2003 WEEK 8 FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

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KANE 27, SMETHPORT 0

SMETHPORT – Jordan Martin ran 17 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kane to a 27-0 win over Smethport Friday night at Smethport.

Jake Anderson – 10 carries, 41 yards – and Mike Giordano – 8 carries, 35 yards – also added touchdowns for the Wolves (5-3).

OTTO-ELDRED 34, EISENHOWER 11

DUKE CENTER – Luke Breese threw for a touchdown and ran for a third to lead Otto-Eldred to a 34-11 win over Eisenhower Friday night at Otto-Eldred.

Despite the win, the Terrors (5-3), were eliminated from the District 9 Class AA playoffs when both Karns City Moniteau won this week.

Eisenhower scored on a 38-yard field goal from Jason Passinger and a 39-yard run by Mark Collins, who finished the game with 11 carries for 61 yards.

Breese was 12-for-29 for 202 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for Otto-Eldred. 

BELLEFONTE 20, BRADFORD 7

BELLEFONTE – In what might be the upset of the year, one-win Bellefonte stunned unbeaten Bradford 20-7 Friday night at Bellefonte.

The Red Raiders (2-6) opened a 12-0 halftime lead and held Bradford’s powerful running game basically in check. The Owls (7-1) gained 188 yards rushing but had entered the game averaging a District 9 leading 317.1 yards per game.

It wasn’t just the Bellefonte defense that came to play, the Red Raider offense also used a couple of long drive to put Bradford in the halftime hole.

The Red Raiders went 74 yards on their first possession scoring on an 8-yard pass from Josh Mundy to Nate Carson after gaining the first 65 yards on the drive on the ground including 6- yards on seven carries from Josh Jones .

Bellefonte’s second touchdown came on a 12-play, 62-yard drive that was capped by a 5-yard Mundy to Carson pass. Jones, who ran for a game-high 116 yards on 32 carries, had 29 yards on the drive, while Mundy had a 36-yard run and a 23-yard pass.

Bradford got right back into the game in the second half scoring on a 35-yard run by Aaron O’Toole to cut Bellefonte’s lead to 12-7.

Bellefonte looked like it was going to put the game away on its next drive, but a this time a pass into the end zone was intercepted by Sean Hvizdzak with 6:31 left in the game.

But 80 yards is a long way to go for a team that doesn’t pass the ball, and a Mike Austin pass was picked off by Bill Waugh at the Bradford 27 and returned for the game-clinching touchdown.

Hvizdzak led the Bradford ground game with 14 carries for 101 yards, while O’Toole had 11 for 70 yards. Austin was 6-for-11 passing for 72 yards but he threw three interceptions.

PORT ALLEGANY 55, YOUNGSVILLE 18

PORT ALLEGANY – Port Allegany built a 35-6 halftime lead on its way to a 55-18 win over Youngsville in an AML North contest Saturday afternoon at Youngsville.

Claude Haskins scored three times and set the school's single-season rushing record to lead the Gators (7-1 overall, 7-1 AML North), who had already secured a playoff berth Friday night thanks to Redbank Valley’s loss to Clarion-Limestone. With the win, the Gators should also have secured the No. 3 seed in the District 9 Class A playoffs and should play either at Coudersport or Clarion-Limestone in the first round of the playoff in two weeks. If C-L wins next week, then the Gators will get a rematch with Coudersport, who handed Port Allegany its only loss 21-14 Sept. 20.

Haskins, who rushed for 130 yards, scored on runs of 3 and 30 yards and on a 34-yard pass from Willie Bova. He now has 1,227 yards on the season eclipsing the previous Port Allegany record of 1,177 set by Barry Bova 25 years ago.

Craig Flint also threw three touchdown passes for the Gators hitting Jeremy Niece with a 51-yard strike, Wade Barber with a 19-yard pass and Brad Greenman with a 12-yard pass. Flint finished the game 6-for-10 for a 124 yards. Bova was 2-for-3 for 87 yards, as Port Allegany threw for a season-high 211 yards.

Cody Anderson added a 5-yard run for the Gators, who also got a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown by Trevor Sena.

Youngsville scored on a 31-yard run by Nathaniel Williams, a 54-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Darrell Beahon and a 1-yard run by Joe Reed.

Port Allegany outgained the Eagles (2-6, 2-6) 430 yards to 255.

Williams led Youngsville with 12 carries for 122 yards.

MEADVILLE – Josh Fiscus scored three touchdowns and Jake Sweeney booted two field goals and three extra points to lead Karns City to a 33-0 non-conference win over Meadville Friday night in Meadville.

Fiscus got things started in an electrifying way with an 89-yard return of the opening kickoff.

Later in the first quarter, Fiscus scored on a 50-yard run giving Karns City (6-2) a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

A 33-yard field goal by Sweeney, and a 25-yard touchdown pass from Mike Croyle to Chris Pickett put the Gremlins up 23-0 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Fiscus scored on a 56-yard run, and in the fourth quarter Sweeney hit a 25-yard field goal.

Karns City outgained Meadville 440 yards to 93 with Fiscus gaining 169 yards on 13 carries. Croyle was 12-for-21 passing for 129 yards and the touchdown with David Black catching six passes for 67 yards.

With the win, the Gremlins have now won six or more games in eight straight seasons. 

OIL CITY 46, DUBOIS 29

DUBOIS – Corey Schwab and Matt Kuklinski each scored multiple touchdowns to lead Oil City (4-4) to a 46-29 win over DuBois (2-6) Friday night at DuBois.

Schwab, who rushed 15 times for 78 yards, scored on runs two 4-yard runs and a 5-yard run, while Kuklinski caught touchdown passes of 13 and 5 yards from Cody O’Brien, who went 10-for-15 passing for 168 yards.

Oil City led 12-7 at the end of the first quarter and 18-7 at halftime before Schwab’s 5-yard run at the start of the third quarter gave the visitors some breathing room.

DuBois actually led 7-0 53 seconds into the game when Rob Hanzely scored on a 64-yard run, but an 18-yard run by Jamail Jackson, who led all rushers with 13 carries for 156 yards, got the Oilers to within a score. Schwab’s 4-yard run but Oil City up for good, and the 13-yard pass from O’Brien to Kuklinski made it a two-score game at halftime.

DuBois got to within 25-14 late in the third quarter on a 10-yard pass from John Davis to Derrick Bundy, but a 4-yard run by Schwab four seconds into the fourth quarter made it an 18-point game again.

DuBois answered with a 2-yard run by Mike Stewart, but a 5-yard pass from O’Brien to Kuklinski and a 5-yard run by Josh Cherish put the game out of reach on. Zach Bussard ended the scoring when he caught a 15-yard pass from Ryan Liddle for DuBois with 17 seconds left.

Stewart led DuBois with 15 carries for 136 yards, while Hanzely had 15 for 86.

BROCKWAY – Andy Martino scored four touchdowns to lead Brockway to an easy 49-8 win over Elk County Catholic Friday night at Brockway.

The Rovers (8-0 overall, 8-0 AML South) led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and 42-0 at halftime.

Martino scored on a 35-yard pass from John Himes and 7-yard run in the first quarter and on a 12-yard run and a 56-yard pass from Himes in the second quarter. Also scoring first-half touchdowns for the Rovers were Jeremy Sickeri – 72-yard run – and Matt Foradora – 35-yard interception return.

Lenny Calhoun also scored on a 43-yard run for the Rovers, while Anthony Tettis’ 5-yard run was the lone ECC (1-7, 1-7) score.

Brockway outgained ECC 373 yards to 160 but actually had one fewer first down in the game – 9 to 8.

Sickeri carried six times for 104 yards, while Martino had seven totes for 56 and two catches for 91. Himes was 4-for-5 passing for 134 yards and the two scores.

Tettis ran eight times for 21 yards for ECC, while Jude Wendel had eight carries for 18 yards and three catches for 43.

CLEARFIELD 40, ST. MARYS 20

ST. MARYS – Clearfield continued its remarkable recovery from an 0-2 start with its sixth straight win a 40-20 pasting of St. Marys Friday night at St. Marys.

After scoring just 27 points including just 15 on offense in the first two weeks, the Bison are averaging 43 points per game during the winning streak including going over 40 points four times.

Tanner Kelly had a huge game for Clearfield 13-for-19 passing for 213 yards and one touchdown to go with two interceptions. He also ran 19 times for 101 yards and four touchdowns.

It was a game for a half with the St. Marys leading 7-0 at the end of one quarter and the game tied 14-14 at halftime. But Clearfield scored the first three touchdowns of the second half to put the game away.

Josh Harbold added 21 carries for 90 yards for the Bison. He also had three catches for 51 yards and a touchdown.

Kurt Meckey had a 17-yard rumble return for a touchdown late in the game for Clearfield.

Lucas Wendel was 9-for-16 passing for 177 yards and two touchdowns for St. Marys with Lopaka Hoohuli catching six of the passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns. Brian Cogley ran 18 times for 79 yards and a score.

CURWENSVILLE – Curwensville scored 30 unanswered points in the final 8:19 of the game to turn a 7-6 deficit at the end of three quarters into a rather easy looking 36-7 win over Johnsonburg Friday night in Curwensville.

The Golden Tide led 6-0 at halftime on a 7-yard run by Dean Swatsworth in the first quarter, but Johnsonburg took a 7-6 lead into the fourth quarter thanks to a 36-yard pass from Anthony Imbrogno to Eric Iorfido.

The game remained 7-6 until there was 8:19 left to play when Shawn Sopic scored on a 27-yard run to give Curwensville a 12-7 lead.

Things started to get ugly four minutes later when Nate Sipes scored on a 3-yard run with 4:14 left to make it 20-7, and things got very ugly with 2:47 left when Swatsworth returned an interceptions 23 yards for a touchdown. Things got downright laughable with 1:42 to play when Greg Gilbert returned a punt 42 yards for the last Curwensville touchdown.

For all the points scored, very little yardage was amassed with Curwensville gaining 173 yards to Johnsonburg’s 165.

Sipes led Curwensville with nine carries for 59 yards, while Sopic was 2-for-6 passing for 13 yards and two interceptions.

Imbrogno was 11-for-20 passing for 171 yards, 1 touchdown and two interceptions for Johnsonburg. Iorfido had four catches for 78 yards, while Greg Wonderly had three for 52. 

KEYSTONE 40, A-C VALLEY 29

FOXBURG – Keystone got big nights from four players on its way to a 40-29 win over A-C Valley in KSAC action Friday at A-C Valley.

Quarterback Buck Neely was 12-for-21 passing for 151 yards and two touchdowns while also running for 36 yards and a score.

Wide receiver Billy Colwell caught a touchdown pass, returned a kickoff 81 yards for a score and threw a 37-yard touchdown pass on a reverse.

Wide Receiver Brandon Rapp caught two touchdown passes, while running back Sam Swartzfager ran the ball 28 times for 116 yards and a touchdown.

Keystone led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and 33-13 at halftime.

Colt Burk led A-C Valley with 11 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns, while Luis Goncalves was 4-for-12 passing for 68 yards and a 25-yard touchdown to Brad Hurrelbrink. He also threw and interception. Mark Hart connected on a 33-yard touchdown pass to Matt Cangemi for the Falcons other score.

Keystone is now 3-4 overall and 3-4 KSAC, while A-C Valley is 1-7, 1-6.

WEST SUNBURY – Moniteau clinched its second consecutive District 9 Class AA playoff berth – and the second in school history – with a thrilling 14-12 win over Clarion Friday night at Moniteau.

The Warriors led 14-0 in the fourth quarter, but Clarion stormed back to back it a tight game late.

Steve Saul had given Moniteau the 14-0 lead with a 90-yard scoring run in the second quarter and a 33-yard touchdown reception off a Clay Kohlmeyer pass with 10:55 left in the game.

But Chris McSwain got Clarion back in the game on a 43-yard run with 8:47 left to play cutting Moniteau’s lead to 14-6.

McSwain then bad it 14-12 on a 23-yard run with 3:47 left to play, but the Bobcats two-point conversion pass failed.

McSwain led Clarion with 65 yards rushing.

Moniteau statistics were not available.

Moniteau is now 6-2 overall and 6-1 in the KSAC. The Warriors can clinch a share of the conference title if they beat Clarion-Limestone next week.

Clarion is now 5-3 overall and 4-3 in the conference.

NuMINE – Trevor Henderson ran for three touchdowns to lead West Shamokin to a 33-6 win over Union Friday night at West Shamokin.

The Wolves senior scored on runs of 11, 8 and 49 yards.

Union’s lone score came on a 52-yard pass from Adam Milanovich to Damien Pezzuiti, but the Golden Knights couldn’t muster anything else against a defense that came into the game allowing 46.9 ppg.

Milanovich went 11-for-23 passing for 154 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. Pezzuiti had seven catches for 106 yards. Korey Hawk added 19 carries for 127 yards.

West Shamokin statistics were not available.

With the win West Shamokin goes to 2-6 overall and 2-6 KSAC on the season.

Union is 0-8 overall and 0-7 in the KSAC. The Golden Knights have now lost a District 9-leading 10 games in a row.