At least one person sat in the Stigler High School stands this past Friday night and couldn’t help but be impressed.

Darren Riddle, the Hilldale High School athletic director, could only marvel as Panthers quarterback Jarret Radford continued to rewrite the school’s passing records that Riddle set more than 20 years ago.

“He’s a really good quarterback,” Riddle said. “It’s a completely different style of offense we ran. We ran a Wing-T and they get in the shotgun and throw a little bit.”

Actually, Radford throws it more than a little bit. With his 510 yards in the 55-48 first-round playoff win against Prague last week, he now has 2,889 along with 31 touchdowns this season. He also has 3,505 passing yards and 36 TDs in his Stigler career.

Riddle had the single-season record of 1,162 yards in 1985 and the career mark of 2,967 in 1984-86.

Radford, a 5-foot-11, 220-pound junior, also has destroyed the previous single-season and career touchdown marks. Riddle’s marks were nine in one season and 25 in his career.

Radford isn’t the only one rewriting records.

John Parsons, a 5-11, 160-pound senior, has 1,300 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns, shattering the single-season marks of 457 yards and three touchdowns by Riddle’s teammate, Gordon Highfill. Parsons also has 1,647 yards and 17 TDs in his career, breaking the previous records of 770 yards and six TDs by Jimmy Terrell in 1994-96.

Riddle and Highfull sat next to each other last Friday.

“We’re envious,” Riddle said with a laugh about Stigler’s pass-catch combo. “It’s like the offense we ran on the playground.”

Parsons has managed this despite playing the last two weeks with a separated left shoulder. He suffered the injury in the regular season finale against Panama.

“They tried to pop it back in place,” Parsons said. “They put a brace on it and I’ve got a knee pad under the brace and that helps.

“One of the main things about our offense is that coach (Chris) Risenhoover is a genius how he reads the other team’s weaknesses and what pass routes will be open. Jarrett can throw the long ball better than anyone I’ve seen in high school. We just find each other every time.”

Radford returns the compliment back to Parsons and his receivers.

“If we need a big play, I throw it to him,” Radford said. “He can jump up and catch it. He’s very depenable. All of our receivers run good routes.”

Radford, a converted lineman, remembers the first time he learned of Risenhoover’s offense.

“He had a big playbook, but he made it where I could fit into the offense,” the quarterback said. “I’m not a running quarterback.”

With the Class 2A second round playoff game at Sperry coming up Friday, Parsons and Radford have more opportunities to find each other and rewrite the records.

“I’ve really enjoyed watching them,” Risenhoover, in his first season at Stigler, said. “Stigler has not been known to throw the football to any great extent, but this is a little more than I would’ve predicted.”

Radford knows Friday’s game means one thing.

“My arm’s not tired,” he said. “I’m ready to throw it some more.”