Ben Joseph, a senior who also plays soccer at Bandys High, has already broken the school’s single-season record for extra points with 53 and he now has 101 career kicking points./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
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Joseph has set single-season mark for most
extra points, cleared 100 career kicking points
CAREER KICKING LEADERS
Bandys High’s top kickers for extra points in a season since 1977:
Player Year PATs
Ben Joseph 2018 53
Andrew Fearheiley 2003 50
Andrew Fearheiley 2004 48
Andrew Fearheiley 2002 42
Travis Kiser 2014 36
Bandys High’s career leaders in PATs since 1977:
Player Years PATs
Andrew Fearheiley 2002-04 142
Travis Kiser 2012-14 102
Alex Dzierzynski 2005-07 87
Ben Joseph 2017-18 83
Robert Gjuraud 2009-11 70
Bandys High’s career kicking points leaders since 1977:
Player Years Points
Andrew Fearheiley 2002-04 215
Travis Kiser 2012-14 159
Ben Joseph 2017-18 101
Alex Dzierzynski 2005-07 93
Robert Gjuraud 2009-11 79
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files
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CATAWBA – Bandys High’s football record book — already being rewritten this season for rushing – has another mark that has been surpassed.
As the third-seeding Trojans (11-1) prepare to face sixth-seeded West Stokes (11-1) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Bandys in a second round state 2AA playoff game, their kicker owns a new mark for single-season extra points.
Ben Joseph, a 5-foot-8, 160-pound senior who handles kickoff and punting for Bandys, has 53 PATs, three more than Andrew Fearheiley converted in 2003.
Documented statistics for Bandys football date back to 1977 but the school’s first football season was 1959.
Joseph is the third Trojans kicker since 1977 to reach 100 career kicking points. He’s at 101, trailing Fearheiley’s 215 and 159 by Travis Kiser.
Fearheiley’s career record for PATs is 142 and he also leads in single-season field goals (15 in 2004) and in career field goals (25).
Senior running back Ethan Howard became Bandys’ all-time leading rusher with a 220-yard game last Friday as the Trojans beat visiting Franklin 28-14 to open the state 2A playoffs.
He has 4,220 yards, breaking the mark of 4,064 set by Chris Spade (2003-04), and he needs 109 yards to break the school single-season rushing record of 2,093 set by Chris Douglas in 1998.
Howard has rushed for 1,985 yards this season.
Bandys’ Lake Hojnacki, a senior, has also become the first Trojans quarterback from 1977 to this season to rush for 1,000 yards, and he is believed to be the only Bandys quarterback to reach that many rushing yards in a season.