Football recaps from Week 4.
(Photo of Brockway’s Hunter Miller who threw four touchdown passes in the Rovers win over Ridgway. Photo by Paul Burdick. Check out more of Burdick’s work here)
BROCKWAY 36, RIDGWAY 16
JOHNSONBURG, Pa. – Brockway scored 19 points in the final 1:20 of the third quarter to break open a one-score game and pick up a 36-16 win over Ridgway in Johnsonburg.
The Rovers (5-0) led 17-10 before Cameron Baka caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Miller, Miller’s third touchdown pass of the game, with 1:20 to play in the third. The score was set up when Dylan LeCates, who caught two touchdowns from Miller, picked off his second Ridgway pass of the game.
At that point, things went completely south for the Elkers (4-1).
A pooch kickoff was recovered by Brockway at the Ridgway 31-yard line and led to a 5-yard Tyler Serafini touchdown run that made it 30-10 with nine seconds left in the quarter.
Things then went from bad to worse for Ridgway when the Elkers fumbled the ensuing kickoff giving the ball to Brockway at the Ridgway 29.
One play was all it took for the Rovers to strike with Miller throwing his fourth scoring aerial of the game, this time a 29 yarder to Andrew Trunzo making it 36-10.
Miller and LeCates hooked up twice in the game’s first 15 minutes, once from three yards and once from eight yards, as Brockway grabbed a 14-2 lead three minutes into the second quarter.
But a 6-yard Johnny Mitchell touchdown run just before halftime got Ridgway back into the game at 14-10.
Jarrett Esposito then hit a 27-yard field goal midway through the third quarter to set the score at 17-10 before the last-minute Rover onslaught happened.
Ridgway tried to stay in the game when Mitchell hit Jake Zimmerman with a 56-yard scoring pass early in the fourth quarter to close the gap to 20, but that was as close as the Elkers got.
DUBOIS 62, WARREN 28
WARREN, Pa. – Matt Miller threw three touchdown passes, Dalton Kruzelak ran for a pair of touchdowns, Kyle Hopson had a monster night receiving with a pair of scores and Braden Paulinellie also scored twice to lead visiting DuBois to a 62-28 win over Warren.
Miller was 15 of 22 for 263 yards with touchdown passes of 27 and 45 yards to Hopson and 44 yards to Paulinellie, who also scored on a 91-yard punt return.
Hopson caught nine passes for 175 yards and the two scores, while Kruzelak ran five times for 33 yards with touchdown runs of 1 and 7 yards.
DuBois’ defense also scored three times with Eric Schneider returning a fumble 3 yards for a touchdown, Brock Adams an interception 29 yards for a score and Kenny Garvey an interception 25 yards for a touchdown.
The game actually featured four defensive touchdowns with Warren’s Aidan Morrison also returning a fumble 15 yards for a score.
DuBois led 62-14 before Warren scored on a pair of Jake Kupchella touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, one to Brendon Mattson from 22 yards out and one to Morrison from 80 yards away.
Mattson also caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Kupchella on the final play of the first half to close DuBois’ lead to 35-14 at the break.
Kupchella was 9 of 18 passing for 161 yards, the three touchdowns and the two interceptions.
Paulinellie added four catches for 66 yards and the score for DuBois while also rushing for 16 yards on six carries.
REDBANK VALLEY 42, BROOKVILLE 2
NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Quarterback Keaton Kahle threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Redbank Valley Bulldogs dumped visiting Brookville, 42-2, in a Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference crossover game Friday night.
Kahle ran for a 73-yard touchdown to start the Bulldogs’ 21-point second quarter and then threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Jared Kespelher. He hooked up with Clint Thurston on a 4-yarder to put the Bulldogs up 35-0 with 2:19 left in the third quarter. He wound up completing 11 of 21 passes for 224 yards while rushing for a team-high 72 yards on eight carries.
Thurston made it 21-0 before halftime on a 4-yard run while Colten Mohney and Travis Crawford scored on runs of 1 and 4 yards respectively in the second half. The Bulldogs outgunned the Raiders, 431-196.
The Raiders’ lone points came on a safety when Bulldogs backup quarterback Brock Barrett mishandled a snap and was tackled in the end zone early in the fourth quarter. Brandon McGranor led the Raiders in rushing with 74 yards on 10 carries.
The two points scored by Brookville (1-3) mark the fourth time in school history the Raiders have scored two points in a game and the first since losing to Clarion 26-2 in 1964.
Redbank Valley (2-2) held an opponent to two points for the first time since 1978 when the Bulldogs beat Clarion-Limestone 1978.
CLEARFIELD 28, CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 7
CLEARFIELD, Pa. – After spotting visiting Central Mountain an early 7-0 lead, Clearfield rolled off 28 points to pick up its fourth straight win with a 28-7 victory.
The Bison (4-1) led 14-7 at halftime and then scored twice in a span of 23 seconds midway through the fourth quarter to put the game away.
Seth Caldwell’s 1-yard touchdown run with 7:39 to play gave Clearfield a 21-7 lead, and 23 seconds later Matt Collins returned an interception for a touchdown.
After Justin Neff’s 23-yard scoring run had given Central Mountain a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, Isaac Rumery got the Bison the lead at halftime.
He tied the game with a 15-yard pass to Micah Heichel and then scored on a 16-yard run with just 16.9 seconds left in the half.
KARNS CITY 47, PUNXSUTAWNEY 0
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Karns City scored four touchdowns of 50 or more yards on its way to a 47-0 win at Punxsutawney.
Chandler Turner, Kaiden Powers and Cullen Williams each scored twice for the Gremlins (4-1), who made the big play a habit in keeping the Chucks (0-4) winless.
Powers scored on runs of 86 and 66 yards, Turner caught a 75-yard screen pass from Jacob King on the final play of the first half and Williams scored on a 52-yard run.
Turner added a 22-yard scamper, and Williams and 11-yard run for Karns City, which also scored on a 27-yard King to Clay Garing touchdown pass.
Karns City led 33-0 at halftime.
KANE 43, CURWENSVILLE 12
CURWENSVILLE, Pa. – Evan DeLong ran 16 times for 168 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kane to its first win in Curwensville since 2003, 43-12.
Reed Williams added 70 yards passing on 4 of 10 with a touchdown and an interception. The touchdown was a highlight-reel 35-yard pass to Davis Gardner, who snagged the toss one-handed.
Austin Labesky added four carries for 53 yards and a touchdown for Kane, and Frank Truden had five totes for 72 yards and a score.
Nick Stewart ran 37 times for 165 yards and one touchdown for Curwensville.
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Kane is now 5-0 and has won 21 straight games against District 9 opponents. Curwensville falls to 4-1.
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