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PORT ALLEGANY – Claude Haskins ran for 216 yards and three touchdowns while making 11 tackles on defense to lead Port Allegany to a 27-14 win over Sheffield Saturday at Port Allegany.

Bobby Nichols added 61 yards rushing on nine carries, as the Gators (5-1 overall, 5-1 AML North) rushed for 316 yards in the game.

Jeremy Niece added four catches for 66 yards for Port Allegany, while Willie Bova was 3-for-7 passing for 62 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Sheffield statistics were not available.

WEST SUNBURY – Moniteau took advantage of seven Karns City turnovers, including six fumbles, to defeat the Gremlins for the first time sine 1995 22-20 Friday night at Moniteau.

The Warriors (5-1, 5-0 KSAC) remain in a first-place tie with Clarion-Limestone, while Karns City (4-2, 4-2) falls a 1 ½ games back.

Moniteau turned three of the Gremlin turnovers into 15 point of its 22 points and in the process also secured its first regular-season winning campaign since 1986 and ensured itself of its first non-losing season since 1986.

The Gremlins fumbled the ball seven times losing six of them and also threw an interception while Moniteau turned the ball over just once.

Moniteau opened the scoring on an 83-yard run by Ryan Rumbaugh 2:30 minutes into the game to take a 6-0 lead.

Karns City responded with a 2-yard run by Mike Stitt and a 5-yard run by Josh Fiscus in the second quarter to take a 14-6 lead, but a 2-yard run by Steve Saul with 38 seconds left in the first half made it 14-13 Karns City at halftime.

Moniteau retook the lead for good on a 3-yard run by Rumbaugh with 9:25 left in the third quarter, and a 25-yard field goal by Jason Fleming with 4:35 left in the game made it 22-14 Warriors.

Karns City got to within two points on a 15-yard run by Fiscus with 2:19 left, but Moniteau stopped the two-point conversion run to preserve the win.

Saul ran 20 times for 92 yards and a touchdown, and Rumbaugh had 11 carries for 87 yards and two touchdowns to lead Moniteau.

Quarterback Clay Kohlmeyer was 6-for-11 passing for 132 yards and one interception. Eric Hilliard had two grabs for 77 yards, Saul had two for 26 and Rumbaugh two for 29.

Fiscus led Karns City with 18 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Mike Croyle was 10-for-16 passing for 124 yards and one interception.

KEYSTONE 41, WEST SHAMOKIN 18

KNOX – Last week Keystone quarterback Buck Neely had to leave the game with an injury and his status for this week was up in the air. Well he played, but West Shamokin probably wishes he hadn’t.

Neely threw for a touchdown and ran for three scores to help the Panthers to a 41-18 win over West Shamokin Friday night at Keystone.

Neely hit Billy Colwell with a 69-yard scoring strike and also ran for scores of 1, 10 and 12 yards. Sam Swartzfager – 5-yard run – and Eric Baughman – 7-yard run – also scored for Keystone (2-4 overall, 2-4 KSAC).

Neely finished the night 8-for-14 passing for 127 yards while rushing 10 times for 127 yards. Baughman rushed six times for 84 yards, and Swartzfager 17 for 67.

Trevor Henderson had a huge night for West Shamokin going 27-for-54 passing for 350 yards and three touchdown passes. But he was also intercepted five times. Henderson added 58 yards rushing for West Shamokin (1-5, 1-5).

RIMERSBURG – Kennedy Catholic built a 21-0 halftime lead and then hold on to beat Union 27-16 in a non-conference football game Thursday night at Union.

Ross Gargano rushed for three touchdowns (1, 5, 7 yards) to lead the Golden Eagles (2-4) to the win.

Kennedy Catholic did all of its damage on the ground out rushing Union (0-6), who extended its District 9 leading losing streak to eight games, 409-32.

Adam Milanovich did have a big game for the Golden Knights going 16-for-27 for 218 yards and a touchdown while throwing two interceptions. He also scored a rushing touchdown. Damien Pezzuiti caught five passes for 101 yards and a score, while Jeremy Craig had nine catches for 98 yards.

DUBOIS 21, ST. MARYS 14

DUBOIS – DuBois picked up its second win of the season with a 21-14 victory over St. Marys in D9 League action Friday night at DuBois.

The running back trio of Robbie Hanzley, Mike Stewart and Vance Newell combined to rush for 277 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Beavers (2-4 overall, 2-1 D9 League). Hanzley had seven carries for 99 yards and a touchdown, Stewart had 17 carries for 90 yards and Newell had 11 carries for 88 yards and a score with 76 of the yards coming on a first-quarter touchdown run. Joe Wanson added a 1-yard scoring run for DuBois.

St. Marys (0-6, 0-3) led 7-6 at the end of one quarter taking a 7-0 lead on a 15-yard run by Jeremy Catalone before Newell pulled the Beavers to within a point with is long run.

DuBois went ahead 14-7 at halftime when Wanson scored with 2:12 remaining in the half and Stewart took the two-point conversion into the end zone.

The Beavers expanded the lead to 21-7 with 8:14 left to play on a 40-yard run by Hanzley. Lopaka Hoohuli got the Dutchmen back within seven when he caught a 23-yard scoring pass from Luke Wendel with 7:06 left in the game.

St. Marys then had a chance to tie the game after Andy Yost intercepted Wanson near midfield on the Beavers next possession. The Dutch were able to get to the DuBois 39-yard line before DuBois was able to hold on downs with 2:28 left to seal the victory.

BROOKVILLE – Bradford moved closer to its first outright District 9 League title since 1988 with a 25-20 win over previously unbeaten Brookville Friday night in Brookville.

All the Owls (6-0 overall, 4-0 D9 League) need to do to clinch the title is beat DuBois next week or have DuBois lost to Clearfield Oct. 24. Brookville (5-1, 3-1) can still clinch a share of the D9 League with DuBois and Bradford title if DuBois beats both Bradford and Clearfield and Brookville beats Punxsutawney Oct. 17.

On Friday, Bradford built a 19-7 halftime lead and led 25-13 with less than a minute to play but had to hold off a late Brookville challenge that included an on-side kick attempt following a 3-yard touchdown run by the Raiders Nick Heschke with 55 seconds left. But the Owls Aaron O’Toole recovered the on-side kick to preserve the win for Bradford.

Bradford opened the scoring in a very unusual way for it when Mike Austin hit Jake Wells with an 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Coming into the game the Owls had thrown just 16 passes all season completing only five of them with two touchdowns. In the two weeks prior to the Brookville game Bradford was 1-for-3 passing for one touchdown.

The Owls made it 12-0 later in the opening quarter when Sean Hvizdzak scored on a 27-yard run, but Brookville closed the gap to 12-7 when Heschke hit Cliff Park with a 12-yard scoring toss with 3:09 left in the first half.

Bradford came right back with maybe the game’s defining score when Dave Snyder scored from a yard out with just 1:32 left in the opening half to give the Owls the 19-7 halftime advantage.

Brookville responded midway through the third quarter on a 1-yard run by Kerry Brush to make it 19-14, but O’Toole for all intent and purpose put the game out of reach with a 26-yard run with 2:05 left in the game.

Hvizdzak had a big game for Bradford rushing 17 times for 140 yards, while O’Toole added eight carries for 99 yards and Snyder 16 for 58. Austin was just 1-for-4 passing with the touchdown while throwing an interception.

Heschke was 11-for-21 passing for 134 yards and a touchdown for Brookville with Park catching six passes for 39 yards and Keith Ishman two for 63. Brush ran 14 times for 52 yards to lead the Raider ground attack.

YOUNGSVILLE – Youngsville (2-4 overall, 2-4 AML North) gave Ridgway (5-1, 5-2 AML South) all it could handle, but in the end the Elkers were able to hold on for a 13-6 victory.

The game was scoreless at halftime before Ridgway went ahead 7-0 on a 10-yard pass from Garrett Viglione to Tim Wright with 7:16 left in the third quarter.

Youngsville came back and made it 7-6 on a 2-yard run by Nathaniel Williams with 2:03 left in the quarter.

Ridgway got a little breathing room with 7:16 left to play when Beau Iorfido scored on a 5-yard run, but the extra point was no good leaving the Eagles within seven points at 13-6.

Youngsville had a chance to tie the game when Brian Brown hit Ben McGraw with a 40-yard pass to the Ridgway 15-yard line. But on third down from the 16, Brown fumbled the ball with Ridgway’s Brian Slattery recovering with 4:34 left to play.

The Eagles weren’t down yet. Following a defensive stand and a 20-yard punt return by Brown Youngsville was set up at the Ridgway 14-yard line. But once again Ridgway’s defense was up to the task keeping the Eagles from the end zone.

Iorfido led the Elkers with 13 carries for 78 yards while Wright had 14 for 62 and the one catch. Viglione was 6-for-14 passing for 66 yards with Josh Shirey catching three passes for 27 yards.

Williams led Youngsville with 14 carries for 50 yards, while Rob Theuret had 12 carries for 49 yards and Brown seven for 45. Brown making just his second appearance at quarterback this year after going 1-for-2 last week was 2-for-7 for 60 yards this week with McGraw catching both passes. McGraw had 19 tackles on defense while Ben Tenney had 12 and a sack.

EMPORIUM – Brockway broke open a close game at halftime with 25 unanswered second-half points including 19 in the third quarter to beat Cameron County 38-6 Friday night at Cameron.

The Rovers (6-0 overall, 6-0 AML North) led 13-6 at halftime but scored three times in a span of 6:30 minutes in the third quarter to break the game open.

Seth Rhed and Jeremy Sickeri both had big nights for Brockway. Rhed rushed 15 times for 166 yards and three touchdowns while adding two extra points. He also caught two passes for 20 yards. Sickeri rushed 16 times for 103 yards and two touchdowns while grabbing an interception on defense. Andy Martino also scored for Brockway, who scored the game’s final 38 points after Cameron County had taken a 6-0 lead on a 1-yard run by Adam Kesterholt early in the first quarter.

Keith Horning led the Red Raider (1-5, 1-5) rushing attack with 10 carries for 39 yards, while Kyle Vogt was 5-for-9 passing for 52 yards. Horning had three catches for 31 yards.

CLEARFIELD – Josh Harbold and Tanner Kelly each scored twice to lead Clearfield to an easy 35-14 win over Philipsburg-Osceola Friday night in Clearfield.

Harbold rushed 29 times for 184 yards on the night scoring on runs of 14 and 27 yards, while Kelly ran 10 times for 65 yards including scoring runs of 1 and 3 yards while going 6-for-9 passing for 118 yards and a touchdown. Michael Scoggins had two catches for 47 yards and a touchdown, while Nathan Shadeck had three for 72 yards.

Clearfield (4-2), who has won four straight games since starting the year 0-2, led 13-0 at the end of the first quarter, 21-0 midway through the second quarter and 28-7 at halftime.

Adam White led Philipsburg-Osceola (4-2) with 12 carries for 83 yards including a 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, but Clearfield outgained P-O 391 yards to 183.

CURWENSVILLE – In one of the more thrilling games of the year, Kane held off Curwensville 21-20 Friday night in Curwensville.

The game was marked by big plays including four touchdowns of 40 yards or longer and two late interceptions by Kane’s Jake Anderson after Curwensville had made it a 1-point game early in the fourth quarter.

Kane (4-2 overall, 4-2 AML South) built a 13-0 lead thanks to a 1-yard run in the first quarter by Mike Giordano and a 40-yard interception return by Kyle oaks with 2:53 left in the first half.

But in a span of 19 seconds at between the end of the first half and the start of the second half Curwensville (1-5, 1-5) found itself all of a sudden ahead 14-13.

With five seconds left in the first half, Greg Gilbert caught a 48-yard pass from Shawn Sopic, who replaced Dean Swatsworth at quarterback.

On the opening second half kickoff Gilbert gave the Golden Tide the lead when he returned the kick 87 yards for a touchdown.

But Kane answered back with a long play of its own when Giordano hit Anderson with a 55-yard scoring pass with 7:35 left in the third quarter. Giordano then ran for the 2-point conversion giving Kane a 21-14 lead.

Gilbert and the Tide answered back five seconds into the fourth quarter when Sopic found Gilbert with an 8-yard scoring pass. But Nick Sipes extra point was no good thanks in large part to pressure being applied by the Wolves Jordan Martin leaving Kane up by a point.

Curwensville had three more chances to take the lead, but Anderson picked off two Sopic passes, and the Golden Tide also lost a fumble sealing their fate.

ST. MARYS – Former Elk County Catholic running back Ted Cherry came back to hurt his former teammates Friday night when he ran for 118 yards and a touchdown to lead his new team, Johnsonburg, to its first win in nearly a year with a 7-6 victory at ECC.

The win broke a 7-game losing streak for Johnsonburg (1-5 overall, 1-5 AML South) which hadn’t won since a 7-0 win over Cameron County Oct. 11, 2002.

Cherry, who transferred to Johnsonburg near the end of last year’s football season for unknown reasons, scored on a 17-yard run midway through second quarter. He then added the extra point giving Johnsonburg a 7-0 halftime lead.

Jude Wendel got ECC (1-5, 1-5) back to within a point on a 1-yard run with 3:17 left to play, but ECC’s 2-point conversion pass was incomplete.

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Nathan Heider passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns to lead Lewistown (1-5) to its first win of the season over winless Punxsutawney (0-5) Friday night in Punxsutawney.

Joe Stewart caught scoring passes of 30 and 32 yards for Lewistown while Shawn Armstrong returned an interceptions 61 yards for a score.

Punxsutawney scored on a 61-yard run by Devin Mesoraco, a 1-yard run by Stu White following an 53-yard interception return by Matt Conrad to the Lewistown 1 and a 10-yard run by Adam McCully.

SMETHPORT – Bart Moon scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead Eisenhower to a come-from-behind 20-13 win over Smethport Friday night in Smethport.

The Knights (3-3 overall, 3-3 AML North) trailed 13-6 following a 26-yard scoring pass from Matt Switzer to Matt Clark in the fourth quarter.

But Moon scored on runs of 2 and 25 yards later in the quarter to lift the Knights to the win.

Switzer and Clark had given Smethport (2-4, 2-4) a 6-0 halftime lead when they hooked up on a 1-yard pass in the first quarter. Eisenhower tied the game at six on a 6-yard run by Josh Neall in the third quarter.

Moon finished the night with nine carries for 37 yards while going 12-for-23 passing for 153 yards. Mark Collins rushed nine times for 45 yards. Andy Chapman had five catches for 72 yards.

Smethport stats were not available.