REDBANK VALLEY’S SMITH NAMED CHAMP ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING MONDAY EVENING QUARTERBACK SHOW KSAC FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

CLARION – Redbank Valley quarterback Jake Smith is the Clarion Hospital Athletic Medicine Program (CHAMP) KSAC Football Player of the Week for Week 10 of the 2007 season.

The CHAMP Player of the Week is named in conjunction with the All American Awards & Engraving Monday Evening Quarterback Show that is broadcast live from 6-7 p.m. Monday nights from the RRR Roadhouse in the Clarion Mall on C-93, 92.7 FM in Clarion. 

Smith had a big game in Redbank Valley’s 41-12 win over Marion Center Friday night. He accounted for five of Redbank Valley’s six touchdowns and 302 of the Bulldogs 425 yards while breaking two single-season school records and tying the school’s career touchdown mark.

Finishing the game 17-for-26 passing for 269 yards and four touchdowns, Smith also ran eight times for 33 yards and a touchdown. He broke R.J. Dick’s school record for touchdown passes in a season (22) by firing his 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd scoring tosses of the year and also surpassed Dick’s single-season passing mark of 1,627 yards. Smith now has 1,695 yards. In the process, Smith also tied Dick’s career passing touchdowns mark at Redbank Valley with 38.

The All American Awards & Engraving Monday Evening Quarterback Show is a weekly football talk show on Clarion’s C-93, 92.7 FM that is broadcast live from 6-7 p.m. Monday’s from the RRR Roadhouse in the Clarion Mall with Chris Rossetti and Pat Kahle as hosts. The show features high school, Clarion University, NCAA Division I and Pittsburgh Steelers football talk and interviews.

The Clarion Hospital Athletic Medicine Program is a program that has been serving local athletes and the physically active community for over a decade. It has five full-time certified athletic trainers including the trainers at Clarion-Limestone, Keystone, Redbank Valley and Union as well as a full-time trainer at their main location near the Clarion Hospital.

More information on the show can be found at www.d9sports.com/footballshow.htm.