East Penn appears on rankings; CV falling

Earlier today we posted an entry detailing why Cumberland Valley shouldn't fall out of the top five in the Pennsylvania Football News' Class AAAA rankings following its 35-21 loss to Class AAA No. 2 Bishop McDevitt.

Unfortunately, a computer malfunction wiped that entry out and time constraints prevented us from posting it again. Well, the PFN released its new rankings this afternoon and the Eagles (2-1) tumbled all the way No. 10 in Class AAAA behind other District 3-AAAA teams Wilson and Central Dauphin. We still think CV is a top five team but now they'll have to prove it on the field and make the long and difficult climb back to the top.

In other rankings news, unbeaten East Pennsboro (3-0) is listed as a team to watch in Class AAA. Behind sensational quarterback Kelvin White, the Panthers are rolling and averaging 44 points per game during the unbeaten start.

White leads the area with 550 passing yards and nine touchdowns. The senior has completed 41 of 56 attempts.

The Panthers host Middletown on Friday before welcoming defending PIAA Class AA champion Lancaster Catholic to Saxon Memorial Stadium on Oct. 1 and heading to COBO Field for a date with Trinity on Oct. 8.

The next three weeks will say a lot about East Penn.

"We have some huge games coming up," East Penn coach Todd Stuter (above) said before Tuesday's practice session. "We've always preached one game at a time. We just play one play at a time. We play one play at a time and when we're done with that play we go on to the next play.
"We're breaking the game down, playing it one step at a time and enjoying what we're doing. Things could fall apart real quick but we're just staying with what we're doing."