WEEK 5 GAME RECAPS

FOXBURG- It was a homecoming in more ways than one at A-C Valley (3-2 overall, 2-2 KSAC) as the Karns City Gremlins (4-1, 4-1) invaded Foxburg and came away with a 49-6 victory.

The Falcons had their Homecoming game spoiled as former A-C Valley head coach Ed Conto returned for the first time as head coach of the Gremlins.

The Gremlins got their running game going early with "The Reverend" Billy Graham, as he went in from 33 yards at 10:02 of the first quarter.

Later in the first, Jim Belles added a 64 yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 Karns City. That was the score at the end of one quarter.

Karns City added 28 points in the second quarter.

The first score came with 8:21 left in the half when Graham scored from two yards out. A 36-yard pass from Eric Fuhrer, who replaced Ian Ferguson at starting quarterback, made the score 28-0 with 7:27 left in the first half. A 30-yard pass from Fuhrer to Belles made it 35-0 with 4:49 left in the half.

Ferguson added a 70 yard punt return to make the score 42-0 with 56 seconds left in the half.

In the second half, a 4-yard run by Beau Rattigan gave the Gremlins a 49-0 lead.

A-C Valley got its lone score with 6:46 left in the game when Chris Gilman scored from a yard out.

The Falcons started Corey Jackson at quarterback, and, aside from an early first quarter drive that stalled on the Karns City 33 yard line, the A-C Valley was not able to get the offense going. Gilman, one of the top rushers in District 9, was held to 40 yards on 18 carries. Dan Leach led the Falcons on the ground with 81 yards on 6 carries.

Karns City was led by Belles 95 yards on six carries, while Graham had 88 yards on seven carries. Graham had 36 yards receiving, while Belles had 30 yards receiving. Fuhrer had three completions for 72 yards.

Karns City hosts District 10 powerhouse Wilmington next Friday while the Falcons go to Keystone to take on the Panthers in a KSAC match-up.

RURAL VALLEY- It was a match-up between the KSAC's lone undefeated team (Clarion Area) and its only remaining winless squad (West Shamokin). The result was a score that may have possibly exceeded everyone's expectations

Clarion (5-0 overall and conference) scored 12 touchdowns, including seven rushing TD’s and three defensive scores. The Bobcats racked up 34 points in the first quarter and 68 points in the first half.

Meanwhile, West Shamokin turned the ball over eight times and let up 360 total rushing yards.

"I don’t know what to say," Clarion coach Larry Wiser said. "Everything came up right. What do you do? The first team was already done by halftime and it was the JV guys out there in the second half.

"You never go out to purposefully embarrass a team, but you can’t go out there and not play hard."

The defense, which held the Wolves (0-5 overall and conference) to 16 yards rushing and intercepted Wolves’ quarterback Ryan Van Horn five times, helped to get things going for the Bobcats.

West Shamokin got the ball to start the game. On the second play from scrimmage, Kyle Cathcart stormed through the line to hit Van Horn and cause a fumble. Ted Lawrence recovered for Clarion at the West Shamokin 10.

On the second play of the series, Cathcart scored on a 3-yard run, as Clarion built a 7-0 lead with just 52 seconds gone in the game.

Dan Patton was the next Bobcat to get on the scoresheet, taking off on a 63-yard touchdown run with 5:32 left in the first quarter.

Clarion had a 14-0 lead when Zac Mechling nabbed his first of two interceptions on the night at 5:26. Just over a minute later at 4:23, J.D. Hughes rumbled into the endzone from a yard out, as the Bobcats eventually increased its lead to 21-0.

On West Shamokin’s next possession, the Wolves fumbled on their first play from scrimmage. Nick Niznik picked up the fumble and returned it 12 yards for a touchdown at 4:12

Clarion’s next touchdown was on a defensive play as well, with Nick Keener intercepting a pass and going 20 yards into the end zone, helping Clarion take a 34-0 lead.

It turns out that Cathcart, Patton, Hughes and Keener were just warming up, as all four players scored again.

Cathcart’s second touchdown was also a rushing touchdown, taking off on a 27-yard run to help give Clarion a 41-0 lead with 10:27 left in the half.

Before Patton got on the board again, Mario Bernardi hooked up with Taylor Sessions on a 10-yard touchdown pass at the 5:24 mark.

Then Patton scored his second touchdown just 16 seconds after the Sessions score by returning an interception 19 yards for a touchdown.

Patton scored his team-high third TD of the game just over two minutes later, running to glory on a 25-yard run that helped to make the game 61-0 with 2:29 left in the first half.

Keener got back into the scoring act just before halftime, hauling in an 18-yard pass from Ben Bevevino. Dan Kaufman’s eighth point after of the half made the score 68-0 going into halftime.

In the third frame of action, Hughes became the fourth Bobcat of the evening to score at least two touchdowns when he went off on a 72-yard touchdown run.

And if Hughes’ touchdown wasn’t enough icing on an already saturated cake, reserve running back Dustin Shaffer found a seam and traveled 59 yards for Clarion’s final touchdown in the fourth quarter.

"I was hiding my head by that point," Wiser said. "That was just a run up the middle there. That was our third-team offense that scored.

"I was impressed (about team’s performance). I got to be kind of humbly impressed because the last you want to do as a coach is destroy another team. You are in this to help kids."

SHARON -- Justin George scored seven touchdowns to lead Kennedy Christian to a 49-8 win over Keystone (1-4) in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon in Sharon.

George scored five TDs on the ground, one through the air and one on a 63-yard kickoff return.

His running touchdowns came from 4, 14, 6, 15 and 26 yards out and his receiving score was a 62 yarder.

Keystone's lone score came with nine seconds left in the game when Buck Neely hit Pat Irwin with a 21-yard pass, and then Neely found Barry Swartzfager for the 2-point conversion.

The Keystone rushing attack managed only 59 yards on 26 carries. Justin Bell led the way with 17 carries for 41 yards, while Neely had one carry for 18 yards.

Adam Black was 13-24 for 92 yards passing for Keystone, while Neely was 6-8 for 58 yards and the TD.

Irwin was the Panthers leading receiver with 8 catches for 72 yards and the score, while Bill Colwell had 4 for 18 yards and Bobby Telesz had 3 for 30 yards.

Keystone is home Friday night to host A-C Valley on homecoming. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

JOHNSONBURG- Curwensville beat its fourth unbeaten team in four weeks by defeating Johnsonburg 48-14 in an Allegheny Mountain League contest.

With the win, Curwensville (5-0) became the only undefeated team left in the AML.

Johnsonburg (4-1) turned the ball over five times, four of which led to Curwensville scores. Johnsonburg also had a botched snap on a punt, leading to another Golden Tide score.

The Golden Tide exhibited a balanced attack, gaining 414 total yards. Curwensville rushed for 251 yards, while quarterback Matt Harnish went 12 of 18 passing for 163 yards.

Harnish connected on his first seven passes and also threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Mark Records.

Mark Harnish led Curwensville on the ground with 80 yards on 11 carries and had touchdown runs of 24 and 1 yards.

Brian Marino also registered two rushing touchdowns for the Golden Tide, scoring on carries of 2 and 10 yards.

The Curwensville defense limited Rams running back Joey Carnovale to 30 yards on seven carries.

Francis Iorfido led Johnsonburg in rushing with 49 yards on six carries and scored on a 50-yard run. Iorfido also went 7 for 22 passing for 154 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

GROVE CITY -- Matt Melillo accounted for three scores, as Brookville got its first win of the season 32-15 over Grove City.

Melillo threw two touchdowns (8 yds., 26 yds.) and ran for a third (43 yards) in helping the Blue Raiders to the win.

Ryan Kesterholt ran 26 times for 145 yards and two scores to aid Melillo in getting Brookville (1-4) the win.

ST. MARYS -- Bradford (3-2) ruined St. Marys (2-3) homecoming by snapping the Dutchmen's 2-game winning streak 48-14 Friday night.

Elliott George scored three times, and Mike Fair rushed for 108 yards to lead the Owls to the win.

Bradford raced out to a 21-6 halftime lead on a 15-yard run by Kevin Rose, a 15-yard run by George and a 48-yard pass from Rose to Jason Casey. St. Marys lone score in the half came on a 2-yard run by Bryan Babb.

Bradford then scored the first 27 points of the second half on a 3-yard run by George, a 46-yard interception return for a touchdown by Matt Grillo, a 33-yard run by George and a 9-yard run by Jason Cobb.

CLARION TWP. -- Playing without star running back Dan Alderton, Clarion-Limestone (4-1 overall, 3-1 KSAC)) survived a scare from Union (2-3, 1-3) topping the Golden Knights 14-6 on homecoming at C-L.

C-L lead 7-6 at halftime having scored on an 8-yard run by Chad Conti in the second quarter to make the score 7-0 before Union's Brian Lipps hit Seth Stewart on a 52-yard TD pass to cut the lead to one.

C-L then gave itself some breathing room in the fourth quarter on a 10-yard run by Brandon Huwar.

Ben Brooks picked up the slack in the place of Alderton, who missed the game with a concussion suffered in C-L's loss to Clarion in Week Four. Brooks ran for 143 yards on 20 touches.

Lipps threw for 82 yards for Union with 69 of those yards being to Stewart. Anthony Connor led the Golden Knights running game with 7 rushes for 40 yards.

ST. MARYS- The Brockway Rovers, which had averaged 317 rushing yards in its first four games, ran the ball on 58 of its 60 offensive plays en route to routing Elk County Christian 30-0.

Brockway (4-1) ran roughshod over an ECC (1-4) defense that had only given up an average of 100 rushing yards in its first four games.

Aaron Cantafio and Jesse Vivian had one rushing touchdown each, as Brockway scored all four of its touchdowns with its running game.

Brockway will host Ridgway on Friday, while ECC will travel to undefeated Curwensville on Friday.

ERIE- The DuBois offense mustered only 47 total rushing yards and 183 total yards, as the Beavers fell to McDowell 16-7.

DuBois (2-3) trailed 9-0 after the first quarter. Ryan Sherwood's 2-yard touchdown run and a blocked punt that resulted in a safety gave McDowell the early lead.

The Beavers scored in the second quarter when Derek Marshall found the end zone from two yards out, but DuBois couldn't produce any points after that.

One bright spot for DuBois was quarterback Matt Sopic, who went 8 of 14 passing for 136 yards. Bob Laska caught four passes for 72 yards for the Beavers.

McDowell was led on the ground by Joe Gabbard, who gained 123 yards on 20 carries and scored on a 16-yard run.. Sherwood added 76 rushing yards on 17 carries.

BELLEFONTE- Tyler Butler kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to give Clearfield a 23-20 win over Bellefonte.

Bellefonte got three touchdowns from running back Nate Stone, who had two first-half TD's and gained 205 yards on 29 carries.

Clearfield's Matt Meckey also had three rushing touchdowns, scoring on carries of 3, 5 and 1 yards.

Meckey's 1-yd TD plunge gave Clearfield a 20-13 lead with 3:10 left in the fourth quarter.

Meckey finished with 101 yards on 21 carries. Running mate Dave Richards gained 100 yards on 14 carries.

RIDGWAY- Ridgway gained 239 total rushing yards and jumped out to a 17-0 lead before defeating Cameron County 24-14.

The Elkers (4-1), known more for its passing attack, ran the ball on 18 of their first 19 offensive plays en route to scoring on their first three possessions.

Dustin Dickant led Ridgway on the ground with 130 yards on 13 carries, and quarterback Brandon Steger gained 53 yards on 11 carries. Steger also went 6 for 10 passing for 94 yards.

Dickant scored three rushing touchdowns, finding the end zone on runs of 7, 7 and 44 yards.

Cameron County quarterback Jason Crosby went 10-19 passing for 100 yards and threw a 10-yard TD pass to Steve Brant. Crosby also scored on a 1-yard run.

Gideon Hornung led the Red Raiders (0-5) on the ground with 97 yards on 17 carries.

WEST SUNBURY- Moniteau's Bill Staab rushed for 282 yards on 27 carries and ran for three touchdowns, but it wasn't enough for the Warriors as Redbank Valley defeated Moniteau 42-22.

Staab had touchdown runs of 67, 15 and 77 yards. But Redbank Valley (2-3) had a few big scoring plays of its own.

Ron Geist, who led the Bulldogs with 93 yards on 14 carries, scored on a 43-yard run for the Bulldogs' first TD.

Tyson Shreckengost, who led the Bulldogs in receiving with 106 yards on three catches, hauled in a pass for an 83-yard touchdown for Redbank Valley's second tally. Shreckengost also had a 28-yard touchdown run and picked off a pass.

Bulldogs quarterback Chris Merwin went 6 for 8 passing for 137 yards, threw two touchdowns and scored on a 1-yard run.

Redbank Valley got a defensive touchdown from Dustin Shaffer, who returned an interception 21 yards into the end zone.

Redbank Valley gained 308 yards of total offense, yet Moniteau outgained the Bulldogs 335-308.

SMEHTPORT- Marc Shelgren ran for 85 yards on 12 carries and scored one touchdown as Smethport defeated Sheffield 28-14.