REDBANK VALLEY 42, CLARION-LIMESTONE 7

STRATTANVILLE — Redbank Valley quarterback Jake Dougherty threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Bulldogs to their first win of the season at Clarion-Limestone, 42-7, Friday night.

Dougherty completed 5 of 9 passes for 135 yards, connecting with Jonah Sovik on a 12-yard TD pass, Ty Haines on a 20-yard score and Quentin Brocious on a 76-yarder to put the Bulldogs (1-8) up 42-0 in the third quarter.

Dougherty was one of three Bulldogs who rushed for touchdowns in the first quarter. Kaven Hornberger's 11-yard run, Brandon Bailey's 55-yard and Dougherty's 13-yard TD put the Bulldogs up 21-0 with 2:23 left in the opening quarter. Bailey needed just eight carries to gain 135 yards. Dougherty finished with 71 yards on 12 carries.

Clarion-Limestone (0-9) scored in the fourth quarter on Joe Tommasi's 10-yard run for the Lions' first rushing touchdown of the season.

CURWENSVILLE 50, SHEFFIELD 28

SHEFFIELD — Zach Tibbens and Jed Greslick each ran for over 100 yards to lead the Curwensville Golden Tide to a 50-28 win over Sheffield Saturday afternoon.

Tibbens rushed for 157 yards on 15 carries and scored three touchdowns on runs of 7, 7 and 35 yards, the last two coming in the Tide's 30-point third quarter after leading 20-7 at halftime. Greslick ran for 111 yards on 11 carries and scored on a 28-yard run in the third quarter.

Brad Olson scored twice on runs of 3 and 26 yards for Curwensville (7-2) while rushing for 53 yards on just four carries. Brad Coudriet scored on a 2-yard run and needed just four carries to gain 53 yards as part of Curwensville's 380-yard rushing night.

Sheffield (2-7) got a 2-yard TD run from Brandon Johnston in the first quarter. Shequan Wright threw a 9-yard TD pass to Tyler Fitzgerald and scored on a 2-yard run.

PUNXSUTAWNEY 38, MONITEAU 23

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Jamie Bush and Christian Falgout combined for five rushing touchdowns to lead the Punxsutawney Chucks to a 38-23 win over Moniteau Friday night.

Bush rushed for 147 yards on 14 carries and scored three touchdowns while Falgout gained 52 yards on 16 carries. Trevor Peace made all five extra points and booted a field goal.

The Chucks improved to 5-4.

For Moniteau (1-8), Dustin Geagan rushed for 85 yards on 26 carries and scored a touchdown. Andrew Armagost ran for a touchdown and Cody Skiver threw a touchdown pass to Tanner Blair.

BRADFORD 24, ST. MARYS 12

BRADFORD – Bradford clinched its first District 9 Class AAA playoff berth since winning the title in 2007 thanks to a 24-12 win over visiting St. Marys Friday night.

The Owls (4-5) will face Clearfield (9-0) in the District 9 title game next week at a date, time and place to be determined. Bradford will most likely need a win in that game to advance to the District 5, 6, 8, 9 Regional playoff. Clearfield already has a spot in that bracket sewed up.

Matt Yurkewicz was the key player for Bradford Friday night rushing 14 times for 108 yards and three touchdowns while also going 1-for-3 passing for 27 yards. Ty Riley added a 31-yard field goal for the Owls.

St. Marys (4-5) got a pair of Alex Feldbauer touchdown runs. Feldbauer, who entered the game as District 9’s leading rusher with 1,342 yards, was limited to a season-low 72 unofficial yards on 19 carries. Prior to Friday night, Feldbauer’s low was 120 yards. Joe Luchini added 73 yards rushing for the Dutch, who were rushed 231 to 168 by the Owls.

Ryan McCammon paced the Bradford defense with six tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery, while Yurkewicz added 11 tackles.

CLARION 49, A-C VALLEY 14

FOXBURG – Clarion wrapped up its third straight KSAC Small School Division title and with it the No. 2 seed in the District 9 Class A playoffs with a 49-14 win at A-C Valley Friday night.

The Bobcats (9-0 overall, 5-0 KSAC Small School Division) have won 17 straight conference games including all 15 in the Small School Division. It’s the second-longest conference win streak in school history behind 21 in a row from 1999-2001.

Camron Kirkland scored four touchdowns to lead the way Friday night, while John Katis was also involved in four scores.

Kirkland caught touchdown passes of 24 and 11 yards from Katis, scored on a 3-yard run and returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. He ran nine times for 70 yards and caught three passes for 74 yards.

Katis, who also threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Armstrong, was 9 of 13 for 178 yards and three scores while rushing once for a touchdown (2 yards). Armstrong had 22 carries for 125 yards and a touchdown and two catches for 19 yards and score. Cody Hearst added three catches for 82 yards.

Mike Suto scored both of A-C Valley’s touchdowns finding the end zone on a 1-yard punt block return and on an 11-yard run. Jimmy Holton blocked the punt that helped A-C Valley forge a 7-7 tie at the end of the first quarter, but Clarion scored 21 unanswered second-quarter points to take a 28-7 halftime lead.

A-C Valley got back within 14 on Suto’s touchdown run late in the third quarter before Clarion scored the game’s final three touchdowns.

Landon Delisio ran 19 times for 111 yards for the Falcons, who still control their own destiny for their first playoff spot since 1999 thanks to a 21-0 Kane win over Coudersport. If A-C Valley beats West Shamokin next week, the Falcons will be in the Class A playoffs.

The division title is the 13^th for Clarion since 1951. The Bobcats are 9-0 for the first time since 2000 and will be looking to go 10-0 in the regular season for the first time ever next week when they host Brookville.

KARNS CITY 45, BROOKVILLE 20

BROOKVILLE — With the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference Large School Division title at stake, it was the Karns City Gremlins who came storming out of the gate and notched a 45-20 win at Brookville Friday night.

The Gremlins (6-3) wrapped up the division title with a 4-0 record. 

They took care of business early and often in piling up a 29-0 lead by halftime. Quarterback Tyler Kepple threw for a touchdown pass in the first half and ran for two scores in the second half, finishing with 99 yards rushing and 114 yards passing.

Ten different players ran the ball in the Gremlins' 311-yard rushing effort, including six on the first drive of the game that went 80 yards on 13 plays and was finished on a Zach Moore 3-yard run. Dakota Mohney added 6-yard run in the first frame as well.

 Karns City cashed in on two straight Raiders turnovers in the second quarter. Wyatt Everetts picked off a Cameron Yard pass and returned it 47 yards for a score, and a Matt Conto interception on the Raiders' next possession set up Kepple's 40-yard TD pass to Tristan Rhoades late in the half.

Kepple's TD runs in the second half covered 49 and 46 yards. The Gremlins also scored a safety when the Raiders' Yard was flagged for intentional grounding in his own end zone.

Both of Brookville's touchdowns came on Yard passes to Nathan St.  Laurent of 23 and 32 yards in the fourth quarter. Brodie Zacherl rushed for 142 yards on 16 carries. The Raiders' top rushing coming into the game, Zach Vroman, played limited snaps and finished with 23 yards on five carries.

The Gremlins clinched the top seed in the District 9 Class AA playoffs. Brookville fell to 6-3 overall and 2-2 in the KSAC Large School. The Raiders or Kane, depending on the result of Brookville's game at Clarion next week, will be the second and third seeds. St. Marys (4-5), assuming it enters the postseason, would be Karns City's semifinal opponent in two weeks.

DUBOIS 58, MEADVILLE 24

DuBOIS — Garrett Brown ran for a school-record 359 yards to lead the DuBois Beavers to a come-from-behind 58-24 win over Meadville Friday night.

Brown scored four touchdowns on runs of 65 in the second quarter, 44 and 6 yards in the third quarter and 55 yards to cap off the Beavers'  scoring midway through the fourth quarter. On 26 carries, he broke Derek Marshall's single-game record of 344 yards on 44 carries in the Beavers' 28-7 win over St. Marys in 2001.

The Beavers (8-0) needed Brown's big night and three touchdown passes from quarterback Gabe French to Garrett Miles after finding themselves trailing 17-3 to the Bulldogs midway through the second quarter after Ryan Harkness' second touchdown on a 1-yard run.

But DuBois scored 48 unanswered points on seven touchdowns. French threw his first TD pass, a 14-yarder to Garrett Miles, and Shane Marshall's 1-yard run tied it at 17-17 with 1:49 remaining in the first half. Then Brown's 65-yarder put the Beavers up for good with 13 seconds left before halftime.

The scoring onslaught continued in the third quarter on Brown's 44- yarder, French's 14-yard TD pass to Miles and Brown's 6-yard run. 

French's 28-yard scoring pass to Miles put the Beavers up 51-17 early in the fourth quarter before Harkness scored his third TD for Meadville on a 2-yard run. Brown finished the night scoring 18 seconds after Meadville's touchdown on his 55-yarder.

French completed 9 of 15 passes for 102 yards. Miles caught four balls for 67 yards.

CLEARFIELD 42, PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 7

HYDE — Christian Lezzer threw for two passes and ran for two others as the unbeaten Clearfield Bison rolled to a 42-7 win over Philipsburg-Osceola Friday night.

Lezzer threw two TD passes to Trey Jordan covering 13 and 41 yards in the first quarter and then capped off his team's scoring at the end of the first half with TD runs of 23 and 56 yards. The Bison led 42-0 by halftime.

Lezzer needed just six carries to rush for 145 yards. He completed 5 of 6 passes for 90 yards. Tyler Stratton added a 30-yard TD run and Seth Ford returned a fumble 20 yards for another score in the Bison's 28-point second quarter.

The win finished Clearfield's regular season at 9-0. It's the seventh undefeated regular season in team history and the second in three years with 2010 being the last perfect regular season for head coach Tim Janocko's team. Clearfield's other unbeaten regular seasons are 2004, 1998, 1994, 1955 and 1939.

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 26, OTTO-ELDRED 12

ST. MARYS — Rallying from a 12-7 deficit in the fourth quarter, the Elk County Crusaders scored three touchdowns in the final 10 minutes of regulation to seal a 26-12 win over Otto-Eldred Friday night.

The Crusaders (7-2) tied the game on Brock McCullough's 8-yard run with 9:58 remaining, then got two touchdowns from Hank Cappiello, the first on a 1-yard run with 4:17 left and the second on a 14-yard interception return with two minutes remaininng.

McCullough rushed for 124 yards on 26 carries while Mitchell Vallone completed 13 of 21 passes for 184 yards. McCullough caught five of those balls for 88 yards. Vallone scored ECC's first touchdown on a 1- yard run in the first quarter.

Otto-Eldred (2-7) got touchdowns from Dakota Vaughan on an 11-yard run to tie the game at 6-6 at the end of the third quarter, then Coy Hoffman's 46-yard interception return put the Terrors up 12-6 at the 10:55 mark of the fourth.

The Crusaders limited Otto-Eldred to just 141 yards of offense and intercepted Vaughan three times.

CAMERON COUNTY 14, JOHNSONBURG 13

JOHNSONBURG – Cameron County rallied from a 7-0 deficit entering the fourth quarter to get a 14-13 road win at Johnsonburg Friday night.

The Red Raiders (2-7) scored twice late in the fourth quarter to go ahead 14-7 with the go-ahead score coming on a 2-yard quarterback sneak by Tucker Britton and a two-point conversion pass from Britton to Devin Mason.

But Johnsonburg (2-7) blocked a Cameron County punt with 1:30 to play and returned it for a touchdown to get within a point, 14-13. But the Red Raiders stopped the conversion attempt and then recovered the ensuing on-side kick to seal the victory.

Johnsonburg took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a Mitchell Holmberg 8-yard touchdown run before Cameron County scored its first touchdown in the fourth quarter on a Britton 10-yard touchdown run. The PAT, though, was no good.

RIDGWAY 20, SMETHPORT 19

SMETHPORT – One-win Ridgway stunned playoff-bound Smethport 20-19 Friday night when the Elkers stopped the Hubbers Clay Schuler inches shy of the end zone on a two-point conversion run with 2:53 to play.

Ridgway (2-7) led 14-7 at halftime before taking a 20-13 lead late in the third quarter on a 10-yard Zac McKnight touchdown run.

Smethport, though, answered late in the game when Karl Lightner caught a 23-yard pass from Schuler to make it 20-19.

The Hubbers had one final, last-gasp chance to win the game, but a 50-yard field goal attempt by Dario Caminite was blocked by Cortland Smith on the last play of the game.

Schuler had a monster night in the loss for Smethport rushing 25 times for 207 yards. He threw a touchdown pass and also returned a punt 60 yards for a score. Lightner scored a pair of touchdowns for the Hubbers (4-5) adding a 5-yard run to his touchdown catch.

Logan Wickett scored a pair of long touchdown for Ridgway opening up the scoring with a 75-yard run and then making it 14-0 on a 71-yard pass from Ben MacDonald. Wickett ran nine times for 90 yards.

Ryan Stratton had 14 tackles on defense for Smethport.

Despite the loss, the Hubbers clinched a District 9 Class A playoff spot thanks to losses by both Coudersport and A-C Valley. Smethport will be the No. 7 seed and play second-seeded Clarion in two weeks.

UNION 19, KEYSTONE 0

RIMERSBURG – Three different Union players scored touchdowns, and the Golden Knights defense recorded its first shutout of the season in a 19-0 win over visiting Keystone Friday night.

Aaron Graham, Keenan Rankin and Brandon Stitt scored for Union (8-1 overall, 4-1 KSAC Small School Division), while the Golden Knights limited Keystone (2-7, 2-3) to 228 yards of offense while intercepting three passes.

Graham caught a 37-yard pass from Brody Shick in the first quarter, while Rankin scored on a 34-yard run early in the fourth quarter and Stitt closed out the scoring with an interception return for a score.

Rankin led all rushers with 62 yards on eight carries while also catching one pass for 11 yards. Shick was 3-for-14 passing for 59 yards and the touchdown while throwing two interceptions. Graham had one catch for 37 yards and two carries for 22 yards, while Shick added five carries for 23 yards and Cody Kline 13 for 55. Union played without Kaden McGregor, who missed the game with a foot injury.

With the win, Union wrapped up second place in the KSAC Small School Division and with it the fourth seed in the District 9 Class A playoffs. The Knights will host Elk County Catholic in two weeks, the first-ever home playoff game for Union, which is making just its second appearance in the District 9 playoffs – last year was its first.