CLEARFIELD 35, TYRONE 34

Sept. 19, 2008

Information for this story was found in the Sept. 20, 2008, edition of the Altoona Mirror and in the Sept. 20, 2008, edition of the Clearfield Progress

CLEARFIELD – Behind a resurgence from running back Isiah Morgan and another solid performance from quarterback Jarrin Campman, Clearfield stunned state-ranked Tyrone 35-34 Friday night in Clearfield ending the Eagles 35-game regular-season win streak.

Morgan, who fought injuries all last season after a sensational freshman campaign, had his best night since that sophomore season running 18 times for 143 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Campman ran 19 times for 66 yards and a score and also was 9 of 13 passing for 137 yards and two touchdowns.

Campman’s 17-yard scoring strike to younger brother Trey Campman with 6:59 left to play gave the Bisons (3-1 overall, 2-0 MAC-Nittany League) the lead for good, 35-32, in the see-saw affair.

Tyrone, who was ranked fourth in the state in Class AA by the PA Football News, wasn’t quite down getting to within a point when Clearfield elected to take a safety instead of punting deep in its own territory with 3:39 left to play.

The Eagles (3-1, 1-1) then got the ball at the Clearfield 42 following the free kick and moved to the Bisons 27. But the drive stalled, and Tyrone decided to try a 45-yard field goal from John Shaffer with less than two minutes to play. Shaffer’s kick, however, was not close.

The game was a wild affair from the get-go with the teams combining to score 19 first quarter points and 39 first-half tallies before adding 30 more points in the second half.

Tyrone led 12-7 at the end of the opening 12 minutes thanks to touchdown run from Larry Glace, who ran 21 times for 120 yards, and Mark Mingle. Clearfield’s score came on a 23-yard Morgan run.

It was the Bisons turn to score twice in the second quarter, as Derek Danver caught a 34-yard pass from Campman, who also ran for an 8-yard score. Glace’s 50-yard touchdown run was sandwiched inbetween the two Clearfield scores leaving the Bisons ahead 21-18 at the break.

Clearfield extended the lead to 28-18 in the third quarter when Morgan scored on a 16-yard run, but Tyrone score two touchdowns in a row with the latter coming on a 9-yard run by quarterback Levi Reihart to go up 32-28 early in the fourth quarter.

Reihart was 8 of 11 passing for 209 yards and a touchdown pass while also running for the score for Tyrone.

Trey Campman had six catches for 83 yards and the game-winning touchdown for Clearfield.  

CLEARFIELD 35, TYRONE 34

Score by Quarters

Tyrone 12 6 8 8 – 34

Clearfield 7 14 7 7 – 35

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

T – Glace 6 run (kick missed), 8:01

C – I. Morgan 23 run (Herrington kick), 4:06

T – Mingle 9 run (kick missed), 0:56

Second Quarter

C – Danver 34 pass from J. Campman (Herrington kick), 11:50

T – Glace 50 run (run failed), 11:08

C – J. Campman 8 run (Herrington kick), 7:13

Third Quarter

C – I. Morgan 16 run (Herrington kick), 9:57

T – Desch 66 pass from Reihart (Shaffer pass from Reihart), 8:22

Fourth Quarter

T – Reihart 9 run (kick missed), 11:50

C – T. Campman 17 pass from J. Campman (Herrington kick), 6:59

T – Safety (Herrington ran out of end zone), 3:39  

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Tyrone – Glace 21-120, Mingle 14-56, Gault 2-3, Reihart 4-3, Team 1-(-3). Clearfield – I. Morgan 18-143, J. Campman 19-66, Rippey 1-3.

Passing: Tyrone – Reihart 8-of-11, 209 yards, 1 touchdown; Mingle 0-of-1. Clearfield – J. Campman 9-of-13, 137 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Receiving: Tyrone – Desch 3-90, Ingle 3-53, Shaffer 2-66. Clearfield – T. Campman 6-83, Sass 2-20, Danver 1-34.