JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com

Antsy for the start of L-L League football? Yeah, me too. I’m so antsy, in fact, that I’ve already started plugging in some of the information for our annual football tab, which will hit the streets the day before the season starts, on August 31.

Man, that’ll be here before we all know it, right?

So, to get you and me in the mood, I thought I’d start posting some of last year’s stats.

First up, last fall’s total team defense leaders:

Wilson – 13 games, 1,096 rush, 934 pass, 156.2 avg.
Manheim Township – 13 games, 1,290 rush, 983 pass, 174.8 avg.
Lancaster Catholic – 12 games, 1,503 rush, 1,126 pass, 219.1 avg.
Elizabethtown – 12 games, 1,676 rush, 1,084 pass, 230.0 avg.
Northern Lebanon – 11 games, 1,369 rush, 1,450 pass, 256.3 avg.
Columbia – 11 games, 1,723 rush, 1,183 pass, 264.2 avg.
Donegal – 10 games, 1,379 rush, 1,324 pass, 270.3 avg.
Solanco – 11 games, 1,701 rush, 1,345 pass, 276.9 avg.
Hempfield – 10 games, 1,736 rush, 1,091 pass, 282.7 avg.
Manheim Central – 11 games, 1,872 rush, 1,333 pass, 291.4 avg.
McCaskey – 10 games, 1,833 rush, 1,122 pass, 295.5 avg.
Warwick – 11 games, 2,143 rush, 1,207 pass, 304.5 avg.
Cocalico – 11 games, 1,908 rush, 1,468 pass, 306.9 avg.
Reading – 10 games, 2,292 rush, 838 pass, 313.0 avg.
Conestoga Valley – 10 games, 2,258 rush, 894 pass, 315.2 avg.
Ephrata – 10 games, 1,992 rush, 1,173 pass, 316.5 avg.
Elco – 10 games, 2,038 rush, 1,139 pass, 317.1 avg.
Penn Manor – 10 games, 2,159 rush, 1,159 pass, 331.9 avg.
Garden Spot – 10 games, 2,285 rush, 1,089 pass, 337.4 avg.
Cedar Crest – 10 games, 2,043 rush, 1,394 pass, 343.7 avg.
Annville-Cleona – 10 games, 2,258 rush, 1,308 pass, 356.6 avg.
Lebanon – 10 games, 2,566 rush, 1,212 pass, 368.7 avg.
Pequea Valley – 10 games, 3,147 rush, 1,103 pass, 425.0 avg.