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Kyle Failor

Quarterback in high school. Wide receiver at Lebanon Valley. · Senior on the 2012-13 MaxPreps roster. Lebanon Valley, 2013. · Lebanon Valley

William Albright's account of Oct. 1, 2011 has Mifflinburg winning 19-0 at Thompson Street Stadium, on homecoming, in the mud. The Wildcats came in 4-0. The first quarter was scoreless. Kyle Failor then found Oakley Whitesel for 17 yards, and it was 7-0 with 10:19 left in the half. In the fourth quarter Michael Wiand scored from the 3, and Failor scored from the 1 with 2:12 left. Both kicks failed. Mifflinburg's quarters were 0-7-0-12. Failor was 8 of 16 for 123 yards and a touchdown, and he ran nine times for 25 yards and a score. The Wildcats ran 28 times for 46 yards. Albright had them at 5-0.

Jordan Clark's account of Oct. 7 has Mifflinburg beating Towanda 14-7 at home. A fumbled snap on fourth-and-goal gave Mifflinburg the ball at the 7. Towanda tied it before halftime on a 25-yard pass from Trey Sites to Zach Ripic. A long punt return in the fourth quarter set the Wildcats up at the Towanda 9, and Failor found Bradee Ruhl for the 9-yard score. Failor ran 12 times for 47 yards and was 5 of 14 with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Shawn Weller's account of Nov. 4 has Lewisburg winning the Little Brown Jug game 28-9 at home. Mifflinburg came in at 8-1. Failor scored from the 1 at the end of a 13-play, 63-yard drive, and the half was 21-7. Weller had Mifflinburg at 150 yards, 89 of them rushing, and 7 of 16 passing for 61 yards. Jared Laino intercepted Failor.

David Mika's District 4 watch list of Aug. 18, 2012 looks back at that eight-win season. He has Failor at 1,017 yards of total offense, 633 passing and 384 rushing, and 10 touchdowns, five passing and five rushing. Failor completed 45 of 104 passes and averaged 3.9 yards on 95 carries. Mika wrote that an injury put him into the starting job, and that he ran for 140 yards in the District 4 quarterfinal against Bloomsburg. The schedule has that Nov. 11 home playoff as a game Bloomsburg won, 48-21.

William Albright's account of Sept. 28, 2012 has Mifflinburg winning 17-0 at Thompson Street Stadium, the first win of a 2-8 year. Victor Suquet kicked a 37-yard field goal, and Failor hit Whitesel from 18 yards. Failor was 3 of 10 for 24 yards and the touchdown. Chris Temple scored from the 1. Chuck Souders's Pottsville Republican Herald preview of Oct. 11, of Mifflinburg at Shamokin, names Failor as the player to watch and says he was the leading rusher in a second straight win the week before. The schedule has that win as 7-6 over Towanda on Oct. 5. The Herald's line for the year before is Mifflinburg 32-3, the same score as the Sept. 2, 2011 home win over Shamokin. Shamokin won the 2012 game, 21-20.

Lebanon Valley's 2013 roster lists him as a first-year wide receiver, 5-11 and 170, from Millmont, and says he appeared in two games. The bio calls him a district second-team utility player and an athlete of the week in high school.

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