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South Williamsport junior Eli White is the Sun-Gazette area rushing champion. The junior held off a crowded field and surged late this season, finishing the regular season with 922 yards. White is one of three Mountie rushers to break 500 yards and has scored 12 touchdowns.
White has topped 90 yards in three straight games and gone over 100 five times. He also has played a key role in South (8-2) winning six straight games.
Jersey Shore’s Nolen Pauling, who led the area in passing yards, finished second in rushing at 845. He was followed by: Montgomery’s Josh Knoebel (789), Loyalsock’s Cayden Sones (794), Williamsport’s Tevin Williams (777), Hughesville’s Chase Shrawder (760), Cowanesque Valley’s Dave Hess (751), Montgomery’s Trace Furman (738) and Lincoln Miller (655) and Williamsport’s Zion Hughes (648).
Pauling and Knoebel rushed for an area-high 13 touchdowns; Knoebel doing so in eight games. Williams missed four games and led the area with 129.5 yards per game and Knoebel was second at 98.6.