscored 219-47 in its four games since beating Newport in Week 1.

• Friday night’s 42-0 loss to Lancaster Catholic was the first time East Pennsboro failed to score a point since a 24-0 loss to Trinity on Oct. 3, 2008, a span of 20 games.

• Mechanicsburg hasn’t found the end zone in its last 10 quarters of action and has scored only five offensive touchdowns this year.

• Despite its winning record (3-2), Pal-myra finds itself behind three teams with losing records and in 21st place in the Dis-trict 3-AAA power ratings. The only other teams that have winning records and find themselves out of the playoff picture at the halfway mark are Exeter (3-2) and McCas-key (3-2) in Class AAAA.

• Altoona, a member of the Mid-Penn from 2004 to 2009, has been outscored 202-58 and sports an 0-5 record in its first year as a member of the WPIAL. Dating to last year, the Mountain Lions have lost 10 straight games.

• To close things out for the week, here’s an outstanding quote from East Pennsboro coach Todd Stuter, who said the following to Gordie Jones of Lancaster Newspapers after the Panthers’ 42-0 loss to Lancaster Catholic: “They’re a Double-A school with Quad-A players. This team can play with anybody in the state. ... They’re like the Manheim Central of Double-A. They just reload. If you run out of shells, you just put more in the gun.”

Bradford (365 rushing yards per game), Grove City (352.4 per game) and Abington Heights (348 per game).

The question is, how do the Greyhounds get it done?

When answering this ques-tion, many fans and me-dia-types will point toward 5-foot-10, 210-pound senior fullback Todde ̀Statum, who already has churned out 883 yards on 107 carries (8.25 yards per carry) this sea-son, and has scored a video-game-like 14 touchdowns.

But when Statum is asked whom to credit for Ship-pensburg’s monstrous rush-ing numbers, he’ll point to the offensive line and his backfield mates, including halfbacks Kasaun Shaffer (41 carries, 340 yards) and Dereck Mills (16 carries, 229 yards).

“Honestly, (my numbers) are a surprise,” said Statum, who set Shippensburg’s sin-gle-season rushing record in 2009 with 1,733 yards on 270 carries, “because we just have so many weapons.”

Added Statum, “I’ve heard some of the older people in the area say this is the best team Shippensburg’s ever had ... Ship used to have trouble winning four games a year.”

Six blocks of graniteShippensburg’s offen-

sive line — including Chase Rhodes (LT), Matt Conner (LG), Cary Hess (C), Gar-rett Vandebrake (RG), Steve Charles (RT) and Zac Mc-Mullen (TE) — are big and strong in every sense of those two words.

The average weight of each of the linemen is just a shade under 250 pounds.

“Steve Charles helps out our average a lot,” Rhodes said with a laugh about his team-mate, who weighs in at 310 pounds.

All jokes aside, offensive linemen are rarely credited

with any statistics and are usually recognized only when they do something wrong, such as jumping offsides or blocking an opponent in the back.

But make no mistake: This offensive line takes a lot of pride in the numbers put up by Statum and the rest of the backfield.

“We’ll look in the newspa-per and see that Todde’ had this many yards or that many yards,” Rhodes said. “It’s a big deal for us.”

The linemen aren’t any big-ger than last year, but the dif-ference in the unit’s success can be traced to many things, according to Foust.

“They’re big guys, but they spent this offseason working on improving their condi-tioning,” Foust said. “We’ve changed our lifting program, especially the lifting styles. We’ve concentrated not on being the strongest, but be-ing the most athletic.”

Also, most of the offensive linemen play on just one side of the ball, making it easier for the group to wear down the opposing defense. That situation also gives the group higher-quality practice time against a defense that is, more or less, Shippensburg’s starting defense.

Finally, Statum adds that the cohesiveness of the group should be noted, saying, “We’ve been playing togeth-er since seventh grade. Our offensive line knows what to do. We usually don’t need to say much to each other, we just know what we’ve got to do.”

The sledgehammerWhen offensive lines have

lazy running backs, they sometimes tend to follow suit. Luckily for the Grey-hounds’ front six, they don’t. They have in their backfield a fullback who has grown from a wet-behind-the-ears sophomore to a senior leader. They see a guy who

works hard, day in and day out on the game field AND the practice field.

And that makes them want to work hard for him.

“Todde` is stronger and faster than before,” Rhodes said. “He’s taken speed classes ... he’s doing anything he can to be a more complete back. We like blocking for guys who will fight for the extra yards.”

While his on-field success is well noted, Statum said the biggest things he’s im-proved upon since his varsity beginnings are his leadership skills. Coach Foust agrees, and went a step further, saying Statum may be just as valuable on a Tuesday or Wednesday as he is on Fri-day.

“ O n T u e s d a y s a n d Wednesdays, he’s talking to his teammates and tell-ing them which way to go,” Foust said. “That’s when he impresses me the most, on installation days.”

What the future holdsThe Greyhounds, as a

team, have two goals. No. 1: Win the next game, which this week happens to be at West Perry (1-4) at 7 p.m. tonight. No. 2: Win enough games to host a playoff game for the first time in school history.

With Ship currently ranked No. 5 in District 3 Class AAA and facing an upcom-ing schedule of West Perry, Northern (2-3), Waynesboro (0-5), Greencastle-Antrim (5-0) and Gettysburg (3-2), it seems quite possible for the Greyhounds to secure a home playoff game, assuming they play the way they are capable of playing.

As for Statum’s future, well, the hard work can’t stop now.

“His options are endless,” Foust said. “Right now he needs to work hard, in the classroom and on the field, and see what options become available.”

Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 4-1 22. North Penn (1) 4-1 33. Wilson (3) 5-0 44. Ridley (1) 5-0 55. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 5-0 66. North Allegheny (7) 5-0 77. Central Dauphin (3) 5-0 88. North Hills (7) 5-0 99. Cumberland Valley (3) 4-1 1010. Council Rock South (1) 5-0 NRDropped out: Easton (11).

——Class AAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 5-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 5-0 23. Pottsgrove (1) 4-1 34. Abington Heights (2) 5-0 45. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 5-0 56. Thomas Jefferson (7) 4-1 67. Montour (7) 5-0 78. Dallas (2) 5-0 89. Ringgold (7) 5-0 NR10. Oil City (10) 5-0 NRDropped out: Susquehanna Twp. (3), Bishop McDevitt (3).

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Greensburg Central Catholic (7) 5-0 12. Aliquippa (7) 5-0 23. North Schuylkill (11) 5-0 34. Tyrone (6) 5-0 45. Lancaster Catholic (3) 5-0 66. Forest Hills (6) 5-0 77. Northern Lehigh (11) 5-0 88. Keystone Oaks (7) 5-0 99. Lewisburg (4) 5-0 1010. Danville (4) 5-0 NRDropped out: Wilmington (10).

——Class A

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 5-0 12. Southern Columbia (4) 4-1 23. Rochester (7) 5-0 34. Sharpsville (10) 5-0 45. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 5-0 56. Riverside (2) 5-0 67. Farrell (10) 5-0 78. Bethlehem-Center (7) 5-0 89. Sto-Rox (7) 4-1 910. Schuylkill Haven (11) 4-1 10Dropped out: none.


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Caps• Continued from D2

GroundBreakdown: Stroh won’t allow his team

to have a second-straight subpar perfor-mance. The Bulldogs’ veteran coach was seething after his team’s overtime loss to West Perry last week. That couldn’t have made for a fun week at practice. Luck-ily for Big Spring, a date with struggling Waynesboro should help with confidence — Indians have been blanked four times

this year and have scored a total of 10 points.

Prediction: Big Spring, 28-6._____

Mid-Penn Capital DivisionEast Pennsboro

(3-2 overall, 2-1 division) at Trinity (4-1, 4-0)

Site: COBO Field, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: East Penn — Todd Stuter

(11th year, 70-58); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 11-5).

Last year: Trinity, 41-26.Key players: East Penn — Kelvin White,

sr., QB; Kevin Stago, jr., RB-LB; Devin Bin-ner, sr., WR-DB; Joseph Stevens, sr., WR-LB; Bryce Wilson, sr., TE-DE; Brandon Robinson, jr., RB-DB. 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 Ri-

gney, sr., G-LB.Breakdown: What happened to East

Pennsboro? The Panthers fo l lowed a heartbreaking, last-second loss to Middletown with an ugly 42-0 clunker against visiting Lancaster Catholic. The Crusaders are good, but we didn’t think they’re that good. This stretch of games — Middletown, Lancaster Catholic and Trinity — was vital for the Panthers. Now, they need to salvage one win, and

getting it against Trinity won’t be easy. The Shamrocks have scored at least 49 points in three-straight games and haven’t allowed a team to score more than seven points since Week 1. For the record, that includes two shutouts. Trin-ity has the top-scoring offense and de-fense in the area.

Prediction: Trinity, 31-14.

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The Patriots, coming off their first win of the season, dominated all facets of the game against West Shore School District rival Cedar Cliff on Friday but came out on the short end of a 13-12 final.

East Pennsboro, after a fast 3-0, hasn’t been the same since it dominated Steelton-Highspire in Week 3.

The Panthers fell victim to a trick play against Middletown that resulted in a 36-33 loss in Week 4 and were crunched, 42-0, by Lancaster Catholic last week.

Neither team has an easy rebound tonight as Red Land hosts rival Mechanicsburg while East Pennsboro travels to COBO Field for a date with dangerous and division-fa-vorite Trinity.

On the other end of the spectrum is Carlisle, which sent tremors through the Mid-Penn landscape with a 28-27 overtime win against Susquehanna Twp. on Friday.

How the Herd shifts its attention to win-less State College might decide whether this program makes the District 3 Class AAAA playoffs for the first time since 2005 or sits at home in Week 11.

As Oswalt or Stroh will tell anyone, one guy’s lack of focus can derail not only a game but an entire season.

What’s really at stake?Tonight’s game at Landis Field in Harris-

burg is, on the surface, a huge matchup be-tween perennial powers Cumberland Valley and Central Dauphin.

Both teams come in unbeaten in Mid-Penn Commonwealth play, ranked in the top 10 of the Pennsylvania Football News rankings in Class AAAA and ranked in the top 10 of the latest District 3 Class AAAA power ratings.

It’s a big game, but in the grand scheme of things, the outcome doesn’t matter much.

For the reason why, look back at last year

when Central Dauphin rallied for a thrilling 38-35 win over visiting CV in Week 10. The only thing that victory did for the Rams, other than help them share the division with State College, was ensure that they’d be at home two weeks later when the teams met in the 3-AAAA quarterfinals.

CV won that game, 24-21, on its way to the district title.

So the winner might end up with a divi-sion crown and more than one home play-off game, but when November rolls around, what happened the night of Oct. 8 will be long forgotten.

Rare acquaintancesState College has been a member of the

Mid-Penn Conference for football only since the 2004 season.

During that time, the Little Lions have played Carlisle twice.

In 2006, State College posted a 56-0 win over visiting Carlisle before winning at Ken Millen Stadium, 28-7, the next season.

Buffalo wingsCarlisle is one of the area teams that relies

on a power running attack.The program has employed the Wing-T

since Brett Ickes took over in 2006. New coach Josh Oswalt, a graduate of Wing-T programs at Cumberland Valley and Shippensburg University, retained the run-first philosophy when he took over in April.

So it may come as a surprise that Carlisle has two players on the area leaderboard for aerial statistics.

Junior split end Keegan Love’s 191 receiv-ing yards are good for fourth in the area, and junior quarterback Cody Failor’s 475 pass-ing yards check in as fourth-best among

area quarterbacks.Failor has completed 36 of 75 passes (48

percent) with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Love has caught 13 of those passes.

Quick hits• West Perry snapped an eight-game los-

ing streak Friday with its 8-7 win over Big Spring in overtime.

• Susquenita has been outscored 219-47 in its four games since beating Newport in Week 1.

• Friday night’s 42-0 loss to Lancaster Catholic was the first time East Pennsboro failed to score a point since a 24-0 loss to Trinity on Oct. 3, 2008, a span of 20 games.

• Mechanicsburg hasn’t found the end zone in its last 10 quarters of action and has scored only five offensive touchdowns this year.

• Despite its winning record (3-2), Pal-myra finds itself behind three teams with losing records and in 21st place in the Dis-trict 3-AAA power ratings. The only other teams that have winning records and find themselves out of the playoff picture at the halfway mark are Exeter (3-2) and McCas-key (3-2) in Class AAAA.

• Altoona, a member of the Mid-Penn from 2004 to 2009, has been outscored 202-58 and sports an 0-5 record in its first year as a member of the WPIAL. Dating to last year, the Mountain Lions have lost 10 straight games.

• To close things out for the week, here’s an outstanding quote from East Pennsboro coach Todd Stuter, who said the following to Gordie Jones of Lancaster Newspapers after the Panthers’ 42-0 loss to Lancaster Catholic: “They’re a Double-A school with Quad-A players. This team can play with anybody in the state. ... They’re like the Manheim Central of Double-A. They just reload. If you run out of shells, you just put more in the gun.”

Bradford (365 rushing yards per game), Grove City (352.4 per game) and Abington Heights (348 per game).

The question is, how do the Greyhounds get it done?

When answering this ques-tion, many fans and me-dia-types will point toward 5-foot-10, 210-pound senior fullback Todde ̀Statum, who already has churned out 883 yards on 107 carries (8.25 yards per carry) this sea-son, and has scored a video-game-like 14 touchdowns.

But when Statum is asked whom to credit for Ship-pensburg’s monstrous rush-ing numbers, he’ll point to the offensive line and his backfield mates, including halfbacks Kasaun Shaffer (41 carries, 340 yards) and Dereck Mills (16 carries, 229 yards).

“Honestly, (my numbers) are a surprise,” said Statum, who set Shippensburg’s sin-gle-season rushing record in 2009 with 1,733 yards on 270 carries, “because we just have so many weapons.”

Added Statum, “I’ve heard some of the older people in the area say this is the best team Shippensburg’s ever had ... Ship used to have trouble winning four games a year.”

Six blocks of graniteShippensburg’s offen-

sive line — including Chase Rhodes (LT), Matt Conner (LG), Cary Hess (C), Gar-rett Vandebrake (RG), Steve Charles (RT) and Zac Mc-Mullen (TE) — are big and strong in every sense of those two words.

The average weight of each of the linemen is just a shade under 250 pounds.

“Steve Charles helps out our average a lot,” Rhodes said with a laugh about his team-mate, who weighs in at 310 pounds.

All jokes aside, offensive linemen are rarely credited

with any statistics and are usually recognized only when they do something wrong, such as jumping offsides or blocking an opponent in the back.

But make no mistake: This offensive line takes a lot of pride in the numbers put up by Statum and the rest of the backfield.

“We’ll look in the newspa-per and see that Todde’ had this many yards or that many yards,” Rhodes said. “It’s a big deal for us.”

The linemen aren’t any big-ger than last year, but the dif-ference in the unit’s success can be traced to many things, according to Foust.

“They’re big guys, but they spent this offseason working on improving their condi-tioning,” Foust said. “We’ve changed our lifting program, especially the lifting styles. We’ve concentrated not on being the strongest, but be-ing the most athletic.”

Also, most of the offensive linemen play on just one side of the ball, making it easier for the group to wear down the opposing defense. That situation also gives the group higher-quality practice time against a defense that is, more or less, Shippensburg’s starting defense.

Finally, Statum adds that the cohesiveness of the group should be noted, saying, “We’ve been playing togeth-er since seventh grade. Our offensive line knows what to do. We usually don’t need to say much to each other, we just know what we’ve got to do.”

The sledgehammerWhen offensive lines have

lazy running backs, they sometimes tend to follow suit. Luckily for the Grey-hounds’ front six, they don’t. They have in their backfield a fullback who has grown from a wet-behind-the-ears sophomore to a senior leader. They see a guy who

works hard, day in and day out on the game field AND the practice field.

And that makes them want to work hard for him.

“Todde` is stronger and faster than before,” Rhodes said. “He’s taken speed classes ... he’s doing anything he can to be a more complete back. We like blocking for guys who will fight for the extra yards.”

While his on-field success is well noted, Statum said the biggest things he’s im-proved upon since his varsity beginnings are his leadership skills. Coach Foust agrees, and went a step further, saying Statum may be just as valuable on a Tuesday or Wednesday as he is on Fri-day.

“ O n T u e s d a y s a n d Wednesdays, he’s talking to his teammates and tell-ing them which way to go,” Foust said. “That’s when he impresses me the most, on installation days.”

What the future holdsThe Greyhounds, as a

team, have two goals. No. 1: Win the next game, which this week happens to be at West Perry (1-4) at 7 p.m. tonight. No. 2: Win enough games to host a playoff game for the first time in school history.

With Ship currently ranked No. 5 in District 3 Class AAA and facing an upcom-ing schedule of West Perry, Northern (2-3), Waynesboro (0-5), Greencastle-Antrim (5-0) and Gettysburg (3-2), it seems quite possible for the Greyhounds to secure a home playoff game, assuming they play the way they are capable of playing.

As for Statum’s future, well, the hard work can’t stop now.

“His options are endless,” Foust said. “Right now he needs to work hard, in the classroom and on the field, and see what options become available.”

Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 4-1 22. North Penn (1) 4-1 33. Wilson (3) 5-0 44. Ridley (1) 5-0 55. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 5-0 66. North Allegheny (7) 5-0 77. Central Dauphin (3) 5-0 88. North Hills (7) 5-0 99. Cumberland Valley (3) 4-1 1010. Council Rock South (1) 5-0 NRDropped out: Easton (11).

——Class AAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 5-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 5-0 23. Pottsgrove (1) 4-1 34. Abington Heights (2) 5-0 45. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 5-0 56. Thomas Jefferson (7) 4-1 67. Montour (7) 5-0 78. Dallas (2) 5-0 89. Ringgold (7) 5-0 NR10. Oil City (10) 5-0 NRDropped out: Susquehanna Twp. (3), Bishop McDevitt (3).

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Greensburg Central Catholic (7) 5-0 12. Aliquippa (7) 5-0 23. North Schuylkill (11) 5-0 34. Tyrone (6) 5-0 45. Lancaster Catholic (3) 5-0 66. Forest Hills (6) 5-0 77. Northern Lehigh (11) 5-0 88. Keystone Oaks (7) 5-0 99. Lewisburg (4) 5-0 1010. Danville (4) 5-0 NRDropped out: Wilmington (10).

——Class A

Team (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 5-0 12. Southern Columbia (4) 4-1 23. Rochester (7) 5-0 34. Sharpsville (10) 5-0 45. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 5-0 56. Riverside (2) 5-0 67. Farrell (10) 5-0 78. Bethlehem-Center (7) 5-0 89. Sto-Rox (7) 4-1 910. Schuylkill Haven (11) 4-1 10Dropped out: none.


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Caps• Continued from D2

GroundBreakdown: Stroh won’t allow his team

to have a second-straight subpar perfor-mance. The Bulldogs’ veteran coach was seething after his team’s overtime loss to West Perry last week. That couldn’t have made for a fun week at practice. Luck-ily for Big Spring, a date with struggling Waynesboro should help with confidence — Indians have been blanked four times

this year and have scored a total of 10 points.

Prediction: Big Spring, 28-6._____

Mid-Penn Capital DivisionEast Pennsboro

(3-2 overall, 2-1 division) at Trinity (4-1, 4-0)

Site: COBO Field, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: East Penn — Todd Stuter

(11th year, 70-58); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 11-5).

Last year: Trinity, 41-26.Key players: East Penn — Kelvin White,

sr., QB; Kevin Stago, jr., RB-LB; Devin Bin-ner, sr., WR-DB; Joseph Stevens, sr., WR-LB; Bryce Wilson, sr., TE-DE; Brandon Robinson, jr., RB-DB. 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 Ri-

gney, sr., G-LB.Breakdown: What happened to East

Pennsboro? The Panthers fo l lowed a heartbreaking, last-second loss to Middletown with an ugly 42-0 clunker against visiting Lancaster Catholic. The Crusaders are good, but we didn’t think they’re that good. This stretch of games — Middletown, Lancaster Catholic and Trinity — was vital for the Panthers. Now, they need to salvage one win, and

getting it against Trinity won’t be easy. The Shamrocks have scored at least 49 points in three-straight games and haven’t allowed a team to score more than seven points since Week 1. For the record, that includes two shutouts. Trin-ity has the top-scoring offense and de-fense in the area.

Prediction: Trinity, 31-14.

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When Tyrik Clary arrived at Shippensburg University, the Red Raiders’ 4-3 defense was a totally new concept to the Philadelphia native.

Any defense, for that matter, would have been a new concept.

At Northeast High School, Clary didn’t have to learn a defense. His pure athleticism helped him earn All-Public League First Team and All-City Third Team honors as a middle linebacker/standing de-fensive end/outside linebacker.

He was pretty much whatever struck him at the moment.

“In high school, it was more so, the coach sticks you on the field and says, ‘Go have fun. Play foot-ball.’ That’s what I did.”

Needless to say, Shippensburg was a big adjustment for Clary. He had to learn a defensive scheme for the first time while proving to the coaching staff that he had what it takes to see regular playing time.

“(At Shippensburg), you have to learn,” Clary said. “It’s more than just running around, hitting peo-ple. I thank (Ship U. linebackers

coach Mike) Burket for teaching me there’s more to football, and how to be a linebacker.”

These days, Clary has one of the more intuitive defensive minds on the team.

After beginning the season as a backup, Clary’s ability at middle and strongside linebacker pro-pelled him into a starting job heading into the Week 4 contest against C.W. Post.

“(Clary) was in the rotation of guys to play, but his play has de-manded more time,” head coach Rocky Rees said. “He’s a middle-Sam kid. We try to double-teach our kids. He can play two spots, really.”

The redshirt sophomore’s most brilliant game came last weekend at Kutztown, a program that ac-tively recruited him out of high school.

After watching game tape of the Golden Bears, Clary and his coach-es noticed a flaw in Kutztown’s blocking scheme. Smaller blockers on the outside — running backs and tight ends — tended to go low to trip up pass rushers rather than stand and attempt a block.

Clary’s solution? Hurdle right over the blocker and go for the kill.

“We saw on film, the coaches pointed out that they don’t usu-ally try to block, the smaller guys,” Clary said. “They’re going to go for your legs. After seeing it on film, I haven’t seen them stay up one time. So I was like, I’m going to try to go overtop of them.

“I was in the right place at the right time a lot of times. The coaches put me there, made the calls. The D-line definitely flushed the quarterback out of the pocket, so that helped me get the sacks

that I got.”Shippensburg suffered a devas-

tating, come-from-behind loss, 33-24, but Clary turned in a fan-tastic defensive performance, re-cording three sacks, seven tackles, two blocked kicks and an intercep-tion. The latter came on the Gold-en Bears’ first possession of the game, when Kutztown quarter-back Kevin Morton’s pass attempt on a flea flicker was immediately sniffed out by Clary and returned 50 yards.

“(Clary) had a great game last week,” Rees said. “It’s a shame we didn’t win so that he could enjoy it. But he came up with intercep-tions, fumbles, caused fumbles, pressures. He did a great job. He’s really playing himself into being a real dominant player.”

Kutztown certainly got a taste last weekend of what it had missed out on. Clary made an official visit to the Golden Bears’ facilities dur-ing his recruitment process, but an aggressive campaign by Ship-pensburg to bring him into the Red Raiders’ program sealed the deal.

“Shippensburg cornered me real fast,” Clary said. “‘If you make this deal, you’ve got this. We make the offer, and you get this.’ I figured I have to take this.

“It’s thanks to (former Ship U. offensive lineman) Dave Fremont. I gave all the credit to him. He re-

ally showed me a great time while I was up here. ... They showed me a lot I didn’t see in high school.”

In going from Northeast High to Shippensburg University, Clary is following in the footsteps of an-other well-known Northeast grad.

Brent Grimes, who played for the Red Raiders from 2002 to ‘05, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 and, after stints in NFL Eu-ropa and on the Falcons’ practice squad, has finally earned a start-ing cornerback job with the NFL franchise.

Clary wasn’t attending North-east High when Grimes was there, but after Clary committed to Ship U., Northeast head coach Mel Hinton told the rising star all about Grimes’ journey to the NFL.

And, even though he still has two-and-a-half seasons left at Ship, Clary can’t help but dream of taking that same path to the NFL someday.

“As soon as I committed to Ship-pensburg, (Hinton) started talk-ing about Brent Grimes and how he did the same thing I did,” Clary said. “How he came through that program, and he let me know he went to the next level. And he did it here, that it was possible.

“(Grimes) was great here, though. He did it all four years. Hopefully, I can do the same.”

a look at this week’s high school football matchups:mid-Penn Commonwealth Division

Carlisle (3-2 overall, 0-1 division) at state College (0-5, 0-2)

site: memorial Field, State collegeTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Carlisle — Josh oswalt (1st year, 3-2); state

College — al Wolski (16th year, 123-53).Last year: DnpKey players: Carlisle — cody Failor, jr., Qb; Jordan

Woodall, sr., Fb-ilb; hunter Robb, jr., Fb-lb; chris Wuest-ner, jr., WR-Db; keegan love, jr., Se-Db; Shon nyero, jr., Rb-lb; lee townsend, sr., te-De. state College — Josh Weakland, soph., Qb-Db; Shane Dorner, sr., Rb; Saige Jenco, jr., WR-Db; Garrett nicholson, sr., WR-k; mark Younkins, jr., De; Dan taylor, sr., S.

Breakdown: carlisle nabbed a major victory last week when it shocked Susquehanna twp. in overtime. the in-dians, who were coming off an emotional win at bishop mcDevitt, proved just how hard it is to be mentally ready for the next game following a win of that magnitude. throw in the fact that carlisle is battling a few injuries and State high is chomping at the bit to end a six-game losing streak, and what you have is a rough spot for the herd. little lions aren’t as bad as that record indicates.

Prediction: State college, 31-21._____

mid-Penn Keystone Divisionmechanicsburg (1-4 overall, 0-1 division)

at Red Land (1-4, 1-1)site: West Shore Stadium, camp hillTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: mechanicsburg — chris hakel (3rd year, 19-

10); Red Land — Frank Gay (8th year, 44-39).Last year: mechanicsburg, 12-7.Key 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. Red Land — kyle biddle, soph., Qb-Db; nick Diller, sr., Rb-Db; Ricky kraynak, jr., Rb-lb; Spencer Gay, sr., WR; Jeff Scaramuzzi-no, sr., te-lb; tyler hubbard, sr., lt.

Breakdown: Red land is slowly starting to turn the corner. the patriots followed their win over lower Dau-phin with a near miss against rival cedar cliff. biddle has taken over the offense, and it’s finally starting to produce. the same can’t be said for mechanicsburg, which hasn’t scored a touchdown in its last two games. the Wildcats will be hard-pressed to find something that will work against the rugged patriots.

Prediction: Red land, 24-10._____

Cedar Cliff (4-1 overall, 2-0 division) at Bishop mcDevitt (3-2, 1-1)

site: mcDevitt Field, harrisburgTime: Saturday, 10:30 a.m.Coaches: Cedar Cliff — Jim cantafio (27 years over-

all, 3rd at cedar cliff, 15-11); Bishop mcDevitt — Jeff Weachter (12th year, 103-41)

Last year: bishop mcDevitt, 49-7.Key players: Cedar Cliff — tim kelly, sr., Qb-Db-k;

tyler orris, jr., Qb-Db; Josh lebo, sr., te-De; adam brene-man, soph, WR-Db; Ryan Smith, sr., WR-Db; matt Sow-ers, jr., 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: high school games that stretch past the

three-hour mark are rare, but if this one doesn’t, it can be considered a surprise. both teams will come out throwing, with reliable quarterbacks and downfield threats. the dif-ference will come down to which team can establish the run. mcDevitt has the edge in that category with poteat, but don’t forget about kelly’s team-leading 321 rushing yards. the colts can hang with mcDevitt, but we’re a little concerned about their response after the loss to lam-peter-Strasburg. cedar cliff needed late scores to beat hershey and Red land. if it falls behind on market Street, catching up will be hard to do.

Prediction: bishop mcDevitt, 35-21._____

mid-Penn Colonial DivisionJames Buchanan

(1-4 overall, 0-2 division) at Northern (2-3, 1-1)

site: bostic Field, DillsburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: James Buchanan — Dr. mark Yurek (3rd

year, 2-22); Northern — Rick mauck (12th year, 95-30).Last year: DnpKey players: James Buchanan — coy Quivers, jr., Qb-

S; tyler thomas, jr., Rb; Robert lee, sr., WR-cb; clinton

Smith, sr., ol-Dl. Northern — alex Dale, jr., Qb-Db; matt Richmond, sr., Rb-Db; kevin lytle, jr., Rb-lb; andrew keirn, sr., WR-FS; travis Saylor, soph., WR-Db; Dominic Salomone, jr., Rb-lb.

Breakdown: last week was a test for the polar bears, and they failed. a win over Gettysburg was of vital im-portance for the playoff push. after the 20-point loss, northern will be fighting the rest of the season to crack the top 16. it appears mauck has settled on Dale as his quarterback, but maybe more important is the fact that Richmond, with three-straight 100-yard rushing games, is coming into his own. the Rockets, on the heels of a 55-6 loss to Shippensburg, are reeling.

Prediction: northern, 49-0._____

shippensburg (4-1 overall, 1-1 division) at West Perry (1-4, 1-1)

site: West perry athletic Field, elliottsburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: shippensburg — eric Foust (9th year, 36-

51); West Perry — al Ream (13th year, 67-61).Last year: Shippensburg, 42-10.Key players: 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. 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.

Breakdown: there’s one key stat to keep in mind regarding this contest: West perry struggled to stop big Spring’s power running game Friday night when the bulldogs pounded out 232 yards and reached the red zone three times. problem was, big Spring failed to score. We’re betting that West perry’s defense won’t be able to give up that many yards and keep another team off the scoreboard. the mustangs had a hard time stopping big Spring fullback colby Whit-ten, and they’ll have a more difficult time putting the brakes on Statum.

Prediction: Shippensburg, 34-12._____

Waynesboro (0-5 overall, 0-2 division) at Big spring (3-2, 1-1)

site: big Spring high School Stadium, newvilleTime: tonight, 7:30 p.m.Coaches: Waynesboro — Scott Shacreaw (1st year, 0-

5); Big spring — brent Stroh (4th year, 8-27).Last year: DnpKey players: Waynesboro — matt Wade, jr., Qb; karl

culbreath, sr., tb; levi besecker, sr., G-lb; andrew pa-terno, soph., c-nt. Big spring — barry Deitch, sr., Qb-lb; Josh bloser, sr., te-De; austin coyle, sr., tb; matt Gibson, sr., WR-olb; colby Whitten, sr., Rb-lb.

We e k 6 : High school preview capsules

• See Caps, D6

mid-Penn Commonwealth DivisionCumberland Valley (4-1 overall, 2-0

division) at Central Dauphin (5-0, 1-0)site: landis Field, harrisburgTime: tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — tim Rimpfel

(22nd year, 280-92-3); Central Dauphin — Glen mcnamee (5th year, 38-14).

Last year: central Dauphin, 38-35, in regular season; cumberland Valley, 24-21, in District 3-aaaa quarterfinals.

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. Central Dauphin — brandon laVia, soph., Qb; Zayd issah, soph., Rb; Jon Schnaars, sr., WR; brian morris, sr., Fb-te; artie Rowell, sr., ol-Dt; Jeremy Seaman, sr., ol.

Breakdown: landis Field is starting to feel like a second home for cV. this game marks the third-straight time the eagles are heading across the river to play the rival Rams on their home turf. last season, the teams split at landis Field. this time around, cV is more experienced, but central Dau-phin has the edge in terms of line play, and in high school football, that’s a huge advantage. Still, cV is more explosive, and in a series that hasn’t seen a game decided by more than seven points since 2006, it might take a big play late to determine the winner between these two state-ranked teams.

Prediction: cumberland Valley, 30-24.

In the spotlight

Sentinel file photo

Cumberland Valley and Rutgers recruit Kevin Snyder have their eyes on an-other big win over Central Dauphin at Landis Field.

Local college preview capsules

Keeping defensive schemes in mindRedshirt sophomore tyrik clary plays a key ■

role in Su’s defense from his linebacker spot

Tyrik Clary

Dickinson Red Devils (1-3, 1-2 Centennial) at Johns hopkins Blue Jays (2-2, 2-1 Centennial)

homewood Field, Tonight, oct. 8, 7 p.m.head coaches: D — Darwin breaux (111-67-1 all-time, 111-67-1 at

Dickinson); Jh — Jim margraff (131-77-3 all-time, 131-77-3 at Johns hopkins).

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 (quarterbacks); Steve Reider (wide receiv-ers); Scott Shank (running backs); Jh — Dan Swanstrom (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks); Frank colaprete (defensive coordinator); Greg chimera (tight ends/running backs); Jonathan churchill (line-backers/special teams); Gordy combs (strong safeties); mark Green (defensive line); mark nastase (defensive backs); nick Schloeder (of-fensive line); mike toerper (wide receivers).

CC offensive rankings (average): sCoRING — D 6 (27.7); Jh 2 (32.3). ToTAL yDs — D 5 (346.3); Jh 1 (402.7). RUshING — D 5 (115.0); Jh 2 (151.3). PAssING — D 3 (231.3); Jh 1 (251.3).

CC defensive rankings (average): sCoRING — D 8 (25.0); Jh 4 (18.0). ToTAL yDs — D 8 (334.3); Jh 4 (289.0). RUshING — D 5 (108.0); Jh 7 (113.0). PAssING — D 9 (226.3); Jh 4 (176.0).

other CC rankings (total): TURNoVER mARGIN — D 6 (-1); Jh t-1 (+3). PENALTIEs — D 1 (15); Jh 5 (17). 3rd DoWN CoNV. % — D 3 (47.7); Jh 1 (54.7). FIRsT DoWNs — D 8 (56); Jh 4 (68).

offensive leaders: RUshING: D — tim Smith (5-10, 215, Sr. Rb, 39-171, 1 tD); Jh — Jonathan Rigaud (5-8, 165, So. Rb, 56-224, 2 tDs). PAssING: D — Ricky martz (6-0, 175, Jr. Qb, 67-105-4, 769 yds, 6 tDs); Jh — hewitt tomlin (6-2, 190, Jr. Qb, 85-145-9, 1,111 yds, 7 tDs). RECEIVING: D — craig helfer (5-10, 195, Sr. WR, 22-342, 4 tDs); Jh — Sam Wernick (5-10, 185, Jr. WR, 29-420, 5 tDs).

Defensive leaders: TACKLEs: D — andrew Fink (5-9, 185, Jr. Db,

31), Jack connolly (Sr. lb, 30), Scott Sullivan (5-11, 175, Jr. Db, 30); Jh — Ryan piatek (6-1, 215, Jr. lb, 39); tyler brown (5-9, 191, Jr. lb, 29); kale Sweeney (6-1, 225, Jr. SS, 25). sACKs: D — adam Farrell (6-3, 225, Sr. Dl, 2), pete hamill (5-8, 190, Sr. lb, 2), conolly (2); Jh — pi-atek (5); brown (3.5); Sweeney (2.5). INTERCEPTIoNs: D — Sullivan (1); Jh — Sam eagleson (6-0, 195, Jr. Db, 3); piatek (2); mike milano (5-9, 180, Jr. Db, 2).

Notes: Johns hopkins runs a 3-4 defensive formation that can vary from a 4-4 to a 3-5, depending on where the Rover position plays ... the blue Jays were ranked no. 12 in the lindy’s Sports Division iii top 25 preseason poll this year ... Johns hopkins’ two losses have come by a combined total of seven points: a 41-37 loss at Randolph-macon in the season opener and a 30-27 loss vs. muhlenberg last weekend ... Dickinson has scored at least 24 points in three of its four games this season.

— From staff reports

Shippensburg University


By Jeff RiceMcclatchy-tribune

From 2004 to 2009, Penn State’s line-backers represented the backbone of the defense.

The 2010 group is just trying to keep its bones in one piece.

Injuries and inexperience have turned one of the Big Ten’s annually dominant units into a group that has, through five games, yet to deliver a dominant performance for what, through five games, has been an av-erage defense.

In Penn State’s three wins, linebackers have made a total of 88 tackles, defensive backs a total of 59. In losses to Alabama and Iowa, the defensive backs out-tackled the linebackers 55 to 43, a tell-tale sign of too many tackles being made down the field.

Through the five games of 2010, the Nit-tany Lions have 31 tackles for loss (a com-bined 12 in the Alabama and Iowa games). Through the first five games of 2009 — even with Sean Lee and Navorro Bowman missing time — they had 43 tackles for loss.

Perhaps the standard has been set too high, but the current Penn State lineback-ing corps hasn’t yet reached it.

“I think the linebackers have played good football. Not great football,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “Yet, there’s a lot of things that they’re a little bit hesitant about, because of some of the things we’ve seen. But I think we’re doing okay. And I think we’re getting better.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement from a coach who rarely offers ringing endorse-ments, but the Nittany Lions’ starting

strong-side linebacker didn’t argue.“I’d agree with that statement,” Michael

Mauti said Wednesday. “We’re replacing three guys who are in the NFL (Lee, Bow-man and Josh Hull) right now. At the same time I think we have enough talent, it’s a matter of getting experience, guys making plays at the right time.”

By TRavis L. Pickensassistant sports [email protected]

Shippensburg was able to do it last week; now it’s time to see if a few other area teams are up to the challenge.

The mental aspect of high school football is a huge compo-nent of every game, every prac-tice and every play. Carlisle coach Josh Oswalt is fond of saying that it only takes one guy to screw up a play, which is true.

And it’s also true that when a bunch of guys aren’t on the same page, the result can be disastrous.

Shippensburg faced that dilem-ma last week following its 20-19 loss to rival Big Spring. Had the Greyhounds not given James Bu-chanan their complete attention, the outcome might not have been an easy 55-6 win.

Big Spring coach Brent Stroh admitted that his team lacked its usual focus in the week after the

monumental win.“We talked about it all week. We

needed to be ready to play foot-ball, and there was no indication at practice that we weren’t,” Stroh said following his team’s surprise 8-7 overtime loss at West Perry. “They weren’t the best practices that we ever had, but they weren’t the worst, either.

“It’s a life situation, and that life situation is you need to pre-pare every week for your oppo-nent. You need to respect your opponent, and if you don’t, that’s what’s going to happen.”

Big Spring, obviously, is one of the teams that needs to pull a Shippensburg and come out swinging this week at home against Waynesboro.

In that same category are Red Land and East Pennsboro.

Penn sTaTe

Still a work in progressIllinois (2-2) at Penn State (3-2)

Saturday, noon on ESPN2

Week 6

PSU’s linebacker unit hasn’t peaked yet

• See Linebackers, D11

The focus factor in high school footballbig spring, red ■

land, east penn all face similar challenges this week.

• See Notebook, D6

Mid-Penn GlanceMid-Penn Conference Football

All games begin at 7 p.m. unless notedStandings

CommonwealthTeam Division OverallCumberland Valley 2-0 4-1Harrisburg 2-0 4-1Central Dauphin 1-0 5-0Central Dauphin East 1-1 2-3Carlisle 0-1 3-2Chambersburg 0-2 1-4State College 0-2 0-5

——Keystone

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

——Colonial

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

——Capital

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

———WEEK 6

Friday, Oct. 8

CommonwealthCarlisle at State CollegeCumberland Valley at Central Dauphin

KeystoneLower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp.Mechanicsburg at Red Land

ColonialGettysburg at Greencastle-AntrimJames Buchanan at NorthernShippensburg at West PerryWaynesboro at Big Spring, 7:30

CapitalEast Pennsboro at TrinitySteelton-Highspire at Milton HersheySusquenita at Boiling SpringsMiddletown at Palmyra, 7:30

Non-conferenceELCO at Camp Hill

Saturday, Oct. 9Commonwealth

Chambersburg at Harrisburg, 1Keystone

Cedar Cliff at Bishop McDevitt, 10:30 a.m.Non-division

Central Dauphin East at Hershey, 1———

District 3 Power RatingClass AAAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Dallastown 5-0 .8732. Central Dauphin 5-0 .8613. Wilson 5-0 .8504. Daniel Boone 5-0 .8435. Red Lion 4-1 .8086. Governor Mifflin 4-1 .8027. Harrisburg 4-1 .7928. Cumberland Valley 4-1 .7769. Cedar Cliff 4-1 .74110. William Penn 3-2 .70611. Manheim Twp. 3-2 .69912. Central York 3-2 .68513. Warwick 3-2 .68514. South Western 3-2 .67615. Spring Grove 3-2 .67316. Carlisle 3-2 .663

——Class AAA

(top 16 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Lampeter-Strasburg 5-0 .8442. Greencastle-Antrim 5-0 .8143. Conrad Weiser 4-1 .7414. Hershey 4-1 .7295. Shippensburg 4-1 .6946. Bishop McDevitt 3-2 .6917. West York 3-2 .6858. Central Catholic 4-1 .6629. Susquehanna Twp. 3-2 .65710. Manheim Central 3-2 .63911. Gettysburg 3-2 .61812. Dover 3-2 .60313. Lebanon 3-2 .58414. Big Spring 3-2 .56815. East Pennsboro 3-2 .55316. Milton Hershey 3-2 .54522. Northern 2-3 .47426. Red Land 1-4 .39729. Mechanicsburg 1-4 .38631. West Perry 1-4 .354

——Class AA

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Littlestown 5-0 .8222. Lancaster Catholic 5-0 .8053. Wyomissing 4-1 .6974. Delone Catholic 4-1 .6805. Boiling Springs 4-1 .6756. Trinity 4-1 .6737. Bermudian Springs 4-1 .6688. Annville-Cleona 3-2 .55214. Susquenita 1-4 .278

——Class A

(top 8 qualify for playoffs)Team Record Rating1. Holy Name 4-1 .7062. Steelton-Highspire 3-2 .5573. York Catholic 3-2 .5214. Millersburg 3-2 .4925. Halifax 3-2 .4666. Columbia 2-3 .4617. Upper Dauphin 1-4 .2298. Fairfield 0-4 .1569. Camp Hill 0-5 .153

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Hunter Robb, a junior fullback, leads Carlisle into its game at State College tonight. The Herd is coming off a big win over Susquehanna Twp. and needs to stay focused on the winless Little Lions.

High School Football Notebook

Penn State line-backers Michael Mauti (42) and Nate Stupar, right, tackle Temple QB Chester Stewart (7) after a short run Sept. 25 in State College.

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“i think the linebackers have

played good football. not

great football. yet, there’s a lot of

things that they’re a little bit hesitant about, because of some of the things

we’ve seen..”

Joe PaTeRno


Sentinel PickSWeek6

Guest Picker:Ted Spinelli,

former Trinity QB

Carlisle at State College

Travis L. PickensLast week:

8-6Season:44-26

Tom Ash

Last week:10-4

Season:46-24

Ron Rogers

Last week:10-4

Season:48-22

Guest Picker

Last week:7-7

Season:36-34

Andy Sandrik

Last week:10-4

Season:41-29

State College State College State College State College Carlisle

CV atCentral Dauphin

Mechanicsburgat Red Land

James Buchananat Northern

Shippensburgat West Perry

Waynesboroat Big Spring

East Pennsboroat Trinity

Susquenita atBoiling Springs

ELCO atCamp Hill

Cedar Cliff atB. McDevitt

Dickinson atJohns Hopkins

Illinoisat Penn State

LSU atFlorida

Arkansas atTexas A&M

CentralDauphin

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

Johns Hopkins

Illinois

LSU

Arkansas

CentralDauphin

Mechanicsburg

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

Johns Hopkins

Penn State

Florida

Arkansas

CumberlandValley

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

Florida

Arkansas

CumberlandValley

CumberlandValley

Red Land

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

Camp Hill

Cedar Cliff

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

LSU

Arkansas

Mechanicsburg

Northern

Shippensburg

Big Spring

Trinity

BoilingSprings

ELCO

BishopMcDevitt

JohnsHopkins

Penn State

LSU

Arkansas

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Leaderboard

www.cumberlink.com

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

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 107 883 8.22. Colby Whitten (BiS) 93 593 6.33. Adam Geiger (T) 38 420 11.03. Kevin Stago (EP) 83 420 5.05. Matt Richmond (NoY) 62 416 6.76. Kevin Snyder (CV) 54 409 7.57. Ryan Miller (BoS) 65 372 5.78. Dan Flynn (CV) 50 355 7.09. Kelvin White (EP) 70 351 5.09. Jordan Woodall (C) 39 351 9.0

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Rec. Yards1. Chris Lenz (T) 14 3052. Adam Breneman (CC) 28 3033. Ryan Herr (CH) 14 2064. Keegan Love (C) 13 1915. Ryan Smith (CC) 18 186

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Rec. Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 28 3032. Ryan Smith (CC) 18 1863. Tyler Botchie (M) 15 1753. Joseph Stevens (EP) 15 1635. Ryan Herr (CH) 14 2065. Chris Lenz (T) 14 305

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. Patrick Dill (T) 36 73 857 10 32. James Rusenko (M) 60 132 724 5 73. Kelvin White (EP) 55 88 692 9 54. Cody Failor (C) 36 75 475 3 35. Alex Dale (NoY) 27 67 432 3 4

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 14 862. David Cook (BoS) 9 563. Kevin Snyder (CV) 8 504. Chris Lenz (T) 7 424. Kevin Stago (EP) 7 424. Colby Whitten (BiS) 7 42

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Lance Geesey (CV) 4 23-24 352. Alex Cramer (T) 1 24-28 273. Sam Dell (BoS) 1 16-17 194. Taylor Walls (EP) 0 17-19 175. Zach Myers (Ship) 0 16-21 16

——OFFENSE

Team Points Avg.1. Trinity 210 42.02. Cumberland Valley 190 38.03. Shippensburg 183 36.64. East Pennsboro 165 33.05. Boiling Springs 131 26.2

——DEFENSE

Team Points Avg.1. Trinity 49 9.82. Shippensburg 55 11.03. Cumberland Valley 81 16.24. Red Land 82 16.45. Big Spring 85 17.05. Cedar Cliff 85 17.0

Lions hope Szczerba returns soon

Week 6 : College football picksUnderdog USC finds itself in unfamiliar role. ■

By Jeff RiceMCClatChy NewSpaperS

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Nit-tany Lions got pretty young at tight end when freshman Kevin Haplea entered the game to replace injured starter Garry Gilliam in the second quarter last Saturday at Iowa.

They weren’t exactly burgeoning with experience at the position be-fore that, though.

That’s mainly because the most experienced tight end on Penn State’s roster heading into the season — redshirt junior Andrew Szczerba — hasn’t played all year due to a lin-gering back injury.

Szczerba might be getting close to a return, though. He returned to prac-tice this week for the first time this season and was, as wide receiver Jus-tin Brown put it, “starting to pad up.” He hasn’t yet returned to full contact drills, but it was encouraging progress for the Nittany Lions nonetheless.

“It’s the first time we’ve been able to get him where he at least can jog,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “But he won’t be ready this week.”

Gilliam, a redshirt freshman, caught just one pass in the first five games. He will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruci-ate Ligament in his right knee.

That means Haplea, who made his first catch (a 23-yarder) against Iowa, will hold down the position until Szczerba is able to return. Penn State’s other backups at the position are Jonathan Stewart and Mark Wed-

derburn.“(Haplea) has just not had the

kind of experience that nowadays you want with the tight end,” Pa-terno said. “The tight end used to be a blocker, now it’s such an integral part of your passing game that he’s got a lot to learn. It’s unfortunate that we’ve got to stick him in there right away, but I think he’ll do OK.”

There was other encouraging news along the injury front for Penn State this week. Linebacker Gerald Hodg-es, who has been out since suffering a leg injury against Alabama, has been doing some light running in practice and could be ready, said Paterno, “in a week or two.”

Defensive tackle Jordan Hill left the Iowa game with a sprained ankle, but Paterno hopes that he will be ready for Saturday’s game against Illinois.

Wide receiver Curtis Drake, who

broke a bone in his left leg in early August, “is close” to a return, said Paterno, but won’t be ready for Sat-urday.

The coach added that Penn State linebackers Chris Colasanti and Bani Gbadyu have been playing through minor shoulder and ankle problems, respectively.

A new look?Paterno said he has thought about

using backup quarterback Kevin Newsome as a “change of pace” threat but has been leery both be-cause of Newsome’s development and of the potential effects it might have on starter Rob Bolden.

“I think there is a place for him, and maybe we have to use him a little bit more,” Paterno said. “I don’t know. You hate to do that with a young quarterback. You hate to take Bolden out. ... I’ve decided we’ll just play that

by ear for a while.”Vague clarifications

After Saturday’s game, Paterno said that cornerback Derrick Thomas and defensive end Sean Stanley, who did not make the trip to Iowa, were left home for academic reasons, then added that he wasn’t allowed to say anything else.

He offered more of the same this week.

“We were told that we’re break-ing the law if we talk about it,” Pa-terno said. “If any kid is in any way not allowed to play for one reason or another, we have a long letter from the university administration not to discuss it.”

Paterno then said that defensive tackle Brandon Ware, who also did not make the trip, was in “the same boat, except I can say that Ware has some academic problems.”

Nittany Lion Notebook

paterno says it may ■

be time for Newsome to see more action.

If there was still any doubt the days of Southern California dominating the pac-10 are over — at least for the near future — there’s proof positive this week.

USC is a 9½-point underdog at Stan-ford on Saturday.

It’s just the third time since 2004 that USC has been an underdog, according to the odds maker rJ Bell of pregame.com. the last time was when USC played at Oregon in 2007. the trojans were three-point underdogs to the Ducks that day and lost 24-17 in quarterback Mark San-chez’s third career start. he was replac-ing an injured John David Booty.

what’s your deal, trojans?that’s not just the question this year, it

was last year’s, too. after Stanford coach Jim harbaugh went for a 2-point conver-sion with the outcome decided last year, coach pete Carroll asked his counter-part, “what’s your deal?” during a chilly postgame meeting at midfield. harbaugh responded, “what’s yOUr deal?”

Clearly, no Christmas cards were swapped between the Carroll and har-baugh families.

the picks:———

THURSDAyNo. 7 Nebraska (minus 12) at

Kansas StateDaniel thomas can become a legit

heisman contender with big game in K-State victory ... NeBraSKa 31-14.

fRiDAyNo. 22 Oklahoma State (minus 24)

at Louisiana-Lafayettet. Boone pickens couldn’t buy the

Cowboys out of this trip? ... OKlahOMa State 49-20.

SATURDAyNo. 1 Alabama (minus 6½) at No.

19 South carolinaStephen Garcia, Giant Killer. Can’t say

it with a straight face, can you? ... ala-BaMa 33-21.

indiana (plus 22½) at No. 2 Ohio State

If Buckeyes need to protect terrelle pryor, this is the team to do it against ... OhIO State 42-17.

No. 3 Oregon (minus 36) at Wash-ington State

Ducks have already had one 70-point game. Maybe another? ... OreGON 60-14.

Toledo (plus 38½) at No. 4 Boise State

Broncos will try to keep pace with Or-egon ... BOISe State 60-14.

Wyoming (plus 34½) at No. 5 TcUhorned Frogs need to make some

statements, too ... tCU 48-10.No. 8 Auburn (minus 6) at Ken-

tuckywildcats won 21-14 at auburn last year.

two in a row? .... KeNtUCKy 31-24.Oregon State (plus 7½) at No. 9

ArizonaBefore last season’s wildcats win, Bea-

vers had won nine of 10 in series ... arI-ZONa 34-24.

No. 10 Utah (minus 6) at iowa StateCyclones coming off big win, but ....

Utah 31-21.BeST BeT

No. 11 Arkansas (minus 6) vs. Texas A&M at Arlington, Texas

Stats say a&M defense is improved. ryan Mallett will be judge of that ... ar-KaNSaS 42-24.

No. 12 LSU (plus 6½) at No. 14 florida

Can les Miles pull another one out of his hat? ... FlOrIDa 20-10.

No. 23 florida State (plus 6) at No. 13 Miami

Most interesting ’Noles-’Canes game in a while, with both trending in right di-rection ... MIaMI 38-28.

Southern california (plus 9½) at No. 16 Stanford

here’s the deal: Cardinal poised for another romp through trojans ... StaN-FOrD 45-28.

UPSeT SPeciALNo. 17 Michigan State (plus 4½) at

No. 18 MichiganDenard robinson will have to score

every time he has the ball. Not saying he can’t, but .... MIChIGaN State 48-38.

Minnesota (plus 22) at No. 20 Wisconsin

Gophers have lost six straight in series overall and seven in a row in Madison ... wISCONSIN 45-14.

San Jose State (plus 39) at No. 21 Nevada

wolf pack had NCaa-record four play-ers top 100 yards rushing vs. SJSt last season ... NeVaDa 58-14.

colorado (plus 13) at No. 24 Mis-souri

time to find out if Buffaloes are re-ally ready for turnaround season ... MIS-SOUrI 38-21.

colorado State (plus 25) at No. 25 Air force

aFa has won four straight ram-Falcon trophy games ... aIr FOrCe 35-17.

———Last week: 11-4 (straight); 7-8 (vs.

points).Season: 82-14 (straight); 44-39-3 (vs.

points).— Associated Press


What’s InsIde

High Schools• Ship stays grounded ..................................................D2• Sentinel Week 6 Picks ................................................D3• Leaderboard ...............................................................D3• High school notebook ................................................D4• Week 6 preview capsules ...........................................D5• State rankings .............................................................D6

Local Colleges• Clary adjusts to new schemes at SU ........................D8• Local college preview capsules .................................D8

Penn State• PSU linebackers still waiting to peak ........................D9• Lions waiting for Szczerba to return ....................... D10

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Shippensburg Greyhounds

Todde’ Statum keys a Ship running ■

game that averages 329 yards a game.


by andy SandrikSENTiNEL [email protected]

On the offensive line of Shippensburg’s Wing-T offense stand six blocks of granite. And behind them, a sledgehammer.

With the special group of players coach Eric Foust has this season, it’s no secret what the Shippensburg Greyhound football team wants to do every Friday night: run the ball and run it with authority.

So far, so good. Five weeks into the regular season, the Greyhounds have the top rushing offense in the area, cranking out 1,646 yards on 223 carries for an average of 7.38 yards per carry and 329 yards per game.

According to MaxPreps.com, Shippensburg has the No. 4-ranked rushing offense in Pennsylvania Class AAA football, behind

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From left, Chase Rhodes, Zac McMullen, Todde’ Statum, Garrett Vandebrake and Cary Hess are just a few reasons the Shippensburg Greyhounds are off to a 4-1 start.• See Ground, D7

Susquenita (1-4 overall, 0-4 division) at boiling Springs

(4-1, 3-0)Site: Ecker Field, boiling SpringsTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Susquenita — bart miller

(2nd year, 6-9); boiling Springs — matt Heiser (9th year, 48-40).

Last year: boiling Springs, 15-14.key players: 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. 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.

breakdown: We’re willing to go out on a limb and say this year’s game won’t come down to a last-second field goal. Susquenita is in a world of trouble. The blackhawks have allowed 62, 49, 54, and 54 points following a season-opening win against Newport. The bubblers, rolling af-ter a Week 1 loss at unbeaten Littlestown, should take advantage of the question-able defense. miller and Cook will have tons of running room.

Prediction: boiling Springs, 35-0._____

non-conference

ELCO (0-5) at Camp Hill (0-5)

Site: Siebert memorial Park, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: ELCO — mark Evans (13th

year, 68-63); Camp Hill — Frank kindler (16th year, 115-64).

Last year: DNPkey players: ELCO — Zach Pletz, sr.,

Qb; Tyler George, sr., Wr-Db; Eric ondo, sr., Wr-Db; bryan bowman, sr., rb-TE-Lb; Justin Gilbert, sr., C. Camp Hill — mar-cellas Hayes, jr., Qb-Db; Jake bingham, jr., Qb-DE; ryan Herr, soph., Wr; Teddy ramsey, soph., rb-Lb; kevin Chrencik, jr., DE.

breakdown: it appears that kindler has turned the keys of the offense over to Hayes, who completed 12 of 28 passes for 69 yards, one touchdown and one in-terception against boiling Springs last week. The Lions have struggled mightily on offense and need something positive. This might be their chance against win-less ELCo. The raiders’ record, with four losses by seven points or fewer, is a little deceiving. Camp Hill will keep it close, but ELCo’s size — the raiders average 248.7 pounds on the offensive line — could be a factor late.

Prediction: ELCo, 14-7.Other regional

games of interestPottsville 28, Governor Mifflin 21 —

Crimson Tide rebound after loss to Daniel boone; stay in running for i-C Section i title.

Lampeter-Strasburg 20, Manheim Central 17 — in their first season as a member of L-L Section ii, Pioneers are the class of the field.

delone Catholic 23, bermudian Springs 14 — Squires pass a difficult test; should finish with a 9-1 record. Don’t count out the Eagles in 3-aa playoffs.

Harrisburg 48, Chambersburg 14 — remember last year when the Trojans won at Severance Field, 11-6? The Cougars do.

—Travis L. Pickens


Caps

And, of course, keeping guys healthy. The Nittany Lions lost Gerald Hodges, the backup weakside linebacker, to a leg in-jury on the opening kickoff of the Alabama game, though he could return in the next few weeks.

Mauti, who missed all of 2009 with a torn ACL, said his knee is feeling fine, but he missed Monday’s practice with an ankle in-jury, as did fellow starter Bani Gbadyu. Pa-terno said Tuesday that middle linebacker Chris Colasanti has been playing through a

minor shoulder injury.The injuries have meant more time for a

pair of young Nittany Lions. True fresh-man Khairi Fortt has seen more time on the weakside since Hodges’ injury and got work with the first team when Gbadyu was out this week.

“For him it’s just a matter of time,” Mauti said. “He’s a real talented linebacker. The more experience he gets, the better off he’s going to be.”

Freshman Glenn Carson made his de-fensive debut against Iowa at middle line-backer after vaulting past Mike Yancich on

the depth chart.“He’s been practicing well the last cou-

ple weeks,” Mauti said of Carson. “Origi-nally I was practicing at both middle and strongside spots but he came along and started practicing good and got his feet underneath him. Coach (Ron Vanderlin-den) was confident that he could make some plays.”

After some sluggish starts, the defense has played solidly for stretches at a time. The Nittany Lions will need to be better than solid, though, if not during Saturday’s noon game with Illinois then against the

high-octane offenses of Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana and Michigan State later in the year.

Better defensive play, as always, will re-quire better linebacking play. The Nittany Lions hope it’s on the horizon.

“I don’t see us lacking or deficient in tal-ent or guys that can make plays,” Mauti said. “It’s really just getting things done at the right times with the right person in the right situation.”

———Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune

Information Services.


Linebackers

by Mark TuPPErmCCLaTCHY-TribUNE

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Martez Wil-son is a little like the tin man from the Wizard of Oz. Forced inactiv-ity rusted some of his joints, and he has needed repeated squirts from the oil can to loosen up.

The University of Illinois mid-dle linebacker suffered a season-ending neck injury in last season’s opening game, so when he took the field for this year’s opener against Missouri on Sept. 4, it had been al-most exactly one year since he had played college football. No matter how hard you prepare, that’s a lot of

rust.Statistical-

ly, Wilson did fine. He was credited with 11 tackles, but through the first couple games of the season, he l o o k e d a s though he was thinking

his way around the football field. And as coaches say, if you slow down to think, you can’t speed up to play.

This past week, however, was one

of Wilson’s best, and it may have demonstrated that he is maturing as a player, one who is more con-fident physically and one who has made a commitment to be more prepared mentally. He led Illinois in tackles (9) vs. Ohio State and is tied for fourth in the Big Ten in that category.

“I just told him he is settling in and playing the way we all think he can play,” coach Ron Zook said Tuesday. “I think he’ll get better and better as he settles in and flies around.

“Being away from football that long, you don’t just go right back and start playing. It takes time.

What I love about him is that he’s really working hard. I brought up (former Illini linebacker) J Leman and asked him, ‘Why did you think he was such a good player? It’s be-cause he worked so hard.’

“And then Martez stopped me and said, ‘Do you see me watching more tape? I’m going to be like J.’”

Wilson seems to have discovered a formula that could elevate his play toward the potential everyone saw in him when he arrived in 2007 as one of the most highly recruited athletes in Illini football history.

After being named a USA Today All-American at Chicago Simeon High School, Wilson picked Illinois

over Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Ohio State, Miami (Fla.), Michigan and Florida.

He was honorable mention fresh-man All-American in 2007, playing 13 games at linebacker. As a sopho-more, he ranked 14th in the Big Ten in tackles with an average of 6.6 per game. But he was still playing tentatively, often looking uncertain where he was supposed to be.

An offseason incident in which he suffered a stab wound to his stom-ach while trying to rescue a former teammate from a fight was one setback, then the herniated disc he suffered against Missouri ended his 2009 season.

Illinois Fighting Illini

Wilson getting his game back for Illini

Martez Wilson


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