WYOMISSING \u2014 Lucas Myers was an All-State linebacker and scored 25 touchdowns as a junior, but you\u2019ll never hear him take credit for making a play.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been coached to understand it takes 11 guys executing in unison for a play to work properly.<\/p>\n
All of that was on display Saturday as Myers scored three first-half touchdowns and Twin Valley executed crisply in drubbing Wyomissing 42-14 in a nonleague game at Bob Wolfrum Field.<\/p>\n
Myers broke off early scoring runs of 42 and 56 yards and had a 48-yard run to the 7 to set up another score as the state-ranked Raiders (3-0) rolled up a 42-7 first-half lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt starts with the big guys up front,\u201d Myers said modestly after rushing for a game-high 155 yards on just six carries. \u201cI had a couple touchdowns today, and on most of them I\u2019m barely getting touched. It\u2019s all those guys setting the path for me. They make me look good, and then I get the credit for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raiders were unstoppable in the first half, piling up 388 total yards and reaching the end zone on each of their six possessions.<\/p>\n
Twin Valley coach Brett Myers thought his team showed a lot of improvement after clawing past Susquehanna Township 17-13 last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought our kids played at a really good pad level,\u201d he said. \u201cLast week, we got a little high against Susquehanna (Township) and we focused all week on firing out and doing one-on-one man blocking, and I think it paid off today.\u201d<\/p>\n
It resulted in a rare one-sided loss for the Spartans (0-2), who have dropped their first two games for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n
The loss is their most lopsided since falling to Middletown 41-6 in the District 3 playoffs in 2018; the 42 points is the most they have allowed since a 49-0 playoff loss at Middletown in 2017. Brett Myers was the head coach of each of those Middletown teams.<\/p>\n
The win was especially impressive because it came at Wyomissing, where the Spartans rarely lose and where they\u2019re almost never dominated. It went down as Wyomissing\u2019s worst home loss since a 50-14 loss to Muhlenberg in 2007.<\/p>\n
The Spartans didn\u2019t look like a team about to be mercy ruled at the outset. They opened the game by going 75 yards on 11 plays and taking a 7-0 lead when Andrew DiFabrizio pulled in a 25-yard scoring pass from Brady Eisenhower.<\/p>\n
Eisenhower was sharp on the opening drive, connecting on each of his three throws, including a 30-yard gain on Zander Westwood\u2019s over-the-shoulder catch on a third-and-8.<\/p>\n
That was the end of the highlights for the Spartans, who soon found out they couldn\u2019t stop the Raiders.<\/p>\n
Twin Valley needed just 22 offensive snaps to find the end zone six times.<\/p>\n
Lucas Myers scored the first three. The most impressive came on a sweep that saw him go 56 yards for a 21-7 lead a minute into the second quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody was in the way,\u201d the Villanova recruit said of his sprint down the left sideline. \u201cOur guys did a great job blocking it and I just had to run.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get those two guards, Joey (Buckley) and Isaiah (Saunders), out there pulling with somebody behind them, it\u2019s a pretty good setup,\u201d Brett Myers said. \u201cThey\u2019re both really good athletes and they move pretty well. I mean, Joey\u2019s probably a college H-back and he\u2019s playing guard. And Isaiah\u2019s got the best feet of any lineman on our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quarterback Gavan Foster found Brody Majeski wide open on a slant on the next possession, Majeski taking advantage of the blown coverage for a 60-yard scoring reception to make it 28-7.<\/p>\n
The Raiders needed just one play to score on their next possession, a 65-yard run off a counter by Grant Moser on his only carry of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt all starts with the line,\u201d Moser said. \u201cThe line blocks that (play) perfectly. They gave me the edge and I knew I could out-run some guys.\u201d<\/p>\n