RIDGWAY'S SHIREY NAMED D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK SEVEN 2003
Ridgway's Viglione gets special mention

14 players named to District 9 Honor Roll

SHIPPENVILLE – Ridgway wide receiver Josh Shirey is the D9Sports.Com District 9 Football Player of the Week for the seventh week of the 2003 season after making a career-high 10 catches for 222 yards and a touchdown in the Elkers thrilling come-from-behind 37-36 win over Curwensville Oct. 10.

Shirey’s teammate Garrett Viglione gets a special mention this week, as he was 14-for-20 passing for 245 yards and a touchdown.

Fourteen additional players, including Viglione, playing in District 9 leagues (including three District 10 schools and one District 7 school) are also being honored this week as Honorable Mention recipients. Their names appear below listed alphabetically by school.

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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, which are given from Week One through Week Nine, 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

Josh Shirey - Ridgway: 10 catches, 222 yards, 1 touchdown – Ridgway 37, Curwensville 36

HONOR ROLL

Nick Heschke – Brookville: 10-for-14 passing, 145 yards, 2 touchdowns – Brookville 16, Oil City 12

Dave Larson – Clarion: 12 carries, 151 yards, 3 touchdowns; 2 sacks on defense – Clarion 46, West Shamokin 14

Brendan Huwar – Clarion-Limestone: 19 carries, 126 yards, 4 touchdowns, 1 sack on defense – Clarion-Limestone 54, Union 6

Josh Harbold – Clearfield: 19 carries, 132 yards, 3 touchdowns – Clearfield 48, Bald Eagle Area 0

Tanner Kelly – Clearfield: 6-for-7 passing, 141 yards, 2 touchdowns; 5 carries, 15 yards, 1 touchdown – Clearfield 48, Bald Eagle Area 0

Mike Scoggins – Clearfield: 5 catches, 129 yards, 2 touchdowns – Clearfield 48, Bald Eagle Area 0

Greg Gilbert – Curwensville: 4 catches, 111 yards, 3 touchdowns – Ridgway 37, Curwensville 36

Nate Sipes – Curwensville: 19 carries, 133 yards, 2 touchdowns – Ridgway 37, Curwensville 36

Mike Croyle – Karns City: 9-for-18 passing, 164 yards, 2 touchdowns – Karns City 35, A-C Valley 0

Virgil Graham – Otto-Eldred: 13 carries, 169 yards, 3 touchdowns – Otto-Eldred 36, Elk County Catholic 6

Bobby Nichols – Port Allegany: 11 carries, 129 yards, 2 touchdowns; Punt return for a touchdown – Port Allegany 44, Eisenhower 13

Stu White – Punxsutawney: 18 carries, 100 yards, 2 touchdowns; 3 2-point conversion runs; 4-for-13 passing, 92 yards – Punxsutawney 36, St. Marys 28

Skyler Smith – Redbank Valley: 22 carries,137 yards, 1 touchdown – Redbank Valley 23, Moniteau 16

Garrett Viglione – Ridgway: 14-for-20 passing, 245 yards, 1 touchdown – Ridgway 37, Curwensville 36

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BY WEEK

WEEK ONE

Shane Reed – Redbank Valley

WEEK TWO

Jake Anderson – Kane

WEEK THREE

Trevor Henderson – West Shamokin

WEEK FOUR

Brent Raabe – Bradford

WEEK FIVE

Claude Haskins – Port Allegany

WEEK SIX

John Gerhart & Mike Kehr – Coudersport

WEEK SEVEN

Josh Shirey – Ridgway

WEEK EIGHT

  

WEEK NINE