Coaches often tell their best players they wish they had another player just like them. Bishop’s School head football coach Joel Allen actually gets that wish granted every day — his twin senior running back standouts, Alec and Austin Fisher, have been instrumental in his team’s undefeated start to the season. “They run so hard; if there’s any hole they’ll find it and even if there’s not a hole they’ll find a way to make a play,” Bishop’s senior offensive lineman Kyle Gantz said. “Austin will run you over and Alec will beat you with his speed.” While Alec has been driving opposing coaches nuts since he was a junior last year, Austin has also turned into a major threat in the Knights’ ground game in 2010. Through the first half of the season, the Fishers have put up tremendous numbers, routinely running for 100 yards or more and multiple touchdowns in most games. While Alec ran for almost 700 yards in the first six games, Austin ran for nearly 500 yards over that same period. “Seeing them going into the endzone scoring touchdowns, it pumps all the other players up, including me, and makes me want to go hard on defense and get a stop,” said Bishop’s bruising senior linebacker Micah Seau, who also serves as the team’s go-to runner in short yardage situations. The Fishers may be identical in appearance, but they certainly have their own personalities on and off the field. While the more outspoken Alec looks for openings and spaces in the defense downfield, Austin describes his style as “beast mode on the field,” putting his head down with the intent to knock over defenders. Nevertheless, both brothers have played a crucial role in Bishop’s impressive 6-0 start to the season. If scoring touchdowns on a regular basis wasn’t enough, the Fishers also play important roles on the defensive side of the ball. Austin is a bulldozing linebacker, while Alec is a heat-seeking safety. Allen said their defensive styles mirror what they do so well on offense. “I try to come downhill fast,” said Alec, who leads the squad with two interceptions. “I like to come up and make the big hit.” Of course, anytime two young men grow up in the same house there is a tendency for competition to occur between them — making it no surprise that Austin has turned into such a force with the ball after watching Alec run so well in 2009. “Last year I felt kind of bad for my brother because he got stuck playing a position he really wasn’t meant for,” Alec said. “Now, since we’re both getting the ball a lot, both getting touchdowns and yards, it’s good because it brings back sibling rivalry.” Playing a position more suited to his skills, Austin has been surprising high school insiders around town. Still, if one brother starts to slip, he said, high standards always prevail. “It’s a constant struggle to be the best between us two, so that’s motivating within itself,” Austin said.