What We Learned after 2nd Round of Playoffs
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From game-day performances to recruiting, here are some things we learned after the second round of playoffs Freshman Playoff Debuts Bishop McDevitt QB Stone Saunders Stone Saunders 6'2" | 200 lbs | QB Bishop McDevitt | 2025 State PA…
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Continue ReadingFrom game-day performances to recruiting, here are some things we learned after the second round of playoffs
Freshman Playoff Debuts
Bishop McDevitt QB Stone Saunders Stone Saunders 6'2" | 200 lbs | QB Bishop McDevitt | 2025 State PA – Saunders’ playoff debut was almost perfect in a blowout win. He went 13-for-15 283 yards with 2 touchdowns and zero interceptions. Regular season highlights are below.
Pittsburgh Central Catholic CB Xxavier Thomas Xxavier Thomas 5'10" | 160 lbs | DB Pittsburgh Central Catholic | 2025 State PA – Thomas led his team in interceptions when the regular season ended. He added another pick in his playoff debut making it 4 total on the season. Below are season highlights for weeks 6-9. Thomas is personally my number one DB in the ’25 class.
Aliquippa RB Tiqwai Hayes Tiqwai Hayes 6'1" | 200 lbs | RB Aliquippa | 2025 State PA – The young WPIAL standout had 2 touchdowns in a blowout win. Hayes and another young running back combined for 250 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns. Below are regular-season highlights. Hayes had 107 carries just over 1,000 yards with 10 touchdowns in the regular season.
QB’s Gateway Brad Birch Brad Birch 6'0" | 190 lbs | QB Gateway | 2024 State PA vs Penn Hills Julian Dugger Julian Dugger 6'4" | 200 lbs | QB Penn Hills | 2024 State PA
Dugger came out with a big win against a top-notch WPIAL program for the first time. Dugger rushed for 117 yards and had 2 first-half rushing TDs. He didn’t do too much after that though. Dugger was in and out of the game quite a bit in the 2nd half. Birch really struggled most of the game missing a lot of throws. He went 20-for-39 321 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. On Birch’s last drive of the game, he did take them down the field to have an opportunity to kick a field goal to tie the game at the end of regulation, unfortunately, the kicker missed it.
Sto-Rox ATH Josh Jenkins Josh Jenkins 6'3" | 180 lbs | QB Sto-Rox | 2023 State PA went off
In a Sto-Rox blowout win against Mohawk Area, Jenkins went 13-for-14 411 yards and 6 touchdowns. With the Vikings, you never know who the leading performer will be since they have a few players who can ball out. Last week was Jay Pearson Jay Pearson 6'0" | 190 lbs | ATH Sto-Rox | 2022 State PA , this week it was Jenkins’ turn. Jenkins also carried the ball 3 times for 51 yards. Below are game highlights.
Kiski OL Brandon Lawhorn Moore Brandon Lawhorn Moore 6'5" | 290 lbs | OL Kiski | 2022 State PA Commits
Moore is currently our 49th overall ranked player and 7th ranked offensive lineman in the 2022 class. He committed yesterday to Miami (OH). Moore is someone who I thought would be a G5 kid. His last few offers were FCS, but his last G5 offer came back in February so it was interesting to see where was going to end up. Miami (OH) was the only G5 school recruiting him as of late it seems like.
Thank you to my family and coaches for pushing me to be the best I could be. After much consideration I am committing to Miami University, Go Redhawks. @LoganM_MU @Coachjpatton pic.twitter.com/X2wepDf2DD
— Brandon Lawhorn Moore (Beef) (@Beef10520385) November 13, 2021
Scranton Prep RB London Montgomery adds PAC-12 Offer
Montgomery added his second offer with Arizona State. His first offer came from UConn about a month ago. Montgomery is no doubt a really good player but personally would love to see him at a camp first before offering because the competition is not very good, looking at it from a Power 5 perspective.
After getting off the phone with former NFL player and present coach at ASU, Antonio Pierce, I am happy to announce that I have received my second offer from ASU. Thank you ! @AntonioPierce @ASUFootball @Commit2theFork pic.twitter.com/04IzCAoyGs
— London Montgomery (@LondonMontgom11) November 13, 2021