PORT ALLEGANY 19, SHEFFIELD 6

PORT ALLEGANY - Port Allegany QB Matt Bodamer surpassed 5,000 career yards passing as the Gators moved to 6-1 with a 19-6 win over Sheffield.

Bodamer hooked up with his favorite target, Tyce Miller, on an 11-yard touchdown strike to tie the game at 6-6 and Trent Neal followed with a 3-run on the ensuing drive to give Port the lead for good at 12-6. Bodamer scored on a one-yard to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring.

Nick Bonavita's three-yard TD run in the first quarter gave Sheffield (2-5) an early 6-0 lead.

Field conditions were sloppy, limiting both offenses to under 200 total yards. Bodamer completed 5 of 13 passes for 70 yards, while Neal finished with 66 yards on 14 carries. Kalil Slaughter led Sheffield with 70 yards on 10 carries.

MONITEAU 45, PUNXSUTAWNEY 6

WEST SUNBURY — Quarterback Kyle Armagost ran for three touchdowns and led the Moniteau Warriors to a 45-6 rout of visiting Punxsutawney Friday night. The Warriors’ win clinched the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference’s Large School Division title with a perfect 4-0 record.

Armagost scored on runs of 1, 1 and 25 yards as the Warriors (7-0) scored the game’s final 37 points on five unanswered touchdowns after taking an 8-6 lead into the second quarter. He finished with 97 yards on 15 carries. Teammate Dustin Geagan rushed for 119 yards on 12 carries and scored the team’s other two touchdowns on runs of 4 and 25 yards.

Armagost also completed 5 of 10 passes for 124 yards. Armagost and Geagan each went over 1,000 yards for the season in passing and rushing respectively.

Punxsutawney (2-5) scored its only touchdown on Garrett Zimmerman’s 43-yard pass to Clayton Dale. He completed 6 of 13 passes for 67 yards. The Warriors outgained the Chucks, 342-71.

KANE 42, JOHNSONBURG 7

JOHNSONBURG — Jonah Smith scored four touchdowns to lead the Kane Wolves to a 42-7 rout of the Johnsonburg Rams Friday night.

Smith ran for 106 yards on 18 carries, scoring on dashes of 4, 1 and 5 yards while catching a 29-yard pass from Sean Jordan for another touchdown.

Jordan, who completed all six of his passes for 80 yards, also threw two other TD passes to Will Hullings and Justin Wright for 23 and 10 yards respectively.

The Wolves (4-3) limited the Rams (0-7) to just three yards of offense, including minus-4 yards rushing on 26 attempts and seven yards passing. The Wolves intercepted Rams quarterback Jaryd  Servidea, twice by Andrew Pierson.

CURWENSVILLE 36, RIDGWAY 16

RIDGWAY — Alex Holland led a Curwensville Tide second-half rally and went over the 5,000-yard rushing milestone in the Tide’s come-from-behind 36-16 win at Ridgway Friday night.

Holland rushed for a whopping 386 yards on 47 carries and scored four touchdowns on runs of 1, 3, 67 and 54 yards, the last three during the Tide’s unanswered 28 points in the second half.

Holland upped his career rushing total to 5,145 yards as he became just the second running back in District 9 history to go over 5,000 yards. He recently passed Brockway’s Aaron Cantafio (4,694 yards) on the all-time list. Another Curwensville running back, Nick Sipes, is the all-time leader with 5,963 yards.

Curwensville (5-2) got its only other touchdown on Josh Greslick’s 52-yard interception return as time expired.

Ridgway (4-3) scored all of its points in the second quarter. Quarterback Jordan Lundin threw a 26-yard pass to Aaron Sorge, Eric Matheson kicked a 32-yard field goal and Kyle Caggiano recovered a fumble in the end zone with nine seconds left in the first half.

Matheson led the Elkers with 125 yards rushing on 12 carries. Lundin was intercepted three times by the Curwensville defense.

KARNS CITY 24, BROOKVILLE 21

BROOKVILLE — Glenn Toy scored on two long plays, including a 77-yard pass from Tyler Kepple with 7:25 left in the game to lift the Karns City Gremlins to a 24-21 win over the visiting Brookville Raiders Friday night.

The Gremlins (4-3) had to withstand two Raiders drives deep into Karns City territory late in the game, but held on for the win. The Gremlins recovered a Raiders fumble at the 5 with 4:55 remaining. Then with 15 seconds on the clock, Raiders kicker Cameron Yard’s 27-yard field goal attempt was booted into the Karns City line.

Toy led the Gremlins with 101 yards rushing on 14 carries, scoring on a 60-yard run in the first half. Quarterback Brady Ellenberger scored the Gremlins’ other touchdown on a 30-yard in their second possession of the game.

Perhaps the difference in the evenly played game came when Adam Garing kicked a 30-yard field goal to open the scoring in the second half, giving the Gremlins a 17-14 lead.

For Brookville (3-4), quarterback Steven Kennedy had a big game, rushing for 171 yards on 16 carries. He also completed 10 of 21 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns on a 16-yarder to Zach Vroman in the second quarter and a 27-yarder to Derek Shattenberg in the third quarter. Defensively, he picked off an Ellenberger pass in the end zone on the first possession of the game.

Brodie Zacherl ran for 78 yards on nine carries, scoring the Raiders’ first touchdown on a 3-yard run.

COUDERSPORT 24, SMETHPORT 7

SMETHPORT – Mitch Freeman had two second-half touchdown runs, as visiting Coudersport pulled away from Smethport in the second half to remain unbeaten.

Freeman finished the night with 95 yards on 25 carries and scored on runs of 20 and one yard in the helping the Falcons (7-0) break open an 8-7 halftime lead.

Smethport (1-6) led 7-0 late in the first half when Tim McCusker hit Alex Hutcheson with a 6-yard touchdown pass as time expired and then ran in the two-point conversion to give Coudersport an 8-7 halftime lead.

Freeman’s two second-half scores coupled with two-point conversions put the Hubbers away.

Karl Lightner scored on a first-quarter touchdown run for Smethport.

DUBOIS 27, ST. MARYS 12

DuBOIS — Sean Sleigh threw two touchdown passes to Garrett Miles and Garrett Brown rushed for 153 yards on 15 carries to lead the DuBois Beavers to a 27-12 win over visiting St. Marys Friday night.

Sleigh completed 13 of 22 passes for 186 yards with his TD passes to Miles covering 14 and 52 yards. Their second connection with 3:45 left in the third quarter put the Beavers up 21-12. Brown completed the scoring in the fourth quarter with a 16-yard run.

Joe Morrison scored the Beavers’ first touchdown in the first quarter on a 2-yard run as the Beavers improved to 6-1.

St. Marys (5-2) scored first on Justin Quiggle’s 21-yard pass to Jimmy Werner in the first quarter. Sam Guido opened the second-half scoring with a 46-yard run. The Beavers limited the Dutch’s leading rusher Cody Baker to 30 yards on nine carries. Alex Feldbauer led the Dutch with 52 yards on 12 attempts.

REDBANK VALLEY 47, CLARION-LIMESTONE 13

NEW BETHLEHEM — Mark Strothers scored three touchdowns and Kyle Lee found the end zone twice as Redbank Valley rolled to a 47-13 win over visiting Clarion-Limestone Friday night.

The Bulldogs (3-4) led 41-0 by halftime as Strothers and Lee had all five of their touchdowns. Strothers ran for touchdowns of 6 and 50 yards and caught a 59-yard TD pass from quarterback Jake Dougherty. Lee scored on runs of 41 and 15 yards. Caleb Smith finished off the first-half scoring with a 25-yard run and Brandon Bailey scored Redbank Valley’s only touchdown in the second half on a 4-yard run.

Lee rushed for 120 yards on 10 carries while Strothers rushed for  83 yards on eight attempts. Dougherty completed 3 of 6 passes for 105 yards.

For C-L (1-6), both touchdowns came in the second half on quarterback Christian Bakewell’s 76-yard pass to  Jake Neiswonger and Kyle Robertson’s 1-yard run.

CAMERON COUNTY 18, OTTO-ELDRED 6

EMPORIUM – Cameron County scored 13 unanswered fourth-quarter points to beat visiting Otto-Eldred 18-6 Friday night.

Zach Austin’s 5-yard touchdown run following a 47-yard punt return to the Otto-Eldred 5-yard by Tucker Britton broke a 6-all tie, and Nick Stuckey added a 4-yard touchdown run to put the game away.

Stuckey’s 6-yard run got Cameron County (2-5) on the board, while Lucas Kerr scored on a 10-yard run for the Terrors (1-6).

Austin led the Red Raiders with 101 yards rushing on 15 carries and the touchdown.  

BRADFORD 21, WARREN 6   

BRADFORD – Zach Britton accounted for 256 yards of offense and two touchdowns, as Bradford beat visiting Warren 21-6 Friday night at Parkway Field.

Britton rushed 22 times for 177 yards and scored on a 12-yard run and also caught a 79-yard touchdown pass from Matt Yurkewicz.

Also scoring for the Owls was Dan Rinfrette on a 17-yard run.

Bradford’s defense also played a big role in the win stopping Warren twice inside the Owl 5-yard line, once in each half.

UNION 15, KEYSTONE 6

KNOX - Union defeated Keystone 15-6 in a muddy battle that allowed for little offensive gain Friday night at Keystone.

Taylor Smith threw for a pair of touchdown passes for Union (4-3 overall, 2-2 KSAC Small School Division) while going 7 of 13 for 113 yards. He hit Aaron Graham with a 61-yard screen pass and also threw an 8-yard fade pass for Brody Pollock. Pollock added a pair of key interceptions for the Golden Knights.

Union rushed for 115 yards behind the combined effort of Austin Davis, Mikey Harris and Smith while holding Keystone (2-5, 2-2) to 62 yards on the ground and 71 in the air.

Tanner Hannold scored the Panthers lone touchdown on a 31-yard run.

The victory gives Union its second straight four-win season after the Golden Knights won just eight combined games from 2003-2009. One more win and Union will secure its first .500 regular season since going 5-4 in 1997.