D9Sports.com takes a look at this week’s high school football action.
PUNXSUTAWNEY 34, BROOKVILLE 20
BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Taking advantage of five Brookville turnovers, the Punxsutawney Chucks pulled away in the second half for a 34-20 win in the annual Route 36 Trophy Game Friday night.
The Chucks (2-1 overall, 2-0 KSAC-Large) trailed 14-13 less than two minutes into the second half before scoring three unanswered touchdowns, all of them on passes by quarterback Ryan Jones.
Jones passed for 154 yards, completing 14 of 24 passes with an interception to go along with his three TD strikes. He connected with Nathan Lingenfelter twice on plays of 17 and 33 yards and 16 yards to Ethan Riley. Jones’ 33-yarder to Lingenfelter put the Chucks up 34-14 with 8:58 left in the fourth quarter.
Devin Kelly ran for 90 yards on 13 carries and scored the game’s first touchdown on a 10-yard run in the first quarter. Jones, who also ran for 65 yards on 10 carries, added a 6-yard run to give the Chucks a 13-7 halftime advantage. Lingenfelter caught five passes for 88 yards and Riley grabbed four balls for 44 yards.
The Raiders (1-2, 0-2) went up 14-13 on Seth Ray’s 6-yard pass to Wyatt Shaffer at the 10:17 mark of the third quarter. Ray also connected with John Frank on an 8-yard TD pass in the first half, but the Chucks intercepted him four times. He completed 7 of 13 passes for 154 yards. Logan Thrush caught three passes for 94 yards while Frank ran for 62 yards on 14 carries. He scored the Raiders’ last touchdown on a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter.
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