MARTINSBURG — Look up Central Martinsburg's roster and players' names and positions are listed as usual.

Alex Hoenstine is the exception. His position is listed as “athlete.”

And accurately so.

“Alex has a lot of different talents and we've been able to use him a lot of different ways,” sixth-year Dragons coach David Baker said.

Hoenstine's skill set will be on display at 7 p.m. Friday at E.J. Mansell Stadium in DuBois when Central (11-1) takes on Karns City (10-2) in a PIAA Class 3A football Western Semifinal.

Hoenstine's production this year includes:

- 2,124 yards and 46 touchdowns rushing. He has yet to be held below 100 yards in a game this year.

- 366 yards and four touchdowns passing.

- 21 catches for 274 yards and five touchdowns.

- Six interceptions as a defensive back.

- A 38.9-yard average as the Dragons' punter.

- A 44.7-yard average on three kickoff returns and a 21.6-yard average on eight punt returns.

“We have a package where Alex plays quarterback, usually for about a third of the game or so, where he may run, pass or hand it to someone else,” Baker said. “His older brother, A.J., is our offensive coordinator and was head coach here before me.

“We have run some kickoffs and punts back for touchdowns, but teams haven't been kicking to us lately.”

Teams haven't been doing much of anything to them lately. Since a 30-28 loss to Clearfield in Week 3, Central has won nine straight games, outscoring the opposition 353-43 in the process.

Besides Clearfield, Philipsburg-Osceola (14 points) is the only opponent to score more than eight points on the Dragons all year.

“The key for us defensively has been our linemen have been able to shed blocks and make tackles,” Baker said. “Our secondary covers receivers well, too, which gets us a lot of sacks.”

Linebacker Jared Smith leads the Dragons with 73 tackles and 19 tackles for loss. Linebacker Ben Kurtz has 67 tackles and defensive lineman Austin Garner has nine sacks.

Central has generated 32 takeaways this season — 21 interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries.

“We've gotten up by a lot of points on people and forced them to do things offensively they're not comfortable with,” Baker said. “Our linebackers get a lot of tackles for losses off blitzes.”

Offensively, the team offers more than just the versatile Hoenstine.

Quarterback Preston Karstetter, a junior, has thrown for 1,070 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions while completing roughly 60 percent of his passes. Jared Smith has rushed for 437 yards and Chase Smith has 32 catches for 516 yards.

“Karstetter is primarily a passing quarterback, that's why we use Alex back there sometimes as a change of pace,” Baker said.

Central is averaging 38 points while allowing five per game in its 11 wins this year. Baker is 52-12 over the past five seasons after going 5-5 in his first year as Dragons' head coach in 2011.

The Dragons were 13-2 a year ago, losing a 30-21 decision to Aliquippa in the Class AA Western Final.

“Karns City has a big, physical front line and they can run it right at you,” Baker said. “No. 44 (Chandler Turner) is a tall, lanky kid who looks hard to bring down.

“They've got two good fullbacks and their quarterback can throw it. They use that Navy-type of formation and nobody around here does that.

“That offense is well-conceived and well-executed and we haven't seen it. We're concerned about it,” Baker added.

He said the Gremlins use different formations defensively and are aggressive to the ball.

“When you're still playing football at this time of year, you're playing someone you don't know much about,” Baker admitted. “But we know they're good and we're looking forward to playing them.”