Football recaps from Friday, Sept. 2.
CURWENSVILLE 41, SMETHPORT 21
CURWENSVILLE, Pa. – Nick Stewart ran 18 times for 321 yards and five touchdowns while becoming the sixth player in District 9 history to top 4,000 career rushing yards in a 41-21 Curwensville victory over visiting Smethport.
Stewart, who came into the contest with 3,727 career rushing yards rushed the unofficial total of 321 giving him 4,048 career yards.
The junior is the third Curwensville player to reach 4,000 career yards joining the top two runners in D9 history (No. 1 – Nick Sipes – 5,963 and No. 2 Alex Holland – 5,754). Other backs to reach 4,000 career yards include Brockway’s Aaron Cantafio (4,694), Clearfield’s Dave Richards (4,641) and Clarion’s Kyle Cathcart (4,449).
Stewart also now has 55 career scores and is just 28 shy of Sipes’ D9 record of 83. He scored on runs of 47, 17, 8, 98 and 26 yards Friday night. Kaleb Witherite added a 1-yard touchdown run for the Golden Tide (2-0).
Smethport scored three rushing touchdowns with Akete Kindle, Rob Ruffner and Parker Shonts each finding the end zone for the Hubbers (0-2).
Ruffner led Smethport with 69 yards rushing on seven carries with Kindle adding 66 on 12 totes and two catches for 28 yards.
Witherite ran nine times for 33 yards and added an interception on defense.
BROCKWAY 56, SHEFFIELD 9
BROCKWAY, Pa. – Hunter Miller threw four touchdowns passes and ran for a fifth, and Andrew Trunzo scored twice to lead Brockway to a 56-9 rout of visiting Sheffield.
Miller, who was 9 of 10 passing for 249 yards while also rushing once for a yard, connected with Trunzo from 66 yards out on the game’s first offensive play giving Brockway a 7-0 lead 17 seconds into the game.
Brockway (2-0) then scored three times in a plan of just over four minutes late in the quarter with Miller scoring from a yard out, Trunzo returning an interception 20 yards for a touchdown and Miller hitting Dylan LeCates on an 8-yard pass to make it 28-0 at the end of the first quarter.
The Rovers then scored four more times in the second quarter to take a 56-0 halftime lead.
Cameron Baka scored early in the frame on a 15-yard run before Miller hit Noah Vokes from a yard out to make it 42-0. Alex Starr then scored on an 11-yard run, and 32 seconds later, Miller connected from 54 yards out with Hunter Antonuccio.
Sheffield’s lone offensive touchdown came in the third quarter on a 4-yard Kevin Evan run, while the Wolverines (0-2) scored on a fourth-quarter safety as well.
Trunzo caught two passes for 76 yards, while Baka had two for 61 while rushing one time for 15 yards and the score. LeCates added two grabs for 57 yards, and Mark Latuska ran seven times for 58 yards.
Evan had 49 yards and the touchdown on four carries. Matt Dunham added 26 yards rushing and 30 yards receiving on three catches for Sheffield.
KARNS CITY 49, BROOKVILLE 6
KARNS CITY, Pa. — Quarterback Jacob King threw for 233 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Karns City Gremlins to a 49-6 blowout win over visiting Brookville.
King, who completed 11 of 17 passes, connected with four different receivers on the touchdowns — Chandler Turner for 57 yards, Jason Crowley for 12, Clay Garing for 1 and Kaiden Powers for 59 yards. Powers also scored on a 2-yard run while Turner rushed for 94 yards on nine carries as the Gremlins led 49-0 after three quarters and outgained the Raiders, 481-209.
Brookville’s lone score came on Tyler Park’s 14-yard pass to Bryan Dworek in the fourth quarter.
CONNEAUT 34, DUBOIS 33
DUBOIS, Pa. – In a game that featured six second-half lead changes, Kyle Sheets hit Ben Collier with a 47-yard pass and Ryan Lavery added the extra point with 9:41 to play to give visiting Conneaut a 34-33 win over DuBois in D10, Region 5 action.
DuBois (1-1, 0-1), which trailed 15-13 at halftime, got a pair of Braden Paulinellie touchdown passes and a Paulinellie scoring run in the second half to take a 33-27 lead 44 seconds in the fourth quarter when Paulinellie hit Kyle Hopson with a 25-yard scoring pass, the second touchdown of the game for Hopson.
But Conneaut (1-1, 1-0) answered right back when Sheets, who caught a pair of scoring passes from Connor Mattera, hit Collier with the scoring toss.
Paulinellie, filling in for the injured Matt Miller for the second straight week, had another big game accounting for 495 yards of offense. He was 25 of 45 passing for 335 yards and three touchdowns, although he did also throw three picks while rushing for 160 yards and the touchdown on 23 carries.
Hopson had a big game with seven catches for 173 yards and two touchdowns, while Kenny Garvey also caught a touchdown pass. Brock Adams ran for a score for the Beavers, as well, and had 52 yards rushing on eight carries while catching five passes for 27 yards.
Trailing 15-6 late in the first half, DuBois got within two with 33 seconds left before the break on an 18-yard Paulinellie to Garvey scoring pass.
The Beavers then took their first lead of the contest early in the third quarter, 19-15, on a 6-yard Paulinellie run.
But Mattera, who was 8 of 16 for 166 yards and two touchdowns while throwing an interception, hit Sheets from 66 yards out just 16 seconds later to give Conneaut the lead back, 21-19.
It took DuBois 19 seconds to regain the lead when Hopson hauled down an 89-yard scoring pass from Paulinellie to make it 25-21 with the game’s third touchdown in a span of 35 seconds.
Conneaut answered again late in the third quarter on a 25-yard Mattera to Sheets scoring pass making it 27-25 in favor of the visitors going to the fourth quarter.
Sheets hauled in five passes for 152 yards and also threw the touchdown pass. Gavin Tompkins had two picks for Conneaut.
Paulinellie added an interception on defense, his second of the year.
CLARION-LIMESTONE 20, UNION/A-C VALLEY 18
STRATTANVILLE, Pa. — Brendan Makray threw for two touchdown passes while Mike Macefe ran for 143 yards and a touchdown to lead the Clarion-Limestone Lions to a 20-18 win over the newly-formed Union/A-C Valley Falcon Knights at the C-L Sports Complex.
The Lions scored all three of their touchdowns in the first half as Macefe opened things with a 29-yard TD run. Makray then threw his TD passes to Riley Hummell (3 yards) and Dan Callen (31 yards) in the second quarter with Callen’s coming with just nine seconds on the clock. Makray completed 10 of 16 passes for 112 yards.
Union/ACV also scored three TDs, but the difference came down to conversions and the Lions converted the only one on Macefe’s run following Makray’s TD pass to Hummell.
Quarterback Lucas Bowser completed 13 of 21 passes for 202 yards and two TDs, both of them going to Gavin Hawk who caught eight passes for 142 yards. Bowser connected with Hawk on TD strikes of 23 and 37 yards.
Bowser’s 1-yard TD run got the Falcon Knights within 20-18 with 9:52 left in the fourth quarter, but his two-point conversion pass fell incomplete and the Lions held on for the win.
CLEARFIELD 21, PENNS VALLEY 7
SPRING MILLS, Pa. – Isaac Rummery threw a pair of touchdown passes and visiting Clearfield overcame an early touchdown deficit to top Penns Valley 21-7 in Mountain League action.
Rummery connected on a 90-yard pass to Ryan Lezzer early in the second quarter to tie the game at seven before hitting Mason Royer with an 8-yard pass midway through the third quarter to put the Bison (1-1 overall, 1-0 Mountain League) up for good, 14-7. Seth Caldwell then added a 33-yard touchdown run with 2:34 to play to seal the victory.
Penns Valley took an early 7-0 lead on n 16-yard Andrew Tobias to Nic Kubalak touchdown pass.
Rummery accounted for 198 yards of offense for Clearfield going 6 of 13 passing for 131 yards and the two touchdowns and rushing 17 times for 67 yards.
Lezzer had three grabs for 111 yards and the long score and ran five times for 33 yards, while Caldwell ran 17 times for 77 yards.
Tobias was 13 of 27 passing for 121 yards and an interception to go with his touchdown while rushing for 20 yards. Takota Bubb ran for 73 yards and caught three passes for 47 for the Rams.
The game was delayed approximately 15 minutes in the second half when a Penns Valley player was hurt and had to be taken to the hospital.
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