WEEK FIVE DISTRICT 9 FOOTBALL WRAP-UP

Sept. 29-30

Last updated: 10/01/06 11:00:07 PM

ST. MARYS – Eric Mastrogiacomo ran 17 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns to lead Elk County Catholic to a 33-14 win over visiting Brockway Saturday night.

The Crusaders (3-2 overall, 3-2 AML South) broke open a 1-point halftime lead (7-6) with 20 unanswered points in the third quarter including two touchdowns of 60-plus yards.

Mike Moore got the third-quarter scoring underway in electrifying fashion returning a punt 65 yards for a touchdown and a 14-6 lead 2:15 into the half.

Mastrogiacomo then made it 21-6 with a 67-yard scoring run with 4:15 to go in the third quarter before Nick Brennen caught a 22-yard scoring toss from Andy Herbstritt making it 27-6 a minute later.

Derek McCullough finished off the scoring for ECC with a 38-yard run early in the fourth quarter.

Brockway (2-3, 2-3) scored the game’s first touchdown on a 53-yard Armando Fortunato run in the first quarter before ECC took the lead on a 33-yard scamper by Mastrogiacomo.

The Rovers finished the scoring with a 17-yard Andy Linden run late in the fourth quarter.

Fortunato had 79 yards rushing on eight carries, while Dillon Park had 11 totes for 55 yards and Linden 31 on three.

McCullough added four carries for 41 yards for ECC.

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Huntingdon built a 17-0 lead in the third quarter on its way to a 24-7 victory over Punxsutawney Friday night in Punxsy.

The Chucks (1-4) lone touchdown came on a 22-yard pass from Zach Smith to Austin Furman in the third quarter.

Smith finished the game 10-for-22 passing for 162 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Furman had six grabs for 111 yards and the touchdown while running twice for nine yards.

ST. MARYS – The Owls have taken flight.

Ben Walter threw three touchdown passes to lead Bradford to a 35-14 – closer than it looked – win over St. Marys Friday night in St. Marys. Walter finished the night 5-for-8 passing for 90 yards. He also threw an interception.

D9Sports.com has passing stats back through 2001, and no Bradford quarterback had thrown more than two touchdowns in any game during that time. Walter now has five scoring passes this year. The last Owl QB to throw that many was Kevin Rose, who had six in 2001.

Bradford (5-0 overall, 3-0 D9 League) needed all three of Walter’s TD tosses to fight off a pesky St. Marys team that fell to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the D9 League.

The Owls led 21-7 at halftime thanks to two Tyler O’Brien touchdown runs and a 19-yard scoring pass from Walter to Nick Johnson.

But St. Marys made it 21-14 at the end of three quarter thanks to a 15-yard Brian Tamburlin scoring run, Tamburlin’s second touchdown run of the game.

Walter, though, threw two touchdown passes – one to Johnson and one to E.J. Moore in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

Steve Butler connected on all five of his extra point attempts for Bradford and has hit 15 in a row, a school record.

O’Brien ran 13 times for 115 yards and the two touchdowns, while Moore toted the ball 12 times for 66 and caught two passes for 58 and the score.

Tamburlin led St. Marys with 24 carries for 120 yards and two touchdowns while catching one pass for eight yards.

EMPORIUM – Jordan Crane threw four touchdown passes to help Cameron County break a two-game losing streak with a 39-0 win over visiting Otto-Eldred Friday night.

Crane was 5 of 11 for 161 yards and threw scoring tosses to Abram Zoschg (64 yards), Sean McManigle (59 yards), Mike Malizia (10 yards) and Jason Sestina (9 yards).

Zoschg also returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown for the Red Raiders (3-2 overall, 3-2 AML North), and Cameron Clingan added a 9-yard touchdown run.

Cameron County, which led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter, unofficially out gained Otto-Eldred ( 1-4, 1-4) 290 yards to 59.

Travis Bair was 3 of 21 passing for 34 yards and two interceptions to lead Otto-Eldred, while Kurtis Breese caught one pass for 34 yards. Kyle Armstrong had two carries for 51 yards.

COUDERSPORT – Despite managing just 168 yards of offense, Coudersport knocked off Port Allegany 28-7 Friday night in Coudersport.

Boomer Wetzel (4-for-8, 63 yards) threw two touchdown passes, Chris Cavallari combined for 102 yards receiving and rushing and scored a touchdown and Adam Foust scored twice to lead the Falcons (5-0 overall, 5-0 AML North).

Cavallari ran 14 times for 58 yards and caught three passes for 44 and a touchdown. Foust ran seven times for 29 yards and a score and had one catch for 19 yards and a touchdown. Dick Cowburn also returned an interception for a score for the Falcons, who have won 24 straight AML North games, 14 straight regular-season games and 27 of their past 30 regular-season contests. Coudersport is 18-1 in the past two seasons.

Please check back later for Port Allegany stats.

WEST SUNBURY – Tyler Armagost threw for 128 yards and three touchdowns to lead Moniteau to a 34-21 win over visiting Keystone Friday night.

With the win, the Warriors (5-0 overall, 4-0 KSAC) move into sole possession of first place in the KSAC a ½ game ahead of rival Karns City.

Armagost, who took over the starting quarterback spot three games ago, was 6 of 10 passing. He is now 23 of 37 (62.2 percent) for 425 yards and seven touchdowns this season.

Adam Cousins added 23 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns for Moniteau.

Ben Black led Keystone (2-3, 2-3) going 6-for-20 for 130 yards and two touchdowns, while Dan Reed also threw a scoring pass for the Panthers. Mike Switzer had three catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. Kyle Rhoads also caught two touchdown passes.

Moniteau held Keystone to minus-14 yards rushing.

LEWISTOWN – Adam Jury caught six passes for 151 yards and also threw a touchdown pass to lead Clearfield to a 31-0 win at Lewistown Friday night.

Clearfield, which also scored two defensive touchdowns, led 21-0 at halftime.

Andrew Janocko was 7-for-18 passing for 164 yards and an interception for the Bisons (4-1), who have won four straight. The senior quarterback also ran for a touchdown.

STRATTANVILLE – Brookville got a 2-0 win over Clarion-Limestone without ever stepping on the field.

For the second straight week, the Lions (1-4) elected to forfeit a game because of safety concerns with a limited number of players.

Brookville moves to 4-1 with the victory.