South Ben Washington Receiver Sets New State Record

by Jeff Fisher
Indiana High School Football Huddle

South Bend Washington senior receiver Gehrig Dieter is the state's new record holder for yards receiving in a single-game.

Dieter caught eight passes for 373 yards in Saturday's win over Bloomington North.  Dieter also caught five touchdown passes with the shortest being 44 yards and the longest 88.  The other three TD catches covered 57, 64 and 80 yards.

Dieter broke the old record of 362 yards set by Jason Yurack of Rushville in 1992 and tied in 1997 by Burke Eiteljorg of Park Tudor.