CLEARFIELD'S RICHARDS D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK FIVE 2002

14 players named to District 9 Honor Roll

CORSICA – For the second straight week and for the third time in five weeks, Clearfield’s Dave Richards is the D9Sports.Com District 9 Football Player of the Week.

Richards ran 17 times for 218 yards and two touchdowns and returned a fumble for a third touchdown in Clearfield’s 45-13 win at Bellefonte Friday night.

He is only the third player in the three-year history of the award to be named Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks. Brockway’s Aaron Cantafio was named Player of the Week in weeks eight and nine of 2000, and Clarion’s Kyle Cathcart was named Player of the Week in weeks two and three 2001. Richards is also only the third player to win the award at least three times in a season joining Cantafio (3 in 2000) and Cathcart (3 in 2001).

In addition to Richards, 14 other players playing in District 9 leagues are being honored this week as honorable mention recipients. Their names appear below.

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The Player of the Week award and the Honor Roll are chosen by the three founding members of D9Sports.Com. The awards can be given to any players playing on one of the 29 teams who compete in a District 9 League. Those 29 teams include four teams who are non-District 9 teams (Sheffield, Eisenhower, Youngsville and West Shamokin) but play more than 75 percent of their games against District 9 opponents and compete for District 9 league titles. The awards are the only weekly awards given out in the District that represent the district as a whole.

Honor roll members are listed alphabetically by school.

D9 SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Dave Richards – Clearfield: 17 carries for 218 yards, 3 touchdowns; 1 fumble return for a touchdown – Clearfield 48, Bellefonte 13

HONOR ROLL

Shawn Colligan – Bradford: 14 carries for 95 yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 kickoff return for a touchdown – Bradford 28, St. Marys 21

Tom Bussard – Brockway: 6 catches for 142 yards, 1 touchdown – Curwensville 14, Brockway 8

Craig Gardner – Clearfield: 3 interceptions; 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns – Clearfield 48, Bellefonte 13

Brendan Huwar – Clarion-Limestone: 14 carries for 87 yards, 3 touchdowns; 1 catch for 34 yards, 1 touchdown – Clarion-Limestone 44, Clarion 0

Curwensville Defense – Came up with a goal-line stand in the final seconds to preserve the win over Brockway. Limited the Rovers to 5 yards rushing on the night, while allowing no first-half first downs and only 15 total first half yards – Curwensville 14, Brockway 8

Jacoby Curtis – Eisenhower: 7-for-15 passing for 133 yards, 2 touchdowns – Eisenhower 36, Youngsville 0

Tyler Smith – Kane: 12-for-20 passing for 118 yards, 3 touchdowns; 1 rushing touchdown -- Kane 27, Cameron County 20

Matt Carnahan – Karns City: 14 carries for 92 yards, 3 touchdowns – Karns City 33, Moniteau 6

Buck Neely – Keystone: 8-for-16 passing for 126 yards, 2 touchdowns; 9 carries for 85 yards – Keystone 28, West Shamokin 8

Bobby Telesz – Keystone: 5 catches for 112 yards, 2 touchdowns – Keystone 28, West Shamokin 8

Adam Rohrer – Port Allegany: 13 carries for 146 yards, 3 touchdowns; 7 tackles – Port Allegany 54, Otto-Eldred 12

Ron Geist – Redbank Valley: 32 carries for 158 yards, 2 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 26, A-C Valley 12

Ryan Mitchell – Ridgway: 20 carries for 135 yards, 3 touchdowns – Ridgway 35, Elk County Catholic 15

Brandon Bennett – St. Marys: 13-for-19 passing for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns; 18 rushes for 18 yards; 1 interception on defense – Bradford 28, St. Marys 21

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BY WEEK

WEEK ONE

Dave Richards – Clearfield

WEEK TWO

Corey Santoriello – Brookville

WEEK THREE

Tristan Mulcahy – St. Marys

WEEK FOUR

Dave Richards – Clearfield

WEEK FIVE

Dave Richards - Clearfield