Despite the fast start, Richards "only" finished with 210 yards on 16 attempts. He upped his season yardage total to 1,971 and touchdowns to 34. Richards' 69 career TDs trail Kyle Cathcart's district-record total of 73 by only four.

But Richards didn't even lead the team in rushing as sophomore fullback Josh Harbold gained 253 yards on only seven attempts. Four of his runs went for touchdowns covering 34, 57, 55 and 97 yards.

Harbold came into the game with 320 yards for the season.

Harbold's 97-yard run that put Clearfield up 52-17 and initiated the PIAA Mercy Rule's running clock with 9:03 left in the fourth was more yardage than he gained in all but one game this year.

Clearfield's offensive arsenal was too much for DuBois, which still had its best offensive performance of the season. The Beavers gained 382 yards and nearly put two runners over the 100-yard mark. Sophomore Vance Newell turned in the Beavers' best running game of the year, gaining 113 yards on only seven carries. He scored the Beavers' first touchdown, a 65-yarder on his first carry of the game at the end of the first quarter.

Eric Stuby gained 98 yards on 13 carries and Justin Foltz rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on the last play of the game.

After Richards torched the Beavers in the first quarter, the Beavers limited him to only three yards on his final eight carries. While they were keying on Richards, Harbold amassed some huge numbers.

The Bisons now have a week off before playing Punxsutawney or Bradford in the District 9 Class AAA Championship game probably at Mansell Stadium again.

DuBois closes out its season Friday at Altoona.

DuBois still leads the all-time series, 66-27-5. The game was the highest scoring contest in the series, eclipsing the 68 points in Clearfield's 42-26 win in 1998.

CLEARFIELD 52, DUBOIS 24
Score By Quarters
Clearfield 33 0 13 6 - 52
DuBois 10 7 0 7 - 24
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
D -- Mark Guthridge 21 field goal, 10:00.
C -- Dave Richards 57 run (Rob Kulling kick), 9:43.
C -- Josh Harbold 34 run (kick failed), 7:45.
C -- Dave Richards 47 run (kick failed), 6:33.
C -- Josh Harbold 57 run (Rob Kulling kick), 3:23.
D -- Vance Newell 65 run (Mark Guthridge kick), 1:53.
C -- Dave Richards 13 run (Rob Kulling kick), 0:00.
Second Quarter
D -- Ryan Samanka 19 pass from Joe Wanson (Mark Guthridge kick), 5:22.
Third Quarter
C -- Josh Harbold 55 run (Rob Kulling kick), 11:47.
C -- Todd Shaw 25 pass from Michael Sayers (run failed), 3:52.
Fourth Quarter
C -- Josh Harbold 97 run (kick failed), 9:03.
D -- Justin Foltz 1 run (Evan Greene kick), 0:00.
D C
First Downs 14 13
Rushes-Yards 52-309 30-457
Passing Yards 74 25
Passes: Comp-Att-Int 3-12-2 1-4-0
Total Yardage 383 482
Punts-Average 5-26.2 2-40
Fumbles-lost 2-1 6-1
Penalties-Yards 4-30 3-46
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing -- DuBois: Vance Newell 7-113, Eric Stuby 13-98, Justin Foltz
19-76, Joe Wanson 9-17, Mike Stewart 2-2, Ryan Samanka 1-2, Jon
Zimmerman 1-1. Clearfield: Josh Harbold 7-253, Dave Richards 16-210,
Allan Queen 1-0, Tyson Johnson 1-0, Team 0-(-2), Michael Sayers, 4-(-4).

Passing -- DuBois: Joe Wanson 3-for-11, 74 yds., 1 TD, 1 Int.; Justin
Foltz, 0-for-1, 1 Int. Clearfield: Michael Sayers 1-for-4, 25 yds., 1
TD.
Receiving -- DuBois: Mark Bowley 2-55, Ryan Samanka 1-19. Clearfield:
Todd Shaw 1-25.
Interceptions -- Clearfield: Todd Shaw, Nathan Shadeck.
Sacks -- DuBois: Mike Stewart. Clearfield: Mike Scoggins.