DUBOIS' MARK MALACARNE D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK THREE 2005
15 additional players on Honor Roll
SHIPPENVILLE – DuBois’ Mark Malacarne is the D9Sports.com District 9 Football Player of the week for Week 3 of the 2005 season.

Malacarne played a huge role in DuBois’ 41-14 win at Brookville Friday night running 10 times for 209 yards (20.9 yards per carry) and three touchdowns and catching four passes for 55 yards and a touchdown. He scored the final three Beaver touchdowns in the game’s last 17:39 to help expand a 21-14 lead into the 27-point blowout.

In one of the most hotly contested weeks in the six years of the award, seven players were in the final running for the honor.

The top four candidates after Malacarne were Clarion-Limestone’s Scott Davis (91.2% of C-L’s offense including 155 yards passing with 1 TD and 73 yards rushing and 1 TD. He threw the game-winning touchdown in overtime), Johnsonburg’s Calvin Grumley (Was instrumental in every aspect of the game in the Rams upset of Curwensville rushing for 45 yards and 1 TD; kicking two touchbacks on kickoffs while averaging 45 yards per punt and coming up with a potential game-saving tackle in the fourth quarter), Clarion’s Chris McSwain (200 yards rushing including 120 in the 4th quarter, 3 touchdowns. His late third quarter touchdown run sparked a 34-0 game-ending run as Clarion overcame a 20-6 deficit with 2:28 left in the third quarter) and Clearfield’s Andrew Janocko (Threw for 264 yards and engineered a 96-yard game winning drive that he capped with a 1-yard TD run with 19 seconds left. Three interceptions kept him from being Player of the Week).

Davis, Grumley, McSwain and Janocko are joined by 11 additional players on the District 9 Honor Roll this week. The honor roll recipients are listed below in alphabetical order by school.

Malacarne is the second DuBois player to win the award, which has been given in each week of the regular season since 2000.

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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 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mark Malacarne – DuBois: 10 carries, 209 yards, 3 touchdowns; 4 catches, 55 yards, 1 touchdown; Scored final 3 Beaver touchdowns in games last 17:39 to help expand 21-14 lead into 27-point blowout in – DuBois 41, Brookville 14.

HONOR ROLL

Garrett McEwen – Bradford: Bradford guard moved to fullback in goal-line offense and scored 3 touchdowns on 7 carries while gaining 15 yards; He also blocked two punts that gave the Owls the ball deep in Punxsutawney territory and was part of an offensive line that allowed the Owls to rush for 173 yards. On defense he had six tackles – Bradford 37, Punxsutawney 20.

Ben Donlin – Brockway: 38 carries, 227 yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 catch, 14 yards – Brockway 28, Elk County Catholic 13.

John Malizia – Cameron County: 15 carries, 143 yards, 2 touchdowns; Intercepted a pass on defense; Helped Red Raiders end 17-game losing steak – Cameron County 41, Otto-Eldred 10.

Chris McSwain – Clarion: 19 carries, 200 yards; 3 touchdowns; Rushed for 167 yards and 3 TD’s in 2nd half and 120 yards and 2 TD’s in fourth quarter as Clarion overcame a 20-6 deficit with 2:30 left in the third quarter while outscoring St. Marys 20-0 in the fourth quarter. Key force in a Clarion defense that limited St. Marys to 79 yards in key 2nd half – Clarion 40, St. Marys 20.

Scott Davis – Clarion-Limestone: Accounted for 91.2 percent of C-L’s offense (228 yards); 18-for-27 passing, 155 yards, 1 touchdown; 22 carries, 73 yards, 1 touchdown; Threw game-winning touchdown pass in overtime – Clarion-Limestone 24, Karns City 16, overtime.

Andrew Janocko – Clearfield: 16-for-24 passing, 264 yards, 3 interceptions; Ran for a touchdown; Engineered a 96-yard, game-winning drive that he capped with a 1-yard scoring run with 19 seconds left – Clearfield 21, Indian Valley 20.

Beau Ryan – Clearfield: 9 catches, 119 yards – Clearfield 21, Indian Valley 20.

Calvin Grumley – Johnsonburg: 9 carries, 45 yards, 1 touchdown; Scored the game-tying touchdown to help the Rams hand Curwensville its first regular-season loss since 2003; Was instrumental on defense and special teams as well kicking at least one touchback on kickoffs while punting 3 times for and average of 45.0 yards per kick including a 48-yard punt that pinned Curwensville inside its own 20-yard line with under a minute to play. Also came up with a huge fourth down tackle when Curwensville was threatening to tie the game with about 7 minutes to play at the Johnsonburg 14-yard line.

Kyle Oakes – Kane: 20 carries, 212 yards, 4 touchdowns – Kane 55, Ridgway 7.

Alex Rowan – Keystone: 4 catches, 77 yards, 2 touchdowns; Intercepted 2 passes on defense.

Mike Switzer – Keystone: 103 yards passing, 2 touchdowns; 96 yards rushing, 1 touchdown – Keystone 40, Union 6.

Matt Schandelmeier – Moniteau: 19 carries, 245 yards, 3 touchdowns – Moniteau 48, A-C Valley 7.

Shad Boschert – St. Marys: 3 catches, 105 yards, 2 touchdowns – Clarion 40, St. Marys 20.

Jason Borst – Sheffield: 7 catches, 194 yards, 2 touchdowns – Smethport 28, Sheffield 19.

Josh Switzer -- Smethport: 31 carries, 176 yards, 4 touchdowns; 1 catch, 25 yards – Smethport 28, Sheffield 19.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BY WEEK

WEEK ONE

David Babcock - Coudersport

WEEK TWO

Kyle Mahoney – Elk County Catholic

WEEK THREE

Mark Malacarne – DuBois