PUNXSUTAWNEY 35, WEST SHAMOKIN 6

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Punxsutawney closed out its season with a 35-6 win over visiting and winless West Shamokin Friday night.

Garrett Zimmerman threw a pair of touchdown passes, including the ultra-rare scoring toss to himself on a play that bounced off a helmet, and also ran for a touchdown, forced a fumble and picked off a pass to lead the Chucks. Zimmerman was 7 of 15 passing for 92 yards and also threw a scoring pass to Clayton Dale, who had two fumble recoveries on defense as well.

Also scoring for the Chucks were Alex Fedigan and Christian Maruca.

Zac Horner scored the lone touchdown for West Shamokin.

A-C VALLEY 18, CONNEAUT VALLEY 16

FOXBURG – Mike Suto, Kevin Kaufman and Kodie Rose all scored touchdowns to lead A-C Valley to its first win over a Pennsylvania team in over six years with an 18-16 victory over visiting Conneaut Valley Friday night.

A-C Valley (2-7) last beat a Pennsylvania team Oct. 7, 2005, when it topped Union 26-13. The Falcons lost 55 straight games to Pennsylvania squads and had gone just 2-55 in their previous 57 games heading into Friday night with the lone two wins coming over Hancock, Md., this year and last year.

Rose had 79 yards rushing on 16 carries and scored A-C Valley’s first touchdown, while Kaufman had 62 yards rushing on 10 carries and a rushing touchdown. Suto added a 92-yard fumble return for a score and added 12 carries for 75 yards. Kaufman also intercepted three passes on defense and had five tackles, while Jimmy Holton led the Falcons with 12 stops.

A-C Valley led 6-0 at halftime before Suto and Kaufman scored in the third quarter to give the Falcons an 18-8 lead going to the fourth quarter.

The two wins give A-C Valley its first multiple-win season since going 3-6 in 2004.

KEYSTONE 35, JOHNSONBURG 6

JOHNSONBURG – Behind a pair of Tanner Hannold touchdowns, Keystone picked up its third win of the season, 35-6, at winless Johnsonburg Friday night.

Hannold caught a 44-yard touchdown pass from Josh Eberhart and then returned a kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown for the Panthers (3-7).

The punt return was one of two special teams’ touchdowns for Keystone, which also got a blocked punt by Josh Lencer that was recovered by Colt O’Neil in the end zone for a score.

Eberhart and Lencer each added touchdown runs for Keystone with Eberhart going 5-for-10 passing for 81 yards. Hannold ran for 62 yards and was 2 of 3 passing for 23 yards while adding 44 yards receiving.

DUBOIS 52, BRADFORD 21

BRADFORD – Sean Sleigh threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, as DuBois eliminated Bradford from playoff contention with a 52-21 road win Friday night.

Sleigh was 14 of 27 passing for 204 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions while rushing seven times for 44 yards and a score.

Brady Haines added 12 carries for 109 yards and two touchdowns while also making four tackles, including a sack, for the Beavers (8-2), who have won eight games for the first time since going 8-2 in 2005.

Max Hine was Sleigh’s favorite target making eight catches for 128 yards and a touchdown, while Joey Morrison led the Beaver defense with 18 tackles, including a sack.

Matt Yurkewicz ran for a touchdown and threw for a touchdown for Bradford with his touchdown pass going to Dylan Lamberson. Dan Rinfrette also scored a rushing touchdown for the Owls, who led 7-0 early but trailed 28-7 at halftime.

With Bradford’s loss, St. Marys clinches the second spot opposite of Clearfield in the District 9 Class AAA title game.

CLEARFIELD 35, HUNTINGDON 7

CLEARFIELD – Curtis Frye ran for a touchdown and threw for a score, and Ryan Hertlein ran for a pair of scores to lead Clearfield to a regular-season ending 35-7 win over visiting Huntingdon Friday night.

Frye was 3-for-6 for 70 yards passing and a touchdown and ran five times for 15 yards and a score with Hertlein adding five carries for 39 yards and a score.

Beau Swales led the Bison offense with 127 yards rushing and a touchdown on 20 carries, while Robbie Myers had the touchdown catch and finished with one catch for 17 yards.

Clearfield (9-1) led 35-0 before Huntingdon score with just over two minutes to play and the Mercy Rule running.

The Bisons will face St. Marys next week in the District 9 Class AAA title game.

KARNS CITY 46, CLARION 28

CLARION – Glenn Toy ran for 218 yards and five touchdowns on 18 carries, and Alex Kinkela added 101 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries to lead Karns City to a regular-season ending 46-28 win at Clarion Friday night.

Karns City scored on all five of its first-half possessions including touchdown runs of 18, 71, 6 and 9 yards by Toy and a 24-yard Kinkela run to lead 32-20 at halftime.

Clarion, which was led by T.J. Armstrong’s 17 carries for 116 yards and a touchdown, closed within four, 32-28, early in the fourth quarter on a 9-yard Armstrong scoring run and then had the ball at the Karns City 38-yard line with just over eight minutes to play before the Gremlins came up with a stop on fourth down.

A muffed punt by the Bobcats then led to a 13-yard Kinkela touchdown run that put the game away with 4:51 to play, and Toy added a late score.

Brandon Heeter was 10-for-22 passing for 157 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Armstrong led Clarion’s defense with 16 tackles, Ian Matson had 13 and Antonio Troese 12.  

REDBANK VALLEY 20, BROOKVILLE 7

NEW BETHLEHEM — Kyle Lee ran for three touchdowns, including two within a span of 27 seconds in the second quarter to lead the Redbank Valley Bulldogs to a 20-7 win over visiting Brookville Friday night.

Lee scored on a 1-yard run on the first play of the second quarter. Then on the first play after the ensuing kickoff when Devin Birkhouse recovered a Raiders fumble at the Raiders’ 8-yard line, Lee ran in from 13 yards out to put the Bulldogs (6-4) up 14-0 at the 11:30 mark of the second quarter.

Brookville (5-5) followed the score with its only touchdown of the night on Zach Vroman’s 7-yard run, but the Raiders would get no further as the Bulldogs started the second half with a 6-play, 63-yard scoring drive that was capped by Lee’s 40-yard at the 9:50 mark of the third quarter.

Lee finished with 144 yards on 16 carries while Mark Strothers ran for 62 yards on 11 carries as the Bulldogs rushed for 260 yards and outgained the Raiders, 299-194, limiting Brookville to just 59 yards in the first half.

Steven Kennedy completed 12 for 18 passes for just 64 yards for the Raiders, who were held to a season-low 92 yards rushing.

RIDGWAY 35, CLARION-LIMESTONE 0

STRATTANVILLE — Eric Matheson threw for a touchdown and caught another as five different players found the end zone in the Ridgway Elkers’ 35-0 win at Clarion-Limestone Friday night, wrapping up the season for both teams.

Matheson started the game’s scoring with a 48-yard pass to Aaron Sorge less than two minutes into regulation. He caught a 37-yard pass from quarterback Jordan Lundin to put the Elkers up 28-0 before halftime.

Also scoring for the Elkers (6-4) were Mike Cappiello on  a 17-yard run  in the first quarter, Jared Casolo on  a 1-yard run in the second quarter and Steve Mitchell on  a 5-yard run  to close the game’s scoring early in the fourth quarter.

Sam Delhunty rushed   for 74 yards on 12 carries with Cappiello gaining 55 on only six attempts. Lundin completed 4 of 6 passes for 57 yards.

Ridgway outgained C-L (1-9), 332-142. Lions quarterback Christian Bakewell completed 12 of 28 passes for 130 yards, but was intercepted three times by Matheson, Cappiello and Zac McKnight.

OTTO-ELDRED 44, COWANESQUE VALLEY 6

DUKE CENTER — Luke Kerr ran for 152 yards and scored four total touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 receiving) to lead Otto-Eldred to a 44-6 over Cowanesque Valley Friday.

Kerr scored on runs of 45, 27, and 15 yards, while catching a 29 yard pass from QB Dakota Vaughn.

The Terrors erupted for 30 points, in the second half after leading 14-0 at halftime, 

Sam Colebert scored on a five-yard run and Seth Bigley a three-yard jaunt to account for O-E's other scores.

Andrew Lawrence finished with three sacks on the night to lead the Terrors defense, while Vaughn completed 8 of 17 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown.