SIPES BECOMES ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER IN DISTRICT 9 HISTORY

Senior has 4,802 yards

CURWENSVILLE 18, JOHNSONBURG 3

Sept. 29, 2006
JOHNSONBURG – With 206 yards rushing Friday night, Curwensville senior running back Nick Sipes became the all-time leading rusher in District 9 history in the Golden Tides key 18-3 AML South win at Johnsonburg.

Sipes ran 27 times for the 206 yards while scoring two touchdowns on runs of 75 and 34 yards. He now has 4,802 yards breaking the record of 4,694 yards set by Brockway’s Aaron Cantafio in 2000.

Sipes needs 198 yards to reach the 5,000-yard plateau. According to the Pennsylvania Football News, going into the 2006 season, only 39 players in state history had reached 5,000 yards.

Sipes also kicked a field goal in the game helping Curwensville move into a first-place tie with Johnsonburg in the AML South.

Curwensville led 8-0 at halftime thanks to a 75-yard scoring run by Sipes. A 34-yard run by the senior late in the third quarter made it 15-0, and Sipes then added a 31-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter to make it 18-0.

Johnsonburg’s lone tallies came on a 31-yard Calvin Grumley field goal with 5:19 to play.

Grumley paced Johnsonburg with 17 carries for 99 yards while going 5 of 17 passing for 76 yards and two interceptions.

BOX SCORE COURTESY OF THE DUBOIS COURIER EXPRESS/TRI-COUNTY SUNDAY

CURWENSVILLE 18, JOHNSONBURG 3
Score By Quarters
Curwensville 8 0 7 3 - 18
Johnsonburg 0 0 0 3 - 3
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
C - Nick Sipes 75 run (Brandon Hess run), 1:01.
Third Quarter
C - Sipes 34 run (Sipes kick), 3:46.
Fourth Quarter
C - Sipes 31 field goal, 7:35.
J - Calvin Grumley 31 field goal, 5:19.
C J
First Downs 10 17
Rushes-Yards 41-240 39-189
Passing Yards 46 102
Passes: Comp-Att-Int 2-4-1 6-18-2
Total Yardage 286 291
Punts-Average 3-28.7 3-31.3
Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 3-20 6-37
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Curwensville: Nick Sipes 27-206, Shawn Sopic 6-15, Brandon Hess 6-22, Jesse Hoover 1-(-2), Team 1-(-1). Johnsonburg: Calvin Grumley 17-99, Jesse Dennis 16-51, Judd Zilcosky 3-13, Mark Myers 2-16, Zane Zelehoski 1-10.
Passing - Curwensville: Shawn Sopic 2 of 4, 46 yards, 1 int. Johnsonburg: Calvin Grumley 5 of 17, 76 yards, 2 ints.; Jesse Dennis 1 of 1, 26 yards.
Receiving - Curwensville: Jesse Hoover 1-32, Cody Botzman 1-14. Johnsonburg: Judd Zilcosky 2-39, Jesse Dennis 2-28, John Yonker 1-9, Calvin Grumley 1-26.
Interceptions - Curwensville: Cody Botzman, Shawn Sopic. Johnsonburg: John Yonker.