WEEK THREE DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL WRAP-UP

SEPT. 17-20

Last updated: 09/21/04 12:06:01 AM

BROCKWAY – Matt Foradora’s 27-yard touchdown run with 8:26 left in the game lifted Brockway to a 14-7 win over Elk County Catholic in a showdown of unbeaten teams Monday night at Brockway.

The game was originally scheduled for Friday night but was moved to Monday after rains for Hurricane Ivan forced two postponements.

Brockway outgained ECC 265 yards to 150 including 265-91 on the ground and ran 51 plays to the Crusaders 41 to get the win.

ECC struck first late in the first half when Anthony Tettis scored on a 2-yard run with just five second left in the half to give the Crusaders a 7-0 halftime lead.

The score remained that way until a 3-yard run by Bobby Liddle with 54 seconds left in the third quarter got Brockway back to within a point at 7-6.

Liddle led the Rovers with 22 carries for 109 yards and the score, while Foradora had six carries for 53 yards and a touchdown.

Tettis led ECC with 17 carries for 53 yards, while Scott Meholic had three catches for 48 yards.

CLEARFIELD – Josh Harbold ran for three touchdowns, as Clearfield outgained Indian Valley 406 yards to 16 on its way to a 38-0 win over the visiting Warriors Monday night.

The game was originally slated for Friday but was moved to Monday after rains from Hurricane Ivan hit the area.

Harbold finished the night with 17 carries for 152 yards and scored on runs of 7, 4 and 72 yards. Lucas Augenbaugh added nine carries for 74 yards and a touchdown, while Tanner Kelly was 10-for-19 passing for 124 yards while running for a touchdown.

Clearfield led 26-0 at halftime thanks to Harbold’s three touchdowns and Aughenbaugh’s score.

The Bisons made it 32-0 on a 1-yard run by Kelly in the third quarter and completed the scoring with a 36-yard pass from Andrew Janocko to Michael Scoggins in the fourth quarter.

Clearfield’s defense held Indian Valley to negative 10 yards rushing on 22 carries while forcing three turnovers (two interceptions and a fumble). Kelly had one of the interceptions.

MONITEAU 46, UNION 0

RIMERSBURG – Matt Schandelmeier ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns, and Clay Kohlmeyer threw for 94 yards and three touchdowns to lead Union to a 46-0 win at Union Saturday afternoon.

Schandelmeier scored on runs of 26, 4 and 16 yards in the first half, and Kohlmeyer threw touchdown passes for Adam Cousins (28 yards) and Eric Hilliard (13 yards and 46 yards) in the first half, as the Warriors (3-0) built a 40-0 halftime lead.

Brent Spawn added a 1-yard third-quarter run to close out the scoring.

The Moniteau defense held Union (0-3) to negative 31 yards of offense including negative 33 rushing. The Golden Knights have been shutout in all three games this season and have lost 14 straight games last winning Oct. 10, 2002, 20-6 over West Shamokin.

KNOX – Keystone scored all 43 of its points in the middle two quarters to defeat Keystone 43-13 Saturday night at Keystone.

Josh Fiscus ran for 181 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries, and Steve Black ran and threw for a touchdown to lead the Gremlins (2-1).

Mike Switzer ran for a touchdown (20 yards) and threw for a score (10 yards to Alex Rowan) to pace Keystone (1-2).

Steve Black was 9-for-15 passing for 132 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while older brother David Black had six catches for 104 yards and a touchdown (40 yards) and ran twice for 51 yards. Kyle Texter added six carries for 57 yards and ran once for a 4-yard score for the Gremlins.

DUBOIS 39, BROOKVILLE 8

DUBOIS – Jon Wanson passed for 121 yards and two touchdowns and ran for eight yards and a touchdown to lead DuBois to a 39-8 win over visiting Brookville Sunday afternoon at DuBois.

The Beavers move to 3-0 on the season, while Brookville falls to 0-3. DuBois came with 1:20 of throwing it third straight shutout before the Raiders back-ups punched it on the Beaver reserves.

It is the first 3-0 start for DuBois since the 2001 season when the Beavers went 5-6.

Brookville is 0-3 for the second time in the past four years.

DuBois scored all 39 of its points in the first half including 30 in the second quarter.

The Beavers went up 9-0 at the end of the first quarter on a safety and a 2-yard run by Mike Stewart.

Then in the second quarter, Stewart, who rushed seven times for 58 yards, scored on a 44-yard run to make it 17-0.

A 34-yard pass from Wanson to Ryan Liddle made it 24-0, and a 4-yard run by Wanson upped the score to 31-0

Wanson hit Jon Malacarne with a 10-yard pass to close out the scoring for DuBois.

Brookville’s lone score came on an 8-yard pass from Tyler Ross to Andy Bowen.

Allen Bowen led Brookville with three catches for 61 yards, while Andy Bowen had one for eight and the touchdown. Ross was 4-for-5 passing for 54 yards.

Derrick Bundy had four catches for 59 yards for DuBois, while Adam Lawrence recorded two sacks on defense.

RIDGWAY 43, KANE 20

KANE – Beau Iorfido ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns, converted two 2-point conversions and caught two passes for 40 yards to lead Ridgway to a 43-20 win over Kane Saturday night at Kane.

The game was close through three quarters with Ridgway holding a 29-20 lead before the Elkers scored 14 unanswered fourth-quarter point to pull away.

Iorfido stacked Ridgway to a 15-8 halftime lead thanks to two first-half scores including a 1-yard run with 36 seconds left in the half.

Josh Good had Kane’s lone first-half score on a 53-yard sprint.

In the third quarter, Kyle Huber put Ridgway up 23-8 with a 5-yard scamper before Kyle Oakes cut the lead to 23-14 with a 15-yard run for the Wolves.

Adam Handley immediately answered for Ridgway taking the ensuing kickoff 84 yards for a 29-14 Elker lead.

An Oakes touchdown run with 20 seconds left in the quarter got Kane back to within nine at 29-20.

But in the fourth quarter, Iorfido scored on a 6-yard run, and Huber hit Zach Pontious with a 43-yard pass to close out the scoring.

Good led Kane with 146 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, while Oakes added 16 carries for 126 yards and two scores.

Pontious added nine carries for 69 yards for Ridgway, while Huber was 5-for-7 passing for 106 yards.

SMETHPORT 29, SHEFFIELD 0

SMETHPORT – Mike Mitchell ran 19 times for 205 yards and four touchdowns to lead Smethport to a 29-0 win over Sheffield Friday night.

It was the first win for first-year Smethport head coach Rob Cosper.

Smethport’s defense held Sheffield to just 71 total yards of offense and two first downs on the night.

DUKE CENTER – Virgil Graham rushed for three touchdowns to lead Otto-Eldred to its second win of the season with a 38-0 victory over visiting Cameron County Friday night.

Graham rushed for 89 yards on the night, and Nate Booth caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Dan Terrette as well for the Terrors (2-1).

Otto-Eldred’s defense limited Cameron County (0-3) to four first downs, as the offensive struggles continue for the Red Raiders who have scored seven points all season.

COUDERSPORT 21, PORT ALLEGANY 0

COUDERSPORT – David Babcock ran for two touchdowns, and the Coudersport defense shutdown the Port Allegany offense leading the Falcons to a 21-0 win Saturday night at Coudersport.

It was the second straight shutout for the Coudersport defense and marked the first time Port Allegany has been shutout since Coudersport beat the Gators 39-0 Sept. 20, 2002. It is the third time in the past five meetings between the teams that Coudersport has shutout Port Allegany.

The Falcons defense limited the Gators to 127 yards of total offense including just nine passing yards. Coudersport forced five turnovers (three fumbles and two interceptions).

Babcock scored on a first-quarter run on three yards and tacked on a 5-yard run in the second quarter before Rob Cavallari’s 56-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second frame closed out the scoring.

Babcock rushed 15 times for 66 yards, while Jeremiah Wagner added 12 carries for 73 yards. Babcock was also 1-for-2 passing for 31 yards. Wagner added two interceptions on defense and a fumble recovery.

Cody Anderson led Port Allegany with 74 yards rushing on 12 carries, while Chad Saltsman picked up 47 yards on 11 totes.

Willie Bova had a big night on defense with two interceptions but struggled at quarterback going 4-for-9 passing for nine yards and two interceptions while running nine times for negative 37 yards.

A-C VALLEY 19, WEST MIDDLESEX 18, OT

WEST MIDDLESEX – Luiz Goncalves’ extra point following a 10-yard run by Rocco Crapis in overtime lifted A-C Valley to a 19-18 win over West Middlesex Friday night at West Middlesex.

The game was tied 12-12 at the end of regulation before West Middlesex’s Steve Andrusky scored on a 10-yard run at the start of overtime to make it 18-12.

Crapis, however, answered with a 10-yard run of his own on the Falcons (1-2) first play of the extra session to tie the game setting up Goncalves’ kick for the win.

The win snapped a 14-game road losing streak for A-C Valley, which last won outside of Foxburg Oct. 27, 2000, when it beat Moniteau 26-20.

Crapis' scoring run capped off a big night that saw him rush 17 times for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

Colt Burk added 14 tackles and a sack on defense for A-C Valley, while Goncalves and Mark Hart also had interceptions.

The win was the first for first-year head coach Randy Lemmon.

West Middlesex (1-2) got touchdowns from Kolten Hoffman, Jesse Polite and

Kolten Hoffman (33 yards) and Jesse Polite (40 yards) had the other two West Middlesex scores.

BRADFORD 28, PUNXSUTAWNEY 0

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Bradford didn’t let a little (OK a lot) of rain slow it down Friday night knocking off D9 League rival Punxsutawney 28-0 on the road.

Punxsutawney played without its leading rusher and one if its top players sophomore Devin Mesoraco, who was out with a shoulder injury. Going into the game, Mesoraco had accounted for 213 of Punxsutawney’s 458 yards on the season or 46.5 percent.

Without him, the Chucks were not able to get any offense going getting just five first downs and even failing to score early in the game after recovering a Bradford fumble at the Owls 5-yard line.

On the other hand, Bradford’s offense took advantage of good field position three times and bad field position once to score 28 points.

The first two Owls touchdowns came following Punxsutawney fumbles that were recovered by Bradford at the Chucks 18-yard line.

Nate Westlake scored the first touchdown on a 4-yard run with 1:31 left in the first quarter, and Dave Snyder got a 1-yard scoring run 15 seconds into the second quarter to give Bradford a 14-0 lead.

A 28-yard punt return by Westlake late in the first half set the Owls up at the Punxsy 12-yard line, and Mike Austin hit Shawn Spindler with a 12-yard scoring pass to make it 20-0 Bradford at the half.

After the three short first-half drives, Bradford used a school-record 99-yard drive in the third quarter to put the Chucks away.

The drive started after Westlake intercepted a pass at the Bradford 1-yard line spoiling an apparent Punxsutawney break when the Owls failed to cover the second-half kickoff with Punxsy recovering the free ball at the Bradford 21.

After the interception, the Owls used 12 plays and six minutes to go the 99 yards scoring on a 1-yard run by Snyder.