BROOKVILLE, Pa. (D9Sports) – Making the upcoming District 9 Class 2A playoffs even more intriguing, Brookville dealt Ridgway its first loss of the season in a 28-11 decision on Senior Night.
(Photo of Robert Keth of Brookville)
The Raiders (6-3) by far turned in their best defensive effort of the season, limiting the Elkers (9-1) to just one touchdown and forcing four turnovers, two of them leading to touchdowns. The Elkers, who clinched the Large School Division title last week, had turned the ball over five times all season going into the game.
Raiders quarterback Robert Keth completed 12 of 29 passes for 230 yards with two touchdowns and one interception while picking off a Paul Gresco pass on defense himself. Bryan Dworek caught both of Keth’s TD passes of 15 and 17 yards, the second putting the game away and setting the final score with 9:39 left in the game.
Dworek caught nine passes for 176 yards and ran twice for nine yards, scoring on a 2-yard run in the first half. Tucker Wolfe ran for 68 yards on 10 carries, adding a 3-yard TD run coming two plays after a Braden MacBeth interception and 58-yard return to give the Raiders a 21-7 lead just over two minutes into the second half.
Ridgway then scored two safeties within 90 seconds late in the third quarter, both on bad snaps. Dworek recovered the first one and was tackled in the end zone. The second one tipped off Keth’s hands and out of the back of the end zone.
The Elkers, down 10 with the ball at the Raiders’ 33 two plays after the ensuing free kick, fumbled it away and the Raiders went 70 yards — actually 83 yards after a 17-yard holding penalty on the first play — and scored on Keth’s 17-yarder to Dworek.
After giving up 627 yards rushing in wins the last two games against St. Marys and Kane, the Raiders limited the Elkers to 150 yards with Jake Wickett going for 55 yards on 10 carries with an 8-yard TD run in the first quarter. Quarterback Paul Gresco completed 22 of 37 passes, but for only 128 yards and was intercepted three times.
BROCKWAY 48, CLARION 19
CLARION, Pa. – Peter Downer accounted for 281 yards of total offense to help Brockway to a 48-19 win at Clarion.
Downer, who threw for three touchdowns, was 10 of 12 passing for 213 yards while adding 10 carries for 68 yards. He completed his final nine passes with three of his final four tosses going for touchdowns.
Touchdown targets for Downer were Tyler Serafini from 19 yards out on a screen pass, Derek Schaffer from 28 yards away and Conner Ford from eight yards out.
Serafini also ran for a 12-yard touchdown and had 18 carries for 105 yards while adding the one catch for 19 yards.
Jon Wood scored twice on the ground for the Rovers (7-2) scampering home from one and four yards away. Wood had 16 carries for 75 yards and caught four passes for 99 yards. Wood also completed one pass for 34 yards on a trick play on Brockway’s first offensive play of the game.
Garrett McClintick also returned an interception 31 yards for a score for Brockway and added two catches for 55 yards.
Calvin German threw a pair of touchdown passes for Clarion and was 13 of 24 passing for 116 yards while also being picked off twice. Archer Mills also had a touchdown pass for the Bobcats and went 8 of 13 passing for 82 yards with a pick.
Cutter Boggess (4 catches, 61 yards), Sam Minich (6 catches, 54 yards) and Andrew Guth (1 catch 16 yards) had the touchdown for Clarion (6-3), which has lost three straight games for the first time since losing three in a row in 2007.
MONITEAU 32, PUNXSUTAWNEY 21
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Cody Wise ran 24 times for 233 yards and two touchdowns to lead visiting Moniteau to a 32-21 win over Punxsutawney.
Chance Nagy added 14 carries for 80 yards and two scores and was also 2 of 6 passing for 26 yards for the Warriors (5-4) with Trent Kelly adding 17 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Wise led Moniteau’s defense with nine tackles.
Punxsutawney stats weren’t available. The loss drops the Chucks to 2-7.
CLEARFIELD 62, PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA 0
HYDE, Pa. – Brett Zattoni, Caleb Freeland, Jason Plubell and Taye Lynch each scored two touchdowns to help Clearfield roll past visiting Philipsburg-Osceola, 62-0.
The victory clinches at least a share of the Mountain League title for the Bison (9-0 overall, 7-0 Mountain League).
Zattoni ran nine times for 120 yards, Freeland had 10 carries for 83 yards and Plubell 10 for 75 yards. Lynch caught three passes for 112 yards.
Isaac Rumery threw three more touchdown passes and was 7 of 9 for 187 yards. Eli Glass also caught a 47-yard touchdown pass.
P-O fell to 1-8 overall, 0-7 in league play.
HOLLIDAYSBURG 50, DUBOIS 16
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – Nate Fisher and Hunter Barr each scored twice on the ground, and Brady Walters threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown to lead Hollidaysburg to a 50-16 win over visiting DuBois.
Fisher ran 12 times for 66 yards with Barr adding six carries for 39 yards. Walters ran for a game-high 129 yards on 10 carries and was also 7 of 13 passing for 86 yards.
Dylan McCluskey scored all the points for DuBois. He had a 1-yard touchdown run then kicked the extra point before kicking a 29-yard field goal. Finally, he scored on a 42-yard pass from Eric Schneider.
McCluskey ran twice for four yards and had three catches for 55 yards. Schneider was 11 of 26 passing for 142 yards.
KANE 27, ST. MARYS 14
ST. MARYS, Pa. – Outscoring St. Marys 10-0 in the second half, visiting Kane pulled away for a 27-14 win over the Dutch.
Three different Wolves scored with Ted Race finding pay dirt on a 5-yard run, Jake Alcorn catching a 17-yard pass from Zuke Smith and Aiden Hulings running in from four yards out. Aaron Hotel also booted a 27-yard field goal for Kane (2-7).
Todd Taylor hit Cody Ritter with a 45-yard pass and Jackson McClain scored on a 6-yard run for St. Marys (0-9).
Smith was 8 of 21 passing for 99 yards and the touchdown while adding six carries for 19 yards.
Alcorn had three catches for 36 yards and ran five times for 13 yards, while Race carried 11 times for 43 yards and the score.
Taylor was 9 of 18 passing for 141 yards, the touchdown and two picks. Ritter caught two passes for 77 yards and the score with McClain running 10 times for 40 yards and the touchdown.
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