2003 WEEK 1 FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

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KARNS CITY – Karns City rolled to a season opening 45-0 win over West Shamokin Friday at Karns City.

Mike Stimac led the way with 12 carries for 96 yards and three touchdowns, while Mike Croyle was 9-for-12 passing for 128 yards. Chris Picket caught four of those passes for 96 yards.

Nathan Hayes led West Shamokin with 12 carries for 56 yards, while Devin Creighton added 14 carries for 32 yards.

BROCKWAY – Five different Brockway players scored touchdowns Friday night to help the Rovers to a season-opening 43-0 whitewash of Sheffield in Brockway.

Jeremy Sickeri led the way with two rushing touchdowns (3 yards, 1 yard), while Seth Rhed (13 yards), Bobby Liddle (1 yard) and Andy Martino (5 yards) also scored on the ground. Matt Foradora scored on a 23-yard pass from quarterback John Himes.

The Rovers outgained the Wolverines 286 yards-48 including 239-31 on the ground.

Sickeri paced Brockway with eight carries for 67 yards, while Rhed added seven carries for 32 yards and Martino had six for 33 yards. Himes was 4-for-9 passing for 47 yards.

Brendon Lodell led Sheffield gaining 31 yards on three carries. Quarterback Robin Copely was 2-for-5 for 4 yards, while Jeremy Brost was 3-for-10 13 yards and an interception.

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 24, DUBOIS 14

LOCK HAVEN – It took two days, but in the end the result was the same as it had been in the previous 14 games for DuBois – a loss. The Beavers, who are tied with A-C Valley with a District-leading 15-game losing streak, dropped their season opener 24-14 to Central Mountain in a game that started Friday but was postponed late in the first quarter until Saturday because of lightening.

Central Mountain led 10-0 when the storm hit Friday and built the lead to 17-0 at halftime. The Wildcats made it 24-0 after three quarters, but DuBois finally found some offense scoring twice in the fourth quarter to make it a 10-point game.

Robbie Hanzley scored the Beavers first touchdown of the season with a 20-yard run, and Joe Wanson added a 27-yard scoring run.

Vance Newell paced the DuBois offense rushing 15 times for 61 yards. Wanson added seven carries for 41 yards and was 7-for-11 passing for 99 yards and an interception.

Chris Gould hit a 54-yard field goal for Central Mountain to open the scoring, and Evan Geise (6-yard run, 2-yard run) and Frankie Probst (25-yard pass from Sean Hanna) also scored for the Wildcats.

Geise led all runners with 76 yards on 13 carries, while Hanna was 6-for-16 for 72 yards. Probst caught two passes for 48 yards, and Stephen Pribble had three grabs for 20 yards.

RIDGWAY – Ridgway found itself in a battle with Otto-Eldred for three quarters, but the Elkers pulled away in the fourth for a 28-7 win over the Terrors Friday night in Ridgway.

The Elkers led 6-0 at halftime on a 3-yard run by Tim Wright with 30 seconds left in the half, and then built the lead to 14-0 after three quarters thanks to a 13-yard run by Wright.

Runs of 13 yards and 56 yards by Wright in the fourth quarter made it 28-0 before Keith Barnett scored on a 7-yard pass from Luke Breese to close out the scoring.

Wright’s four-touchdown night came on 11 carries that saw him gain 123 yards. Kevin Sarginger added six totes for 46 yards. Garrett Viglione was 5-for-7 passing for 75 yards. Josh Shirey had two catches for 41 yards.

Virgil Graham led Otto with 22 carries for 65 yards, while Breese carried seven times for 37 yards while going 11-for-19 passing for 108 yards. Tyler Ferguson had five catches for 50 yards, and Graham had two grabs for 24 yards.

JOHNSONBURG – Youngsville and Johnsonburg combined for only 248 total yards of offense and no offensive touchdowns in their season opener Friday at Johnsonburg, but Youngsville’s Ben Seely recovered a fumble in the end zone midway through the second quarter to give the Eagles an 8-0 win.

The Rams actually outgained Youngsville 129 yards to 119, but there was little offense for much of the game. Johnsonburg had 72 yards passing and 57 rushing. All of Youngsville yards came on the ground.

Nathaniel Williams was the main cog for the Eagles gained 72 yards on 22 carries.

Greg Wonderly did most of the damage for Johnsonburg going 7-for-19 for 72 yards and an interception. Eric Iorfido caught six passes for 66 yards.

BROOKVILLE – Moniteau hung in with Brookville for a half, but in the end the Raiders were too much getting a 35-21 win over the Warriors in a game that was a lot more of a blowout than the final score indicated Friday night in Brookville.

Brookville grabbed a 14-7 lead at halftime with all the scoring coming in the first quarter.

But the Raiders scored 21-unanswered second half points to take a 35-7 lead before Moniteau scored twice in the final 3:51.

Brookville rolled up 345 yards including 219 on the ground to Moniteau’s 317 yards including 242 in the air.

Josh Rakovan (13-yard run, 10-yard run) scored twice while gaining 43 yards on seven carries to lead Brookville. Brent Puller scored on a 70-yard pass from Nick Heschke, Ryan Dinger scored on a 9-yard run and Travis Diener found pay dirt with a 17-yard run.

Matt Gilbert led the Brookville rushing attack with 64 yards on 10 carries, while Heschke was 5-for-8 for 126 yards.

Moniteau scored on a 55-yard pass from Clay Kohlmeyer to Eric Hilliard, a 6-yard pass from Kohlmeyer to Hilliard and a 38-yard pass from Shawn Manuel to Greg Kepplewith seven seconds left in the game.

Kohlmeyer was 13-for-24 passing for 203 yards and two touchdowns while throwing two interceptions. Hilliard had three catches for 95 yards, while Steve Saul had three grabs for 48 yards and ran 14 times for 45 yards.

CURWENSVILLE – Curwensville outgained Eisenhower 256 yards to 118, but the Golden Tide were killed by six turnovers (four lost fumbles, 2 interruptions), and Eisenhower came away with a 10-7 win.

Curwensville led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Nate Sipes, but Eisenhower made it 7-3 at halftime thanks to a 35-yard field goal by Jason Passinger.

Mark Collins then scored on a 3-yard run late in the third quarter to give the Knights the lead for good.

Collins rushed 11 times for 64 yards, while Bart Moon rushed 10 times for 29 yards and was 2-for-10 passing for 22 yards.

Sipes rushed nine times for 92 yards, while Dean Swatsworth was 2-for-10 for 22 yards and two interceptions. He also rushed seven times for 29 yards.

TITUSVILLE – St. Marys was able to muster little offense in a 42-0 season opening loss to Titusville Friday night in Titusville.

The Dutchmen hung around for one quarter forging a 0-0 tie after 12 minutes, but Titusville scored three times in the second quarter mostly thanks to quarterback Tom Smith.

Smith got the scoring started with a 6-yard pass to Nick Prenatt. He then hit Matt Edwards with a 57-yard strike before running for a 78-yard touchdown.

In the third quarter, the Rockets scored twice more to build a 35-0 lead. Ian Tobin scored on a 23-yard run, and Smith hit Andrew Braun with a 26-yard pass.

Titusville closed out the scoring on a 6-yard fourth quarter run by Jarrett Watson.

Smith was 6-for-10 passing for 126 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for 106 yards and three scored. Edwards has two catches for 83 yards.

St. Marys managed just 109 yards rushing and were led by Brian Cogley’s 60 yards on 15 carries. Cogley also caught two passes for 51 yards. Converted wide receiver Lopaka Hoohuli was 4-for-9 passing for 70 yards for St. Marys.

BRADFORD – Bradford opened up the 2003 season in grand fashion dumping defending District 9 Class AAA champion Clearfield 22-15.

The game was really a tale of two run offenses with Bradford rolling up almost 400 yards on the ground and Clearfield managing less than 40 yards on the night. The Bison obviously missed last season’s D9Sports.Com District 9 Player of the Year Dave Richards, who graduated. Forty yards was an easy run for Richards last season.

With the running game not working, Clearfield went to the air gaining 270 yards.

Dave Snyder paced the Owls rushing attack gaining 190 yards on 19 carries while scoring two touchdowns on runs of 26 yards and 71 yards. Sean Hvizdzak wasn’t far behind racking up 160 yards on 18 carries and a 25-yard touchdown.

Bradford led 15-0 at halftime before Clearfield recovered a fumble in the end zone to make the score 15-8. Minutes before the fumble, the Bison had pushed the ball inside the Bradford 10 only to be turned away.

A couple of minutes after the fumble recovery, Clearfield failed once again to score inside the 10. Josh Harbold returned a punt for the Bisons to the Owls 5-yard line, but four plays couldn’t produce a score.

A couple of plays after the goal-line stand, Snyder broke the Bisons back with a 71-yard scoring run.

A touchdown pass from Tanner Kelly to Joe Davis with 18 seconds left in the game wrapped up the scoring for Clearfield.

FOXBURG – Clarion-Limestone opened defense of its District 9 Class A title with a strange 22-0 win over A-C Valley Friday night in Foxburg.

The game was called a final with 2:41 left in the first half after lightening had delayed the game.

Brendan Huwar, Brad Beggs and Erik White scored for the Lions. 

Beggs opened up the scoring with a 10-yard scoring strike from Hayden Johnston. Huwar then scored on a 1-yard run, and White blocked a punt and then recovered it in the end zone.

Huwar gained 60 yards on 10 carries. Johnston rushed seven times for 27 yards, Beggs once for zero yards and Scott Davis once for 18 yards. Johnston was 2-for-5 passing for 20 yards with Beggs catching both passes. White added an interception for the Lions.

A-C Valley mustered nothing on offense finishing with negative 40 yards offense and no first downs.

NEW BETHLEHEM – Shane Reed made a strong opening statement for Player of the Week by completing 13 of 16 passes for 187 yards and four touchdowns and running seven times for 38 yards and two touchdowns to lead Redbank Valley to a 39-0 win over Union Friday night at Redbank.

Reed threw touchdown passes of nine and 29 yards to Brandon Johnston, a scoring strike of 39 yards to Bryce Miller and a 4-yard TD pass to Tyson Truitt while also running for scores of 1 and 23 yards.

Redbank Valley used a 20-point second quarter to build a 33-0 halftime lead.

Skyler Smith helped the Bulldogs find a replacement for graduated Ron Geist rushing 15 times for 73 yards, while Johnston had four catches for 61 yards. Truitt, the leading receiver in District 9 last season, had three catches for 29 yards, Miller had two grabs for 50 yards and Shay Magagnotti had three catches for 25 yards. Truitt added an interception on defense, as did Ryan Toth.

Adam Milanovich led Union going 5-for-12 for 21 yards, while Jeremy Craig carried four times for 14 yards. Tom Barger had seven tackles for Union.