TRI-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NAMED IN WEEK THREE 2004: MIKE MITCHELL - SMETHPORT; NATE & NICK SIPES - CURWENSVILLE 

13 players named to District 9 Honor Roll
SHIPPENVILLE – For the first time in the five years of the D9Sports.Com Player of the Week award, there are Tri-Players of the Week for the third week of the 2004 season.

Smethport’s Mike Mitchell and Curwensville’s brother combination of Nick and Nate Sipes share this week’s award.

"The performances of Mike, Nick and Nate made it impossible, after a lengthy discussion, to pick just one or two of them," D9Sports.com Tri-founder and Co-editor Chris Rossetti said. "This is unprecedented in our five years of doing the Player of the Week, but all three performances were so outstanding that we didn’t believe picking one over the other would be fair. Most week’s the award sorts itself out. But this week all three of them are very deserving. I don’t see this becoming the norm, but if the situation dictates it we won’t hesitate to name more than one player."

Mitchell led Smethport to a 29-0 win over Sheffield Friday night by rushing 19 times for 205 yards and four touchdowns.

The Sipes brothers pulled off the rarest of feats when both went over 200 yards rushing in the Golden Tides 48-0 win at Johnsonburg. Nick rushed 18 times for 215 yards and three touchdowns, while Nate added 19 carries for 237 yards and a touchdown while adding an interception on defense.

Joining the Tri-Player of the Week are 13 additional players on the District 9 Honor Roll. The honor roll recipients are listed below in alphabetical order by school.

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The Player of the Week award and the Honor Roll are chosen by D9Sports.Com’s editors.

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 TRI-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Nate Sipes – Curwensville: 19 carries, 237 yards, 1 touchdown; 1 interception on defense – Curwensville 48, Johnsonburg 0

Nick Sipes – Curwensville: 18 carries, 215 yards, 3 touchdowns – Curwensville 48, Johnsonburg 0

Mike Mitchell - Smethport: 19 carries, 205 yards, 4 touchdowns – Smethport 29, Sheffield 0

HONOR ROLL

Rocco Crapis – A-C Valley: 17 carries, 101 yards, 2 touchdowns; Game-winning touchdown in overtime – A-C Valley 19, West Middlesex 18, OT.

Bobby Liddle – Brockway: 22 carries, 109 yards, 1 touchdown – Brockway 14, Elk County Catholic 7.

Chris McSwain – Clarion: 35 carries, 159 yards; 1 catch, 20 yards, 1 touchdown – Clarion 13, Redbank Valley 6.

Scott Davis – Clarion-Limestone: 15 carries, 88 yards, 3 touchdowns – Clarion-Limestone 42, St. Marys 14.

Hayden Johnston – Clarion-Limestone: 10-for-13 passing, 176 yards, 2 touchdowns; 8 carries, 62 yards, 1 touchdown; 12 tackles on defense – Clarion-Limestone 42, St. Marys 14.

Josh Harbold – Clearfield: 17 carries, 152 yards, 3 touchdowns – Clearfield 38, Indian Valley 0.

Jeremiah Wagner – Coudersport: 12 carries, 73 yards; 11 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interceptions and a fumble recovery on defense – Coudersport 21, Port Allegany 0.

Joe Wanson – DuBois: 8-for-12 passing, 121 yards, 2 touchdowns; 2 carries, 8 yards, 1 touchdown – DuBois 39, Brookville 8.

Kyle Oakes – Kane: 16 carries, 126 yards, 2 touchdowns – Ridgway 43, Kane 20.

David Black – Karns City: 6 catches, 104 yards, 1 touchdown; 2 carries, 51 yards – Karns City 43, Keystone 13.

Josh Fiscus – Karns City: 21 carries, 181 yards, 3 touchdowns – Karns City 43, Keystone 13.

Matt Schandelmeier – Moniteau: 11 carries, 129 yards, 3 touchdowns – Moniteau 46, Union 0.

Beau Iorfido – Ridgway: 19 carries, 143 yards, 3 touchdowns; 2 catches, 40 yards; 2 2-point conversions – Ridgway 43, Kane 20.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BY WEEK

WEEK ONE

Hayden Johnston – Clarion-Limestone

WEEK TWO

Hayden Johnston – Clarion-Limestone

WEEK THREE (Tri-Players)

Nate Sipes – Curwensville

Nick Sipes – Curwensville

Mike Mitchell – Smethport