UNION 41, KENNEDY CATHOLIC 21

HERMITAGE — Brody Shick threw three touchdown passes to Kaden McGregor and Cody Kline ran for two scores as Union bounced back from its first loss of the year with a 41-21 win at Kennedy Catholic Saturday.

Shick connected with McGregor on TD passes of 60, 16 and 15 yards while Kline ran for scores of 1 and 10 yards. Shick finished 6 of 14 passing for 171 yards and the three scores while McGregor had four catches for 102 yards and the three touchdowns.

Union improved to 5-1 while Kennedy Catholic dropped to 1-5.

PORT ALLEGANY 48, SMETHPORT 0

PORT ALLEGANY — Matt Bodamer threw for three touchdowns and 253 yards to lead the Port Allegany Gators to a 48-0 shutout win Saturday afternoon.

Bodamer completed 14 of 21 passes and also scored on a run of his own. Nick Conway (2), Josh Poorman and Rickie Bova caught TD passes, three of those from Bodamer and one from backup quarterback Jordan Seefeldt.

Tyce Miller caught four passes for 93 yards.

Port Allegany held Smethport to 47 yards of total offense.

The Gators improved to 6-0 and clinched the AML's North Division title. Smethport fell to 3-3

CLEARFIELD 49, BELLEFONTE 14

HYDE — Quarterback Christian Lezzer threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more to lead the unbeaten Clearfield Bison to a 49-14 rout of Bellefonte Friday night.

Lezzer completed 3 of 5 passes for 123 yards, connecting with Trey Jordan on TD passes of 38 and 50 yards, and 35 yards to Shawn Lord. 

Lezzer needed just eight carries to gain 152 yards, scoring on runs of 69 and 1 yards.

Tyler Stratton rushed for 139 yards on nine carries and added a 69- yard touchdown run.

Clearfield (6-0) amassed 516 yards of offense, building a 42-7 lead by halftime.

MONITEAU 32, REDBANK VALLEY 8

WEST SUNBURY — In a battle of surprisingly winless teams, it was Moniteau that pulled away with a 32-8 win over Redbank Valley Friday night.

The Warriors (1-5) scored three second-quarter touchdowns to break the game open. Dustin Geagan scored the first two on runs of 4 and 47 yards. Stephen Hagg's 14-yard run made it 18-0 at halftime.

Trevor Shaffer, who led the Warriors with 158 yards, added a 35-yard TD run in the third quarter and Andrew Armagost finished off the scoring with a 9-yard run in the fourth quarter. The Warriors rushed for 282 yards, with Geagan contributing 67 on 17 carries, and limited Redbank Valley (0-6) to 108 yards of offense.

The Bulldogs got a 34-yard TD run from Brandon Bailey in the third quarter. Redbank Valley is one loss away from equaling its worst start ever. The Bulldogs started 1951 0-7.

BROCKWAY 56, CURWENSVILLE 34

BROCKWAY — Brockway raced out to a 35-0 lead then had to hold off a furious Curwensville comeback attempt before winning the battle of AML South unbeatens 56-34 Friday night in Brockway.

The Rovers (6-0) scored on its first five possessions and built the 35-0 lead 15 minutes into the game, but the Golden Tide (5-1) scored 22 points in the final five minutes of the first half to get within 13, 35-22, at halftime. Curwensville then scored less than two minutes into the second half to get within a score, 35-28.

Brockway, though, scored to make it 42-28 before the Tide got within eight, 42-34, going to the fourth quarter. The Rovers, though, finally put the game away with two fourth-quarter touchdowns.

The teams combined for 844 yards in the game with Chad Melillo rushing 26 times for 164 yards and two touchdowns while catching two passes for 54 yards to lead Brockway, and Zach Tibbens running 22 times for 166 yards and four touchdowns to pace Curwensville.

Alec Shaffer-Doan was 9 of 13 passing for 186 yards and four touchdowns while an interception for Brockway, while Alex Olson carried nine times for 112 yards for Curwensville. Jacob Perrin added a pair of touchdown catches for the Rovers with Anthony Benson also getting a touchdown catch and an interception, and Hunter McCracken threw a short touchdown pass to Jordan Russell for Curwensville, which was outgained 439-405.

The win coupled with an Elk County Catholic loss to Kane, leaves Brockway in first place in the AML South by itself. The Rovers are looking for their third straight AML South title.

KANE 17, ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 14

KANE — Sean Jordan's 7-yard touchdown pass with 3:08 left in the game capped a Kane comeback in its 17-14 win over previously unbeaten Elk County Catholic Friday night.

The Wolves (3-3) trailed the Crusaders (5-1) 14-7 following a 72-yard touchdown run by ECC's Hank Cappiello with 7:02 left in the second quarter. The Wolves got a Sean Rolick 24-yard field goal before halftime, then went ahead for good with their fourth-quarter touchdown.

Jordan also threw a 2-yard TD pass to Kocjancic for the game's first points in the first quarter. ECC's Brock McCullough matched that with a 5-yard run before the end of the first.

Kane outgained ECC, 281-222. Jonah Smith rushed for 128 yards on 25 carries and Jordan completed 14 of 25 passes for 144 yards. Cappiello rushed for 96 yards on seven carries to lead the Crusaders' offense.

BROOKVILLE 48, A-C VALLEY 24

BROOKVILLE – Thanks to three 100-yard rushers, Brookville ran for 432 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-24 win over visiting A-C Valley Friday night.

Quarterback Cameron Yard ran 14 times for a game-high 151 yards and three touchdowns while also going 2-for-10 passing for 43 yards and a score. He also hit four extra points and ran for a two-point conversion. Brodie Zacherl added 22 carries for 136 yards and a score, and Zach Vroman ran 10 times for 126 yards and a touchdown while also returning a punt 70 yards to pay dirt and also intercepting a pass. Braiden Smith had the touchdown reception on a 41-yard pass play.

The 432 yards is the most in head coach Chris Dworek’ s 17 years at the school, and it marks the first time under Dworek the Raiders (5-1) have had three runners each surpass 100 yards in the same game.

Kevin Kaufman led A-C Valley (2-4) going 14-for-36 for 209 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Ryan Bartley was his top target with four catches for 75 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown catch, while Anthony Painter added three grabs for 68 yards. Landon Delisio led the Falcons ground game with 20 carries for 60 yards and a touchdown, and Josh Suto returned a kickoff 92 yards for a score.

A-C Valley led 17-14 following a 26-yard Damien Wolfe field goal early in the second quarter, but Brookville scored the game’s next 34 points.     

JOHNSONBURG 13, RIDGWAY 12

RIDGWAY – Johnsonburg rallied from an early 12-point deficit to beat rival Ridgway 13-12 Friday night in Ridgway.

The Elkers (1-5) started fast with a pair of first-quarter touchdowns involving quarterback Ben MacDonald. MacDonald hit Joe Jaques with a 57-yard strike and then scored on a 2-yard run.

But Johnsonburg (2-4) got within five, 12-7, at halftime thanks to a 36-yard Devon Zilcosky fumble return, and then Frank Kocjancic hit Mitchell Holmberg with a 15-yard touchdown pass early in the second half to complete the scoring.

Kocjancic was 13 of 26 for 129 yards and the touchdown, while Holmberg caught three passes for 29 yards and was also 3-for-3 passing for 53 yards. Caleb Garvey had five catches for 66 yards for the Rams.

MacDonald led Ridgway going 7 of 17 for 116 yards, a touchdown and an interception while also running eight times for 18 yards and the score. Jaques has three catches for 77 yards and the touchdown, while Zac McKnight ran nine times for 56 yards helping the Elkers outgain Johnsonburg 264-198. But Ridgway had two turnovers to Johnsonburg’s none, including the one returned for a touchdown.

Johnsonburg’s victory knots the all-time series between the schools, the longest series in District 9, at 50-50-8.

OTTO-ELDRED 52, SHEFFIELD 38

DUKE CENTER – Sam Colebert, Dakota Vaughn and Jake Wichert combined to run for 355 yards and six touchdowns to lead Otto-Eldred to its first win of the season, 52-38 over visiting Sheffield, Friday night.

Colebert ran 18 times for 136 yards and four touchdowns for the Terrors (1-5), while Vaughn added 16 carries for 92 yards and two scores while also going 3-for-11 passing for 46 yards and two touchdowns including a 26-yard scoriing pass to Wichert, who added 10 carries for 127 yards.  

Shequan Wright scored four rushing touchdowns for Sheffield (2-4) on carries for 2, 1, 6 and 2 yards while also going 15 of 37 passing for 239 yards and two interceptions.  

Otto led 20-14 at halftime and 32-14 at the end of three quarters before the teams combined for six fourth-quarter touchdowns and 44 points with Sheffield outscoring the Terrors 24-20 in the quarter.

CAMERON COUNTY 27, COUDERSPORT 18

EMPORIUM – Antonio Johnson ran 18 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns to help Cameron County to its first win of the season, 27-18 over visiting Coudersport, Friday night.

Johnson scored the Red Raiders (1-5) first touchdowns (4-yard run) and last touchdown (31-yard run) while Tony Olivett (6-yard run) and Dylan Armstrong (20-yard pass from Tucker Britton) scored the middle two scores for Cameron County.

Ethan Hite was involved in two of the three Coudersport scores tossing a 46-yard touchdown pass to Mitch Freeman and also scoring on a 15-yard run. Alex Hershey added a 9-yard scoring run for Coudersport late in the first half that gave the Falcons an 18-7 lead at the time.

But Olivett scored on a 6-yard run with 38 seconds to play before the half to give the Red Raiders momentum heading into halftime, and they outscored Coudersport (1-5) 12-0 in the second half.  

Freeman ran 15 times for 52 yards, while Hershey had five carries for 30 yards and caught five passes for 57 yards for the Falcons.

Armstrong had four catches for 83 yards and the touchdown for Cameron County.

BRADFORD 31, FRANKLIN 13

FRANKLIN – Oh, what a difference a week makes.

Bradford rebounded from its 84-6 loss to DuBois a week ago to beat Franklin 31-13 Friday night in District 10 Region 5 action. The victory snapped a three-game losing skid for the Owls (3-3) and kept their hopes alive for a District 9 Class AAA playoff spot.

Matt Yurkewicz led the Owls rushing 18 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns (30 and 41 yards) while also going 3-for-9 passing for 53 yards and two interceptions and picking off a pass on defense. Aaron Fishkin added 12 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown, while Kyle Langdon had five totes for 25 yards including a 22-yard touchdown run. Ty Riley chipped in a 35-yard field goal just before halftime that gave Bradford a 10-7 lead at the break.

Bradford’s defense was led by Langdon, who had 10 tackles and two sacks, while Justin Fishkin recorded three sacks and Nunzio Cavallero nine tackles. Brandon Teribery added eight stops.

The game was the first meeting between the teams since 1987.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 41, CLARION-LIMESTONE 7

PUNXSUTAWNEY – Punxsutawney picked up its third straight win with a 41-7 victory over visiting Clarion-Limestone Friday night.

Garrett Zimmerman led the Chucks (4-2) by going 7 of 10 passing for 171 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for 14 yards. Dakota Byers had two catches for 76 yards and a touchdown, while Clayton Dale had two grabs for 49 yards and two touchdowns and Jamie Bush three catches for 46 yards and a score. Bush also ran five times for 42 yards, and Perry Arrington added seven carries for 88 yards.

Also scoring for Punxsutawney were Christian Falgout (4-yard run) and Dakota Thomas (1-yard run).

Tommy Smith had another big night for C-L (0-6) catching five passes for 123 yards including a 60-yard touchdown.

CLARION 40, ST. MARYS 28

CLARION – Clarion built 25-point halftime lead and then held off a St. Marys comeback in the second half to get a 40-28 win Thursday night at Clarion University’s Memorial Stadium.

The Bobcats (6-0) led 33-7 at halftime but watched as St. Marys stormed back in the second half to get within 12, 40-28, on a 95-yard Alex Feldbauer run. The Dutch then recovered a Clarion fumble less than a minute later before the Bobcats defense shut down the comeback.

Camron Kirkland and Damien Slike each went over 100 yards rushing for Clarion with Kirkland running nine times for 147 yards and a touchdown and Slike 103 yards on nine carries with a pair of scores. T.J. Armstrong also scored twice for the Bobcats running 14 times for 54 yards, while Kirkland added three catches for 55 yards. John Katis was 9 of 15 passing for 149 yards and two picks, and Cody Hearst had four catches for 54 yards and picked off a pass on defense.

Feldbauer led St. Marys with 195 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries. Joe Luchini had nine carries for 96 yards including a 72-yard touchdown run. Robbie Glass had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries while also recording seven tackles for the Dutch, who forced six Clarion turnovers.  

Armstrong and Slike led Clarion’s defense with 12 tackles apiece with Armstrong recording a sack as well.