How Fast is Demarcus Law?

9/28/26

As a freshman, the Philipsburg-Osceola running back clocked a 4.41-second 40-yard dash at the Central Pennsylvania Football Coaches Association Combine. It was the fastest time recorded at the event. He also placed sixth in the PIAA Class 2A 100-meter final that spring.

Now a junior, Law is turning that speed into production. He has at least 620 rushing yards through five games, including 122 yards and a touchdown in Friday’s 22–14 win over Bald Eagle Area. Philipsburg-Osceola is 4–1, and Law has rushed for at least 120 yards in four straight games.

A documented 4.41. State-meet speed. And a junior season that deserves attention beyond District 6.

Where does Law rank among Pennsylvania’s fastest football players?

9/27/26

Kaedyn Walker’s performance last night wasn’t the beginning of his breakout — it was the latest step in a remarkable first month of varsity football. The 5-foot-9, roughly 175-pound freshman announced himself immediately in McDevitt’s opener against Good Counsel (Md.), producing 151 all-purpose yards. He rushed for 27 yards, caught passes for 62 yards and scored two receiving touchdowns in a 35–21 victory. Through his first three games, Walker reported 365 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns — 112 rushing, 110 receiving and 143 on kickoff returns. Against State College, he rushed for 78 yards on nine carries and also turned a screen pass into a 48-yard touchdown. 

Then he showed another dimension. In McDevitt’s 49–0 Week 4 win over Cedar Cliff, Walker took a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown; through four games, MaxPreps credited him with 233 kickoff-return yards on six returns, a 38.8-yard average.  Friday against Cumberland Valley, McDevitt put even more responsibility on the freshman, giving him 15 carries, and Walker responded with two long touchdown runs in a 20–0 victory. 

That’s what makes Walker intriguing: he isn’t simply a freshman getting late-game touches for a powerhouse. In five weeks he’s already impacted games as a runner, receiver and returner, and McDevitt is increasingly putting the football in his hands. For a ninth-grader playing for one of Pennsylvania’s established programs, that’s a pretty significant first five weeks. This feels less like one breakout game and more like the beginning of a name PA football fans are going to hear for a while.

9/23/26

Last fall looked like it might be the culmination of something special at Pennridge.

The Rams went 13-2, captured the Suburban One League National Conference championship and advanced all the way to the District 1 Class 6A championship game. It was the kind of season that can define a senior class — and potentially leave a program wondering what’s next after so much talent walks out the door.

Pennridge may already have its answer.

Four games into 2026, the Rams aren’t rebuilding. They’re undefeated, sitting at 4-0 and atop the District 1 Class 6A rankings after a 14-7 victory over previously unbeaten Central Bucks West.

And remarkably, much of it is being driven by a junior class whose story may only be beginning.

Quarterback Aiden Tetkowski stepped into perhaps the toughest job on the roster, replacing four-year starter Noah Keating. Running back Trevor Picciotti has emerged as a physical presence in the backfield. Nate Derstine has provided a big-play threat on the outside, while fellow junior Bradley Dornon stepped up with five catches for 69 yards when Derstine was unavailable against CB West.

Then there’s linebacker Blake Landherr.

Landherr isn’t emerging — he’s already established. As a sophomore, the 6-foot-2 linebacker recorded 135 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and two sacks while earning First-Team All-League recognition. He’s again in the middle of a Pennridge defense that has surrendered just 28 points through four games.

And the junior influence goes deeper.

Matt Schaefer is contributing in the backfield. Marquan Walker is making plays at linebacker. Chuck Long and Devin Kelly have contributed as well. This isn’t one standout player carrying an inexperienced class. It’s a group beginning to take ownership of a program that graduated significant talent from one of its most successful seasons.

Maybe that shouldn’t be surprising.

While last year’s varsity was making its run toward the District 1 championship game, Pennridge was developing another group underneath it. Head coach Kyle Beller specifically pointed before this season to players arriving from a successful 2025 junior varsity team.

Now they’re being asked to do it on Friday nights.

The most impressive evidence came against CB West.

Pennridge was tied 7-7 and backed up at its own 15-yard line with 1:43 remaining. A young team could have been content to reach overtime.

The Rams instead drove 85 yards.

Picciotti turned a swing pass into a pivotal 34-yard gain. Tetkowski eventually found senior Sean Leuthe for the game-winning 36-yard touchdown with 28 seconds remaining.

It was a drive that looked considerably more like a veteran team defending a championship standard than a young team trying to find itself.

Pennridge still has plenty to prove. CB East, Pennsbury and North Penn are the next three opponents, with the October 9 trip to North Penn providing a rematch of last year’s District 1 championship game.

But that’s also what makes what’s happening in Perkasie so interesting.

The 2025 Rams established the standard.

The 2026 Rams inherited it.

And with so much of the current roster’s production coming from the Class of 2028, Pennridge may not simply be trying to duplicate last year’s success.

This young group may be capable of taking it another step.

9/21/26

There’s something fitting about Preston and Owen Bernard choosing the same next chapter.

The twin brothers have spent their high school careers side-by-side in the trenches at The Haverford School. Now the Class of 2027 offensive linemen will remain teammates at the Division I level after both committing to the United States Naval Academy.

And they made their decisions on the same day — May 22, 2026. Navy’s 2027 recruiting class lists both Preston and Owen as interior offensive line commits from Haverford.

The similarities go well beyond their last name. Haverford lists Preston at 6-foot-3, 270 pounds and Owen at 6-foot-2, 275, while the Fords’ 2026 preseason roster lists both at 6-foot-3, 290. Preston has primarily worked at guard and center, while Owen has played center and guard. Both have been part of the Haverford offensive line since their freshman seasons.

They were already attracting attention early in their careers. After their freshman season, Philadelphia Sports Digest specifically pointed to the Bernard twins as part of a young Haverford offensive line that gave the program reason for optimism. Two years later, Preston was coming off second-team All-Inter-Ac and second-team All-Delco honors after allowing no sacks during the 2024 season, while Haverford coaches praised Owen for his work ethic, physicality and ability to handle protection calls from the center position.

Now the brothers who grew up together, developed together and lined up together will get an opportunity few high school teammates ever receive.

From Haverford to Annapolis — the Bernard twins aren’t separating anytime soon.