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Newport(2-1) at E. Juniata (2-1) (Friday)

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Mt. Carmel

Newport

Mt. Carmel

Newport

Mt. Carmel

Newport

Mt. Carmel

Newport

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Newport

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Newport

Mt. Carmel

Newport

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Newport

Mt. Carmel

Newport

Central Mountain

Newport

Mt. Carmel

Mt. Carmel (1-2) at Cent. Mtn. (2-1) (Friday)

Line Mtn. (0-3) at Juniata (2-1) (Friday)

Juniata

U. Dauphin

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

Williams Valley

Juniata

U. Dauphin

Juniata

Williams Valley

U. Dauphin (1-2) at Will. Valley (1-2) (Friday)

Shikellamy Shikellamy Shikellamy Shikellamy Mifflinburg Shikellamy Shikellamy Shikellamy Shikellamy Mifflinburg Shikellamy

Mifflinburg (0-3) at Shikellamy (0-3) (Friday)

Selinsgrove(3-0) at Shamokin (1-2) (Friday)

Selinsgrove

Southern

Selinsgrove

Southern

Selinsgrove

Southern

Selinsgrove

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Southern

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Southern

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Southern

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Danville (2-1) at Southern Col. (3-0) (Friday)

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Lewisburg (2-1) at Milton (1-2) (Friday)

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Central Col. (0-3) at Warrior Run (1-2) (Friday)

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MILTON — There are no two ways around it and Lewisburg coach Michael Ferriero didn’t beat around the bush about his team’s performance in last Friday night’s 21-7 loss to Mount Carmel.

“We challenged the kids to be a lot tougher than we were last Friday night,” Fer-riero said. “We talked about how Lewisburg is perceived overall as a team. We got bullied on Friday night.

“In the year-and-a-half that I have been at Lewis-burg, when we go against the Selinsgroves, the Mount Carmels, the Southerns, they have been a lot tougher than we’ve been.”

Friday night against Mil-ton in a Heartland Athletic Conference crossover game, the Green Dragons will get chance to work on their toughness against the Black Panthers.

Because Milton’s game plan is going to be quite similar to the Red Torna-does — run the ball right at Lewisburg with a big run-ning back.

“Typically we haven’t had success with bigger backs (the Red Tornadoes’ Kyle Karyicki being a perfect ex-ample),” Ferriero said. “Re-cords don’t matter this week. We need to have the same mindset we had for the Mon-toursville game and know its going to be a fight.”

It’s a game plan that was successful for the Black Panthers last week as they downed North Penn for their first win of the season.

Fullback Brandon Stokes has rushed for 539 yards and five touchdowns this season and halfback Raff Rodri-guez (283 yards, 4 scores) had 171 yards and three scores in the win over North

Penn.The Black Panthers (1-2)

were exposed to a spread offense against North Penn and will see some similari-ties with the Green Dragons, but Milton coach George Goodwin says Lewisburg brings a whole different level of things to deal with.

“You can sit here and named all of the athletes they have,” Goodwin said. “We played a first-year var-sity starter quarterback last year. The Burleigh kids was good, but Trent Gower has a bunch of experience as well.”

Goodwin said that not only is he concerned about Gower’s athletic ability at quarterback, but that his quick decisions under center cause as many prob-lems for a defense.

“I don’t know if we are experienced enough in the secondary to disguise the coverages that we need to,” Goodwin said. “We are going to have to figure out a way to give (Gower) some different looks.”

Ferriero says he and his quarterback had some dis-cussions after last week’s loss to Mount Carmel. Af-ter just one interception and seven touchdowns along with 437 yards the first two weeks of the season, Gower threw three interceptions and had just 96 yards in the air against the Red Torna-does.

“We talked about deci-sion making and to have him understand that a lot of the blame falls on his shoul-ders and mine because of the positions (quarterback and coach) that we are in,” Ferriero said.

The Green Dragons (2-1)

would also like to get their running game going against the Black Panthers. After Dominic Farronato ran for 108 yards and the squad rushed for nearly 200 yards against Shikellamy in the opening game, Lewisburg hasn’t crossed the 100-yard threshold as a team in its last two games.

“After watching the game film, I think the line played well in the running game. There were some holes there,” Ferriero said. “Some of it was being down 21-7 most of the second half; there weren’t a whole of lot of opportunities to run the ball.”

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LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 WR Sr.74 Dee Gose 6-1 250 LT Jr.72 Lance Klinefelter 5-11 250 LG So.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 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.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 RB Sr. 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.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 ILB So.44 Trey Delbaugh 5-9 175 ILB Jr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 OLB-P 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 FridayCentral Mountain Oct. 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Danville Oct. 16Southern Col. Oct. 22Warrior Run Oct. 30at Mifflinburg Nov. 6MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (1-2)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.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 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.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 ILB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 ILB-P Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 ILB Jr.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 OLB Sr. 2 Michael Cooper 5-10 160 CB Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 S Sr.23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 CB So. or24 Xavi Rodriguez 6-0 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Troy L, 22-15at Warrior Run L, 34-31North Penn W, 35-32Lewisburg Fridayat Shamokin Oct. 2at Montoursville Oct. 9at Jersey Shore Oct. 16Mifflinburg Oct. 23Selinsgrove Oct. 30Shikellamy Nov. 6

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Shikellamy StadiumLast meeting: Shikellamy won, 27-14, in the 2014 regular seasonRadio: 92.3 ESPN-FM, 6 p.m.; WKOK 1070 AM, 6:15 p.m.

MIFFLINBURG WILDCATS (0-3)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 FridayJersey Shore Oct. 2at Selinsgrove Oct. 9Central Mountain Oct. 16at Milton Oct. 23at Shamokin Oct. 30Lewisburg Nov. 6

SHIKELLAMY BRAVES (0-3)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. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 HB Sr.23 Dylan Snyder 5-11 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr34 David Munoz 6-0 220 DE Fr.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 DT Jr.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 DT So.59 Dylan Harry 6-2 230 DE Jr.3 Owen Long 6-0 220 OLB Sr.2 Josh Krieger 6-1 185 ILB So.36 Ethan Oakes 5-10 200 ILB Jr.24 Gabe Tilford 5-11 175 OLB So. 6 Pierson White 5-11 170 CB Jr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 S Sr.12 Tate Krankoskie 6-1 170 CB So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLewisburg L, 38-14at Jersey Shore L, 42-28at Selinsgrove L, 45-9Mifflinburg FridayMontoursville Oct 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Shamokin Oct. 16Loyalsock Oct. 23at Danville Oct. 30at Milton Nov. 6


SUNBURY — Things weren’t supposed to start like this for the Mifflinburg and Shikellamy football teams.

Both teams had expecta-tions heading into 2015, but as we start the fourth week of the high school season, it’s must win for both the Wild-cats and the Braves when they meet at Shikellamy Sta-dium at 7 on Friday night in a Heartland Athletic Con-ference Division I matchup.

The Wildcats’ problems haven’t come moving the ball. Mifflinburg (0-3, 0-1) has rolled up nearly 1,000 yards of total offense, but have been absolutely crip-pled by turnovers. Mifflin-burg has turned the ball over 10 times in two games.

“We need to start with the fundamentals of the game,” Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler said. “We need to eliminate turnovers, effec-tively finish blocks, run good routes and catch the balls.”

But Dressler also knows his team can’t get caught up in its poor start, either.

“Our focus has to be on the play at hand and not the overall big picture,” Dressler said. “We have to win the moments. We have to find the confidence to put everything together.”

Mifflinburg has also had its struggles defensively. The Wildcats have given up nearly 1,000 yards on the ground through three games.

“We had many players in position last week (a 62-24 loss to Montoursville) to make plays, but we didn’t tackle well,” Dressler said. “Schemes can be adjusted and have been, but the fun-damentals need to improve.

“We continue to work dif-ferent ways to practice these fundamentals to get them to

translate on the field.”For the Braves, the strug-

gles have come on both sides of the ball. Shikellamy has been able to move the ball on the ground at times (Shawn Turber had 182 yards and three scores in a week 2 loss to Jersey Shore), but has struggled in the passing game.

Senior quarterback Chris-tian Schlegel has struggled in the early season, com-pleting just 40 percent of his passes for 222 yards with no touchdowns and six inter-ceptions.

However, Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford said all the blame can’t be laid at Schlegel’s feet.

“We need to sustain drives. We hope to run a little more max protection scheme with

our running backs doing a better of job of picking up blitzes,” Tilford said. “We need to get Christian more time to throw.”

One plus for the Braves (0-3, 0-2), even though they’ve struggled this early season, is that the attitude is still good in Sunbury.

“The players have a posi-

tive, enthusiastic and deter-mined attitude,” Tilford said. “We expect that attitude to carry over to Friday nights the rest of the season.”

Like the Wildcats, it’s been a struggle on the defensive end as well for Shikellamy. The Braves have allowed 38, 42 and 45 points so far this season.

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COAL TOWNSHIP — Turnovers and a quick Southern Columbia start doomed Shamokin last week.

So Friday night at Kemp Memorial Stadium, the Indians get a chance to bounce back.

One issue — the foe is undefeated Selinsgrove in a Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division I matchup on Friday night.

The Indians did learn some lessons from last week’s 49-27 loss to the Tigers. Shamokin quarter-back Tom Campbell threw four interceptions, but In-dians coach Pat DiRienzo said, “We didn’t think we matched up very well at the line of scrimmage. We wanted to get the ball to our taller receivers.”

DiRienzo feels that his team strayed too far from what they want to accom-plish offensively.

“We have to establish the running game this week,” DiRienzo said. “We shouldn’t have gone away from it so quickly early in last week’s game.”

Senior Preston Burns has been a revelation on the ground in his first season as the starter on the offensive end. Burns has rushed for 494 yards and five touch-downs on the season.

“They have some play-makers,” Selinsgrove coach Derek Hicks said. “The running back looks real good and they have some big receivers on the out-side.”

If Shamokin is able to establish Burns on the ground, it will take some of the pressure off Campbell at quarterback.

“It’s been six weeks of no excuses, but his inexpe-rience hurt us last week,”

DiRienzo said. “Hopefully, it’s something he learns from.”

Selinsgrove got tailback Juvon Batts for the first time in last week’s “Rally in the Valley” game against rival Shikellamy. Batts re-turned the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown and also had 80 yards and a score in the Seals’ 45-9 win.

For DiRienzo and his staff, that’s just one more problem in preparing for Selinsgrove.

“We have to stop their running game, and with Batts back that makes it even tougher,” DiRienzo said.

After a lackluster effort against Mount Carmel two weeks ago, the Seals (3-0 overall, 1-0 HAC-I) came out strong against Shikel-lamy, taking a 35-9 lead at halftime.

They have to avoid a slow start against Shamokin and not caught looking ahead to next week’s huge showdown with Berwick.

“We discussed this week. We can’t afford to take any-body lightly or we’ll be in a dog fight,” Hicks said. “I told them I didn’t even want them thinking about Ber-wick this week.”

The return of Batts last week just added another weapon to the Seals of-fense. Batts, tailback An-gelo Martin, fullback Ethan Trautman and quarterback Logan Leiby all had rush-ing touchdowns last week.

However, the biggest improvement has come in the Selinsgrove passing game. Leiby, a sophomore, completed 72 percent of his passes and four touch-downs. The Seals have spread the ball around as well, as five players have at least three catches in the early season.

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Seals put perfect record on linen SelinSgrove aT SHamokinWhat: Friday 7 p.m.

Where: Kemp Memorial FieldLast meeting: Selinsgrove won, 49-0, in 2014 regular season.Internet/Radio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m.; blackdiamondsports.net/WBLG-FM, 95.3, 7 p.m.SELINSGROVE SEALS (3-0)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.66 Matt Bingaman 5-9 221 RT Sr.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 Yr53 Dylan Fogarty 5-5 237 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 Fridayat Berwick Oct. 2Mifflinburg Oct. 9at Montoursville Oct. 16Jersey Shore Oct. 23at Milton Oct. 30Southern Columbia Nov. 6SHAMOKIN INDIANS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 WR Sr.79 Adam Miller 6-0 255 LT Sr.72 Derrick Dilliplane 5-9 198 LG Sr.63 Blake Zalar 6-0 260 C Fr.59 Jake Wolfe 6-0 195 RG Jr.75 Trent Curcie 5-8 226 RT So.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 QB Sr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 FB Sr.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 RB Sr.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 WR Sr.10 Alek Washuta 5-9 157 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr66 Aaron Miller 6-0 169 DT Jr.54 Jake Carpenter 5-8 164 NG So.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 or15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 CB Sr.23 Ty Berge 5-7 163 SS Sr.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 FS Sr.7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 CB Sr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 P Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Line Mountain W, 28-7at Central Mountain L, 24-21 OTSouthern Columbia L, 49-27Selinsgrove FridayMilton Oct. 2at Jersey Shore Oct. 9at Shikellamy Oct. 16Montoursville Oct. 23Mifflinburg Oct. 30at Mount Carmel Nov. 6


Selinsgrove’s Logan Leiby looks downfield for an open receiver during last week’s game.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Tiger StadiumLast meeting: Southern Columbia won, 48-0, during 2014 regular seasonInternet: blackdiamondsports.netDANVILLE IRONMEN (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 WR-K Fr.60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 RT Sr.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 RG Sr. or65 Preston Fausnaught 5-11 200 RG Fr.78 Jon Berkey 5-10 260 C Sr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 LG So.59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 LT So.2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 TE Sr.12 Gannon Feldman 5-10 165 QB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 FB Jr.10 Eric Sees 5-5 147 HB Fr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 DE So.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 NG Sr. 60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 DE Sr. 5 Shane Kozick 5-10 156 OLB Fr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 WLB So.2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 MLB Sr.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 Fridayat Mount Carmel Oct. 2Wyalusing Oct. 9at Lewisburg Oct. 16at Central Columbia Oct. 23Shikellamy Oct. 30at Warrior Run Nov. 6SOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS (3-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr31 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 Sr.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 Sr.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 FridayCentral Columbia Oct. 2Mount Carmel Oct. 9Warrior Run Oct. 16at Lewisburg Oct. 22at Central Mountain Oct. 30at Selinsgrove Nov. 6

By Matt BeltzFor The Daily Item

CATAWISSA — Head-ing into last week’s game against Loyalsock, Danville coach Jim Keiser admitted that the matchup with the state-ranked Lancers would be an early-season barom-eter for where the Ironmen were.

Fast forward a week and Danville is coming off a 27-7 loss and is now preparing for perennial state power South-ern Columbia as part of a “murderers’ row” stretch of games that also features pe-rennial power Mount Car-mel next week. Yet Keiser likes where his team is at and feels that the difference between winning and losing in this tough stretch is actu-ally quite simple.

“We’ve got to learn how to tackle better. We have got to be so much better than we were last week,” said Keiser. “There were a lot of times that we were there and just didn’t make the tackles, and that made the final score what is was at the end.

“Defensively, they wore us down with their size. But I think we’re going to be OK. I was initially worried about getting back into the mind-set we had last year, but this group is not like that. They are very confident and ma-ture and they’re handling things better this year.”

The Ironmen will once again be giving up some size as well as depth this week to Southern Columbia. After allowing Loyalsock running back Marty Clark to run freely in the second half, they’ll once again have their hands full with the Tigers’ talented backfield of Blake Marks and Hunter Thomas, as well as quarterback Nick Becker. Becker returned from injury in last week’s win over Shamokin.

“Nick returning last week put everything back in place

and back in sync as far as our offense goes,” said Southern coach Jim Roth. “He’s not 100 percent yet, but he should be in the near future. One area of concern that came up last week was we could have done a better job of handling Shamokin’s defensive movement up front with their slanting and blitzes. That was a good pre-view of what we’re going to see this week because Dan-ville will move around a lot with that 3-5 scheme.”

“With Southern, you know what’s coming and can see it, but they’ll still hit it because they’re often a step ahead of everyone else,” said Keiser. “They’re hard to prepare for, but we have played the Wing-T fairly well in past years, so we’ll scheme it the same way. But we have to make plays when we have the chance.”

Danville’s own Wing-T got a boost last week with the return of senior Cross Truesdell to the backfield, where he joins fullback Trent Hilkert, who has rushed for 414 yards in his first three games. Trues-

dell had three carries for 15 yards last week. But as Truesdell gets back into game shape, Keiser fells he can make an impact on the Danville offensive attack.

Defensively, Roth is look-ing for his team to not give up as many big plays as

they have in the first three weeks.

“We’ve given up big plays in each game, so we’re try-ing to emphasize playing with more consistency. And we did show some improve-ment in that area against Shamokin,” said Roth.

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Danville quarterback Gannon Feldman heads upfield while Trent Hilkert looks for someone to block during a game earlier this season.

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By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

TURBOTVILLE — The Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division II showdown between Central Columbia and Warrior Run might just be what the doctor ordered for each team.

The Blue Jays (0-3) and the Defenders (1-2) have had the same problem this season, as both teams have not been able to run the ball while having a tough time stopping the other team from doing the same.

So come Friday night, something just might have to give.

“We need to run the ball and we need to stop the other team from running it,” said Central Columbia coach Jason Hippenstiel.

The Blue Jays have al-lowed more than 250 yards a game on the ground and 107 points through three games. Their offense is rushing for just 100 yards and is aver-aging nine points a game. Central is amassing just 178 yards per contest.

Central is protecting the ball, having just five turn-overs while forcing four.

The Blue Jays might be a sight for sore eyes for the Defenders, as Central does not have a featured back who has been putting up a lot of yardage.

Warrior Run has allowed the featured back of its last three opponents to gain more than 200 yards in each game.

Last week it was Wyalus-ing’s Luke Jennings who ran for 251 yards in a 21-6 Defenders loss.

Warrior Run has shown the ability to come back af-ter a tough loss as they did in Week 2 against Milton after being shut out in the first week.

“This is solid group of kids,” said Warrior Run

coach Mark Burrows. “They challenge themselves to get better and they have shown they can overcome.”

Sophomore quarterback Gage Anzulavich has been a bright spot for the Defend-ers so far this season.

“He has become a leader,” said Burrows. “He just keeps improving.”

Anzulavich has had more than 100 yards in all three game this season and has shown the ability to spread the ball around to numerous targets. One example of that is the Wyalusing game. An-zulavich completed passes to five receivers, which was a low for the young season. His favorite targets have

been Matt Truckenmiller and Teddy Bender.

The running game has been improving behind the senior-laden offensive line, as Tyler Brown has aver-aged more than 70 yards in the last two games. But the Warrior Run rushing attack is still averaging under 100 yards a game this season.

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Where: Defenders’ StadiumLast meeting: Central Columbia won 36-15 last season

WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (1-2)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 Fridayat Hughesville Oct. 2North Penn Oct. 9at Southern Columbia Oct. 16Mount Carmel Oct. 23at Lewisburg Oct. 30Danville Nov. 6

CENTRAL COLUMBIA BLUE JAYS (0-3)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.15 Brittain Cooke 5-10 192 HB 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 OLB Sr.21 Austyn Kester 6-0 177 ILB Sr.30 Owen Gensemer 5-11 185 ILB Sr.19 Andrew Fritz 6-0 147 OLB 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 Sept. 25at Southern Columbia Oct. 2Lewisburg Oct. 9at Towanda Oct. 16Danville Oct. 23at Mount Carmel Oct. 30Bloomsburg Nov. 6


Warrior Run’s Michael Muffly catches a pass during a game earlier this season.

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Game NightWhen: Friday, 7 p.m.Where: JuniataLast meeting: Juniata won 47-21 last yearInternet: blackdiamondsports.netLINE MOUNTAIN EAGLES (0-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr4 Brenden Cregger 6-0 160 WR So.7 Kenny Boyer 5-10 160 WR Jr.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.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 Jr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr3 Breven Derk 5-10 145 FS Fr.7 Kenny Boyer 5-10 160 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.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 Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultShamokin L, 28-7Susquenita L, 17-7at Millersburg L, 27-17at Juniata FridayTri-Valley Oct. 3at Halifax Oct. 9Upper Dauphin Oct. 16at St. Joesph’s Catholic Oct. 23at Williams Valley Oct. 30East Juniata Nov. 6

By Chris NagyThe Daily Item

MIFFLINTOWN — It just doesn’t get any easier for the Line Mountain Ea-gles.

A week after losing to Millersburg with all its of-fensive weapons, the Eagles (0-3) hit the road to take on Tri-Valley League power-house Juniata (2-1).

“It’s been tough,” said Line Mountain coach Rod-ney Knock. “I don’t want to say we have been unlucky, but we have faced some ad-versity.”

But it does appear the Ea-gles are turning the corner.

Line Mountain lost just 27-20 to Millersburg after facing adversity with its quarterback being injured and other injuries during the game. Nevertheless, they still had a chance to win.

Kurt Mace, who was the starter for the first two weeks but was benched for a new offense, came into the game against Millersburg

and looked sharp, throwing for 135 yards. David Quinn accounted for 100 of those yards.

Running back Brent Os-man had 108 yards on the ground and Kenny Boyer had 33 at quarterback be-fore he got injured and Mace came in.

But the story of the game and moving forward was the play of the Line Mountain defense in the second half.

The Eagles allowed just three points to give its of-fense a chance and held Millersburg’s Christian Wingard, the multi-threat quarterback, to just 48 yards in the second half.

The Eagles will need that same defensive perfor-mance this week for 48 min-utes against Juniata.

The Indians come into the game averaging 500 yards a contest and are pretty balanced, splitting it right down the middle running and passing.

Leading the way for Juni-

ata is running back Chantz Swartz.

The senior has 329 yards on the ground and 260 re-ceiving — both totals lead the team. He has accounted for 14 touchdowns. And to prove the point that he can truly do it all, he also has a perfect passer rating this season as he has thrown one pass for 30 yards.

Junior Tyler Clark is com-pleting 65 percent of his passes this season and has thrown for 706 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has yet to be intercepted.

Besides Swartz, Aaron Zendt has been Clark’s fa-vorite target, catching seven passes for 158 yards and three scores.

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Line Mountain’s Cole Hauck attempts to tackle Shamokin’s Devin Pietkiewicz during Week 1.

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MILL HALL — Every time this season the Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes stepped out on the field, they have shown improve-ment.

And after last week’s up-set win over undefeated Lewisburg, the Red Torna-does (1-2) will look to climb to .500 on the young season as they travel to Central Mountain to take on the Wildcats (2-1) and give first-year coach John Darrah his second career win and his first winning streak.

“I would have loved to have gotten the wins earlier, but it wasn’t meant to be,” said Darrah. “It was great to come home and get the first win in the Silver Bowl.”

But this is Mount Carmel, and one win isn’t enough. Now the Red Tornadoes take on a very talented Cen-tral Mountain squad which is a two-game winning streak.

The game will be a show-case of a pair of multi-tal-ented quarterbacks.

For the Wildcats, Justin Neff is having a solid sea-son.

The junior has thrown for 242 yards this season and has rushed for 214. He has accounted for eight scores.

Senior tailback Hunter Weaver complements Neff in the backfield, rushing for 162 yards so far this season.

Freshman John Ayers has been impressive to say the least in the first three games of his varsity career.

Ayers has rushed for 203 yards in Mount Carmel’s shotgun-wing offense, which seems to be perfectly suited for his skill set.

The freshman has thrown for just 168 yards, but those totals have grown over the first three weeks as he be-comes more comfortable in the offense and on the field.

One of the reasons Ayers is getting more comfortable is the fact that he doesn’t have to shoulder the entire load on offense. He has Kyle Karycki to do that.

The senior running back has 305 yards this season and is averaging more than 100 a game.

Mount Carmel’s defense has also been outstanding as it has gone from allowing 34 points against Loyalsock to just seven against Lewis-burg. And sandwiched be-tween those two games was an outstanding 14-point performance against power-house Selinsgrove.

The one concern Mount Carmel does have to look

out for is on special teams.The Red Tornadoes have

allowed large returns all season and Lewisburg had a punt return for a touchdown called back on a penalty last week.

Against Central Moun-tain, the Red Tornadoes

need to be on their game, as the Wildcats have returned kicks for touchdowns in their last two games and are averaging more than 30 yards a kick return and more than 15 yards on punt returns.

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MCA hopes to build on successn mouNT Carmel aT CeNTral mouNTaiNWhen: Friday, 7 p.m.

Where: Don Malinak StadiumLast meeting: Mount Carmel won, 54-28, last season.Internet: www.blackdiamondsports.netMOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr27 John Ayers 5-10 175 QB Fr.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, 34-7at Selinsgrove L, 14-7Lewisburg W, 21-7at Central Mountain FridayDanville Oct. 2at Southern Columbia Oct. 9North Schuykill Oct. 16at Warrior Run Oct. 23Central Columbia Oct. 30Shamokin Nov. 6

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WILDCATS (2-1)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.2 Justin Neff 6-2 185 QB Jr.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.2 Justin Neff 6-2 185 FS Jr.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 Fridayat Lewisburg Oct. 2Shikellamy Oct. 9at Mifflinburg Oct. 16Tyrone Oct. 23C. Columbia Oct. 30at Jersey Shore Nov. 6


Mount Carmel quarterback John Ayers awaits the snap during a Week 2 game in Selinsgrove.

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Friday nights with Dad

I had this thought this summer to do this cover story because, like Todd Tilford and Jason Dressler, I lost my father as well in the late spring.

And football was some-thing that bonded us as well. My intentions were to show that all of us have the same issues and the same con-nection to our families, nor would we be here without the love and support of our fathers and mothers.

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I woke up on Sept. 13 and there was a hole in my heart. I had been deal-ing with my father’s death pretty well. He’s in a better place and back with my mom, which is all he really wanted.

However, football season is the hardest for me, now. There is nothing I love more than the fall — the podcast, the games, the kids and all of the coaches who make this enjoyable and very easy to do.

But that first day of the NFL, it kind of hit me all at once.

I spent almost all of the last two seasons watching RedZone Channel with my Dad and enjoying a Wendy’s single with cheese meal.

It was a chance for us to spend some time together and a chance for him to hear about high school football and the Seals (35-year resident of Hummels Wharf) and the Braves (1968 graduate of Shikel-

lamy High School).The fall was always a

chance for he and I to bond. For those of you of a certain age, I remember as a kid when he still worked night shift at Acme Markets, the anticipation waiting for Xander Hollander’s football books, then the Sporting News College and NFL preview magazines.

First day on the news stands and Wayne had it in my meaty little paws in time to head to school.

Sports was always our big-gest bond. With him work-ing night shift for a lot of my young life, we didn’t get many afternoons together, but there were many eve-nings, including many Mon-day Night Football games in

which I got to listen to him complain about Howard Cosell.

It used to sound corny to me, but I now understand when people tell you to hug your parents because you never know when you’re go-ing to lose them.

That is now my advice to you.

TILFORD’S BIGGEST FAN: The poignant mo-ment for me was before the opening game of the 2015 season at Shikellamy Stadium.

Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford lost his father Bill unexpectedly over the summer, and there would be no better way to honor the man than before the

Braves battle with Lewis-burg, where Todd was also the football and basketball coach for the Green Drag-ons in the 2000s.

But Bill Tilford wouldn’t have wanted a moment of silence to honor him, so the crowd and players at Shikel-lamy Stadium cheered for nearly a full minute to honor man who had missed just one game in his son’s playing and coaching career (a game he listened to on the internet while on vaca-tion in Canada).

It’s been Bill’s presence that Todd has missed this season.

“My dad was always easy going and calm. He always got to the stadium early so we could have a little chat,”

2 coaches, 1 journalist recall how football united them with their dads

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Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler directs practice on Tuesday afternoon.

Todd said. “He would always calm me down. Then win or lose, he would always wait to meet me after the game with the same de-meanor.

“If adrenaline was pump-ing from a big win or (I was) frustrated/disappointed from a loss — he always had a proud smile and the right thing to say.”

That might be the most difficult things for Todd right now. The Braves have started the season 0-3 and Todd is looking for answers.

However, the person the could help him the most is no longer around, but it’s those lessons learned from Bill that Todd hopes to pass along to his team.

“With the pressure put on the kids to win and currently struggling with an 0-3 start, I’m trying to carry his exam-ple into the postgame locker room talks with the kids,” Todd said. “I let the players know that — like any strong family — we are always proud of them and their ef-forts. Win or lose we always have their backs.”

MY MEMORIES OF DAD: My brother and I were playing football in the front yard when he tackled me for a supposed “loss” of a first down, but of course I had a different view on the play.

As we argued about the play, I heard a deep voice from afar.

The famous father voice echoed, “Boys, what seems to be the problem?”

He had just arrived home from a long day at work, and we were too busy arguing that neither of us had heard his truck arrive. We imme-diately defended our views on the play, and of course as usual, he silenced us by his look and by shaking his head. As he stood tower-ing over us with his 6-foot-6 inch, 300-pound frame, he smiled and replied, “I think we are going to have to have a replay. To make things ‘fair,’ I’m going to have to be all-time quarterback.”

This is one of the many memories of my father I will never forget. What a great example of a dad he was to my brother and me. After working long hours day in and day out, he never missed playing in the yard with us. He never flinched at going into the yard and tossing the ball with us or working with us on improving our skills in the sport.

In 2004, my father, Wil-liam “Bill” Dressler, was di-agnosed with renal cell car-cinoma. For the next eleven years, my father battled almost a dozen surgeries, many chemotherapy treat-ments, radiation treatments and many trips to many different hospitals to work at beating his cancer. Through this entire experience, my father remained the man I always knew growing up. A genuine and caring soul who always looked at the glass as half full rather than half empty. Our experience in battling his cancer brought me even closer to him. He fought hard for eleven years until he passed away on May 27, 2015.

Through this time, he con-tinued to be the same man as the one playing ball in the front yard. His enthusiasm and love for people was

always evident, but he re-ally enjoyed sharing stories of Friday night games and his grandsons’ football and baseball games.

There came a point in his battle where he could no longer attend Friday night games. It truly crushed his spirit because he loved Friday nights as much as the rest of us. He enjoyed watching my brother and me play as kids, and then later watching me coach. Like the rest of my family, it wasn’t always easy for him to sit in the stands and watch the game. After every game though, he would always walk down to me on the field, shake my hand or give me a hug to show me how proud he was regardless of the outcome of the game.

Now Saturday mornings were different. That’s when the sidebar coaching and cri-tiquing conversation would take place. Again, he always demonstrated a sincere in-terest in seeing the team do its absolute best.

He was fondly known in our area as “Bubba.” My parents owned their own appliance business in Mifflinburg, and my father was well known for picking up refrigerators and mov-ing them with just his bare

hands and strong back. The funny part was my brother and I were always more fear-ful of mom’s punishments than dad’s.

Throughout my child-hood, I learned so much through watching, listen-ing and just being with my father. Football was a com-mon thread for my dad, my brother and me. We always enjoyed cheering on Penn State on Saturday after-noons as well as the Steelers and Eagles on Sundays.

My dad served as a coach in our youth football program for several years. It was a side of my dad that allowed him to relive some of his youth because he was always excited and enthusi-astic about sharing his pas-sion for the sport with us.

He was also an assistant junior high coach for a few years. He just didn’t do it for my brother and me. He taught all kids the same as he taught us. He truly en-joyed sharing the sport with young people, whether it was playing in the backyard with a bunch of our friends or on the sidelines of a junior high game.

Having an involved father meant I couldn’t get away with much. He had the tough love role down very

well. He always expected the best effort from us. His per-spective was that you should always do and give your best in everything you do. It defines who you are and what you are. When things were going well, he knew the way to keep us humble. When things weren’t going well, he would push us more. Regardless of any outcome, I could always count on my dad being there. He was always in my corner.

But, still, he sometimes did like to share in the old cliché of “back in my day.”

Like most men, my father loved reminiscing about his “glory” days in football. He conveniently forgot how I have knowledge and access to historical records and film. So after some time of listening to him tell stories to his grandsons, we finally decided to watch some game film of “Bubba” in action. We gathered the film, scotch tape and an old 8mm projec-tor he found somewhere and started the show. The film was brittle due to its age; however, we had a great time critiquing my father’s play.

After a few games, he decided we had watched enough. His memories suited him more than the film did, but it was a fun time for the rest of us. We all shared in great laughter as my father’s stories didn’t exactly match the film foot-age we had just viewed. It was a great moment our family shared. Football was and will always be an impor-tant part of our lives.

My father will always re-main a source of inspiration for me. We shared a great life together and now my focus is to be what he was for me to my sons.

I still look to the stands on Friday nights even though I know he’s not physically there. Football was more than a game to us. It was our connection, our glue, our time. I will always cherish the memories of my father and what the sport of foot-ball meant to us.

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Viking StadiumLast Meeting: Williams Valley won, 20-3, in 2014UPPER DAUPHIN TROJANS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 WR Sr. OR3 Zach Rebuck 5-11 135 WR Sr.51 Cole Zimmerman 6-3 205 LT Sr.32 Coy Rickert 5-9 205 LG Sr.54 Cody Zerby 5-9 200 C Sr.55 Mason Bellis 6-3 222 RG So.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 RT Jr.16 Colton Laudenslager 5-10 155 TE Sr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 QB Sr.20 Mason Wiest 5-11 130 RB Jr.38 Tyler Wiest 5-10 130 RB Fr.30 Donny Gelnett 5-11 165 SB Fr.11 Alex Uler 6-0 160 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr16 Colton Laudenslager 5-10 155 DE Sr.54 Cody Zerby 5-9 200 DT Sr.74 Blair Warner 6-1 335 DT Jr.71 Colin Harner 6-0 195 DE So.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 150 OLB Sr.32 Coy Rickert 5-9 205 ILB Sr.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 ILB Jr. OR15 Evan Hoffman 5-8 160 ILB Jr.38 Tyler Wiest 5-10 130 OLB Fr.5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 DB Sr.20 Mason Wiest 5-11 130 DB Jr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 DB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Camp Hill L, 56-0Tri-Valley L, 41-13Halifax W, 28-27at Williams Valley Fridayat St. Joseph’s Catholic Oct. 2at Pine Grove Oct. 9at Line Mountain Oct. 16Newport Oc.t 23at Millersburg Oct. 30Susquenita Nov. 6WILLIAMS VALLEY VIKINGS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr2 Allen Hand 5-6 135 WR So.52 Daymain Shoop 5-10 227 OL Jr.73 Ian Minnich 5-9 256 OL Jr.53 Hero Sasaki 5-5 236 OL Sr.54 Adam Stroup 5-6 172 OL So. OR65 Kailin Hoffman 6-2 198 OL Jr.21 Jason Chamberlin 5-9 143 TE Jr. OR35 Devon Rabuck 5-11 190 TE So.20 Dylan Rabuck 5-11 178 FB So.12 Nick Rodichok 6-2 179 QB Sr.30 Nick Savage 5-8 167 RB Fr.10 Nick Ulsh 5-7 125 WR So.11 Levi Engle 5-10 142 WR Fr.9 Peppe Mini 5-10 157 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Nick Rodichok 6-2 179 DE Sr.52 Daymain Shoop 5-10 227 DT Jr.53 Hero Sasaki 5-5 236 DT Sr.20 Dylan Rabuck 5-11 178 DE So.21 Jason Chamberlin 5-9 143 LB Jr.30 Nick Savage 5-8 167 LB Fr.34 Dylan Wolfgang 5-11 167 LB So.2 Allen Hand 5-6 135 DB So.10 Nick Ulsh 5-7 125 DE So.11 Levi Engle 5-10 142 DB Fr.1 Jake Wolfgang 6-3 174 S So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMarian Catholic L, 35-7Millersburg W, 20-13at Tri-Valley L, 28-6Upper Dauphin Fridayat Newport Oct. 2at Northern Lebanon Oct. 9Pine Grove Oct. 16at Susquenita Oct. 23Line Mountain Oct. 30at Juniata Nov. 6

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

WILLIAMSTOWN — Many a pleasant scenic fall drive down Route 209 has been spoiled by a stop at Vi-king Stadium.

For most of the coaches taking teams to Williams Valley to play the Vikings, the first words to come out of their mouths is, “It is a tough place to play.”

Upper Dauphin coach Brent Bell knows that to be true. But he also believes his Trojans gained a lot of confi-dence in last week’s 28-27 win over Halifax. He thinks the way the Trojans performed defensively in the final min-utes to secure that win will have them going into Friday night’s Tri-Valley League game versus the Vikings with

a lot of confidence.“To do what we did defen-

sively in the final minutes said something about the quality of players we have,” Bell said.

“I think any time you play Williams Valley (1-2 overall, 1-1 TVL), it’s going to be a competitive game,” Bell said. “It’s one of our biggest rival-ries, it’s up there (in William-stown), but we definitely got some confidence last week as well and had some good things happen for us. So we have gained some confidence going into this week.”

Bell said most of his play-ers have had experience play-ing at Viking Stadium from their youth football days and junior varsity games. “It can be rough at times, but I’m not sure there is a location that’s any better for us at this

point.”Bell said the Vikings can

be balanced and run a pro-formation, tight end offense, or they can run spread.

He said one of the big-gest concerns for the Tro-jans’ defense are the Rabuck twins, sophomores Dylan at fullback and Devon at tight end. “They are both pretty good players, plus they have a couple linemen back as well,” Bell said.

Then there is senior quar-terback Nick Rodichok, who has the ability to hurt you with his arm as well as his legs. Demonstrating his toughness, Rodichok also starts at defensive end.

Bell said one of his team’s keys this week will be to con-trol the Vikings’ run game, but the Trojans also to get a pass rush and not let Rodi-

chok put them in bad situa-tions.

He said that facing a quar-terback who can run is com-mon in the TVL.

“We just have to be aware of his arm and what he can do and know that he does have the athletes to spread the ball around in the passing game and the run game,” he said.

The Trojans are 1-2 over-all (1-1 TVL) and Bell said the goal now is to get to 2-2 and then continue to build. “I think we can definitely be competitive and continue to grow,” he said.

“We struggled early on, but we also played some real high quality teams, and we need to continue to grow. We have some young guys and some inexperience, but we continue to see improve-ments on film.”

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another week, another new starting quarterback at South Carolina.

Getting the call: freshman Lorenzo Nunez.

Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier had promised changes ahead after his team’s 52-20 loss at No. 7 Georgia last week. The coach began the moves by replacing former walk-on Perry Orth with a true freshman in Nunez.

Orth started against the Bulldogs last week, but Nunez came on for several snaps. Nunez was the lead-ing rusher for South Caro-lina with 76 yards on 10 carries and hit four of five passes for 18 yards. He also scored on a 7-yard run.

Spurrier said the 6-foot-3 Nunez gives the Gamecocks versatility with his skill at running, zone-read option

that Orth does not.“Lorenzo gives us maybe

a little spark in there that we need offensively,” Spurrier said Tuesday.

Nunez is the third differ-ent starter at quarterback when South Carolina (1-2) faces UCF (0-3) on Satur-day.

Sophomore Connor Mitch started the first two games. However, he separated his shoulder in the opening half in a loss to Kentucky and is not expected back for sev-eral more weeks.

Orth, the one-time gro-cery store clerk who earned a scholarship this summer, went 6 of 17 for 66 yards and an interception against Georgia.

That led Spurrier to Nunez, a highly regarded dual-threat quarterback from Kennesaw, Ga., sud-denly charged with leading

a team in freefall.“I think we just need to

get back on track,” Nunez said. “I don’t think we’ve been doing that bad.”

Statistics show other-wise. South Carolina is last in Southeastern Confer-ence scoring, at 19.7 points a game — so far the only league team with fewer than 20 points a contest.

The Gamecocks are 12th in total offense in the 14-

team SEC and 13th in pass-ing offense.

“We’re not where we thought we’d be,” Spurrier said. “We’re not playing as well as we thought.”

Nunez could give the Gamecocks a familiar feel. Spurrier led South Carolina to three straight 11-2 sea-sons from 2011-13, in large part because of quarterback

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BEAVER SPRINGS — Taking on a talented team like Newport can be a dan-gerous endeavor if that tal-ented team is coming off its first loss of the season.

The Buffaloes fell 22-21 in overtime last week to Steelton-Highspire, but it makes no difference to East Juniata coach George Mis-kinis.

“I think it’s tough play-ing Newport anytime right now,” Miskinis said of the Tigers’ Tri-Valley League opponent Friday night.

“I think Todd (coach Ro-thermel) is doing a great job, they have quality talent, tremendous skill people, they have size and they are explosive,” Miskinis said of the Buffaloes (2-1 overall, 1-0 TVL).

“They do enough things offensively and defensively to cause you problems,”

Miskinis said.There is an obvious dif-

ference in overall skill level and size for the Tigers (2-1, 1-1), but Miskinis said his team must do its best to keep the game close.

“We can’t let them get out to a big lead and do what they want to do. We have to be able to take our time and work the issues,” Miskinis said. “It’s not an easy thing to do when you’re down, especially with their talent level, so we have to stay as close as possible and go from there.

“Once you get into the fourth quarter and it’s still anybody’s game, then you have a shot,” he said.

Miskinis said he feels good about how the team has performed so far and is happy to start the season 2-1. “We’re making progress and laying a foundation and trying to develop our play-ers,” Miskinis said.

“We’ve been fortunate to

get some great efforts when we needed it at times and play within ourselves,” he said.

The Tigers won their last two in a row and Miskinis said that the difference be-tween the opening-game loss and the last two games was that the way they played defense.

“Week 1, we got out of se-quence a little bit and gave up big plays. Fortunately, we haven’t given up big plays (the previous two games),” he said.

That will be the goal against Newport, but Miski-nis concedes it will be a tall order against a team that scored 85 points in week 2 against Juniata. “We have to figure out what we can do against their personnel. It’s a match that is going to be determined by who can do what and when they can do it,” he said.

“You have to play within yourselves and adjust as

the game goes along,” he added.

Rothermel said he doesn’t know much about East Ju-niata’s opponent last week, Nanticoke, but he said, “Since George took over there, I think he’s got some good help and the Tigers are running their offense with efficiency and getting kids to the corner.”

Rothermel added, “They are mixing up the run and the pass and they swarm to the ball on defense and they hustle.”

He said Tigers junior quarterback Chris Schulgen can make plays with his arm and his feet.

“He’s a pretty good ath-lete and if we don’t tackle him, he can cause some problems for us,” the Buf-faloes coach added.

He said the Tigers like to run a three-step drop and they have a couple of run-ning backs that run hard.

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Where: West Snyder Middle School, Beaver SpringsLast Meeting: Newport won, 45-12, in 2014NEWPORT BUFFALOES (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr3 Drew Paden 5-9 155 WR Jr.71 Adam Flanders 5-11 190 LT Sr.75 Derek Peachey 6-0 255 LG So.78 Sam Albright 6-1 235 C Jr.65 Cody Lebo 6-2 255 RG Sr.77 Chance Allen 6-4 280 RT Sr.28 Eli Goodling 6-0 200 FB Jr.33 Dalton Klinger 5-10 170 TB Sr.12 Noah Heimbaugh 5-11 180 QB Jr.24 Noah Reich 6-1 190 WR Jr. OR7 Trevan Dorman 5-11 200 WR Sr.99 Kevin Sheaffer 6-0 145 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Chance Allen 6-4 280 DT Sr.65 Cody Lebo 6-2 255 NG Sr.75 Derek Peachey 6-0 255 DT So.24 Noah Reich 6-1 190 OLB Jr.56 Jacob Bartels 6-0 210 ILB Jr.43 Dakota Barrick 5-11 175 OLB So.50 Donovan Swartz 5-11 200 OLB So.7 Trevan Dorman 5-11 200 CB So.10 Nikolas Grabiec 5-9 165 CB So.28 Eli Goodling 6-0 200 S Jr.1 Colby Stroup 6-0 165 S Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Fairfield W, 42-0Juniata W, 85-48Steelton-Highspire L, 22-21 (OT)at East Juniata FridayWilliams Valley Oct. 2at Susquenita Oct. 9Millersburg Oct. 16at Upper Dauphin Oct. 23Halifax Oct. 30at Tri-Valley Nov. 6

EAST JUNIATA TIGERS (2-1)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 Sr.56 Owen Zechman 5-11 185 LG Fr.63 Karona Franklin 5-11 190 C So.59 Cameron Snook 5-11 185 RG Jr.53 Bryce Fawver 6-2 200 RT Fr.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 Hanbright 5-10 175 RB Jr.84 Alex Tittle 5-10 187 K Sr.

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 Hanbright 5-10 175 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Hughesville L, 55-21at Pine Grove W, 13-3Nanticoke FridayJuniata Oct. 2at Millersburg Oct. 9Susquenita Oct. 16at Halifax Oct. 23Tri-Valley Oct. 30at Line Mountain Nov. 6

Connor Shaw’s ability to ef-fectively run the zone-read schemes and keep defenders off track.

Nunez comes in with a similar skillset. He ran for 1,193 yards and threw for 803 yards his senior year at Harrison High.

When given the chance to play against Georgia, Nunez was decisive and confident with the Gamecocks, left guard Mike Matulis said.

“I think we’re pretty confi-dent” with Nunez in charge, Matulis said. “As you could see, a lot of positives. I think he’ll do a good job.”

Spurrier said there could be opportunities for Orth and third-string passer Mi-

chael Scarnecchia to get in as well.

While Nunez might ig-nite the offense, he won’t

do much for a defense that is last in the SEC in allow-ing more than 471 yards a game.

Spurrier said there might be “three or four” changes in the defense’s starting lineup, which he said would be detailed by co-coordina-tors Jon Hoke and Lorenzo Ward later in the week.

As poorly as South Caro-lina has looked, UCF might be worse.

The Knights lost to FCS opponent Furman, 16-15, a week ago, are dead last in NCAA FBS offense and just dismissed all-American Athletic Conference tail-back William Stanback for continual violation of team rules, the athletic depart-ment said in a statement.

UCF defensive lineman Luke Adams said his team was hit hard by the Furman loss, but has recommitted to making the season a suc-cess.

Adams said Monday that the workout “was probably the best vibe I’ve had at practice. Everyone was into it. Everyone was hustling. I think it could be a good turning point.”

Spurrier hopes the ad-dition of Nunez marks a similar turning point for the Gamecocks.

“It’s a new start,” he said. “We’ve got to put behind us the beating we took last week and try to learn from it. That’s what we’ve got to try to do.”

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SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Casey Crotty 6-1 185 WR Sr. 23 Pat Cutillo 5-7 180 WR Sr.79 Ryan Pearce 6-4 290 LT Sr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr. 61 Matt Baker 6-1 245 C Jr.69 Don Bair 6-0 300 RG So.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 RT Sr.11 Devon Pacoe 6-5 230 TE Jr.10 Nick Crusco 6-0 180 QB So.49 Cameron Ott 5-11 190 RB So. 9 Diamente Holloway 6-1 175 WR So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Phil Pecora 6-2 245 DE Sr.92 Rob Stearns 6-2 255 NT Sr.55 Caleb Jones 5-8 156 OLB Jr. 27 Tom McLoughlin 6-1 210 LB Sr. OR56 Mason Spangler 6-1 220 LB Sr.3 Jim Barry 6-1 230 LB Sr.26 Joe Scaglia 5-11 195 LB So.44 Anthony Balboa 6-3 230 LB Sr.47 Matt Sawka 5-10 175 DB Sr. OR25 Rashien Phillips 5-11 160 DB Fr.21 Phil Madison 5-8 160 CB Jr.7 Tim Lurz 6-1 190 S Sr.24 Ryan Ganard 6-1 185 S So.93 Evan Argirou 5-8 165 K Jr.96 Dylan Jenkins 6-2 210 P Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLycoming W, 28-13at Johns Hopkins L, 59-7Dickinson W, 42-35at Gettysburg Saturdayat Muhlenberg Oct. 3Moravian Oct. 17Ursinus Oct. 24at F&M Oct. 31McDaniel Nov. 7at Juniata Nov. 14

GETTYSBURG BULLETS (3-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr2 Sam McDermott 6-0 175 QB Sr.21 Kyle Wigley 5-8 185 TB Sr.33 Travis Andrews 5-11 195 LW Sr.16 Kevin McCarthy 5-9 170 RW Sr.34 Brandon Sparks 6-0 185 WR Sr.81 Fred Pulzello 6-2 210 TE Sr.58 Pierce Frauenheim 6-1 270 LT Sr.76 Jonahthan Espinosa 6-2 255 LG Sr.55 Anthony Juliano 6-1 255 C Sr.64 Fran Notarianni 5-11 235 RG Sr.77 Cordell Biggs 6-5 260 Rt Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr92 Umar Tunkara 6-3 235 DT Sr.65 Joe Scaglione 5-11 245 NG So.58 Danny Speca 6-0 235 DE Jr.43 Chris Miller 6-1 180 OLB Jr.56 Kodie McNamara 5-11 200 ILB Sr.50 Joey DiCristofaro 5-10 215 ILB So.18 Joseph Vegso 6-2 205 OLB Jr.6 Michael Kornegay 5-10 175 SS Sr.32 Dan Ciemnicki 5-11 180 CB Sr.12 John Gutowski 5-11 180 FS Jr.29 Brian Calatozzo 5-9 180 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBridgewater W, 49-10Ursinus W, 22-15at Juniata W, 30-25Susquehanna Saturdayat McDaniel Oct. 3Muhlenberg Oct. 17Johns Hopkins Oct. 24at Moravain Oct. 31Dickinson Nov. 7at F&M Nov. 14

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

GETTYSBURG — Play-ing on the road isn’t always easy, and head coach Tom Perkovich knows that to be especially true playing on the road at Gettysburg.

“That’s a hard place to play (a football game),” Perkovich said. “They are a much different team at home and they feed off of that. It’ll be our job to try to get them off of that.”

The Crusaders (2-1 over-all, 1-1 Centennial Confer-ence) will travel south to Adams County to take on the Bullets (3-0, 2-0), with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.

Both Susquehanna and Gettysburg needed fourth-quarter rallies to win a week ago. For SU, Nick Crusco scored the winning touch-down on a short run in the fourth quarter in a 42-35 shootout with Dickinson.

Gettysburg connected on a 39-yard touchdown pass with 16 seconds left to over-take Juniata, 30-25, after jumping to a 17-0 lead.

In the Dickinson game, Susquehanna posted sea-son-highs in points, yards rushing (149) and total of-fense (436). Perkovich noted the performance was “just what the doctor ordered.”

“We looked at who was doing it for us,” Perkovich said. “Our players are learning and as a staff, we’re learning. We had looked to create more ways for our best players to get the ball.”

One being senior receiver Pat Cutillo, who caught 10 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns against Dick-inson. In the Crusaders’ two victories, Cutillo has 17 receptions and three touch-downs. Overall, he leads the Crusaders with 188 receiv-ing yards.

“Pat had a big day for us,” Perkovich said. “He was

on defense the last three years, and when I got here I thought he’d be a better fit at wide receiver. He’s fast, shifty and has great hands. He can help us do a lot of different things.”

And sophomore quar-terback Nick Crusco also stepped up in a big way. He passed for 287 yards and three touchdowns and added 65 yards rushing and three scores. He was named the Centennial Con-ference’s Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts. Crusco has passed for 629 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 99 yards and three scores on 32 carries.

“Nick had his best week

of practice,” Perkovich said. “And it showed on Saturday. We had the ball twice on the inch line, and those are easy calls for me to make.”

Cameron Ott posted a team-high 75 yards rushing against Dickinson and leads the Crusaders with 132 yards on 34 carries. Devin Pascoe and Diamente Hol-loway have 13 and 11 recep-tions, respectively, to help pace the Crusaders’ aerial attack.

Susquehanna will be tested by Gettysburg’s po-tent offense, a hybrid of the spread mixed with some wing-T elements. Ten of the Bullets’ 11 offensive starters are seniors, and field gen-

eral Sam McDermott keys the group after throwing for 349 yards and three touch-downs against Juniata.

“They’re excellent on of-fense and always have been,” Perkovich said. “We’ll have to bounce back a little bit defensively with stopping the run, because they do so effectively.”

SU has been nicked with injuries defensively to start the season, but linebackers Jim Barry and Mason Span-gler have stepped up. Barry had 11 solo tackles against Dickinson and Spangler re-corded 13 stops against the Red Devils.

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By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

SHIPPENSBURG — It would be sufficient to say neither Bloomsburg nor Shippensburg are unfamil-iar to each other.

The Huskies (1-2) and Red Raiders (2-1) will do battle Saturday afternoon at Seth Grove Stadium, with kickoff of the 80th meeting between the two programs slated for 1 p.m. Shippens-burg leads the all-time se-ries, 45-34, but Bloomsburg won last year’s installment, 38-30.

Both teams enter Satur-day’s contest coming off of losses with rallies that fell just short. Bloomsburg trailed Mercyhurst, 20-0, before scoring 14 unan-swered points. Shippens-burg, meanwhile, trailed California 34-10 at halftime, but fell 34-26 to the Vulcans despite racketing up the de-

fensive pressure in the sec-ond half.

The Huskies have not scored more than 20 points in any of their first three 2015 contests, a first since the 2009 season. Bloom will be stiffly tested by a Red Raiders team that enters av-eraging 454 yards and 36.7 points per game.

Getting off to a fast start will be imperative for the Huskies. Since Paul Dar-ragh took over as head coach, the Huskies are 14-0 when opening the game scoring, and 54 of Shippens-burg’s 61 points allowed have come in the first half. Last week, Bloom allowed Mercyhurst to score touch-downs on three of its first five offensive possessions.

The Huskies had a re-spectable day on the ground against the Lakers, rushing for more than 200 yards col-lectively. Lawrence Elliott

Jr. posted a second straight 100-yard performance and scored a touchdown and Joe Parsnik added 93 yards and a score. Elliott and Pars-nik pace a Huskies ground attack which has chewed up 184.3 yards per game. Shippensburg enters Satur-day allowing an average of 101 yards per game on the ground.

Bloom quarterback Tim Kelly is easily the most vet-eran of any PSAC player in terms of career starts. The Bloom field general has 38 career starts and 31 victo-ries. But the 2015 season hasn’t yielded a kind start to Kelly. He’s thrown for 356 yards and completed 41 of 88 passes. But he’s also thrown five interceptions, including two against Mer-cyhurst.

Joe Wetty continued his hot start to the 2015 season defensively with another

sack in the Mercyhurst game; he now has five sacks for the season, along with 11 tackles. Jerrin Toomey led the Huskies with seven tackles and an interception against the Lakers, and is tied for the team lead in tackles, with 18.

Andrew Smith and Justin Pyle have combined to lead the Red Raiders ground game with 405 yards and four touchdowns in three games. Shippensburg is av-eraging 215 yards rushing per game.

Quarterback Ryan Zapo-ticky provides a dual-threat presence at the helm of Shippensburg’s offense. Zapoticky has thrown for 716 yards and six touch-downs and added 106 yards rushing on 45 carries. Five Raider receivers have eight receptions or more, led by Sheldon Mayer’s 17 for 163 yards and two touchdowns.

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Where: Seth Grove StadiumLast meeting: Bloomsburg won 38-30, in 2014Radio: WHLM AM 930, FM 105.5, 12:40 pm.BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr8 Connor Gades 6-1 195 WR Sr.7 Chad Hoffman 6-1 190 Wr Jr.70 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 Jr.50 Dakota Hoagland 6-4 300 RT Sr.5 Shane Quinn 6-2 250 TE Sr.13 Tim Kelly 6-1 188 QB Sr.26 Lawerence Elliot Jr. 6-1 207 RB Jr.39 Eric McCracken 6-0 245 FB So.90 Tyler Smith 5-10 185 K Jr.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 DE Jr.54 Scott Beltz 6-2 220 DE So.44 Andrew Harris 5-10 215 LB Jr.53 Tyriq Clary 6-0 225 MLB Sr.11 Garrett Pope 6-2 218 BLB Sr.6 Marquis Seamon 5-10 165 LCB Fr.9 Garrett Pope 5-8 170 RCB Sr. 17 Jerrin Toomey 5-10 185 S Jr.21 Donavan Morris 6-0 179 S Sr.48 Will Wagner 6-4 200 P Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultStonehill L, 27-10at California (PA) W, 20-13Mercyhurst L, 20-14at Shippensburg SaturdayCheyney Oct. 3at Millersville Oct. 10Kutztown Oct 17at West Chester Oct. 24at East Stroudsburg Oct. 31Lock Haven Nov. 7Seton Hill Nov. 14SHIPPENSBURG RAIDERS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr66 Schuyler Harting 6-5 270 LT So.55 Andrew Englebert 6-2 275 LG So.65 Alec Petrillo 6-1 290 C R-Fr.74 Hayden Rigo 6-5 280 RG Jr.64 Oscar Ghasab 6-3 290 RT So.81 Jeff Gulyas 6-4 245 TE So.1 Sheldon Mayer 5-7 170 WR Sr.3 Quran Kent 5-6 185 WR Sr.11 Andrew Smith 5-8 200 RB Sr.85 Daniel Wheeler 6-2 270 FB Sr.5 Ryan Zapoticky 6-0 200 QB So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr91 Kurt Walker 6-3 240 DE Sr.92 Austin Rosenberry 6-2 295 DT So.54 Joe Dolan 6-0 275 DT Jr.47 Dakota Thompson 6-2 245 DE R-Fr.51 Kevin Goldsmith 6-1 210 OLB So.7 Allen Holman 6-1 230 MLB Jr.16 Darlus Wills 5-10 225 OLB So.24 Kevin Taylor II 5-10 180 CB So.6 D.J. Burkey 5-11 210 FS Jr.10 Chad Miller 5-11 185 SS Jr.23 Chavez Cheatham 5-8 180 CB So.2 Billy Dane 5-9 165 P/K So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSeton Hill W, 64-14at Edinboro W, 20-13at California (PA) L, 34-26Bloomsburg Saturdayat East Stroudsburg Oct. 3Lock Haven Oct. 10West Chester Oct. 17at Cheyney Oct. 24Millersville Oct. 31at Kutztown Nov. 7Mercyhurst Nov. 14

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly doesn’t want to hear about injury concerns or playing time for his sixth-ranked Fighting Irish against Massachusetts on Saturday.

“These are the games that con-cern me the most, where everyone else thinks they’re going to be easy games,” Kelly said. “I know what we need to do. We’ve got to play well against them. So it’s not a breather for me.”

It looks like it should be for the Fighting Irish, at least on paper.

Notre Dame (3-0) has college football’s best winning percentage at .732 with 885 victories in 127 sea-sons and is the only team to open with three straight victories against Power Five conference opponents. The Minutemen (0-2), of the Mid-American Conference, have yet to beat a Power Five team in 10 tries since moving up to the FBS level in

2012, and have a .132 winning per-centage overall in those three sea-sons.

Kelly did his best Lou Holtz im-pression Tuesday in trying to build up the Minutemen.

“They had some games last year where in their last possession had a chance to win games. This year, you can already see, had a chance to beat Temple and we all know that Temple has got two very good wins already against Penn State and Cin-cinnati,” he said.

While all that is true, the biggest challenge for the Irish this week is avoiding complacency after wins over Texas, Virginia and No. 20 Georgia Tech and a big game loom-ing at No. 11 Clemson (3-0) next week.

“You rely on your leaders to make certain that they hold everybody accountable to the way they pre-pare and, ultimately, the way they

play. So if we really have the kind of locker room and chemistry that I think we have, then we should play very well,” Kelly said. “If we play very well, we’re capable of beating anybody in the country. If we don’t, then we can lose to anybody.”

The Irish are 28-point favorites against the Minutemen, one of the largest point spreads during Kelly’s six seasons as Irish coach. No. 11 Notre Dame was a 28-point favorite against Purdue last season and won 30-12. The 14th-ranked Irish were 29.5-point favorites against Temple to open the 2013 season and won 28-6. No. 11 Notre Dame was also a 24.5-point favorite against Boston College in 2011 and won only 16-14.

There have been bigger upsets in Notre Dame history. The Irish were 35-point favorites when they were beaten 30-26 in 1972 by Missouri, which was beaten 62-0 by Nebraska a week earlier.

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The Penn State rushing game has been a pleasant surprise over the first three contests this season, rolling up 607 yards, or 62 percent of its offense.

This is by James Franklin’s design. The Nittany Lions’ head coach resolved after the season-opening Temple failure that he would work to get the ground attack going so members of the offensive line could get on the same page and increase their confidence.

The Lions’ 330-yard rush-ing performance in the 28-3 victory over Rutgers on Sat-urday night has everyone in Happy Valley excited for what was the Big Ten’s worst rushing team last year. But the team’s unproductive passing game, which ranks 118th out of 127 FBS teams in average passing yards, is another story.

Junior quarterback Chris-tian Hackenberg has com-pleted less than half of his passes, throwing for just 372 yards in three games. He had 371 passing yards in the Pin-stripe Bowl alone last year.

Franklin blames some of the 2015 numbers on rain that has fallen the last two games in addition to some protection and footwork problems. But he believes the passing game will be better.

“We want to get back to the point where we’re bal-anced and we’re able to rush for a number of yards and have success running the ball,” he said Tuesday at his weekly teleconference, “but we’re also able to threaten the people with our wide receivers and our passing game because we have some talented guys there.”

After his 10-sack debacle earlier this month at the Linc, Hackenberg has gone back-to-back games with-

out being sacked. But the 6-foot-4 junior is ranked 107th out of 108 quarter-backs in FBS who have at-tempted a minimum of 15 passes on average.

Still, Franklin is pleased with how Hackenberg has managed the offense.

“I’m really proud of Christian and how he’s han-dled everything,” he said. “I think he’s doing a great job. We had very specific plays on Saturday that, if they were running a certain blitz, we wanted to check into the specific play vs. that blitz, and it accounted for major runs and touchdown runs.

“I thought he did a great job with that, but there is no doubt we want to grow our passing game. We have the ability to do it. We’ve all seen it in the past. But it all comes down to our offensive line and them continuing to grow and play confident.”

Penn State (2-1), which will host San Diego State on Saturday, has rushed the ball on 107 of its 178 offen-sive plays, or 60.1 percent. Last season, the Nittany Lions ran on 47.6 percent of their snaps but their yard-age output represented just

30.4 percent of their total offense.

This year’s rushing attack has received a spark from true freshman Saquon Bar-kley, who gained 195 yards on 21 carries against Rut-gers. Junior Akeel Lynch, who started the first three games, had 120 yards in the same game.

Healthy discussion. A re-port submitted by the inde-pendent monitor overseeing Penn State reforms in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal and released Monday noted “in-creased tension and a mu-tual lack of trust” between Franklin and Penn State’s athletics compliance staff.

Franklin said the tension is a positive when looked at the right way, particularly

when there is healthy dia-logue.

“I think we have healthy dialogue back and forth with the compliance office,” he said. “Look forward to continuing to strengthen those relationships, repre-senting Penn State football the right way, and building a program that everybody can be proud of.”

The report, by Charles P. Scheeler, the university’s athletics integrity monitor since February, said that his review of Penn State would end at the end of this season because of the university’s compliance with the Athlet-ics Integrity Agreement it entered into with the NCAA and the Big Ten Confer-ence. It had been scheduled to end in 2017.

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Where: Beaver StadiumWhen: Saturday 3:30 p.m.Radio: WKOK 1070Television: BTNSAN DEGIO STATE AZTECS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr75 Kwayde Miller 6-7 310 LT Jr.56 Nico Siragusa 6-5 335 LG So.70 Arthur Flores 6-5 305 C Jr.53 Robert Craighead 6-3 300 RG Sr.71 Pearce Slater 6-7 335 RT Sr.85 Mikah Holder 6-0 180 WR So.19 Donnel Pumphrey 5-9 180 RB Jr.17 Maxwell Smith 6-5 235 QB Sr.46 Dakota Gordon 5-10 235 FB Sr.89 Daniel Brunskill 6-5 235 TE Jr.5 Chase Favreau 6-1 200 WR So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr99 Jon Sanchez 6-2 255 DE Sr.92 Christian Heyward 6-3 300 DT Sr.58 Alex Barrett 6-3 260 DE Jr.54 Calvin Munson 6-1 245 LB Jr.57 Ryan Dunn 6-3 235 LB So.42 Jake Fely 5-10 220 LB Sr.7 J.J. Whittaker 5-10 180 CB Sr.12 Malik Smith 6-0 190 S Jr.21 Na-im McGee 6-0 200 S Jr.27 Kameron Kelly 6-2 195 S So.23 Damontae Kazee 5-11 185 CB Jr.91 Tanner Blain 6-0 205 P Jr.59 Danny Hageman 6-1 175 K Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSan Deigo W, 37-3at California L, 35-7South Alabama L, 34-27 (OT)at Penn State SaturdayFresno State Oct. 3at Hawaii Oct. 10at San Jose State Oct. 17Utah State Oct. 23at Colorado State Oct. 31Wyoming Nov. 14at UNLV Nov. 21Nevada Nov. 28PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Chris Godwin 6-1 208 WR So.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 206 WR So.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-4 228 QB Jr.22 Akeel Lynch 5-11 220 RB Jr.34 Dom Salomone 5-10 242 RB Jr.88 Mike Gesicki 6-6 255 TE So.73 Paris Palmer 6-7 302 LT Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 318 LG So.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 321 C Sr. 72 Brian Gaia 6-3 304 RG Jr.59 Andrew Nelson 6-6 302 RT So.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.11 Brandon Bell 6-1 231 OLB Jr.8 Gary Wooten jr. 6-2 237 MLB Jr.40 Jason Cabinda 6-1 245 OLB So.15 Grant Haley 5-9 189 CB So.2 Marcus Allen 6-2 209 FS So.9 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 SaturdayArmy Oct. 3Indiana Oct. 10at Ohio State Oct. 17Maryland Oct. 24Illinois Oct. 31at Northwestern Nov. 7Michigan Nov. 21at Michigan State Nov. 28

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Game NightBLOOMSBURG (1-2)Bloomsburg 13 28 7 19—67Opponents 28 35 31 13—107statistics BHS OPPFirst downs 32 51Rushes-net yards 111-469 113-704Passing yardage 325 427Passing 19-33-1 28-44-2Fumbles-lost 4-1 6-1Penalties-yards 16-115 10-67INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Coty Kashner 33-281, 3 TDs; Darius Green 32-158, TD; Christian Lee 12-46; Tommy Harrison 11-14; Logan Klinger 1-6; Nick Anderson 13-0; Hunter Coulter 3-(-7); Jake Frye 1-(-3); Nick Maletesta 2-(-5); team 3-(-22).PASSING — Nick Anderson 18-32-1 for 286 yards, 5 TDs; Cooper Thrush 1-1-0 for 39 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Eric Foust 9-202, 4 TDs; Logan Klinger 2-76, TD; Christian Lee 3-30, TD; Evan Bond 1-12; Tommy Harrison 1-9; Coty Kashner 1-5; Jake Frye 1-4.SCORING — Eric Foust 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; Daruis Green 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Coty Kashner 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Christian Lee 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Logan Klinger 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Lance Klinger 7 PATs, 7 points.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (0-3)Central 7 6 7 7—27Opponents 28 48 16 15—107Statistics CCHS OPPFirst downs 28 53Rushes-net yards 86-324 119-652Passing yardage 240 392Passing 22-49-3 24-39-3Fumbles-lost 4-1 6-1Penalties-yards 21-176 24-226INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brittain Cooke 39-121; Owen Gensemer 10-57; Aaron Fawver 13-42, TD; Cade Devlin 1-21; Brandon Orzolek 1-20; Evan Campbell 3-8, TD; Ky Seesholtz 1-3; Peter D’Ambrosio 1-(-1); Justin Thivierage 3-(-4); team, 1-2.PASSING — Aaron Fawver 21-48-3 for 212, TD; Ky Seesholtz 1-1-0 for 28 yards.RECEIVING — Eli Petersheim 7-68; Brittain Cook 5-65; Peter D’Ambrosio 4-30, TD; Evan Campbell 3-21; Brady Crawford 2-20; Cade Devlin 1-28.SCORING — Aaron Fawver 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Eli Petersheim 1 kickoff return TD, 6 points; Evan Campbell 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Garrett Bailiar 3 PATS, 3 points.

DANVILLE (2-1)Danville 14 21 23 0—58Opponents 0 7 13 14—34statistics DHS OPPFirst downs 41 47Rushes-net yards 129-536 113-551Passing yardage 307 379Passing 23-45-4 29-62-8Fumbles-lost 4-1 4-3Penalties-yards 14-103 17-108INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Trent Hilkert 64-407, 4 TDs; Ryan Palm 22-75; Gannon Feldman 21-39; Eric Sees 13-25; Cross Truesdell 2-11; Austin Miller 2-3; Colton Riley 4-(-8); team 1-(-16).PASSING — Gannon Feldman 23-43-4 for 307 yards, 2 TDs; Brennan Ryan 0-1-0; Peyton Riley 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Colton Riley 11-113, TD; Peyton Riley 4-116; Shane Kozick 4-56, TD; Matt Meloy 2-18; Peyton Persing 1-5; Trent Hilkert 1-(-1).SCORING — Trent Hilkert, 4 rushing TDs, 24 points; Peyton Riley 1 interception return TD, 1 FG, 7 PATs, 16 points; Shane

Kozick 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Colton Riley 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Jared Mowrey 1 interception return TD, 6 points.

EAST JUNIATA (2-1)East Juniata 0 24 27 6—57Opponents 16 29 14 13—72statistics EJHS OPPFirst downs 35 33Rushes-net yards 124-476 91-436Passing yardage 279 323Passing 14-25-0 15-32-2Fumbles-lost 7-1 6-3Penalties-yards 20-124 16-127INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Mason Hambright 30-168, TD: Andrew Zerby 35-117, 3 TDs; Logan Pursley 13-63; Blake Sheaffer 5-60; Chris Schlugen 33-56; John Moyer 3-5; Brady McLaughlin 2-0; Stahl 1-0; Kaleb Berkich 1-4; Tim Snook 1-(-4).PASSING — Chris Schlugen 13-24-0 for 297 yards, 3 TDs; Micah Treaster 1-1-0 for 1 yard.RECEIVING — Andrew Zerby 3-8; Dylan Anderson 2-107, 2 TDs; Bailey Hetrick 1-27; Gabel 2-31; Mason Hambright 1-75, TD; Anthony Minium 1-16; Logan Pursley 1-(-3).SCORING — Andrew Zerby 3 rushing TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 24 points; Dylan Anderson 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Mason Hambright 1 rushing TD, 1 receiv-ing TD, 12 points; Alex Tittle 6 PATS, 1 FG, 9 points.

LEWISBURG (2-1)Lewisburg 10 28 21 17—76Opponents 14 28 7 7—56statistics LHS OPPFirst downs 35 42Rushes-net yards 86-312 132-779

Passing yardage 551 275Passing 41-73-4 16-39-5Fumbles-lost 4-2 6-2Penalties-yards 19-155 18-151INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Dominic Farronato 25-121, 2 TDs; Spencer Barlett 13-71; Trent Gower 24-47; AJ Ramirez 18-63; Stone Hollenbach 1-8; team, 5-(-5).PASSING — Trent Gower 41-73-4 for 551 yards, 8 TDs.RECEIVING — Matt Fedorjaka 14-135, TD; Noah Inch 13-235, 4 TDs; Dylan Farronato 6-77, TD; Donte Malone 4-58, 2 TDs; Dominic Farronato 3-6; A.J. Ramirez 2-8; Aaron Veloz 1-7.SCORING — Noah Inch 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; Nate Liscum 10 PATS, 2 FGs, 16 points; Dominic Farronato 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Donte Malone 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Dylan Farronato 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Matt Fedorjaka 1 receiving TD, 6 points.

LINE MOUNTAIN (0-3)Line Mountain 0 14 0 20—34Opponent 7 38 10 17—72statistics LMHS OPPFirst downs 37 48Rushes-net yards 104-351 119-549Passing yardage 259 338Passing 22-63-1 30-52-0Fumbles-lost 3-2 4-1Penalties-yards 8-40 11-130INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kenny Boyer 59-263, TD; Brent Osman 20-121; Cole Hauck 2-7; Tyler Boyer 3-4; Breven Derk 1-(-2); Brendan Renn 1-(-10); team, 1-(-23); Kurt Mace, 13-(-28), TD.PASSING — Kurt Mace 22-62-0 for 259 yards, 2 TDs; K. Boyer 0-1-1.RECEIVING — David Quinn 11-167, TD;

Brendan Ryan 5-31; Logan Ingram 3-23, TD; Tyler Boyer 3-37.SCORING — Kenny Boyer 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Kurt Mace 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Logan Ingram 1 receiving TD; 6 points; David Quinn 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brent Osman, 4 PATs, 4 points.

MIFFLINBURG (0-3)Mifflinburg 13 19 0 13—45Opponents 41 37 47 6—131statistics Miff OppFirst downs 35 51Rushes-net yards 83-348 127-993Passing yardage 607 212Passing 46-88-8 16-37-0Fumbles-lost 4-4 5-2Penalties-yards 16-146 25-185INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brayden Pierce 37-210, 3 TDs; Cole Laubach 9-82, TD; Zach Shambach 2-31; James Zack 6-25; Owen Walter 1-4; Hunter Kahley 6-0; Tristian Martin 2-5; Brian Zimmerman 2-5; Kyle Gessner 1-(-2); Clayton Sheesley 1-0; Josh Foser 5-(-16).PASSING — James Zack 27-47-5 for 337, TD; Josh Foster 14-63-3 for 193 yards; Owen Walter 2-2-0 for 55 yards, TD; Tristan Martin 1-1-0 for 36 yards.RECEIVING — Tristan Martin 15-173; Brian Zimmerman 10-195, TD; Brad Sauers 5-52; Brayden Pierce 5-51; Robert Foltz 2-78, TD; Cole Laubach 2-45; Chris Day 3-15; Owen Walter 1-18; Zach Shambach 1-4.SCORING — Brayden Pierce 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Cole Laubach 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Robert Foltz 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brian Zimmerman 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Ryan Oliver 3 PATS, 3 points.

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Milton 7 14 37 23—81Opponent 34 12 20 22—88statistics Milt OppFirst downs 48 50Rushes-net yards 142-937 117-475Passing yardage 90 356Passing 10-27-0 23-43-1Fumbles-lost 8-4 8-3Penalties-yards 18-88 8-35INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brandon Stokes 69-539, 6 TDs; Raff Rodqiguez 32-283, 4 TDs; Lance Fogelman 14-58; Eric Wilt 7-35; Michael Cooper 4-25; Phillip Davis 1-(-2); Hunter Snyder 11-(-11); team, 1-(-5).PASSING — Hunter Snyder 10-26-0 for 90 yards, TD; Brandon Stokes 0-1-0-0.RECEIVING — Mason Whitmyer 5-35; Brandon Stokes 2-15; Lance Fogelman 2-14; Jahil Garrison 1-26, TD.SCORING — Brandon Stokes 6 rush TDs, 2 PATs, 1 2-point run, 40 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 (1-2)Mt. Carmel 14 14 0 7—35Opponents 0 21 0 34—55statistics MCHS OPPFirst downs 37 42Rushes-net yards 130-687 97-368Passing yardage 172 412Passing 13-21-1 39-59-4Fumbles-lost 1-0 6-3Penalties-yards 19-141 10-80INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kyle Karyicki 51-312, 3 TDs; John Ayers 52-200, TD; Lane Tanney 10-112; Allen Yancoskie 7-59; Zach Zarkowski 5-20; Cameron Britt 2-13; Manus McCracken 1-1; Tom McDonald 1-(-8); team 2-(-4).PASSING — John Ayers 13-21-1 for 172 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Allen Yancoskie 6-69; Mason Duran 3-13; Wes Shurock 2-63, TD; Lane Tanney 2-27.SCORING — Kyle Karycki 3 rushing TD, 18 points; John Ayers 1 rushing TD, 1 2-point run, 8 points; Wes Shurock, 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Tom Paschuta 3 PATs, 3 points.

SELINSGROVE (3-0)Selinsgrove 21 42 13 21—97Opponent 6 3 0 14—23statistics Sel OPPFirst downs 53 24Rushes-net yards 104-544 94-364Passing yardage 472 227Passing 36-51-3 19-39-3Fumbles-lost 5-1 1-0Penalties-yards 20-180 23-157INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Angelo Martin 53-302, 2 TDs; Logan Leiby 23-88, TD; Juvon Batts 4-81, TD; Ethan Trautman 11-41, 2 TDs; Drew Peterman 6-27; Joe Kahn 4-22 Garrett Campbell 1-3; David Klinger 1-(-1); .PASSING — Logan Leiby 36-50-3 for 442 yards, 4 TDs; team, 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Nick Swineford 13-178, 2 TDs; Colin Hoke 7-96, TD; Tony Dressler 5-53, TD; Juvon Batts 3-45; Richard Cope 3-28; Angelo Martin 2-13; Joe Radel 1-29.SCORING — Nick Swineford 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Juvon Batts 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Angelo Martin 2 rushing TDs, 6 points; Tony Dressler 1 receiving TD, 1 interception return TD, 12 points; Colin Hoke 1 receiving TD, 1 punt return TD, 12 points; Joey Radel 13 PATS, 2 FG, 19 points; Logan Leiby 1 rushing TD,

Montoursville’s Ben Cerney fights for an extra yard while being tackled by Mifflin-burg’s Zach Sheesley and Clayton Sheesley during last week’s game.

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SHAMOKIN (1-2)Shamokin 14 14 15 33—76Opponent 35 14 0 31—80statistics Sham OPPFirst downs 41 47Rushes-net yards 105-642 128-510Passing yardage 334 338Passing 26-48-5 19-46-0Fumbles-lost 5-2 5-2Penalties-yards 15-129 18-135INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Preston Burns 63-494, 5 TDs; Devin Pietkiewicz 12-49; Garret Zalar 7-36; Mark Wetzel 6-25; Nate Shurock 3-8; Isaiah Reiprish 1-8; Jake Jeremiah 1-2; Ty Berge 4-(-3); Tom Campbell 7-(-16).PASSING — Thomas Campbell 17-31-5 for 242 yards, 3 TDs; Nate Shurock 5-13-0 for 47 yards; Zach Johnson 4-6-0 for 45 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Jacob DiRienzo 7-94; 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 1-3.SCORING — Preston Burns 5 rushing TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 36 points; Isaiah Reiprish 2 receiving TD, 12 poinits; Jacob DiRienzo, 1 receivng TD, 6 points; Garrett Zalar 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Alek Washuta 8 PATs, 8. points.

SHIKELLAMY (0-3)Shikellamy 13 24 14 0—51Opponents 21 49 31 24—125statistics Shik OPPFirst downs 27 48Rushes-net yards 103-463 111-664Passing yardage 315 397Passing 24-61-6 29-51-5Fumbles-lost 4-2 6-1Penalties-yards 28-229 31-245INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Shawn Turber 29-256, 3 TDs; Gabe Tilford 13-68, TD; Joey Folk 9-46; Pierson White 9-45, TD; Christian Schlegel 23-43; Kobe Swanger 9-30; Chris Tasker 9-10; Corey Wagner 1-7; David Munoz 1-1; Ethan Oakes 1-1; Lemeir Mitchell 1-0; Luke Tilford 2-2; Tate Krankoskie 1-(-11).PASSING — Christian Schlegel 22-55-6 for 212 yards; Shawn Turber 1-1-0 for 70 yards, TD; Tate Krankoskie 1-7-0 for 23 yards.RECEIVING — Hunter Dodge 5-116, TD; Shawn Turber 9-66; Trey Cunningham 5-63; Owen Long 3-64; Pierson White 1-5; Gabe Tilford 1-1.SCORING — Shawn Turber 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Pierson White 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff TD, 12 points; Gabe Tilford 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Hunter Dodge 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Dylan Snyder 6 PATs, 1 FG 9 points.

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (3-0)Southern Col. 62 44 35 13—154Opponents 20 14 8 25-67statistics SCHS OppFirst downs 59 34Rushes-net yards 101-961 90-461Passing yardage 443 579Passing 21-40-1 40-69-5Fumbles-lost 10-3 4-2Penalties-yards 21-155 19-161INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Blake Marks 14-261, 3 TDs; Hunter Thomas 17-257, 4 TDs; Jared Torres 22-105, 3 TDs; Thomas Manley 9-75, TD; Drew Michaels 9-71; Nic Fetterman 10-70; Nick Becker 2-35; Dylan Kranzel 6-18, TD; Cole Potter 4-28; A.J. Goodlunas 6-26; Billy Marzeski 8-22, TD; Garrett Henry 1-3; Sami Abdul 3-17.PASSING — Drew Michaels 11-17-1 for 211 yards, 3 TDs; Nick Becker 7-14-0 for 180 yards, 3 TDs; Justin Derk 3-9-0 for 62 yards.RECEIVING — Steve Toczylousky 6-129, 2 TDs; Hunter Thomas 5-145, 3 TDs; Cam Young 4-88, TD; Blake Marks 3-38 Jared Torres 2-10; Garrett Henry 1-29.SCORING — Hunter Thomas 4 rushing TDs, 3 receiving TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 1 interception TD, 54 points; Tyler Keiser 18 PATs, 1 FG, 21 points; Blake Marks 3 rushing TDs, 1 PAT, 19 points; Jared Torres 3 rushing TD, 18 points; Steve Toczylousky 2 receiv-ing TDs, 12 points; Billy Marzeski 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Dylan Frantzel 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Austin Knepp 1 interception return TD, 6 points.

WARRIOR RUN (1-2)Warrior Run 27 0 6 7—40Opponent 7 33 25 22—87statistics WRHS OppFirst downs 38 41Rushes-net yards 108-267 111-870Passing yardage 409 72Passing 37-59-2 8-19-0Fumbles-lost 5-2 6-3Penalties-yards 10-55 5-53INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tyler Brown 58-174, TD; Anthony Null 16-91, TD; Noah Showers 5-18; Ty Kirkner 5-13, TD; Jorge Guillen 2-3, TD; Gage Anzulavich 12-(-32).PASSING — Gage Anzulavich 37-59-2 for 417 yards, 2 TDs.RECEIVING — Matt Truckenmiller 9-116, 2 TDs; Theo Bender 4-40; Matt Gummo 3-55; George Reasoner 3-20; Noah Showers 3-41; Ty Kirkner 3-38; Kade Meyer 2-6; Jacob Snyder 2-24; Tyler Brown 2-25.SCORING — Matt Truckenmiller 2 receiv-ing TDs, 12 points; Anthony Null 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tyler Brown 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Jorge Guillen 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Ty Kirkner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Austin Solstez 4 PATs, 4 points.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Aaron Burbridge’s impressive start this season comes as no surprise to his coach.

“He’s just had the ball thrown to him a little bit more, but he’s had outstand-ing ability from day one,” Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio said. “Great hands, great vision, great body control, good run after catch, great speed.”

Burbridge has had a chance to showcase all of that so far in 2015, and through the first three games of his senior season, he’s been perhaps the Big Ten’s best wide receiver. The Spartans entered the year with some uncertainty at the position, but with 20 catches already, Burbridge is on pace to challenge some of the school’s top receiving marks.

“He’s awesome,” quar-terback Connor Cook said. “I really don’t think it’s any surprise to anyone. Back when I was a redshirt freshman and (Burbridge) was a true freshman, I was running with the twos and so was he, and there were times when he would just make amazing catches, making me look good, mak-ing circus catches.”

Burbridge was an im-mediate contributor as a freshman, catching 29 passes in 2012, but he’s never surpassed that total since. Instead, receivers like Ben-nie Fowler and Tony Lippett earned most of the spotlight. Last season, Lippett caught 65 passes for 1,198 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior.

Michigan State entered this season with a senior quarterback in Cook and an experienced offensive line, but it wasn’t clear if the Spartans would be able

to replace Lippett’s pro-duction. There was plenty of speculation about who might be the top receiver on this year’s team.

“Of course I heard it, but I didn’t really think about it,” Burbridge said. “I was just out there trying to just make plays for this team. I feel like all of us, the entire receiver corps, can make plays.”

Burbridge was limited last summer after breaking his foot, but he was ready when the season started, and he’s surpassed 100 yards in each of Michigan State’s first three games. Nobody else on the team has more than

nine receptions.“He had an outstanding

freshman season. He was really thought to be, com-ing into the 2013 season, he was going to be the premier receiver. Other guys picked up,” Dantonio said. “Last year, same type of thing. We had guys, so they’re also sharing those responsibili-ties.”

There hasn’t been as much sharing this season. Against Air Force last weekend, Burbridge made the game’s most acrobatic catch, stretching parallel to the ground while haul-ing in a 28-yard touchdown pass from Cook. The play

was initially ruled incom-plete, but replays showed he touched his left foot down inbounds before the rest of his body landed out.

“It wasn’t that spectacular to me,” Burbridge said, tak-ing modesty to an extreme. “I just made a play, I caught the ball.”

That was one of three touchdowns for Burbridge on the day.

Michigan State has had its share of great receivers through the years — Andre Rison and Plaxico Burress come to mind. The school record for catches in a season is 79 by B.J. Cun-ningham in 2011 and Devin

Thomas in 2007. The record for yards receiving is 1,470 by Charles Rogers in 2001, and the mark for touchdown catches is 14 by Rogers in that same season.

Burbridge still has a long way to go before approach-ing those records, but his first three games have been impressive enough that there’s no longer much con-cern over whom Cook’s top target might be.

“We’ve always had that chemistry ever since we both stepped into Michigan State doors,” Burbridge said. “I practice hard, he throws me the ball and I just go make plays for him.”

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Michigan State’s Aaron Burbridge comes down with a 28-yard reception for a touchdown against Air Force’s Kalon Baker, right, and Dexter Walker (5) during the second quarter of last week’s game.

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