What We Learned in Week 9

Here are a few things we learned from gameday performances to recruiting news. <strong> </strong> <strong>Laurel Highlands’ [player_tooltip player_id="27735" first="Rodney" last="Gallagher"]</strong> Gallagher led the WPIAL in rushing yards this week. In a big 39-34 victory, he carried the ball 20 times for 285 yards and 5 touchdowns. In the passing game, he went 9-for-12 100 yards and a touchdown. He also recorded his first reception on the season for 22 yards. He had a pass breakup and a tackle on defense as well. Gallagher’s performance helped Laurel Highlands clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2015. <strong> <iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11906912/6174235b64df850af4d1cd56" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong> <strong>Gateway QB [player_tooltip player_id="64000" first="Brad" last="Birch"]</strong> The sophomore signal-caller had one of his best games as a Gator statistically against Connellsville. He went 10-for-14 230 yards with 4 touchdowns and zero interceptions. His QB rating was the highest ever this season with 151.3. He also ran for 53 yards and added another touchdown. On the season he’s completed 62.5% of his passes a minimum of 200 attempts. He is four yards shy of being the WPIAL passing leading, having 2,067 yards. He also has 23 touchdowns with 9 interceptions. <strong> <iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14450500/6174122906613e08cc154584" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong> <strong>Scranton Prep 2023 RB London Montgomery</strong> Montgomery is currently not ranked, but no doubt he will be after the performance he is having this season. On Friday’s win, he had 18 carries for 353 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also had a receiving touchdown for 53 yards, gaining 406 total yards and 6 touchdowns. This was his 2^nd best performance, the first came in the 2^nd game of the season where he rushed for 373 yards and 6 touchdowns. Montgomery is a thick-bodied back with good vision who has quickness with speed and shows good jump cuts. Camp season is going to be big for him because the competition level isn’t the best. He received his first offer from UConn earlier this month. <iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/12891119/616f6321386e090ef40804c0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>2023 Tight End [player_tooltip player_id="97607" first="Joey" last="Schlaffer"] Commits</strong> Schlaffer who is our 21^st overall ranked player and 1^st ranked tight end in the 2023 class announced his commitment to Penn State Saturday, October 23^rd. Schlaffer is the second player from the 2023 class to commit. It is also Penn State’s second PA commit from the 2023 class to go along with [player_tooltip player_id="139966" first="Lamont" last="Payne"]. https://twitter.com/joey_schlaffer/status/1451935842549829636 <strong>20204 O-Lineman [player_tooltip player_id="142040" first="Cooper" last="Cousins"]</strong> McDowell’s Cousins is currently our 17^th overall ranked player and 2^nd ranked offensive lineman in the 2024 class. He received his second Power 5 offer from Penn State yesterday October 23^rd. He is a big physical kid. I saw his freshman JV tape back in the spring and I knew he was going to be a guy. His first offer came from Kentucky earlier this month. https://twitter.com/cousins_cooper/status/1451917179407020043 <iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/14546755/6158be7cbd6c140524f8f7b9" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>2022 DB [player_tooltip player_id="27619" first="Jamir" last="Reyes"] De-Commits</strong> 2022 Imhotep safety Reyes de-committed from Army last week. Reyes is our 43^rd overall ranked player and 6^th ranked DB. I thought Reyes was an absolute steal when he committed to Army, but now that he has opened his recruitment up hopefully other FBS schools see what I see in him. https://twitter.com/_mir5_/status/1450627978573066241 <iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11198864/613e559219b03005947bd5c9" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>