BROOKVILLE 14, PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 6

Sept. 2, 2005

BROOKVILLE – Brookville’s defense came up big in a 14-6 season-opening victory over Philipsburg-Osceola Friday night in Brookville.

The Raiders (1-0) score both of their touchdown off turnovers while holding P-O to 127 yards of offense on the night.

Brookville scored twice in the second quarter and then had to sweat out a late Mounties rally that started when Ryan Marcinko’s blocked punt set up his own 2-yard TD run with 2:04 left in the game.

But P-O’s onside kick attempt failed and the Raiders, the defending District 9 Class AA champions, ran out the clock.

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The Raiders first touchdown was set up by a Travis Diener fimbled recovery and returm that set Brookville up deep in Mountie territory.

P-O had mounted a 13-play, 60-yard drive to the Brookville 29, but on a fourth-and-9 play, Justin Smith forced a fumble on a sack, and Diener picked it up and returned it deep into P-O territory.

Six plays after the turnover, Silas Wonderling scored on a 6-yard run with 9:52 left in the second quarter.

Brookville’s second touchdown also came thanks to a big play on defense.

Tyler Ross intercepted a pass giving the Raiders the ball at the Mounties’ 35-yard line.

Eleven plays later, Brookville scored on Joe Galbraith’s 4-yard run with 1:58 left in the first half. The Raiders then coverted the 2-point convesion making it 14-0 at halftime.

The only points of the second half came on solid P-O special teams play. Marcinko blocked Brookville punter Matt Berfield’s punt and Mike Supko returned the ball 25 yards to the Mounties’ 6. Two plays later, Marcinko found the end zone.

P-O struggled offensively, managing just 37 yards on 26 carries.

Brookville outgained P-O, 264-127, but failed to score on three successive drives inside the Mounties’ 30-yard line in the second half.

Brookville returns to action at 7 p.m. Friday at Clearfield in the D9 League opener for the Raiders.

Philipsburg-Osceola 0 0 0 6 -- 6
Brookville 0 14 0 0 -- 14
Second quarter
B—Wonderling 6 run (kick failed), 9:52.

B – Galbraith 4 run (Ross pass from Brownlee), 1:58.
Fourth quarter
P – Marcinko 2 run (kick failed), 2:04.

1st downs 8 13
Rushes-Yards 26-37 31-157
Comp-Att-Int 7-16-2 7-12-0
Passing Yards 90 107
Total yards 127 264
Penalties-yards 4-25 6-50

Fumbles lost 3-1 4-0
Punts-avg. 2-31 2-9

Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Philipsburg-Osceola – Davis 8-23, Marcinko 6-17, Rocco 1-4, Czap 9-(-3), Smith 2-(-4). Brookville – Wonderling 7-32, Galbraith 8-28, Berfield 4-28, Singleton 6-25, Kutz 9-19, Brownlee 5-15, Diener 3-12, Bowen 1-0, Team 1-(-2).
PASSING: Philipsburg-Osceola – Czap 7-15-2-90; Davis 0-1-0-0. Brookville – Brownlee 7-12-0-107.
RECEIVING: Philipsburg-Osceola – Supko 2-49, Davis 3-28, Marcinko 2-13. Brookville – Ross 3-50, Bowen 3-23, Wonderling 1-21, Berfield 0-13.