Friday night was a special night for the James Buchanan Rocket football team.

Yeah, the Rockets earned their fourth win of the season, beating the Pottsville BVM Green Wave 35-14, but in the process they had 2 players make school history.

Senior running back Cormac Houpt eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the season and became the schools all-time single-season leading rusher.

Junior quarterback Sebastian Wise also broke the 1,000-yard mark for the season with his passing.

Cormac Houpt (left) and Sebastian Wise (right) both went over 1,000 yards in Friday night’s 35-14 win over Pottsville BVM. (Photo courtsey of Rachel Houpt)

Houpt, who rushed for 192 yards and 3 TDs, went over 1,000 yards with an 8-yard run in the first quarter. He became the single-season record holder with his 61-yard TD run with 1:31 left in the game.

Wise joined the 1,000-yard passing club with his 66-yard TD toss to Owen Stoner at the 3:05 mark of the first quarter.

“Both of them were letting the game come to them,” JB coach David Miller. “If there was anyone a little anxious to get them both of 1,000 it was me with my play calling. I’m extremely happy for both of them.”

Houpt broke Jason Neil’s single-season record of 1,091 yards, which had stood since 2001. Houpt now has 1,171 yards and 15 TDs on the season with 2 games remaining.

“Cormac is a special talent,” Miller said. “He has left his mark on our program.”

Wise, who passed for 174 yards and 2 TDs, now has 1,074 yards and 11 TDs on the season.

“Sebastian is just finding out how good he can be,” Miller said. “He has even more motivation to have a big senior season next year and finish this season strong.”

The victory moves JB to 4-4, its most victories since 2014 and it has the chance to have the most wins, with 2 games remaining, since the 1995 Rocket team that finished 6-4.

“When we were 1-3 I didn’t know if we’d get to this point,” Miller said. “This a huge deal now to our players. Hopefully we can continue to play well.”

NOTES: Owen Stoner finished with 4 catches for 90 yards … Defensively for the Rockets, Caleb Wise (17 tackles) and Scott Seburn (16 tackles) had big games as did Logan Miller (13) and Owen Stoner (11).

James Buchanan 35, Pottsville BVM 14
James Buchanan 0 7 14 0 14 – 35
Pottsville 0 0 0 14 – 14
SECOND QUARTER
JB – Owen Stoner 66 pass from Sebastian Wise (Alec Truett kick), 3:05
THIRD QUARTER
JB – Cormac Houpt 52 run (Truett kick), 11:45
JB-Grant Ellis 9 pass from Wise (Truett kick), 7:56
FOURTH QUARTER
PBVM – 75 run (kick good)
JB – Houpt 2 run (Truett kick), 7:17
PBVM – 45 pass (kick good), 1:57
JB – Houpt 61 run (Truett kick), 1:31
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing – JB – Houpt 20-192, Wise 4-14, Sean Bailey 1-1.
Passing – JB – Wise 7-14-0-146.
Receiving – JB – O.Stoner 4-90, Daulton Bray 1-34, Bigler 1-13, Ellis 1-9.
Interceptions – JB – Bigler.