By Rich Rhoades

BROOKVILLE — Scoring on the first two possessions of the first and fourth quarters, the Brookville Raiders held off Keystone and improved to 2-0 with a 27-7 win Friday night.

Ryan Kerr led the way, rushing for 158 yards on 17 carries and scoring three touchdowns on runs of 9, 45 and 24 yards, the last two coming in the fourth quarter after Panthers had gotten to within 14-7 late in the fourth quarter.

Raiders quarterback Steven Kennedy rushed for 93 yards on seven carries, his 31-yard run on the first drive setting up Cieleski’s run.

But the Panthers bottled up the Raiders after the early onslaught and hung in the game. They cashed in on a Raiders fumbled punt and scored on quarterback Mitchell Rearick’s 9-yard pass to Kyle Servey with 2:49 left in the third quarter.

Keystone then drove deep into Raiders territory after holding them on a three-and-out possession, but stalled on downs at the Raiders’ 24. Three plays later the Raiders scored on Kerr’s 45-yarder.

The Raiders then put the game away after holding the Panthers on downs deep in their own territory when it took just three plays to find the end zone for the final time. Kerr’s 24-yarder came with 7:03 remaining.

Brookville outgained Keystone, 362-242.

Rearick led the Panthers with 57 yards rushing and completed 9 of 27 passes for 125 yards. Matt Hergenroeder caught five balls for  83 yards. Colt O’Neil had a sack and recovered a fumble.

BROOKVILLE 27, KEYSTONE 7

Score By Quarters

Keystone         0          0          7          0          —        7

Brookville       14        0          0          13        —        27

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

B - Jacob Cieleski 2 run (Cameron Yard kick), 10:46.

B - Ryan Kerr 9 run (Cameron Yard kick), 8:09.

Third Quarter

K - Kyle Servey 9 pass from Mitchell Rearick (Dylan Ziegler kick), 2:49.

Fourth Quarter

B - Ryan Kerr 45 run (pass failed), 9:15.

B - Ryan Kerr 24 run (Cameron Yard kick), 7:03.

                                    B                     K

First Downs                14                    11

Rushes-Yards              40-308             36-117

Passing Yards             54                    125

Comp-Att-Int              5-8-0                9-28-1

Total Yardage             362                  242

Punts-Average                        3-33                 5-28

Fumbles-lost                2-2                   0-0

Penalties-Yards           4-39                 7-60

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing — Brookville: Ryan Kerr 17-158, Steven Kennedy 7-93, Cameron Yard 6-28, Jacob Cieleski 6-14, Brock Bietz 1-11, Conan Gilhousen 2-2, Dakota Singleton 1-2. Keystone: Mitchell Rearick 11-57, Colt O’Neil 4-25, James Gillen 5-23, Josh Lencer 13-23, Matt Hergenroeder 1-7, Team 2-(-18).

Passing — Brookville: Steven Kennedy 5-of-8, 54 yards. Keystone: Mitchell Rearick 9-of-27, 125 yards, 1 TD, 1 Int.; Matt Hergenroeder 0-of-1.

Receiving — Brookville: Jared Heschke 3-47, Brock Bietz 1-6, Jacob Cieleski 1-1. Keystone: Matt Hergenroeder 5-83, B.J. Seyler 2-36, Kyle Servey 1-9, Josh Lencer 1-(-3).

Interceptions — Brookville: Brandon Brownlee.

Sacks — Brookville: Jared Heschke 0.5, Mike Crane 0.5. Keystone: Colt O’Neil.

Fumble Recovery – Keystone: Colt O’Neil, Josh Lencer.

Kick Returns — Brookville: Aaron Ray 2-20. Keystone: James Gillen  2-29, B.J. Seyler 3-29.

Punt Returns — Brookville: Steven Kennedy 1-20, Brandon Brownlee 2-10. Keystone: James Gillen 1-5.

Punting — Brookville: Cameron Yard 3-98 (long 38). Keystone: Matt Hergenroeder 5-139 (long 30).