JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Audio Podcast preview interview below with Penn Manor coach Todd Mealy
THE GAME: No. 10 Dallastown Wildcats (7-3 overall) @ No. 7 Penn Manor Comets (8-2 overall), Friday, 7 p.m.
WINNER GETS: No. 2 Cumberland Valley (9-1) or No. 15 Warwick (6-4) in the quarterfinals.
THE COACHES: Dallastown’s Kevin Myers is in his 4th season and he is 15-26 overall. … Penn Manor’s Todd Mealy is in his 2nd season and he is 9-11 overall.
DALLASTOWN RESULTS: @ York Suburban (W 41-27), West York (W 48-47), Kennard-Dale (W 14-7), @ New Oxford (W 28-20), South Western (W 27-0), Central York (L 30-7), York High (L 67-14), @ Dover (W 49-26), Spring Grove (W 21-6), @ Red Lion (L 20-14). … The three teams that beat Dallastown (Central York, York High and Red Lion) are a combined 24-6. … Great 5-0 start – including a wild 48-47 win over West York, the Bulldogs’ lone loss in the regular season. … Schedule included district-qualifiers York Suburban, West York, Kennard-Dale, Central York, York High and Red Lion. Dallastown went 3-3 against that group.
PENN MANOR RESULTS: @ Solanco (W 14-13), Lampeter-Strasburg (W 17-0), @ Exeter (W 31-3), @ Hempfield (W 31-14), Reading (W 9-6), McCaskey (W 23-0), Manheim Township (W 20-19), @ Warwick (L 27-7), Wilson (L 42-0), Cedar Crest (W 39-7). … Fabulous 7-0 start before hitting a two-game road bump, when the Comets were outscored 69-7 in losses to Warwick and Wilson – both district qualifiers. … Schedule included district-qualifiers Hempfield, Warwick and Wilson. Penn Manor went 1-2 against that trio.
COMMON OPPONENTS: None.
DALLASTOWN STAT PACK: Leading rusher – Chris Hunt (95 carries for 506 yards, 5.3 avg.); Leading passer – Chris Hunt (51-of-104 for 806 yards, 7 TD, 5 picks); Leading receiver – Eric Shoff (18 catches for 325 yards, 18.1 avg.).
PENN MANOR STAT PACK: Leading rusher – Sean Noll (128 carries for 770 yards, 6.0 avg., 5 TD); Leading passer – P.J. Rehm (56-of-121 for 766 yards, 7 TD, 8 picks); Leading receiver – Cody Booth (18 catches for 209 yards, 11.6 avg., 1 TD); Team offense – 260.7 yards per game (20th in L-L League); Team defense – 225.3 yards per game (3rd in L-L League).
NOTABLE: Penn Manor went 5-2 and finished in a tie for second place with Hempfield in Section 1 of the L-L League. … Dallastown went 3-3 in Division 1 of the YAIAA.
ABOUT DALLASTOWN: Second trip in a row to the District 3 Quad-A playoffs; fell to YAIAA neighbor York High 21-6 in the first round last year. … Outscored opponents 263-250 (plus-13 scoring margin).
ABOUT PENN MANOR: First trip to the District 3 Quad-A playoffs since 2006, and that was the program’s only other postseason appearance; Governor Mifflin nipped Penn Manor 14-13 in a first-round game. … Outscored opponents 191-131 (plus-60 scoring margin). … 18 giveaways and 14 takeaways for minus-4 turnover margin. … 43 penalties for 315 yards. … 133 first downs.
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