2010 WEEK SEVEN DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL WRAP-UP

Oct. 15-16

Note - Information for this wrap-up comes from various sources including e-mails we receive, the DuBois Courier-Express, the Oil City Derrick, the Bradford Era, the Butler Eagle, the Kane Republican, the Olean Times Herald, GantDaily.com and the Clearfield Progress.

Last updated: 10/19/10 12:39:02 AM

Games included: Smethport-Coudersport; Cameron County-Otto-Eldred; Bradford-Warren; Union-Keystone; Curwensville-Ridgway; Redbank-C-L; Punxsutawney-Moniteau; Kane-Johnsonburg; Port Allegany-Sheffield; Clearfield-Lewistown

Cameron County's Zach Austin Smethport's Ryan Wells Union's Taylor Smith

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PORT ALLEGANY 50, SHEFFIELD 6

SHEFFIELD – Visiting Port Allegany scored 27 points in the first quarter and 41 in the first half on its way to a 50-6 win at Sheffield Saturday afternoon.

Gator quarterback Matt Bodamer was 7 of 8 passing for 228 yards and four touchdowns while also scoring on a 10-yard touchdown run. Two of the touchdown passes went to Charlie Buchanan who had two grabs for 100 yards. Tyce Miller and Camrin Stuckey also caught touchdown passes from Bodamer, while Seth Lowery added an 11-yard scoring run and Garrett Drabert a 12-yard scoring run. Port’s defense added a safety and limited Sheffield to 11 total yards rushing while picking off four passes including one by Bodamer and two by Buchanan.   

Hunter Smith scored on a 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter for Sheffield

CLEARFIELD 13, LEWISTOWN 7

LEWISTOWN – Curtis Frye’s 1-yard touchdown run with 1:38 to play kept Clearfield unbeaten at 7-0 with a 13-7 win at Lewistown Friday night.

Clearfield led 7-0 at halftime thanks to a 3-yard Frye run in the second quarter.

Lewistown tied the game in the third quarter on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Dan Wheeler to Cole Welham early in the third quarter.

Frye ran 16 times for 79 yards while going 5 of 12 passing for 71 yards. Derek Morgan ran 30 times for 101 yards.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 20, MONITEAU 12

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Surviving a challenge from visiting Moniteau, the Punxsutawney Chucks kept their perfect record intact and ran their regular-season winning streak to 15 games with a 20-12 win over the Warriors.

The Chucks (7-0 overall, 3-0 KSAC-Large School) didn’t take the lead for good until Logan Weaver found Zac Dickey in the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown pass on fourth down five seconds into the fourth quarter.

With Moniteau (3-4, 0-4) driving for a possible game-tying score, Devon Luzell stripped Warriors running back Dustin Geagan of the ball and the fumble was recovered by Ben Blazavich deep in Chucks territory.

A few plays later, Weaver and Jason Fallara hooked up on a 72-yard touchdown pass to put the game out of reach at 20-6 with near three minutes left in the game. Moniteau scored a late touchdown, but was unable to recover the ensuing onside kick.

Fallara scored on a 3-yard run in the first half for the Chucks while Geagan ran 79 yards for a touchdown for the Warriors.

Fallara gained 121 yards on 29 carries to lead the Chucks while Weaver completed 6 of 14 passes for 131 yards, including a perfect 4-of-4 for 106 yards in the second half.

Moniteau quarterback Kyle Armagost rushed for 80 yards on 18 carries and completed 5 of 17 passes for 67 yards.

KANE 6, JOHNSONBURG 0, OT

KANE — Kane quarterback Alex Anderson’s 1-yard touchdown run in overtime gave the Kane Wolves a hard-fought 6-0 win over visiting Johnsonburg Friday night.

The Kane defense held the Rams scoreless in the first possession of overtime as Jon Carnovale missed a short field goal, setting up the Wolves’ game-winner that improved their record to 3-4. Johnsonburg dropped to 4-3.

The Wolves had a chance to score in regulation late in the game, but fumbled away the ball at the Johnsonburg 12 with 33 seconds on the clock.

UNION 24, KEYSTONE 20

RIMERSBURG – Taylor Smith’s 22-yard touchdown run with 1:24 to play lifted Union to a 24-20 win over Keystone Friday night giving the Golden Knights their first win over the Panthers in 16 years.

Smith scored three touchdowns three different ways to help Union (2-5 overall, 2-2 KSAC Small School Division) get a win over a District 9 team not named A-C Valley or Clarion-Limestone for the first time since Sept. 3, 1999, when the Golden Knights beat Moniteau 34-22.

He scored on an 83-yard kickoff return in the first quarter after Keystone had taken a 14-6 lead to cut the Panthers lead to 14-12. He then returned a fumble 55 yards for a touchdown midway through the third quarter to give Union its first lead of the night at 18-14 before completing a 45-yard game-winning drive that started when Austin Davis recovered a Keystone fumble.

But even after Smith’s touchdown run, Union didn’t secure the win until Trent Corle intercepted a Mitch Rearick pass at the 2-yard line with under 20 seconds to play.

Rearick had a pair of touchdown runs for Keystone, and James Gillen added a 1-yard scoring run for the Panthers (2-5, 2-2). Rearick ran 11 times for 89 yards and was 7 of 12 passing for 76 yards. Gillen ran 17 times for 87 yards.

Davis chipped in with a 20-yard touchdown for Union and had 59 yards rushing with Smith running 16 times for 99 yards and catching three passes for seven yards.

Union last beat Keystone in 1994 34-15.

CURWENSVILLE 61, RIDGWAY 14

CURWENSVILLE — The Curwensville Golden Tide bounced back from their first loss of the year last week at Brockway with an easy 61-14 win over Ridgway Friday night.

The Golden Tide (6-1) scored the game’s first seven touchdowns and led 46-0 before the Elkers (0-7) got on the board in the fourth quarter during the PIAA’s Mercy Rule running block.

Curwensville running back Alex Holland ran for 210 yards on 17 carries and scored four touchdowns, three of them on runs of 19, 76 and 17 yards. He also returned an interception 44 yards in the second quarter.

Shane Hoover scored two touchdowns, one on a 15-yard pass from Alec Starr and another on a 54-yard punt return, raising his season return TD total to four.

Brad Coudriet and Kyle Johns scored touchdowns in the fourth quarter, Coudriet’s on a 78-yard kick return and Johns’ on a 3-yard run.

Alex Dickant and Logan Wickett scored for Ridgway on runs of 10 and 14 yards respectively.

REDBANK VALLEY 49, CLARION-LIMESTONE 0

STRATTANVILLE —  Caleb Delp scored three touchdowns and rushed for 131 yards on 14 carries to lead Redbank Valley to a 49-0 rout of Clarion-Limestone Friday night.

Delp scored on runs of 2 and 23 yards and caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Bain. Mark Strothers scored twice on runs of 4 and 26 yards and finished with 98 yards rushing on just eight carries.

Bain also threw a 6-yard TD pass to Keaton Delp and Matt Hetrick added a 64-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.

Joe Tommasi led the Lions with 64 yards rushing on 14 carries.

Redbank Valley improved to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference’s Small School Division while C-L fell to 1-6 and 1-3.

SMETHPORT 40, COUDERSPORT 16

COUDERSPORT – Ryan Wells ran 24 times for 274 yards and five touchdowns to lead Smethport to its first win over rival Coudersport since 2001 with a 40-16 win at Coudy Friday night.

Wells scored on runs of 10, 66, 3, 1 and 10 yards and added three 2-point conversion runs while also sacking the Coudersport quarterback in the end zone for a safety.

The score was tied at 16 at the end of the first quarter thanks to a pair of Jason Gibson to Kory Majot touchdown passes for before Smethport rolled off 24 unanswered points.

Coudersport (3-4 overall, 3-4 AML North) had won nine straight in the series dating back to 2002 – eight regular-season games and one playoff game – the longest winning streak in series history for the Falcons.

Smethport (2-5, 2-5), which won 14 of 15 between 1989 and 2001, now leads the all-time series 58-41-4.

CAMERON COUNTY 47, OTTO-ELDRED 14

DUKE CENTER – Zach Austin threw for 74 yards and two touchdowns to help Cameron County topple homestanding Otto-Eldred 47-14 Friday night.

Otto got 97 yards rushing and a touchdown from Luke Kerr. Nate Bair added 127 yards passing and a touchdown and 44 yards rushing for Terrors.

Cameron improved to 5-2 overall, 5-2 AML North with the win while Otto-Eldred dropped to 1-6, 1-6.

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BRADFORD 28, WARREN 0

WARREN – Bradford went into Warren Friday night and knocked off the previously unbeaten Dragons in convincing fashion 28-0.

Pat Pascarella had another big night for the Owls (5-2) rushing for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries.

Pascarella’s touchdown run midway through the third quarter gave the Owls a 21-0 lead that proved to be more than enough. Bradford’s defense limited Warren to less than 200 yards of total offense.

Quarterback Cody Coats, back from an injury, also scored twice on the ground for Bradford staking the Owls to a 7-0 lead on a 43-yard run and then adding a 1-yard run for the final points. Pascarella scored twice in between including on a 31-yard run that made it 14-0 at halftime.