Exeter's stout D-line, most district trips, top pass-catchers: 3 L-L League football facts for Nov. 8
A few more factoids to get you geared up for the Week 12 playoff action ...
. All eyes on the trenches Friday when Exeter takes on 1-seed, undefeated New Oxford in a D3-5A quarterfinal clash. You hear so much about ball-hawking linebackers, but the Eagles have flashed a fearsome foursome of brute D-line performers, who have clogged up a lot of holes and crashed a lot of backfields. ... Cameron Aiken (37 tackles, 10 TFL, 6 QB hurries), Joel Ummarino (38 tackles, 10 TFL, 3 pass breakups), Navy commit Logan Wegman (66 tackles, 12 TFL, 2 QB hurries, 2 pass breakups, 3 fumble recoveries) and Kevin Oswalt (30 tackles 3 TFL, 5 QB hurries, 2 fumble recoveries) have been steady across the D-line, helping the Eagles amass 89 TFL, 13 sacks, 48 QB hurries and 27 opportunistic takeaways. That's a lot of takeaways. ... That group must keep their eyes peeled on New Oxford RB Clayton Nieves, a 1,300-yard rusher and game-changer coming out of the backfield. He's helped the Colonials average 36 points and 306 yards a game. Not sure if New Oxford has seen a hard-charging D quite like Exeter's; the Eagles have yielded just 88 points, second-fewest among L-L teams (Lampeter-Strasburg, 82).
. Most District 3 playoff appearances by current L-L League members, including this season: Manheim Central (35) ... Wilson (32) ... Wyomissing (31) ... Cocalico (25) ... Lancaster Catholic (21) ... Columbia (19) ... Lampeter-Strasburg (19) ... Conrad Weiser (18) ... Governor Mifflin (18) ... Manheim Township (18) ... Exeter (15) ... Hempfield (15) ... Conestoga Valley (13) ... Garden Spot (13) ... Muhlenberg (11) ... Annville-Cleona (10) ... Berks Catholic (10) ... Warwick (10). ... Manheim Central is second (63) in D3 playoff wins, behind Bishop McDevitt (66) and ahead of Cumberland Valley (52). ... McDevitt (at Conrad Weiser in 5A) and Cumberland Valley (at Manheim Township in 6A) both get L-L opponents on Friday; Central missed the D3 playoffs for just the second time since 1991.
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. Most receptions in the L-L League heading into the Week 12 playoff games: Luke Spotts, Schuylkill Valley (56 catches) ... Brayden Charles, Hempfield (50 catches) ... Malachi Briddell, Lebanon (42 catches) ... Jace Conrad, Garden Spot (40 catches) ... Colton Hegener, Lancaster Catholic (40 catches) ... Kowen Gerner, Schuylkill Valley (39 catches) ... Ty Werley, Hamburg (39 catches) ... Alexis Cintron, Elizabethtown (36 catches) ... Ben Grundy, Twin Valley (36 catches) ... Cam Margeson, Hempfield (36 catches) ... Max Heffner, Daniel Boone (35 catches) ... Evan Rittle, Conrad Weiser (35 catches) ... Harrison Delissaint, Daniel Boone (34 catches).
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