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Saucon Valley’s Nick Savant rewriting the Panthers record book

Written by: David Mika on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Senior running back Nick Savant saved his best game for last. Savant rushed for a school record 333-yards on 23 carries and scored five touchdowns in a 40-14 win over Palisades last weekend.

Nick broke his own single game rushing record he set week five against Catasauqua. He rushed for 289-yards that night. Nick also rushed for 282-yards in a game.

“He isn’t the biggest kid but very rarely he goes down on the first hit. He is always fighting for extra yards and we saw that Friday night when he turned a 30-yard gain into a 94-yard touchdown run,” said head football coach Matt Evancho.

The 94-yard run was the longest in school history. “That was one of the best plays I have seen out of a running back in a long time. He runs with good vision and has great balance.”

So far this season he has rushed for 1,611 yards on 189 carries and 19 touchdowns. Nick has several records at Saucon Valley and closing in on several more.

Single Game Rushing – 333 yards

Season Rushing – 4^th at 1,611 yards, 257 yards behind Eric Kuester

Career Rushing – 2^nd at 3,115 yards, 145 behind Joe Killar

Career Rushing Attempts – 6^th at 400, just 30 behind Eric Kuester

Long Run from Scrimmage – 94 yards

Season touchdowns – 21

Career touchdowns – 42

Season Total Points Scored – tied for 1^st with Wayne Marish at 126

Career Total Points scored – 1^st with 252

Career Kickoff return yards – 3^rd at 419 behind Brandon Shuck and Matt Laub

Career Punt Return yards – 1^st at 166

Stats provided by Rob Lofthouse