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CLARION -- It was a week of surprises in the second week of high school football action in District 9 with some close games, upsets and shifts of power thrown in. Below is a wrap-up of Week Two's action.

RIDGWAY TOPS CURWENSVILLE IN OVERTIME

RIDGWAY -- Cody Mathis scored on a 2-yard run on fourth-and-goal in overtime, Jon Fleming tacked on the extra point and the Ridgway defense then stopped Curwensville's Brooks Collins on a two-point try after Collins had scored a touchdown in the extra period to bring the Golden Tide to within a point, as Ridgway (1-1) defeated Curwensville (1-1) 27-26 in overtime in an AML South showdown Friday night at Ridgway.

As one might expect with an overtime game, the battle was a see-saw one with Ridgway jumping out to a 6-0 lead, Curwensville coming back to go up 7-6, Ridgway moving ahead 20-7 at halftime and Curwensville scoring two second half touchdowns to force overtime.

Ryan Mitchell got things started for the Elkers scoring on a 3-yard run with 6:10 left in the first quarter, but Fleming's extra point was not good leaving Ridgway up 6-0.

Mark Records then caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from Jim Thompson, and Kent Johnston's extra point gave Curwensville a 7-6 lead with 8:57 left in the first half.

Ridgway responded immediately with an 81-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Jesse DePanfilis with 8:45 left in the half, and then Mitchell ran in from one yard out with seven second left in the half. Fleming made both extra points to put the Elkers up 20-7 at the break.

Curwensville came back late in the third quarter when Collins scored on a 22-yard run with only 51 seconds left in the quarter to cut the Ridgway lead to 20-14.

Then late in the fourth quarter, Thompson found Joe Bennett with a 16-yard scoring strike to tie the game at 20 with only 51 seconds left in the game. But on the extra point, the snap was bad and the kick was no good forcing the extra session. 

Ridgway won the toss in overtime and elected to go on offense (each team gets a chance to score at the 10-yard line in overtime). After Curwensville stopped the first three Elker attempts short of pay dirt, Mathis found a seam to score the eventual winning touchdown.

Mathis led the Ridgway ground game with 79 yards rushing on eight carries and one touchdown, while Mitchell had 57 yards on 17 carries and two scores. Quarterback Brandon Steger was 3-for-4 for 22 yards passing.

Collins led a balanced Curwensville rushing attack with 61 yards and two touchdowns, while Ryan Bilger added 56 yards and Joe Bennett 53 yards. Quarterback Jim Thompson rushed for 20 yards and was 6-for-12 passing for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Records had four catches for 89 yards and a score.

CLEARFIELD ROLLS OVER BROOKVILLE

CLEARFIELD -- Clearfield used a 27-point second quarter to build a 41-0 halftime lead on its way to a 41-6 win over Brookville in a D9 League game Friday night at Clearfield.

Dave Richards led the Bison attack rushing for 169 yards on 18 carries and scoring two touchdowns. Matt Meckey added 33 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries, while quarterback Michael Sayers was 4-for-4 for 73 yards and a touchdown. Todd Shaw had two catches for 40 yards and a touchdown. 

Norman Byerly led Brookville with 57 yards on nine carries, while Matt Mellilo had 21 yards and a touchdown on four carries. 

COUDERSPORT SQUEEZES PAST ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC

COUDERSPORT -- Coudersport used a rock hard defense to limit Elk County Catholic to just 98 yards of total offense on its way to a 14-0 win Friday night at Coudersport.

The Falcons got a first quarter touchdown from Zach Hershey on a 9-yard run only 1:49 seconds into the game and the clung to that 6-0 lead until 5:02 was left in the game. That is when Steve Brink caught a 55-yard pass from Ben Cary and Dan Haskins ran in for the two-point conversion putting the Crusaders away.

Coudersport outgained ECC 357 yards to 98, but three lost fumbles and an interception helped keep ECC in the game.

Mike Maiuro led the Coudersport attack with 84 yards rushing on 12 carries, while Hershey added 77 yards and a score on 15 carries. Cary was just 4-for-14 for 100 yards and one touchdown, while Todd Wetzel was 0-for-1 with an interception. Brink caught three passes for 72 yards and the score.

Todd Silfies led ECC with 51 yards rushing on 12 carries, while Craig Timm added 43 yards on 10 carries.

KARNS CITY ROUTS KEYSTONE

KARNS CITY - In his first game back after suffering a concussion, Karns City quarterback Erik Fuhrer went 11-of-16  for 229 yards and three touchdowns to lead Karns City to a 55-0 rout over Keystone in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference action Friday.

Fuhrer threw  35- and 27-yard TD passes to Ian Ferguson, who finished with four catches for 95 yards, and a 29-yard TD pass to Brian Hilderbrand. Hilderbrand also scored on a 17-yard run.

The Gremlins (2-0) were also successful on the ground, as Billy Graham gained 111 yards on 14 carries and tallied two touchdowns, scoring from 5 and 10 yards out. Beau Rattigan also had a 4-yard TD run.

Karns City led 21-0 after the first quarter and 41-0 at halftime and outgained Keystone 472-62.

For the Panthers (1-1), quarterback Adam Black went just 4-of-20 for 16 yards. 

WEST SHAMOKIN EARNS FIRST WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY

RURAL VALLEY - West Shamokin answered a quick Allegheny-Clarion Valley score with six straight touchdowns to defeat A-C Valley 39-15 in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference action Friday night at West Shamokin's brand-new facilities.

West Shamokin (1-1), which is in its second year of existence as a school, won its first-ever football game by defeating the Falcons (0-2). The Wolves went 0-10 last season.

Mike Stewart, who scored on two touchdown runs, gave A-C Valley a 7-0 lead with a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, but West Shamokin tied the game on a 16-yard interception return for a touchdown. 

The Wolves scored three times in the third quarter on a 7-yard TD run by Bill Fulton, a a 15-yard TD pass from Trevor Henderson to Jon Nagy and a 9-yard TD run by Henderson.

West Shamokin scored twice in the fourth quarter behind Steve Cupec, who found the endzone on 1- and 15-yard runs.

Stewart registered his second touchdown on a 3-yard run to end the scoring.

MONITEAU IMPROVES TO 2-0 WITH CONVINCING 41-6 WIN OVER UNION

WEST SUNBURY - Moniteau's Bill Staab had another big game, this time rushing for 172 yards on 30 carries and scoring three touchdowns, as the Warriors improved to 2-0 with a 41-6 victory over Union in Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference action Friday night.

Moniteau busted out for 28 points in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Staab's runs were for 72, 3 and 3 yards. The Warriors outgained Union (0-2) 392-93 in total yardage.

The Golden Knights' only touchdown was on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Brian Lipps to John McKinney.  

CLARION-LIMESTONE BLANKS ST. MARYS

ST. MARYS - Clarion-Limestone's Chad Conti rushed for 95 yards and scored on a 52-yard run, as the Lions shutout St. Marys 23-0 in non-conference action Friday night.

The Lions (1-1) got on the board first with a safety and increased their lead to 9-0 on a 7-yard touchdown run by freshman quarterback Hayden Johnston.

St. Marys (0-2) held C-L close in the first half before Conti broke free on a third-and-long for his touchdown run four seconds before halftime. Ben Brooks rounded out the scoring with a 25-yard TD run late in the third frame.

The Lions defense held St. Marys to just three first downs, all in the second half. C-L was without star running back Dan Alderton due to a shoulder injury.