CLEARFIELD 34, CENTRAL-MARTINSBURG 33

HYDE – Spencer Herrington’s 29-yard field goal with 3:58 to play lifted Clearfield to a 34-33 win over visiting Central-Martinsburg in a matchup of unbeaten Mountain League foes Friday night.

On a night where the lead exchanged hands nine times with one tie, Herrington’s leg proved to be the difference.

The sophomore kicker hit two field goals and was 4-for-4 on extra points, while Central-Martinsburg (2-1) missed two extra points and was 1-for-2 on two-point conversions.

Christian Lezzer had a monster game for the Bison (3-0) rushing for 114 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries while also going 10-for-19 passing for 165 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. He scored on runs of 11, two and 44 yards and threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Trey Jordan midway through the third quarter that gave Clearfield a 31-27 lead.

But Central-Martinsburg retook the lead 56 seconds into the fourth quarter when Bradi Moore threw a 77-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Aaron Cunningham out of the wildcat formation.

Clearfield was able to rally late thanks to a 20-yard Lezzer to Jordan pass and a 33-yard Tyler Stratton run that ended in Herrington’s second field goal of the game. The sophomore also hit a 21-yard field goal as the first half ran out that gave the Bison a 17-14 halftime lead.

Cunningham had a huge game for the Scarlet Dragons going 7-for-18 passing for 160 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, catching two passes for 149 yards and two scores and rushing 17 times for 29 yards and score. Moore caught five passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns and was 2-for-2 passing for 149 yards and two scores.   

KARNS CITY 20, MONITEAU 7

WEST SUNBURY – Tyler Kepple threw three touchdowns passes to lead Karns City to a 20-7 win at rival Moniteau Friday night.

Kepple hit Tristan Rhoades with a pair of scoring strikes and then found Adam Whited on a 6-yard strike late in the fourth quarter capping a 95-yard, game-putting away drive for the Gremlins (2-1 overall, 2-0 KSAC Big School Division). Kepple finished the night 6-for-10 for 137 yards. Rhoades had two catches for 65 yards and the two scores while running seven times for 47 yards.

Moniteau’s lone touchdown, which gave the Warriors (0-3, 0-1) a 7-0 lead in the second quarter came on an 11-yard Dustin Geagan run. Geagan ran 30 times for 150 yards. 

The Warriors had a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter, and even looked to have scored a touchdown on a quarterback sneak by Denny Pry. But a formation penalty called the score back, and Moniteau turned the ball over on downs before allowing Karns City the long drive that put the game away.

JOHNSONBURG 22, COUDERSPORT 14

COUDERSPORT – Behind three touchdown passes from Frank Kocjancic, visiting Johnsonburg stunned Coudersport 22-14 Friday night for the Rams first win in nearly two years.

Johnsonburg (1-2 overall, 1-2 AML South), which had dropped 16 straight decisions since a win over Ridgway Oct. 8, 2010, beat Coudersport for the first time since 1991. The Rams had dropped 14 consecutive decisions to the Falcons.

Kocjancic played a big role in the victory going 14-for-19 for 220 yards and the three scores. That helped Johnsonburg overcome a dismal performance on the ground that saw the Rams lose 30 yards on 17 carries.

Mitchell Holmberg, Caleb Gravey and Kyle Sheldon each caught scoring passes for Johnsonburg.

Coudersport (1-2, 1-2 AML North) got a pair of touchdown runs from Mitch Freeman, who finished with 108 yards on 20 carries.

A-C VALLEY 46, CLARION-LIMESTONE 0

FOXBURG – Behind three Kevin Kaufman touchdown passes, A-C Valley won a conference game for the first time since 2005 with a 46-0 win over visiting Clarion-Limestone Friday night.

Kaufman was 9 of 20 passing for 186 yards and hit Anthony Painter, Greg Elliott and Andrew Strauser with scoring passes to give the Falcons (1-2) their first conference win since a 26-13 win over Union Oct. 7, 2005. A-C Valley had lost 46 straight conference games and had been 4-77 in KSAC/KSAC Small School Division play since the start of the 2001 season. The win was the first conference win for the Falcons over a team other than Union since late Oct. 27, 2000, when A-C Valley beat Moniteau. It was also A-C Valley’s first win over C-L since a 40-10 win Oct. 22, 1999, ending a 12-game losing streak to the Lions.

A-C Valley (1-2 overall, 1-1 KSAC Small School) led 13-0 at the half before pulling away in the second 24 minutes.

C-L, which has been outscored 186-12 on the season, falls to 0-3 overall and 0-2 KSAC Small School Division.  

BROOKVILLE 19, ST. MARYS 15

BROOKVILLE – Sophomore Braiden Smith's 90-yard punt return with 3:07 left in the game lifted the Brookville Raiders to a 19-15 win over St. Marys Friday night.

The Raiders (2-1) overcame a 15-7 deficit going into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Cameron Yard's 1-yard run cut the Dutch's lead to 15-13, but the Raiders misfired on a potential game-tying two- point conversion when Yard was dropped for a loss on a run.

A key holding penalty on St. Marys (1-2) helped the Raiders force the Dutch to punt away to Smith, who initially muffed the punt, but recovered in time to race down the left side of the field for the score.

St. Marys outgained Brookville, 283-191. Alex Feldbauer rushed for

149 yards on 28 carries and scored the Dutch's first touchdown on a 3- yard run. Cody Baker returned to the St. Marys backfield and gained

94 yards on 11 carries. He scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. The Dutch also notched a safety in the first quarter to build a 9-0 lead when a bad punt snap wound up in the end zone.

While the Raiders were limited to 76 yards rushing with Zach Vroman gaining 49 on 12 carries, Yard completed 5 of 9 passes for 115 yards, throwing a 60-yard TD pass to tight end Kiefer Gilhousen in the second quarter.=

UNION 35, REDBANK VALLEY 6

NEW BETHLEHEM – Union moved to 3-0 for the first time since 1985 with a 35-6 win at Redbank Valley Friday night, the Golden Knights first win over the Bulldogs since 1997.

Kennan Rankin scored three touchdowns for Union (3-0 overall, 2-0 KSAC Small School Division) catching touchdown passes of 18 and 20 yards and scoring on a 10-yard run. He has 50 yards rushing on six carries and 58 yards receiving on four catches while also recording 10 tackles and a ½ sack.

Aaron Graham added a 70-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Brandon Greenawalt a 4-yard rushing touchdown for the Golden Knights, who also scored on a safety.

Brody Shick was 9-for-18 passing for 143 yards and two scores while running eight times for 37 yards. Cody Kline added 79 yards rushing on 14 carries, while Kaden McGregor had three catches for 48 yards.

Tyler Wiser paced the Union defense with 13 tackles and 1 ½ sacks.

Brandon Bailey scored on a 5-yard run for Redbank Valley (0-3, 0-2).

The win was Union’s seventh straight regular-season win. In 1985, Union started 9-0 under the legendary Rich Vidunas before finishing 9-1.

CLARION 49, KEYSTONE 6

KNOX – Behind three Damien Slike touchdowns, Clarion won the 450^th game in school history with a 49-6 victory at Keystone Friday night.

Slike, who ran nine times for a game-high 105 yards and caught three passes for 56 yards, scored twice through the air and once on the ground while adding 11 tackles and three sacks on defense.

T.J. Armstrong chipped in a pair of touchdowns for the Bobcats (3-0 overall, 2-0 KSAC Small School) scoring on a 48-yard screen pass from John Katis and on a 6-yard run. Armstrong added seven tackles and sack on defense.

Katis was 5-for-9 for 88 yards, three scores and an interception. Camron Kirkland and Tyler Allen also found the end zone for Clarion with Kirkland scoring on the ground and Allen on a pass from Antonio Troese.

Keystone’s lone score came on a 17-yard Austin Chambers to Dustin Wolbert pass.

Clarion outgained Keystone 386-76, the second time in three weeks the Bobcats have held an opponent under 100 yards. Clarion sacked Keystone quarterback seven times.

Matt Black led the Panthers (1-2, 1-1) with 57 yards rushing on seven carries while also intercepting a pass.

With the victory, Clarion is now 450-279-21 in its history including 157-85-1 under 24^th year head coach Larry Wiser.

DUBOIS 50, PUNXSUTAWNEY 6

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Garrett Brown ran for 295 yards and four touchdowns and returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown to lead visiting DuBois to a 50-6 non-conference win over Punxsutawney Friday night.

Brown, who carried the ball just 15 times, scored on runs of 66, 52, 80 and 57 yards and scored on the opening kickoff of the second half as well. Brown added two catches for 11 yards.     

Gabe French added a 9 of 13 night for 106 yards including a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brian Kane, while Josh Hnat booted a 42-yard field goal.

Christian Falgout scored Punxsutawney’s lone touchdown finding paydirt on a 10-yard run for the Chucks (1-2).  He ran 18 times for 46 yards, while Jamie Bush had 59 yards on 11 carries and Garrett Zimmerman 48 on eight while also going 4-for-10 passing for 56 yards.  

WARREN 47, BRADFORD 6

BRADFORD – Chris McNeal ran for 109 yards and one touchdown to lead Warren to 47-6 win at Bradford in the 100^th meeting between the schools Friday night.

The Dragons (3-0 overall, 1-0 District 10 Region 5) limited Bradford (2-1, 1-1) to 78 yards of offense while forcing five turnovers.

Matt Yurkewicz scored Bradford’s lone touchdown on a 1-yard run, but the senior quarterback, after consecutive 100-yard rushing performances was held to negative four yards rushing Friday night. Aaron Fishkin led the Owls offense with 22 yards on the ground.

BROCKWAY 35, SHEFFIELD 21

BROCKWAY — Quarterback Alec Shaffer-Doan passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns and Chad Melillo rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns as the Brockway Rovers beat visiting Sheffield, 35-21, Friday night.

The Rovers (2-0) led 35-7 going into the fourth quarter before the Wolverines (0-3) scored twice. Shaffer-Doan threw a 9-yard TD pass to Jacob Perrin and a 6-yarder to Anthony Benson. Perrin caught 10 passes for 178 yards.

Melillo scored on runs of 5, 10 and 4 yards.

Sheffield threw the ball 46 times with just 13 completions. Shequan Wright threw a TD pass in the first quarter and backup Adam Higby threw two TD passes in the fourth quarter.

KANE 48, OTTO-ELDRED 8

DUKE CENTER – Sean Jordan accounted for four touchdowns – one passing, three rushing – and Jonah Smith ran 20 times for 191 yards and two touchdowns to lift Kane to a 48-8 win at Otto-Eldred Friday night.

Jordan, who was 10-for-17 for 152 yards, tossed a touchdown pass to Jeff Kocjancic and scored on three short runs while running for 41 yards. Smith scored on a pair of short runs, and Tyler Rollick added a touchdown run for the Wolves (2-1 overall, 2-1 AML South).

Sam Colebert, who led OttoEldred with 158 yards on 15 carries, scored on an 80-yard run for the Terrors (0-3, 0-3 AML North).

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 43, CAMERON COUNTY 0

EMPORIUM – Mitchell Vallone threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead Elk County Catholic to a 43-0 win at Cameron County Friday night.

Vallone was 3-for-5 passing for 52 yards with a 20-yard scoring passes of 20 and three yards to Clayton Housler while also rushing twice for one yard including a 1-yard scoring run. Housler grabbed all three of the completed passes.

Joe McLaughlin, Jonathan Dippold and Dan Singer also added touchdown runs for the Crusaders (3-0 overall, 3-0 AML South), while Ryan Seelye kicked a 23-yard field goal. Brock McCullough led ECC with 108 yards rushing on 14 carries.

Andrew Lathrop had 11 carries for 45 yards and three catches for 21 yards for Cameron County, which had just 19 total yards.   

CURWENSVILLE 52, SMETHPORT 13

CURWENSVILLE – Josh Greslick ran 23 times for 162 yards and three touchdowns, as Curwensville broke open a fairly close game with a 22-point fourth quarter on its way to a 42-13 win over visiting Smethport Friday night.

The Golden Tide (3-0 overall, 3-0 AML South) led by just 13, 20-7, entering the fourth quarter but outscored Smethport (1-2, 1-2 AML North) 22-6 in the frame including a 55-yard touchdown run by Greslick moments after Smethport had closed back within two touchdowns. Greslick also scored on first-half runs of six and three yards.

Clay Schuler threw for a touchdown and ran for a score for Smethport. He ran 12 times for a team-high 63 yards while going 3-for-13 passing for 47 yards. He also picked off a pass on defense.

Zach Tibbens gave Curwensville two runners over 100 yards with 135 on 22 carries.