Each week during the regular season we look at some of the key statistical performances from the weekend in Division III football, highlighting one per region.

Occidental defensive end Alex Wertheimer harrassed the La Verne offense, as he tallied four sacks for a loss of 20 yards to go along with a pair of quarterback hurries and a pass broken up in a 14-13 win. Six of his seven tackles were for a loss and he pushed the Leopards back a total of 25 yards. La Verne finished the afternoon with 5 yards on 27 carries.

Bryson Tucker returned to running back for Mary Hardin-Baylor and ran for 218 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the fourth-best single-game total in school history. Tucker entered the week with no stats from scrimmage, rather, he had 28 tackles from his safety spot. Tucker was pressed into service as a running back in midseason in 2008 as well and finished with 672 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Albright had seven sacks for minus-38 yards, 11 tackles for a loss for minus-46 yards, a forced fumble, one fumble recovery, four interceptions, blocked a punt, and broke up five pass attempts in a 31-17 win.

Manchester might be the only conference unbeaten given less of a chance of winning its conference than Otterbein is in the OAC. The Spartans beat Hanover 30-8 on Saturday, moving them to 4-3, 4-0 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Manchester lost to Trine, Earlham and Kalamazoo to open the season in non-conference action and finishes the season with Mount St. Joseph and Franklin before traveling to Anderson. The four HCAC wins are Manchester's most in the past decade.

While the eyes of most casual observers are focused on the eventual Albright-Delaware Valley in Week 10 as the be-all and end-all of the MAC race, there's a third team still in the hunt.

And it's part of the continuing turnaround for Lebanon Valley under coach Jim Monos, whose second stint in the top spot for the Dutchmen has spurred a revival of the program. How are the Dutchmen doing it? Adam Samrov tells the story in this week's Around the East.

A little to the west, if there's going to be a turnaround it hasn't exactly started yet. But for Juniata, it could well be underway this week, as Carmen Felus' crew got its first win of the season this week. Ryan Tipps finds out how Felus intends to rebuild the program in this week's Around the Mid-Atlantic.

Concordia (Wis.) is working to battle back from an 0-3 start and has a chance to capture its first Northern Athletics Conference title. Clyde Hughes has more in Around the Midwest. Curry's new quarterback is finding his groove in Around the Northeast. Plus, it was a squeaker Saturday in Around the West.

That and more in this week's Around the Region.