HEGINS - Marian creates scoring opportunities every way imaginable.

The Colts' diverse, explosive offense has been doing it all year - whether it's K.J. Snerr and Hunter Nause showing off their speed, or Ethan Kuczynski finding his top playmaking receiver Aaron DeAngelo.The longest scoring play of the season isn't owned by any of the top shelf Marian offensive players, but by 5-11 225-pound nose guard Josh Skotek.Skotek made arguably the play of the year for the Colts in the first half of the District 11 Class A championship against Tri-Valley.The Dawgs' were down by just 13 and inside the Marian five-yard line when Skotek ripped the ball out of Jaden Buchanan's hands and gracefully scampered 97 yards the opposite way to the house. What was about to be a 13-7 contest took a turn for the worst for Tri-Valley, as the Colts went up 19-0 and never took their foot off the gas."All we did during the week was work a lot on strips," explained the senior defensive tackle. "I made sure that when I had an opportunity during the game, I took advantage of it, made a big play, and it was great momentum for us."Skotek almost took a tumble as he crossed midfield during the season-defining sequence."I was trying to run faster than I was actually able to and I threw myself off balance," the senior jokingly explained. "At that point, I didn't know there was someone from Tri-Valley coming from behind me and Hunter (Nause) was yelling ' keep going, keep going'. This team sticks together. There was not a point that we never realized what our goal was. We knew we were going to come to this place, to this field, and win this game."Skotek may not have been showing up in the box score much, but his defensive numbers are toward the very top for District 11 defensive linemen, and teams all over the area are well aware of his presence."All season I told my teammates that I was going to score a touchdown," he said. "I had some opportunities early in the season but I couldn't capitalize. Tonight I had to make the big play and do whatever it took to help my team win."Skotek has now racked up 85 tackles during 2015 - 30 of which were for a loss. His annual resume also includes three sacks and three fumble recoveries - none that were bigger than Friday's. Despite all of his personal achievements, the number 300 has a meaningful significance to him."That was probably one of the best achievements of my athletic career," said Skotek of Marian head coach Stan Dakosty's 300th career win against Schuylkill Haven. "It wasn't about us that night, it was about something so much bigger that night - we're talking about 39 years, it connected us with all of the Colts in the past. It definitely helped, but the only thing on our mind was to try and get that win each week, and try and get a better spot in districts. We knew that when we got in districts that we would do some damages, and we would come out and be the team we knew we could be all season."The Colt senior knew since a young age that he wanted to be the anchor of a Marian, defensive line."My brother Michael made the choice to come to Marian five years ago and was a defensive tackle, just like I am," he added. "That made me want to come to Marian and be apart of the rich tradition. I wanted to be like him when I was younger. I saw him playing at Men of Marian stadium and knew that I wanted to be right there some day."Skotek achieved his goal of being a very successful Marian varsity football player. He stuffs tailbacks on the regular, and once in a while, ends up putting six on the scoreboard himself.