COUDERSPORT WINS SECOND STRAIGHT AML TITLE

Nov. 4, 2006

The Falcons followed the formula to perfection Saturday in the AML Title game beating Curwensville 14-6 to win their second straight AML Title. The win was the fourth straight for Coudersport over the Golden Tide in the past two seasons including the second this year and the second in a row in the AML Title game.

Coudersport improves to 2-3 in the last five AML Title games, while Curwensville is 1-2 in the last three beating Coudy in 2004.

Cavallari, who entered the game as the second leading rusher in District 9 with 1,259 yards, carried 28 times for 139 yards and both touchdowns to lead the Falcons. He had over 60 percent of Coudersport’s total offense in the game and scored on runs of 5 and 30 yards helping the Falcons build a 14-0 halftime lead.

Nick Sipes, the leading rusher in D9, was about all the offense Curwensville had on the night running 26 times for 142 yards and a touchdown. The Tide (8-2) were held to 184 yards of total offense.

Coudersport’s first touchdown came at the end of a 97-yard drive that saw Cavallari carry the ball seven times for 41 yards and the touchdown.

Curwensville then helped the Falcons make it 14-0 failing on a fourth-and-2 on its own side of the field giving Coudersport the ball at the Golden Tide 40. That led to the 30-yard scoring run by Cavallari a couple of plays later.

The Golden Tide finally got on the board in the fourth on a 6-yard touchdown run by Sipes that finished off an 11-play, 64-yard drive. Sipes had the ball on 10 of the plays for 59 of the yards.

Coudersport, though, answered with a drive that took 5:30 off the clock to help seal the win.

Boomer Wetzel and Justen Kinder split time at quarterback for Coudersport combining to go 3-for-12 passing for 51 yards and an interception. Wetzel was 2-for-6 for 39 yards and the interception, while Kinder was 1-for-6 for 12 yards. Carin Knight added five carries for 36 yards.

Shawn Sopic was 2-for-9 passing for 24 yards and one interception for Curwensville.

NOTES – Coudersport beat Curwensville 20-12 in Week One this season … Last year, the Falcons, the defending D9 Class A champions, beat Curwensville 41-13 in the AML Title game and 28-26 in the D9 semifinals … Coudersport has won 22 straight games over District 9 opponents last losing to Clarion-Limestone in the 2004 D9 semifinals. Last year, Coudersport was 12-0 vs. District 9 opponents, and this season it is 10-0 … The Falcons became the first team to win back-to-back AML Title since Smethport did it in 1997 and 1998, and they are the first team to beat the same team for back-to-back conference titles since Eisenhower beat Smethport in 1995 and 1996 … The AML North is now 3-5 in AML Title games since the conference went to the North-South format in 1999 … Coudersport ran its home record to 21-2 since the start of the 2003 season including a 13-game winning streak … Coudersport will be the top seed in the D9 Class A playoffs and will host Clarion most likely Friday … Curwensville will be the No. 3 seed and will host Ridgway most likely Saturday … Curwensville has lost just four times to D9 opponents since the start of the 2004 season with all the loses coming to Coudersport.

COUDERSPORT 14, CURWENSVILLE 6

Score by Quarter

Curwensville 0 0 0 6 – 6

Coudersport 0 14 0 0 – 14

Scoring Summary

Second Quarter

Coudy – Chris Cavallari 5 run (Blair Heimel pass from Justen Kinder), 7:57

Coudy – Cavallari 30 run (PAT failed), 4:20

Fourth Quarter

Curwensville – Nick Sipes 6 run (PAT failed), 7:39

TEAM STATISTICS

CV CD

First Downs 8 14

Rushes-Yards 43-160 40-180

Passing Yards 24 51

Passing: Comp-Att-Int 2-9-1 3-13-1

Total Yardage 184 231

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-0

Penalties 10-50 4-20

Punts-Avg. 3-30.7 3-28.0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing – Curwensville: Nick Sipes 26-142, Shawn Sopic 13-10, Brandon Hess 4-8. Coudersport: Chris Cavallari 28-139, Drew Levavasseur 1-7, Dirk Cowburn 1-(-9), Carin Knight 5-36, Justen Kinder 4-(-3), Tim Thomas 1-10.

Passing – Curwensville: Shawn Sopic 2-for-9, 24 yards, 1 interception. Coudersport: Boomer Wetzel 2-for-6, 39 yards, 1 interception. Justen Kinder 1-for-6, 12 yards. Chris Cavallari 0-for-1.

Receiving – Curwensville: Jesse Hoover 1-7, Cody Botzman 1-17. Coudersport: Blair Heimel 1-19, Logan Hathaway 2-32.

Interceptions – Curwensville: Shawn Sopic. Coudersport: Logan Hathaway.