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November 3, 2009

The Cosh Watch

Here is this week’s attempt to keep up with record-setting Arundel quarterback Billy Cosh. It's not an easy job.

The All-Metro senior keeps breaking his own record for passing touchdowns in a career. Six more in Friday night’s win over Meade gives him 100. That’s 20 more than the record coming into the season. Cosh broke that in Week 6.

The biggest news is that Cosh hasn’t wiped anyone else’s name out of the record book – at least not yet. His 326 yards passing Friday bring his career total to 6,498, just 24 yards shy of the state mark set by North County’s Mike Pfisterer in 2000. Cosh should get there in Friday’s regular-season final against Southern.

He also has an outside chance to get Pfisterer's record for most completed passes. He will need 33, but that's exactly what he had against Meade, going 33 for 46.

If – or I should say when – Cosh gets those marks, they will be his 11th and 12th state records (he shares one of those). He now holds all of the state single-game and single-season passing records except best completion percentage in a season, .694 held by Ryan Fleetwood of Cambridge-South Dorchester since 1993. Cosh’s percentage this fall is .68.

Cosh, who is headed to Kansas State, has thrown 43 touchdowns this season as the No. 1 Wildcats improved to 9-0. He threw for 56 last season.

With one regular-season game remaining and up to four more in the playoffs, Cosh is closing in on three Pfisterer records, all state public school career marks:
Most passing yards: Pfisterer 6,522, Cosh 6,498.
Most passes attempted: Pfisterer 902, Cosh 777.
Most passes completed: Pfisterer 548, Cosh 515.

Posted by Katherine Dunn at 5:00 AM | | Comments (0)
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