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East Juniata (2-3) at Millersburg (3-2) (Friday)

Wyalusing(4-1) at Danville (2-3) (Friday)

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North Penn (2-3) at Warrior Run (2-3) (Friday)

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Lewisburg (4-1) at Central Col. (0-5) (Friday)

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By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

ALMEDIA — If there was a time this season for the Lewisburg team to rest a bit on its laurels, it was this current three-game stretch.

Coming off a surprising loss to Mount Carmel, the Green Dragons faced op-ponents with a combined three wins so far this season before key Heartland Ath-letic Conference Division II games with Danville and Southern Columbia to wrap up October.

However, the one thing the Green Dragons didn’t do so far in this stretch is take anybody lightly.

Lewisburg has shut out its last two opponents and takes a 10-quarter score-less streak on defense into a HAC-II road contest with winless Central Columbia on Friday night.

“We obviously like to con-tinue the trend of shutouts,” Lewisburg coach Michael Ferriero said. “The kids aren’t going to overlook any-body that we play. They’ve done a good job of execut-ing the game plan and doing what they need to do.”

Junior linebacker Trey Delbaugh has led the way with 62 tackles already this season — 42 of them solo stops.

The Blue Jays have strug-gled offensively this season, scoring just 34 points so far despite just 3.3 yards per carry. Ferriero expects to see the Blue Jays try to es-tablish the run.

It’s been an Achilles’ heel for the Green Dragons, who have allowed 1,110 yards on the ground.

“I can see them trying to establish the run a little bit more,” Ferriero said. “Even though, they’ve struggled, we’ve been pretty good about stopping the pass this season.”

The Green Dragons have picked off nine passes this season, including Domi-nic Farronato’s pick six last week against Central Moun-tain.

The Blue Jays’ strength on offense has been its passing game. Quarterback Aaron Fawver has thrown for 446 yards and two touchdowns this season. His favorite tar-get has been Eli Petersheim.

If Central Columbia is go-ing to get its run game going, it’s going to be on the back of Evan Campbell. Senior Brittain Cooke has missed most of the last three games with an injury, while Camp-bell has stepped in.

Lewisburg has relied on its own passing game this

season. Senior quarterback Trent Gower leads the area in passing yards (786) and touchdowns (14).

Noah Inch and Matt Fedo-rjaka have been his favorite targets. Inch leads the area in yardage (422) and touch-down grabs (7) and is second in the area in catches (22).

Fedorjaka has 18 catches for 229 yards and three scores.

The Green Dragons would like to try to get their run game going against the Blue Jays. They are averag-ing 3.6 yards per carry as a team. Junior A.J. Ramirez leads Lewisburg with 198 yards on 52 carries.

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Lewisburg’s A.J. Ramirez looks for running room during last week’s game against Central Mountain.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Central Columbia Athletic ComplexLast meeting: Lewisburg won, 49-7, in 2014 regular seasonRadio: The Valley 100.9-FM, 6:30 p.m.

LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (3-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 WR Sr.74 Dee Gose 6-1 250 LT Jr.65 Cody Palmer 6-2 253 LG Sr.72 Lance Klinefelter 5-11 250 C So.55 Blake Benfer 5-11 215 RG So.56 Andrew Durfee 6-2 205 RT Sr.25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 TE Jr. 8 Trent Gower 5-10 155 QB Sr. 9 AJ Ramirez 5-4 125 RB Jr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 RB Sr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 WR Sr.14 Nate Liscum 5-9 155 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 DE Jr.55 Blake Benfer 5-11 215 DT So.65 Cody Palmer 6-2 253 DT Sr.62 Riley Shaw 5-7 160 DE Jr.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 OLB Sr.34 Skyler Anderson 5-7 140 ILB Jr.44 Trey Delbaugh 5-9 175 ILB Jr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 OLB Sr.21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 CB Sr. 1 Dylan Farronato 6-1 155 S Fr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 CB Sr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Shikellamy W, 38-14Montoursville W, 31-21at Mount Carmel L, 21-7at Milton W, 33-0Central Mountain W, 37-0at Central Columbia Oct. 9Danville Oct. 16Southern Col. Oct. 22Warrior Run Oct. 30at Mifflinburg Nov. 6

CENTRAL COLUMBIA BLUE JAYS (0-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Eli Petersheim 6-1 188 WR Sr.64 Eric Zalewski 6-2 239 LT Sr.58 Zach Deretz 5-9 151 LG Sr.53 Mike Devine 6-0 214 C Jr.73 Nick Spicher 6-2 287 RG Jr.75 Colton Young 6-6 284 RT Sr.35 Peter D’Ambrosio 6-3 234 TE Sr. 6 Aaron Farver 6-3 158 QB Jr.30 Owen Gensemer 5-11 185 FB Sr.11 Evan Campbell 5-7 157 OLB Sr. 9 Brady Crawford 6-2 185 WR Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr64 Eric Zalewski 6-2 239 DE Sr.73 Nick Spicher 6-2 287 DT Jr.75 Colton Young 6-6 284 DT Sr.35 Peter D’Ambrosio 6-3 234 DE Sr.11 Evan Campbell 5-7 157 LB Sr.21 Austyn Kester 6-0 177 LB Sr.30 Owen Gensemer 5-11 185 LB Sr.19 Andrew Fritz 6-0 147 LB So.8 Eli Petersheim 6-1 188 CB Sr.9 Brady Crawford 6-2 185 S Sr.39 Evan Williams 5-11 147 CB Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSelinsgrove L, 35-7at Loyalsock L, 38-7Central Mountain L, 34-13at Warrior Run L, 21-7at Southern Columbia L, 40-0Lewisburg Fridayat Towanda Oct. 16Danville Oct. 23at Mount Carmel Oct. 30Bloomsburg Nov. 6

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Game NightWhen: Friday, 7 p.m.Where: Defenders StadiumLast Meeting: North Penn won, 24-7, in 2014

WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr16 Gage Anzulavich 6-4 157 QB So.63 Chad Biichle 6-1 235 LT Sr.68 Ty Nicholas 5-10 195 LG Sr.71 Zach Smith 6-0 237 C Sr.53 Zach Divers 6-0 238 RG Sr.62 Ben Lapp 6-1 195 RT Sr.32 Tyler Brown 6-1 171 RB Sr.36 Tony Null 6-1 188 RB Jr30 Jorge Guillen 6-0 225 FB Jr.81 Kade Meyer 5-10 161 WR So.or83 George Reasner 5-10 169 WR Sr.86 Theodore Bender 6-1 188 WR Sr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Pacey Howard 6-1 191 DE So.53 Zach Divers 6-0 238 DT Sr.68 Ty Nicholas 5-10 195 DT Sr.88 Matt Truckenmiller 6-2 207 DE Sr.86 Theodore Bender 6-1 188 LB Sr.71 Zach Smith 6-0 237 LB Sr.45 Noah Showers 6-0 177 LB Jr.67 Tristan Litchard 5-11 225 LB Sr.21 Dante Morris 5-10 162 CB Jr.82 Michael Muffly 6-0 172 CB Jr.83 George Reasner 5-10 169 S Sr.

2015 ScheduleDate Opponent/ResultMuncy L, 35-0Milton W, 34-31at Wyalusing L, 21-6Central Columbia W, 21-7at Hughesville L, 21-0North Penn Fridayat Southern Columbia Oct. 16Mount Carmel Oct. 23at Lewisburg Oct. 30Danville Nov. 6

NORTH PENN (2-3)2015 ScheduleDate Opponent/Resultat CMVT W,44-6Bucktail W, 46-0at Milton L, 35-32at Athens L, 38-20Towanda L, 31-30at Warrior Run FridayTroy Oct. 16Canton Oct. 23at Wyalsuing Oct. 30Wellsboro Nov. 6

By Chris NagyThe Daily Item

TURBOTVILLE — Coming into the season, the focus was on the offense when it came to the Warrior Run Defenders.

But since Week 3, it has been the defense that has stolen the headlines.

“Our defense has been outstanding,” said Warrior Run coach Mark Burrows. “Those kids come ready to play each week and give us a chance to win in every game.

“They have really stepped up.”

The Defenders (2-3) will look to the defense once again this week as Warrior Run hosts North Penn-Mansfield on Friday night at Defenders Stadium. The game will be Warrior Run’s homecoming game.

Warrior Run is allowing just 16 points a game over the last three games and is holding opposing offenses to under 200 yards total per contest.

The key to the Defend-ers’ success has been the play of the defensive front, as Pacey Howard and Ty Nicholas has been causing havoc along the line and in the backfield. Warrior Run has 13 sacks in the last three

games.But the true sign of how

good the defense is came last week against Hughes-ville. The Spartans came in averaging 427 yards per game; when the dust settled last week, Hughesville had under 200 yards and pulled

out a 21-0 win.“(Hughesville) is a very

good team,” said Burrows. “And our defense held them for the most part.”

While the defense has been steady, the offense for Warrior Run has been in-consistent.

Warrior Run has been shut out twice this season and is averaging about 10 points a contest.

A bright spot has been the recent play of senior run-ning back Tyler Brown, who has become a workhorse in the backfield. Brown is just shy of 400 yards this season, but more than half of those yards have come in the last three weeks.

Sophomore quarterback Gage Anzulavich contin-ues to improve each week. Anzulavich has thrown just four interceptions and three touchdowns. He has shown a lot of patience in the pocket

and has connected with 10 different receivers thus far this season.

North Penn (2-3) started the season 2-0 but has lost three straight, a losing streak which began when they last traveled south and lost in the final moments to Milton in Week 3.

North Penn is averaging 365 yards a game in total offense with more than two-thirds of it coming through the air.

Junior quarterback Brock Burleigh has thrown for 1,330 yards so far this sea-son, with 20 touchdowns and just five interceptions. His leading receiver is junior Joel Whittaker, who has 22 catches for 609 yards and eight touchdowns. Garrett Bickhart has 21 catches for 378 yards and five scores.

Bradley Pequignot is the team’s leading rusher.

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Warrior Run’s Tony Null carries the ball upfield away from Milton’s Raff Rodriguez during a game last month.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Harold L. Bolig Memorial FieldLast meeting: Selinsgrove won, 42-7, in 2014 regular season.Internet/Radio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m.

MIFFLINBURG WILDCATS (0-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Brian Zimmerman 5-11 180 WR Sr.76 Garrett Ressler 6-3 305 T Jr.57 Cody Botts 6-4 245 G Sr.50 Michael Renard 5-11 240 C Jr.55 Luke Walter 5-10 215 G Jr.70 Sam Rishel 6-4 260 T Jr.33 Brad Sauers 6-1 195 TE Sr.14 Josh Foster 5-7 176 QB Fr.30 Clayton Sheesley 5-9 181 RB So.20 Brayden Pierce 6-1 195 RB Jr.11 Tristan Martin 6-0 175 WR Sr.9 Ryan Oliver 6-0 170 K-P So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr33 Brad Sauers 6-1 195 DE Sr.70 Sam Rishel 6-4 260 DT Jr.76 Garrett Ressler 6-3 305 NG Jr.55 Luke Walter 5-10 215 DT Jr.57 Cody Botts 6-4 245 DE Sr. 4 James Zack 5-9 180 LB Sr.30 Cole Laubach 5-9 181 LB So.11 Tristan Martin 6-0 175 CB Sr.13 Brian Zimmerman 5-11 180 S Sr.28 Derrick Seedor 5-8 160 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Southern Columbia L, 49-21Danville L, 20-0Montoursville L, 62-25at Shikellamy L, 27-14Jersey Shore L, 45-14at Selinsgrove FridayCentral Mountain Oct. 16at Milton Oct. 23at Shamokin Oct. 30Lewisburg Nov. 6

SELINSGROVE SEALS (5-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 185 WR Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 LT Sr.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 LG Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 C Sr.72 Ryan Hoke 5-11 205 RG Sr.75 Keith Dreese 6-2 252 RT So.22 Joey Radel 5-11 180 TE Sr.18 Logan Leiby 6-0 180 QB So. 9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 FB Sr. 3 Angelo Martin 5-10 175 HB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 WR Sr.22 Joey Radel 5-11 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Andrew Boob 5-115 220 DT Sr.61 Christian Perieira-Muniz 5-11 213 NG Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 DT Sr.9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 OLB Sr.12 Tony Dressler 6-1 200 ILB So.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 ILB Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 ILB Sr. 5 David Klinger 5-10 200 OLB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 CB Sr.23 Garrett Campbell 5-10 180 S Jr.26 Cole Schenck 5-11 165 CB Sr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Central Columbia W, 38-7Mount Carmel W, 14-7Shikellamy W, 45-9at Shamokin W, 52-7at Berwick W, 17-14Mifflinburg Fridayat Montoursville Oct. 16Jersey Shore Oct. 23at Milton Oct. 30Southern Columbia Nov. 6


SELINSGROVE — There is no greater example of a trap game than when Mif-flinburg visits undefeated Selinsgrove in a Heartland Athletic Conference Divi-sion I matchup Friday night at Harold L. Bolig Memo-rial Field.

The Seals are coming off a hard fought 17-14 win over Berwick and face the other contenders for the HAC-I title over the next two weeks — Montoursville and Jersey Shore.

Meanwhile, the Wildcats are currently winless and mired in a turnover-induced haze.

However, Selinsgrove

coach Derek Hicks knows his squad can’t afford to look past the Wildcats.

“I talked to the kids yes-terday that we can’t over-look these guys,” Hicks said. “They have enough playmakers to make things interesting if we aren’t ready to play. In the preseason, I thought Mifflinburg was one of the teams to look out for.

“I’m hoping this isn’t the week they put things to-gether.”

The Seals survived in Crispin Field, getting a touchdown by Juvon Batts in the final minutes of play after the Selinsgrove de-fense stopped Berwick on a fourth-down play.

After scoring 10 points

in the opening quarter, the Selinsgrove offense bogged down until the late score, but Hicks sees that as more a reflection on the strength of Berwick’s defense.

“I think we were fourth or fifth in the state in points allowed and they were right behind us,” Hicks said. “We were able to put together a drive when it mattered, though.”

Batts leads the Seals with 446 yards and three touch-downs.

Sophomore quarterback Logan Leiby is second in the area in passing with 701 yards and seven touchdowns.

His two senior receivers — Nick Swineford and Colin Hoke — have really helped as well.

Hoke had five catches last week — two on third downs in the first quarter to con-vert first downs on scoring drives — and has 14 catches for 205 yards and two touch-downs on the season. Swin-eford caught a 32-yard TD pass.

The Seals defense has al-lowed just 44 points this season. Jack Gaugler leads the team in tackles with 43, while defensive lineman Ja-

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Mifflinburg’s Brayden Peirce is brought down by the Jersey Shore defense during the Bulldogs’ 45-14 win over the Wildcats last week.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Thompson StadiumLast meeting: Jersey Shore won, 35-24 in 2014Internet: blackdiamondsports.netSHAMOKIN INDIANS (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 WR Sr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 WR Sr.79 Adam Miller 6-0 255 LT Sr.72 Derrick Dilliplane 5-9 198 LG Sr.76 Blake Zalar 6-0 260 C Fr.59 Jake Wolfe 6-0 195 RG Jr.75 Trent Curcie 5-8 226 RT So.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 WR Sr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 WR Jr.15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 QB Sr.20 Devin Pietkiewicz 5-3 136 SB So.23 Ty Berge 5-7 163 TB Sr.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 RB Sr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 FB Sr.10 Alek Washuta 5-9 157 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr54 Jake Carpenter 5-8 164 NG So.66 Aaron Miller 6-0 169 DT Jr.56 Brayson Pawelczyk 5-10 175 DT Sr.2 Dilin DeCampie 5-7 155 OLB Sr.5 David Stevens 5-9 152 OLB Jr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 MLB Sr.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 OLB Sr.3 Mike Breslin 5-7 144 CB So.7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 CB Sr.23 Ty Berge 5-7 163 CB Sr.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 CB Sr.4 Alex Kiefer 5-10 161 S Sr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 S Jr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 P Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Line Mountain W, 28-7at Central Mountain L, 24-21 (OT)Southern Columbia L, 49-27Selinsgrove L, 52-7Milton W, 49-19at Jersey Shore Fridayat Shikellamy Oct. 16Montoursville Oct. 23Mifflinburg Oct. 30at Mount Carmel Nov. 6

JERSEY SHORE BULLDOGS (4-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr14 Cole Eiswerth 6-2 170 WR Sr.3 Todd Sanford 5-9 155 SR Sr.11 Eric Lehman 6-0 185 TE Jr.68 Josh Sechrist 6-3 237 T Sr.61 Cameron Boughter 6-3 237 G Sr.79 Ethan Kutza 6-2 255 C Sr.75 Issac Steets 63 246 G Sr.73 Cody Crowley 6-2 210 T Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-1 245 FB Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 193 T Sr.7 Travis Bradley 6-1 195 QB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr75 Issac Steets 63 246 DE Sr.45 Seth Young 6-0 172 DE Sr.79 Ethan Kutza 6-2 255 DT Sr.61 Cameron Boughter 6-3 237 NT Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-1 245 DT Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 193 LB/P Sr.55 Nate Lose 5-11 196 LB Sr.23 Austin Bouse 5-10 162 LB Sr.7 Travis Bradley 6-1 195 S Sr.32 Jarett Guthrie 6-0 186 S Jr.14 Cole Eiswerth 6-2 170 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Bellefont W, 14-6Shikellamy W, 43-26Athens W, 28-7at Montoursville L, 42-35at Mifflinburg W, 45-14Shamokin FridayMilton Oct. 16at Selinsgrove Oct. 23at Bald Eagle Oct. 30Central Mountain Nov. 6

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JERSEY SHORE — If there is one thing coach Pat DiRienzo’s Shamokin football team must do Friday night to have a chance to get its second win in a row, it is slow down Jersey Shore senior tailback Levi Lorson.

“Stopping Lorson and their running game,” DiRienzo said is goal No. 1 as the Indians visit Jersey Shore to take on the defending District 4 Class AAA champion Bulldogs in a Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division I contest.

“I think he had 110 carries against us last year,” joked Di-Rienzo.

It must have seemed that way to the Shamokin defense as the 5-foot-9, 193-pound Lor-son ran the ball a whopping 49 times for 246 yards and three touchdowns. The Bulldogs ran 78 plays, 65 of them runs for 268 rushing yards.

The other problem for the Indians is 6-1, 245-pound senior fullback/nose tackle Bryce Charles.

“He is going to be a prob-lem,” DiRienzo said of Charles. “Our center is going to have his hands full. (Cen-ter Blake Zalar) is a freshman and Charles (like most of the Jersey Shore starters) is a se-nior.”

DiRienzo said, “They don’t have (many) real big guys, but they are just athletic across the board and we are going to have to do our best to handle them.”

He said that the Bulldogs are more experienced, but, he added, “By this time of the year, it shouldn’t matter.”

He said his offensive and defensive lines are going to have to do their best to match up with the Bulldogs, slow down the Jersey Shore run-ning game and get their own running game going.

In addition, he said the In-dians are going to have to be able to have success in the

passing game to keep the Bulldogs from loading up the box on defense.

Jersey Shore coach Tom Gravish said, “Shamokin did a real nice job last week versus Milton (a 41-19 victory). They have a really good team.”

Gravish said, “(Senior tail-back) Preston Burns has done a really nice job running the ball. He did a good job last week and he had a super game against Line Mountain (in a Week 1 win).”

The Bulldogs (4-1 overall, 2-0 HAC-I) bounced back nicely with a big win at Mif-flinburg last week after taking their first loss (versus Mon-toursville) the week before.

“We played much better last week, but everyone in our camp understands that we made many mistakes and

can play much better,” Grav-ish said.

Gravish said his team is healthy again and had a good practice Monday and was working to improve each day.

“I like the direction that we are moving in as a team and I have a lot of faith in our senior leadership,” he added.

DiRienzo, conceding that Thompson Street Stadium is a tough place to play, said, “We can’t worry about that, we just have to worry about what we can control and do our jobs.”

DiRienzo said, “We have to establish the run game — that’s our bread and butter — but we are really going to focus a little bit more on the passing game this week.”

He said the Indians have a lot of weapons in the passing game, but they need to do a

better job of getting them the ball.

Senior Nate Shurock, who for the first three games was sharing quarterback duties with classmate Tom Camp-bell, will get his the start under center, with Campbell moving back to wide receiver.

The Shamokin coach also said the Indians (2-3, 1-1) need to play well to start the game. So far, they have struggled in the first half and then played well in the second half.

“But those tough games, when you fall behind, it’s tough to bounce back against these good teams we’re play-ing,” DiRienzo said.

“We need to take care of business. That is our focus: going up there and doing the best we can and see if we can eke out a win.”

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Shamokin’s Aaron Miller goes in for a tackle on Milton’s Hunter Snyder in last week’s game.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Warriors StadiumLast meeting: Montoursville won, 49-0, in the 2014 regular seasonRadio: WMLP 1380 AM, 6:30 p.m.

MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (1-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 WR So.72 James Hare 6-2 220 RT Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 RG Jr.70 Brock Guffey 6-0 220 C Sr.67 Tyler Clayton 6-1 185 LG So.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 LT So.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 TE Sr. 4 Hunter Snyder 6-2 175 QB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 FB-K Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 HB Sr.2 Michael Cooper 5-10 160 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr72 James Hare 6-2 220 DT Sr.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 NG So. or70 Mason Fisher 6-0 285 NG Fr.58 Nicholas Summers 5-7 157 DT Fr.26 Hunter Wertz 6-1 160 OLB Jr.2 Michael Cooper 5-10 160 ILB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 ILB Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 ILB Jr.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 OLB Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 S Sr.23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 CB So. 24 Xavi Rodriguez 6-0 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Troy L, 22-15at Warrior Run L, 34-31North Penn W, 35-32Lewisburg L, 33-0at Shamokin L, 41-19at Montoursville Fridayat Jersey Shore Oct. 16Mifflinburg Oct. 23Selinsgrove Oct. 30Shikellamy Nov. 6MONTOURSVILLE WARRIORS (3-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Cole Karschner 6-4 175 SE Sr.61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 LT Sr.67 Bryce Berresford 6-0 240 LG Sr.62 Dalton Tubbs 6-0 215 C So.54 Colby Probst 5-11 220 RG Sr.79 Caleb Frantz 6-0 230 RT Sr.47 Mitchell Rothrock 6-1 200 TE Jr.11 Brycen Mussina 6-4 180 QB Jr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 FB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 HB Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 SE Jr. 9 Ethan Lazorka 5-9 140 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 DE Sr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 DT Sr.74 Logan Vargo 6-2 220 DT Sr.54 Colby Probst 5-11 220 DE Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 OLB Jr.39 Torin Lewis 5-9 185 ILB Jr.24 Aiden Plants 5-8 190 OLB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 CB Sr. 5 Jacob Strassner 5-11 165 FS Sr.30 Nolan Ott 5-11 170 SS Jr,12 Riley Conboy 5-10 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSouth Williamsport W, 41-14at Lewisburg L, 31-21at Mifflinburg W, 62-24Jersey Shore W. 42-25at Shikellamy W, 40-0Milton FridaySelinsgrove Oct. 16at Shamokin Oct. 23Hughesville Oct. 30at Loyalsock Nov. 6


M O N T O U R S V I L L E — With a returning 2,000-yard rusher and 2,000-yard passer from last year’s Dis-trict 4 Class AA champions, it’s no wonder Montoursville garners plenty of attention for its offensive prowess.

However, Milton coach George Goodwin, whose Black Panthers visit the Warriors on Friday night in a Heartland Athletic Con-ference Division I matchup, says as talented as tailback Keith Batkowski and quar-terback Brycen Mussina are, Montoursville’s offensive line is the key to the War-riors’ successes over the last two seasons.

“The offensive line is what allows those skill kids to shine like they do,” Good-win said. “They really im-pose their will on the other team.”

The Warriors (4-1, 3-0 HAC-I) average 7.0 yards per carry as a team. Bat-kowski has rushed for 907 yards and eight touchdowns this season, but Montours-ville has spread the carri-ers around a little more this season. Batkowski had 372 carries a season ago, but Ben Cerney (40 carries, 250 yards, 4 TDs) and Aiden Plants (18 carries, 140 yards, 4 TDs) have helped carry the load in 2015.

Mussina has thrown for 448 yards and seven touch-downs against just two inter-ceptions this season. Tight end Mitchell Rothrock has been his favorite target with 10 catches, while senior receiver Dylan Fotentnot leads the team with three touchdown catches.

The Warriors shut out Shikellamy last week in their first game without linebacker Logan McKeag, the two-time all-HAC-I first-team selection. Tommy Shea stepped in and had six

tackles.The Montoursville de-

fense will be tested by one of the top rushing offenses in the area. Brandon Stokes is second in the area with 811 yards and nine touchdowns on the season, while the Black Panthers have 1,351 yards this season (5.8 yards per game) as a team.

Throwing the ball has been an issue this year. Se-nior quarterback Hunter Snyder is 11-of-44 for 143 yards and a touchdown.

Milton was locked into

close game with Shamokin last week, leading 19-17 at halftime, before the Indi-ans scored 24 unanswered points in the second half.

It was Goodwin’s worst nightmare about this season coming true. Milton’s coach thought they would be much improved this season, but depth would be an issue for the Black Panthers.

That’s what happened at Kemp Memorial Stadium last week as Milton lost four starters by the end of the game.

“We were undermanned to start the game and then ended up with more inju-ries. The kids aren’t naive,” Goodwin said. “I know it’s supposed to be next man up, but we don’t have a lot of those next men.”

Goodwin knows there isn’t much he and his staff can do other than hope somebody steps up.

“We just have to keep jug-gling and finding the right combination,” Goodwin said.

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Montoursville’s Keith Batkowski celebrates with Bryce Berresford after scoring a touchdown against Mifflinburg last month.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Don Mihalick StadiumLast meeting: Shikellamy won, 21-7, in the 2014 regular seasonRadio: WKOK 1070 AM, 6:30 p.m.SHIKELLAMY BRAVES (1-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Trey Cunningham 6-2 195 WR Jr. or21 Hunter Dodge 5-9 135 WR So.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 RT So.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 RG Jr.76 Jeremy Bacon 5-9 255 C Sr.74 Bryce Snyder 6-3 220 RG Jr.75 Jacob Stine 6-7 255 RT Jr.83 Owen Long 6-0 220 TE Sr.10 Christian Schlegel 6-3 210 QB Sr.24 Gabe Tilford 5-11 175 FB So.35 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 HB Sr. 1 Lemeir Mitchell 5-5 140 HB Jr or14 Joey Folk 5-8 155 HB Fr.23 Dylan Snyder 5-11 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr34 David Munoz 6-0 220 DE Fr.59 Dylan Harry 6-2 230 DE Jr.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 DT So.36 Ethan Oakes 5-10 200 DE Jr.3 Owen Long 6-0 220 OLB Sr.2 Josh Krieger 6-1 185 ILB So.24 Gabe Tilford 5-11 175 ILB So.10 Christian Schlegel 6-3 210 OLB Sr. 6 Pierson White 5-11 170 CB Jr.12 Tate Krankoskie 6-1 170 S-P So. 8 Trey Cunningham 6-2 195 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLewisburg L, 38-14at Jersey Shore L, 42-28at Selinsgrove L, 45-9Mifflinburg W, 27-14Montoursville L, 40-0at Central Mountain FridayShamokin Oct. 16Loyalsock Oct. 23at Danville Oct. 30at Milton Nov. 6CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WILDCATS (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 JJ Harris 5-9 170 WR Sr.76 Pat Barner 6-3 280 LT Sr.54 Mahilk Houtz 5-10 200 LG So.56 Trevor Smith 6-1 240 C Sr.67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 RG Sr.58 Spencer Wockenfuss 6-4 265 RT Jr.88 Hunter Baker 6-0 225 TE Sr. 9 Austyn Carson 5-8 155 QB So.27 Bryce Mansfield 5-11 180 FB Jr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 210 TB Sr.11 Tyler Zablocki 6-0 170 WB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 DE Sr.37 Brian Andrus 5-9 190 DT Jr.74 Shawn Shafer 5-11 215 DT Sr.8 Bryce Bittner 6-0 230 DE Sr.88 Hunter Baker 6-0 225 LB Sr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 210 LB Sr.25 JJ Harris 5-9 170 LB Sr.11 Tyler Zablocki 6-0 170 CB Sr.27 Bryce Mansfield 5-11 180 SS Jr.17 Evan Prough 5-7 170 FS So.12 Cordell Muthler 5-11 155 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Williamsport L, 48-30Shamokin W, 24-21at Central Columbia W, 34-13Mount Carmel L, 41-21at Lewisburg L, 37-0Shikellamy Fridayat Mifflinburg Oct. 16Tyrone Oct. 23Southern Columbia Oct. 30at Jersey Shore Nov. 6


MILL HALL — Friday night’s nonleague contest between visiting Shikellamy and Central Mountain at Don Milhalik Stadium will be a battle of teams looking to rebound from slow starts and the effects of injuries.

Both teams played last week without their stand-out two-way players — the Braves’ Shawn Turber and the Wildcats’ Justin Neff — and both players are still questionable for this week.

Central Mountain lost four starters by the end of the first quarter two weeks ago and added backup quar-terback Austyn Carson in last week’s shutout loss to Lewisburg. But coach Mi-chael Nines says his team can’t dwell on the injuries.

“We just have to keep faith in the system and the next player up is the team mentality in terms of confi-dence,” said Nines, who’s in his second year. “A lot of the younger players have stepped up and the older players have done a great job of preparing them for the adjustments at the varsity level.

“I thought we played fairly well (against Lewisburg) — minus the five turnovers — which really are a result of having so many young play-ers in.”

Despite a 1-4 start to the season and a 40-0 loss to

Montoursville last week, the Braves have plenty of motivation for the second half of the season.

With some of their explo-sive players missing due to injury, the Wildcats will turn to fullback Hunter Weaver, who rushed for 1,045 yards last season.

“Weaver is a strong run-ner,” Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford said. “And if Neff plays, he’s dangerous as a threat at quarterback and on special teams (Neff has three kickoff return TDs).”

The layoffs can still be in the cards for Shikellamy.

“We’ve obviously lost to good football teams, but we still have a lot to motivate us for the second half of the season,” Tilford said. “Get-ting a win against a Class AAAA school like Central Mountain will certainly put us back in the playoff mix.”

Tilford and the Braves feel they have the talent to pull off a playoff run over the final five weeks of the season; it’s just a matter of correcting mistakes and building confidence.

“We need to cut out pen-alties,” Tilford said of his team that had three first-

down plays called back be-cause of infractions. “We just need to get our young team a win so we can play with some confidence down the stretch.”

Shikellamy will certainly get a lift if Turber returns to the lineup after missing last week’s game with the War-riors.

The senior halfback/safety leads the Braves with 313 yards and four touch-downs on the ground and 11 catches for 132 yards and touchdown through the air. He also leads the team with four interceptions.

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Shikellamy’s Gabe Tilford dives and tackles Mifflinburg’s Cole Laubach as he car-ries the ball during a game last month.

cob Strickler is second with 39.

For the Wildcats, they have to get their turnovers issues solved (-19 for the season).

“It’s no secret that we have struggled with turnovers

every week. We have not improved, so that’s a major goal in the second half of the season,” Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler said. “All we can do is keep coaching and working to see an improve-ment in this area.”

The Mifflinburg offense has been able to generate yardage. Junior running

back Brayden Pierce has 415 yards and four scores on the year, while seniors Tristian Martin (23 catches, 259 yards, 3 TDs) and Brian Zimmerman (16 receptions, 282 yards, TD) are two of the top receivers in the area.

It’s that kind of offense that will help the Wildcats down the road.

“With their speed on the outside, it will be a real good test for our second-ary,” Hicks said. “With their spread, they don’t do a lot of same things that Montours-ville and Jersey Shore do in the passing game; it’s a good matchup for us going for-ward.”

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Ironmen StadiumLast meeting: Danville won, 35-7, during 2014 regular season

DANVILLE IRONMEN (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 WR Fr.60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 RT Sr.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 RG Sr. or78 Jon Berkey 5-10 260 C Sr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 LG So.59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 LT So.5 Shane Kozick 5-10 240 LT So.12 Gannon Feldman 5-10 165 QB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 FB Jr.10 Eric Sees 5-5 147 HB Fr.21 Cross Truesdell 6-2 175 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 DE So.56 Evan Hagenbuch 6-1 235 NT So.60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 DE Sr. 5 Shane Kozick 5-10 156 OLB Fr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 WLB So.12 Gannon Feldmann 5-10 165 MLB So.35 Jared Mowery 6-0 205 ILB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 OLB Jr. 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 CB Fr. 9 Matt Meloy 5-10 182 S Sr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 CB Sr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBloomsburg W, 31-7Mifflinburg W, 20-0Loyalsock L, 27-7at Southern Columbia L, 42-14at Mount Carmel L, 20-10Wyalusing Fridayat Lewisburg Oct. 16at Central Columbia Oct. 23Shikellamy Oct. 30at Warrior Run Nov. 6

WYALUSING RAMS (4-1)2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Sayre W, 44-14at Montgomery W, 41-6Warrior Run W, 21-6Troy L, 28-14Canton W, 59-6at Danville Fridayat Athens Oct. 17at Wellsboro Oct. 23North Penn Oct. 30Towanda Nov. 6

By Matt BeltzFor The Daily Item

With the regular season now half over, the playoff picture will start becoming clearer with each remaining week.

That playoff picture, if the playoffs started this week, would not include either Wyalusing or Danville, as both teams are on the out-side of the top eight spots in Class AA. That current outsider status makes this game an important one for both teams. But even with that being the case, Danville coach Jim Keiser has other concerns. “We’re just trying to improve and get better as we move forward,” said Keiser. “As a coaching staff, we realize this could be a big week and we could really get back (in the playoff race) with a win and then we can start talking about playoffs. But as a team, we haven’t talked playoff points. We’re just trying to get better week by week.”

Chief among Keiser’s concerns is not committing turnovers, such as the ones that plagued his team in last week’s loss to Mount Car-mel. He’s also concerned about his team matching the physicality of opposing

teams, almost all of which have had the size advantage over Danville, including Wyalusing.

“We turned the ball over twice inside the 10-yard line against Mount Carmel. It

could have been 24-8 at the half, instead it was only 10-8,” said Keiser.

“Last year, we got pushed around by Wyalusing and didn’t know how to handle it. This year, every week

we’re playing teams that are bigger and stronger and we’re hoping maybe this is the week that we react bet-ter to playing these bigger, stronger teams. Our young kids are growing into a lot of this and they are coming around.”

After having Mount Car-mel’s Kyle Karycki set a school record for rushing yards against them last week, the Ironmen will once again have their work cut out for them defensively. They’ll go up against an offensive line that has size and another experienced running back in Luke Jennings, a senior who is averaging nearly 188 yards per game, has seven touchdowns and has gone over 100 yards in four of five contests.

Quarterback Derek Fred-erick has thrown just two in-terceptions and is also a tre-mendous threat on special teams, as he has returned two punts for touchdowns and averages over 39 yards per punt return.

Keiser is hoping that line-backer Joey Strausser can return to help support that run defense after missing last week with a back injury. He also plans to insert soph-omore Evan Hagenbuch at nose tackle in place of senior Jay Brennan in an effort to keep Brennan fresher on the offensive line.

That offensive line should also have a challenge, as Keiser anticipates Wyalus-ing will stack the box to slow down Danville’s rushing at-tack.

“We think we can run Trent (Hilkert) the way we have been and we’re hoping to get Cross Truesdell and Ryan Palm some space on the outside with the sweep. They will probably put 11 in the box and force us to throw so we may need to throw a little more,” said Keiser.

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Danville’s Trent Hilkert rushes against Mount Carmel during last week’s game.

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Coal Country collision


Just off the top of your head, think of the great high school football rival-ries in this area.

The Coal Bucket. The Little Brown Jug. The Rally in the Valley (the new name for the Selinsgrove-Shikel-lamy game).

All of those games are fun and feature everything you would want out of a

rivalry, but I submit that there is one that is partially forgotten about since it became a league contest in 2008.

It’s hard to believe, but at one time, Mount Carmel and Southern Columbia facing off on the gridiron was a pipe dream that didn’t come to fruition until 1996.

Since that time, the teams have played 18 times with Southern Columbia leading

the series with 10 wins.They packed over 6,000

fans into Tigers Stadium for that first game and it wasn’t uncommon for cars to line Route 54 waiting to get into the Southern Columbia High School grounds when the Tigers were the host squad.

There have been many great players who have competed in this game over the years, from Ricco Rossini, Brett Veach, Jon

Veach, Henry Hynoski, Nick Sebes, Dave Shinskie, Dan Latorre to Josh Marks.

That first time the teams hooked up, Mount Carmel — a team that would go on to win a PIAA Class AA title that season — rolled to a 41-12 victory to snap a 30-game regular season winning streak for South-ern Columbia. The Tigers hadn’t lost in the regular season since dropping a 17-14 decision to South Wil-

Come Friday, Southern and Mount Carmel will renew their rivalry

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Southern Columbia’s Adam Feudale outruns a tackle by Mount Carmel’s Mike Gilger during the 2012 game between the two rivals.

Mount Carmel’s Luke Klingerman runs into a wall of Southern Columbia defenders during the 2012 game.

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Mount Carmel’s Bobby Beierschmitt brings down Southern Columbia’s Joe Kleman during the first half of the 2012 game.

-liamsport in 1993.The Tigers didn’t waste

anytime getting revenge, ending some long Red Tor-nadoes streaks of their own in the teams’ first meeting at the Silver Bowl the next year.

Southern Columbia’s 13-6 victory snapped Mount Car-mel’s own 20-game winning streak and it was the Red Tornadoes’ first loss in the Silver Bowl since 1993.

Those games were part of strange aspect of the early part of this series.

The road team won the majority of the games. In the first 12 meetings in the se-

ries, the home team won just four times. In fact, Southern Columbia didn’t win a game at home in the series until a Latorre TD run in the fourth quarter in 2004 led to a 21-14 victory.

Of all the great players that have played in the this game — believe it or not — it’s re-ally tough who has been the best player in this series.

It is a two-man race.Mount Carmel running

back Jon Veach was a thorn in the Tigers’ side. Veach scored nine touchdowns against Southern Columbia and helped the Red Torna-

does win three games in row from 1998 to 2000.

Veach had 240 yards and four scores in a 27-12 victory in 1999 and then followed it up with a then school-record 250 yards against the Tigers on 39 carries in a 19-12 win in 2000.

Henry Hynoski also did a his fair share of damage against his father’s alma mater. He ran for 258 yards and two touchdowns in 2005 in the Silver Bowl as the Tigers scored 26 unanswered points in a 32-21 victory. Then, in the following year, in the most lopsided game

the series has seen — a 55-0 Southern victory — he rushed for five touchdowns.

The best game in the series might have come in 2003 in one of the most anticipated battles in the state that season.

It was believed to be the first meeting between defending state champions when the two teams clashed in the Silver Bowl.

The Tigers led 14-7 at the half, but the Red Tornadoes and Southern Columbia would exchange touchdowns the rest of the way.

The Tigers would take a

28-21 lead with 3:26 left in the game, but Mount Carmel tied the game on a nine-yard Mike Sosnoskie to Tim Wargo TD pass with 59.5 seconds left.

The game would head to overtime, but not before Southern Columbia com-pleted a pass down to the MCA 17 as time expired.

Mount Carmel stopped a third- and fourth-down play on the goal line on the Tigers’ first drive in over-time before Drew Letcavage scored a touchdown as the Red Tornadoes grabbed 34-28 win in overtime.

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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Tiger StadiumLast meeting: Southern Columbia won, 55-13, in 2014SOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS(5-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr1 Cameron Young 5-7 135 SE Jr. or31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.76 Aaron Kroh 6-2 230 LT Sr.53 Andrew Bell 5-10 225 LG So.63 Dale Houser 5-9 225 C Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 RG Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 Rt Sr.33 Garrett Henry 6-1 185 TE Jr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 190 QB Sr.43 Jarred Torres 5-11 230 FB Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 HB Jr.26 Hunter Thomas 5-10 185 HB Jr.13 Tyler Keiser 6-1 165 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Chase Tillet 6-0 220 DE Sr.59 Nick Freeman 6-1 270 DT Fr.71 Chris Grosch 6-2 300 DT Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 DE Sr. or79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 DE Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 OLB Jr.66 Austin Knepp 5-7 210 ILB Sr.42 Matt Bell 6-1 190 ILB Sr.32 Jacob Potter 5-10 175 OLB Sr.1 Cameron Young 5-7 135 SE Jr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-10 175 CB Sr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 190 P Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMifflinburg W, 49-21at Bloomsburg W, 56-14at Shamokin W, 49-27Danville W, 42-14Central Columbia W, 40-0Mount Carmel FridayWarrior Run Oct. 16at Lewisburg Oct. 22at Central Mountain Oct. 30at Selinsgrove Nov. 6MOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (3-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr27 John Ayers 5-10 175 QB Fr.or7 Tommy McDonald 5-11 165 QB So.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 RB Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 FB Sr.21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 WR Jr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 WR So.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 TE Sr.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 OL Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 OL Sr.75 Billy Anderson 6-0 235 OL Fr.77 Thomas Pastchu 6-2 70 OL Jr.70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 OL So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 DE So.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 DT Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 DT Sr.13 Mason Duran 6-3 225 De Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 FB Sr.47 Manus McCracken 5- 185 LB Sr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 CB So.27 John Ayers 5-10 175 S Fr.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 S Sr.21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 S Jr.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Loyalsock L, 34-0at Selinsgrove L, 14-7Lewisburg W, 21-7at Central Mountain W, 41-21Danville W, 20-10at Southern Columbia FridayNorth Schuykill Oct. 16at Warrior Run Oct. 23Central Columbia Oct. 30Shamokin Nov. 6


CATAWISSA — What a difference three weeks make.

Four weeks ago, the Southern Columbia and Mount Carmel game looked headed to be buried on the undercard for Week 6 as it appeared the undefeated Tigers would take on the winless Red Tornadoes.

But that was three weeks ago. This week, it’s an en-tirely different story.

Building off a tough Week 2 loss against Selinsgrove, Mount Carmel has won three straight games and rolls into Tigers Stadium on Friday night looking to take sole possession of first place in the Heartland Athletic Conference Division II.

But the winning streak for the Red Tornadoes (3-2) has had some casualties and also some heroes.

Freshman quarterback John Ayers, who has stepped up and become a leader for Mount Carmel in running the new shotgun-wing of-fense, was injured in Week 4 against Central Mountain.

“John is day to day,” said Mount Carmel coach John Darrah.

Sophomore Tommy Campbell, who competed with Ayers through the sum-mer for the spot, has stepped in and done a solid job.

But in their search for new offense, the Red Tornadoes installed a Wildcat-style of-fense that features running back Kyle Karycki.

And to say that the new offense worked would be an understatement.

Karycki ran for a school-record 368 yards last week against Danville and has 898 yards and nine touch-downs.

The Red Tornadoes will be without top receiver Wesley Shurock, who was

ejected from the Danville game last week.

Mount Carmel knows it can’t be one-dimensional against the Tigers (5-0), but with the two different looks on offense, they give Southern Columbia enough to prepare for heading into Friday.

But it also looks like what Mount Carmel does best on offense is what Southern does best on defense.

The Tigers have allowed just 648 yards on the ground this season — an average of 130 yards a game — and is allowing 4.4 yards per carry.

“Our defense is playing re-

ally well at the moment,” said Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth. “We have had two really solid games in a row on that side of the ball.”

The Tigers offense has been rolling along like usual.

After missing one week with a shoulder injury, se-nior quarterback Nick Becker has picked up where he left off, going 19-for-37 for 447 yards.

The Tigers rushing game has been racking up the yards to the sound of an amazing 300 yards a game.

Leading the way has been junior tailback Hunter Thomas, who has rushed for

469 yards and nine touch-downs and has also caught eight passes for 262 yards and three scores. He leads the team in rushing, receiv-ing and scoring.

Senior tailback Blake Marks has rushed for 436 yards and five scores while senior fullback Jared Tor-res has 255 yards and four touchdowns.

The game might just come down to turnovers, as the Tigers have turned the ball over nine times this year but have also forced nine turn-overs. Mount Carmel, on the other hand, has turned the ball over just four times and forced 11.

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Mount Carmel’s Tommy McDonald throws downfield during last week’s game against Danville.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Halifax StadiumLast meeting: Line Mountain won, 24-6, in 2014

LINE MOUNTAIN EAGLES (0-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr4 Brenden Cregger 6-0 160 WR So.11 Kurt Mace 5-11 160 QB Sr.12 Logan Ingram 6-0 160 WR Sr.28 Tyler Boyer 6-0 175 FB So.48 David Quinn 5-11 160 WR Jr.50 Bem Bidding 5-10 200 C Jr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 285 LT Jr.65 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 200 G Sr.71 Brok Phillips 5-10 260 RT Sr.74 Bryce Hoffman 6-1 260 G Jr.80 Brendan Renn 6-2 220 TE Jr.10 Brent Osman 6-0 200 K-RB Jr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr3 Breven Derk 5-10 145 FS Fr.10 Brent Osman 6-0 200 SS Jr.11 Kurt Mace 5-11 160 MLB Sr.26 Cole Hauck 5-6 140 CB Jr.28 Tyler Boyer 6-0 175 OLB So.42 Shjon Kern 5-10 160 CB Sr.50 Bem Bidding 5-10 200 DT Jr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 285 DE Jr.65 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 200 DE Sr.74 Bryce Hoffman 6-1 260 DT Jr.80 Brendan Renn 6-2 220 OLB/P Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultShamokin L, 28-7Susquenita L, 17-7at Millersburg L, 27-20at Juniata L, 70-6Tri-Valley L, 28-0at Halifax FridayUpper Dauphin Oct. 16at St. Joesph’s Catholic Oct. 23at Williams Valley Oct. 30East Juniata Nov. 6

HALIFAX WILDCATS(1-4)2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSt. Joseph W, 39-23Camp Hill L, 56-13at Upper Dauphin L, 28-27Millersburg L, 21-14At Susquenita L, 14-0Line Mountain Fridayat Tri-Valley Oct. 16East Juniata Oct. 23at Newport Oct. 30Pine Grove Nov. 6


HALIFAX — One thing is for certain, someone will end a losing a streak and pick up its first Tri-Valley League win Friday night as Line Mountain takes the drive south to face Halifax.

The Eagles (0-5) are off to their worse start in recent memory, but it doesn’t mean the Eagles have mailed in the season.

“I just keep telling the kids we are going to learn from our mistakes and just keep getting better each day,” said Line Mountain coach Rodney Knock.

The Eagles are taking the next five games starting Fri-day as a new season.

“The next five games are a new season for us,” said Knock. “Our schedule is fa-vorable, but we still need to execute, get better and not make the costly mistakes.”

The Eagles have been bat-tling injuries, but out of that

have emerged some hidden gems and two of them have been in the backfield.

Tailback Breven Derk and fullback Brent Osman have stepped up in recent weeks. Derk, just a fresh-man and what Knock re-fers to as a “building block” for the future, shifted from wide receiver to tailback last week and looked strong. Os-man, a junior, has become a workhorse on the offense and has 225 yards so far this season.

The two sparks might be what a struggling Line Mountain offense needs as it is averaging 180 yards a game.

Halifax (1-4) enters the game on a four-game losing streak.

The Wildcats come into the contest averaging 300 yards a game and the yards are almost even between passing and receiving.

Junior quarterback Ma-son Erdman has thrown for 714 yards and five touch-

downs. He has been inter-cepted five times.

Erdman’s favorite tar-gets have been freshman Jay Zerbe and senior Eric Johnston. Zerbe leads the team with 249 yards on 12 catches, while Johnston has a team-high 19 catches and 146 yards.

Johnston has proven to be a dual threat out of the

backfield for the Wildcats, as he leads the team in rush-ing with 361 yards and five touchdowns. Jake Paul has 155 yards and three scores running the ball for Hali-fax.

The Wildcats have lost their last three games by a combined 23 points and have been in all three con-tests.

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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Indian StadiumEAST JUNIATA TIGERS (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Dylan Henderson 5-10 150 WR Jr. OR81 Bailey Hetrick 5-10 160 WR Sr.72 Patrick Jordan 5-9 150 LT Fr.56 Owen Zechman 5-11 185 LG Sr.63 Karona Franklin 5-11 190 C So.59 Cameron Snook 5-11 185 RG Jr.53 Bryce Fawver 6-2 200 RT Jr.86 Garrett Gabel 6-2 185 TE So.10 Chris Schulgen 6-0 185 QB Jr.28 Logan Pursley 5-10 175 RB So.39 Andrew Zerby 5-11 170 RB Sr.44 Mason Hambright 5-10 175 RB Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr56 Owen Zechman 5-11 185 DE Fr.59 Cameron Snook 5-11 185 DT Jr.62 Micah Treaster 6-1 220 DT Sr. OR52 Q. Fillmore 6-1 250 DE So.86 Garrett Gabel 6-2 185 DE So.23 Kaleb Berkich 6-0 210 DE So.28 Logan Pursley 5-10 175 LB So.39 Andrew Zerby 5-11 170 LB Sr.50 Levi Sanders 5-9 185 LB Sr.81 Bailey Hetrick 5-10 160 LB Sr.10 Chris Schulgen 6-0 185 CB Jr.13 Dylan Henderson 5-10 150 S Jr.44 Mason Hambright 5-10 175 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Hughesville L, 55-21at Pine Grove W, 13-3Greater Nanticoke Area W, 23-14Newport L, 41-10Juniata L, 47-7at Millersburg FridaySusquenita Oct. 16at Halifax Oct. 23Tri-Valley Oct. 30at Line Mountain Nov. 6MILLERSBURG INDIANS (3-2)2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Tri-Valley L, 45-16at Williams Valley L, 20-13Line Mountain W, 27-20at Halifax W, 21-14Pine Grove W, 48-0East Juniata Fridayat Newport Oct. 16at Juniata Oct. 23Upper Dauphin Oct. 30Kennard-Dale Nov. 6

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

MILLERSBURG — Fresh off a two-week stretch in which it faced Tri-Valley League heavyweights New-port and Juniata, East Ju-niata is preparing for a sec-ond half of the 2015 regular season in which three of the five teams they’ll face boast winning records.

They’ll see the first Friday night in Dauphin County. EJ (2-3 overall, 1-2 TVL) will journey eastward to face a confident Millersburg team (3-2, 2-1) on a three-game winning streak. Head coach George Miskinis noted that the Indians don’t just have one primary method or for-mation. They’ve got a wide range of options which the Tigers will have to account for.

“They have a lot of weap-ons,” Miskinis said. “(Quar-terback Christian) Wingard does a great job. Their full-back (Tyler Erdman) does a great job. (Cole) Shomper is a very good wide receiver. They do a lot of things well. We’ll have our hands full.”

Wingard alone would be a handful. The Indians’ dual-threat junior quarter-back has amassed 864 yards of offense (497 passing, 367 rushing) through five games, accounting for 11 to-tal touchdowns.

“Wingard’s very elusive,” Miskinis said. “Against Hali-fax, he made some big plays scrambling on their touch-down drive that proved to be the game-win-ner. He broke several tackles where it looked like they had him.”

But Millersburg is far from a one-man team. Tylor Erdman adds 280 yards on the ground and is averag-ing 5.2 yards per carry. Cole Shomper is averaging 15.5 yards per reception, and Tyler Hesen 18.1 yards per grab, giving Wingard a pair of steady targets to throw to.

“They’ll even mix it up and run some Wildcat,” Miskinis said. “They’re a

very well-coached team and Brad (Hatter) has done a tremendous job with them.”

EJ enters the game com-ing off of a 47-7 loss to Ju-niata, but Miskinis noted several positives from his Tigers, specifically the de-fensive pressure which was

a p p l i e d to Juniata field gen-eral Tyler Clark.

“We got four or five sacks on him, and I think that’s the first

time he’s really faced that kind of pressure,” Miskinis said. “Chris (Schulgen) had the chance to intercept a pair of passes, but he caught one of them out of bounds. That type of stuff is big for us. If we can do those types of things against good teams, hopefully it can con-tinue.”

Schulgen has also been steady piloting the Tigers’ offense, a combination of wing-T with some spread elements instituted “so he

doesn’t forget how to run the spread,” Miskinis said. “But we’re pretty confident with his ability in the wing-T, too.”

Schulgen brings to the table 540 yards of total of-fense (420 passing, 120 rush-ing). Backs Andrew Zerby and Mason Hambright have combined for 410 yards rush-ing and five touchdowns on 107 carries.

Hambright and Dylan Henderson have proven to be big-play receivers. Both are averaging better than 41 yards per reception when the Tigers do opt for the passing game.

“It’s like a chess match every week,” Miskinis said. “We’re making adjustments and tweaks. It’s easy to go through a couple of games where you see a team run something with success, and then you ask, ‘Why weren’t you doing that all along?’

“But we just have to stay true to what we’ve been do-ing,” Miskinis continued. “I think we’re coming along and it’s one of those things where I see us growing and getting better.”

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BLOOMSBURG (2-3)Bloomsburg 20 56 7 47—130Opponents 35 49 38 22—144statistics BHS OPPFirst downs 61 77Rushes-net yards 197-861 194-1,032Passing yardage 563 485Passing 31-61-1 31-57-2Fumbles-lost 8-2 14-4Penalties-yards 27-210 17-125INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Coty Kashner 79-545, 5 TDs; Darius Green 39-184, 2 TDs; Christian Lee 18-73, TD; Nick Anderson 33-59; Tommy Harrison 15-27; Jacob Mattive 3-5, 2 TDs; Logan Klinger 1-6; Hunter Coulter 3-(-7); Jake Frye 1-(-3); Nick Maletesta 2-(-5); team 3-(-22).PASSING — Nick Anderson 30-60-1 for 524 yards, 8 TDs; Cooper Thrush 1-1-0 for 39 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Eric Foust 14-278, 5 TDs; Tommy Harrison 4-55; Logan Klinger 2-76, TD; Coty Kashner 3-67, TD; Christian Lee 3-30, TD; Dylan Klinger 1-26, TD; Evan Bond 1-12; Jake Frye 1-4; Jonathan Stone

1-1.SCORING — Coty Kashner 5 rushing TDs, 1 rushing TD, 36 points; Eric Foust 5 receiv-ing TDs, 30 points; Daruis Green 2 rushing TD, 12 points; Jacob Mattive, 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Christian Lee, 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Logan Klinger 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Dylan Klinger 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Kiernan Harmon, 6 PATs, 6 points; Lance Klinger 10 PATs, 10 points.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (0-5)Central Columbia 7 13 7 7—34Opponents 56 74 23 15—168Statistics CCHS OPPFirst downs 51 88Rushes-net yards 131-434 186-1,236Passing yardage 508 631Passing 44-106-3 42-66-1Fumbles-lost 8-4 9-1Penalties-yards 31-261 37-314INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brittain Cooke 39-121; Evan Campbell 26-74, TD; Owen Gensemer 16-65; Aaron Fawver 20-44, TD; Trae

Devlin 2-26; Brandon Orzolek 1-20; Ky Seesholtz 1-3; Peter D’Ambrosio 1-(-1); Justin Thivierage 3-(-4); team, 1-2.PASSING — Aaron Fawver 39-98-3 for 446, 2 TDs; Ky Seesholtz 5-8-0 for 66 yards.RECEIVING — Eli Petersheim 12-125; Brady Crawford 10-123, TD; Brittain Cook 5-65; Peter D’Ambrosio 6-49, TD; Evan Campbell 4-38; Jensen Thivierge 3-38; Trae Devlin 2-38; Isaac Gensemer 2-24.SCORING — Aaron Fawver 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Eli Petersheim 1 kickoff return TD, 6 points; Evan Campbell 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Brady Crawford, 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Garrett Bailiar 4 PATS, 4 points.

DANVILLE (2-3)Danville 17 28 30 7—82Opponents 22 7 40 27—96statistics DHS OPPFirst downs 57 84Rushes-net yards 188-849 208-1,179Passing yardage 414 592Passing 34-67-5 39-86-12Fumbles-lost 8-5 8-5Penalties-yards 23-171 30-209

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Trent Hilkert 96-566, 5 TDs; Eric Sees 14-80; Ryan Palm 30-88, 2 TDs; Gannon Feldman 33-71; Cross Truesdell 6-18; Austin Miller 2-3; Colton Riley 4-(-8); team 1-(-16).PASSING — Gannon Feldman 34-64-4 for 414 yards, 3 TDs; Brennan Ryan 0-1-0; Peyton Riley 0-2-0.

RECEIVING — Colton Riley 12-132, TD; Peyton Riley 9-164; Shane Kozick 5-62, 2 TDs; Matt Meloy 4-30; Trent Hilkert 3-0; Peyton Persing 2-17; Cross Truesdell 1-9.SCORING — Trent Hilkert, 5 rushing TDs, 30 points; Peyton Riley 1 intercep-

“They have a lot of weapons.”

— East Juniata coach George Miskinis, on Millersburg

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Game NightWhen: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Cardinals StadiumLast Meeting: Upper Dauphin won, 41-7

UPPER DAUPHIN TROJANS (2-3)OFFENSENo. Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 QB Sr.15 Evan Hoffman 5-8 160 FB Jr.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 150 SB Sr.30 Donnie Gelnett 5-11 195 SB Fr.16 Colton Laudenslager 5-10 155 TE Sr.5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 WR Sr.60 Kegan Kerstetter 5-11 180 C So.54 Cody Zerbe 5-9 200 G Sr.55 Masen Bellis 6-3 220 G So.51 Cole Zimmerman 6-3 205 T Sr.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 T Jr.DEFENSENo. Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr.51 Cole Zimmerman 6-3 205 DE Sr.54 Cody Zerbe 5-9 200 DT Sr.74 Blair Warner 6-1 335 DT Jr.55 Masen Bellis 6-3 220 DE So.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 150 OLB Sr.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 ILB Jr.32 Coy Rickert 5-9 205 ILB Sr.30 Donnie Gelnett 5-11 195 OLB Fr.5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 CB Sr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 S Sr.20 Mason Wiest 5-11 130 CB Fr.2015 scheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Camp Hill L, 56-0Tri-Valley L, 41-13Halifax W, 28-27at Williams Valley L, 61-26at St. Joe’s W, 14-8at Pine Grove Fridayat Line Mountain Oct. 16Newport Oct. 23at Millersburg Oct. 30Susquenita Nov. 6

PINE GROVE CARDINALS (0-5)2015 scheduleOpponent Date/Resultat North Lebanon L, 52-0East Juniata L, 13-3at Juniata L, 79-0Susquenita L, 42-7at Millersburg L, 48-0Upper Dauphin Fridayat Williams Valley Oct. 16Tri-Valley Oct. 23Eastern Oct. 30at Halifax Nov. 6

By Marion ValanoskiFor The Daily Item

PINE GROVE — Brent Bell has been around coach-ing long enough to know Friday’s Tri-Valley League matchup against winless Pine Grove is one of those games the experts refer to as a “trap game,” and he’s warned his Upper Dauphin football team about the per-ils of playing against some-one in search of their initial victory.

The Trojans (2-3) are coming off a 14-8 comeback victory against St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy, while the Cardinals were blanked by Millersburg 48-0. But the UDA mentor is not taking this week’s opponent lightly.

“I thought last week would have been that so-called ‘trap game,’” Bell said. “We had that long bus ride, the bad weather, and they took the lead by halftime, 8-6, and they were winless look-ing for that first win of the year. But our team rallied in the second half and for-tunately we scored in the fourth quarter to secure the comeback.

“I have stressed to the players you can’t take any team for granted and this is a Tri-Valley League matchup. And they will want to do well at home.”

Upper Dauphin’s primary concern defensively will be Austin Ney, who early on played quarterback for Pine Grove, but has recently been playing running back. De-spite the fact that Ney only has 13 yards against Millers-burg, Bell knows that he is dangerous.

“We’ve watched him on film at both positions and he’s a good athlete,” Bell said. “We have to be aware of him on the field.

“Defensively, we have to be aware of their inside run-ning game, which will come

out of Pro-Formation, and our offense has to be able to pick up the blitz. The line-backers are very active out of their 4-4 and once again it’s up to the line to follow its blocking assignments and give our quarterback time to throw the ball.”

Quarterback Aaron Cleveland only picked up 24 yards on the ground against St. Joseph’s. However, he completed 11 passes for 111 yards. Mason Wiest had a decent performance, col-lecting 58 yards on just 10 carries — but one carry was for a 23-yard touchdown in

the opening period that gave the Trojans a 6-0 lead.

The Trojans’ Tyler Wiest chipped in with an addi-tional 58 on the ground as the winners accounted for 143 yards rushing against the Wolves’ defense.

Bell, however, gave kudos to his defense as the Trojans held St. Joseph’s to minus-56 on the ground.

“Our defense was great against the run and we must continue to perform at that level this week against Pine Grove,” the Trojans’ coach said. “We need for that mo-mentum to carry over into

this week’s game if we want to come off the field victori-ous for the second week in a row.

“We must continue to be physical on both sides of the ball and cut down on mistakes. It was the second time this year we won a close game and came back last week.”

The Cardinals, who were beaten by the Trojans last year, 41-7, were held to minus -4 yards of offense against the Indians. St. Joseph’s only score against UDA came on a 72-yard punt return by the Wolves’ Mike Kresovich.

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An Upper Dauphin runner picks up yardage during a scrimmage against Warrior Run in August.

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What: Saturday 1 p.m.Where: Christy Mathewson Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Bucknell won, 45-24, during 2014 regular seasonRadio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 12:30 p.m.LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (2-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr65 Tim O’Hara 6-5 290 LT So.63 Matt Ford 6-4 290 LG Sr.74 Brandon Short 6-3 280 C Jr.56 Matt Cohen 6-6 280 RG Sr.72 Zach Duffy 6-5 325 RT Jr.88 Chris Ruhl 6-4 240 TE Sr.3 Troy Felletier 6-3 195 WR So.8 Gatlin Casey 6-3 190 WR So.21 Derek Knott 5-9 170 WR Sr.32 Dom Bragalone 5-11 205 TB Fr.9 Nick Shafnisky 6-1 210 QB Jr.36 Ed Mish 5-10 195 K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Tyler Cavenas 6-5 295 DE So.52 Greg Palma 6-3 265 NG Sr.40 Matt Laub 6-3 235 DE Sr.39 Pierce Pipanti 6-0 225 LB Jr.5 Colton Caslow 6-1 225 LB Jr.38 Noah Robb 6-3 215 LB Sr. 7 Randall Lawson 5-11 180 ROV Sr.1 Olivier Rigaund 6-1 190 CB Sr.26 Brandon Leaks 5-11 170 CB Jr.2 Quentin Jones 5-10 190 SS So.20 Brian Githens 6-1 210 FS Jr.43 Austin Devine 6-3 205 P Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Cent. Conn St. W, 20-14at #11 JMU L, 55-17Penn W, 42-14at Princeton L, 52-26Yale L, 27-12at Bucknell Saturdayat Fordham Oct. 24Georgetown Oct. 31Holy Cross Nov. 7at Colgate Nov. 14Layfayette Nov. 21BUCKNELL BISON (3-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr2 Bobby Kaslander 6-2 200 WR Sr.70 Julie’n Davenport 6-7 315 LT Jr.76 Clayton Hoffmaster 6-4 295 LG Sr.54 Cary Hess 6-4 290 C Jr.66 Devin Brennan 6-4 295 RG Jr.71 Ramy Kased 6-6 315 RT Sr.87 Andrew Podbielski 6-4 240 TE So. 6 R.J. Nitti 6-4 230 QB Jr.80 Andrew Owers 6-3 240 FB Fr. 4 C.J. Williams 6-0 210 RB Jr.18 Will Carter 5-10 180 WR Jr.93 John Burdick 6-0 185 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Doug Whitlock 6-2 250 DE So.40 Abdullah Anderson 6-4 295 DT So.99 Ben Schumacher 6-2 270 NG Jr.15 Jimmy King 6-1 250 DE Sr.29 Ben Richard 6-1 235 LB So.42 Mark Pyles 6-0 220 LB So.13 Colin Jonov 5-11 195 CB So.5 Clayton Ewell 6-1 195 SS Sr.43 Louis Taglianetti 5-11 200 FS Sr.28 Connor Golden 6-0 195 WS So.37 Bryan Marine 5-10 180 CB Fr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMarist W, 17-0Duquesne L, 26-7at Cornell W, 19-14at VMI W, 28-22 (OT)Lehigh Saturdayat Army Oct. 17Georgetown Oct. 24at Lafayette Oct. 31at Fordham Nov. 7Holy Cross Nov. 14at Colgate Nov. 21

By Todd StanfordThe Daily Item

LEWISBURG — If there’s one thing Bucknell has proven already this sea-son, it’s that the Bison play-ers have plenty of fire in the belly.

For the second straight game, Bucknell showed its resourcefulness last week-end against Virginia Mili-tary Academy. The Bison trailed by 12 at one point before rallying for a 28-22 victory on the road in over-time.

In their previous game, the Bison had scored a late touchdown on 4th-and-10 to escape Ithaca with a 19-14 victory over Cornell.

“They really showed their character in this one,” Bison coach Joe Susan said about the win over VMI. “We were down 19-7 at one time. But they never lost focus of the fact that it doesn’t count

until you’re off the field.”For the second straight

game, sophomore running back Joey DeFloria was one of the heros on the day. Against the Big Red, De-Floria caught the winning 4th-down touchdown pass from R.J. Nitti. Against the Keydets, he took back a kickoff 85 yards for a score that began the Bison rally.

“That really changed the momentum,” Susan said of the Greensburg (Pa.) na-tive’s return. “He’s a great kid. Very low-key in terms of his humble approach. A very smart football player. ... He’s fast. He outran their defense (even though) they had an angle on him.”

Bucknell (3-1) did enough to come away with the vic-tory against VMI, but Su-san was still disappointed in some of the mistakes his team made. On the defen-sive end, the Bison — who

had been allowing just a lit-tle over 13 points per game — gave up 22 points and 395 yards of total offense while missing 15 tackles.

“They did a very good job attacking our defense,” Susan said. “Normally, we don’t miss 15 tackles.”

The Bison will look for improvement this week as they host Lehigh in their Patriot League opener Sat-urday (kickoff at 1). The Mountain Hawks (2-3, 0-0 PL) feature a talented quar-terback in Nick Shafnisky.

“(Shafnisky’s) a very good player,” Susan said. “One of the best athletes we’ll see.”

Shafnisky is the team’s leading rusher with 359 yards on 86 carries with four touchdowns. He’s also completed 65 percent of his passes for 1,335 yards and seven scores.

Lehigh also features a tailback whom most Valley

football fans should remem-ber: freshman Dominick Bragalone from South Wil-liamsport.

Bragalone is the second-leading rusher on the team. He’s averaging 51 yards per game and has one touch-down on the ground. He’s also caught seven passes for 176 yards and a score.

Defensively, Lehigh is yielding 34 points per game. The Mountain Hawks have given up more than 50 points twice this year.

“They do play a little more man-to-man than we saw last week,” Susan said. “That gives us opportuni-ties downfield.”

Like VMI, Lehigh also employs the no-huddle.

“We’ll see that some in Lehigh,” Susan said. “A lot of people we play against use the no-huddle. As the game went on (against VMI), we got better with it.”

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Bucknell’s Jimmy King and Connor Golden tackle Duquesne’s Klartel Claridy during a game last month.

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Game NightWhat: Saturday 4 p.m.Where: Chryst FieldLast meeting: Bloomsburg won 41-0 on Oct. 11, 2014Radio: WHLM 930 AM

BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (2-2)OFFENSENo, Player Ht Wt Pos Yr70 John Garland 6-4 300 LT Jr.62 Christian Whiteside 6-3 275 LG Sr.63 Ryan Geiger 6-1 285 C Sr.74 Nick Reed 6-1 275 RG Sr.50 Dakota Hoagland 6-4 300 RT Sr.7 Chad Hoffman 6-1 190 X Jr.8 Connor Gades 6-1 195 Z Sr.5 Shane Quinn 6-2 250 TE Sr.13 Tim Kelly 6-1 188 QB Sr.26 Lawrence Elliott Jr. 6-1 207 RB Jr.39 Eric McCracken 6-0 245 FB So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr82 Joe Wetty 6-3 230 DE Jr.71 Jeremiah Lowery 6-3 270 DT Sr.42 Ezra Ranco 6-2 300 DT Jr.54 Scott Beltz 6-2 230 DE So.44 Andrew Harris 5-10 215 LB Jr.53 Tyrik Clary 6-0 225 LB Sr.11 Garrett Pope 6-2 218 LB Sr.9 Gary Postell 5-8 170 LCB Sr.17 Jerrin Toomey 5-10 185 S Jr.28 Darnell Baldwin 6-3 200 S So. or24 Travon Pugh 5-9 177 S Jr.6 Marquis Seamon 5-10 165 RCB Fr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultStonehill L, 27-10at California (PA) W, 20-13Mercyhurst L, 20-14at Shippensburg W, 17-6Cheyney W, 63-0at Millersville SaturdayKutztown Oct. 17at West Chester Oct. 24at East Stroudsburg Oct. 31Lock Haven Nov. 7Seton Hill (or PSAC Champ) Nov. 14

MILLERSVILLE MAURADERS (0-5)2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultUrsinus L, 17-9at Clarion L, 27-21at Slippery Rock L, 75-0West Chester L, 48-3at Kutztown L, 47-14Bloomsburg Saturdayat East Stroudsburg Oct. 17Lock Haven Oct. 24at Shippensburg Oct. 31Cheyney Nov. 7Edinboro Nov. 14

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

MILLERSVILLE — Like a snowball rolling down the mountain, Bloomsburg has quickly become very dif-ficult to stop. The Huskies will be looking to continue gaining momentum in south central Pennsylvania.

Bloomsburg (3-2 overall, 2-0 PSAC East) will ven-ture southward to Lancaster County to face Millersville (0-5, 0-2) Saturday afternoon at Biemesderfer Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m.

Last season, Bloomsburg defeated Millersville, 41-0, on homecoming. It marked the Huskies’ first shutout victory since 2008, and im-proved the Maroon and Gold’s record in the series to 42-30-5.

Bloomsburg is unbeaten in its 2015 road games, and has won 30 of its last 39 road games dating back to 2009.

The Huskies are coming off of a dominant 63-0 vic-tory over Cheyney, a game in which both the offense and defense had just about everything fall into place. Reading over the stat sheet in his office in the wake of the game, Huskies coach Paul Darragh’s eyes lit up when he saw his defensive unit’s effort.

“I can’t remember the last time we held an opponent to 69 yards of offense,” Dar-ragh said.

It turned out to be the fourth-fewest yards the Hus-kies had yielded to an op-ponent since 1993, and the 17 yards passing amassed by Cheyney were also the fourth fewest since 1997.

Twelve different Huskies recorded at least one half of a tackle for loss against Cheyney, with eight of those 12 also contributing a half a sack or more. Through five games, the Huskies have notched 30 tackles for loss and 15 sacks. They’ve not al-

lowed an opponent to score a touchdown in the last 11 quarters.

Millersville will be tasked with trying to solve a Bloom defense allowing only 112 yards per game on the ground and 13.2 points per game.

And if the Marauders’ or-der on offense seems tall, the defense has the even taller task of trying to corral the Bloomsburg offense, which has dramatically roared to life and is averaging 373 yards and 24.8 points per game.

The three-headed monster in the backfield of Lawrence Elliott Jr., Joe Parsnik and Alex Gooden has continued to propel the Huskies. The trio had 251 of the team’s 291 rushing yards a week ago, and have combined to rush for 1,084 yards and nine touchdowns. Over its last two games, Bloomsburg has aver-aged 321.5 yards rushing.

Furthermore, quarterback

Tim Kelly is coming off of his best statistical game of the season after throwing for 135 yards and two touch-downs in a quarter and a half of action. Kelly is up to 621 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Connor Gades, Nate Hoenl, Elliott and Doug Strang have been Kelly’s favorite targets.

Millersville enters Satur-day’s game having been out-scored 214-47 through five games. The Marauders are averaging 199.2 yards per

game and have scored only six offensive touchdowns.

Phil Overton and Cimir-row Moat lead the Millers-ville ground attack. Each has over 100 yards and av-erages better than 3.1 yards per carry. Quarterback J.J. Paige has thrown for more than 400 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another 75.

Rasheed Johnson leads Millersville’s defense with 53 tackles, including four for loss.

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When: 12 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Beaver StadiumRadio: WKOK 1070Television: ESPN2INDIANA HOOSIERS (4-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr78 Jason Spriggs 6-7 305 LT Sr.76 Wes Martin 6-3 312 LG Sr.50 Jake Reed 6-4 300 C Sr.67 Dan Feeney 6-4 310 RG Sr.77 Dimitric Carniel 6-7 310 RT Sr.4 Ricky Jones 5-10 188 WR Sr.1 Simmie Cobbs 6-4 212 WR So.87 Mitchell Paige 5-7 176 WR Sr.7 Nate Sudfeld 6-6 240 QB Sr.8 Jordan Howard 6-1 230 RB Jr.85 Michael Cooper 6-5 260 TE Sr.92 Griffin Oakes 5-10 200 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr93 Ralph Green III 6-5 304 DT Sr.99 Adarius Rayner 6-2 299 NT Sr.56 Nick Mangieri 6-5 275 DE Sr.33 Zach Shaw 6-3 253 LB Sr.41 Clyde Newton 6-1 230 SLB Jr.2 T.J. Simmons 6-0 232 MLB Jr.44 Marcus Oliver 6-1 240 WLB Jr.16 Rashard Fant 5-10 177 LCB Jr.30 Chase Dutra 6-1 206 FB Jr.9 Jonathan Crawford 6-2 190 SS Jr.14 Andre Brown 6-0 194 RCB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultS. Illinois W, 48-27FIU W, 36-22W. Kentucky W, 38-35at Wake Forest W, 31-24Ohio State L, 34-27at Penn State SaturdayRutgers Oct. 17Michigan State Oct. 24Iowa Nov. 7Michigan Nov. 14at Maryland Nov. 21at Purdue Nov. 28PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (4-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Chris Godwin 6-1 208 WR So.7 Geno Lewis 6-1 205 Z Sr.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-4 228 QB Jr.8 Mark Allen 5-6 181 RB So.24 Nick Scott 5-11 198 RB So.88 Mike Gesicki 6-6 255 TE So.73 Paris Palmer 6-7 302 LT Jr.53 Derek Dowrey 6-7 321 LG Sr.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 321 C Sr. 72 Brian Gaia 6-3 304 RG Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 318 RT Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr95 Carl Nassib 6-7 272 DE Sr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-4 284 DT Sr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 323 DT Jr.90 Garrett Sickels 6-4 258 DE So.25 Von Walker 5-11 219 OLB Jr.40 Jason Cabinda 6-1 245 LB So.42 Troy Reeder 6-1 241 LB So.15 Grant Haley 5-9 189 CB So.28 Troy Apke 6-1 198 FS So.5 Jordan Lucas 6-0 193 SS Sr.10 Trevor Williams 6-0 200 CB Sr.92 Daniel Pasquariello 6-1 200 P So.2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Temple L, 27-10Buffalo W, 27-14Rutgers W, 28-3San Diego State W, 37-21Army W, 20-14Indiana Saturdayat Ohio State Oct. 17Maryland Oct. 24Illinois Oct. 31at Northwestern Nov. 7Michigan Nov. 21at Michigan State Nov. 28

By Travis JohnsonThe Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE — Anthony Zettel is one of a handful of Penn State play-ers who’ve lined up against both Nate Sudfeld and Zander Diamont.

The Penn State senior de-fensive tackle and his team-mates might have to stop both Indiana quarterbacks on Saturday — a tricky proposition since their skills are so different.

“Sudfeld, he can sit in the pocket and whip the ball. He’s a very, very efficient passer,” Zettel said. “Dia-mont, the kid’s an athlete. He’s going to set their of-fense up in the best way he can using his feet.”

Just like he did last week against No. 1 Ohio State.

Diamont nearly brought the Hoosiers back from a 14-point deficit in relief when Sudfeld, the team’s 6-foot-6, strong-armed starter, was knocked from the game in the third quar-ter.

Zettel wasn’t surprised to see Diamont’s 76-yard touchdown run with 10 minutes left that cut Ohio State’s lead to a touchdown. He also wasn’t surprised to watch Diamont lead a nine-play drive to the Ohio State 9-yard line before an errant snap sealed the Hoosiers’ loss.

Diamont nearly led a comeback against Penn State a year ago. With Sud-feld injured, Diamont ran for 58 yards and five first downs, but Penn State es-caped Bloomington with a 13-7 win. It didn’t go as well for Penn State the previous season when Sudfeld picked the Nittany Lions apart for 321 yards and two touch-downs in Indiana’s only win in the series.

But Sudfeld is far from a lock to play on Saturday. He

aggravated an ankle injury against the Buckeyes and will have to be cleared to play by doctors.

He’ll also have to be mo-bile enough to escape dan-ger, which can come from any angle against Penn State.

The Nittany Lions are second in the country with 21 sacks and third in tack-les for loss with 46. Defen-sive ends Carl Nassib and Garrett Sickels have come on strong while Zettel and Austin Johnson have been equally effective in the mid-dle.

“If Nate’s healthy and he can protect himself and play, he’s going to play,” Indiana coach Kevin Wilson said.

Which quarterback plays will affect Penn State’s de-fensive backs, too.

Coach James Franklin hasn’t been pleased with his secondary’s tackling the last two weeks and different

quarterbacking styles will call for different approaches from a secondary that’s struggled to bring down ball carriers in the open field.

Shoulder tackles and poor pursuit angles plagued Penn State in its 20-14 win against Army, particularly when quarterback A.J. Schurr burst down the sideline past sophomore cornerback Grant Haley and senior safety Jordan Lucas for a 56-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

“We’re the last line of de-fense so we gotta be the most reliable and wrap up as best as we can,” Haley said.

Especially if Diamont scrambles into the second level and if Sudfeld plays and spreads the ball around to a pair of 6-foot-4 receiv-ers in Simmie Cobbs Jr. and Ricky Jones. Both have 21 catches and big size advan-tages over Penn State’s de-fensive backs.

“We gotta have respect for both of them,” Haley said.

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Penn State defensive tackle Austin Johnson (99) gets past San Diego State’s Pearce Slater as he returns a fumble for a touchdown during last month’s game.

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tion return TD, 2 FG, 10 PATs, 22 points; Shane Kozick 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Ryan Palm, 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Colton Riley 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Jared Mowrey 1 interception return TD, 6 points.

EAST JUNIATA (2-3)East Juniata 0 27 34 13—74Opponents 37 62 21 40—160statistics EJHS OPPFirst downs 55 62Rushes-net yards 198-699 121-1,075Passing yardage 400 552Passing 19-45-1 31-42-2Fumbles-lost 9-1 7-3Penalties-yards 37-294 30-247INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Mason Hambright 51-247, 2 TDs: Andrew Zerby 51-162, 3 TDs; Chris Schlugen 61-144, TD; Logan Pursley 19-71; Blake Sheaffer 6-70; John Moyer 3-5; Aaron Rhone 1-(-1); Brady McLaughlin 2-0; Stahl 1-0; Kaleb Berkich 1-4; Tim Snook 1-(-4); John Moyer 1-(-6).PASSING — Chris Schlugen 18-43-1 for 418 yards, 3 TDs; Micah Treaster 1-1-0 for 1 yard.RECEIVING — Andrew Zerby 3-8; Mason Hambright 2-156, TD; Dylan Anderson 3-117, 2 TDs; Bailey Hetrick 3-42; Gabriel Gabel 3-45; Anthony Minium 1-16; Logan Pursley 1-(-3).SCORING — Andrew Zerby 3 rushing TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 24 points; Mason Hambright 2 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 18 points; Dylan Anderson 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Alex Tittle 7 PATS, 1 FG, 10 points.

LEWISBURG (4-1)Lewisburg 31 53 42 20—146Opponents 14 28 7 7—56statistics LHS OPPFirst downs 72 67Rushes-net yards 146-494 213-1,110Passing yardage 893 378Passing 61-102-4 27-71-9Fumbles-lost 7-4 11-6Penalties-yards 31-262 35-288INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — AJ Ramirez 52-198, TD; Dominic Farronato 26-124, 2 TDs; Spencer Barlett 17-85; Trent Gower 32-67, TD; Ben Higgins 9-22; Sean Lewis 3-(-12); Stone Hollenbach 1-8; team, 6-(-5).PASSING — Trent Gower 57-95-4 for 786 yards, 14 TDs; Stone Hollenbach 4-7-0 for 107 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Noah Inch 22-422, 7 TDs; Matt Fedorjaka 18-229, 3 TDs; Dylan Farronato 8-113, TD; Donte Malone 7-78, 2 TDs; Dominic Farronato 3-6; A.J. Ramirez 2-8; Aaron Veloz 1-7; James Richard 1-5, TD; Spencer Barlett 1-3, TD.SCORING — Noah Inch 7 receiving TDs, 42 points; Nate Liscum 17 PATS, 3 FGs, 26 points; Matt Fedorjaka 3 receiving TD, 18 points; Dominic Farronato 2 rushing TDs, 1 interception return TD, 18 points; Donte Malone 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Dylan Farronato 1 receiving TD, 6 points; James Richard 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Spencer Barlett 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Trent Gower 1 rushing TD, 6 points; AJ Ramirez 1 rushing TD, 6 points.

LINE MOUNTAIN (0-5)Line Mountain 0 14 0 26—40Opponent 28 74 38 40—170statistics LMHS OPPFirst downs 52 82Rushes-net yards 185-601 173-963Passing yardage 309 692Passing 29-104-5 48-78-1Fumbles-lost 9-7 8-4Penalties-yards 18-97 16-176INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kenny Boyer 59-263, TD;

Brent Osman 45-238; Breven Derk 19-45; Adam Malfi 5-35, TD; Colby Scott 7-26; Tyler Boyer 11-23; Cole Hauck 6-14; Justin Scott 1-5; Gage Bowers 1-2; Brendan Renn 1-(-10); team, 1-(-23); Kurt Mace, 25-(-36), TD.PASSING — Kurt Mace 29-102-4 for 319 yards, 2 TDs; K. Boyer 0-1-1; Justin Scott 0-1-0.RECEIVING — David Quinn 11-167, TD; Brendan Ryan 6-40; Logan Ingram 5-35, TD; Tyler Boyer 3-37; Cole Hauck 2-9; Brent Osman 1-9; Brendan Cregger 1-11.SCORING — Kenny Boyer 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Ryan Mace 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Logan Ingram 1 receiving TD; 6 points; David Quinn 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Adam Malfi 1 rush-ing TD, 6 points; Brent Osman, 4 PATs, 4 points.

MIFFLINBURG (0-5)Mifflinburg 19 33 0 21—73Opponents 67 54 68 12—203statistics Miff OppFirst downs 52 63Rushes-net yards 143-470 159-1,128Passing yardage 849 326Passing 68-135-14 20-47-0Fumbles-lost 12-7 5-2Penalties-yards 27-245 40-281INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brayden Pierce 75-415, 4 TDs; Cole Laubach 12-89, TD; Zach Shambach 2-31; James Zack 6-25; ; Hunter Kahley 6-0; Tristian Martin 4-4; Brian Zimmerman 4-18; Kyle Gessner 2-(-1); Clayton Sheesley 2-(-7); Owen Walter 6-(-21) Josh Foster 14-(-67).PASSING — Josh Foster 35-82-9 for 406 yards, 3 TDs; James Zack 27-47-5 for 337, TD; Owen Walter 2-4-0 for 55 yards, TD; Tristan Martin 2-2-0 for 65 yards.RECEIVING — Tristan Martin 23-259, 2 TDs; Brian Zimmerman 16-282, TD; Brad Sauers 8-67, TD; Brayden Pierce 7-45; Cole Laubach 4-64; Robert Foltz 2-78, TD; Chris Day 3-15; Owen Walter 1-18; Zach Shambach 2-16.SCORING — Brayden Pierce 4 rushing TDs, 1 2-point run, 26 points; Tristian Martin 2 receiving TD, 12 points; Cole Laubach 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Robert Foltz 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brad Sauers 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brian Zimmerman 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Owen Walter 1 2-point run, 2 points; Ryan Oliver 3 PATS, 3 points.

MILTON (1-4)Milton 14 26 37 23—100Opponent 55 34 34 39—162statistics Milt OppFirst downs 73 91Rushes-net yards 231-1,351 209-935Passing yardage 156 394Passing 17-49-2 36-71-2Fumbles-lost 17-10 13-5Penalties-yards 27-157 17-127INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brandon Stokes 108-811, 9 TDs; Raff Rodqiguez 40-351, 4 TDs; Lance Fogelman 22-123; Eric Wilt 15-51; Michael Cooper 7-30; Phillip Davis 2-0; Quaylin Rice 3-8; Michael Young 3-7; Hunter Snyder 16-(-39); team, 1-(-5).PASSING — Hunter Snyder 16-44-1 for 143 yards, TD; Brandon Stokes 0-1-0-0; Phil Davis 1-4-1 for 13 yards.RECEIVING — Mason Whitmyer 6-41; Brandon Stokes 5-43; Lance Fogelman 3-19; Alex Garcia 1-14; Eric Wilt 1-13; Jahil Garrison 1-26, TD.SCORING — Brandon Stokes 9 rush TDs, 3 PATs, 1 2-point run, 59 points; Raff Rodqiguez 4 rushing TDs, 24 points; Jahill Garrison, 1 reciving TD, 6 points; Lance Fogelman 1 2-point run, 2 points.

MOUNT CARMEL (3-2)Mount Carmel 22 42 12 20—96Opponents 3 35 0 38—86

statistics MCHS OPPFirst downs 71 62Rushes-net yards 225-1,379 156-618Passing yardage 287 522Passing 23-41-3 46-72-4Fumbles-lost 5-1 12-7Penalties-yards 34-257 18-128INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kyle Karyicki 112-898, 9 TDs; John Ayers 54-209, TD; Lane Tanney 13-117; Allen Yancoskie 18-126; Zach Zarkowski 13-45; Tom McDonald 6-52; Cameron Britt 5-5; Manus McCracken 4-0; team 4-(-17).PASSING — Tom McDonald 10-20-2 for 215 yards, 3 TDs; John Ayers 13-21-1 for 172 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Wes Shurock 7-190, 3 TDs; Allen Yancoskie 7-73; Lane Tanney 4-79, TD; Mason Duran 4-35; Karyicki 1-9.SCORING — Kyle Karycki 9 rushing TD, 54 points; Wes Shurock, 3 receiving TDs, 18 points; John Ayers 1 rushing TD, 1 2-point run, 8 points; Lane Tanney 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Tom Paschuta 4 PATs, 4 points; Zach Zarkowski 1 2-point run, 2 points.

SELINSGROVE (5-0)Selinsgrove 52 57 20 35—166Opponent 6 16 8 14—44statistics Sel OPPFirst downs 78 41Rushes-net yards 181-1,008 166-570Passing yardage 701 236Passing 50-78-5 22-59-9Fumbles-lost 7-3 5-4Penalties-yards 37-333 29-197INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Juvon Batts 35-446, 5 TDs; Angelo Martin 64-346, 2 TDs; Logan Leiby 42-91, TD; Drew Peterman 15-71, TDs; Ethan Trautman 16-47, 3 TDs; Joe Kahn 4-22; Hunter Croman 1-4; Garrett Campbell 1-3; David Klinger 1-(-1); team 2-(-2).PASSING — Logan Leiby 50-77-5 for 701 yards, 7 TDs; team, 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Nick Swineford 15-265, 4 TDs; Colin Hoke 14-205, 2 TDs; Tony Dressler 5-53, TD; Juvon Batts 4-59; Richard Cope 4-37; Angelo Martin 2-13; Joe Radel 2-27; Ethan Trautman 2-14.SCORING — Juvon Batts 5 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 36 points; Joey Radel 21 PATS, 4 FG, 33 points; Nick Swineford 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; Colin Hoke 2 receiving TD, 1 punt return TD, 18 points; Angelo Martin 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Tony Dressler 1 receiving TD, 1 intercep-tion return TD, 12 points; Ethan Trautman 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Logan Leiby 1

rushing TD, 6 points; Thomas Mullen, 1 PAT, 1 point.

SHAMOKIN (1-3)Shamokin 21 31 22 50—124Opponent 63 43 7 38—151statistics Sham OPPFirst downs 73 70Rushes-net yards 204-1,098 211-1,086Passing yardage 374 471Passing 32-76-11 25-63-2Fumbles-lost 9-4 9-4Penalties-yards 23-199 30-249INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Preston Burns 104-726, 8 TDs; Garret Zalar 25-117; Nate Shurock 17-83; Devin Pietkiewicz 18-69; Mark Wetzel 14-50; Isaiah Reiprish 3-32; Jake Jeremiah 1-2; Ty Berge 12-1; Tom Campbell 8-(-14); team, 1-(-17).PASSING — Thomas Campbell 18-38-7 for 241 yards, 3 TDs; Nate Shurock 9-28-1 for 85 yards, TD Zach Johnson 5-12-3 for 48 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Jacob DiRienzo 8-93; Devin Pietkiewicz 7-40; Isaiah Reiprish 3-113, 2 TDs; Jake Jermiah 2-16; Breslin 1-36; Marcus Divert 1-22, TD; Mark Wetzel 1-7; Nate Shurock 1-3; Garrett Zalar 2-13; Ty Berge, 2-4; Thomas Campbell 1-12, TD; Matt Knowles 1-15.SCORING — Preston Burns 8 rushing TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 54 points; Alek Washuta 14 PATs, 2 FG, 20 points; Isaiah Reiprish 2 receiving TD, 12 poinits; David Stephens 2 fumble return TDs, 12 points; Jacob DiRienzo, 1 receivng TD, 6 points; Garrett Zalar 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Thomas Campbell 1 receiving TD, 6 points.

SHIKELLAMY (1-4)Shikellamy 20 38 14 6—78Opponents 27 70 51 31—179statistics Shik OPPFirst downs 46 86Rushes-net yards 161-606 196-1061Passing yardage 519 627Passing 37-90-6 49-88-10Fumbles-lost 5-2 11-3Penalties-yards 46-381 51-345INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Shawn Turber 32-313, 4 TDs; Gabe Tilford 39-169, 2 TDs; Joey Folk 19-60; Pierson White 12-48, TD; Christian Schlegel 35-(-5); Kobe Swanger 10-29; Chris Tasker 9-10; Corey Wagner 1-7; David Munoz 1-1; Ethan Oakes 2-4; Lemeir Mitchell 5-15; Luke Tilford 2-2; Tate Krankoskie 4-(-12).PASSING — Christian Schlegel 31-78-6

for 368 yards, TD; Shawn Turber 1-1-0 for 70 yards, TD; Tate Krankoskie 5-13-0 for 67 yards.RECEIVING — Shawn Turber 11-132, TD; Trey Cunningham 9-82; Gabe Tilford 7-95; Hunter Dodge 5-116, TD; Owen Long 3-64; Pierson White 2-9; Thanyne Hummel 1-11; Schlegel 1-10.SCORING — Shawn Turber 4 rushing TDs, 1 receving TD, 30 points; Pierson White 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff TD, 12 points; Gabe Tilford 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Hunter Dodge 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Tate Krankoskie 1 interception return TD, 6 points; Dylan Snyder 9 PATs, 1 FG 12 points. SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (5-0)Southern Columbia 97 63 56 20—236Opponents 20 14 15 32—81statistics SCHS OppFirst downs 93 46Rushes-net yards 170-1,587 135-648Passing yardage 744 741Passing 36-65-4 60-117-6Fumbles-lost 13-5 5-3Penalties-yards 25-180 27-241INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Hunter Thomas 30-469, 9 TDs; Blake Marks 37-436, 5 TDs; Jared Torres 41-255, 4 TDs; Nic Fetterman 17-107, 2 TDs; Thomas Manley 12-94, TD; Drew Michaels 10-67; Nick Becker 3-35; Dylan Kranzel 15-39, TD; Jacob Potter 7-57; A.J. Goodlunas 7-24; Billy Marzeski 9-25, TD; Garrett Henry 1-3; Sami Abdul 3-17; Cole Potter 2-15.PASSING — Nick Becker 19-37-3 for 447 yards, 5 TDs; Drew Michaels 12-18-1 for 214 yards, 3 TDs; Justin Derk 3-9-0 for 62 yards.RECEIVING — Steve Toczylousky 10-247, 3 TDs; Cam Young 8-115, TD; Hunter Thomas 8-262, 3 TDs; Blake Marks 3-38 Jared Torres 2-10; Garrett Henry 2-34, TD; Tom Ivey, 1-3.SCORING — Hunter Thomas 9 rushing TDs, 3 receiving TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 1 interception TD, 84 points; Tyler Keiser 28 PATs, 1 FG, 31 points; Blake Marks 5 rush-ing TDs, 1 PAT, 31 points; Jared Torres 4 rushing TDs, 24 points; Steve Toczylousky 3 receiving TDs, 18 points; Nic Fetterman, 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Billy Marzeski 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Dylan Frantzel 1 rush-ing TD, 6 points; Jacob Manley, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Austin Knepp 1 interception return TD, 6 points; Garrett Henry 1 receiv-ing TD, 6 points.

WARRIOR RUN (2-3)Warrior Run 27 0 6 7—40Opponent 7 40 25 37—108statistics WRHS OppFirst downs 64 64Rushes-net yards 186-526 167-1,023Passing yardage 605 318Passing 56-90-4 23-54-0Fumbles-lost 11-4 11-6Penalties-yards 25-173 15-163INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tyler Brown 94-397, 2 TDs; Anthony Null 21-95, TD; Noah Showers 14-48, TD; Ty Kirkner 13-28, TD; Matt Gummo 4-25; Jorge Guillen 2-3, TD; Kade Meyer 1-3; Gage Anzulavich 26-(-67).PASSING — Gage Anzulavich 56-90-4 for 605 yards, 3 TDs.RECEIVING — Matt Truckenmiller 11-134, 2 TDs; Teddy Bender 10-119; Matt Gummo 8-110; George Reasoner 3-20; Noah Showers 3-41; Ty Kirkner 3-38; Kade Meyer 5-30, TD; Jacob Snyder 2-24; Tyler Brown 2-25; Ozzie Guillen, 1-7.SCORING — Tyler Brown 2 rushing TD, 12 points; Matt Truckenmiller 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Anthony Null 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Noah Showers, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Kade Meyer, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Jorge Guillen 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Ty Kirkner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Austin Solstez 7 PATs, 7 points.

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