Southern Columbia 5⭐️ WR Julian Fleming at Beaver Stadium again today. He was at the opener 2 weeks ago and is expected back for OSU showdown in 2 weeks. Last year's big catch, LB Micah Parsons took time out of warmups to give hug and hand shake
Lotta people bang on Southern for whatever reason. Tigers just made stop at goal line then drove 99 yards to win it in final minute. Most teams aren’t built to do that.
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he’s exhausted on the field of battle - victorious” Lombardi said. Rory Lieberman, Danville’s first xc state champ
One of the reasons Danville is so good is because they don’t care who eats, eventually they’re all gonna eat. Watch one of the state’s all-time leading receivers bust his tail to get downfield and block for his guy.
Ok after talking with stat guru
@Mitch_Rupert
about Wisloski pitch to Murphy. Wisloski gets 10 yard carry. Murphy gets other 56 but no carry. So officially Murphy has 1 carry for 120 yards and 2TDs. Save this tweet for when someone researches box 20 years from now
I haven't shot football in a while, but we were short-handed tonight. Picked up a camera and slipped down to Shikellamy. This was the second pic I took. Shik DE Darrell Lyles throttling Central QB Trae Devlin. I'm retiring now.
Also worth noting,
@garrett_hoff33
had 2 punts tonight for Danville. A 47-yarder downed at 1, other was a 49-yarder. Also 7-7 on PATs. Lewisburg lost 2 fumbles, both recovered by Danville's Lincoln Diehl.
Braeden Wisloski has arrived to the party. One play after huge hit at goal line wher he forces and recovers fumble he takes jet sweep 98 yards (approx 100 meters or so…) and it’s 35-14 15 minutes into this 12 rounder
Zach Gordon had a few dropped tonight, but finished 13-18 for 251 yards and 2 TDs. Somehow he hits 72 percent of his passes and his completion percentage drops. In 6 games he's hitting 78.4 percent with 13 TDs and no INTs.
Danville girls second in 2A at PIAA cross country championships in close race.
Looks like Cathedral Prep at 111, Danville at 115, Montour 119 and Beaver 120 on top 4
I had Madden Patrick 14-26 for 317 and 3 scores. Worth noting he also played corner the entire second half. He was 11-16 after halftime. Cole Duffy 8-221 and 2 scores while battling cramps. Bo Sheptock with 173 and 3 more scores. He has 10 TDs in 3 games
Danville (11-3) puts 4 players in double figures in 73-54 win over Montoursville. Luke Huron with career-high 20, Carson Persing with 16, Ethan Morrison 11 and Hayden Winn 10. Jackie Moon/Cade Cush and Dameon White tons of tough work inside. Ironmen have won 9 of 10
Other than Saquon and Trace, the boy hasn’t loved any PSU athlete more than Myles Dread. Surprised to run into him at PSU football camp today but kid is stoked
Danville 294 total yards. Zach Gordon 11-16, 215 and 2TDs (4 Danville drops) Persing at his quota with 2 first half TD catches. He’s 6-116 and 2 TDs, 12 for year
For the 8th day in a row, my head feels like mush as I get ready to shut down for the day in the next hour. I feel like we've given our Valley the information it needs to date. Great work from all those newspapering everywhere.
#riseandgrind
Why my wife is better than yours: When I told her schedule had changed and I would be off Saturday, her response was ‘now we can football all day together!’
#keeper
So we picked up 10 first place and 4 seconds at PAPME awards tonite. Proud of all of them, especially Public Service win, the fourth in a row for DI. Public service is what we do, so that one really matters to me…
@carsopers23
7 for 131 receiving and 2 scores, 47th and 48th TD catches of his career. He has 12 TD receptions this year; school record is 16, All-state TE Michael Smith in 2007.
@ColeDuffy6
sneaks behind defense and
@MaddenPatrick13
hits him in stride for 69yd TD. Kick failed 13-0. FYI Duffy is the guy you shouldn’t let get behind you
There are 13 PA wrestlers in the semifinals at Fargo Junior Nationals today, including
@linemtsd
's Brock Rothermel. No other state has more than 5. Is that good? It feels like it's good.
Danville board of directors approves hiring of former Northwest coach Carl Majer as new football coach. Ironmen have won 3 consecutive District 4 titles under Mike Brennan.
Doing quick dive through Danville stats awaiting kickoff at Penn State-Michigan, looks like lost in all the D4 and state-record performances is fact that Madden Patrick and Aaron Johnson likely set single-game DHS records for passing (401) and receiving (234) yards.
Some more stats from Danville's 69-0 win over Central: 37 of Central's 51 plays went for 2 yards or fewer; Danville had 7 sacks by 7 different players (although Chase Miller shared one with Cade Kush) Also 8 different players scored TDs.
That man,
@sheptock_bo
electrifies crowd to close half. Takes a toss to right, hits sideline picks up 2 huge blocks from Cam Kiersch and goes 83 yards as halftime buzzer sounds for 4th TD of half. 40-0 at break. Sheptock 9-225 and 4 TDs
After 11 holes, Selinsgrove's Sam Wetmiller is 1-under at PIAA 3A golf championships at Penn State. He's tied for 6th. In 2A, Nick Mahoney is 1-under and tied for 4th after 7
Danville leads 42-0 at half. Ironmen hold 261-32 total yardage advantage.
@TyStauffer1
with 2 TDs,
@carsopers23
3 catches 113 yds and 2 TDs. Also his third TD called back in
@2
weeks
So tonite was my son’s last nite in quarantine. He couldn’t go to first home football game. So girls went to game and we ordered food, watched game film and a movie. He said ‘thanks for staying home with me’ I about melted.
Oooh, Maybe our first TikTok scanner call? Dispatcher called police to report of man in street. Officer said "He's not under the influence of anything...he's just filming a video, dancing in the middle of Market Street."
Penn State went run for 8, 4, 7, 5, pass for 15, run for 14, 5, 3, then drive stalls on 4 consecutive passes and a missed FG. Keep running the ball until they stop it.
So we have lost all power at the office. I can look down 2nd Street in Sunbury and see emergency responders at the scene of what appears to be a transformer fire. We were minutes away from putting Christmas Eve paper bed and now we're on hold.
Early to Ironmen Stadium for D4-3A playoff opener. Record/milestone watch for Danville: Aaron Johnson needs 6 yards receiving for 1000 and 1 TD catch for 20. Madden Patrick is 150 pass yards short of 2500 for year and 235 shy of single season school mark.
Fun visit to Mrs. Phillips’ fourth-grade class at White Deer elementary today. Their class turned in the winning artwork for the cover of The Daily Item’s first Mother’s Day special edition so they got a pizza party and an opportunity to meet the incomparable
@thatphotoguy007
Early arrival to Loyalsock as Lancers and Danville meet for 7th time in 4 seasons. Lincoln Diehl dressed for first time this season for
@Go_Ironmen
. Also looks like Sock QB Danny Dowell is dressed. Kick in 40 mins
Looks like at
@Go_Ironmen
will make it a 2A sweep in state team titles. Central Columbia girls won as well. Fourth place finish in pole vault gives Danville late 5 points.