The three Jefferson County teams are all on the road this week in high school football action with Brookville traveling to Clarion-Limestone, Brockway to Curwensville and Punxsutawney to St. Marys.
(Photo: Dylan Lecates and Brockway travel to Curwensville Friday. Photo by Paul Burdick. Check out more of Burdick’s work here)
Brookville’s trip to play Clarion-Limestone is an interesting matchup considering that the Raiders (4-1) beat Redbank Valley (53-22) and lost to Clarion (58-22) while the Lions lost to Redbank Valley (40-14) and Clarion (25-20) in last week’s nail-biter.
Raiders freshman quarterback Jack Krug (91-for-129, 1,272 yards, 19 TDs, 5 Ints) is the district’s top passer. His top receiver is junior Bryan Dworek (45-626, 9 TDs) while running back Brandon McGranor (68-526, 5 TDs) has quietly had a strong year on the ground.
For C-L (3-2), Lions quarterback Brenden Makray (57-for-96, 983 yards, 13 TDs, 6 Ints) runs a balanced offense that has Chris Peace (68-426) and Riley Hummell (34-376) leading the running game. Makray’s top receiving targets are Kyle Kerle (13-336), Hummell (21-285) and Colby Himes (10-218).
Punxsutawney (1-4) and St. Marys (0-4) have been tied up in close games recently. The Dutch are 4-3 against the Chucks since their series was restarted in 2010 when both joined the KSAC. Four of the last five games have been decided by seven points or less. The Dutch won 7-6 last year and 14-0 in 2015.
Chucks quarterback Dylan Ishman (48-for-114, 750 yards, 11 TDs, 0 Ints) is coming off a 310-yard, 4-touchdown passing game in last week’s 42-32 loss to Karns City. He’s also second on the team in rushing (121) behind Stone Smith (182). Ishman’s top receivers are Tyler Richardson (26-464, 7 TDs) and Alexander Gianvito (11-168, 3 TDs).
Season stats for St. Marys are unavailable. Tim Beimel ran for two touchdowns and Carter Julian ran for one in last week’s loss to Union/A-C Valley.
Brockway (5-0, 1-0 AML South) is coming off a thrilling win over Ridgway and goes on the road to Curwensville (4-1, 0-1), which lost to Kane, 57-0, last week.
Brockway quarterback Peter Downer (55-for-90, 942 yards, 6 TDs, 4 Ints.) threw for a career-high 338 yards against the Elkers. Dylan Lacates (19-282), his top receiving target, had six catches for 123 yards.
Noah Vokes (13-285) and Jon Wood (10-141) are other top receivers with Wood leading the team in rushing (41-427, 5 TDs).
The Golden Tide try to shake off the 57-0 loss to Kane as Nick Stewart (59-557), District 9’s all-time leading rusher was held to 46 yards rushing on 15 carries.
Quarterback Ben Timko (41-for-73, 693 yards, 7 TDs, 2 Ints) runs the passing game for the Tide, who have lost three straight games to the Rovers. Last year, the Rovers routed the Tide in Brockway, 56-20.
On Saturday, Kane (5-0, 1-0) travel to St. Marys to take on Elk County Catholic (2-3, 0-1) at Dutch Country Stadium starting at 7 p.m.
The Wolves spun their second straight shutout last week against Curwensville, 57-0, and have given up just 26 points (four TDs) so far this season.
Erik Delong (70-748, 12 TDs) and Ange Costanzo (36-420, 8 TDs) lead the running game. Quarterback Reed Williams has thrown 11 TD passes and receiver Ray Maze (18-390, 7 TDs) is his top receiver.
ECC’s Alec Bittler has rushed for 599 yards on 101 carries.
Clearfield (3-2) travels to Bellefonte (4-1) with both teams sharing a pair of common opponents – Central Mountain and Huntingdon.
Last week, Clearfield beat Central Mountain 49-10, while Bellefonte topped Central Mountain, 34-31, in triple overtime two weeks ago before routing Tyrone, 49-14, last week. Both teams lost to Huntingdon with Bellefonte dropping a 52-31 decision and Clearfield a 45-27 decision.
Bison quarterback Isaac Rumery (59-for-95, 946 yards, 11 TDs, 4 Ints) is close to 1,000 yards passing for the year. He’s also second on the team behind team leader Ty Bender (43-230).. in rushing with 200 yards. Rumery’s top receiving target is Micah Heichel (22-412, 3 TDs.).
Bellefonte quarterback Dylan Deitrich (35-for-58, 549 yards, 5 TDs, 3 Ints) also leads the team in rushing (57-529, 6 TDs).
DuBois (2-3) heads south to take on Taylor Allerdice (3-2) out of the Pittsburgh City League Friday on the South Side of Pittsburgh. The Beavers won last year’s matchup in DuBois, 29-13.
The Dragons are coming off a 34-0 win over Carrick. They’ve also beaten University Prep (34-24) and Brashear (35-13) while losing to Wheeling Park, W.V. (35-19) and Altoona (35-34).
The Beavers got a big game from running back Dalton Kruzelak (44-305) last week in a 177-yard, 3 TD performance against Warren. Quarterback Matt Miller (70-for-136, 949 yards, 7 TDs, 3 Ints) nears 1,000 yards for the season while his top target is receiver Kyle Hopson (42-493, 4 TDs).
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