CLARION'S CATHCART D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK TWO

SEPT. 7-8

 

CLARION – Kyle Cathcart of Clarion is the second D9Sports.Com District 9 Football Player of the Week for the 2001 season after his performance against Redbank Valley Friday night.

Cathcart helped lead Clarion to a 48-20 win over the Bulldogs by rushing for 339 yards and five touchdowns on 22 carries. The 339 yards are believed to be the most in a game in Clarion history and were only 116 yards short of the state record of 455 in a single game set by Connellsville's Marcus Furman last year despite Cathcart being taken out of the game with a little more than three minutes to play in the third quarter.

With the big night, Cathcart also went over 3,000 yards rushing in his career and moved to within two scores of the District 9 touchdown record.

Cathcart now has 3,125 career rushing yards and 55 career touchdowns. The District 9 record for touchdowns in a career is 57 held by Brockway’s Aaron Cantafio, who ended his career last season. Cathcart is also only 875 yards shy of becoming only the second known back in District 9 history to go over 4,000 yards rushing in a career. Cantafio is District 9’s all-time leading rusher with 4,693 yards rushing.

Cathcart’s first crack at the District 9 touchdown record is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday when Clarion travels to Union.

Fourteen other players playing in District 9 leagues are also being honored this week as honorable mention recipients. Their names appear below.

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CATHCART BY THE NUMBERS

22 rushes for 339 yards and 5 touchdowns

Clarion 48, Redbank Valley 2

2001 PAST D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

PLAYER

SCHOOL

Nik Obenrader

Sheffield

D9Sports.Com District 9 Honorable Mention Football Players

(Players listed Alphabetically by School)

PLAYER/SCHOOL

STATS

TEAM’S SCORE

Elliott George – Bradford

7 rushes for 89 yards & 3 TDS; 1 safety; 1 blocked punt; 1 sack

Bradford 51, Olean (NY) 22

Jon Cantafio – Brockway

19 rushes for 108 yards & 1 TD; 3 punt returns for 82 yards

Brockway 33, Kane 8

Dave Richards – Clearfield

18 rushes for 169 yards & 2 TDS

Clearfield 41, Brookville 6

Chad Hilliard – DuBois

9-for-14 passing for 144 yards & 1 TD

DuBois 16, Punxsy 6

Derek Marshall – DuBois

14 rushes for 114 yards & 1 TD

DuBois 16, Punxsy 6

Ryan Shaffer – DuBois

2 sacks

DuBois 16, Punxsy 6

Francis Iorfido – Johnsonburg

20 rushes for 106 yards & 1 TD

Johnsonburg 27, Cameron Co. 6

Francis Jovenitti – Johnsonburg

20 rushes for 106 yards & 3 TDS

Johnsonburg 27, Cameron Co. 6

Erik Fuhrer – Karns City

11-for-16 passing for 228 yards & 3 TDS

Karns City 55, Keystone 0

Billy Graham – Karns City

14 rushes for 111 yards & 2 TD

Karns City 55, Keystone 0

Bill Staab – Moniteau

30 rushes for 172 yards & 3 TDS

Moniteau 41, Union 6

Ron Geist – Redbank Valley

21 rushes for 104 yards & 2 TDS

Clarion 48, Redbank Valley 20

Danny Mitchell – Smethport

4 rushes for 71 yards & 2 TDS; 2 catches for 27 yards & 1 TD

Smethport 42, Port Allegany 14

Jon Nagy – West Shamokin

6 catches for 137 yards & 1 TD

W. Shamokin 39, A-C Valley 15