Statistics unavailable for Carlisle, Chambersburg, Lower Dauphin, Milton hershey, Greencastle-Antrim, Mechanicsburg, Susquehanna Twp., West Perry, Pine Grove,

Did not play: Newport, Susquenita, and James Buchanan

Passing (Com-Att-INTs-Yards)

Stone Saunders, Bishop McDevitt: 9-11-0-278, 4 touchdowns

Roman Jensen, Red Land: 16-31-0-264, 2 touchdowns

Alex Erby, Steel-High: 19-37-1-259, 3 touchdowns

Max Mosey, Central Dauphin: 13-23-1-231, 3 touchdowns

Tucker Chamberlin, Shippensburg: 12-16-0-227, 3 touchdowns

Jared Lyons, Mifflin County: 11-21-1-224, 3 touchdowns

Ethan Eisenberg, Big Spring: 8-11-0-218, 3 touchdowns

Timothy Bonin, Northern: 9-14-0-201, 3 touchdowns

Peyton Shore, Camp Hill; 17-35-3-199, 3 touchdowns

Blake Readinger, Line Mountain: 13-27-2-184, 1 touchdown

Zakii Lewis, Harrisburg: 16-19-1-178, 1 touchdown

Jack Morris, State College: 9-24-1-153, 2 touchdowns

Jordan Washier, Palmyra: 9-15-0-148, 2 touchdowns

Isaac Whiteash, Williams Valley: 8-15-1-140, 2 touchdowns

Isaac Sines, Cumberland Valley: 12-25-1-128, 1 touchdown

Rushing (Att-Yards)

Alex Achenbach, Williams Valley: 21-328, 4 touchdowns

Jack Laing, Boiling Springs: 8-183, 4 touchdowns

Aidan Mencia, Waynesboro: 17-160, 1 touchdown

Brady Morgan, Upper Dauphin: 18-154, 2 touchdowns

Marquise Williams, Bishop McDevitt: 6-153, 3 touchdowns

Jontae Morris, Cedar Cliff: 22-152, 3 touchdowns

Daivin Pryor, Steel-High: 23-136, 1 touchdown

Parker Lawler, Red Land: 11-125, 2 touchdowns

Cyncir Bowers, Bishop McDevitt: 8-121, 1 touchdown

Christian Snyder, Upper Dauphin: 20-120, 1 touchdown

Devin Shepherd, East Pennsboro: 19-119, 1 touchdown

Marcel McDaniels, CD East: 30-107

Trenten Smith, Cedar Cliff: 5-99

Cole Bartram, Northern: 24-93

Sy Burgos, East Pennsboro: 11-93, 2 touchdowns

Mikel Holden, Waynesboro: 19-89, 1 touchdown

Joey Menke, Boiling Springs: 11-89, 1 touchdown

Aidan Metzger, Boiling Springs: 15-88

Max Schlagel, Trinity: 10-87, 1 touchdown

Richie Kowalski, Palmyra: 23-82, 2 touchdowns

Dillion Wakefield, Big Spring: 14-80, 1 touchdown

Trent Herrera, West Perry: 8-80, 1 touchdown

Maurice Collins, Hershey: 14-78

Brady Evans, Williams Valley: 5-75, 2 touchdowns

Nathan Beam, Shippensburg: 14-75

Kyle Williams, Harrisburg: 6-75

Receiving (Rec-Yards)

Isaac Wilson, Mifflin County: 8-210, 3 touchdowns

Logan Schmidt, Big Spring: 2-154, 2 touchdowns

Erby Weller, Shippensburg: 8-127, 2 touchdowns

Parker Lawler, Red Land: 7-126, 2 touchdowns

Mario Easterly, Bishop McDevitt: 4-120, 2 touchdowns

Aidan Herb, Line Mountain; 5-115, 1 touchdown

Tyrone Moore, Steel-High: 9-113, 1 touchdown

Sam Sklar, Red Land: 4-94, 1 touchdown

Justin Cook, Harrisburg: 7-94

Mason Yohn, Northern: 2-89 

Christian Doi, Camp Hill: 8-87, 1 touchdown

Peter Ranck, Halifax: 3-80, 1 touchdown

Durrell Ceasar Jr., Steel-High: 5-80, 1 touchdown

Kamil Foster, Bishop McDevitt: 2-75

Jacob Diemling, Palmyra: 2-74

David Chase, Central Dauphin: 2-70, 1 touchdown

Jaeion Perry, Steel-High: 5-66

Branden Price, State College: 4-61

We’re taking a look around our coverage area to see who helped themselves this week and who did not as we move into Week No. 7 of the high school football season.  

STOCK UP

A refreshed Central Dauphin:

Central Dauphin comes off a COVID-19 pause of two weeks and doesn’t play a game for 21 days and answers the bell with 92 total points in two road games at Chambersburg and at State College. For the Rams it’s almost like the first two weeks didn’t happen.

They in almost no way, shape or form resemble the team that was 1-1 and somewhat fortunate to have a win under their belt when COVID-19 knocked them off the radar. This offense is now a problem for the entire Commonwealth and District 3 Class 6A field.

No cruise control in Week 7 for Bishop McDevitt:

An opponent for Bishop McDevitt, in this case Cedar Cliff, that actually has the capacity to punch back. It’s been so long for the Crusaders since anybody offered anything more than a controlled scrimmage – see the 259-21 the combined score of their last four games as Exhibit A. The Colts have nowhere near the talent level and depth of McDevitt.

And I’m pretty sure that’s just how Cedar Cliff wants it. The more established ground game over the last couple weeks could be a ball-control solution to keeping the lethal McD offense off the field. To know early in the week it won’t be 66-7 again this week is refreshing.

A balanced Mid-Penn Conference:

You look at the scores week-to-week and the inclination is to think there is a major gap between the haves and have nots in the Mid-Penn Conference. I mean there are some major blowouts on a weekly basis. But the reality is those are only small pockets of teams that are struggling big-time. For the most part, the conference has great balance.

We are heading into the final month and eight of nine teams in the Commonwealth, seven of eight squads in the Colonial and all six of the residents in the Capital have a .500 record or better after six weeks. That surprised me a bit when I did the research. I, too, thought the gap was much bigger.

STOCK DOWN

Warmer weather a trend continuing:

For those of you who love the season change and that transition on Friday night to cooler weather and the chill in the air are going to have to wait. The warm days are staying around longer this season. Each of the next two Fridays are expected to be in the mid-70s. That puts us in Week 8 for maybe the first chance of needing to break out the jacket and an extra layer. And they say global warming isn’t real.

Down year for some proud programs:

The Liberty Division is laced with proud small-town football schools from the once tradition-rich Tri-Valley League. They would put on a small-school football show pretty much on an annual basis.

This just isn’t the case in 2021. Names like Line Mountain, Halifax and Newport are ones we’ve all come to know and respect for not only their championship pedigree when they were elite, but also playing at a high level even when the talent pool was a wee bit light.

It’s a struggle in 2021. Juniata, who lost its most valuable offensive weapon to an injury for the season, might claim the top spot and the previously mentioned trio of schools is a combined 2-13 overall. Hope this is just a down year and not a trend.

Class 6A — Record — Previous rank 

1. La Salle College HS (12)       — 6-0   — 3 

2. Pittsburgh C.C. (7)               — 5-1   — 2 

3. North Penn (1)                    — 6-0   — 5 

4. St. Joseph’s Prep (12)          — 2-2   — 1 

5. Central York (3)                   — 5-0   — 4 

6. Mount Lebanon (7)             — 6-0   — 6 

7. Garnet Valley (1)                 — 6-0   — 7 

8. Harrisburg (3)                     — 5-1   — 8 

9. CD East (3)                          — 5-1   — 9 

10. McDowell (10)                  — 5-0   — NR 

Teams to watch: Archbishop Wood (12) 4-2, Emmaus (11) 5-1, Parkland (11) 4-1, Quakertown (1) 6-0, York High (3) 4-1. 

Class 5A — Record — Previous rank 

1. Governor Mifflin (3)            — 5-0   — 1 

2. Imhotep Charter (12)          — 4-1   — 2 

3. Moon (7)                             — 6-0   — 5 

4. Cathedral Prep (10)            — 5-1   — 3 

5. Academy Park (1)                — 4-1   — 4 

6. Chester (1)                          — 6-0   — NR 

7. Manheim Central (3)          — 5-1   — 6 

8. Whitehall (11)                     — 3-2   — 7 

9. Shippensburg (3)                — 6-0   — NR 

10. Unionville (1)                    — 5-1   — 9 

Teams to watch: Cedar Cliff (3) 5-1, Pine-Richland (7) 3-3, South Fayette (7) 4-2, Spring Grove (3) 5-0, West Chester Rustin (1) 4-1.  

Class 4A — Record — Previous rank 

1. Jersey Shore (4)                  — 6-0   — 1 

2. Belle Vernon (7)                  — 5-0   — 2 

3. Thomas Jefferson (7)          — 3-1   — 3 

4. Bishop McDevitt (3)            — 4-1   — 4 

5. Valley View (2)                    — 6-0   — 5 

6. Aliquippa (7)                       — 4-1   — 6 

7. Northwestern Lehigh (11)  — 6-0   — 8 

8. McKeesport (7)                   — 5-1   — 9 

9. Berks Catholic (3)                — 4-2   — 10 

10. Pottsville (11)                    — 5-1   — NR 

Teams to watch: Allentown C.C. (11) 4-2, Bishop Shanahan (1) 5-1, Hampton (7) 6-0, Lampeter-Strasburg (3) 5-1, Pope John Paul II (1) 4-2. 

Class 3A — Record — Previous rank 

1. North Schuylkill (11)           — 6-0   — 1 

2. Central Valley (7)                — 6-0   — 2 

3. Wyomissing (3)                   — 6-0   — 3 

4. Notre Dame-GP (11)           — 5-0   — 4 

5. Scranton Prep (2)                — 5-0   — 5 

6. Bedford (5)                          — 6-0   — 6 

7. Central Martinsburg (6)      — 6-0   — 7 

8. Neumann-Goretti (12)        — 4-1   — 8 

9. North Catholic (7)               — 6-0   — 9 

10. Clearfield (9)                     — 6-0   — 10 

Teams to watch: Avonworth (7) 5-1, Boiling Springs (3) 5-1, Danville (4) 5-1, Lakeland (2) 5-1, Wyoming Area (2) 5-1. 

Class 2A — Record — Previous rank  

1. Farrell (10)                          — 4-0   — 2 

2. Southern Columbia (4)        — 5-1   — 1 

3. Sto-Rox (7)                          — 6-0   — 3 

4. Washington (7)                   — 6-0   — 4 

5. Bellwood-Antis (6)              — 6-0   — 6 

6. Serra Catholic (7)                — 5-0   — 8 

7. Windber (5)                         — 6-0   — 7 

8. Wilmington (10)                  — 4-1   — 9 

9. Richland Township (6)        — 4-2   — 5 

10. York Catholic (3)               — 4-0   — 10 

Teams to watch: Bald Eagle Area (6) 5-1, Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 6-0, Karns City (9) 5-1, Laurel  (7) 6-0, Steel Valley (7) 5-0. 

Class 1A — Record — Previous rank  

1. Steelton-Highspire (3)         — 5-0   — 1 

2. Old Forge (2)                       — 5-0   — 2 

3. Muncy (4)                            — 5-1   — 3 

4. Canton (4)                           — 6-0   — 4 

5. Redbank Valley (9)             — 5-1   — 5 

6. Juniata Valley (6)                — 5-0   — 6 

7. Portage (6)                          — 6-0   — 8 

8. Tri-Valley (11)                     — 4-1   — 9 

9. Homer-Center (6)               — 5-1   — 10 

10. Rochester (7)                    — 4-1   — NR 

Teams to watch: Bishop Canevin (7) 5-1, Clairton (7) 3-2, Keystone (9) 5-0, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (7) 4-1, Smethport (9) 5-1, Williams Valley (11) 5-1. 

As shaky and less-than-impressive as Central Dauphin was offensively the first eight quarters of the season, the Rams have come off a two-week COVID-19 shutdown and are lighting it up. This offense is going to present some serious problems — mostly because of its balance.

Senior quarterback Max Mosey is pulling the strings and playing at a very high level. What is going to be problematic is he’s spreading the ball around in the pass game, picking his spots in the run game and the Rams’ power ground attack behind that offensive line is always available.

Central Dauphin has now scored 92 points since its pause, rolling up 42 on the road at State College Friday night. Mosey accounted for five touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, to stake CD to leads of 22-0 after one quarter and 28-7 at intermission.

All three of Mosey’s touchdown passes came in the first quarter as he found three different receivers in the end zone. There’s real danger in a passing game with multiple options.

Sticking with the Central Dauphin School District, because both schools are crafting strong squads, CD East was pushed by Cumberland Valley and rode its defense to a not-at-all-surprising 17-10 victory where points were not easy to come by.

Penn State recruit Mehki Flowers continues to somewhat quietly be a massive two-way star for the Panthers, who won their fifth straight. He hauled in a touchdown pass and came up with a clutch interception. In terms of two-way football, nobody in the conference is playing at a higher level than Flowers.

The fight CV put up speaks to the progress the Eagles are making under second-year skipper Josh Oswalt. When you win a 17-10 game you need defense and a horse to ride at running back, and East RB Marcel McDaniels answered the bell with 30 carries and a tough 136 yards.

Big win for the Carlisle Thundering Herd on many fronts. After starting 3-0, Carlisle had dropped two straight and was the favorite and clearly the better team against Chambersburg. And the Herd proved it, racing to a 24-7 halftime lead and claiming a four-score victory. The mix-and-match offense of multiple weapons was simply too much for the Trojans.

Harrisburg needed a strong second half to pull away from Altoona on the road, the Cougars’ fourth long-range road trip this season. When the defense pitches a shutout, the offense can sputter for a spell and not have any worries. Mahki Hopkins and Kyle Williams Jr. each had two scores for the Cougars, who are 5-1 with their only setback coming at the hands of No. 1-ranked Governor Mifflin.

It’s clear everyone is looking up at Shippensburg in the Colonial Division. The Greyhounds are the class of the bunch this season, and the gap gets a wee bit wider with each passing week.

Ship used a splendid outing from quarterback Tucker Chamberlin, and some stingy defense, to overwhelm Mechanicsburg by three scores. Chamberlin threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns, rushed for another score and was a tidy 12-for-15.

Northern bottled up West Perry defensively, and QB Timothy Bonin threw for 200 yards and three scores in a comfortable win for the Polar Bears. East Pennsboro needed a pair of Sy Burgos fourth-quarter touchdowns to get the Panthers past winless Susquehanna Township. Late-game wins are an East Pennsboro speciality this season.

Don’t look now, but Palmyra has won three in a row after surviving a shootout with Red Land where the teams combined for 88 points. Nice bounce back win for Milton Hershey thanks to RB Dion Bryant’s four touchdowns. Injury forced Bryant to play quarterback for the second straight contest, and he responded with a pair of TD passes to go along with two rushing scores. Is there anybody that does more for one team than Bryant? I know McDevitt has stars, but in terms of Keystone MVP, my vote would go to Bryant.

Speaking of Bishop McDevitt, it was another night of offensive fireworks in a 66-7 win over Lower Dauphin. WR Mario Easterly had 120 receiving yards and two scores on only four catches. RB Marquese Williams had only five carries, scored on four of them and eclipsed 100 yards. And freshman QB Stone Saunders threw four TD passes. Crusaders have scored 55 or more points in four straight games.

In case you haven’t noticed, Cedar Cliff has surrendered 21 or fewer points in each of its last three games. Just making note of the Colts’ defense as a public service reminder. And RB Jontae Morris has become the show pony of this offense with another 150-plus yard outing with three touchdowns.

Trinity took a 7-3 lead over Boiling Springs midway through the first quarter of an intriguing Capital Division battle. And the rest of the points, 40 of them, belonged to the Bubblers. Boiling Springs piled up nearly 400 yards on the ground, led by 183 and three scores from Jack Laing.

Big Spring continues to chug away, and the Bulldogs are a you-better-be-paying-attention-to-them 5-1 overall with an offense that gets theirs pretty much each and every week. In the 35-point win over Camp Hill, QB Ethan Eisenberg threw for 218 yards on only eight completions with three touchdowns covering 90, 64 and 16 yards.