2021 Season Recap – District 3: Steelton-Highspire

In today’s 2021 season recap for District 3, we move away from the Reading area to the Harrisburg area as we take a look at Steelton-Highspire. Looking to follow up a 2020 State Championship the Rollers got off to a hot start in 2021 winning each of their first six games, all but one win coming in dominating fashion. After their 6-0 start, the Rollers would lose each of their last two games of the regular season, before taking down Delone Catholic in the first playoff game before losing to Canton to end their season. Despite the rough end to their season, Steelton-Highspire once again showed to be one of the best teams that District 3 has to offer. With a strong group of rising juniors, the Rollers should be among the top teams in 2023 again. <strong>2021 Results:</strong> <ul> <li>September 3: 61-6 win over Belmont Charter</li> <li>September 11: 68-7 win over Newport</li> <li>September 18: 53-19 win over Juniata</li> <li>October 2: 26-0 win over Middletown</li> <li>October 8: 34-28 win over Trinity</li> <li>October 15: 67-22 win over Camp Hill</li> <li>October 22: 49-14 loss over  Big Spring</li> <li>October 29: 29-28 loss to Boiling Springs</li> <li>November 13: 42-20 win over to Delone Catholic - PLAYOFFS</li> <li>November 20: 32-27 loss to Canton - PLAYOFFS</li> </ul> <h5><strong>2022 Ranked Prospects</strong></h5> <strong>No. 383 DB [player_tooltip player_id="243337" first="Daivin" last="Pryor"]</strong> Pryor played both running back and defensive back for Steelton-Highspire in 2022. He doesn’t have any defensive stats available but Pryor did record 52 carries for 1,286-yards. Despite being on the smaller side, Pryor as a defensive back shows great ball skills and a strong ability to read the quarterback’s eyes and diagnose plays both prior to the snap and as the play progresses. No. 501 WR [player_tooltip player_id="243329" first="Tyrone" last="Moore"] The senior wide receiver was one of the Rollers top weapons offensively this season recording 55 receptions for 1,375-yards, an average of 25 yards per reception. Moore has nice size at 6-foot-1, and 170-pounds while showing good speed as well as the ability to make tough catches in coverage. <h5><strong>2023 Ranked Prospects</strong></h5> <strong>No. 162 LB [player_tooltip player_id="249025" first="Tyshaun" last="Holland-Alli"]</strong> No defensive stats were available for Holland-Alli but the junior linebacker does have quality size for a rising senior linebacker as well quality speed and excels against the run. <h5><strong>2024 Ranked Prospects</strong></h5> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="64022" first="Alex" last="Erby"]</strong> Erby is the star of the show for the Rollers and is coming off a phenomenal sophomore season. The future FBS level quarterback completed 83.3% (160-of-192) of his passes this season for 3,265 yards and 42 touchdowns. Now, per MaxPreps, Erby did not throw a single interception this season but we are unable to confirm that stat. Either way, Erby’s 42 touchdown season helped the 6-foot-4, 205-pound quarterback break several Steelton-Highspire career records as just a sophomore. With two more years of eligibility, Erby will have the opportunity to put together one of the best Pennsylvania High School football careers we’ve ever seen and based on his first two seasons is well on his way to breaking the PIAA records for passing yards and touchdowns in a career. <strong>No.14 QB [player_tooltip player_id="142402" first="Andrew" last="Erby"]</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="64022" first="Alex" last="Erby"]’s brother, [player_tooltip player_id="142805" first="Andrew" last="Erby Jr"] is one of the state’s top 2024 prospects himself and is earning his own FBS level interest. While we couldn’t find any stats for him this season, Erby was dominant both on offense and defense this season at right guard and defensive tackle but his future is likely at defensive tackle. <strong>No.22 OL [player_tooltip player_id="145881" first="Amari" last="Williams"]</strong> Another nice-sized linebacker, [player_tooltip player_id="145881" first="Amari" last="Williams"] is a really sound football player who shows great instincts in both pass and run defense situations. A sound tackler, he wraps up opposing ballcarrier and rarely allows tackles to be broken. <strong>No.59 LB Ronald Burnette Jr.</strong> No stats or updated HUDL tape was available for Burnette Jr. <strong>No.184 DL Sean Bennett Jr</strong> No stats were available for Bennett Jr but from a skill standpoint, Bennett Jr is an intriguing prospect despite being a bit undersized than your prototypical defensive end. That being said, Bennett plays much bigger than he actually is and shows a consistent ability to make plays at the line or in the backfield including being able to knock down passes quite a bit. <strong>WL ATH [player_tooltip player_id="259542" first="Durrell" last="Ceasar"]</strong> Ceasar is on our watch list for now but will likely find his way into the rankings in our future updates. The wide receiver/safety shows quality speed and what speed he doesn’t have, he makes up for with a long stride. His soft hands are easily seen in his highlights on both sides of the ball as well as his ability as a safety to jump routes and pick off targeted passes.