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KARNS CITY 33, MONITEAU 6  

KARNS CITY – Matt Carnahan ran 14 times for 92 yards and three touchdowns to lead Karns City to a 33-6 win over Moniteau Friday night at Karns City.

The Gremlins (4-1) scored 26 unanswered points in the first quarter.

Carnahan scored on runs of 1 and 15 yards in the quarter, and Jordan Collins scored on a 10-yard run. Nate Wilson also had an interception return for a touchdown in the quarter.

The final Karns City score came on a 30-yard run by Carnahan in the second quarter.

Moniteau got on the board on a 52-yard pass from Clay Kohlmeyer to Steve Saul in the third quarter.

Collins added 56 yards rushing for Karns City, while Erik Fuhrer was 10-for-16 passing for 84 yards.

Kohlmeyer was 7-for-27 for 99 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions.

"We had trouble with their defensive speed and couldn't get the ball out of our own end in the first half," Moniteau head coach Steve Wilson said.

WARREN 35, PUNXSUTAWNEY 8 

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Warren had three runners go over the 100-yard rushing mark on its way to a 35-8 win over Punxsutawney Friday night at Punxsutawney.

Quarterback Ben Maljovec rushed for 159 yards, Mike Cradduck had 113 yards and Jake Trubic had 102 yards for the Dragons (5-0), who have won five straight games to start the season.

Maljovec also had the hat trick running for a touchdown, throwing a touchdown and catching a touchdown.

Warren’s defense limited Punxsutawney (3-2), who has lost two straight after starting the season 3-0, to 111 total yards rushing and 179 total yards. The Dragons offense, meanwhile, gained 414 yards including 372 on the ground.

Warren led 19-0 at halftime and 35-0 at the end of three quarters. Punxsutawney’s lone score came on a 7-yard run by Zack Bernat in the fourth quarter.

Dustin Guidash led the Chucks ground game with 11 carries for 54 yards, while Joe Martin was 5-for-12 passing for 68 yards. 

RIDGWAY 35, ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 15 

ST. MARYS – Ryan Mitchell scored three touchdowns to lead Ridgway (3-2) to a 35-15 win over Elk County Catholic (1-4) Saturday night at St. Marys.

Mitchell scored on runs of 6, 5 and 4 yards to pace the Elkers.

Ridgway led 21-0 at one point thanks to scoring runs of six and five yards by Mitchell and a 1-yard run by Bundy.

ECC got on the board on a 65-yard scoring run by Ted Cherry, but a 4-yard run by Mitchell made the score 28-7.

A 55-yard pass from Andy Kelly to Bundy made it 35-7, but Chris Zampogna’s 4-yard scoring run for ECC closed out the scoring. 

HOLLIDAYSBURG 48, DUBOIS 8

DuBOIS – Hollidaysburg rolled out to a 28-0 halftime lead and never looked back handing DuBois its fifth straight loss 48-8 Friday night at DuBois.

The Tigers rolled up 333 yards of offense while holding DuBois to 178 and forcing three Beaver turnovers.

Six different Hollidaysburg players scored touchdowns including one on a 31-yard interception return by Matt Davis late in the second quarter.

Hollidaysburg got on the board midway through the first quarter on a 14-yard pass from Mike Meadows to Andy Pugh.

Then in the second quarter the Tigers put up 21 unanswered points.

Meadows got the first touchdown on a 1-yard run, and then Corey Gildea scored from a yard out to make the score 21-0. Davis’ interception return put the Tigers up by 28.

Hollidaysburg continued to pour it on in the third quarter scoring on an 8-yard run by Mark Wilson.

A 6-yard run by Wilson four seconds into the fourth quarter made the score 41-0.

DuBois finally got on the board with 2:26 left in the game when Jon Wanson hit Jeff Heverley with a 19-yard scoring strike.

But 33 seconds later, Eric Shaw burst through a hole for a 55-yard touchdown run closing out the scoring.

PORT ALLEGANY 54, OTTO-ELDRED 12

PORT ALLEGANY – Adam Rohrer carried the ball 13 times for 146 yards and three touchdowns to lead Port Allegany to a 54-12 win over Otto-Eldred Saturday afternoon at Port Allegany.

The win moves the Gators to 2-3 on the season while the Terrors, who have lost 24 straight games dating back to 1999, are 0-5 on the season.

Port Allegany quarterback Craig Flint added 100 yards passing and two touchdowns throwing a 69-yard scoring strike to Jeremy Niece and a 31-yard scoring pass to Joe Hardes. Back-up quarterback Willie Bova was 4-for-7 passing for 90 yards and a touchdown, while Jeremy Tanner caught three passes for 85 yards and a touchdown.

The Gators went up 21-0 at the end of the first quarter thanks to the two scoring strikes by Flint and a 9-yard touchdown run by Rohrer.

Otto-Eldred answered right back scoring on a 16-yard run by Ryan Little to cut the lead to 21-6 at halftime.

The Terrors then got themselves back in the game early in the third quarter when Luke Breese hit Keith Barrett with an 8-yard scoring toss to cut the Port Allegany lead to 21-12.

But it was all Gators from there, as they scored the games final 33 points.

A 21-yard touchdown pass from Bova to Tanner made the score 28-12, and then a 19-yard run by Rohrer made in 35-12.

Rohrer’s final score of the day, an 11-yard run made it 42-12.

Port Allegany then made it 48-12 on a 1-yard run by Steve Rosenswie, and a 2-yard run by Robert Nichols closed out the scoring. 

On defense, Rohrer added seven tackles.

EISENHOWER 36, YOUNGSVILLE 0

YOUNGSVILLE – In a football game if you can pass, run, play defense and perform well on special teams you have a pretty good shot at winning. Eisenhower did all three Friday night and the result was a 36-0 win at Youngsville that kept the Knights at 4-1 and on top of the AML North.

Eisenhower ran for 165 yards, passed for 154, held the Eagles (2-3) to 43 yards of total offense including negative 18 on the ground, forced four turnovers (2 fumbles, 2 interceptions) kicked three field goals and blocked a punt for a touchdown.

The Knights did most of their damage on offense in the first half and led 30-0 at halftime.

Eisenhower scored twice in the first quarter and led 11-0 at the end of one.

The first Knight score came on a 41-yard pass from Jacoby Curtis to Bart Moon. The two-point conversion made the score 8-0.

Later in the quarter sophomore kicker Jason Passinger nailed a 37-yard field goal, one of three field goals for Passinger on the night.

In the second quarter field goals of 29 and 26 yards by Passinger gave Eisenhower a 17-0 lead. The Knights then made it 24-0 when Thomas Kibbey recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown. Josh Abbey had blocked the punt.

The Knights final score of the half came on a 4-yard run by Tyler Cathcart.

Great field position in the half helped the Knights gain the 30-0 lead. Of the five scoring drives in the first half not including the blocked punt, Eisenhower started on the Youngsville side of the 50 four times. The Knights worst field position to start a scoring drive was their 39-yard line.

Eisenhower got its final touchdown in the third quarter when Curtis hit Collin McHenry with a 6-yard scoring strike.

One negative for Eisenhower came in the penalty department where the Knights were flagged 11 times for 95 yards.

Individually, Curtis was 7-for-15 passing for 133 yards and two touchdowns, while Moon had two catches for 66 yards. Eric Sirianni led the ground attack with nine carries for 63 yards, while Cathcart added nine totes for 47 yards and a touchdown. 

COUDERSPORT 20, SMETHPORT 7

SMETHPORT – For the first time since 1988, Coudersport has beaten Smethport in the regular season. And it took a huge fourth quarter for the Falcons to get a 20-7 win over the Hubbers Friday night at Smethport.

Coudersport trailed 7-0 going to the fourth quarter but put up 20 unanswered points to get their first win of any kind against Smethport since the 1994 District 9 championship game.

After a scoreless first half, a Coudersport fumble set up the game’s first score.

The Falcons fumbled the ball at their 2-yard line in the third quarter, and Smethport took advantage scoring on a 2-yard run by Mike Mitchell.

But in the fourth quarter, Coudersport’s offense exploded scoring three touchdowns in the final 7:13 to get the win.

Quarterback Ben Cary got the Falcons to within a point on a 1-yard scoring run at the 7:13 mark. It was a 34-yard pass from Cary to Zach Pucci that set up the score.

Less than two minutes later, Coudersport took the lead for good on a 36-yard pass to Jeremiah Frederick. The two-point conversion failed, but Coudersport led 12-7 with 5:30 left.

Coudersport’s defense then came up big, as Mike Kehr picked off a pass late in the game and took it to the Smethport 34-yard line. Zach Hershey then put the game away on a 2-yard run with 1:39 to play.

Cary went 7-for-17 passing for 116 yards, as Coudersport outgained Smethport 192-119 on the night. Smethport did not complete a pass going 0-for-11 with three interceptions. 

JOHNSONBURG 20, SHEFFIELD 0

JOHNSONBURG – Thanks to a stout defensive effort, Johnsonburg got its first win of the season 20-0 over Sheffield Friday night at Johnsonburg.

The Rams held Sheffield to 136 total yards of offense while racking up 275 yards themselves.

Sheffield was hurt by the fact that the district’s leading passer Nik Obenrader had only one pass attempt in the game after leaving the game with an injury early on. 

Without Obenrader, three different Sheffield players attempted passes but could only complete 7-of-17 passes for 65 yards against the Rams. Sheffield entered the game averaging nearly 160 yards per game passing.

Johnsonburg did most of its damage on the ground, as the Rams nearly doubled their season rushing output running for 226 yards and three touchdowns. Coming into the game Johnsonburg had run for 253 yards and two touchdowns all season.

Don Wenner led the Johnsonburg rushing attack carrying the ball nine times for 82 yards and one touchdown, while Eric Iorfido had four carries for 58 yards and one touchdown and two catches for 28 yards. Steve Iorfido added 10 carries for 65 yards.

Without Obenrader, Jeremy Borst was 5-for-11 passing for 35 yards and two interceptions, while Jimmy Mosher was 1-for-1 for 33 yards.

The Wolverine rushing attack wasn’t much better getting only 71 yards on 29 carries. Mosher led the way with 11 rushes for 21 yards, while Obenrader had two carries for 18 yards before leaving the game.  

BRADFORD 28, ST. MARYS 21

ST. MARYS – Thanks to three touchdowns from Shawn Colligan, Bradford got its first win of the season 28-21 over St. Marys Friday night at St. Marys.

Colligan scored on a 90-yard kickoff return and on runs of 16 and four yards.

Bradford took a 7-0 lead on a 16-yard run by Colligan and then went up 14-0 at the end of the first quarter thanks to a 4-yard scoring run from Colligan.

St. Marys cut the lead to 14-6 at halftime on two 25-yard field goals by Tristan Mulcahy, who now has seven field goals on the season all in the past three weeks.

But Colligan took the opening kickoff of the second half 90 yards to the house to put the Owls up 21-6.

A 5-yard scoring pass from Brandon Bennett Lopaka Hoohuli and a two-point conversion run by Hoohuli cut the Bradford lead to 21-14 at the end of the third quarter.

A 31-yard pass from Jake Long to Ryan Race gave the Owls some breathing room and a 28-14 lead. Brandon LaBrozzi had the other big play of the drive a 66-yard run to the St. Marys 31-yard line.

But St. Marys wasn’t done cutting the Bradford lead to 28-21 on a 9-yard pass from Bennett to Hoohuli with 5:13 left to play.

The Dutch had one last chance to tie or win the game when they took over at their 23-yard line with 1:42 left to play.

St. Marys was able to take the ball to the Bradford 14-yard line, but Race came up with a sack of Bennett on the game’s final play.

Colligan finished the game with 13 carries for 98 yards and two rushing touchdowns, while LaBrozzi had seven carries for 127 yards.

Doug Surra led St. Marys with 103 yards rushing on 16 carries, while Bennett was 13-for-19 passing for 143 yards and two touchdowns. 

RIMERSBURG – Cole Cook accounted for three Brookville touchdowns helping the Raiders beat Union 40-7 in non-conference action Friday night at Union.

Cook ran for two touchdowns and passes for a third, as Brookville outscored Union 28-7 in the second half.

The Raiders led 12-0 at halftime thanks to an 18-yard scoring run by Bill Morrison and an 18-yard pass from Cook to Cory Santoriello.

Brookville then put the game away with three more touchdowns in the third quarter. Cook scored on runs of 10 and eight yards and Morrison had a 15-yard interception return for a touchdown. Brookville also got a touchdown from Nick Heschke.

Union got on the board on a 52-yard pass from Adam Milanovich to Darren Laughlin.

Milanovich was 8-for-16 passing for 119 yards and a touchdown while being intercepted three times.

Morrison ran 10 times for 68 yards to lead Brookville's running attack, while Cook was 10-for-20 for 99 yards and a touchdown.

FOXBURG – A-C Valley gave Redbank Valley all it could handle for a half, but the Bulldogs were able to pull away in the second half to get a 26-12 win in a KSAC game Friday night at A-C Valley.

Redbank Valley led 7-6 at halftime but scored the first two touchdowns of the second half to open up some breathing room.

Ron Geist led Redbank Valley with 158 yards rushing and two touchdowns, while Tyler Raybuck (9-yard run) and Brandon Johnston (54-yard pass from Shane Reed) also added Bulldog touchdowns.

Johnston finished the night with two catches for 66 yards and seven carries for 43 yards, while Reed was 6-for-11 passing for 151 yards and one touchdown to go along with an interception. Tyson Truitt added three catches for 50 yards.

On defense, Pete Monrean had 12 tackles, and Truitt had an interception.

Corey Clawson scored on a 70-yard run for the Falcons, while Brad Hurrelbrink had a 27-yard scoring run.

Clawson ran nine times for 83 yards to lead A-C Valley, while Hurrelbrink had 10 carries for 81 yards.

NuMINE – Keystone ran out to a 20-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 28-8 win over West Shamokin in KSAC action Friday night at West Shamokin.

Bobby Telesz was a big factor in the win for the Panthers catching five passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns. Buck Neely ran nine times for 85 yards, while going 8-for-16 passing for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Billy Colwell ran nine times for 64 yards and a score, while Eric Baughman had 15 carries for 62 yards and a touchdown.

Keystone struck early on a 63-yard pass from Neely to Telesz 1:39 into the game.

Less than three minutes later, Neely hit Telesz with a 17-yard pass that have the Panthers a 12-0 lead at the end of one quarter.

Late in the second quarter, Baughman scored on a 14-yard run, and Colwell found Telesz with the two-point conversion pass making the score 20-0.

With 1:33 left in the third quarter, the Panthers made it 28-0 when Colwell scored on a 19-yard run. Baughman ran for the two-point conversion.

Keystone came within 1:31 of getting the shutout, but West Shamokin got on the board on an 18-yard scoring run by Steven Kupec. Trevor Henderson ran for the two-point conversion.