Each week, PennLive digs through a massive list of standout performances on the gridiron and selects 11 athletes who shined the brightest. Below are those stars who caught our attention and are now part of our weekly Mid-Penn Conference weekly All-Star team.
Check out the list below for games played Oct. 4. Statistics are via game coverage or submissions from coaches and team statisticians.
Eddie Corkery, QB, State College: Corkery continues to impress as a QB and leader of the one-loss Little Lions. Against Cedar Cliff Friday, Corkery passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns to guide State College to a 38-0 win.
Maurice Barnes, RB-LB, Bishop McDevitt: Barnes has been an effective weapon on multiple fronts. Against Commonwealth rival Cumberland Valley, the RB picked up 67 rushing yards and a score. He added two sacks and an interception in McD’s 30-18 win.
Grant Hall, RB, Big Spring: Hall just pulled off a rare trifecta, something no other conference RB has done this season. For the third straight week, Hall stretched behind 200 rushing yards, collecting 255 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulldogs downed West Perry 30-13.
Ian Bates, RB, Line Mountain: Bates again proved his versatility in helping the Eagles dispatch Middletown 55-21. The RB carried 14 times for 163 yards and three touchdowns.
Mark Carothers, RB, Shippensburg: The Greyhounds used a familiar blueprint to take down Gettysburg 35-7. Carothers was one of two Shippensburg backs to break 100 rushing yards, carrying 20 times for 152 stripes and a touchdown.
Antonio Harrison, RB, Chambersburg: The Trojans won their second straight and reloaded its postseason chances by taking down Carlisle 28-13. Harrison carried 14 times for 113 yards and three touchdowns.
Brady Seyler, RB, Red Land: The Patriots worked their tails off to secure the first win of the season. Seyler paced a powerful rushing attack that got the job done. The RB rushed for 182 yards and all three Red Land touchdowns in a 20-13 win over Hershey.
Caleb Snyder, RB, Upper Dauphin: The folks in Elizabethville will be talking about Snyder’s latest performance for some time. UD’s feature back carried a whopping 44 times for 337 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Trojans over Camp Hill 30-21. Snyder also capped two of those scores with conversion runs.
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Carter McCauley, WR, Greencastle-Antrim: The Blue Devils fell to Milton Hershey 30-29, the squad’s fourth straight setback, but McCauley kept producing throughout. The receiver pulled down 13 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.
Austin Duplessie, DL, Upper Dauphin: The Trojans’ defensive front had plenty to do with Upper Dauphin’s solid 30-21 victory over Camp Hill. Duplessie paced that unit with six tackles, including five for loss, and three sacks.
Zach Brown, LB, CD East: The Panthers continued their unbeaten run and some big defensive plays by Brown helped keep the streak intact. Against sister school Central Dauphin, Brown banked two sacks and blocked a field goal that was returned for a TD in CD East’s 21-20 victory.
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