SHEFFIELD 31, COUDERSPORT 30

SHEFFIELD – Backup quarterback Adam Higby’s touchdown pass to Brendan Winslow with 22 seconds left gave Sheffield its first win over Coudersport since 1973, 31-30, Saturday afternoon in Sheffield.

A 55-yard wide-receiver pass from Shaquan Wright, the starting quarterback who was playing wide receiver at the time, to Winslow on fourth-and-19 from the Sheffield 33-yard line set up the game-winning score.  

The Wolverines (2-3 overall, 2-3 AML North) trailed 22-19 going to the fourth quarter but rallied for the victory breaking a 25-game losing streak to the Falcons (1-4, 1-4).

Wright finished the day 11 of 21 passing for 200 yards, two touchdowns and an interception while also catching three passes for 85 yards and two scores. Higby, who comes in for some series during games with Wright shifting to wide out, got hot in the second half and finished 8-for-14 passing for 131 yards and three touchdowns. Winslow caught six passes for 102 yards and a score, picked off a pass on defense and also recovered the kickoff after Coudersport failed to do so following the final score to seal the victory.

Ethan Hite and Mitch Freeman had solid games for Coudersport. Hite was 10-for-18 passing for 156 yards and two touchdowns. He threw one interception and fumbled twice. Freeman had five catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns and also ran 27 times for 118 yards and a score. Alex Hershey had three catches for 59 yards and picked off a pass, while Patrick Bollhurst had a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown.

The last time Sheffield beat Coudersport was a 20-0 win in 1973. The teams then didn’t play again until 1987, and Coudersport had won every game since that point until Saturday.

PORT ALLEGANY 42, OTTO-ELDRED 16

PORT ALLEGANY – Matt Bodamer threw for 377 yards and six touchdowns, as Port Allegany beat visiting Otto-Eldred 42-16 Saturday afternoon.

Bodamer, who was 16 of 23 passing, hit Nick Conway with four of those scores. Conway had four catches for 198 yards with touchdown grabs of 45, 14, 73 and 66 yards. Bodamer also found Tyce Miller with an 18-yard touchdown pass, Millers’ 29^th career touchdown catch putting him one back of Brad Beggs’ District 9 record of 30. Trent Neal added an 18-yard touchdown reception for the unbeaten Gators (5-0 overall, 5-0 AML North). Rickie Bova added five catches for 76 yards for Port Allegany.

Otto-Eldred (0-5, 0-5) scored on a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown runs from Sam Colebert. Colebert found pay dirt on runs of five and 32 yards.  

CURWENSVILLE 36, KANE 20

CURWENSVILLE – Zach Tibbens scored two of his three rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter, as Curwensville pulled away from visiting Kane for a 36-20 win in AML South play Friday night.

The unbeaten Golden Tide (5-0 overall, 5-0) led by just two, 22-20, entering the fourth quarter before Tibbens, who ran for 152 yards on 21 carries, scored on runs of 14 and 43 yards in the final frame.

Hunter McCracken threw a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes to Jordan Russell helping Curwensville race out to a 15-0 lead at the end of the quarter, but Kane (2-3, 2-3) rallied with a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter with a Tibbens 9-yard run sandwiched inbetween.

Sean Jordan scored on a 35-yard run for the Wolves, while Sean Rolick returned a kickoff 87 yards after the Tibbens touchdown. Jonah Smith then cut the deficit to two for Kane with a 1-yard run early in the second half.

McCracken finished 8 of 13 for 88 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Russell caught six passes for 60 yards and the two scores, while Josh Greslick added 13 carries for 64 yards and also intercepted a pass on defense.

Jordan was 6-for-17 passing for 73 yards and three interceptions while running eight times for 30 yards. Smith ran 11 times for 18 yards. Jeff Kocjancic had three catches for 42 yards and also intercepted a pass.

CLEARFIELD 35, CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 14

CLEARFIELD – Christian Lezzer ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth to lead unbeaten Clearfield to a 35-14 win over visiting Central Mountain Friday night.

Lezzer ran 33 times for 123 yards and scored on runs of 1, 3 and 6 yards while also throwing a 31-yard touchdown pass to Trey Jordan. Lezzer was 5 of 8 passing for 129 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He has had a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery on defense. Jordan caught three passes for 114 yards and the score.

Tyler Stratton added an 8-yard touchdown run while rushing 17 times for 120 yards for the Bison (5-0), who led 28-7 at halftime.

Von Walker paced Central Mountain with 15 carries for 103 yards and the game’s first touchdown on a 1-yard run less than two minutes into the contest.

BROOKVILLE 19, MONITEAU 14

WEST SUNBURY — Zach Vroman and Brodie Zacherl each ran for over 100 yards for the second straight game as the Brookville Raiders rallied to beat the Moniteau Warriors, 19-14, Friday night.

For the third time in four wins and fourth time in five games, the Raiders (4-1 overall, 2-1 KSAC-Large) were trailing or tied going into the second half. Quarterback Cameron Yard's 1-yard run with 6:23 left in the game set the final score, sending the Warriors (0-5, 0-to their fifth straight loss to start the season.

Vroman ran for 157 yards on 20 carries. His nifty 44-yard run came one play before Yard's go-ahead 1-yarder. Zacherl gained 115 on 20 carries as well. Zacherl scored on an 11-yard run while Yard scored the other touchdown on a 7-yard run in the first quarter.

Dustin Geagan led Moniteau with 148 yards on 18 carries and scored both touchdowns. He raced 61 yards to the end zone on the game's second play from scrimmage and then recovered quarterback Cody Skiver's fumble in the end zone early in the second quarter. Geagan ran for all but 26 of his yards in the first half. Skiver gained 81 yards on 11 carries.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 21, ST. MARYS 20

ST. MARYS — Garrett Zimmerman threw three touchdown passes, including a 5-yarder to Dakota Byers with 11 seconds left in the game followed by a successful two-point conversion pass to Clayton Dale as the Chucks rallied to beat St. Marys, 21-20, Friday night.

The Chucks (3-2 overall, 2-0 KSAC-Large) kept pace at the top of the conference standings with Karns City due in large part to Zimmerman's arm. He completed 14 of 25 passes for 190 yards. He also threw a 4- yard TD pass to Byers at the end of the first half and his 8-yarder to Ceasar Maruca gave the Chucks a 13-12 lead with 5:47 remaining.

But St. Marys (2-3, 0-3) grabbed a 20-13 lead when Cody Baker scored on a 16-yard run and quarterback Alex Coudriet ran in the two-point conversion with 1:36 left, setting up Zimmerman's heroics at the end.

Alex Feldbauer had a big night for the Dutch, rushing for 182 yards on 30 carries. He scored St. Marys' first two touchdowns on runs of 5 and 10 yards. Baker finished with 100 yards on 14 carries.

BRADFORD 84, DUBOIS 6

BRADFORD – DuBois scored the most points in District 9 in the post-World War II era defeating Bradford 84-6 Friday night in Bradford.

Garrett Brown ran 11 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns, while Gabe French was 11 of 14 passing for 190 yards and three touchdowns for the Beavers, who scored the fourth-most points in school history and the most since beating Ridgway 90-0 in 1926.

The 84 points are the most in District 9 since Curwensville topped Moshannon Joint 86-0 in 1943, and DuBois is the first District 9 team to reach 80 points since Clarion beat West Shamokin 82-0 Sept. 29, 2000.

Jared Baummer (5 catches, 140 yards) caught two of the scoring passes from French for DuBois, which led 48-0 at halftime before adding 36 second-half points thanks in part to an interception return for a touchdown, a safety and a free-kick return for a score. The Beavers returned two Bradford interceptions for scores on the night.

DuBois outgained Bradford 440-113 on the night in scoring the second-most points all-time in its series vs. the Owls. DuBois beat Bradford 88-0 in 1908 while also beating Oil City 88-0 in 1912.

The most points in a game in District 9 history came in 1923 when Bradford whipped Smethport 117-0.

A-C VALLEY 47, REDBANK VALLEY 13

FOXBURG – Landon Delisio ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns, as A-C Valley picked up its first win over Redbank Valley since 1997, 47-13, Friday night in Foxburg.

The victory puts the Falcons (2-3 overall, 2-1 KSAC Small School Division) in a tie for second place in the KSAC SSD with Union and Keystone a game back of Clarion. The top two teams get automatic berths in the District 9 Class A playoffs.

Delisio ran for scores of 40 and 23 yards for A-C Valley, which has won multiple conference games for the first time since 2000.

Kevin Kaufman added an 8 of 19 performance for 177 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He threw a 30-yard strike to Brody Irwin and a 15-yarder to Justin Rothen.

Jake Dougherty was 10-for-20 passing for 67 yards and an interception for Redbank Valley (0-5, 0-3). He also scored on runs of five and three yards while running 19 times for 39 yards.

KEYSTONE 21, CLARION-LIMESTONE 7

STRATTANVILLE – Austin Chambers threw two touchdown passes to Kyle Servey to lead Keystone to a 21-7 win at Clarion-Limestone Friday night.

Chambers hit Servey on passes of 53 and 11 yards in the first half for the Panthers (2-3 overall, 2-1 KSAC Small School Division). Chambers, a sophomore making his first start, was 10 of 29 for 188 yards and the two scores with an interception. Servey had four catches for 103 yards.

Zack Stiglitz added a touchdown run for Keystone.

Tommy Smith caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Christian Bakewell in the third quarter for C-L (0-5, 0-3). Smith had four grabs for 85 yards. Bakewell was 8-for-18 passing for 108 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

KARNS CITY 30, FRANKLIN 22

KARNS CITY – Four different Karns City players found the end zone, and Zach Moore added a 30-yard field goal to lift the Gremlins to a 30-22 win over visiting Franklin Friday night.

Dakota Mohney (12 yards), Tyler Kepple (4 yards) and Jake Laughery (1 yards) all scored on the ground for Karns City (3-2), while Kepple hit Matt Conto with a 28-yard touchdown pass.

Kepple was 8-for-13 for 115 yards and the score, while Conto had three grabs for 75 yards including the touchdown. Kepple also ran for 29 yards on 10 totes, while Wyatt Everetts led Karns City with 93 yards on 16 carries and Moore added 77 on six totes.

SMETHPORT 35, CAMERON COUNTY 14

SMETHPORT – Clay Schuler scored three touchdowns on the ground in the final 8:39 to break a 14-all tie and give Smethport a 35-14 win over visiting Cameron County Friday night.

Schuler, who ran 21 times for 210 yards and four second-half touchdowns, broke the tie with a 1-yard dive and added scoring runs of 86 and 28 yards later in the quarter to seal the victory for Smethport (3-2 overall, 3-2 AML North) and was also 2-for-6 passing for 42 yards.  

Tucker Britton had tied the game at 14 early in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard run.

Karl Lightner added a first-half touchdown run for Smethport and also had 15 tackles, while Ryan Stratton also had 15 stops on defense for the Hubbers.  

Antonio Johnson had 20-yard touchdown run in the first half for Cameron County (0-5).

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 25, JOHNSONBURG 12

JOHNSONBURG – Mitchell Vallone threw a pair of touchdown passes to Clayton Housler and also ran for a short score, as Elk County Catholic beat Johnsonburg 25-12 Friday night in Johnsonburg.

Vallone, who was 4-for-12 passing for 115 yards, hit Housler with scoring strikes of 78 and 15 yards in the first half, as ECC (5-0 overall, 5-0 AML South) remained unbeaten.  Vallone added a 1-yard touchdown run, and Brock McCullough also had a short scoring run.

Hank Cappiello led a balanced ground attack for ECC with 43 yards on 11 carries.

Frank Kocjancic was 14 of 27 for 192 yards passing for Johnsonburg. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Mitchell Holmberg, who caught five passes for 135 yards. Both scores came after ECC led 25-0.

BROCKWAY 38, RIDGWAY 14

RIDGWAY – Anthony Benson ran for two touchdowns and was on the receiving end of a third, as Brockway beat Ridgway 38-14 in AML South action Friday in Ridgway.

Alec Shaffer-Doan threw a 50-yard scoring strike to Benson and also added a rushing touchdown for the Rovers (5-0 overall, 5-0 AML South).

Phil Esposito added a 37-yard field goal for Brockway, and Chad Melillo chipped in with a scoring run.

Shaffer-Doan was 13 of 20 passing for 198 yards and the score, while Melillo ran 14 times for 153 yards and the score. Benson added 93 yards rushing on eight carries and had three catches for 125 yards.

Zac McKnight ran 10 times for 124 yards and a touchdown for Ridgway, while Cody Delhunty had two catches for 101 yards. Ben MacDonald was 2 of 15 passing for 101 yards and an interception.