WEEK TWO DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL WRAP-UP

SEPT. 10-11

Last updated: 09/13/04 09:57:24 PM

PORT ALLEGANY – For three quarters Saturday afternoon neither Port Allegany or Smethport wanted to take control of their AML North football game, but in the fourth quarter the offenses came alive with Port Allegany scoring twice to get a 14-6 win over the visiting Hubbers.

Smethport (0-2 overall, 0-2 AML North) outgained Port Allegany 266-229, but Port Allegany (2-0, 2-0) used two shorter fourth-quarter drives to get the win.

The Gators got the game’s first touchdown on a 1-yard run by Wade Barber that capped a 6-play, 51-yard drive.

Port Allegany then made it 14-0 on a 39-yard pass from Willie Bova to Craig Flint that ended a 2-play, 45-yard drive.

Smethport’s lone score came on a 59-yard pass from Matt Switzer to Mike Mitchell.

Port Allegany had trouble moving the ball on the ground gaining just 61 yards on 30 carries, but Bova was 10-for-16 passing for 168 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Flint had two catches for 75 yards, Barber two for 27, Cody Anderson two for 20 and Justin Gordon two for 17.

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 27, KANE 6

ST. MARYS – Anthony Tettis ran for 63 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries to lead Elk County Catholic to a 27-6 win over visiting Kane Saturday night in AML South action.

The Crusaders (2-0 overall, 2-0 AML South) have already exceeded last year’s win total two games into this season and have started a season 2-0 for the first time since 1998, which was the last time ECC made the District 9 playoffs.

ECC’s defense completely shut down the Kane offense limiting the Wolves to just 145 yards on the night, and 76 of those came on a 76-yard touchdown run by Kyle Oakes on the last play of the game against the Crusader reserves. Before the run, Kane (0-2, 0-2) had just 69 yards of offense on the night. The ECC defense picked off Kane quarterbacks three times in the game.

Thanks to the big run, Oakes finished the night with 14 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown.

ECC led 27-0 at halftime thanks to a 3-yard run by Chris Zampogna, 1- and 20-yard runs by Tettis and a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown by Anthony Mastrogiacomo

DUBOIS 31, PUNXSUTAWNEY 0

PUNXSUTAWNEY – DuBois posted its second consecutive shutout with a 31-0 win at Punxsutawney Friday night in the D9 League opener for both teams.

It is the first-time DuBois (2-0 overall, 1-0 D9 League), who beat Central Mountain 35-0 last week, has posted back-to-back shutouts since the start of the 1986 campaign when it beat Hollidaysburg 21-0 and Lock Haven 19-0. That team didn’t allow a rushing touchdown all season and finished 6-3-1. Friday also night marked the sixth time DuBois has started a season with two shutout wins.

On the night, DuBois’ defense held Punxsutawney to 110 total yards of offense including just 36 on the ground while forcing five turnovers (3 interceptions, 2 fumbles). Ryan Liddle had all three picks for the Beavers.

DuBois led 9-0 at halftime thanks to a 30-yard field goal by Gabe Bowley and a 52-yard touchdown run by Vance Newell.

The Beavers added 15 more points in the third quarter scoring on a 10-yard run by Mike Stewart and a 15-yard fumble recovery by Adam Lawrence.

Stewart capped off the scoring with a 1-yard run late in the fourth quarter.

DuBois outgained Punxsutawney 356-110 including 293-36 on the ground.

Stewart led DuBois with 16 carries for 131 yards and the two touchdowns, while Newell added six carries for 73 yards.

Dustin Dubensky was 7-for-14 passing for Punxsutawney for 74 yards but also threw three interceptions.

CURWENSVILLE – Curwensville continued its dominance over Brockway with a 14-7 win at Curwensville Friday night in AML action.

Since both teams joined the AML South in 1999, Curwensville has won five of the six meetings with Brockway’s lone win coming last season 35-18 at Brockway.

Curwensville is now 3-0 at Curwensville against Brockway since 1999, and in each game 14 points seems to be the magic for the Golden Tide.

In 2000, Curwensville topped Brockway 14-6 in Clearfield County, then in 2002 it was Curwensville 14-8 at Curwensville.

Close games are also the norm in the series with four of the six being decided by a touchdown or less with the 1999 contest being won by Curwensville 13-12.

This year Curwensville got the winning score on a 13-yard run by Nick Sipes with 7:59 left in the game.

Curwensville took a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter on a 3-yard run by Shawn Sopic before Brockway tied the game with 2:57 left in the half on 2-yard run by Ben Donlin.

Brockway had a chance to tie the game late, but a fourth-down pass from Matt Foradora to Ben Donlin bounced off of Donlin incomplete.

Curwensville outgained Brockway 256-204 including 231-131 on the ground.

Nate Sipes led Curwensville with 22 carries for 128 yards, while Nick Sipes added 13 for 71 and the touchdown.

Donlin paced Brockway with 13 carries for 61 yards, while Bobby Liddle had 12 for 56. Foradora was 5-for-12 passing for 73 yards.

BROOKVILLE – Josh Harbold and Tanner Kelly combined to rush for 207 yards and four touchdowns to lead Clearfield to a 28-7 win at Brookville Friday night.

Harbold ran 19 times for 165 yards and two touchdowns, while Kelly added 13 carries for 42 yards and two scores while also passing for 86 yards.

Harbold gave Clearfield a 7-0 lead on a 14-yard run in the first quarter before Brookville tied the game on a 2-yard run by Nick Heschke early in the second quarter.

A 47-yard run by Harbold midway through the second quarter gave the Bisons the lead for good, and Kelly made it 21-7 at halftime with a 1-yard run with three seconds left in the first half.

Another 1-yard touchdown run by Kelly midway through the third quarter closed out the scoring.

Brookville was limited to just 134 total yards including just 57 rushing on 22 carries by a Clearfield defense which has allowed just 83 yard rushing on 48 carries in the first two weeks this season.

Heschke paced Brookville with 14 carries for 31 yards while going 5-for-9 passing for 77 yards,

ST. MARYS – In a see-saw contest, Clarion had the last saw getting a 31-yard touchdown run from Chris McSwain and a Zack Seitz extra point to squeeze by St. Marys 21-20 Friday night at St. Marys.

The loss ruined the St. Marys coaching debut of Joe Schlimm (the Dutchmen had last week off).

Clarion won the statistics battle outgaining St. Marys 375-172 including 317 to 128 on the ground. Clarion also racked up 17 first downs to St. Marys nine.

But the Dutchmen kept the game close thanks to two interceptions including one returned 33 yards for a touchdown by Mike Scolari.

McSwain had another big game for Clarion running 22 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns, while Manny Carpin added nine carries for 98 yards and two catches for 58.

Adam Geer led St. Marys with 73 yards rushing, while Adam Cornelio had three catches for 44 yards and six rushes for 34.

McSwain started the scoring with a 1-yard run midway through the first quarter before St. Marys went up 7-6 at the end of the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Geer late in the quarter.

The Dutchmen then went ahead 14-7 on Scolari’s interception return early in the second quarter before Clarion tied the game on a 1-yard run by Elliot Fabri and a two-point conversion pass from Sean Wolf to Nick Hager with 2:57 left before the half.

St. Marys went back ahead midway through the third quarter on a 15-yard run by Geer, but Brad Steinbach’s extra point was blocked leaving the score at 20-14.

EMPORIUM – David Babcock rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns to lead Coudersport to a 35-0 win over Cameron County in AML North action Friday night at Cameron County.

Babcock scored on runs of 2, 3 and 42 yards, while Sam Decker scored on a 1-yard run.

Rob Cavallari had Coudersport’s other score on an 89-yard punt return 1:18 seconds into the game.

Decker added 64 yards rushing on seven carries while also catching one pass for 19 yards. Cavallari added six catches for 38 yards, as John Gerhart was 9-for-16 passing for 72 yards.

Cash Grimone led Cameron County with 10 carries for 43 yards, Scott Bauer added seven for 28 and Pat Catalano 10 for 22.

BRADFORD 27, OLEAN (NY) 7

BRADFORD – Bradford used strong defense and good special teams to beat archrival Olean (NY) 27-7 in the 107^th meeting all-time between the schools Friday night at Bradford.

The Owls, who lead the series 59-41-7, got two long field goals from Kyle Macfarlane and tacked on an interception return for a touchdown to get the win.

Bradford also received solid play from back-up quarterback Stu Morris, who was subbing for the injured Mike Austin. Morris threw for 105 yards, as Bradford managed 237 yards of offense on the night. Shawn Spindler was his main target with three catches for 87 yards.

The Owls took a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter on a 45-yard field goal by Macfarlane, who was 2-for-4 on the night in field goal attempts with all of them being of 37 yards or more.

Dave Snyder gave Bradford 10-0 lead with 6-yard run late in the first quarter, and a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown by Nate Westlake in the second quarter made it 17-0 at halftime.

Olean came out firing in the second half scoring on a 57-yard pass from Justin George to John Klatte cutting the Bradford lead to 17-7 with 10:39 left in the third quarter.

But in the fourth quarter, the Bradford special teams came up big again when Jeremy O’Toole partially blocked a punt that set the Owls up at midfield.

Morris then hit Spindler with a 5-1yrad scoring strike to make it 24-7 with 11:05 left in the game.

Macfarlane close out the scoring with a 37-yard field goal with 1:13 left.

MONITEAU 26, A-C VALLEY 0

WEST SUNBURY – Garth Kohlmeyer threw for 124 yards and three touchdowns to lead Moniteau to a 26-0 win over visiting A-C Valley Friday night.

Kohlmeyer was 10-for-18 passing while throwing scoring tosses to Eric Hilliard (four yards), Brent Spahn (19 yards) and Ryan Protzman (27 yards).

Matt Schandelmeier added 64 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Warriors (2-0 overall, 1-0 KSAC), while Adam Cousins added 66 yards rushing on eight carries.

A-C Valley (0-2, 0-2) managed just 48 yards of offense including only 14 on the ground. Luiz Goncalves was 3-for-8 passing for 34 yards with Hank Heeter catching all three passes.

KEYSTONE – Keystone gave first-year head coach Jason Nellis his first career win as a head coach with a 26-0 whitewashing of Union Friday night at Keystone.

The loss was the 13^th in a row for Union, the longest streak in District 9.

Freshman quarterback Mike Switzer and wide receiver Kyle McMunn had big nights for the Panthers.

Switzer went 5-for-11 passing for 144 yards and three touchdowns, while McMunn hauled in three passes for 113 yards and three scores.

Sam Swartzfager added 16 carries for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers (1-1 overall, 1-1 KSAC), who outgained Union (0-2, 0-2)354-187.

Colton Davis led Union with 16 carries for 39 yards, while Brett Moore had four catches for 82 yards.

SHARPSVILLE – Turnovers hurt Redbank Valley in a 20-7 non-conference loss at Sharpsville Friday night.

Redbank Valley quarterback Jason Smith was intercepted four times by the Blue Devils, who got revenge for a loss two years ago to Redbank Valley (1-1).

Brandon Johnston scored the Bulldogs lone touchdown on a 45-yard run. He ran four times for 73 yards on the night, while Skyler Smith added 12 carries for 42 yards.

Jason Smith was 6-for-15 passing for 53 yards while Bryce Miller catching two passes for 20 yards.

Brock Shaffer had 13 ½ tackles on defense for Redbank Valley.