Information for this story is courtesy of the Bradford Era and the Tri-County Sunday of DuBois

RIDGWAY – It didn’t take Port Allegany quarterback Matt Bodamer very long to tie and then break Derek Buganza’s District 9 career passing touchdown mark.

Bodamer, a senior who entered the game with 93 career throwing scores two shy of Buganza’s D9 record of 95, needed all of 4 ½ minutes to tie the former Brockway star and a mere nine minutes to surpass the record set in 2010.

In all, Bodamer threw seven first-half scoring passes helping the visiting Gators (3-0 overall, 3-0 AML North) blow away Ridgway (1-2, 1-2 AML South) 55-14 Friday night.

The seven scoring passes give Bodamer 100 in his career, just the third quarterback in state history with 100 throwing touchdowns. He needs 18 touchdowns to tie the state record of 118 set by Lancaster Catholic’s Kyle Smith in 2009.

Bodamer finished the game an unofficial 16 of 18 for 286 yards and the seven scores while also running three times for 51 yards. The seven throwing touchdowns are  tied for the second most in a game in District 9 history. Buganza threw for eight in a win over Smethport Sept. 17, 2010, while Clearfield’s Chad Kroell had seven in a victory over Philipsburg-Osceola in 1994.

Nick Conway caught three of the touchdown passes and ended the game with three catches for 72 yards. Tyce Miller caught five ball for 105 yards and one touchdown, and Rickie Bova had three grabs for 46 yards and two touchdowns. Alex Gular also had a touchdown catch for the Gators, while backup quarterback Jordan Seefeldt scored on a second-half run.

Ridgway got two second-half rushing touchdowns from Zac McKnight, who ran nine times for 159 yards including a 71-yard scoring run.     

Unofficial box score

PORT ALLEGANY 55, RIDGWAY 14

Score By Quarters

Port Allegany     21           27           7              0              -              55

Ridgway               0              0              8              6              -              14

Scoring Summary 

First Quarter

P – Rickie Bova 5 pass from Matt Bodamer (Scott Bookens kick), 10:43.

P – Tyce Miller 61 pass from Bodamer (Bookens kick), 7:30.

P – Bova 33 pass from Bodamer (Bookens kick), 3:00.

Second Quarter

P – Nick Conway 23 pass from Matt Bodamer (Bookens kick), 10:51.

P – Alex Gular 24 pass from Bodamer (kick failed), 7:21.

P – Conway 18 pass from Bodamer (Bookens kick), 7:08.

P – Conway 31 pass from Bodamer (Bookens kick), 0:00.

Third Quarter

P – Jordan Seefeldt 12 run (Bookens kick), 1:38.

R – Zac McKnight 71 run (McKnight pass from Ben MacDonald), 1:05.

Fourth Quarter

R – McKnight 41 run (kick failed), 9:17.

                P             R

First Downs        20           9

Rushes-Yards     20-143   44-252

Comp-Att-Int     19-21-0 3-7-0

Passing yards     320         22

Total Yardage     463         274

Penalties-Yards 2-30       3-15

Fumbles-lost      2-1          3-1

Punts-Average  2-38       4-38.5

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing – Port Allegany: Matt Bodamer 3-51, Alex Gular 4-39, Jordan Seefeldt 4-39, Mac Tanner 5-26, Trent Neal 2-0, Tre Garzel 1-(-10), Team 1-(-2). Ridgway: Zac McKnight 9-159, Sam Delhunty 10-70, Adam Gardner 7-16, Josh Lineberger 3-10, Mason Stark 1-15, John Paul Cerroni 2-10, Logan Wickett 5-(-1), Ben MacDonald 5-(-14), Andy Wolf 1-2, Team 1-(-15).

Passing – Port Allegany: Matt Bodamer 16 of 18, 286 yards, 7 TD, Jordan Seefeldt 2 of 2 10 yards, Tre Garzel 1 of 1, 24 yards. Ridgway: Ben MacDonald 2 of 6, 10 yards, John Paul Cerroni 1 of 1, 12 yards.

Receiving – Port Allegany:  Rickie Bova 3-46, Tyce Miller 5-103, Nick Conway 4-87, Alex Gular 2-44, Tyler Shaffer 1-3, Cory Burr 2-8, Chad Gaines 1-24, Mac Tanner 1-5. Ridgway: Sam Delhunty 1-10, Mike Sorge 1-2, Zac McKnight 1-0.