Football This Week

D12 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 19, 2010 www.cumberlink.com

1-800-422-FORD761-6700

Email: [email protected] • www.lbsmithford.comL.B. SMITH1100 MARKET STREET, LEMOYNE

L.B. SMITH

*Not available on Fusion Hybrid. Not all buyers will qualify for Ford Credit limited-term financing. $1,500 Cash Back may be used to make payments. Customer is required to make all actual payments. For all offers, take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 1/3/11. See dealer for complete details. Based on RDA Group’s GQRS cumulative survey at three months of service in three surveys of 2010 Ford and competitive owners conducted between August 2009 and May of 2010.

0%aprfINaNCING

pLUS $1500TOWarDYOUr fIrST 3paYMENTS

fOrD fUSION

Treat yourself to a great deal and get quality that can’t be beat by Honda or Toyota.

Great Year End Celebration deals and great quality, get both at L.B. Smith ford today!

2011 FORD FUSION

Section D

November 19, 2010

FTWFootball this Week

D3 three-peat: CV vs. Wilson

... again

By Travis L. PickensAssistAnt sports [email protected]

Cumberland Valley’s regular-season foot-ball schedule hasn’t listed Wilson as an op-ponent since 1963.

Yet, the seemingly annual clash between the Eagles and the Bulldogs is one of the more anticipated games of the season.

“It’s tradition. Everyone loves it. Everyone looks forward to this game,” CV senior two-way lineman Barry Lyons said. “Cumberland Valley is going to meet Wilson at some point, no mat-ter what, and it’s always going to be a battle.”

The two district powerhouses, who lock horns at Wilson’s Gurski Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. in the District 3 Class AAAA quarter-finals, are meeting in the postseason for the 12th time and the third year in a row.

CV won a dramatic semifinal at Gurski Stadium, 28-21, last year. The previous fall,

Wilson pounded CV in the district final, 35-7, at Hersheypark Stadium.

“It’s playoff time,” CV coach Tim Rimpfel said when asked what it means to play Wil-son, a team he has compiled a 7-4 record against. “All I know is they’ve been tough. I know when you beat a team like this, you’ve beaten a good team.”

Playoff tradition: CV vs. Wilson

What’s InsIde

HigH ScHoolS

• CV prepares for Wilson ...............................................d2• Sentinel Week 12 Picks ...............................................d3• Leaderboard ...............................................................d3• High school notebook ................................................d4• D3 playoff preview capsules ......................................d5• State rankings .............................................................d6

Penn State

• PSU running out of backs. .........................................d9• Indiana cashes in at FedEx .........................................d9On the cover: Cumberland Valley players celebrate their last-

second, 28-21 win over Wilson in last year’s D3-AAAA playoffs (Sentinel file photo)

Check out Cumberlink on

Friday nights for updated scores from

Mid-Penn games, local game stories

and video highlights.

The sports desk is open from 5 p.m. until midnight each day.

To ensure local teams get their results in the next day’s sports section, scores and statis-tics must be reported to the sports depart-ment by 10 p.m. to meet our deadline each night. Scores reported after 10 p.m. will run the following day.

You can report scores by calling 240-7125, e-mailing them to [email protected] or faxing them to 243-3121. To mail releases and other items write to Sports, The Sentinel, 457 E. North Street, Carlisle, Pa. 17013

www.cumberlink.com/varsity

• Continued from D9

Cash

Matthew O’Haren/Special to The Sentinel

Cumberland Valley’s defense will have its work cut out for it tonight against a potent and balanced Wilson offense.

Eagles travel to West ■

Lawn tonight for D3-AAAA quarterfinals matchup against Bulldogs.

D3-AAAA Playoffs

• See CV, D6

“cumberland valley is going to meet Wilson at some point, no

matter what, and it’s always going to be a battle.”

Barry LyOnsCV SENIOr TWO-WAY LINEMAN

Tickets range from $50 to $150 for the game at FedEx Field, which is the largest stadium used by a pro sports team in the United States.

“I think that they have a reason for doing it,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “I don’t know ex-actly. I have not discussed it with them.

“I think it will be a very good ex-perience for the kids, but I don’t know what to expect.”

The Indiana-Penn State game will be one of two neutral site contests played Saturday. North-western will play host to Illinois at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

The distance from Indiana’s campus to FedEx Field is nearly 650 miles; the distance from Penn State’s campus is 210 miles.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever played in a neutral environment like this or in a game like this other than a playoff or bowl game, so it is dif-ferent in that way,” Lynch said. “It is still a conference game against a Big Ten foe that we have played every year, so our team knows Penn State.”

Penn State and Indiana previ-ously played a neutral site game Oct. 28, 2000. The Lions won that game, 27-24, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis as Ryan Primanti connected on a 39-yard field goal

with 18 seconds to play.Fifteen Penn State players are

from the metro Washington area, including 11 from Maryland. They include running backs Andre Du-pree and Zack Zwinak, linebacker Bani Gbadyu, cornerbacks Shel-ton McCullough, Stephon Morris and Mike Wallace, wide receiv-ers Brandon Moseby-Felder and Devon Smith, long-snapper John Rohrbaugh, defensive end Sean Stanley and safety Malcolm Willis.

Willis, from Marbury, Md., said he has requests for about 50 tick-ets from family and friends, but knows he won’t be able to fulfill all of them.

“It means a lot to us, going

home,” Willis said. “Kids like me and Devon Smith and Stephon Morris, we’ve been talking about going back home and playing in front of the home crowd all year. So, we’re going to go there and try to get a win.”

Penn State’s four Virginia play-ers are offensive linemen Chima Okoli and Khamrone Kolb, backup quarterback Kevin Newsome and tailback Evan Royster. Royster, from Fairfax, Va., is happy to be playing a game close to home in his final season.

“It’s kind of exciting,” he said. “We’ve done a good job recruit-ing in that area. There are a lot of Penn State fans there.”

NOTES: Penn State redshirt freshman punter Anthony Fera had an emergency appendectomy early Wednesday morning and is expected to miss the final two regular-season games. He is aver-aging 41.6 yards on 43 punts and 67.5 yards on 49 kickoffs with 19 touchbacks. Freshman walk-on punter Alex Butterworth is listed as Fera’s backup, but he has yet to kick in a game. Kicker Collin Wagner likely will handle kick-offs after relinquishing that duty to Fera this season.

———Distributed by

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

“I’ll be wearing a sleeve on my knee just for precautionary measures,” he said. “I feel fine.”

Green suffered a neck injury when he made a block on a kickoff in the third quar-ter. He’s the team’s third-leading rusher with 175 yards and one score and also the second-leading kickoff returner.

“I think Green will be OK,” head coach Joe Paterno said. “I think he has a shot at it.”

If at least two of those three don’t play, it’s possible that Curtis Dukes, a 6-1, 237-pound redshirt freshman, will play. Dukes and fullbacks Joe Suhey and Michael Zor-dich were the only other running backs on the travel roster at Ohio State.

Penn State definitely will be without line-backer Michael Mauti, its second-lead-ing tackler. Mauti, a sophomore who was emerging as one of the top players on de-fense, dislocated his right shoulder some-time in the second quarter and did not re-

turn.“I think Mauti’s out,” Paterno said.

“He’s dislocated that (shoulder) and he’s had trouble with that. I doubt if he’ll make it.”

Nate Stupar probably will start on the strong side in Mauti’s place, but it will be interesting to see which two line-backers play when Penn State uses five defensive backs against Indiana’s pro-lific passing attack. It had been Mauti and Stupar.

Mauti is one of 17 front-line Penn State players who have missed time with injuries this season, including 10 on defense.

Indiana also has had its share of injuries. Quarterback Ben Chappell has been both-ered by a hip injury and left in the second quarter of an 83-20 loss to Wisconsin last weekend.

Chappell, who leads the Big Ten with 273 passing yards per game, is expected to play against the Lions, Hoosiers coach Bill Lynch said.


Backs

Asked Tuesday evening if he sensed his players’ pride was bruised, that they were anxious to get at somebody in a differ-ent-colored jersey, IU coach Bill Lynch said, “I think so. And I certainly hope so. And I certainly expect that by Saturday. It’s like anything else, there is a week of preparation, and it’s really im-portant to make sure they’re ready at kickoff.

“Sometimes those kinds of fac-tors can kick in early, and they’re ready to go on Tuesday but get it out of their system, and then they don’t have it on Saturday.

So that’s one thing, as a coach, you have to be careful about. You have to make sure you have them prepared so that they’re ready to go at kickoff.”

IU senior receiver Terrance Turner, a leading voice on the squad, agreed: “In the game, you have that mindset. But it’s not Saturday, yet. We’re days away from that. But you need to re-member (the Wisconsin game) somewhat, because it definitely hurt.”

It might hurt, too, if IU players are perusing any germane media outlets or Internet chat boards these days. Turner claimed to be oblivious in that regard. “I don’t

read the newspaper or Internet or anything,” he said. “What happens outside this group, this football team, is going to happen, and you can’t control that.

“We need to focus on what we can do, what we can control, not on what other people have to say.”

Lynch noted his players will hear it, regardless. Coaches can adopt more of a bunker men-tality, he said, because they can dive back into the very demand-ing routine of their jobs each week of the season. “Players are different,” Lynch said. “It’s tougher on them than it is on the coaches. They have to go to class.

They’re in class with their fellow students. They’re on campus. They’re in the dorm. They’re in the apartment complex. They eat at the training table in the Stu-dent Academic Resource Center with the other athletes. And they hear things.”

So it’s probably a good thing for the Hoosiers to essentially get out of Dodge. Saturday’s game was originally scheduled for Bloomington before a financial guarantee from the Washington Redskins organization enticed IU into moving the game.

“For us, it’s the opportunity to play one of the great programs in the history of college football,”

Lynch said, “at a venue in Wash-ington, D.C., that provides a dif-ferent kind of exposure than if we were just playing them here or at Penn State.”

IU made history for all the wrong reasons Saturday. If the Hoosiers pull off an upset of Penn State, they’ll make history as the first Indiana team to do that in 14 tries.

Lynch summed it up this way: “Any time you face adversity, it’s not what happened, it’s what you do about it.”

Exactly.And we shall see what the Hoo-

siers are able do about it, if any-thing. No joking allowed.


IUD2 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 19, 2010 Friday, November 19, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — D11www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com

Sentinel PickSWeek12

Guest Picker:Rod Frisco,

]owner/operator of rodfrisco.com

Red Lion atDallastown

Travis L. PickensLast week:

11-3Season:115-39

Tom Ash

Last week:9-5

Season:110-44

Ron RogersLast week:

10-4Season:114-40

Guest Picker

Last week:7-7

Season:96-58

Andy Sandrik

Last week:9-5

Season:108-46

Red Lion Dallastown Dallastown Dallastown Dallastown

Daniel Booneat Harrisburg

Cumberland Valleyat Wilson

Central Dauphinat Gov. Mifflin

Conrad Weiser atGreencastle

Cocalico atSusquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central atLampeter-Strasburg

Hershey atBishop McDevitt

Wyomissing atLancaster Catholic

Bermudian Springsat Trinity

Steel-Highat Holy Name

Millersburgat York Catholic

Line Mountain atSouthern Columbia

Bloomsburg atCalifornia U.

Harrisburg

CV

GovernorMifflin

Conrad Weiser

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Harrisburg

Wilson

GovernorMifflin

Greencastle

Cocalico

Lampeter-Strasburg

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

Line Mountain

Bloomsburg

Harrisburg

Wilson

CentralDauphin

Greencastle

Cocalico

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Harrisburg Harrisburg

Wilson

CentralDauphin

Greencastle

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Wilson

GovernorMifflin

Greencastle

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

The Sentinel

Leaderboard

Check out Varsity Sports at www.cumberlink.com/varsity for stats, scores, standings and stories from local high school football games.

The following is a list of leaders through the 11th week of the high school football sea-son. Stats reflect only those reported to The Sentinel:

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 216 1,542 7.12. Jeremy DiPietro (CV) 83 1,012 12.13. Matt Richmond (NoY) 149 1,004 6.74. Adam Geiger (T) 96 999 10.45. Colby Whitten (BiS) 178 941 5.26. Jack Miller (T) 81 887 10.97. Ryan Miller (BoS) 145 880 6.08. Dan Flynn (CV) 122 790 6.49. Kevin Snyder (CV) 108 704 6.510. Kelvin White (EP) 157 697 4.4

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 60 8772. Alberto De Los Santos (EP) 27 5553. Bryton Barr (M) 21 5204. Chase May (WP) 21 4705. Chris Lenz (T) 25 450

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 60 8772. Tyler Botchie (M) 29 3952. Sal Purpura (M) 29 3904. Alberto De Los Santos (EP) 27 5554. Ryan Herr (CH) 27 448

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. Patrick Dill (T) 98 167 1,768 19 72. James Rusenko (M) 122 251 1,672 18 133. Kelvin White (EP) 103 183 1,510 18 94. Tyler Orris (CC) 91 145 1,015 6 35. Cody Failor (C) 81 196 1,010 9 10

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 24 1462. Jack Miller (T) 23 1383. Jeremy DiPietro (CV) 15 904. Kevin Snyder (CV) 13 825. Dan Flynn (CV) 13 78

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Alex Cramer (T) 5 56-64 712. Lance Geesey (CV) 5 44-49 593. Sam Dell (BoS) 4 26-28 384. Zach Myers (Ship) 2 31-38 374. Taylor Walls (EP) 2 31-34 37

——OFFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 470 42.72. Cumberland Valley 393 35.73. Shippensburg 320 29.04. East Pennsboro 305 27.75. Cedar Cliff 241 21.9

——DEFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 90 8.12. Shippensburg 133 12.03. Cumberland Valley 174 15.84. Northern 178 17.85. Big Spring 215 19.5

Is tackling a lost art for Lions?By Jerry DiPaolaMCClatChy-tribune

Not long ago, Penn State had a streak that its publicity people loved to trum-pet.

For 17 consecutive games, dating to the 2008 season, the Nittany Lions’ defense did not allow a runner to gain 100 yards. Stout, sure tacklers led to back-to-back 11-2 records, helping Penn State finish in The Associated Press Top 10 in ‘08 and ‘09.

Then, linebackers Sean Lee, Josh Hull and Navorro Bowman and end Jared Odrick exhausted their collegiate eli-gibility, leaving inexperienced and less talented players trying to live up to their predecessors’ high standards.

The alarming result: The program that created 18 All-American linebackers suddenly can’t tackle.

Seven of the past nine opponents have had a runner gain at least 95 yards. The only exceptions are Youngstown State, Temple and Kent State. From Alabama’s Trent Richardson (144) to Ohio State’s Dan Herron (190), teams have found smooth roads.

Has tackling become a lost art at Penn State?

Coach Joe Paterno admits to ponder-ing the question, but he is also slow to criticize his young team.

“We have had a little bit of problem on the corners and on the edges with our linebacking,” he said. “When you watch some tackling, “(you ask), Can that back be that good. You could be in a better position to make the tackles.’ “

Paterno believes backs are getting big-ger and better.

“In the old days, a kid was quick and could make you miss, and he was prob-ably 175, 180 pounds,” he said. “Now, they are 230, 225. They break tackles. They run right over you at times.

“It is a little tougher to get in there and get in position where you can control them. The minute you do that, they are clever enough and quick enough and they have a sense of where to go, and they can make you look bad.”

When a reporter suggested that tack-ling skills are diminishing across the na-tion, Paterno said, “I think you have to give the guy with the ball a little more credit than what you are doing.”

Clearly, however, the game has changed, a fact that hasn’t escaped Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald, a two-time Big Ten defensive player of the year as a Wildcats linebacker in 1995-96.

“Back when I was playing, I could pretty much tell you every play Michigan was going to run,” he said. “Most of it was between the tackles.

“Now, so many teams are making you play in space that it puts a premium on recruiting the dynamic athletes for your

defense.”Spread offenses also make it difficult,

according to Ohio State coach Jim Tres-sel. “There is more chance to miss tack-les,” he said.

Purdue coach Danny Hope added that tackling used to be easier because, “They played the game in a box 20 years ago.”

Another possible factor: Head injuries.Illinois coach Ron Zook said coaches

are teaching safer tackling techniques, perhaps leading to a decrease in aggres-sion.

associated Press

Ohio State running back Dan Herron (1) is tackled by Penn State defender Chris Colosanti (48) during the first half Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

IU can’t forget 83-20,

even if it wants to

By Graham columnMCClatChy-tribune

The Rachel Maddow Show, for heaven’s sake.Indiana’s nationally-televised humilia-

tion on the football field Saturday pervaded the national media to the point that it even merited a mention Monday by Maddow, the liberal MSNBC anchorwoman whose primary purview is politics.

Maddow evinced sympathy for Bucky Badger, the Wisconsin mascot who has to do a push-up for every point on the home team’s side of the scoreboard every time UW adds a score, resulting in a cumulative 573 push-ups Saturday.

IU football has been a nationwide punch line since Saturday, even outside the sports world’s normal parameters. Surrendering 83 points to Wisconsin provided fodder for jokes by late night TV comedians that ranged from insulting to pitying.

Some of the gallows humor has been di-rected toward Bucky Badger, too, as with Maddow’s segment. And Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema hasn’t exactly enhanced his already problematic image. But for the most part, it’s the Hoosiers who have been on the receiving end of the commentary.

One would think Indiana’s football play-ers, who have lost 11-straight Big Ten games, would be really ready to try clean-ing somebody else’s clock by now. Within the rules, of course. It won’t be easy, in that the next chance they get comes Saturday against perennial power Penn State at a neutral site, FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

• See IU, D11

D10 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 19, 2010 Friday, November 19, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — D3www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com

By Rich ScaRcellaMcclatchy-tribune

Penn State has suddenly found itself facing the possibility of playing Indiana without its top three running backs.

After Evan Royster and Stephfon Green suffered injuries last weekend at Ohio State, Silas Redd was cited early Monday for disorderly conduct after police found him urinating on campus, they said.

Redd, a freshman from Norwalk, Conn., was found urinating near the Agricultural Engineer-ing Building around 4:15 a.m., police said. They said Redd was not intoxicated.

Redd can plead guilty and pay a fine or request a hearing.

Redd, the Nittany Lions’ second-leading rush-er, has run for 367 yards and one touchdown in nine games.

“It’s a new day,” Redd wrote on his Twitter page. “I can’t allow myself to live in the past. just continue to progress and work toward being the best I can be.”

Redd received some sympathy from Royster, Penn State’s all-time leading rusher.

“Stuff like that has happened to people,” he said. “It’s not a major thing. At the same time you have to keep yourself out of that situation. I’m not sure how the coaches reacted to it.”

Royster was injured early in the second half of the 38-14 loss to Ohio State. He wore a wrap around his left knee because of what he called “pinched fat” and returned in the fourth quarter.

Royster, the Lions’ top rusher with 783 yards and four touchdowns, said he expects to play against Indiana.

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

PeNN STaTe

Running on empty?Penn State (6-4) vs. Indiana (4-6) at

FedEX Field in Landover, Md., noon on Big Ten Network

Week 12

Former division rival awaits Trinity

Final Mid-Penn Glance

Mid-Penn Conference FootballFinal StandingsCommonwealth

Team Division Overallx-Harrisburg 6-0 8-2Cumberland Valley 5-1 8-2Central Dauphin 4-2 8-2State College 3-3 4-6Central Dauphin East 2-4 4-6

Chambersburg 1-5 2-8Carlisle 0-6 3-7

——Keystone

Team Division Overallx-Susquehanna Twp. 6-0 8-2Bishop McDevitt 5-1 8-2Cedar Cliff 4-2 7-3Hershey 3-3 6-4

Red Land 2-4 2-8Lower Dauphin 1-5 1-9Mechanicsburg 0-6 1-9

——Colonial

Team Division Overallx-Greencastle-Antrim 7-0 10-0Shippensburg 5-2 8-2Gettysburg 5-2 6-4

Northern 4-3 5-5Big Spring 3-4 5-5West Perry 3-4 3-7Waynesboro 1-6 1-9James Buchanan 0-7 1-9

——Capital

Team Division Overallx-Trinity 8-0 9-1

East Pennsboro 6-2 7-3Boiling Springs 6-2 7-3Steelton-Highspire 5-3 6-4Palmyra 4-4 6-4Middletown 4-4 5-5Milton Hershey 2-6 3-7Susquenita 1-7 2-8Camp Hill 0-8 1-9x-clinched division title

Notebook

By TRaviS l. PickeNSassistant sports [email protected]

If the Bermudian Springs and Trin-ity football teams come out wearing classic uniforms tonight, the scene will be com-plete.

In a battle of former Mid-Penn Con-ference division rivals, the Eagles invade COBO Field for a District 3 Class AA semi-final at 7 p.m.

Bermudian Springs, the No. 7 seed with an 8-3 record, dumped previously unbeaten and second-seeded Littlestown, 37-0, to earn a date with its old foe.

“(The Eagles) were a regular opponent on our schedule,” said Trinity coach Bill Ragni, whose third-seeded Shamrocks blanked Boiling Springs, 42-0, last week. “I remem-ber the days when they were champions of our division.

“Our guys won’t overlook anything.”Bermudian, a hard-nosed outfit that runs

the Wing-T to precision and employs a 4-4 defense, bent against Littlestown but never broke.

“Littlestown had their chances but didn’t capitalize,” said Ragni, who watched film of the Eagles’ win Sunday morning with his coaching staff. “They moved the ball in the first half but got stopped on a couple of fourth downs.

“Bermudian changed their defense up a little more, but Littlestown just shot them-selves in the foot.”

Bermudian, which left the Mid-Penn and joined the York-Adams Interscholastic Ath-

letic Association following the 2003 season, is led by two 1,000-yard rushers.

Junior running back Tyler Fitzkee has 1,247 rushing yards with 15 touchdowns, and senior fullback Austin Keller has added 1,198 yards and 13 scores.

The Eagles attempted only 123 passes through 11 games.

“They run the Wing-T and execute the (heck) out of it,” Ragni said. “They started running it seven years ago, and they’ve add-ed things and gotten a lot better with it.”

Trinity, which switched to the Spread offense in the offseason, is no stranger to facing, and shutting down, Wing-T op-ponents.

The Shamrocks have yet to surrender 100 points — the defense is at 90 with back-to-back shutouts against the Bubblers — and haven’t allowed a team to score more than 13 points since Week 1.

Ragni knew it was vital that his defense play at a high level until the offense could find its footing in the Spread.

That didn’t take long.After struggling against Lancaster Catho-

lic in Week 1, the Shamrocks scored at least 40 points in eight of their next 10 games.

shamrocks seek ■

program’s third district-final appearance.

curt Werner/special to the sentinel

Trinity and senior running back Patrick Devlin welcome former Mid-Penn Con-ference rival Bermudian Springs to COBO Field tonight.• See Notebook, D7

By RoN MuSSelMaNMcclatchy-tribune

UNIVERSITY PARK — Indiana decided last summer to trade a home football game for a big payday.

The Hoosiers will pocket $3 mil-lion Saturday for playing Penn State at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Indiana’s “home” game originally was scheduled to be played at Me-morial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., which seats 52,692 compared to 91,704 at FedEx Field.

Indiana (4-6, 0-6 Big Ten) made less than $1 million per game for its six home games this season, but will triple that payday against the Nit-tany Lions (6-4, 3-3) at the home of the Washington Redskins.

“In my mind, I’ve felt all along that it’s a good decision,” Indiana coach Bill Lynch said.

Penn State, 13-0 all time against the Hoosiers, will be playing in met-ropolitan Washington for the first time since 1993.

As part of its agreement, Indiana had to sell 7,000 tickets, which it has done. A Penn State spokesman said approximately 50,000 tickets have been sold for the game.

Indiana to cash in at

FedEx Field

• See Cash, D11

associated press

Penn State running back Silas Redd (25) runs for a touchdown in the third quarter against Northwestern at Beaver Stadium Nov. 6.

psu faces a shortage ■

of running backs saturday thanks to injury, law issues.

• See Backs, D11


A preview of this week’s area D3 football matchups:Class AAAA

Quarterfinals

Cumberland Valley (Seed 7, 9-2) at Wilson (2, 11-0)

Site: Gurski Stadium, West LawnTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — Tim Rimpfel (22nd

year, 285-93-3); Wilson — Doug Dahms (5th year, 56-9).Last meeting: Cumberland Valley, 28-21, last year in

District 3-AAAA semifinals.What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AAAA semifinals

to meet either Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) or Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2) next weekend. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Cumberland Valley defeated No. 10 Spring Grove, 35-21, in first round; Wilson defeated No. 15 Manheim Twp., 48-21, in first round.

Key players: Cumberland Valley — Eric Sawyer, sr., QB; Kevin Snyder, sr., RB-SS-LB; 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. Wilson — Zach Zweizig, sr., QB; Rodney Gillin, jr., RB-DB; Julian Carabello, sr., WR-LB; Connor Mathias, sr., WR-DB; Cody Simcox, sr., TE-LB.

Cumberland Valley notes: defending 3-AAAA cham-pion. ... scored at least 30 points in all but two games this year and lost both. ... averages 35.7 points per game, which is second-best in the area, and 15.8 against, good for third. ... Snyder, who has 704 yards on 108 carries and 63 total tackles, will continue his football career at Rutgers as a line-backer. ... DiPietro leads the team with 1,012 rushing yards on 83 carries. The junior’s yards are second-most in the area. ... Flynn, who leads the team with 104 total tackles, has 790 rushing yards. ... Sawyer has completed 55 of 114 passes, with five touchdowns and three interceptions. The senior hasn’t thrown a pick since Week 3 against Bishop McDevitt. ... Kirkpatrick is top receiving threat. ... Eagles hoping to win 10th 3-AAAA title and be the first repeat winner since Bishop McDevitt in 2004-05. ... 4-1 record on the road this year. ... opponents had a cumulative record of 61-55. ... team won its last two road playoff games (at Central Dauphin and at Wilson last year) and hasn’t lost a true postseason road game since 2005 at Hempfield. ... finished second in Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division behind Harrisburg with a 5-1 record.

Wilson notes: four-time District 3-AAAA champion. ... last loss was in the final seconds to Cumberland Valley in 2009 semifinals. ... has suffered three-straight hard-to-swallow postseason defeats — 2007 lost in overtime to Harrisburg in district semifinals; 2008 lost in triple overtime to Bethel Park in state semifinals and lost to CV with six seconds to play last year in district semifinals. ... outscored opponents 322-55 in first half. ... went 4-0 against teams with winning records. ... opponents have a combined record of 53-64. ... Zweizig, who missed four games with a dislocated throwing shoulder, has completed 55 of 97 passes for 767 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions. ... Gillin leads the team with 1,704 yards and 27 touchdowns. ... Carabello paces the Bulldogs with 504 receiving yards. ... Simcox and Matt Tietbohl are the team’s leading tacklers with 53 each. ... posted four shutouts this year and allowed an average of 10 points against per game. ... offense scored an average of 40.7 points per game and scored at least 34 points in eight of 11 games. ... finished

first in Section I of Lancaster-Lebanon League.Breakdown: Wilson might be in for more of a fight than

it expects. The Bulldogs have the better record and the more impressive stats, but it’s CV that played the more dif-ficult schedule. At this time of year, that’s important. Sure, Wilson played Governor Mifflin and Manheim Central, but that was in the first two weeks of the season. Since then, this team has been on cruise control. That might not help the Bulldogs if this thing is close late. Zweizig will give CV’s defense headaches, and the Bulldogs are going to score, but we believe CV’s ground attack — behind DiPietro, Flynn and Snyder — will control the ball and find the end zone more often.

Prediction: Cumberland Valley, 24-14._____

Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) at Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2)

Site: Governor Mifflin Stadium, ShillingtonTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Central Dauphin — Glen McNamee (5th

year, 42-16); Governor Mifflin — Mick Vecchio (20th year, 125-97-1).

Last meeting: Governor Mifflin, 31-28, in 2008 District 3-AAAA quarterfinals.

What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AAAA semifi-nals to meet either Cumberland Valley (7, 9-2) or Wilson (2, 11-0) next weekend. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Central Dauphin defeated No. 11

Warwick, 42-7, in first round; Governor Mifflin defeated No. 14 York William Penn, 42-6, in first round.

Key players: Central Dauphin — Brandon LaVia, soph., QB; Zayd Issah, soph., RB-LB; Jon Schnaars, sr., WR; Matt Kirchner, sr., LB; Kemji Rajis, sr., LB. Governor Mifflin — Vincent Garipoli, sr., QB-S; Zach Schmidt, sr., RB-LB; Derek Nye, jr., RB-DB; Darren Namiani, sr., LB; Dakota Strunk, sr., OL-DL.

Central Dauphin notes: riding a four-game winning streak. ... following mid-season shutout loss to Harrisburg, outscored next four opponents, 168-44. ... losses are to Cumberland Valley (by 13) and Harrisburg (by 28). ... went 3-2 against teams with winning records. ... held five teams to seven points or less. ... LaVia completed 95 of 165 passes for 1,424 yards with 14 touchdowns and six interceptions. ... Issah leads the team with 1,441 yards on 206 carries with 19 touchdowns. ... Schnaars is the team’s leading receiver with 876 yards and 10 touchdowns. ... Kirchner paces the defense with 102 total tackles. ... lost in the 3-AAAA quarterfinals the last four years and hasn’t won more than one playoff game since 2002, when it won the district title. ... finished third in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division with a 4-2 record.

Governor Mifflin notes: comes in on a five-game win-ning streak. ... only losses are to two teams with a com-bined record of 20-2. ... fell to Wilson, 21-14, in Week 1 and Pottsville, 35-28, in Week 6. ... pounded Daniel Boone, 42-0. ... played four Class AAAA opponents and six Class AAA teams during the regular season. ... averages 11.0 points against per game and held six teams to single digits, with

two shutouts. ... averages 35.6 points per game. ... Schmidt, who has five sacks on defense, leads the team with 1,214 yards and 17 touchdowns. ... Nye has 581 rushing yards and eight scores. ... Nye is also the leading receiver with 342 yards. ... attempted only 66 passes this year between two quarterbacks. ... finished in a three-way tie for first place with Pottsville and Daniel Boone in the Inter-County Legue Section I. All three teams were 6-1.

Breakdown: If Central Dauphin hopes to break its string of losses in the quarterfinal round, it’s going to need to figure out a way to stop Governor Mifflin’s Veer offense. The Mustangs are very efficient at running the ball and wearing down their opposition. This program has come to life recently with trips to the 3-AAAA final in 2006 and 2007 and an appearance in the semifinals a year later. That’s the type of consistency the Rams seek at the district level. Central Dauphin has an experienced line but young skill players. Governor Mifflin, which has a real shot at be-ing the surprise district champion, will take advantage of its opponent’s youth.

Prediction: Governor Mifflin, 27-13._____

Class AA

Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) at Trinity (3, 10-1)

Site: COBO Field, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Bermudian Springs — Jon Defoe (12th year,

73-51); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 17-5).Last meeting: Trinity, 22-13, in 2003.What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AA final to

meet either Wyomissing (5, 8-3) or Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0) at Hersheypark Stadium next Friday at 7 p.m. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Bermudian Springs defeated No. 2 Littlestown, 37-0, in quarterfinals; Trinity defeated No. 6 Boiling Springs, 42-0, in quarterfinals.

Key players: Bermudian Springs — Michael Thoman, sr., QB-DB; Tyler Fitzkee, jr., RB-LB; Austin Keller, sr., FB-LB; Austin Brumfield, sr., RB-DB; Nolan Spahr, sr., WR-DB; Matthew Wolf, sr., OL-DT. Trinity — Patrick Dill, jr., QB; Jack Miller, jr., HB-DB; Adam Geiger, soph., RB; Chris Lenz, jr., WR-DB; Logan Houck, sr., WR-RB-DB; Colin Rigney, sr., G-LB.

Bermudian Springs notes: won three of its last four games. ... lost to Littlestown, 43-23, on Oct. 29 before beat-ing the Bolts, 37-0, two weeks later in 3-AA quarterfinals. ... 3-2 record against teams with winning records. ... defeated Northern, 24-7, in Week 1. ... runs the Wing-T and averages 29.6 points per game. ... allows an average of 16.2 points against with two shutouts. ... operates out of the 4-4 on defense. ... Fitzkee leads the team with 1,247 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. Keller is a close second with 1,198 yards and 13 touchdowns. ... Fitzkee also has a team-best 102 total tackles. .. Thoman has completed 57 of 120 pass-es for 840 yards, 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions. ... Spahr is the team’s leading receiver with 305 yards and four touchdowns. ... three-time 3-AA champion but hasn’t won the title since 1998, which was also the last season the program made the championship game and the last time the team won a playoff game before Friday. ... finished fourth in YAIAA Section III with 5-4 record.

District 3: Playoffs preview capsules


Cumberland Valley junior running back Jeremy DiPietro broke the 1,000-yard barrier in rushing last week with 195 yards against Spring Grove. CV travels to Gurski Stadium tonight to face Wilson at 7 p.m. in the D3-AAAA quarterfinals.

• See Caps, D8


Caps

Tuesday, Nov. 16Ohio 31 Temple 23Wednesday, Nov. 17Miami (Ohio) 19 Akron 14Tole 33 Bowling Green 14Thursday, Nov. 18Georgia State at Alabama (late)Air Force at UNLV (late)UCLA at Washington (late)Friday, Nov. 19Fresno State at Boise StateSaturday, Nov. 20Northern Illinois at Ball StateOklahoma at BaylorVirginia at Boston CollegeEastern Michigan at BuffaloNew Mexico at BYUStanford at CaliforniaRutgers at CincinnatiKansas State at ColoradoAppalachian State at FloridaDuke at Georgia TechSan Jose State at HawaiiPenn State vs IndianaOhio State at IowaMissouri at Iowa StateOklahoma State at KansasWest Virginia at LouisvilleMississippi at LSUFlorida State at MarylandVirginia Tech at Miami (Fla.)Wisconsin at MichiganPurdue at Michigan StateArkansas at Mississippi StateArkansas State at NavyNew Mexico State at NevadaNC State at North CarolinaIllinois at NorthwesternArmy vs Notre DameUSC at Oregon StateEast Carolina at RiceUtah at San Diego StateMarshall at SMUTroy at South CarolinaPittsburgh at South FloridaHouston at Southern MissConnecticut at SyracuseFlorida Atlantic at TexasNebraska at Texas A&MWeber State at Texas TechUCF at TulaneUTEP at TulsaMemphis at UABFlorida International at UL-LafayetteNorth Texas at UL-MonroeIdaho at Utah StateTennessee at VanderbiltClemson at Wake ForestMiddle Tennessee at Western KentuckyKent State at Western MichiganColorado State at Wyoming

Tuesday, Nov. 9Northern Illinois 65 Toledo 30Wednesday, Nov. 10Miami (Ohio) 24 Bowling Green 21Thursday, Nov. 11Connecticut 30 Pittsburgh 28East Carolina 54 UAB 42Friday, Nov. 12Ball State 20 Buffalo 3Boise State 52 Idaho 14Saturday, Nov. 13Air Force 48 New Mexico 23Alabama 30 Mississippi State 10Arkansas 58 UTEP 21Army 45 Kent State 28Auburn 49 Georgia 31Boston College 21 Duke 16BYU 49 Colorado State 10Colorado 34 Iowas State 14Florida Atlantic 24 UL-Lafayette 23Florida International 52 Troy 35Florida State 16 Clemson 13Kentucky 38 Vanderbilt 20Louisiana Tech 41 New Mexico State 20LSU 51 UL-Monroe 0Marshall 28 Memphis 13Maryland 42 Virginia 23Miami (Fla.) 35 Georgia Tech 10Michigan 27 Purdue 16Minnesota 38 Illinois 34Missouri 28 Kansas State 28Navy 38 Central Michigan 37NC State 38 Wake Forest 3Nebraska 20 Kansas 3Nevada 35 Fresno State 34North Texas 23 Middle Tennessee 17Northwestern 21 Iowa 7Notre Dame 28 Utah 3Ohio State 38 Penn State 14Oklahoma 45 Texas Tech 7Oklahoma State 33 Texas 16Oregon 15 California 13South Carolina 36 Florida 14South Florida 24 Louisville (ot) 21Southern Miss 31 UCF 10Stanford 17 Arizona State 13Syracuse 13 Rutgers 10TCU 40 San Diego Sate 35Tennessee 52 Ole Miss 14Texas A&M 42 Baylor 30Tulane 54 Rice 49Tulsa 28 Houston 25USC 24 Arizona 21UNLV 42 Wyoming 16Utah State 38 San Jose State 34Virginia Tech 26 North Carolina 10Washington State 31 Oregon State 14West Virginia 37 Cincinnati 10Western Kentucky 36 Arkansas State (ot) 35Western Michigan 45 Eastern Michigan 30Wisconsin 83 Indiana 20

1. Oregon (10-0) Ducks get a major scare from Cal in Berkeley.2. Boise State (9-0) Broncos roll Idaho to win the Gem State showdown.3. TCU (11-0) Frogs defense struggles in 40–35 win over SDSU.4. Auburn (11-0) Newton drama continues, but Tigers keep on winning.5. Stanford (9-1) Cardinal good, not great in win at Arizona State.6. LSU (9-1) Tigers maul UL-Monroe in non-conference win.7. Wisconsin (9-1) Badgers drop 83 points on defenseless Indiana.8. Ohio State (9-1) Bucks surge past Penn State with 35 straight points.9. Nebraska (9-1) Huskers handle Kansas with relative ease.

10. Alabama (8-2) Tide defense shuts down one-dimensional Bulldogs.11. Arkansas (8-2) Hogs’ offense goes wild in big win over UTEP.12. Oklahoma State (9-1) Pokes remain in control of the Big 12 South race.13. Michigan State (9-1) Spartans rest up for final push in the Big Ten. 14. Virginia Tech (8-2) Hokies have won eight straight since JMU debacle.15. Missouri (8-2) Gabbert throws and runs Tigers past Kansas State.16. Oklahoma (8-2) Sooners get back on track with big win vs. Tech.17. South Carolina (7-3) Gamecocks wrap up SEC East in Gainesville.18. Iowa (7-3) Hawkeyes’ Big Ten title hopes take a big hit.19. Miami (Fla.) (7-3) Canes top Jackets in battle of the backup QBs.20. Texas A&M (7-3) Surging Aggies rally for a big win over Baylor.21. Miss. State (7-3) Big plays doom the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa.22. USC (7-3) Trojans complete sweep of the Arizona schools.23. Nevada (9-1) Wolf Pack have one more tune-up before Boise.24. Arizona (7-3) Wildcats have lost two of the past three at home.25. Michigan (7-3) Wolverines still have to play Wisconsin, Ohio State.Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill

Ohio State at Iowa This was supposed to be thegame of the year in the Big Ten … until Iowa lost atNorthwestern last week. Now, the Hawkeyes are 4–2 inleague play, one game behind Ohio State, Wisconsinand Michigan State. Ohio State needs some help, butthe Buckeyes are still in the hunt for a return trip to theRose Bowl. Ohio State 24, Iowa 17

Virginia Tech at Miami Miami true freshman quar-terback Stephen Morris (2–0 as a starter) has playedwell in relief of the injured Jacory Harris, but he has yetto face a defense as strong as Virginia Tech’s. The Hok-ies have held each of their last five opponents to 21points or less. Virginia Tech 21, Miami 14

Nebraska at Texas A&M Texas A&M continued itslate-season surge, rallying past Baylor, 42–30, for animpressive win in Waco. Nebraska was a bit sluggishon offense in a 20–3 win over Kansas last week, but thedefense was dominant. The Jayhawks managed only 87total yards of offense on 47 snaps. Nebraska 28, TexasA&M 17

Florida State at Maryland The Seminoles will needa healthy and effective Christian Ponder (sat out withan elbow injury last week) to beat the Terps in CollegePark. The Maryland defense is allowing only 20.7points per game, down by almost 10 points from lastyear. Florida State 28, Maryland 17

Rewind Fast Forward

Chris

Cova

tta

Inside_CollegeFB_Week12Tab.qxp:Layout 1 11/15/10 3:49 PM Page 1

Trinity notes: winning streak has grown to 10 games. ... enters tonight with four shut-outs and has held seven teams to single dig-its. ... after Week 1 loss, did not allow another team to score more than 13 points. ... Dill has completed 98 of 167 passes for 1,768 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The junior threw for at least 100 yards nine times. ... Geiger leads the team with 999 rushing yards, and Miller is second with 887. ... Miller is second in the area in terms of points scored with 138 on 23 touchdowns. ... Lenz is fifth in the area with 450 receiving yards on 25 catches. ... 5-1 mark against teams with a winning record. ... broke a three-game losing streak in the play-offs with victory over Boiling Springs on Friday. ... has played for only two 3-AA titles in program history. ... outright champion of the Mid-Penn Capital Division with an 8-0 record.

Breakdown: Bermudian Springs is the sur-prise team of the bracket, but the Eagles aren’t to be taken lightly. Defoe’s team enjoys bashing its opponents into oblivion by using the ground-based Wing-T attack. The Shamrocks have seen offenses like this before, so putting the brakes on Bermudian shouldn’t be too much to ask.

The hidden key might be how physical these Eagles are and whether Trinity will be able to withstand 48 minutes of bashing if the starters are asked to go that far. Ragni’s starters have rarely been in after the third quarter, and if the game is close, Bermudian could have an edge. That said, Trinity doesn’t have to worry much about its opponent’s passing game, so loading the box will be the theme of the night. A one-dimensional attack won’t be enough to beat the Shamrocks.

Prediction: Trinity, 28-7._____

Wyomissing (5, 8-3) at Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0)

Site: Rossmere Stadium, LancasterTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Wyomissing — Bob Wolfrum

(24th year, 215-63-1); Lancaster Catholic — Bruce Harbach (9th year, 89-23).

Last meeting: Lancaster Catholic, 45-7, in 2008 District 3-AA semifinals.

What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AA final to meet either Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) or Trinity (3, 10-1) at Hersheypark Stadium next Friday at 7 p.m. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Wyomissing defeated No. 4 Delone Catholic, 28-21, in quarterfinals;

Lancaster Catholic defeated No. 8 Schuylkill Valley, 56-21, in quarterfinals.

Key players: Wyomissing — Grayson Helm, jr., QB; Tyler Rank, sr., FB-LB; Derek Nally, sr., HB-CB; Joseph Cacchione, soph., WR-DB; Skyler Lash, sr., OT-DT. Lancaster Catholic — John Roda, sr., QB; Roman Clay, soph., RB-LB; Brandon Hollister, jr., RB-LB; Greg Kirchner, sr., WR-DB.

Wyomissing notes: split its last four games after starting the season 6-1. ... explosive of-fense averages 33.3 points per game, but pe-destrian defense allows 21.1. ... teams have scored at least 21 points on Spartans five times. ... went 3-3 against teams with winning records. ... finished 2-3 against teams that qualified for the playoffs. ... Helm has completed 63 of 130 passes for 1,053 yards with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions. ... Rank leads the team with 1,019 rushing yards. ... leading receiver is Cacchione with 436 yards. ... team finished third in Inter-County League Section II with a 5-2 record. ... last distrct-final appearance was in 2006 when it won the title over Lancaster Catholic, 28-24.

Lancaster Catholic notes: defending 3-AA and PIAA champion. ... winners of 24 games in a row — last loss was against Manheim Central

on Sept. 18, 2009. ... defeated two Class AAAA teams and two Class AAA teams this year. ... held eight opponents to seven points or less and pitched three shutouts. ... averages 42.2 points per game and 8.5 against. ... scored at least 35 points in all but one game this year. ... Roda has completed 102 of 152 passes for 1,690 yards, with 22 touchdowns and five in-terceptions. ... Clay leads the team with 1,450 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. Hollister is second with 889 yards and 17 scores. ... top receiving threat is Kirchner, with 471 yards and seven touchdowns. ... team is undefeated champion of Lancaster-Lebanon Section III.

Breakdown: The brightest red flag of them all is Wyomissing’s defense. That hasn’t been a strength for the Spartans this year, and the unit is likely to be exposed by a dangerous Lancaster Catholic offfense. For Wyomissing to hang around, it has to generate a ground game and keep the defending district and state champion’s offense off the field. Lancaster Catholic lost a few starters from last year’s team, but Harbach hasn’t allowed this group to miss a beat. Unless the Crusaders implode with turnovers and penalties, they’ll find their way to Hershey for a chance at three-straight district titles.

Prediction: Lancaster Catholic, 34-14._____

Picking the restClass AAAA

Red Lion 31, Dallastown 20 — This time, the Lions pull away and send top-seeded Wil-cats home.

Harrisburg 48, Daniel Boone 22 — Blaz-ers keep pace early, but Cougars are just too strong.

Class AAAConrad Weiser 28, Greencastle-Antrim

20 — Blue Devils haven’t seen a team with this much speed and athleticism.

Susquehanna Twp. 34, Cocalico 17 — Ea-gles are hot; Tribe is clicking on all cylinders.

Manheim Central 29, Lampeter-Stras-burg 23 — Barons get revenge after gut-wrenching loss early this season.

Bishop McDevitt 42, Hershey 14 — An-other yawner for powerful Crusaders.

Class AHoly Name 44, Steelton-Highspire 26

— Blue Jays win a track meet; head to first district final since 2005.

York Catholic 13, Millersburg 12 — Indians want a shot to defend their title; come up short.

—Travis L. Pickens


CV and Wilson have won a com-bined 13 District 3-AAAA titles — the Eagles own nine, Wilson four — and are the two most suc-cessful programs in the district in terms of playoff appearances. CV has been to the postseason 21 times, one more than Wilson.

“We do have plenty of history,” Wilson coach Doug Dahms said. “We know them, and they know us well. I think our kids respect their program, and they respect ours.

“Last year they pulled one out on us on the last play of the game. More power to them, but we’ll try to use that a little bit as a building block. Some of our kids started on last year’s team, and most of them were on the team.”

What happened in last year’s semifinal game, which was played in strong winds the day af-ter Thanksgiving, is still fresh in many minds.

The game was tied, 21-21, and CV had the ball near midfield with under a minute to play in regula-tion.

Instead of being conservative and playing for overtime, Rimpfel elected to try and win the game, which is exactly what the Eagles did.

Quarterback Eric Sawyer found speedy wide receiver Trevor Har-man over the middle for a 48-yard touchdown with a mere six sec-onds to play.

It was a brutal way to end the season for Wilson, which had hopes of winning back-to-back district titles.

“Understand, we weren’t lucky last year,” Rimpfel said. “That play at the end was a big play, but we

moved the football on them and played good defense. We didn’t get any cheap touchdowns. I felt we earned that victory.

“It’s not like a gift was given and they want it back. They have to fight for it.”

The undefeated and second-seeded Bulldogs (11-0) are always full of fight, especially when it comes to playing CV (9-2).

Wilson ripped through Section I of the Lancaster-Lebanon League with ease, yet Rimpfel doesn’t think the Bulldogs got fat feasting on cupcakes.

“They’re not the biggest team we’ve faced, but they’re put to-gether,” Rimpfel said. “They’re a very confident group of players.

“The other thing that strikes me is they aren’t as big as last year, but they’re quicker.”

Rimpfel compared the Bulldogs to one of the teams that beat CV

this year — Bishop McDevitt.Like the Crusaders, Wilson has a

run-pass threat that will keep any defense on its toes.

Senior quarterback Zach Zweizig, an NCAA Division I prospect, has completed 55 of 97 passes (56 percent) for 767 yards, with 10 touchdowns and four in-terceptions.

“Their quarterback is very good. He’s very accurate, very strong and very fast,” Lyons said.

Complementing Zweizig in the backfield is junior running back Rodney Gillin, who has rushed for 1,704 yards and 27 touchdowns through 11 games.

It’s a potent combination that helped the Bulldogs score 448 points this season.

“For me, their running game worries me more,” said CV run-ning back Kevin Snyder, who rotates between safety and line-

backer on defense. “That guy can run with power, and he’s got some speed. We have to be gap sound and have everybody flowing to the football.

“They have a really good run-ning back and quarterback, so we’ll really have to contain those two.”

A point of concern for Wilson is Zweizig’s throwing shoulder.

The senior dislocated it against Reading on Sept. 17 and missed four full games.

“The kid we put in his place did a nice job, but he didn’t have the ex-perience and wasn’t reading cov-erages well,” Dahms said. “Zach started for two-and-a-half years, and he reads coverages better.”

CV has struggled against accu-rate quarterbacks this season.

Most recently, Spring Grove senior Neal Grudi threw for 225 yards last week but was intercept-ed three times.

“We’re very good up front, but through the air is probably where (Wilson is) the most dangerous,” Lyons said. “As long as we stay in our coverages and recognize the formations, we’ll shut them down.”

Turnovers and penalties could be the hidden key in a game be-tween two evenly matched teams.

Last week, CV failed to pull away because of three turnovers and six penalties.

The Eagles know that if they do that again, it’ll be a long, quiet bus ride back from Berks County.

“I think that was just the first-round stuff in the playoffs. Maybe jitters to start out, but we’re go-ing to try and get more focused this week,” said Snyder, who joins Jeremy DiPietro and Dan Flynn to form a potent three-headed rush-

ing attack for CV. “I think that could have been a focus problem. We’ll have everyone more on task and focused this week.”

With a game of this magnitude on the horizon, it’s unlikely that either team lost focus during the week.

The last two games in this se-ries have been intense: To go along with the physical play, harsh words were exchanged the last two years.

It’s a typical rivalry that wasn’t born in division play.

These two have only found each other because of the success each program has enjoyed.

And, because a regular-season meeting is rare, the stakes are al-ways high when CV battles Wil-son on the football field.

“We see each other a lot,” Dahms said. “It’s a district rivalry.”

“It’s a good rivalry,” Snyder said. “We don’t like them, and they don’t like us, just like any good ri-valry. It’s going to be a tough, hard game.”

And if either team is too excited for this one, early mistakes could result in the end of a season.

Remember, in its two losses, CV trailed early.

The Eagles were down to McDe-vitt, 14-0, in the first quarter and lagged behind Harrisburg, 21-0, late in the second quarter.

In each instance, CV eventually pulled even before falling.

“We have to play tough that first quarter,” Rimpfel said. “We know they’ll be sky high.”

“There’s hype around this game every time we play Wilson,” Ly-ons said. “We have to stay under control, control our emotion and not get personal fouls or anything like that.”


Notebook

Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 10-1 12. North Penn (1) 10-1 23. Wilson (3) 11-0 34. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 11-0 55. North Hills (7) 10-1 76. Easton (11) 10-1 87. Neshaminy (1) 10-1 98. Dallastown (3) 11-0 109. Council Rock South (1) 10-1 NR10. West Chester Henderson (1) 8-3 NRDropped out: Mount Lebanon (7), Ridley (1).

Class AAATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 11-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 11-0 23. Abington Heights (2) 11-0 34. Thomas Jefferson (7) 10-1 45. Montour (7) 11-0 56. Bishop McDevitt (3) 9-2 77. Mars (7) 10-1 NR8. Grove City (10) 10-0 109. Greencastle-Antrim (3) 11-0 NR10. Clearfield (9) 11-0 NRDropped out: Cardinal O’Hara (12), Dallas (2).

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Aliquippa (7) 11-0 12. North Schuylkill (11) 11-0 23. Tyrone (6) 11-0 34. Lancaster Catholic (3) 11-0 45. Northern Lehigh (11) 11-0 56. Lewisburg (4) 11-0 67. Danville (4) 11-0 78. South Fayette (7) 11-0 99. West Catholic (12) 9-2 1010. Trinity (3) 10-1 NRDropped out: Littlestown (3).

Class ATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 11-0 12. Rochester (7) 11-0 23. Riverside (2) 10-1 34. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 11-0 45. Southern Columbia (4) 9-2 56. Springdale (7) 10-1 77. Sharpsville (10) 10-1 98. Holy Name (3) 9-1 109. Farrell (10) 10-1 NR10. Line Mountain (4) 10-1 NRDropped out: Bellwood-Antis (6), Monessen (7).


CVD3 playoffs glance

All games begin Friday at 7 p.m. unless notedSeeds, records in parenthesis

Class AAAAFirst Round

Dallastown 28, Conestoga Valley 14Red Lion 14, McCaskey 13Harrisburg 75, Penn Manor 28Daniel Boone 34, Cedar Cliff 16Wilson 48, Manheim Twp. 21Cumberland Valley 35, Spring Grove 21Governor Mifflin 42, William Penn 6Central Dauphin 42, Warwick 6

QuarterfinalsRed Lion (8, 8-3) at Dallastown (1, 11-0)Daniel Boone (5, 10-1) at Harrisburg (4, 9-2), Saturday, 1Cumberland Valley (7, 9-2) at Wilson (2, 11-0)Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) at Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2)

——Class AAA

First RoundGreencastle-Antrim 42, Hamburg 6Conrad Weiser 53, East Pennsboro 37Cocalico 28, West York 21Susquehanna Twp. 53, Gettysburg 14Lampeter-Strasburg 41, Big Spring 13Manheim Central 64, Dover 14

Bishop McDevitt 45, Kennard-Dale 24Hershey 15, Shippensburg 6

QuarterfinalsConrad Weiser (8, 8-3) at Greencastle-Antrim (1, 11-0)Cocalico (13, 6-5) at Susquehanna Twp. (5, 9-2)Manheim Central (7, 8-3) at Lampeter-Strasburg (2, 10-1)Hershey (11, 7-4) vs. Bishop McDevitt (3, 9-2) at Lan-dis Field, Harrisburg

——Class AA

QuarterfinalsLancaster Catholic 56, Schuylkill Valley 21Wyomissing 28, Delone Catholic 21Bermudian Springs 37, Littlestown 0Trinity 42, Boiling Springs 0

SemfinalsWyomissing (5, 8-3) at Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0)Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) at Trinity (3, 10-1)

——Class A

QuarterfinalsSteelton-Highspire 41, Columbia 32

SemifinalsSteelton-Highspire (4, 7-4) at Holy Name (1, 9-1)Millersburg (3, 7-3) at York Catholic (2, 7-3)

Trinity averages 42.7 points per game.“Our running game is the major thing,”

said Ragni, who will lean heavily on sopho-more Adam Geiger (999 rushing yards) and junior Jack Miller (887) as the weather be-comes a factor late in the year. “Taking care of the ball is our primary concern. The team that wins the turnover battle will win the game.”

Friday night was the first time Trin-ity won a playoff game since 2007, when it lost the 3-AA final to sixth-seeded Delone Catholic.

The win against Boiling Springs snapped a three-game playoff losing streak and po-sitioned the Shamrocks to reach the district final for the third time in program history.

But first the Shamrocks must find a way to dispatch an old rival.

“Like we always said, it’s about us and our execution,” Ragni said. “We know what they can do, it’s about how we handle it and take care of our business. We think we can get the kids in the right places. They just have to execute.”

DiPietro hits 1,000On Friday night, Cumberland Valley ju-

nior running back Jeremy DiPietro became the area’s third player to rush for 1,000 yards this season.

DiPietro torched Spring Grove for a sea-son-high 195 yards in the Eagles’ 35-21 Dis-trict 3 Class AAAA first-round win.

DiPietro has 1,012 rushing yards heading into tonight’s quarterfinal game at Wilson.

White is the top PantherEast Pennsboro senior quarterback Kelvin

White passed junior running back Kevin St-ago for the team lead in scoring and rushing in the Panthers’ 53-37 loss to Conrad Weiser in the District 3 Class AAA opening round. White scored one touchdown and a pair of 2-point conversions against the Scouts to finish with 60 points, six better than Stago. White also rushed for a season-high 159 yards and closed the year with 697 yards on the ground. Stago added 650.

White completed 103 of 183 passes for 1,510 yards, good for third in the area. His

18 touchdown passes put him in a sec-ond-place tie with Mechanicsburg’s James Rusenko, behind Trinity’s Patrick Dill, who leads the area with 19.

In all, White accounted for 2,207 yards of total offense in his senior year.

Ugly endingBig Spring and Boiling Springs both made

the district playoffs, but neither team fin-ished on a high note.

Combined, the two clubs ended the sea-son 0-6, and neither scored more than 13 points in any of those six games.

Boiling Springs, after winning seven straight, lost its final three games by a com-bined score of 110-7, including back-to-back shutouts at the hands of rival Trinity.

Big Spring limped into its first appearance in the football playoffs and ended the year being outscored 103-26.

The Bulldogs and Bubblers were also the only area teams that qualified for the play-offs but were outscored for the season.

Quick hits• Three players scored their first touch-

downs in Week 11. Trinity defensive end Cameron Lipnicky fell on a fumble late in the first quarter of the Shamrocks’ 42-0 blowout of Boiling Springs in the District 3 Class AA quarterfinals for his first touch-down, and West Perry teammates Aaron Rahn and Ryan Olzewski scored on runs of 17 yards and 1 yard, respectively, as the Mustangs thumped Perry County rival Susquenita, 63-14.

• Speaking of West Perry, those 63 points were the most the Mustangs have scored in a game since the 1999 team, which finished 10-2, hung 69 on James Buchanan.

• Big Spring senior fullback Colby Whit-ten came up 59 yards shy of rushing for 1,000 this year.

• Trinity sophomore running back Adam Geiger needs 1 rushing yard tonight against Bermudian Springs to reach 1,000 in his first year at Trinity.

• Area teams were 2-5 in the first weekend of postseason play. That might be a bad record, but it is better than the one posted last season, when teams in the coverage area went 1-6 in the opening round.

Entertainment. Religion. Food. Sports. Education.

cumberlink.com/blogs


Your Source for Local

High School Sports!



The Carlisle Family YMCA Supports Varsity Sports today and develops the

Varsity Athletes of Tomorrow

CV and Wilson have won a com-bined 13 District 3-AAAA titles — the Eagles own nine, Wilson four — and are the two most suc-cessful programs in the district in terms of playoff appearances. CV has been to the postseason 21 times, one more than Wilson.

“We do have plenty of history,” Wilson coach Doug Dahms said. “We know them, and they know us well. I think our kids respect their program, and they respect ours.

“Last year they pulled one out on us on the last play of the game. More power to them, but we’ll try to use that a little bit as a building block. Some of our kids started on last year’s team, and most of them were on the team.”

What happened in last year’s semifinal game, which was played in strong winds the day af-ter Thanksgiving, is still fresh in many minds.

The game was tied, 21-21, and CV had the ball near midfield with under a minute to play in regula-tion.

Instead of being conservative and playing for overtime, Rimpfel elected to try and win the game, which is exactly what the Eagles did.

Quarterback Eric Sawyer found speedy wide receiver Trevor Har-man over the middle for a 48-yard touchdown with a mere six sec-onds to play.

It was a brutal way to end the season for Wilson, which had hopes of winning back-to-back district titles.

“Understand, we weren’t lucky last year,” Rimpfel said. “That play at the end was a big play, but we

moved the football on them and played good defense. We didn’t get any cheap touchdowns. I felt we earned that victory.

“It’s not like a gift was given and they want it back. They have to fight for it.”

The undefeated and second-seeded Bulldogs (11-0) are always full of fight, especially when it comes to playing CV (9-2).

Wilson ripped through Section I of the Lancaster-Lebanon League with ease, yet Rimpfel doesn’t think the Bulldogs got fat feasting on cupcakes.

“They’re not the biggest team we’ve faced, but they’re put to-gether,” Rimpfel said. “They’re a very confident group of players.

“The other thing that strikes me is they aren’t as big as last year, but they’re quicker.”

Rimpfel compared the Bulldogs to one of the teams that beat CV

this year — Bishop McDevitt.Like the Crusaders, Wilson has a

run-pass threat that will keep any defense on its toes.

Senior quarterback Zach Zweizig, an NCAA Division I prospect, has completed 55 of 97 passes (56 percent) for 767 yards, with 10 touchdowns and four in-terceptions.

“Their quarterback is very good. He’s very accurate, very strong and very fast,” Lyons said.

Complementing Zweizig in the backfield is junior running back Rodney Gillin, who has rushed for 1,704 yards and 27 touchdowns through 11 games.

It’s a potent combination that helped the Bulldogs score 448 points this season.

“For me, their running game worries me more,” said CV run-ning back Kevin Snyder, who rotates between safety and line-

backer on defense. “That guy can run with power, and he’s got some speed. We have to be gap sound and have everybody flowing to the football.

“They have a really good run-ning back and quarterback, so we’ll really have to contain those two.”

A point of concern for Wilson is Zweizig’s throwing shoulder.

The senior dislocated it against Reading on Sept. 17 and missed four full games.

“The kid we put in his place did a nice job, but he didn’t have the ex-perience and wasn’t reading cov-erages well,” Dahms said. “Zach started for two-and-a-half years, and he reads coverages better.”

CV has struggled against accu-rate quarterbacks this season.

Most recently, Spring Grove senior Neal Grudi threw for 225 yards last week but was intercept-ed three times.

“We’re very good up front, but through the air is probably where (Wilson is) the most dangerous,” Lyons said. “As long as we stay in our coverages and recognize the formations, we’ll shut them down.”

Turnovers and penalties could be the hidden key in a game be-tween two evenly matched teams.

Last week, CV failed to pull away because of three turnovers and six penalties.

The Eagles know that if they do that again, it’ll be a long, quiet bus ride back from Berks County.

“I think that was just the first-round stuff in the playoffs. Maybe jitters to start out, but we’re go-ing to try and get more focused this week,” said Snyder, who joins Jeremy DiPietro and Dan Flynn to form a potent three-headed rush-

ing attack for CV. “I think that could have been a focus problem. We’ll have everyone more on task and focused this week.”

With a game of this magnitude on the horizon, it’s unlikely that either team lost focus during the week.

The last two games in this se-ries have been intense: To go along with the physical play, harsh words were exchanged the last two years.

It’s a typical rivalry that wasn’t born in division play.

These two have only found each other because of the success each program has enjoyed.

And, because a regular-season meeting is rare, the stakes are al-ways high when CV battles Wil-son on the football field.

“We see each other a lot,” Dahms said. “It’s a district rivalry.”

“It’s a good rivalry,” Snyder said. “We don’t like them, and they don’t like us, just like any good ri-valry. It’s going to be a tough, hard game.”

And if either team is too excited for this one, early mistakes could result in the end of a season.

Remember, in its two losses, CV trailed early.

The Eagles were down to McDe-vitt, 14-0, in the first quarter and lagged behind Harrisburg, 21-0, late in the second quarter.

In each instance, CV eventually pulled even before falling.

“We have to play tough that first quarter,” Rimpfel said. “We know they’ll be sky high.”

“There’s hype around this game every time we play Wilson,” Ly-ons said. “We have to stay under control, control our emotion and not get personal fouls or anything like that.”


Notebook

Pennsylvania Football News state rankingsClass AAAA

Team (District) Record Last Week1. LaSalle College (12) 10-1 12. North Penn (1) 10-1 23. Wilson (3) 11-0 34. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7) 11-0 55. North Hills (7) 10-1 76. Easton (11) 10-1 87. Neshaminy (1) 10-1 98. Dallastown (3) 11-0 109. Council Rock South (1) 10-1 NR10. West Chester Henderson (1) 8-3 NRDropped out: Mount Lebanon (7), Ridley (1).

Class AAATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 11-0 12. Archbishop Wood (12) 11-0 23. Abington Heights (2) 11-0 34. Thomas Jefferson (7) 10-1 45. Montour (7) 11-0 56. Bishop McDevitt (3) 9-2 77. Mars (7) 10-1 NR8. Grove City (10) 10-0 109. Greencastle-Antrim (3) 11-0 NR10. Clearfield (9) 11-0 NRDropped out: Cardinal O’Hara (12), Dallas (2).

Class AATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Aliquippa (7) 11-0 12. North Schuylkill (11) 11-0 23. Tyrone (6) 11-0 34. Lancaster Catholic (3) 11-0 45. Northern Lehigh (11) 11-0 56. Lewisburg (4) 11-0 67. Danville (4) 11-0 78. South Fayette (7) 11-0 99. West Catholic (12) 9-2 1010. Trinity (3) 10-1 NRDropped out: Littlestown (3).

Class ATeam (District) Record Last Week1. Clairton (7) 11-0 12. Rochester (7) 11-0 23. Riverside (2) 10-1 34. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 11-0 45. Southern Columbia (4) 9-2 56. Springdale (7) 10-1 77. Sharpsville (10) 10-1 98. Holy Name (3) 9-1 109. Farrell (10) 10-1 NR10. Line Mountain (4) 10-1 NRDropped out: Bellwood-Antis (6), Monessen (7).


CVD3 playoffs glance

All games begin Friday at 7 p.m. unless notedSeeds, records in parenthesis

Class AAAAFirst Round

Dallastown 28, Conestoga Valley 14Red Lion 14, McCaskey 13Harrisburg 75, Penn Manor 28Daniel Boone 34, Cedar Cliff 16Wilson 48, Manheim Twp. 21Cumberland Valley 35, Spring Grove 21Governor Mifflin 42, William Penn 6Central Dauphin 42, Warwick 6

QuarterfinalsRed Lion (8, 8-3) at Dallastown (1, 11-0)Daniel Boone (5, 10-1) at Harrisburg (4, 9-2), Saturday, 1Cumberland Valley (7, 9-2) at Wilson (2, 11-0)Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) at Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2)

——Class AAA

First RoundGreencastle-Antrim 42, Hamburg 6Conrad Weiser 53, East Pennsboro 37Cocalico 28, West York 21Susquehanna Twp. 53, Gettysburg 14Lampeter-Strasburg 41, Big Spring 13Manheim Central 64, Dover 14

Bishop McDevitt 45, Kennard-Dale 24Hershey 15, Shippensburg 6

QuarterfinalsConrad Weiser (8, 8-3) at Greencastle-Antrim (1, 11-0)Cocalico (13, 6-5) at Susquehanna Twp. (5, 9-2)Manheim Central (7, 8-3) at Lampeter-Strasburg (2, 10-1)Hershey (11, 7-4) vs. Bishop McDevitt (3, 9-2) at Lan-dis Field, Harrisburg

——Class AA

QuarterfinalsLancaster Catholic 56, Schuylkill Valley 21Wyomissing 28, Delone Catholic 21Bermudian Springs 37, Littlestown 0Trinity 42, Boiling Springs 0

SemfinalsWyomissing (5, 8-3) at Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0)Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) at Trinity (3, 10-1)

——Class A

QuarterfinalsSteelton-Highspire 41, Columbia 32

SemifinalsSteelton-Highspire (4, 7-4) at Holy Name (1, 9-1)Millersburg (3, 7-3) at York Catholic (2, 7-3)

Trinity averages 42.7 points per game.“Our running game is the major thing,”

said Ragni, who will lean heavily on sopho-more Adam Geiger (999 rushing yards) and junior Jack Miller (887) as the weather be-comes a factor late in the year. “Taking care of the ball is our primary concern. The team that wins the turnover battle will win the game.”

Friday night was the first time Trin-ity won a playoff game since 2007, when it lost the 3-AA final to sixth-seeded Delone Catholic.

The win against Boiling Springs snapped a three-game playoff losing streak and po-sitioned the Shamrocks to reach the district final for the third time in program history.

But first the Shamrocks must find a way to dispatch an old rival.

“Like we always said, it’s about us and our execution,” Ragni said. “We know what they can do, it’s about how we handle it and take care of our business. We think we can get the kids in the right places. They just have to execute.”

DiPietro hits 1,000On Friday night, Cumberland Valley ju-

nior running back Jeremy DiPietro became the area’s third player to rush for 1,000 yards this season.

DiPietro torched Spring Grove for a sea-son-high 195 yards in the Eagles’ 35-21 Dis-trict 3 Class AAAA first-round win.

DiPietro has 1,012 rushing yards heading into tonight’s quarterfinal game at Wilson.

White is the top PantherEast Pennsboro senior quarterback Kelvin

White passed junior running back Kevin St-ago for the team lead in scoring and rushing in the Panthers’ 53-37 loss to Conrad Weiser in the District 3 Class AAA opening round. White scored one touchdown and a pair of 2-point conversions against the Scouts to finish with 60 points, six better than Stago. White also rushed for a season-high 159 yards and closed the year with 697 yards on the ground. Stago added 650.

White completed 103 of 183 passes for 1,510 yards, good for third in the area. His

18 touchdown passes put him in a sec-ond-place tie with Mechanicsburg’s James Rusenko, behind Trinity’s Patrick Dill, who leads the area with 19.

In all, White accounted for 2,207 yards of total offense in his senior year.

Ugly endingBig Spring and Boiling Springs both made

the district playoffs, but neither team fin-ished on a high note.

Combined, the two clubs ended the sea-son 0-6, and neither scored more than 13 points in any of those six games.

Boiling Springs, after winning seven straight, lost its final three games by a com-bined score of 110-7, including back-to-back shutouts at the hands of rival Trinity.

Big Spring limped into its first appearance in the football playoffs and ended the year being outscored 103-26.

The Bulldogs and Bubblers were also the only area teams that qualified for the play-offs but were outscored for the season.

Quick hits• Three players scored their first touch-

downs in Week 11. Trinity defensive end Cameron Lipnicky fell on a fumble late in the first quarter of the Shamrocks’ 42-0 blowout of Boiling Springs in the District 3 Class AA quarterfinals for his first touch-down, and West Perry teammates Aaron Rahn and Ryan Olzewski scored on runs of 17 yards and 1 yard, respectively, as the Mustangs thumped Perry County rival Susquenita, 63-14.

• Speaking of West Perry, those 63 points were the most the Mustangs have scored in a game since the 1999 team, which finished 10-2, hung 69 on James Buchanan.

• Big Spring senior fullback Colby Whit-ten came up 59 yards shy of rushing for 1,000 this year.

• Trinity sophomore running back Adam Geiger needs 1 rushing yard tonight against Bermudian Springs to reach 1,000 in his first year at Trinity.

• Area teams were 2-5 in the first weekend of postseason play. That might be a bad record, but it is better than the one posted last season, when teams in the coverage area went 1-6 in the opening round.

Entertainment. Religion. Food. Sports. Education.

cumberlink.com/blogs


Your Source for Local

High School Sports!



The Carlisle Family YMCA Supports Varsity Sports today and develops the

Varsity Athletes of Tomorrow

A preview of this week’s area D3 football matchups:Class AAAA

Quarterfinals

Cumberland Valley (Seed 7, 9-2) at Wilson (2, 11-0)

Site: Gurski Stadium, West LawnTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Cumberland Valley — Tim Rimpfel (22nd

year, 285-93-3); Wilson — Doug Dahms (5th year, 56-9).Last meeting: Cumberland Valley, 28-21, last year in

District 3-AAAA semifinals.What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AAAA semifinals

to meet either Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) or Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2) next weekend. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Cumberland Valley defeated No. 10 Spring Grove, 35-21, in first round; Wilson defeated No. 15 Manheim Twp., 48-21, in first round.

Key players: Cumberland Valley — Eric Sawyer, sr., QB; Kevin Snyder, sr., RB-SS-LB; 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. Wilson — Zach Zweizig, sr., QB; Rodney Gillin, jr., RB-DB; Julian Carabello, sr., WR-LB; Connor Mathias, sr., WR-DB; Cody Simcox, sr., TE-LB.

Cumberland Valley notes: defending 3-AAAA cham-pion. ... scored at least 30 points in all but two games this year and lost both. ... averages 35.7 points per game, which is second-best in the area, and 15.8 against, good for third. ... Snyder, who has 704 yards on 108 carries and 63 total tackles, will continue his football career at Rutgers as a line-backer. ... DiPietro leads the team with 1,012 rushing yards on 83 carries. The junior’s yards are second-most in the area. ... Flynn, who leads the team with 104 total tackles, has 790 rushing yards. ... Sawyer has completed 55 of 114 passes, with five touchdowns and three interceptions. The senior hasn’t thrown a pick since Week 3 against Bishop McDevitt. ... Kirkpatrick is top receiving threat. ... Eagles hoping to win 10th 3-AAAA title and be the first repeat winner since Bishop McDevitt in 2004-05. ... 4-1 record on the road this year. ... opponents had a cumulative record of 61-55. ... team won its last two road playoff games (at Central Dauphin and at Wilson last year) and hasn’t lost a true postseason road game since 2005 at Hempfield. ... finished second in Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division behind Harrisburg with a 5-1 record.

Wilson notes: four-time District 3-AAAA champion. ... last loss was in the final seconds to Cumberland Valley in 2009 semifinals. ... has suffered three-straight hard-to-swallow postseason defeats — 2007 lost in overtime to Harrisburg in district semifinals; 2008 lost in triple overtime to Bethel Park in state semifinals and lost to CV with six seconds to play last year in district semifinals. ... outscored opponents 322-55 in first half. ... went 4-0 against teams with winning records. ... opponents have a combined record of 53-64. ... Zweizig, who missed four games with a dislocated throwing shoulder, has completed 55 of 97 passes for 767 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions. ... Gillin leads the team with 1,704 yards and 27 touchdowns. ... Carabello paces the Bulldogs with 504 receiving yards. ... Simcox and Matt Tietbohl are the team’s leading tacklers with 53 each. ... posted four shutouts this year and allowed an average of 10 points against per game. ... offense scored an average of 40.7 points per game and scored at least 34 points in eight of 11 games. ... finished

first in Section I of Lancaster-Lebanon League.Breakdown: Wilson might be in for more of a fight than

it expects. The Bulldogs have the better record and the more impressive stats, but it’s CV that played the more dif-ficult schedule. At this time of year, that’s important. Sure, Wilson played Governor Mifflin and Manheim Central, but that was in the first two weeks of the season. Since then, this team has been on cruise control. That might not help the Bulldogs if this thing is close late. Zweizig will give CV’s defense headaches, and the Bulldogs are going to score, but we believe CV’s ground attack — behind DiPietro, Flynn and Snyder — will control the ball and find the end zone more often.

Prediction: Cumberland Valley, 24-14._____

Central Dauphin (6, 9-2) at Governor Mifflin (3, 9-2)

Site: Governor Mifflin Stadium, ShillingtonTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Central Dauphin — Glen McNamee (5th

year, 42-16); Governor Mifflin — Mick Vecchio (20th year, 125-97-1).

Last meeting: Governor Mifflin, 31-28, in 2008 District 3-AAAA quarterfinals.

What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AAAA semifi-nals to meet either Cumberland Valley (7, 9-2) or Wilson (2, 11-0) next weekend. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Central Dauphin defeated No. 11

Warwick, 42-7, in first round; Governor Mifflin defeated No. 14 York William Penn, 42-6, in first round.

Key players: Central Dauphin — Brandon LaVia, soph., QB; Zayd Issah, soph., RB-LB; Jon Schnaars, sr., WR; Matt Kirchner, sr., LB; Kemji Rajis, sr., LB. Governor Mifflin — Vincent Garipoli, sr., QB-S; Zach Schmidt, sr., RB-LB; Derek Nye, jr., RB-DB; Darren Namiani, sr., LB; Dakota Strunk, sr., OL-DL.

Central Dauphin notes: riding a four-game winning streak. ... following mid-season shutout loss to Harrisburg, outscored next four opponents, 168-44. ... losses are to Cumberland Valley (by 13) and Harrisburg (by 28). ... went 3-2 against teams with winning records. ... held five teams to seven points or less. ... LaVia completed 95 of 165 passes for 1,424 yards with 14 touchdowns and six interceptions. ... Issah leads the team with 1,441 yards on 206 carries with 19 touchdowns. ... Schnaars is the team’s leading receiver with 876 yards and 10 touchdowns. ... Kirchner paces the defense with 102 total tackles. ... lost in the 3-AAAA quarterfinals the last four years and hasn’t won more than one playoff game since 2002, when it won the district title. ... finished third in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division with a 4-2 record.

Governor Mifflin notes: comes in on a five-game win-ning streak. ... only losses are to two teams with a com-bined record of 20-2. ... fell to Wilson, 21-14, in Week 1 and Pottsville, 35-28, in Week 6. ... pounded Daniel Boone, 42-0. ... played four Class AAAA opponents and six Class AAA teams during the regular season. ... averages 11.0 points against per game and held six teams to single digits, with

two shutouts. ... averages 35.6 points per game. ... Schmidt, who has five sacks on defense, leads the team with 1,214 yards and 17 touchdowns. ... Nye has 581 rushing yards and eight scores. ... Nye is also the leading receiver with 342 yards. ... attempted only 66 passes this year between two quarterbacks. ... finished in a three-way tie for first place with Pottsville and Daniel Boone in the Inter-County Legue Section I. All three teams were 6-1.

Breakdown: If Central Dauphin hopes to break its string of losses in the quarterfinal round, it’s going to need to figure out a way to stop Governor Mifflin’s Veer offense. The Mustangs are very efficient at running the ball and wearing down their opposition. This program has come to life recently with trips to the 3-AAAA final in 2006 and 2007 and an appearance in the semifinals a year later. That’s the type of consistency the Rams seek at the district level. Central Dauphin has an experienced line but young skill players. Governor Mifflin, which has a real shot at be-ing the surprise district champion, will take advantage of its opponent’s youth.

Prediction: Governor Mifflin, 27-13._____

Class AA

Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) at Trinity (3, 10-1)

Site: COBO Field, Camp HillTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Bermudian Springs — Jon Defoe (12th year,

73-51); Trinity — Bill Ragni (2nd year, 17-5).Last meeting: Trinity, 22-13, in 2003.What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AA final to

meet either Wyomissing (5, 8-3) or Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0) at Hersheypark Stadium next Friday at 7 p.m. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Bermudian Springs defeated No. 2 Littlestown, 37-0, in quarterfinals; Trinity defeated No. 6 Boiling Springs, 42-0, in quarterfinals.

Key players: Bermudian Springs — Michael Thoman, sr., QB-DB; Tyler Fitzkee, jr., RB-LB; Austin Keller, sr., FB-LB; Austin Brumfield, sr., RB-DB; Nolan Spahr, sr., WR-DB; Matthew Wolf, sr., OL-DT. Trinity — Patrick Dill, jr., QB; Jack Miller, jr., HB-DB; Adam Geiger, soph., RB; Chris Lenz, jr., WR-DB; Logan Houck, sr., WR-RB-DB; Colin Rigney, sr., G-LB.

Bermudian Springs notes: won three of its last four games. ... lost to Littlestown, 43-23, on Oct. 29 before beat-ing the Bolts, 37-0, two weeks later in 3-AA quarterfinals. ... 3-2 record against teams with winning records. ... defeated Northern, 24-7, in Week 1. ... runs the Wing-T and averages 29.6 points per game. ... allows an average of 16.2 points against with two shutouts. ... operates out of the 4-4 on defense. ... Fitzkee leads the team with 1,247 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. Keller is a close second with 1,198 yards and 13 touchdowns. ... Fitzkee also has a team-best 102 total tackles. .. Thoman has completed 57 of 120 pass-es for 840 yards, 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions. ... Spahr is the team’s leading receiver with 305 yards and four touchdowns. ... three-time 3-AA champion but hasn’t won the title since 1998, which was also the last season the program made the championship game and the last time the team won a playoff game before Friday. ... finished fourth in YAIAA Section III with 5-4 record.

District 3: Playoffs preview capsules


Cumberland Valley junior running back Jeremy DiPietro broke the 1,000-yard barrier in rushing last week with 195 yards against Spring Grove. CV travels to Gurski Stadium tonight to face Wilson at 7 p.m. in the D3-AAAA quarterfinals.

• See Caps, D8


Caps

Tuesday, Nov. 16Ohio 31 Temple 23Wednesday, Nov. 17Miami (Ohio) 19 Akron 14Tole 33 Bowling Green 14Thursday, Nov. 18Georgia State at Alabama (late)Air Force at UNLV (late)UCLA at Washington (late)Friday, Nov. 19Fresno State at Boise StateSaturday, Nov. 20Northern Illinois at Ball StateOklahoma at BaylorVirginia at Boston CollegeEastern Michigan at BuffaloNew Mexico at BYUStanford at CaliforniaRutgers at CincinnatiKansas State at ColoradoAppalachian State at FloridaDuke at Georgia TechSan Jose State at HawaiiPenn State vs IndianaOhio State at IowaMissouri at Iowa StateOklahoma State at KansasWest Virginia at LouisvilleMississippi at LSUFlorida State at MarylandVirginia Tech at Miami (Fla.)Wisconsin at MichiganPurdue at Michigan StateArkansas at Mississippi StateArkansas State at NavyNew Mexico State at NevadaNC State at North CarolinaIllinois at NorthwesternArmy vs Notre DameUSC at Oregon StateEast Carolina at RiceUtah at San Diego StateMarshall at SMUTroy at South CarolinaPittsburgh at South FloridaHouston at Southern MissConnecticut at SyracuseFlorida Atlantic at TexasNebraska at Texas A&MWeber State at Texas TechUCF at TulaneUTEP at TulsaMemphis at UABFlorida International at UL-LafayetteNorth Texas at UL-MonroeIdaho at Utah StateTennessee at VanderbiltClemson at Wake ForestMiddle Tennessee at Western KentuckyKent State at Western MichiganColorado State at Wyoming

Tuesday, Nov. 9Northern Illinois 65 Toledo 30Wednesday, Nov. 10Miami (Ohio) 24 Bowling Green 21Thursday, Nov. 11Connecticut 30 Pittsburgh 28East Carolina 54 UAB 42Friday, Nov. 12Ball State 20 Buffalo 3Boise State 52 Idaho 14Saturday, Nov. 13Air Force 48 New Mexico 23Alabama 30 Mississippi State 10Arkansas 58 UTEP 21Army 45 Kent State 28Auburn 49 Georgia 31Boston College 21 Duke 16BYU 49 Colorado State 10Colorado 34 Iowas State 14Florida Atlantic 24 UL-Lafayette 23Florida International 52 Troy 35Florida State 16 Clemson 13Kentucky 38 Vanderbilt 20Louisiana Tech 41 New Mexico State 20LSU 51 UL-Monroe 0Marshall 28 Memphis 13Maryland 42 Virginia 23Miami (Fla.) 35 Georgia Tech 10Michigan 27 Purdue 16Minnesota 38 Illinois 34Missouri 28 Kansas State 28Navy 38 Central Michigan 37NC State 38 Wake Forest 3Nebraska 20 Kansas 3Nevada 35 Fresno State 34North Texas 23 Middle Tennessee 17Northwestern 21 Iowa 7Notre Dame 28 Utah 3Ohio State 38 Penn State 14Oklahoma 45 Texas Tech 7Oklahoma State 33 Texas 16Oregon 15 California 13South Carolina 36 Florida 14South Florida 24 Louisville (ot) 21Southern Miss 31 UCF 10Stanford 17 Arizona State 13Syracuse 13 Rutgers 10TCU 40 San Diego Sate 35Tennessee 52 Ole Miss 14Texas A&M 42 Baylor 30Tulane 54 Rice 49Tulsa 28 Houston 25USC 24 Arizona 21UNLV 42 Wyoming 16Utah State 38 San Jose State 34Virginia Tech 26 North Carolina 10Washington State 31 Oregon State 14West Virginia 37 Cincinnati 10Western Kentucky 36 Arkansas State (ot) 35Western Michigan 45 Eastern Michigan 30Wisconsin 83 Indiana 20

1. Oregon (10-0) Ducks get a major scare from Cal in Berkeley.2. Boise State (9-0) Broncos roll Idaho to win the Gem State showdown.3. TCU (11-0) Frogs defense struggles in 40–35 win over SDSU.4. Auburn (11-0) Newton drama continues, but Tigers keep on winning.5. Stanford (9-1) Cardinal good, not great in win at Arizona State.6. LSU (9-1) Tigers maul UL-Monroe in non-conference win.7. Wisconsin (9-1) Badgers drop 83 points on defenseless Indiana.8. Ohio State (9-1) Bucks surge past Penn State with 35 straight points.9. Nebraska (9-1) Huskers handle Kansas with relative ease.

10. Alabama (8-2) Tide defense shuts down one-dimensional Bulldogs.11. Arkansas (8-2) Hogs’ offense goes wild in big win over UTEP.12. Oklahoma State (9-1) Pokes remain in control of the Big 12 South race.13. Michigan State (9-1) Spartans rest up for final push in the Big Ten. 14. Virginia Tech (8-2) Hokies have won eight straight since JMU debacle.15. Missouri (8-2) Gabbert throws and runs Tigers past Kansas State.16. Oklahoma (8-2) Sooners get back on track with big win vs. Tech.17. South Carolina (7-3) Gamecocks wrap up SEC East in Gainesville.18. Iowa (7-3) Hawkeyes’ Big Ten title hopes take a big hit.19. Miami (Fla.) (7-3) Canes top Jackets in battle of the backup QBs.20. Texas A&M (7-3) Surging Aggies rally for a big win over Baylor.21. Miss. State (7-3) Big plays doom the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa.22. USC (7-3) Trojans complete sweep of the Arizona schools.23. Nevada (9-1) Wolf Pack have one more tune-up before Boise.24. Arizona (7-3) Wildcats have lost two of the past three at home.25. Michigan (7-3) Wolverines still have to play Wisconsin, Ohio State.Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill

Ohio State at Iowa This was supposed to be thegame of the year in the Big Ten … until Iowa lost atNorthwestern last week. Now, the Hawkeyes are 4–2 inleague play, one game behind Ohio State, Wisconsinand Michigan State. Ohio State needs some help, butthe Buckeyes are still in the hunt for a return trip to theRose Bowl. Ohio State 24, Iowa 17

Virginia Tech at Miami Miami true freshman quar-terback Stephen Morris (2–0 as a starter) has playedwell in relief of the injured Jacory Harris, but he has yetto face a defense as strong as Virginia Tech’s. The Hok-ies have held each of their last five opponents to 21points or less. Virginia Tech 21, Miami 14

Nebraska at Texas A&M Texas A&M continued itslate-season surge, rallying past Baylor, 42–30, for animpressive win in Waco. Nebraska was a bit sluggishon offense in a 20–3 win over Kansas last week, but thedefense was dominant. The Jayhawks managed only 87total yards of offense on 47 snaps. Nebraska 28, TexasA&M 17

Florida State at Maryland The Seminoles will needa healthy and effective Christian Ponder (sat out withan elbow injury last week) to beat the Terps in CollegePark. The Maryland defense is allowing only 20.7points per game, down by almost 10 points from lastyear. Florida State 28, Maryland 17

Rewind Fast Forward

Chris

Cova

tta

Inside_CollegeFB_Week12Tab.qxp:Layout 1 11/15/10 3:49 PM Page 1

Trinity notes: winning streak has grown to 10 games. ... enters tonight with four shut-outs and has held seven teams to single dig-its. ... after Week 1 loss, did not allow another team to score more than 13 points. ... Dill has completed 98 of 167 passes for 1,768 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The junior threw for at least 100 yards nine times. ... Geiger leads the team with 999 rushing yards, and Miller is second with 887. ... Miller is second in the area in terms of points scored with 138 on 23 touchdowns. ... Lenz is fifth in the area with 450 receiving yards on 25 catches. ... 5-1 mark against teams with a winning record. ... broke a three-game losing streak in the play-offs with victory over Boiling Springs on Friday. ... has played for only two 3-AA titles in program history. ... outright champion of the Mid-Penn Capital Division with an 8-0 record.

Breakdown: Bermudian Springs is the sur-prise team of the bracket, but the Eagles aren’t to be taken lightly. Defoe’s team enjoys bashing its opponents into oblivion by using the ground-based Wing-T attack. The Shamrocks have seen offenses like this before, so putting the brakes on Bermudian shouldn’t be too much to ask.

The hidden key might be how physical these Eagles are and whether Trinity will be able to withstand 48 minutes of bashing if the starters are asked to go that far. Ragni’s starters have rarely been in after the third quarter, and if the game is close, Bermudian could have an edge. That said, Trinity doesn’t have to worry much about its opponent’s passing game, so loading the box will be the theme of the night. A one-dimensional attack won’t be enough to beat the Shamrocks.

Prediction: Trinity, 28-7._____

Wyomissing (5, 8-3) at Lancaster Catholic (1, 11-0)

Site: Rossmere Stadium, LancasterTime: Tonight, 7 p.m.Coaches: Wyomissing — Bob Wolfrum

(24th year, 215-63-1); Lancaster Catholic — Bruce Harbach (9th year, 89-23).

Last meeting: Lancaster Catholic, 45-7, in 2008 District 3-AA semifinals.

What’s at stake: Winner advances to 3-AA final to meet either Bermudian Springs (7, 8-3) or Trinity (3, 10-1) at Hersheypark Stadium next Friday at 7 p.m. Loser is eliminated.

How they got here: Wyomissing defeated No. 4 Delone Catholic, 28-21, in quarterfinals;

Lancaster Catholic defeated No. 8 Schuylkill Valley, 56-21, in quarterfinals.

Key players: Wyomissing — Grayson Helm, jr., QB; Tyler Rank, sr., FB-LB; Derek Nally, sr., HB-CB; Joseph Cacchione, soph., WR-DB; Skyler Lash, sr., OT-DT. Lancaster Catholic — John Roda, sr., QB; Roman Clay, soph., RB-LB; Brandon Hollister, jr., RB-LB; Greg Kirchner, sr., WR-DB.

Wyomissing notes: split its last four games after starting the season 6-1. ... explosive of-fense averages 33.3 points per game, but pe-destrian defense allows 21.1. ... teams have scored at least 21 points on Spartans five times. ... went 3-3 against teams with winning records. ... finished 2-3 against teams that qualified for the playoffs. ... Helm has completed 63 of 130 passes for 1,053 yards with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions. ... Rank leads the team with 1,019 rushing yards. ... leading receiver is Cacchione with 436 yards. ... team finished third in Inter-County League Section II with a 5-2 record. ... last distrct-final appearance was in 2006 when it won the title over Lancaster Catholic, 28-24.

Lancaster Catholic notes: defending 3-AA and PIAA champion. ... winners of 24 games in a row — last loss was against Manheim Central

on Sept. 18, 2009. ... defeated two Class AAAA teams and two Class AAA teams this year. ... held eight opponents to seven points or less and pitched three shutouts. ... averages 42.2 points per game and 8.5 against. ... scored at least 35 points in all but one game this year. ... Roda has completed 102 of 152 passes for 1,690 yards, with 22 touchdowns and five in-terceptions. ... Clay leads the team with 1,450 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. Hollister is second with 889 yards and 17 scores. ... top receiving threat is Kirchner, with 471 yards and seven touchdowns. ... team is undefeated champion of Lancaster-Lebanon Section III.

Breakdown: The brightest red flag of them all is Wyomissing’s defense. That hasn’t been a strength for the Spartans this year, and the unit is likely to be exposed by a dangerous Lancaster Catholic offfense. For Wyomissing to hang around, it has to generate a ground game and keep the defending district and state champion’s offense off the field. Lancaster Catholic lost a few starters from last year’s team, but Harbach hasn’t allowed this group to miss a beat. Unless the Crusaders implode with turnovers and penalties, they’ll find their way to Hershey for a chance at three-straight district titles.

Prediction: Lancaster Catholic, 34-14._____

Picking the restClass AAAA

Red Lion 31, Dallastown 20 — This time, the Lions pull away and send top-seeded Wil-cats home.

Harrisburg 48, Daniel Boone 22 — Blaz-ers keep pace early, but Cougars are just too strong.

Class AAAConrad Weiser 28, Greencastle-Antrim

20 — Blue Devils haven’t seen a team with this much speed and athleticism.

Susquehanna Twp. 34, Cocalico 17 — Ea-gles are hot; Tribe is clicking on all cylinders.

Manheim Central 29, Lampeter-Stras-burg 23 — Barons get revenge after gut-wrenching loss early this season.

Bishop McDevitt 42, Hershey 14 — An-other yawner for powerful Crusaders.

Class AHoly Name 44, Steelton-Highspire 26

— Blue Jays win a track meet; head to first district final since 2005.

York Catholic 13, Millersburg 12 — Indians want a shot to defend their title; come up short.

—Travis L. Pickens


By Rich ScaRcellaMcclatchy-tribune

Penn State has suddenly found itself facing the possibility of playing Indiana without its top three running backs.

After Evan Royster and Stephfon Green suffered injuries last weekend at Ohio State, Silas Redd was cited early Monday for disorderly conduct after police found him urinating on campus, they said.

Redd, a freshman from Norwalk, Conn., was found urinating near the Agricultural Engineer-ing Building around 4:15 a.m., police said. They said Redd was not intoxicated.

Redd can plead guilty and pay a fine or request a hearing.

Redd, the Nittany Lions’ second-leading rush-er, has run for 367 yards and one touchdown in nine games.

“It’s a new day,” Redd wrote on his Twitter page. “I can’t allow myself to live in the past. just continue to progress and work toward being the best I can be.”

Redd received some sympathy from Royster, Penn State’s all-time leading rusher.

“Stuff like that has happened to people,” he said. “It’s not a major thing. At the same time you have to keep yourself out of that situation. I’m not sure how the coaches reacted to it.”

Royster was injured early in the second half of the 38-14 loss to Ohio State. He wore a wrap around his left knee because of what he called “pinched fat” and returned in the fourth quarter.

Royster, the Lions’ top rusher with 783 yards and four touchdowns, said he expects to play against Indiana.

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

PeNN STaTe

Running on empty?Penn State (6-4) vs. Indiana (4-6) at

FedEX Field in Landover, Md., noon on Big Ten Network

Week 12

Former division rival awaits Trinity

Final Mid-Penn Glance

Mid-Penn Conference FootballFinal StandingsCommonwealth

Team Division Overallx-Harrisburg 6-0 8-2Cumberland Valley 5-1 8-2Central Dauphin 4-2 8-2State College 3-3 4-6Central Dauphin East 2-4 4-6

Chambersburg 1-5 2-8Carlisle 0-6 3-7

——Keystone

Team Division Overallx-Susquehanna Twp. 6-0 8-2Bishop McDevitt 5-1 8-2Cedar Cliff 4-2 7-3Hershey 3-3 6-4

Red Land 2-4 2-8Lower Dauphin 1-5 1-9Mechanicsburg 0-6 1-9

——Colonial

Team Division Overallx-Greencastle-Antrim 7-0 10-0Shippensburg 5-2 8-2Gettysburg 5-2 6-4

Northern 4-3 5-5Big Spring 3-4 5-5West Perry 3-4 3-7Waynesboro 1-6 1-9James Buchanan 0-7 1-9

——Capital

Team Division Overallx-Trinity 8-0 9-1

East Pennsboro 6-2 7-3Boiling Springs 6-2 7-3Steelton-Highspire 5-3 6-4Palmyra 4-4 6-4Middletown 4-4 5-5Milton Hershey 2-6 3-7Susquenita 1-7 2-8Camp Hill 0-8 1-9x-clinched division title

Notebook

By TRaviS l. PickeNSassistant sports [email protected]

If the Bermudian Springs and Trin-ity football teams come out wearing classic uniforms tonight, the scene will be com-plete.

In a battle of former Mid-Penn Con-ference division rivals, the Eagles invade COBO Field for a District 3 Class AA semi-final at 7 p.m.

Bermudian Springs, the No. 7 seed with an 8-3 record, dumped previously unbeaten and second-seeded Littlestown, 37-0, to earn a date with its old foe.

“(The Eagles) were a regular opponent on our schedule,” said Trinity coach Bill Ragni, whose third-seeded Shamrocks blanked Boiling Springs, 42-0, last week. “I remem-ber the days when they were champions of our division.

“Our guys won’t overlook anything.”Bermudian, a hard-nosed outfit that runs

the Wing-T to precision and employs a 4-4 defense, bent against Littlestown but never broke.

“Littlestown had their chances but didn’t capitalize,” said Ragni, who watched film of the Eagles’ win Sunday morning with his coaching staff. “They moved the ball in the first half but got stopped on a couple of fourth downs.

“Bermudian changed their defense up a little more, but Littlestown just shot them-selves in the foot.”

Bermudian, which left the Mid-Penn and joined the York-Adams Interscholastic Ath-

letic Association following the 2003 season, is led by two 1,000-yard rushers.

Junior running back Tyler Fitzkee has 1,247 rushing yards with 15 touchdowns, and senior fullback Austin Keller has added 1,198 yards and 13 scores.

The Eagles attempted only 123 passes through 11 games.

“They run the Wing-T and execute the (heck) out of it,” Ragni said. “They started running it seven years ago, and they’ve add-ed things and gotten a lot better with it.”

Trinity, which switched to the Spread offense in the offseason, is no stranger to facing, and shutting down, Wing-T op-ponents.

The Shamrocks have yet to surrender 100 points — the defense is at 90 with back-to-back shutouts against the Bubblers — and haven’t allowed a team to score more than 13 points since Week 1.

Ragni knew it was vital that his defense play at a high level until the offense could find its footing in the Spread.

That didn’t take long.After struggling against Lancaster Catho-

lic in Week 1, the Shamrocks scored at least 40 points in eight of their next 10 games.

shamrocks seek ■

program’s third district-final appearance.

curt Werner/special to the sentinel

Trinity and senior running back Patrick Devlin welcome former Mid-Penn Con-ference rival Bermudian Springs to COBO Field tonight.• See Notebook, D7

By RoN MuSSelMaNMcclatchy-tribune

UNIVERSITY PARK — Indiana decided last summer to trade a home football game for a big payday.

The Hoosiers will pocket $3 mil-lion Saturday for playing Penn State at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Indiana’s “home” game originally was scheduled to be played at Me-morial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., which seats 52,692 compared to 91,704 at FedEx Field.

Indiana (4-6, 0-6 Big Ten) made less than $1 million per game for its six home games this season, but will triple that payday against the Nit-tany Lions (6-4, 3-3) at the home of the Washington Redskins.

“In my mind, I’ve felt all along that it’s a good decision,” Indiana coach Bill Lynch said.

Penn State, 13-0 all time against the Hoosiers, will be playing in met-ropolitan Washington for the first time since 1993.

As part of its agreement, Indiana had to sell 7,000 tickets, which it has done. A Penn State spokesman said approximately 50,000 tickets have been sold for the game.

Indiana to cash in at

FedEx Field

• See Cash, D11

associated press

Penn State running back Silas Redd (25) runs for a touchdown in the third quarter against Northwestern at Beaver Stadium Nov. 6.

psu faces a shortage ■

of running backs saturday thanks to injury, law issues.

• See Backs, D11


Sentinel PickSWeek12

Guest Picker:Rod Frisco,

]owner/operator of rodfrisco.com

Red Lion atDallastown

Travis L. PickensLast week:

11-3Season:115-39

Tom Ash

Last week:9-5

Season:110-44

Ron RogersLast week:

10-4Season:114-40

Guest Picker

Last week:7-7

Season:96-58

Andy Sandrik

Last week:9-5

Season:108-46

Red Lion Dallastown Dallastown Dallastown Dallastown

Daniel Booneat Harrisburg

Cumberland Valleyat Wilson

Central Dauphinat Gov. Mifflin

Conrad Weiser atGreencastle

Cocalico atSusquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central atLampeter-Strasburg

Hershey atBishop McDevitt

Wyomissing atLancaster Catholic

Bermudian Springsat Trinity

Steel-Highat Holy Name

Millersburgat York Catholic

Line Mountain atSouthern Columbia

Bloomsburg atCalifornia U.

Harrisburg

CV

GovernorMifflin

Conrad Weiser

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Harrisburg

Wilson

GovernorMifflin

Greencastle

Cocalico

Lampeter-Strasburg

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

Line Mountain

Bloomsburg

Harrisburg

Wilson

CentralDauphin

Greencastle

Cocalico

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Harrisburg Harrisburg

Wilson

CentralDauphin

Greencastle

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

Wilson

GovernorMifflin

Greencastle

Susquehanna Twp.

Manheim Central

McDevitt

Lancaster Catholic

Trinity

Holy Name

YorkCatholic

SouthernColumbia

California

The Sentinel

Leaderboard

Check out Varsity Sports at www.cumberlink.com/varsity for stats, scores, standings and stories from local high school football games.

The following is a list of leaders through the 11th week of the high school football sea-son. Stats reflect only those reported to The Sentinel:

RUSHINGPlayer (team) Rushes Yards Average1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 216 1,542 7.12. Jeremy DiPietro (CV) 83 1,012 12.13. Matt Richmond (NoY) 149 1,004 6.74. Adam Geiger (T) 96 999 10.45. Colby Whitten (BiS) 178 941 5.26. Jack Miller (T) 81 887 10.97. Ryan Miller (BoS) 145 880 6.08. Dan Flynn (CV) 122 790 6.49. Kevin Snyder (CV) 108 704 6.510. Kelvin White (EP) 157 697 4.4

——RECEIVING YARDS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 60 8772. Alberto De Los Santos (EP) 27 5553. Bryton Barr (M) 21 5204. Chase May (WP) 21 4705. Chris Lenz (T) 25 450

——RECEPTIONS

Player (team) Receptions Yards1. Adam Breneman (CC) 60 8772. Tyler Botchie (M) 29 3952. Sal Purpura (M) 29 3904. Alberto De Los Santos (EP) 27 5554. Ryan Herr (CH) 27 448

——PASSING YARDS

Player (team) Co. Att. Yards TD Int.1. Patrick Dill (T) 98 167 1,768 19 72. James Rusenko (M) 122 251 1,672 18 133. Kelvin White (EP) 103 183 1,510 18 94. Tyler Orris (CC) 91 145 1,015 6 35. Cody Failor (C) 81 196 1,010 9 10

——SCORING

(Includes two-point conversion where applicable)Player (team) TD Points1. Todde` Statum (Ship) 24 1462. Jack Miller (T) 23 1383. Jeremy DiPietro (CV) 15 904. Kevin Snyder (CV) 13 825. Dan Flynn (CV) 13 78

——KICKING

Player (team) FGs Xpts. Pts.1. Alex Cramer (T) 5 56-64 712. Lance Geesey (CV) 5 44-49 593. Sam Dell (BoS) 4 26-28 384. Zach Myers (Ship) 2 31-38 374. Taylor Walls (EP) 2 31-34 37

——OFFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 470 42.72. Cumberland Valley 393 35.73. Shippensburg 320 29.04. East Pennsboro 305 27.75. Cedar Cliff 241 21.9

——DEFENSE

Team Points Average1. Trinity 90 8.12. Shippensburg 133 12.03. Cumberland Valley 174 15.84. Northern 178 17.85. Big Spring 215 19.5

Is tackling a lost art for Lions?By Jerry DiPaolaMCClatChy-tribune

Not long ago, Penn State had a streak that its publicity people loved to trum-pet.

For 17 consecutive games, dating to the 2008 season, the Nittany Lions’ defense did not allow a runner to gain 100 yards. Stout, sure tacklers led to back-to-back 11-2 records, helping Penn State finish in The Associated Press Top 10 in ‘08 and ‘09.

Then, linebackers Sean Lee, Josh Hull and Navorro Bowman and end Jared Odrick exhausted their collegiate eli-gibility, leaving inexperienced and less talented players trying to live up to their predecessors’ high standards.

The alarming result: The program that created 18 All-American linebackers suddenly can’t tackle.

Seven of the past nine opponents have had a runner gain at least 95 yards. The only exceptions are Youngstown State, Temple and Kent State. From Alabama’s Trent Richardson (144) to Ohio State’s Dan Herron (190), teams have found smooth roads.

Has tackling become a lost art at Penn State?

Coach Joe Paterno admits to ponder-ing the question, but he is also slow to criticize his young team.

“We have had a little bit of problem on the corners and on the edges with our linebacking,” he said. “When you watch some tackling, “(you ask), Can that back be that good. You could be in a better position to make the tackles.’ “

Paterno believes backs are getting big-ger and better.

“In the old days, a kid was quick and could make you miss, and he was prob-ably 175, 180 pounds,” he said. “Now, they are 230, 225. They break tackles. They run right over you at times.

“It is a little tougher to get in there and get in position where you can control them. The minute you do that, they are clever enough and quick enough and they have a sense of where to go, and they can make you look bad.”

When a reporter suggested that tack-ling skills are diminishing across the na-tion, Paterno said, “I think you have to give the guy with the ball a little more credit than what you are doing.”

Clearly, however, the game has changed, a fact that hasn’t escaped Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald, a two-time Big Ten defensive player of the year as a Wildcats linebacker in 1995-96.

“Back when I was playing, I could pretty much tell you every play Michigan was going to run,” he said. “Most of it was between the tackles.

“Now, so many teams are making you play in space that it puts a premium on recruiting the dynamic athletes for your

defense.”Spread offenses also make it difficult,

according to Ohio State coach Jim Tres-sel. “There is more chance to miss tack-les,” he said.

Purdue coach Danny Hope added that tackling used to be easier because, “They played the game in a box 20 years ago.”

Another possible factor: Head injuries.Illinois coach Ron Zook said coaches

are teaching safer tackling techniques, perhaps leading to a decrease in aggres-sion.

associated Press

Ohio State running back Dan Herron (1) is tackled by Penn State defender Chris Colosanti (48) during the first half Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

IU can’t forget 83-20,

even if it wants to

By Graham columnMCClatChy-tribune

The Rachel Maddow Show, for heaven’s sake.Indiana’s nationally-televised humilia-

tion on the football field Saturday pervaded the national media to the point that it even merited a mention Monday by Maddow, the liberal MSNBC anchorwoman whose primary purview is politics.

Maddow evinced sympathy for Bucky Badger, the Wisconsin mascot who has to do a push-up for every point on the home team’s side of the scoreboard every time UW adds a score, resulting in a cumulative 573 push-ups Saturday.

IU football has been a nationwide punch line since Saturday, even outside the sports world’s normal parameters. Surrendering 83 points to Wisconsin provided fodder for jokes by late night TV comedians that ranged from insulting to pitying.

Some of the gallows humor has been di-rected toward Bucky Badger, too, as with Maddow’s segment. And Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema hasn’t exactly enhanced his already problematic image. But for the most part, it’s the Hoosiers who have been on the receiving end of the commentary.

One would think Indiana’s football play-ers, who have lost 11-straight Big Ten games, would be really ready to try clean-ing somebody else’s clock by now. Within the rules, of course. It won’t be easy, in that the next chance they get comes Saturday against perennial power Penn State at a neutral site, FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

• See IU, D11


By Travis L. PickensAssistAnt sports [email protected]

Cumberland Valley’s regular-season foot-ball schedule hasn’t listed Wilson as an op-ponent since 1963.

Yet, the seemingly annual clash between the Eagles and the Bulldogs is one of the more anticipated games of the season.

“It’s tradition. Everyone loves it. Everyone looks forward to this game,” CV senior two-way lineman Barry Lyons said. “Cumberland Valley is going to meet Wilson at some point, no mat-ter what, and it’s always going to be a battle.”

The two district powerhouses, who lock horns at Wilson’s Gurski Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. in the District 3 Class AAAA quarter-finals, are meeting in the postseason for the 12th time and the third year in a row.

CV won a dramatic semifinal at Gurski Stadium, 28-21, last year. The previous fall,

Wilson pounded CV in the district final, 35-7, at Hersheypark Stadium.

“It’s playoff time,” CV coach Tim Rimpfel said when asked what it means to play Wil-son, a team he has compiled a 7-4 record against. “All I know is they’ve been tough. I know when you beat a team like this, you’ve beaten a good team.”

Playoff tradition: CV vs. Wilson

What’s InsIde

HigH ScHoolS

• CV prepares for Wilson ...............................................d2• Sentinel Week 12 Picks ...............................................d3• Leaderboard ...............................................................d3• High school notebook ................................................d4• D3 playoff preview capsules ......................................d5• State rankings .............................................................d6

Penn State

• PSU running out of backs. .........................................d9• Indiana cashes in at FedEx .........................................d9On the cover: Cumberland Valley players celebrate their last-

second, 28-21 win over Wilson in last year’s D3-AAAA playoffs (Sentinel file photo)

Check out Cumberlink on

Friday nights for updated scores from

Mid-Penn games, local game stories

and video highlights.

The sports desk is open from 5 p.m. until midnight each day.

To ensure local teams get their results in the next day’s sports section, scores and statis-tics must be reported to the sports depart-ment by 10 p.m. to meet our deadline each night. Scores reported after 10 p.m. will run the following day.

You can report scores by calling 240-7125, e-mailing them to [email protected] or faxing them to 243-3121. To mail releases and other items write to Sports, The Sentinel, 457 E. North Street, Carlisle, Pa. 17013



Cash


Cumberland Valley’s defense will have its work cut out for it tonight against a potent and balanced Wilson offense.

Eagles travel to West ■

Lawn tonight for D3-AAAA quarterfinals matchup against Bulldogs.

D3-AAAA Playoffs

• See CV, D6

“cumberland valley is going to meet Wilson at some point, no

matter what, and it’s always going to be a battle.”

Barry LyOnsCV SENIOr TWO-WAY LINEMAN

Tickets range from $50 to $150 for the game at FedEx Field, which is the largest stadium used by a pro sports team in the United States.

“I think that they have a reason for doing it,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “I don’t know ex-actly. I have not discussed it with them.

“I think it will be a very good ex-perience for the kids, but I don’t know what to expect.”

The Indiana-Penn State game will be one of two neutral site contests played Saturday. North-western will play host to Illinois at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

The distance from Indiana’s campus to FedEx Field is nearly 650 miles; the distance from Penn State’s campus is 210 miles.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever played in a neutral environment like this or in a game like this other than a playoff or bowl game, so it is dif-ferent in that way,” Lynch said. “It is still a conference game against a Big Ten foe that we have played every year, so our team knows Penn State.”

Penn State and Indiana previ-ously played a neutral site game Oct. 28, 2000. The Lions won that game, 27-24, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis as Ryan Primanti connected on a 39-yard field goal

with 18 seconds to play.Fifteen Penn State players are

from the metro Washington area, including 11 from Maryland. They include running backs Andre Du-pree and Zack Zwinak, linebacker Bani Gbadyu, cornerbacks Shel-ton McCullough, Stephon Morris and Mike Wallace, wide receiv-ers Brandon Moseby-Felder and Devon Smith, long-snapper John Rohrbaugh, defensive end Sean Stanley and safety Malcolm Willis.

Willis, from Marbury, Md., said he has requests for about 50 tick-ets from family and friends, but knows he won’t be able to fulfill all of them.

“It means a lot to us, going

home,” Willis said. “Kids like me and Devon Smith and Stephon Morris, we’ve been talking about going back home and playing in front of the home crowd all year. So, we’re going to go there and try to get a win.”

Penn State’s four Virginia play-ers are offensive linemen Chima Okoli and Khamrone Kolb, backup quarterback Kevin Newsome and tailback Evan Royster. Royster, from Fairfax, Va., is happy to be playing a game close to home in his final season.

“It’s kind of exciting,” he said. “We’ve done a good job recruit-ing in that area. There are a lot of Penn State fans there.”

NOTES: Penn State redshirt freshman punter Anthony Fera had an emergency appendectomy early Wednesday morning and is expected to miss the final two regular-season games. He is aver-aging 41.6 yards on 43 punts and 67.5 yards on 49 kickoffs with 19 touchbacks. Freshman walk-on punter Alex Butterworth is listed as Fera’s backup, but he has yet to kick in a game. Kicker Collin Wagner likely will handle kick-offs after relinquishing that duty to Fera this season.

———Distributed by

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

“I’ll be wearing a sleeve on my knee just for precautionary measures,” he said. “I feel fine.”

Green suffered a neck injury when he made a block on a kickoff in the third quar-ter. He’s the team’s third-leading rusher with 175 yards and one score and also the second-leading kickoff returner.

“I think Green will be OK,” head coach Joe Paterno said. “I think he has a shot at it.”

If at least two of those three don’t play, it’s possible that Curtis Dukes, a 6-1, 237-pound redshirt freshman, will play. Dukes and fullbacks Joe Suhey and Michael Zor-dich were the only other running backs on the travel roster at Ohio State.

Penn State definitely will be without line-backer Michael Mauti, its second-lead-ing tackler. Mauti, a sophomore who was emerging as one of the top players on de-fense, dislocated his right shoulder some-time in the second quarter and did not re-

turn.“I think Mauti’s out,” Paterno said.

“He’s dislocated that (shoulder) and he’s had trouble with that. I doubt if he’ll make it.”

Nate Stupar probably will start on the strong side in Mauti’s place, but it will be interesting to see which two line-backers play when Penn State uses five defensive backs against Indiana’s pro-lific passing attack. It had been Mauti and Stupar.

Mauti is one of 17 front-line Penn State players who have missed time with injuries this season, including 10 on defense.

Indiana also has had its share of injuries. Quarterback Ben Chappell has been both-ered by a hip injury and left in the second quarter of an 83-20 loss to Wisconsin last weekend.

Chappell, who leads the Big Ten with 273 passing yards per game, is expected to play against the Lions, Hoosiers coach Bill Lynch said.


Backs

Asked Tuesday evening if he sensed his players’ pride was bruised, that they were anxious to get at somebody in a differ-ent-colored jersey, IU coach Bill Lynch said, “I think so. And I certainly hope so. And I certainly expect that by Saturday. It’s like anything else, there is a week of preparation, and it’s really im-portant to make sure they’re ready at kickoff.

“Sometimes those kinds of fac-tors can kick in early, and they’re ready to go on Tuesday but get it out of their system, and then they don’t have it on Saturday.

So that’s one thing, as a coach, you have to be careful about. You have to make sure you have them prepared so that they’re ready to go at kickoff.”

IU senior receiver Terrance Turner, a leading voice on the squad, agreed: “In the game, you have that mindset. But it’s not Saturday, yet. We’re days away from that. But you need to re-member (the Wisconsin game) somewhat, because it definitely hurt.”

It might hurt, too, if IU players are perusing any germane media outlets or Internet chat boards these days. Turner claimed to be oblivious in that regard. “I don’t

read the newspaper or Internet or anything,” he said. “What happens outside this group, this football team, is going to happen, and you can’t control that.

“We need to focus on what we can do, what we can control, not on what other people have to say.”

Lynch noted his players will hear it, regardless. Coaches can adopt more of a bunker men-tality, he said, because they can dive back into the very demand-ing routine of their jobs each week of the season. “Players are different,” Lynch said. “It’s tougher on them than it is on the coaches. They have to go to class.

They’re in class with their fellow students. They’re on campus. They’re in the dorm. They’re in the apartment complex. They eat at the training table in the Stu-dent Academic Resource Center with the other athletes. And they hear things.”

So it’s probably a good thing for the Hoosiers to essentially get out of Dodge. Saturday’s game was originally scheduled for Bloomington before a financial guarantee from the Washington Redskins organization enticed IU into moving the game.

“For us, it’s the opportunity to play one of the great programs in the history of college football,”

Lynch said, “at a venue in Wash-ington, D.C., that provides a dif-ferent kind of exposure than if we were just playing them here or at Penn State.”

IU made history for all the wrong reasons Saturday. If the Hoosiers pull off an upset of Penn State, they’ll make history as the first Indiana team to do that in 14 tries.

Lynch summed it up this way: “Any time you face adversity, it’s not what happened, it’s what you do about it.”

Exactly.And we shall see what the Hoo-

siers are able do about it, if any-thing. No joking allowed.


IUD2 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 19, 2010 Friday, November 19, 2010, The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. — D11www.cumberlink.com www.cumberlink.com

D12 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, November 19, 2010 www.cumberlink.com

1-800-422-FORD761-6700

Email: [email protected] • www.lbsmithford.comL.B. SMITH1100 MARKET STREET, LEMOYNE

L.B. SMITH

*Not available on Fusion Hybrid. Not all buyers will qualify for Ford Credit limited-term financing. $1,500 Cash Back may be used to make payments. Customer is required to make all actual payments. For all offers, take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 1/3/11. See dealer for complete details. Based on RDA Group’s GQRS cumulative survey at three months of service in three surveys of 2010 Ford and competitive owners conducted between August 2009 and May of 2010.

0%aprfINaNCING

pLUS $1500TOWarDYOUr fIrST 3paYMENTS

fOrD fUSION

Treat yourself to a great deal and get quality that can’t be beat by Honda or Toyota.

Great Year End Celebration deals and great quality, get both at L.B. Smith ford today!

2011 FORD FUSION

Section D

November 19, 2010

FTWFootball this Week

D3 three-peat: CV vs. Wilson

... again

Date post:	08-Mar-2016
Category:	Documents
Upload:	the-sentinel-cumberlinkcom
View:	219 times
Download:	0 times

Football This Week

Documents