Wyalusing’s Luke Jennings sets the school, single-game rushing record

Written by: David Mika on Thursday, September 4th, 2014. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

In last week’s season opener, junior running back Luke Jennings rushed for 373 yards on only 17 carries. Jennings smashed his previous record of 304 yards rushing against Warrior Run.

This is James Buchman’s second year as head football coach.

“We implemented a new offense this year, “ said Buchman. “We’re doing hybrid wing-T type on offense. Last year we worked on a play or two here and there. But this summer we worked hard on the new offense.”

“Luke is a very smart, natural athlete and such a fluid runner. He had no problem picking up our new offense pretty quickly.”

As a sophomore last year, Luke rushed for 1,685-yards and last year Luke set two rushing records, the single game and single season rushing records.

Wyalusing was down 6-0 early when Jennings broke a 73-yard run for the score. He had four touchdowns in the game and all were over 50 yards.

“You have to give credit to our offensive line and tight end for opening up those big holes. We tried to mix it up a little bit and run him inside and outside. It was the combination of the line blocking well and his ability to make plays.”

The guys that got the job done are TE Derrick Clark (6-0,195), RT Dustin Voda (6-5, 280), RG Dalton Chilson (6-3, 300), C Skyler Behrend (6-0, 240), LG Dawson Otis and LT Andy Colegrove.

“We have only one senior on the line. They did a tremendous job on our new offense.”

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