JACKSON TWP — The 2008 season did not last as long as C.J. Brown would have liked, but he made the most of his team's nine games.

The Seneca Valley senior quarterback rewrote the Raiders' record book, breaking records for passing touchdowns in a game (four), in a career (26), passing yards in a game (305), in a season (2,152) and in a career (3,845).

The performance followed a junior campaign that saw Brown throw for 1,566 yards with 11 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

He threw just six interceptions this year, compared to 13 scoring passes, despite SV missing the playoffs with an overall record of 4-5.

"I think I definitely improved on last year," said Brown.

"He matured physically quite a bit and also as a player," said Raiders coach Ron Butschle. "It was easy to go to him with how we wanted to attack teams. There wasn't much explaining I had to do."

Aside from his passing yards, which were the most of any quarterback in the WPIAL this season, Brown also contributed 642 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground.

That total included a career high of 184 yards and a score in SV's 18-14 win over Butler to close the season Oct. 24.

The victory didn't send the Raiders to the playoffs, but it was a positive end to the season, as Seneca Valley took home the Butler Eagle Traveling Trophy in consecutive years for the first time since 2001-02.

"The win over Butler meant a lot," said Brown. "That's how all the seniors wanted to go out. Butler's a big rival. A win is never guaranteed, but we knew we could go out and get it, and we did."

For Brown, who has committed to play football at the University of Maryland, his athletic attention was devoted to other sports just four years ago.

"I played football in sixth grade, but not in seventh or eighth," he said. "I was more focused on basketball and traveling baseball.

"Then in ninth grade, a bunch of my friends were on the football team and I decided to go out. The rest is history."

While many of Brown's contributions to his team can be found in statistics, others are more subtle.

"One of the things I was impressed with was that while we threw the ball more than any team in the WPIAL, C.J. took care of the ball," said Raiders quarterbacks coach Tom Diecks. "He had only (six) interceptions this year and over the last two years, he did not fumble the ball once. For a quarterback at any level, that's remarkable.

"He did a good job of going through his progressions," Diecks added. "I think that's a big reason for the low interception total."

Butschle has seen his share of star high school quarterbacks.

Before coming to SV, he coached at Sto-Rox and watched Adam DiMichele lead the team to the WPIAL Class A title game.

DiMichele is now the starting quarterback at Temple University.

In Butschle's second season with the Raiders, Kevan Smith played well before moving on to the University of Pittsburgh.

"Adam was the best athlete I ever coached," said Butschle. "Kevan had the most physical potential and C.J. is the best pure quarterback I've had. They all brought something a bit different to the table."

Other than his physical talent, Brown also has traits not present in every high school star athlete.

"He's great in athletics, but is an even greater person," said Diecks. "With all of the accolades he received all year long, he stayed grounded. He's one of the best all-around people I've been around."

Here are records C.J. Brown for the Seneca Valley football team. Brown's total appears on the left and the previous record on the right.<B>Game</B>4 TD Passes 3305 Passing Yards 264<B>Season</B>2,152 Passing Yards 1,890<B>Career</B>26 TD Passes 203,845 Passing Yards 2,766