Information for this story courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday

HYDE — Junior Christian Lezzer was at it again, shredding an opposing defense and leading the Clearfield Bison to a win.

This time it was the Punxsutawney Chucks he ran over in Clearfield’s 38-18 win in the District 5-6-8-9 Sub-Regional semifinals Friday night at the Bison Sports Complex. Lezzer ran for 235 yards on 23 carries with touchdown runs of 65 and 52 yards. He also threw a 73-yard TD pass to Trey Jordan.

The Bison (11-0) move on to the sub-regional final against University Prep, a 47-38 winner over Somerset, next weekend at a site and time to be announced. Punxsutawney finished the season 5-6.

Clearfield jumped out to a 24-0 lead before the Chucks found the end zone in the third quarter. Lezzer’s 73-yarder to Jordan, Spencer Herrington’s 31-yard field goal and Tyler Stratton’s 5-yard run gave the Bison a 17-0 halftime lead.

Lezzer’s 65-yarder made it 24-0 before Jamie Bush’s 6-yard run put the Chucks on the board with 8:39 left in the third quarter. Chucks quarterback Garrett Zimmerman scored on a 46-yard run at the 8:39 mark to get the Chucks within 24-12 with 3:53 remaining.

Stratton, who finished with 93 yards on 13 carries, scored his second TD on an 18-yard run with 1:36 left in the third.

The Chucks and Bison traded touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Zimmerman threw a 13-yard pass to Clayton Dale and Lezzer scored his second TD on the 52-yarder, both scores coming with under 90 seconds left in the game to close the scoring.

CLEARFIELD 38, PUNXSUTAWNEY 18

Score By Quarters

Punxsutawney           0          0          12        6          -          18

Clearfield                   7          10        14        7          -           38

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

C - Trey Jordan 73 pass from Christian Lezzer (Spencer Herrington kick), 7:38

Second Quarter

C - Spencer Herrington 31 field goal, 11:08

C - Tyler Stratton 5 run (Spencer Herrington kick), 1:19

Third Quarter

C - Christian Lezzer 65 run (Spencer Herrington kick), 11:40

P - Jamie Bush 6 run (run failed), 8:39

P - Garrett Zimmerman 46 run (pass failed), 3:53

C - Tyler Stratton 18 run (Spencer Herrington kick), 1:36

Fourth Quarter

P - Clayton Dale 13 pass from Garrett Zimmerman (run failed) 1:24

C - Christian Lezzer 52 run (Spencer Herrington kick), 1:12

P                      C

First downs                             14                    13

Rushes-yards               45-182             40-377

Comp-Att-Int                          10-19-1            2-9-0

Passing yards                          138                  81

Total yards                              320                  458

Fumbles-lost                            1-0                   2-2

Punts-Avg                               5-24                 2-33

Penalties-yards                        5-26                 3-20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Punxsutawney: Christian Falgout 12-19, Garrett Zimmerman 8-39, Jamie Bush 23-85, Ceasar Maruca 2-39. Clearfield: Tyler Stratton 13-93, Christian Lezzer 23-235, Seth Ford 4-49.

Passing - Punxsutawney: Garrett Zimmerman 10-for-19, 138 yds., 1 TD., 1 Int. Clearfield: Christian Lezzer 2-for-9, 81 yds., 1 TD.

Receiving: Punxsutawney: Jamie Bush 2-28, Clayton Dale 5-73, Dakota Byers 2-29, Alex Bevak 1-8. Clearfield: Trey Jordan 2-81.

Interceptions: Clearfield 1 (Seth Beardsley).