Information for this story is courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday

KANE – Curwensville’s Alex Holland ran for a District 9-record 417 yards and scored five touchdowns on 33 carries in a 48-20 Golden Tide win at Kane.

All five of Holland’s touchdowns and the majority of his yards came in the first three quarters, as he was pulled early in the fourth quarter with the Tide leading by 28.

Holland missed the Pennsylvania rushing record by 71 yards – its 488 set by Harbor Creek’s Stephen Blose in 2005 against Fort LeBoeuf. He scored on runs of 36, 65, 12, 56 and 60 yards with the first three coming in the first half helping Curwensville (5-0 overall, 5-0 AML South) take a 27-7 halftime lead.

The Golden Tide, who outgained Kane (2-3, 2-3) 574-175, also got a 51-yard touchdown pass from Hunter McCracken to Shane Hoover with two seconds to go in the first half and a 3-yard Zach Dimmick scoring run in the fourth quarter.

Kane scored on a 1-yard Logan Depto run in the second quarter, a 19-yard Simon Gadley run in the third quarter and an 89-yard Marty Niklas fumble return also in the third quarter that actually cut the Curwensville lead to 35-20 at the time.

NOTES – The closet a District 9 runner has come to 400 yards in the last 10 years was in 2002 when Clearfield’s Dave Richards ran for 363 yards and seven touchdowns … The 400-yard game puts Holland over 1,000 yards rushing on the season. He has 1,080 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns on 113 carries, an average of 9.6 yards per carry … Curwensville has now scored 40 or more points in four of its five games and is averaging 51.8 points per game … The Tide travel to unbeaten Brockway next week.  

CURWENSVILLE 48, KANE 20

Score By Quarters

Curwensville  12        15        14        7          —        48

Kane   0          7          13        0          — 20

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

CUR - Alex Holland 36 run (kick failed), 7:15.

CUR - Alex Holland 65 run (pass failed), 4:29.

Second Quarter

CUR - Alex Holland 12 run (Alex Holland pass from Alec Starr), 11:27.

K - Logan Depto 1 run (Pat Anderson kick), 5:20.

CUR - Shane Hoover 51 pass from Hunter McCracken (Taylor Bumbarger kick), 0:02.

Third Quarter

CUR - Alex Holland 56 run (Garrett LaBorde pass from Jesse Zorger), 11:40.

K - Simon Gadley 19 run (Pat Anderson kick), 10:08.

K - Marty Nicklas 89 fumble return (kick failed), 3:07.

CUR - Alex Holland 60 run (kick failed), 2:47.

Fourth Quarter

CUR - Zach Dimmick 3 run (Taylor Bumbarger kick), 6:52.

            CUR   K

First Downs    25        13

Rushes-Yards  53-478 26-72

Passing Yards 96        103

Comp-Att-Int  4-6-0    11-26-2

Total Yardage 574      175

Punts-Average            1-45     2-27.5

Fumbles-lost    3-1       2-1

Penalties-Yards           5-66     4-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Curwensville: Alex Holland 33-417, Zach Dimmick 9-34, Alec Starr 5-11, Shane Hoover 5-17, Team 1-(-1). Kane: Dylan Eckstrom 4-6, Alex Anderson 2-7, Pat Anderson 7-34, Logan Depto 9-26, Simon Gadley 2-16, Ricky Harp 1-(-3), Team 1-(-14).

Passing - Curwensville: Alec Starr 2 of 3, 36 yds.; Hunter McCracken 2 of 3, 60 yds., 1 TD. Kane: Alex Anderson 10 of 25, 83 yds., 0 TDs, 2 Ints.; Bruce Waters 1 of 1, 20 yds.

Receiving - Curwensville: Shane Hoover 3-87, Shae Best 1-9. Kane: Logan Depto 2-33, Dylan Eckstrom 1-7, Ricky Harp 3-19, Simon Gadley 4-39, Bruce Waters 1-5.

Interceptions - Curwensville: Jesse Zorger, Zach Dimmick. Kane: None.