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

14 players named to District 9 Honor Roll

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

Richards ran 34 times for 325 yards and five touchdowns and returned a punt for a touchdown in Clearfield’s 48-21 win over Philipsburg-Osceola Friday night.

He is the first player in the three-year history of the award to be named Player of the Week in three straight weeks. He is also the first player in the history of the award to win it four or more times in a season.

In addition to Richards, 13 other players playing in District 9 leagues and the Clearfield offensive line 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: 34 carries for 325 yards, 5 touchdowns; 1 punt return for a touchdown – Clearfield 48, Philipsburg-Osceola 21

HONOR ROLL

Sean Hvizdzak – Bradford: 11 carries for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 catch for 15 yards, 1 touchdowns – Bradford 33, Brookville 27

Cole Cook – Brookville: 14-for-21 passing for 240 yards, 2 touchdowns – Bradford 33, Brookville 27

Corey Santoriello – Brookville: 5 catches for 121 yards, 2 touchdowns; 2 carries for 19 yards – Bradford 33, Brookville 27

Clearfield offensive line of Kurt Meckey (center), Jon Altemus (guard), Anthony Buck (guard), John Rosselli (tackle) and Jonathan Graham (tackle): Paved the way for Dave Richards’ big night in which he ran for 325 yards and five touchdowns – Clearfield 48, Philipsburg-Osceola 21

Hayden Johnston – Clarion-Limestone: 4-for-8 passing for 98 yards, 3 touchdowns; 8 rushes for 67 yards – Clarion-Limestone 54, Union 0

Ben Cary – Coudersport: 9-for-13 passing for 217 yards, 1 touchdown – Coudersport 42, Otto-Eldred 7

Zach Hershey – Coudersport: 11 carries for 111 yards, 4 touchdowns; 2 catches for 33 yards – Coudersport 42, Otto-Eldred 7

Matt Carnahan – Karns City: 9 carries for 131 yards, 3 touchdowns; 1 fumble recovery for touchdown – Karns City 48, A-C Valley 0

Buck Neely – Keystone: 5-for-11 passing for 173 yards, 3 touchdowns; 1 catch for 35 yards, 1 touchdown; 5 carries for 15 yards – Keystone 53, East Juniata 14

Dustin Guidash – Punxsuatweny: 7 catches for 141 yards, 3 touchdowns; 11 carries for 48 yards – Punxsutawney 35, Lewistown 28

Joe Martin – Punxsutawney: 11-for-20 passing for 201 yards, 3 touchdowns – Punxsutawney 35, Lewistown 28

Shane Reed – Redbank Valley: 7-for-12 passing for 175 yards, 2 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 33, Moniteau 20

Doug Surra – St. Marys: 26 carries for 214 yards, 4 touchdowns – St. Marys 36, DuBois 21

Mike Mitchell – Smethport: 31 carries for 211 yards, 2 touchdowns; 3-for-12 passing for 32 yards – Smethport 25, Eisenhower 12

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

WEEK SIX

Dave Richards – Clearfield