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Steve LeitzelGuest forecaster

Chris SchliederGuest forecaster

Harold Gerst Jr.Guest forecaster

Dave BridgeGuest forecaster

Robert AckerGuest forecaster

Shawn WoodSports stringer

Anthony MitchellSports stringer

Harold RakerSports stringer

BrianHoltzappleSportsreporter

Scott DudinskieSports reporter

Todd HummelSports reporter

The Daily Item’s Fearless Forecasters’ picks:

THE GAMES

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Mt. Carmel(5-3) at Central Col. (3-5) (Friday)

Danville(1-7) at Shikellamy (4-4) (Friday)

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East Juniata(2-6) at Tri-Valley (4-4) (Friday)

Milton (1-7) at Selinsgrove (6-2) (Friday)

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Central Mtn. (1-7) at Southern (8-0) (Friday)

Williams Valley (5-3) at Line Mtn. (4-4) (Friday)

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Millersburg (3-5) at Upper Dauphin (4-4) (Friday)

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Lewisburg (5-3) at Warrior Run (2-6) (Friday)

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Defenders StadiumLast meeting: Lewisburg won 49-0 in 2013Radio: 100.9 The Valley-FM, 6:30 p.m.

LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (5-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 WR Jr.60 Jon Ward 6-0 240 OL Sr.54 Brandon Benfer 5-11 205 OL Sr.53 Alex Liscum 5-10 215 OL Jr.58 Matt Nash 6-1 195 OL Sr.56 Andrew Dufree 6-2 205 OL Jr.20 Jason Bonner 6-2 190 TE Sr. 8 Trent Gower 5-10 155 QB Jr. 7 Drew Newcomb 6-0 170 RB Sr.33 Logan Aikey 5-9 190 RB Sr.21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 WR Jr. 1 Max Reed 6-1 168 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr54 Brandon Benfer 5-11 205 DL Sr.60 Jon Ward 6-0 240 DL Sr.57 Brian Anderson 5-8 185 DL Sr.33 Logan Aikey 5-9 190 LB Sr.58 Matt Nash 6-1 195 LB Sr.44 Trey Delbaugh 5-9 155 LB So.24 Zach Pyers 6-0 160 LB Sr. 2 Trent Henger 6-2 170 LB Jr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 DB Jr.7 Drew Newcomb 6-0 170 DB Sr.21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 DB Jr.1 Max Reed 6-1 168 P Sr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultShikellamy L, 21-20at Montoursville W, 19-10Mount Carmel L, 32-14Milton W, 42-13at Central Mountain W, 50-6Central Columbia W, 49-7at Danville Fridayat Southern Columbia L, 31-14at Warrior Run FridayMifflinburg Oct. 31

WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (2-6)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr11 Wyatt Kirkendall 5-8 158 WR Sr.59 William Hubler 6-2 235 LT Sr.71 Zach Smith 5-10 237 LG Jr.51 Kyle Blanchard 6-0 205 C Sr.62 Ben Lapp 5-10 177 RG Jr.72 Aaron McCollum 6-3 278 RT Sr.88 Matt Truckenmiller 6-2 198 TE Jr.14 Frank James 5-10 160 QB/K Sr.35 Shawn Morehart 6-0 188 FB Sr.25 William Michael 6-0 181 HB Sr.85 Jake Rohm 6-2 187 WR Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr61 Pacey Howard 5-11 185 DE Fr.68 Ty Nicholas 6-0 217 DT Jr.53 Zach Divers 6-0 237 DT Jr.88 Matt Truckenmiller 6-2 198 DE Jr.23 Tristian Derr 6-0 179 OLB Sr.52 Tyler Kling 6-0 219 ILB Sr.45 Noah Showers 5-10 166 ILB So.86 Teddy Bender 6-0 167 OLB Jr.25 William Michael 6-0 181 CB Sr.11 Wyatt Kirkendall 5-8 158 S Sr.85 Jake Rohm 6-2 187 CB Sr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMuncy W, 29-6at Milton L, 33-21Wyalusing W, 19-13at Central Columbia L, 34-6Hughesville L, 42-15at North Penn L, 24-7Southern Columbia L, 57-0at Mount Carmel L, 47-21Lewisburg Fridayat Danville Oct. 31

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

TURBOTVILLE — Though it was a loss, the Lewisburg football team took a lot of positives from last week’s game with unde-feated Southern Columbia.

“The kids were real dis-appointed. They really thought they left some plays out on the field,” Lewisburg coach Michael Ferriero said. “They really seemed focused on getting another chance at Southern Colum-bia, but they also know we can only get that opportu-nity if we take care of our own business first.”

The Green Dragons’ first chance comes in their final Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division II game of the season when they travel to Warrior Run on Friday night.

The Defenders (2-6 over-all, 0-3 HAC-II) are much improved from last year’s winless team. Warrior Run’s biggest improvement has come on the defensive end, but the Green Dragons’ of-fense has been potent.

“They are very fast and athletic; other than South-ern Columbia, Lewisburg is the fastest, most athletic team we’ll face this season,” Warrior Run coach Mark Burrows said.

Lewisburg (5-3, 2-2) quarterback Trent Gower threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns last week against the Tigers and now

has thrown for 1,071 yards and 11 touchdown passes this year. Matt Fedorjaka and Noah Inch have com-bined to catch a combined 59 passes this season. The Green Dragons’ running game has also been potent, led by halfback Drew New-comb’s 572 yards and seven scores on the ground.

Warrior Run has experi-ence defending the spread offense, limiting the top seed in the District 4 Class A playoff race — North Penn — to its lowest point and yardage output all sea-son. They held North Penn quarterback Bo Burleigh to 2-of-16 passing for 39 yards and an interception. In the

two games since, Burleigh has thrown for nearly 700 yards with six touchdowns and no interceptions.

“They are pretty aggres-sive on defense. Its defen-sive line got some push against both Southern Co-lumbia and Mount Carmel, so our offensive line has to be prepared,” Ferriero said. “Their linebackers do a good job of flying to the ball and dropping into coverage. Gower is going to have to do a good job of reading the defense.”

Where Warrior Run has run into problems some-times has come on the of-fensive end. Last week’s loss to Mount Carmel was

no different. The Defenders moved the ball on Mount Carmel, but hurt them-selves.

“We moved the ball, but we just had some inoppor-tune penalties and turn-overs,” Burrows said. “We put ourselves in some bad spots against Mount Car-mel.”

Frank James threw two touchdown passes to Jake Rohm against Mount Car-mel last week and now has eight touchdowns on the season. James has thrown for 838 yards. Rohm leads the Defenders with 24 catches for 262 yards and four touchdowns.

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Lewisburg’s Logan Aikey tries to break the tackle of Shikellamy’s Blake Bettleyon during the season opener.

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ALMEDIA — The Mount Carmel coaching staff made some big changes on the defensive side of the ball to simplify things for the Red Tornadoes on that side of the ball.

“The defensive switch worked out pretty well for us last week,” Mount Car-mel coach Carm DeFran-cesco said. “We played a lot of zone (in the secondary), but I think we are going to have to add some things for Friday night.”

The Red Tornadoes (5-3 overall, 3-1 Heartland Ath-letic Conference Division II) travel to Central Colum-bia (3-5, 2-2) in a HAC-II matchup.

Mount Carmel is cur-rently fourth in the District 4 Class AA race, while Cen-tral Columbia sits outside the top eight.

“We know we have to win out (Central finishes the season with rival Blooms-burg) and have some things go our way,” Central Colum-bia coach Jason Hippenstiel said.

The Blue Jays like to at-tack defenses with a four wideout set at some points, and DeFrancesco said that will force his defense into more man coverage situa-tions.

Central Columbia snapped a three-game losing streak with its win over Danville last Friday night. Tailback Danny Koch is just 37 yards from 1,000 on the season with nine touchdowns on the ground, while senior Lewis Williams is one of the top dual threats in the area.

Williams is second on the team with 236 yards on the ground on just 27 carries (8.7 yards per carry) and four touchdowns on the ground. He also leads the team in receiving with 15 catches

for 424 yards and six touch-downs.

“They have some real good skill people. Koch will slip in and out of tackles,” DeFrancesco said. “You’ve got to be aware where Wil-liams is at all times; they will line him up in the backfield and out wide.”

Mount Carmel’s defensive problems haven’t just been scheme related. DeFran-cesco is still concerned about his team’s tackling heading into the Week 9.

“We aren’t tackling worth

a lick. We spent all week last week on it and a lot of time this week as well,” DeFran-cesco said. “We are still not wrapping up.”

Though he knows the Blue Jays are capable of playing with the Red Tornadoes — Central Columbia led 21-6 at halftime last year at the Silver Bowl — Hippenstiel is also aware of what the Blue Jays will have to do to keep their faint playoff hopes alive.

“We know Mount Carmel has given up points to some

really good teams, but they are still Mount Carmel,” Hippenstiel said. “We still have to put together four re-ally good quarters of football to beat them.”

Where the Red Tornadoes haven’t had as many issues is on the offensive side of the ball. Blake Panko leads the team with 671 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground, while junior Kyle Kary-icki adds 509 yards and five scores despite missing nearly three full games with an an-kle injury.

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Central Columbia’s Frankie Tewell breaks apart the banner before the start of the game against Selinsgrove back in August.

When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Central Columbia Athletic ComplexLast meeting: Mount Carmel won, 36-22, in 2013Radio: Variety 99.7-FM, 6:45Internet: blackdiamondsport.net.MOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (5-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Juwan Sullins 5-11 206 WR Sr.65 Gerard Reichwein 6-0 230 RT Jr.57 Glenn Barwicki 5-11 217 RG Jr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 C Jr.71 Lee Amarose 6-3 265 LG Sr.52 Mike Kaminski 6-3 238 LT Sr.85 Christian Kelley 6-2 239 TE Sr. 4 Dominic Farronato 6-1 195 QB Jr.24 Blake Panko 5-7 171 TB Sr. 1 Kyle Karycki 6-1 210 FB Jr.27 Trayvon White 5-10 157 WR Sr.10 Tommy Belski 6-1 162 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr57 Glenn Barwicki 5-11 217 DT/P Jr.15 Gabe Bogutskie 6-1 200 NG Jr.52 Mike Kaminski 6-3 238 DT Sr.1 Kyle Karycki 6-1 210 OLB Jr.44 Allen Yancoskie 5-11 193 ILB Jr.24 Blake Panko 5-7 171 MLB Sr.55 Blayke Marlow 6-0 190 ILB So.85 Christian Kelley 6-2 239 OLB Sr.4 Dominic Farronato 6-1 195 CB Jr.3 Zach Tocyloskie 5-9 158 S Sr. or21 Lane Tanney 5-5 128 S So.27 Trayvon White 5-10 157 CB Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLoyalsock W, 25-22Selinsgrove L, 61-6at Lewisburg W, 34-13Central Mountain W, 54-21at Danville W, 44-13Southern Columbia L, 55-13at North Schuylkill L, 53-21Warrior Run W, 47-21at Central Columbia Fridayat Shamokin Oct. 31CENTRAL COLUMBIA BLUE JAYS (3-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr2 Lewis Williams 5-6 135 WR Sr.64 Eric Zalewski 6-2 215 RT Jr.74 Justin Scatena 5-8 280 RG Sr.54 Thomas Yerkes 5-7 245 C Sr.75 Colton Young 6-4 250 LG Jr.56 Matt Chamberlain 6-3 190 LT Sr.35 Peter D’Ambrosio 6-2 230 TE Jr. 4 Steve Shannon 5-9 150 QB Sr.44 Frankie Tewell 5-11 230 FB Sr.23 Danny Koch 6-0 165 HB Sr.10 Austin Farver 6-2 170 WR Sr.40 Zach Diehl 5-11 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr64 Eric Zalewski 6-2 215 DE Jr.86 Colton Maurer 5-7 190 DT Sr.54 Thomas Yerkes 5-7 245 DT Sr.35 Peter D’Ambrosio 6-2 230 DE Jr.2 Lewis Williams 5-6 135 OLB Sr.44 Frankie Tewell 5-11 230 ILB Sr.21 Austyn Kester 5-11 170 ILB Jr.52 Cameron Farr 6-0 165 OLB Sr.23 Danny Koch 6-0 165 CB Sr.10 Austin Farver 6-2 170 FS Sr.83 Chris Rich 5-9 143 CB Sr.40 Zach Diehl 5-11 180 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Selinsgrove L, 43-6Loyalsock L, 56-42at Central Mountain W, 36-15Warrior Run W, 34-6Southern Columbia L, 42-21at Lewisburg L, 49-7Towanda L, 38-28at Danville W, 27-17Mount Carmel Fridayat Bloomsburg Oct. 31

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Shikellamy StadiumLast Meeting: Danville won, 45-7, in 2013Radio: WKOK AM 1070. 6:30 p.mDANVILLE IRONMEN (1-7)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr31 Jay Brennan 5-10 160 WB Jr.72 Jacob Sheridan 6-2 220 LT Sr.66 Zachary Wright 5-7 138 LG Fr.78 Jon Berkey 5-9 227 C Jr.56 Trey Lee 5-10 213 RG Jr.60 Mark Kitchen 5-10 186 RT Jr.33 Gabe Shope 6-2 192 TE Sr.12 Gannon Feldman 5-9 152 QB Fr.30 Tom Brouse 5-9 200 FB Sr. 9 Matt Meloy 5-6 153 HB Jr.23 Trent Hilkert 6-0 170 WB So. 1 Shayne Riley 6-2 172 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr53 Ken Cooper 6-0 180 DE Fr.56 Trey Lee 5-10 213 DT Jr.72 Jacob Sheridan 6-2 220 DT Sr.56 Trey Lee 5-10 213 DE Jr.23 Trent Hilkert 6-0 170 OLB So.30 Tom Brouse 5-9 200 ILB Sr.59 Dorien Yeager 5-9 216 MLB Sr.58 Gunnar Feldmann 5-10 155 CB Jr.33 Gabe Shope 6-2 192 OLB Sr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 CB Jr.25 Raiden Williams 5-6 152 CB Fr. 2 Jeff Vitunac 6-3 171 S Sr. 1 Shayne Riley 6-2 172 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Bloomsburg W, 35-7at Mifflinburg L, 32-7at Loyalsock L, 35-0Southern Columbia L, 46-0Mount Carmel L, 44-13at Wyalusing L, 31-0Lewisburg L, 41-0Central Columbia L, 27-17at Shikellamy FridayWarrior Run Oct. 31SHIKELLAMY (4-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr8 Trey Cunningham 6-1 195 SE So. or27 John Schaeffer 5-10 175 WR Sr.54 Jonah Rees 6-0 215 OT Sr.50 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 OG Jr.78 Derek Bussey 6-2 240 C So.52 Harrison Rees 6-1 235 OG Fr.83 Owen Long 6-0 220 TE Jr.10 Christian Schlegel 6-4 210 QB Jr.30 Brett McCreary 5-10 195 FB Sr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 175 LHB Jr.16 Matt Splitt 6-1 185 OLB Sr.23 Nick Dunn 6-0 165 WR Sr.15 Seth Burk 5-5 135 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr83 Owen Long 6-0 220 DL Jr.76 Jeremy Bacon 5-9 255 DT Jr.34 Quaneer Ford 5-10 185 DL Sr.48 Dylan Harry 6-4 230 DL So.44 Colby Lahr 5-11 170 OLB Sr.5 Chris Tasker 6-0 165 OLB So.30 Brent McCreary 5-10 195 ILB Sr.64 Joe Snyder 5-9 200 ILB Sr.24 Gabe Tilford 5-10 165 OLB Fr.23 Nick Dunn 6-0 165 CB Sr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 175 S Jr.16 Matt Splitt 6-1 185 CB Sr.15 Seth Burk 5-5 135 P Sr.2014 ScheduleShikellamyOpponent Date/Resultat Lewisburg W, 21-20Jersey Shore L, 27-7Selinsgrove L, 27-7at Mifflinburg W, 27-15at Montoursville W, 20-18Central Mountain W, 21-7at Shamokin L, 27-13at Loyalsock L, 45-20Danville FridayMilton Oct. 31

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

SUNBURY — Shikellamy needs to play this week like it did in the first half a week ago. Danville would love to play this week like it did in the last half a week ago.

If that happens, Friday night’s Heartland Athletic Conference crossover game should come down to the wire.

Shikellamy (4-4) has lost two in a row, but is virtually locked into a District 4 Class AAA playoff berth (either as a No. 3 or No., 4 seed). Dan-ville (1-7) has lost seven in a row since an opening-night win over Bloomsburg.

Danville coach Jim Keiser opened the season with a young team with a lot of question marks, then saw player after player go down with injuries, some short-term, some for the season.

“We have seven freshmen who are playing meaningful minutes for us,” Keiser said.

That group includes his newest freshman starter, Zachary Wright, who is play-ing offensive guard at a whop-ping 5-foot-7, 138 pounds.

“You don’t often have kids that size that are tough and use their body well. This kid does a fantastic job,” Keiser said.

He said Wright “did an un-believable job” versus a solid Central Columbia team last week.

Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford has had similar injury woes, but, like Keiser, be-

lieves in the starters he has.“We need to get the offense

to finish in the red zone. It’s been a problem all year,” he said.

He said the Braves played a solid first half last week at Loyalsock, but, he added, “We just got worn down by (quarterback) Kyle Datres.”

Tilford added that the Lancers scoring on the last drive of the second quar-ter and the first drive of the third quarter was difficult to overcome.

“We need to overcome our injuries and get back on the winning track,” Tilford said.

He said that Danville moved the ball well at times last week and, he added, “Danville seems to be im-

proving each week.” Keiser said that, despite

its up-and-down season with two losses in a row, “Shikel-lamy has also played well this season.

“I watched them play some good teams and they played well. They’ve been hit with some injuries, but they are still a pretty solid football

team,” Keiser said.He added, “We’ve been

doing the same thing (work-ing through injuries) and it’s tough. But I’ve watched (the Braves) and they’ve got some good kids up front and their running backs are very good.”

He said Tilford has got his kids believing in themselves running his traditional Wing-T and also running a lot of plays out of the jet sweep formation, kind of like what Auburn University is doing right now.

“I think they look pretty good doing it. The line comes off the ball well, they have a lot of good kids in the back-field and the quarterback (Christian Schlegel) doesn’t make mistakes,” he said.

Keiser said the Braves are starting to look like the good Lewisburg teams from Tilford’s days as the Green Dragons head coach.

He added that, although it has been a long season in Danville, he is encouraged by how well his young team responded in the second half against Central, despite trail-ing 30-3 in the third quarter.

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Shikellamy’s Brett McCreary carries the ball and a couple of Lewisburg players on a run during the sea-son opener.

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When: 7 p.m., FridayWhere: Wildcat StadiumLast meeting: Mifflinburg won, 30-14 in 2013Radio: Bill 95.3 FM, 6:45 p.m.Internet: blackdiamondsports.net

SHAMOKIN INDIANS (4-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 6 Tom Campbell 6-0 157 SE Jr.79 Adam Miller 6-1 251 LT Jr.56 Christian Duganitz 6-1 212 LG Sr.68 Mitch McGinn 6-2 214 C Sr.52 Garrett Zalar 6-0 237 RG Jr.59 Matt Fabian 6-0 262 RT Sr.48 Logan Mirolli 6-2 208 TE Sr.11 Tucker Yost 6-3 215 QB Sr. 4 John Demsko 5-6 144 RB Sr. 3 Preston Burns 5-5 177 RB/WR Jr. 7 Russell Henz 5-10 149 FL Jr.10 Alek Washuta 5-8 150 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 9 Elijah Kelley 5-10 163 DE Sr.56 Christian Duganitz 6-1 212 DT Sr.52 Garrett Zalar 6-0 237 DT Jr.5 K.C. Long 5-8 184 NG Sr.59 Matt Fabian 6-0 262 DT Sr.3 Preston Burns 5-5 177 RB/WR Jr.48 Logan Mirolli 6-2 208 DE Sr.12 Josiah Miller 6-1 173 LB Sr.23 Ty Berge 5-7 155 CB Jr.15 Nate Shurock 5-11 147 CB Jr.27 Alex Kiefer 5-10 153 S Jr. or4 John Demsko 5-6 144 S Sr6 Tom Campbell 6-0 157 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLine Mountain W, 7-0Central Mountain W, 40-12at Southern Columbia L, 52-14at Selinsgrove L, 49-0at Milton W, 35-14Jersey Shore L, 36-14Shikellamy W, 27-13at Montoursville L, 55-15at Mifflinburg FridayMount Carmel Oct. 31MIFFLINBURG WILDCATS (3-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 1 Brett Luhrmann 6-1 185 WR/K Sr.75 Steven Wertz 6-3 235 LT Sr.69 Sam Wright 6-0 200 LG Sr.54 Shane Moyer 5-11 190 C Sr.52 Jon Bingaman 5-6 205 RG Sr.57 Cody Botts 6-3 215 RT Jr.10 Hunter Kahley 5-10 185 TE So. 7 Jordan Wagner 6-1 200 QB Jr.20 Brayden Pierce 6-1 190 FB So.45 Eric Stroup 6-1 220 RB Sr.11 Tristan Martin 5-11 180 WR Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr57 Cody Botts 6-3 215 DE Jr.74 Garrett Ressler 6-2 315 DT So.61 Nathan Lyons 5-10 230 DT Jr.45 Eric Stroup 6-1 220 DE Sr.69 Sam Wright 6-0 200 LB Sr.30 Clayton Sheesley 5-8 160 LB Fr.10 Hunter Kahley 5-10 185 LB So.13 Brian Zimmerman 5-11 170 CB Jr.11 Tristan Martin 5-11 180 CB Jr.1 Brett Luhrman 6-1 185 S/P Sr.3 Cole Laubach 5-7 150 S Fr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSouthern Columbia L, 40-14at Danville W, 32-7at Montoursville L, 48-41Shickellamy L, 27-14at Jersey Shore L, 41-6Selinsgrove L, 42-7at Central Mountain W, 42-20Milton W, 35-8Shamokin Fridayat Lewisburg Oct. 31

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

MIFFLINBURG — Un-less your team is a perennial championship contender, playing a meaningful game in week nine means the sea-son has been a success.

Shamokin and Mifflinburg are doing just that on Friday night, and that is an improve-ment from a year ago.

Shamokin, which visits Mifflinburg for a Heartland Athletic Conference Divi-sion I game, is in good shape as far as the postseason is concerned, having already clinched a berth (either No. 3 or No. 4) in the District 4 Class AAA tournament.

Mifflinburg is in more dire straits, needing to win its final two games to reach .500 and have a shot at one of the eight playoff spots in D4 Class AA.

Shamokin coach Pat Di-Rienzo said the goal for his team now is getting a win-ning season, which would be an accomplishment as the Indians (4-4 overall, 2-3 HAC-I) are coming off an 0-10 campaign in 2013.

“We both have a lot to play for. I know they want a .500 season and this is a playoff game for us,” DiRienzo said.

Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler agrees that a .500 season is the goal for the Wildcats, who have been plagued by injuries all sea-son and have never fielded the team they had when camp opened.

Although the Wildcats’ lineup remains in flux, a bright spot is the return this week of senior wide receiver/safety Brett Luhrman.

Dressler said that, know-ing that injuries are a part of the sport and out of the coaches’ control, he doesn’t like to complain about them. But he admitted that dealing with the adversity week after week complicates prepara-tion “especially when we’re

in the spot we’re in the next two weeks.’’

He said, “These are must wins if we want to have any kind of hope to sneak in to a No. 8 spot in the playoffs.”

DiRienzo saw first hand in last week’s loss at Montours-ville how tough it can be to play a desperate team.

“(The Warriors) played like they were playing for their playoff lives in that game last week and it showed,” DiRienzo said. “I don’t think, personally, that they were 40 points better than us, but it was one of those nights where nothing went right.”

DiRienzo said the Wild-cats have capable playmak-ers, especially their junior quarterback.

“We are worried about Wagner and we know they can throw the ball,” he said. “He is very dangerous and they have good receivers and they can put points on the board.”

DiRienzo said the key is for the Indians to play solid football and a complete game. He said that is some-thing the Indians did not do last week, and it was the

first time all season that hap-pened.

“It had nothing to do with preparations. It was one of those nights. The kids un-derstand it and we talked about it in our team meet-ings. They want to have a winning season and to have a winning season now we have to focus on Mifflinburg,” Di-Rienzo said.

The Wildcats (3-5, 2-4) will try to stop or at least contain Shamokin senior quarterback Tucker Yost.

“I certainly think Shamokin is a solid team, with talent on both sides of the ball. We are not sure what we are going to see (defensively), but they are quick,” Dressler said.

“Offensively, Yost is a strong kid, a big kid and he can throw the ball and he loves running the ball. He’s bigger (than many quar-terbacks); he is more like a big running back coming at you. He doesn’t shy away from contact, he is a physical kid.”

Dressler added that run-ning back John Demsko is also a threat.

He said the Indians have shown that they like to be aggressive and physical.

“We think we can match up well, it just comes down to field position and ball con-trol, the typical things, and (eliminating) turnovers,” Dressler said. “We have to play disciplined on defense.”

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Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — No offense to the Milton Black Panthers, but Friday night’s Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division I matchup with Selinsgrove at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field is more about the Seals for coach Dave Hess.

Coming off a disheart-ening 16-10 loss to Jersey Shore last week that cost the Seals the HAC-I title, Hess would like to see some serious improvement from his team with undefeated Southern Columbia and the District 4 Class AAA play-offs on the horizon.

“Very much like the Ber-wick loss, the loss to Jersey Shore was heartbreaking,” Hess said. “Our first goal every season is the HAC.”

“It is just about us this week. We’ve got to stop turning the ball over on special teams,” Hess added. “We need to block better and throw the ball better.”

Selinsgrove (6-2 overall, 4-1 HAC-I) has actually al-lowed the least points in the league this season, 64, one fewer than undefeated Jer-sey Shore.

“Our defense has been playing well,” Hess said. “These mistakes and pen-alties have killed us all sea-son.”

With a District 4 Class AAA playoff berth wrapped up, the Seals know if they can clean up their

act, there is a good chance they’ll get another shot at the Bulldogs, who have won two consecutive games against Selinsgrove for the first time in series history.

“We’ll use that as moti-vation,” Hess said. “If we do our job, we should get another shot at them, most likely for a district title and we’ll see what happens.”

The Black Panthers can test a team on the ground with their Delaware Wing-T offense. Brandon Stokes has run for 650 yards and five touchdowns this sea-son. But where Milton has struggled is in the passing game.

That could be an issue against the Seals as sopho-more quarterback Logan Bennett was hurt against

Mifflinburg and is question-able for the game. Fresh-man Hunter Snyder will re-turn to the starting lineup if Bennett can’t go.

No offense to the Seals, but Milton coach George Goodwin feels the same way Hess does about Friday night’s contest.

The Black Panthers (1-7, 0-4) have lost six straight since their lone win over Warrior Run as stretches of good play have been sur-rounded by mistakes and penalties.

In their final two games, Goodwin would just like to see some improvement out of his young team.

“That’s what we’ve been looking for from week to week all season,” Goodwin said. “We want to get bet-

ter in game situations. It’s growth. I just want to see some growth.”

Goodwin also knows what his team will see from the Seals.

“We know it’s the usual suspects in (Juvon) Batts and (Zach) Adams,” Good-win said. “We’ve seen them before in the fall and at seven-on-seven camps. We know what to expect: They are big, fast and strong.”

Batts has rushed for 822 yards and 11 touchdowns, while also returning two kicks for scores this season. Adams is second on the team with 480 yards and 11 touchdowns. Adams is also the Seals’ leading receiver with 12 catches for 201 yards and four scores.

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Selinsgrove’s Juvon Batts takes a handoff from Selinsgrove quarterback Logan Leiby during practice.

When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Harold L. Bolig Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Selinsgrove won, 41-18, in 2013 District 4 Class AAA semifinalRadio: Eagle 107.3 FM, 6 p.m.; WMLP-1380 AM, 6:30 p.m.

MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (1-7)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr16 Logan Bennett 5-8 145 WR So.78 Logan Mensch 6-2 320 LT Sr.60 Gage Heller 5-11 190 LG Jr.62 Bobby Mong 6-2 195 C Jr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 RG So.72 Jimmy Hare 6-4 215 RT Jr.33 Lance Fogelman 5-9 170 TE Jr. 4 Hunter Snyder 6-0 162 QB Jr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 FB/K Jr.25 Zack Bennett 5-9 165 LHB Sr. 2 Jovan Garrison 6-0 170 RHB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr62 Bobby Mong 6-2 195 DE Jr.78 Logan Mensch 6-2 320 DT Sr.74 Adrian Cervantes 5-11 270 DT Sr.72 Jimmy Hare 6-4 215 DE Jr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 ILB/P Jr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 ILB So.60 Gage Heller 5-11 190 ILB Jr. 7 K.J. Williams 5-8 145 CB Sr.33 Lance Fogelman 5-9 170 FS Jr.25 Zack Bennett 5-9 165 SS Sr.2 Jovan Garrison 6-0 170 CB Sr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultTroy L, 36-0Warrior Run W, 33-21at North Penn L, 50-6at Lewisburg L, 42-13Shamokin L, 35-14Montoursville L, 49-0Jersey Shore L, 47-0at Mifflinburg L, 35-8at Selinsgrove Fridayat Shikellamy Oct. 31

SELINSGROVE SEALS (6-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 175 Z Jr.77 Andrew Boob 6-0 221 RT Sr.72 Ryan Hoke 5-10 211 RG Jr.54 Brandon Hoover 5-11 190 C Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 239 LG Jr,79 Dalon Maxwell 6-3 323 LT Sr.80 Dylan Beaver 6-2 220 TE Sr.18 Logan Leiby 5-11 174 QB Fr.25 Zach Adams 6-0 190 FB Sr. 1 Juvon Batts 5-10 173 HB Jr.16 Angel Figueroa 6-1 179 X Sr.22 Joe Radel 5-10 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Andrew Boob 6-0 221 DT Sr. 61 Christian Muniz 5-11 196 NG Jr.51 Tony Dressler 6-1 238 DT Fr. 9 Ethan Trautman 5-10 170 OLB Jr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 239 ILB Jr,54 Brandon Hoover 5-11 190 ILB Sr.21 Nate Bingaman 6-0 185 ILB Sr.25 Zach Adams 6-0 190 OLB/P Sr. 3 Angelo Martin 5-10 165 CB Jr.12 Isaiah Rapp 5-11 180 S Sr.11 Nic Swineford 6-0 177 CB Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultCentral Columbia W, 43-6at Mount Carmel W, 61-6at Shikellamy W, 27-7Shamokin W, 49-0Berwick L, 22-21at Mifflinburg W, 42-7Montoursville W, 35-0at Jersey Shore L, 16-10Milton Fridayat Southern Columbia Oct. 31

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CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WILDCATS (1-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr9 Logan Bathhurst 5-9 150 WR Jr.76 Pat Barner 6-1 280 LT So.56 Loc Long 6-6 215 LG Sr.63 Jordan Slobodinsky 6-0 225 C Sr.67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 RG Jr.78 Shawn Shaffer 5-11 235 RT Jr.85 Nicholas Moore 6-4 220 TE Sr. 8 Bryce Bitner 6-1 225 QB Jr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 195 FB Jr.16 Justin Neff 6-1 175 RWB Jr,22 Clayton Butler 6-0 215 LWB Sr.42 Kathryn Myers 5-6 110 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht/Wt Pos Yr69 Wyatt Sanders 6-7 370 DT Sr.67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 NG Jr.70 Bryce Hanley 6-1 250 DT Sr.56 Luc Long 6-6 215 OLB Sr.22 Clayton Butler 6-0 215 ILB/P Sr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 195 ILB Jr.87 Zach Frankhouser 6-1 220 OLB So.23 Ethan McGill 5-11 190 CB Sr. 9 Logan Bathhurst 5-9 150 CB Jr.16 Justin Neff 6-1 175 S Jr.37 Zach Mansfield 5-11 190 S Sr.

2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Williamsport W, 34-33at Shamokin L, 40-12Central Columbia L, 36-15at Mount Carmel L, 54-21Lewisburg L, 50-6at Shikellamy L, 21-7Mifflinburg L, 42-20at Tyrone L, 61-0at Southern Columbia FridayJersey Shore Oct. 31

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS (8-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 1 Cameron Young 5-6 130 SE So.76 Aaron Kroh 6-2 330 LT Jr.65 Charles Wertman 5-7 220 LG Sr.70 Trent Donlan 5-10 250 C Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 260 RG Jr.78 Grayson Belles 6-0 255 RT Sr.15 Gabe Delbo 5-9 165 TE Sr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 205 QB Jr.44 Matt Jeremiah 5-11 190 FB Sr. 5 Brad Noll 5-10 165 TB Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-9 170 TB Jr.26 Hunter Thomas 5-10 180 HB So.13 Tyler Keiser 5-11 165 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Chase Tillett 6-0 220 DE Jr.70 Trent Donlan 5-10 250 DT Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 260 DT Jr.75 Jason Vought 5-11 225 DE Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-9 170 OLB Jr.16 Billy Barnes 5-9 165 ILB Sr.42 Matt Bell 6-1 185 ILB Jr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 165 OLB So. 1 Cameron Young 5-6 130 CB Sr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 180 S Jr.20 Mike Klebon 6-0 170 CB Sr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 205 P Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Mifflinburg W, 40-14Bloomsburg W, 47-0Shamokin W, 52-14at Danville W, 46-0at Central Columbia W, 42-21at Mount Carmel W, 55-13at Warrior Run W, 57-0Lewisburg W, 31-14Central Columbia FridaySelinsgrove Oct. 31

Game Night

By Marion ValanoskiFor The Daily Item

CATAWISSA — And you thought Brian Cash-man had problems trying to juggle the New York Yankees’ lineup with their boatload of season-ending injuries. How do you think Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth feels heading into this week’s matchup against Central Mountain after los-ing another one of his top-flight performers?

The veteran Tigers men-tor received bad news from the medical field again when it was announced that Blake Marks, who had already started the season late due an injury, would miss the rest of the football season and possibly the re-maining athletic campaigns for Southern Columbia fol-lowing a knee injury that is going to require surgery. The injury could possibly also affect wrestling and baseball, thus wiping out his junior athletic campaign.

“This was an odd one be-cause he got hit by two dif-ferent players while in the air,” Roth said. “Usually you get hurt like this while your leg is planted, but this was an odd one. If there is any consolation, he’s only a junior and can come back for his senior year.”

Unlike most teams where losing not one, but two of your top players (Luke Rarig) would devastate your season, Roth’s Tigers still have a bevy of talent on the roster and once again have to make adjustments on both sides of the ball.”

“Brad Noll is coming back and could see action in the backfield and maybe at safety, and Billy Marzeski will also be in the back-field,” Roth said. “Jake Pot-ter moves into Marks’ spot at linebacker and we’ll also make due where necessary in other areas, but injuries

are part of the game and we just have to make more adjustments and hope the people we put in can get the job done.”

Central Mountain (1-7) comes into the game still adjusting to its new coaches and the fact that the Wild-cats are young. But they have displayed flashes of brilliance at times, having put a scare into Mount Car-mel for one half before the Red Tornadoes turned mat-ters around.

Hunter Weaver leads the Wildcats on offense, carry-ing the ball 201 times for 831 yards and five touchdowns, followed by Justin Neff, who has 340 yards rushing and has tallied two touch-downs while also catching 11 passes for 302 yards and three TDs. JJ Harris has contributed eight receptions for 125 yards, while quarter-

back Bryce Bittner has com-pleted 36 of 93 for 651 yards and four TDs.

He also has rushed for 68 yards and contributed three touchdowns.

On defense, Clayton But-ler leads the way with 89 tackles, followed by Neff with 63. Weaver and Noah Long have each chipped in with 50.

“They run a lot of Wing-T and will vary a bit with a pitch,” Roth said. “What we have to be aware of is their play-action pass, so our sec-ondary has got to be alert because they have come up with some big plays by catch-ing the secondary not ready.

“Defensively, we are aware of their aggressive style of play and it appears they run a scheme similar to what we will see from Selin-sgrove, so it does give us a little preview. It basically is

an eight-man front.”Roth feels the Tigers will

be ready to play despite their latest injury, which has cost them a valuable starter on both sides of the ball, and it now becomes a matter of both the offense and defense getting comfortable with the new players and their adjust-ing to the positions they will now be playing.

“This game does give us an opportunity to see how we respond to more adver-sity and players moving into new roles,” Roth said. “We can’t fall asleep looking ahead to Selinsgrove, but must go out and play a solid football game with the team we put on the field.”

This will be the first meet-ing between the two schools, although Central Mountain will be a member of Divi-sion I in the Heartland Con-ference next year.

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Southern Columbia’s Matt Jeremiah is brought down by several Mifflinburg play-ers during a game earlier this season.

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When: Friday, 7 p.m.Where: Bulldogs StadiumLast meeting: Tri-Valley won, 28-0, in 2013

EAST JUNIATA TIGERS (2-6)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr10 Chris Schulgen 6-0 180 QB So.30 Tyler Herbster 5-9 170 RB Sr.20 David Sprenkle 5-5 140 RB Sr. 5 Austin Shellhammer 5-9 150 WR Sr.75 Travis Stump 6-1 325 LT So.62 Micah Treaster 6-1 220 LG Jr.50 Cody Folk 5-10 195 C Sr.60 Ryan Furgison 6-1 240 RG Sr.74 Colby Keister 6-0 325 RT Sr.84 Andrew Karchner 6-3 195 TE Sr.39 Andrew Zerby 5-11 165 WR Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr60 Ryan Furgison 6-1 240 DE Sr.51 Colton Newman 5-7 205 DT Sr.66 Tyrell Lease 6-2 210 DT Sr.74 Colby Keister 6-0 325 DE Sr.84 Andrew Karchner 6-3 195 OLB Sr.50 Cody Folk 5-10 195 ILB Sr.30 Tyler Herbster 5-9 170 ILB Sr.39 Andrew Zerby 5-11 165 OLB Jr.44 Mason Hambright 5-10 170 CB So.20 David Sprenkle 5-5 140 S Sr.22 Anthony Minium 6-1 165 CB So.

2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultHughesville L, 46-14Pine Grove L, 21-13at Greater Nanticoke L, 42-8at Newport L, 45-12at Juniata L, 42-7Millersburg L, 31-0at Susquenita W, 15-14Halifax W, 20-7at Tri-Valley FridayLine Mountain Oct. 31

TRI-VALLEY BULLDOGS (4-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 SE Jr.23 Chase Schaeffer 5-11 170 FL Jr.51 Danny Scheib 5-10 215 LG Fr.52 Danny Opozda 6-2 255 LT Jr.56 Devin Schwalm 5-10 255 C Jr.73 Hunter Herb 6-1 230 RT Jr.53 Beau Rothermel 6-1 215 RG Sr.35 Anthony Snyder 5-9 165 FB Sr.28 Tyler Lucas 5-9 150 HB Jr.32 Jake Kroh 6-0 180 TE So. 1 Hunter Harner 6-0 175 QB Sr.66 Cole Smeltz 5-11 170 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Jericho Zemencik 6-2 190 DE Sr.55 Bryon Rusinko 5-10 190 DT So.73 Hunter Herb 6-1 230 DT Jr.54 Dan Opozda 6-2 225 DE Jr.28 Tyler Lucas 5-9 150 OLB Jr.33 Dan Scheib 5-10 215 ILB Fr.35 Anthony Snyder 5-9 165 ILB Sr.23 Chase Schaeffer 5-11 170 OLB Jr.15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 CB Jr. 5 Josh Chacon 5-10 165 CB Sr. 1 Hunter Harner 6-0 175 S Sr.15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 P Jr.

2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Millersburg W, 31-14Upper Dauphin L, 12-0at Williams Valley L, 28-12Jim Thorpe L, 20-14Line Mountain W, 21-14at Juniata W, 18-6at Halifax W, 41-14Pine Grove L, 19-8East Juniata Fridayat Newport Oct. 31

Game Night

By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

HEGINS — Don’t look now, but one of the hottest teams in the Tri-Valley League is the East Juniata Tigers.

Riding the emotion of a two-game winning streak, the Tigers (2-6) head to He-gins on Friday night to take on Tri-Valley (4-4).

“Things are starting to come together,” said East Juniata coach Brent Hart-man. “The kids are working really hard in practice.

“They are learning how it feels how to win and they like the feeling.”

Winning has also brought about a new attitude with the Tigers.

“You have kids willing to listen and do anything they can to get on the field and keep this going,” said Hart-man. “Look at Reed Bruner, a senior that was our start-ing quarterback at the be-ginning of the season.

“Friday night he played flanker and even ran the ball.”

One of the reasons for the winning streak has to be the play of quarterback Chris Schulgen.

The sophomore has proven to be a threat on the ground and in the air and last week excelled in the Tigers’ new spread offense that allowed the coaching staff to see what is going on and call plays from the sidelines without the use of a huddle.

“It gave us a lot of control and we could react to what the defense was doing,” said Hartman.

One of the big plays in the offense was the read option — Schulgen looked like he’d been running it all year. The quarterback ran for 173 yards on 19 carries and had 98 yards and three touch-downs through the air.

“Chris keeps getting bet-ter and better each week,” said Hartman. “He works hard in practice and is re-ally starting to understand everything we are telling him.”

With Schulgen’s emer-gence as a dynamic quarter-back the last two weeks, two other players have really stepped it up on offense.

Andrew Zerby rushed for 85 yards last week against Halifax and has given the Tigers a 1-2 punch running the ball. Mason Hambright has become Schulgen’s fa-

vorite target in the screen game; he had 72 yards re-ceiving last week and two scores.

And even though the ball hasn’t been coming to them as often, receivers Bailey Hetrick and Andrew Karch-ner have become valuable assets in the running game with their blocking skills.

With the improvement on offense, it would be easy to overlook the defense, but the Tigers have been solid on that side of the ball, forcing an average of two turnovers over the last two

games and allowing just 160 yards a game.

“Our defense has been solid,” said Hartman.

Tri-Valley comes into the game hoping to catch some momentum and make a run to the playoffs. The Bulldogs come into the game with their own multi-threat quar-terback in Hunter Harner.

The senior has rushed for 676 yards and passed for 313 this season, and leads the team in both categories. Anthony Snyder is second on the team in rushing with 527 yards.

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East Juniata’s Andrew Karchner blocks Line Mountain’s Cam Newman during a game last year.

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Cover Story

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

Longtime Shamokin as-sistant coach Pat DiRienzo knew one thing for sure about this year’s Indians team.

If he was hired as the head coach, his quarterback would be senior Tucker Yost.

Yost knew that if Di-Rienzo got the job, the Indians would install the type of offense that would allow him to thrive.

While waiting to find out who his head coach would be, Yost set about prepar-ing for the chance he hoped he would get.

“I was coming down here and hitting the weight room with coach Tim (Man-giaruga), getting faster, running routes with the receivers, doing everything I could, just waiting it out to see who got the position as coach,” Yost said this week as the team prepared for Friday’s game at Mif-flinburg.

The program had been in limbo as the school board and head coach Yaacov Yisrael tried to work out a way for him to continue in the position. When that did not work, and the position was opened, DiRienzo applied, and was hired in June, two months before preseason camp was to open.

One advantage the team had, coming off an 0-10

season in 2013, was that the head coach and the quar-terback were on the same page.

DiRienzo saw Yost as a quarterback from the first

time he laid eyes on him in 2011, when DiRienzo was an assistant and Yost was a freshman. Yost took over the starting job three games into that season under then

head coach Dan Foor.“He was only 14 years

old as a freshman when he stepped in and we won three games that year and that’s the year we ended

up winning three playoff games,” DiRienzo said.

The Indians won the District 4 Class AAA championship and beat 11-1 Clearfield in the first round

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Cover Storyof the state playoffs.“We had as many wins in the

playoffs as we had in the regular season and (Yost) was a big part of it. He led the team, he took control of the team,” DiRienzo said.

DiRienzo said everyone expected big things from Yost and the Indians the following season, but things did not work out as expected. They went 2-8, but got a playoff berth and were routed in the first round by Selinsgrove.

Yisrael came in the next year and, DiRienzo said, installed the veer offense which was not suited for Yost’s talents.

“He didn’t really adapt to the veer, so (Yisrael) made a change and put him at receiver and, of course, that was a shock to him, and he wasn’t really into playing football after that,” DiRienzo said, noting that Yost was also used on defense.

“Once you become a quarter-back, it’s kind of in your blood,” Yost said this week. “It was hard to be taken away from that spot. You’re in the spotlight and I’ve always loved to do that.”

DiRienzo said, “I knew as an assistant that he is a quarter-back and when I applied for the job, I knew who my quarterback was going to be.”

He told Yost the same thing and, when he was hired, “I kept my word to him and he responded.”

The Indians won their first two games and head into Fri-day’s game at 4-4 and locked into at least the No. 3 seed in the District 4 Class AAA playoffs.

Yost was elated when he found that DiRienzo was going to use the spread offense with the read option.

“I thought it was the best fit for me. I’ve always been a pocket passer, but this year I kind of surprised myself a little bit with my running,” Yost said. “I give credit to coach Tim. He worked with me throughout the summer and got me a heck of a lot faster than I was in the past.”

But Yost said it was not just him, but the whole team that worked hard to have success this season, with a chance to achieve the first winning season since 2004.

“It wasn’t just me putting in the work. We all got stronger, we all put on size, we got some of the guys a whole lot faster and more athletic than we were,” Yost said.

For most opposing coaches, trying to contain Yost is priority No. 1.

Yost said adding a run-ning game to the quarterback position causes problems for defense because, “when I run the ball, it’s kind of like we have an extra guy on the field at all times.”

He added, “When I see a lane, I take it; when I see the backer or the defensive end crashing and I see a lane on the outside, I pull it from (run-ning backs) Johnny (Demsko) or Preston (Burns). It’s a nice offense to have. They don’t know where the ball’s going. It’s a good fit for our style of football.”

Yost skipped his junior year of basketball for the Indians to hit the weights and throw a football, preparing to try to have a good final season.

He has not decided what he will do this winter, but said his focus now is on football and playing college football.

He has talked to some Divi-sion II schools which have shown interest, but he said, “What it all comes down to is can I be a factor? And will I be able to keep up with my aca-demics in college?”

Yost would like to study some-thing along the lines of nursing or physical therapy.

Before the season ends, he said he would like to pass for 1,000 yards and rush for about 600. He now has 702 passing yards (with four touchdowns) and 463 rush-ing (and seven TDs).

Mainly, though, he wants to be part of a winning season. That means beating Mifflin-burg this week and then coming home to take on rival Mount Carmel for the Coal Bucket Trophy. The Indians have not won that game since 1995.

“Our main concern is to try to get to 6-4 and obviously the Coal Bucket is one of those (needed wins),” he said. “It’s always in the back of your mind, you’re always thinking about it.”

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WILLIAMS VALLEY VIKINGS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Cody Miller 5-10 162 WR Sr.23 Allen Hand 5-7 135 WR Fr.52 Daymian Shoop 5-10 202 LT So.76 Tim Carl 5-8 236 LG Sr.54 Hero Sasaki 5-4 189 C Jr.65 Kailin Hoffman 6-2 192 RT So.73 Ian Minnich 5-8 240 RG So.20 Dylan Rabuck 5-11 168 FB Fr.32 Matt Miller 5-10 175 RB Sr.16 Nick Rodichok 6-1 163 QB Jr.88 Kenny Ross 5-9 132 WR Sr. 2 Steven Hill 5-6 106 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr20 Dylan Rabuck 5-11 168 DE Fr.73 Ian Minnich 5-8 240 DT So.57 Brandon Rudy 6-0 185 DT Sr.35 Devon Rabuck 5-11 184 DE Fr.44 Albert Wolfgang 5-8 168 OLB Sr. 7 Zach Ulsh 5-8 150 ILB Sr.21 Cody Miller 5-10 162 ILB Sr. 3 Ryan Harris 5-10 159 OLB So.26 Garrett Zimmerman 5-9 149 DB Jr.32 Matt Miller 5-10 175 DB Sr.10 Travis Graff 5-8 145 DB Sr. 9 Jake Wolfgang 6-2 166 P Fr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Marian Catholic L, 18-7at Millersburg W, 24-21Tri-Valley W, 28-12at Upper Dauphin W, 20-3Newport L, 31-28Northern Lebanon L, 20-3at Pine Grove W, 27-13Susquenita W, 35-7at Line Mountain FridayJuniata Oct. 31

LINE MT. EAGLES (2-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr45 Logan Snyder 6-2 160 WR Sr.51 Elijah Zablosky 6-1 200 LT Sr.30 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 195 LG Jr.61 Hunter Masser 5-10 200 C Sr.50 Ben Bidding 5-10 200 RG So.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 270 RT So.80 Brendan Renn 6-1 200 TE Jr.2 Ryan Reed 6-0 170 QB Sr.36 Hunter Hojnacki 5-9 200 FB Sr. 7 Kenny Boyer 5-8 160 TB So.17 Justin Michael 5-10 180 WR Sr.10 Brent Osman 5-11 185 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr43 Colton Gaw 6-2 175 DE Sr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 270 DT So.51 Elijah Zablosky 6-1 200 NG Sr.76 Chad Mace 6-4 275 DT Sr.30 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 195 DE Jr.55 Clint Riehl 5-9 190 LB Sr.36 Hunter Hojnacki 5-9 200 LB Sr.27 Zach Bobb 5-10 160 CB Sr.2 Ryan Reed 6-0 170 SS/P Sr. 3 Garrett Hepner 6-2 175 FS Sr.34 Cameron Newman 5-6 135 CB Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Shamokin L, 7-0at Susquenita W, 31-6Millersburg L, 26-7Juniata L, 47-21at Tri-Valley L, 21-14Halifax W, 24-6at Upper Dauphin W, 14-7St. Joe’s Cath. Acad. W, 42-14Williams Valley Fridayat East Juniata Oct. 31

Game Night

By Marion ValanoskiFor The Daily Item

MANDATA — Line Mountain puts its three-game winning streak on the line Friday when the Eagles play host to Williams Valley in a key Tri-Valley League matchup for both squads with playoff implications on the line for both.

The Eagles are coming off an impressive 42-14 vic-tory over St. Joseph’s Cath-olic Academy, which evened their won-loss record at 4-4, while the Vikings (5-3), who are on a two-game winning streak of their own, head into the matchup following an easy 35-7 triumph over Susquenita.

Williams Valley sports a 5-1 record in the TVL with its only league blemish a 31-28 loss to Newport, but

the Vikings rely on the run-ning talents of Matt Miller, who has carried the ball 150 times for 1,112 yards and 10 touchdowns and is the focal point of the team’s offensive attack. He’s also contrib-uted 11 catches for 74 yards. Ryan Harris has chipped in with 27 carries for 146 yards and three TDs.

Nick Rodichock directs the team’s fortunes at quar-terback, having completed 66 of 137 passes for 1,01 yards and nine touchdowns.

Defensively, Albert Wolf-gang is the focal point and team leader, having accu-mulated 101 tackles, fol-lowed by Zach Ulsh’s 64. Freshman Dylan Rabuck has contributed 61 tackles and Miller has chipped in with four interceptions.

Line Mountain has turned it on since starting off the

2014 campaign 1-4. Included in its current three-game win streak is a crucial 14-7 victory on the road against Upper Dauphin.

A win over last year’s TVL champion would put the Eagles in position to reach the postseason.

After a slow start, sopho-more Ken Boyer has been on fire offensively, with 128 rushes for 547 yards and 11 touchdowns. Quarterback

Ryan Reed has rushed 80 times for 409 yards and six touchdowns while contrib-uting 689 yards through the air on 57 completions.

Justin Michael leads the Eagles with 15 receptions for 144 yards, followed by Logan Snyder’s 14 for 149 and Zach Bobb’s 13 for 151.

Williams Valley captured last year’s encounter, 39-2.

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BLOOMSBURG PANTHERS (2-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 5 Sam Miller 5-8 155 FB Sr. 7 Coty Kashner 5-10 180 QB Jr.10 Brandon Breisch 5-11 160 WR Sr.20 A.J. Ziller 6-1 165 TE Sr.21 Jahvel Hemphill 5-9 160 TB So.24 Mike Parker 6-0 175 WR Sr.50 T.J. Harkins 6-0 230 OG Sr.53 Lucas Osenrider 6-0 240 OT Jr.55 Jeremy Vogel 5-9 165 C Fr.60 Tommy Harrison 6-1 220 OG Jr.72 Michael Somerville 6-3 275 OT Jr.31 Cade Harmon 5-7 150 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 1 Roy Rodriguez 5-10 180 ILB Sr. 2 Christian Lee 5-9 155 CB Jr. 5 Sam Miller 5-8 155 OLB Sr.10 Brandon Breisch 5-11 160 CB Sr.20 A.J. Ziller 6-1 165 FS Sr.22 Kevin Diehl 5-7 155 ILB Jr.24 Mike Parker 6-0 175 OLB Sr.48 Trent Buttrick 6-6 195 NG So.50 T.J. Harkins 6-0 230 DT Sr.60 Tommy Harrison 6-1 220 DE Jr.72 Michael Somerville 6-3 275 DT Jr.32 Lance Klingler 5-9 155 P Jr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultDanville L, 35-7at Southern Columbia L, 47-0at Towanda L, 56-12Montgomery W, 28-0South Williamsport L, 63-24at Muncy W, 18-0Wellsboro L, 28-24at Hughesville Fridayat Loyalsock Oct. 24Central Columbia Oct. 31

LOYALSOCK LANCERS (6-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr24 Fletcher Quiqley 6-0 175 WR Sr.55 Justin Wood 6-4 285 RT Jr.66 Dan Harrison 6-3 305 RG Jr.71 Kaden Stensland 6-1 240 C Sr.51 Crae McCracken 6-3 235 LG So.75 Jake Glavin 6-3 290 LT Jr.15 Braden Ray 6-0 190 TE Jr. 3 Kyle Datres 6-1 185 QB Sr.33 Nate Rainey 5-10 220 FB Jr.28 Marty Clark 5-11 195 TB So. 6 Nazsa Short 6-4 160 WR Sr.20 Austin Champion 6-3 175 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr72 Chase Dunkleberger 6-4 280 DL Sr.57 James Jenks 6-1 260 DL Sr.50 Brennan Moodie 6-1 230 DL So.51 Crae McCracken 6-3 235 DE So.40 I-Keem Fogan 5-10 190 OLB Jr.32 Aaron Weaver 6-1 195 ILB Sr.33 Nate Rainey 5-10 220 ILB Jr.25 Dakota Bergquist 6-0 190 OLB Sr.24 Fletcher Quiqley 6-0 175 CB Sr. 3 Kyle Datres 6-1 185 S/P Sr. 7 Marcus Williams 5-9 175 CB So.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Mount Carmel L, 25-23at Central Columbia W, 56-42Danville W, 35-0at South Williamsport L, 34-26Muncy W, 49-12Montgomery W, 59-7at Hughesville W, 32-13Shikellamy W, 45-20Bloomsburg Fridayat Montoursville Oct. 31

Game Night

By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

W I L L I A M S P O R T — Friday night’s game between Loyalsock and Bloomsburg is between two teams with completely dif-ferent motives.

For the Lancers (6-2) the last two games of the season is all about build-ing momentum going into the playoffs and improving their seeding.

For the Panthers (2-6) it’s all about ending on a high note and looking towards the offseason and continu-ing the rebuilding process.

“We are getting health-ier,” said Bloomsburg coach Mike Kogut. “We just aren’t consistent in any of the phases of the game We need just need to keep working on it and finish the

season strong.”Sophomore Jahvel Hemp-

hill continues to find his place in the offense and the sophomore looks to have a high upside.

“Jahvel is an athlete,” said Kogut. “We have to find ways to get him involved.”

With Bloomsburg com-ing into town, it might be easy to think the Lanc-ers would be looking past the game and ahead to the season-ending rivalry game against Montoursville.

Think again.“We have two games left,”

said Loyalsock head coach Justin Van Fleet. “We are focused on Bloomsburg,”

And while the Lancers are focused on the Pan-thers, Bloomsburg is fo-cused on Kyle Datres.

The senior quarterback has rushed for 1,190 yards

and passed for 834.“We have to know where

(Datres) is at all times,” said Kogut.

But for Loyalsock it’s not all about Datres.

Sophomore Marty Clark has become a solid threat in the backfield along with Datres and has rushed for more than 1,000 yards.

“We have a balanced at-tack in the backfield,” said Van Fleet. “Teams just can’t scheme to take Kyle away because Marty will kill them. It’s a nice situa-tion to be in.”

The Lancers are averag-ing more than 300 yards a game on the ground through eight games this season.

In the passing game, Fletcher Quigley and Nate Kirzan has been Datress’ favorite targets.

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MILLERSBURG INDIANS (3-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Ethan Troutman 6-4 205 SE Sr. 5 Robbie Burger 6-0 145 SE Sr.62 Austin Simpkins 6-3 225 LT Sr.65 Cole Hoover 5-10 220 LG Sr.53 Austin Hoke 5-10 190 C Jr.55 Tylor Erdman 5-11 200 RG Jr.74 Matt Horchler 5-10 235 RT Fr.10 Christian Wingard 6-0 165 QB So.36 Austin Marks 5-7 170 FB Sr.23 Cole Shomper 5-9 175 SB Sr.14 Austin Lehman 5-8 150 SB Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr56 Mitchell Hahn 6-2 185 DE Sr.65 Cole Hoover 5-10 220 DT Sr.72 Ben Bostdorf 6-2 265 DT Fr. 4 Lukas Cassel 6-0 180 DE Sr.23 Cole Shomper 5-9 175 OLB Jr.36 Austin Marks 5-7 170 ILB Sr.53 Austin Hoke 5-10 190 ILB Jr. 8 Ethan Troutman 6-4 205 OLB Sr.22 Tyler Hesen 5-9 170 CB Jr. 5 Robbie Burger 6-0 145 CB Sr.14 Austin Lehman 5-8 150 S Jr. 9 Connor Keim 5-10 170 P Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultTri-Valley L, 31-14Williams Valley L, 24-21at Line Mountain W, 26-7Halifax W, 48-6at Pine Grove L, 26-19at East Juniata W, 31-0Newport L, 49-28Juniata L, 45-21at Upper Dauphin Fridayat Kennard-Dale Oct. 31

UPPER DAUPHIN TROJANS (4-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr11 Alex Uhler 6-0 145 WR Jr. 20 Tanner Miller 5-6 140 WR Sr.51 Cole Zimmerman 6-2 205 LT Jr.55 Masen Bellis 6-2 205 LG Fr.54 Cody Zerby 5-8 184 C Jr.57 Dakotah Wiest 6-0 260 RT Sr.78 Matt Deitrich 5-10 205 RG Sr. 4 Cameron Fornwald 5-9 150 TB Sr.30 Cole Reed 6-1 215 FB Sr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-3 162 QB Jr.10 Ethan Schell 6-4 206 TE Sr.11 Alex Uhler 6-0 145 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr51 Cole Zimmerman 6-2 205 DE Jr.15 Evan Hoffman 5-6 163 NG So.78 Matt Deitrich 5-10 205 DT Sr.54 Cody Zerby 5-8 184 DT Jr.10 Ethan Schell 6-4 206 DE Sr.30 Cole Reed 6-1 215 ILB Sr.32 Coy Rickert 5-7 200 ILB Jr.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 145 LB/DB Jr.11 Alex Uhler 6-0 145 DB J r . or16 Peyton Barge 6-0 171 DB Sr. 4 Cameron Fornwald 5-9 150 DB Sr.11 Alex Uhler 6-0 145 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultCamp Hill L, 50-27at Tri-Valley W, 12-0at Halifax W, 28-21Williams Valley L, 20-3St. Joe’s Catholic W, 31-16Pine Grove W, 41-7Line Mountain L, 14-7at Newport L, 49-13Millersburg Fridayat Susquenita Oct. 31

By shawn WoodFor The Daily Item

ELIZABETHIVILLE — Just a few weeks ago, Upper Dauphin and Mill-ersburg were in contention for postseason play.

On Friday, both teams will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak.

“I was pleased with how we competed in the first half with Juniata,” Indians coach Brad Hatter said. “You never feel good after a loss, but we just couldn’t put anything together in the second half. I felt we played better against Juniata than against Newport.”

Millerburg (3-5, 3-4 TVL) has dropped back-to-back games to Newport and Juniata in which their defense has allowed 40 or more points and 200-yard rushing efforts in both losses.

“We have one more win now than we did this time last year,” Hatter said. “I think we’re getting some maturity over time and the team is handling adversity very well.”

The adversity Hatter is referring to is not to inju-ries, but to the way his team has battled back in games this year.

Hatter noted that sopho-more quarterback Chris-tian Wingard, who has

thrown for more than 500 yards in his last two games, is continuing to make bet-ter decisions as the season goes on.

“In one instance last week, he threw the ball out of bounds so instead of hav-ing 2nd-and-20, it was 2nd-and-10, which is a lot more manageable,” he said.

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NEWPORT BUFFALOES (6-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr24 Noah Reich 6-0 185 WR So.40 Jacob Bartels 6-1 205 TE Jr.74 Justin Charles 6-2 280 LT Sr.79 Maverick Robinson 5-10 240 LG Sr.78 Sam Albright 6-1 220 C So.65 Cody Lebo 5-10 210 RG Jr.77 Chance Allen 6-4 280 RT Jr.12 Noah Heimbaugh 5-11 175 QB So.28 Eli Goodling 5-11 170 FB So.42 Dalton Klinger 5-10 150 TB Jr. 7 Trevan Dorman 5-11 175 WR Jr.82 Hunter Wirth 5-10 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Chance Allen 6-4 280 DL Jr.79 Maverick Robinson 5-10 240 DL Sr.74 Justin Charles 6-2 280 DL Sr.41 Nick Malone 5-8 155 OLB Sr.40 Jacob Bartels 6-1 205 ILB Jr.43 Dakota Barrick 5-10 200 ILB So.24 Noah Reich 6-0 185 OLB So.42 Dalton Klinger 5-10 150 CB Jr. 7 Trevan Dorman 5-11 175 CB Jr.32 Kevin Kissinger 5-11 142 S Sr.28 Eli Goodling 5-11 170 SS So.82 Hunter Wirth 5-10 180 P Sr. or30 Aaron Foose 5-11 160 P Fr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultFairfield W, 24-21Juniata L, 22-21at Steelton-Highspire L, 40-34East Juniata W, 45-12at Williams Valley W, 31-28Susquenita W, 41-6at Millersburg W, 49-28Upper Dauphin W, 49-13at Halifax FridayTri-Valley Oct. 31

HALIFAX WILDCATS (1-6)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr20 Eric McBurney 5-6 151 WR Sr.75 Josh Bowers 5-8 180 LT Sr.53 Koby Minnich 5-8 140 LG So.51 Hunter Marshall 6-0 164 C Fr.64 Cody Ramer 5-8 170 RG Sr.72 Jordan Lentz 5-11 180 RT Fr.11 Jakob Paul 6-1 227 TE So. 8 Alex Berzowski 5-9 215 QB So. or15 Mason Erdman 6-2 190 QB So.88 Jarrett Hoy 5-6 162 WR Sr.30 Sam Hoon 5-9 131 WR/K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr82 Desmond Young 6-0 178 DE So.69 Brian Crist 5-4 142 DT Sr.64 Cody Ramer 5-9 165 DE Sr.52 Koby Minnich 5-8 165 OLB So.50 Travis Enders 5-10 197 ILB Sr.11 Jakob Paul 6-1 227 ILB So.20 Eric McBurney 5-6 151 OLB Sr.88 Jarrett Hoy 5-6 162 CB Sr.10 Austin Quigley 6-0 172 DB Sr.25 Cade Wilbert 5-7 160 DB So.29 Michael Sheaffer 5-7 145 S Jr.30 Sam Hoon 5-9 131 P Fr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat St. Joe’s L, 31-20at Camp Hill L, 49-0Upper Dauphin L, 28-21at Millersburg L, 48-6Susquenita W, 26-6at Line Mountain L, 24-6Tri-Valley L, 41-14at East Juniata L, 20-7Newport Oct. 24at Pine Grove Oct. 31

Game Night

By Shawn WoodFor The Daily Item

HALIFAX — Even be-fore the 2014 season began, Newport coach Todd Ro-thermel had an ‘ah-ha’ mo-ment.

He reveled that it came late last year as the team was heading towards the playoffs.

Now in his third year, Ro-thermel and his team are heading towards a potential Tri-Valley League title for the first time in 24 years.

“That moment for me came when we were going into the playoffs and I could see the kids getting more and more confident,” he said. “Right now everybody is happy and anytime you can win five games in a row, it certainly makes everyone smile.”

Newport (6-2, 5-1 TVL) is in a three-way tie for first in the TVL with Williams Val-ley and Juniata. The later of which meet in the final

week of the season.During the five-game

winning streak, the Buffa-loes have scored 45 or more points in four of the five games while allowing just over 17 points per game.

“I can’t (fool) kids,” Ro-thermel said. “They see the film and what the opponent has in terms of speed, size, skill. What I am most proud of is they are focused on the game at hand, they don’t get caught looking ahead.”

Rothermel said he’s not sure when the last time a Newport team had won five straight games, but after qualifying for the district tournament last year, he’d like to do that again this year.”

“The kids are following the blue-print we have laid out and I think they are hungry to win,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if you have won 10 games in a row, you are still working on improv-ing the fundamentals each week.”

Newport lost to Juniata by a point on Sept. 5 and beat Williams Valley by three points on Sept. 26.

“if you can do the fun-damentals better than your opponents, you are going to win the football game most of the time,” he said.

Rothermel noted that this year’s Halifax team is vastly improved over last year’s team.

“They have techniques, they may be undermanned as far as numbers go, but they play for four quarters, they hustle and they never give up. You don’t see them hanging their heads,” he said.

Halifax (1-7, 1-5 TVL) is coming off a tough 20-7 loss at East Juniata last week.

“We keep making the same mistakes and we seem to shoot ourselves in the foot when we get into the red zone,” coach Bob Folk said.

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player Trey Campbell, Up-per Dauphin still has a very good run game.

“Cam Fornwald is a tough runner and every time I check the box scores, he’s over 100 yards rushing,” he said. “They have an effec-tive running game, which opens the passing game.”

Two weeks ago, Upper Dauphin was 3-1 in the TVL.

Head coach Brent Bell said he won’t worry about the playoffs until he gets an email as to where he might be playing.

“We got behind from the start and we couldn’t find a way back,” he said of last week’s loss. “We scored a touchdown to make it 21-6 and they returned the ensu-ing kickoff for a touchdown. We can’t afford to have those kind of mistakes when you play a tough team like Newport.”

The Trojans (4-4, 3-3 TVL) could win out and have a shot at being 6-4 and maybe get a spot in the East-ern Conference playoffs.

“We are focused on Mill-ersburg, (which) is a danger-ous team when they throw the ball,” he said. “We have to get our offense going. We struggled last week and we’ve had a fair number of turnovers.”

Bell said that while the In-dians are not as big up front as Newport or Juniata, they are quicker and the Trojans have to understand their blocking assignments while the offensive line has to give time for the passing game to develop.

“Christian is a solid passer and he can scramble and find open receivers,” Bell said. “We can’t just get to him, we have to make the tackles and finish the plays.”

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BLOOMSBURG (2-6)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Javhel Hemphill 43-227, 3 TDs; Sam Miller 55-140, TD; Coty Kashner 51-189, TD; Evan Bond 5-21; David Klinger 5-13; Brandon Breisch 7-6; Kevin Diehl 7-0; Roy Rodriguez 1-6; Nick Anderson 4-(-4); team, 1-(-4); Mitch Young 2-(-5); Lance Klinger 1-(-8); Lucas Oxenrider 1-(-20).PASSING — Kashner 36-94-4 for 737, 4 TDs; Nick Anderson 12-23-1 for 128 yards, TD; Sam Miller 2-9-1 for 63 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Brandon Breisch 23-369, 3 TDs; Michael Parker 10-273, 2 TDs; Sam Miller 7-59, TD; A.J. Ziller 3-25; Jahvel Hemphill 3-51; Ryan Yost 1-21; Trent Buttrick 1-33; Tommy Harrison 1-3; Eric Foust 2-15.SCORING — Brandon Breisch 3 receiving TDs, 2 punt return TDs, 30 points; Sam Miller 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 3 fumble return TDs, 30 points; Hemphill 3 rushing TDs, 1 kickoff return TD, 1 2-point run, 26 points; Kashner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Parker 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Cade Harmon 1 FG, 8 PATS, 11 points.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (3-5)Central Columbia 68 49 42 35—191Opponents 56 86 54 50—266Statistics CCHS OPPFirst downs 121 150Rushes-net yards 297-1,672 335-1,878Passing yardage 879 811Passing 51-125-15 60-109-5

Fumbles-lost 11-1 15-10Penalties-yards 43-405 40-298INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Danny Koch 154-963, 9 TDs; Brittain Cooke 27-236, TD; Steve Shannnon 58-17, 4 TDs; Lewis Williams 27-236, 4 TDs; Zach Boyd 1-13; Frankie Tewell 8-14; Owen Gensememer 3-7; Aaron Farver 1-2; Evan Williams 1-5; Evan Campbell 8-18; team 1-(-24).PASSING — Steve Shannon 50-112-14 for 876 yards, 9 TDs; Aaron Fawver 1-4-1 for 3 yards.RECEIVING — Lewis Williams 15-424, 6 TDs; Austin Fawver 9-95; Zach Boyd 8-102, 2 TDs; Tewell 6-105, TD; Eli Petersheim 5-66, TD; Aaron Fawver 4-37; Koch 4-29; Peter D’Ambrosio, 1-40, TD; Brady Crawford 1-3.SCORING — Danny Koch 9 rushing TDs, 1 2-point run, 56 points; Lewis Williams 6 receiving TDs, 3 rushing TD, 54 points; Steve Shannon 4 rushing TDs, 2 2-point runs, 28 points; Zach Boyd 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Eli Petersheim 1 receiving TD, 6 poinits; Frankie Tewell 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brittain Cooke 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Peter D’Ambrosio 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Aaron Fawver 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Zach Diehl 17 PATs, 17 points.

DANVILLE (1-7)Danville 7 24 21 20—72Opponents 52 94 74 53—272statistics DHS OPPFirst downs 86

Rushes-net yards 331-1,065 Passing yardage 413Passing 39-53-5 Fumbles-lost 7-3 Penalties-yards 39-374 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tom Brouse 141-580, 3 TDs; Trent Hilkert 61-240; Raiden Williams 41-147, TD; Matt Meloy 21-86, 2 TDs; Evan Hagenbuch 24-65; Ryan Palm 8-40; Joey Strausser 4-36, TD; Jared Mowrey 2-3; Colton Riley 1-(-1); Gannon Feldman 30-(-58), TD; Brennan Ryan 2-(-14); team 3-(-49).PASSING — Gannon Feldman 43-74-3 for 345 yards; Brennan Ryan 6-16-1 for 68 yards.RECEIVING — Gabe Shope 10-128; Colton Riley 7-55; Jeff Vitunac 5-92, TD; Joey Strausser 4-29; Brouse 4-22; Hagenbuch 2-38; Adam Coppenhaver 1-13; Jared Mowery 2-12; Meloy 1-9; Hilkert 1-6; Brett Riley 1-5; Feldman 1-(-6).SCORING — Tom Brouse 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Matt Meloy 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Joey Strausser 1 fumble return TD, 1 rushing TD, 12 points; Gannon Feldman 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Raiden Williams 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Jeff Vitunac 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Shayne Riley 1 FG, 9 PATs, 12 points.

EAST JUNIATA (2-6)East Juniata 6 28 35 20—89

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When: Saturday, 8 p.m.Where: Beaver StadiumLast meeting: Ohio State won, 63-14, in 2013PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (4-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Geno Lewis 6-1 204 X So.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 203 Z Fr.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-3 234 QB So. 1 Bill Belton 5-10 204 RB Sr.18 Jesse James 6-7 271 TE Jr.59 Andrew Nelson 6-5 306 RT Fr.72 Brian Gaia 6-3 297 RG So.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 312 C Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 304 LG Fr. or53 Derek Dowrey 6-3 324 LG So.76 Donovan Smith 6-5 335 LT Jr.80 Matt Zanellato 6-1 203 F Jr.97 Sam Ficken 6-2 191 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr18 Deion Barnes 6-4 249 DE Jr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-5 276 DT Jr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 312 DT So.86 C.J. Olaniyan 6-3 259 DE Sr. 5 Nyeem Wartman 6-1 238 OLB So.43 Mike Hull 6-0 225 MLB Sr.26 Brandon Bell 6-1 228 OLB So. 9 Jordan Lucas 6-0 198 CB Jr.23 Ryan Keiser 6-1 204 FS Sr. 4 Adrian Amos 6-0 211 SS Sr.10 Trevor Williams 6-1 190 CB Jr.37 Chris Gulla 6-0 200 P Fr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultUCF W, 26-24Akron W, 21-3at Rutgers W, 13-10Massachusetts W, 48-7Northwestern L, 29-6at Michigan L, 18-13Ohio State SaturdayMaryland Nov. 1at Indiana Nov. 8Temple Nov. 15at Illinois Nov. 22Michigan St. Nov. 29OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (5-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr68 Taylor Decker 6-7 315 LT Jr.54 Billy Price 6-4 312 LG Fr.50 Jacoby Boren 6-1 285 C Jr.65 Pat Elflein 6-3 300 RG So.76 Darryl Baldwin 6-6 307 RT Sr. 5 Jeff Heuerman 6-5 255 TE Sr. 6 Evan Spencer 6-2 208 WR Sr.16 J.T. Barrett 6-1 225 QB Fr.15 Ezekiel Elliott 6-0 225 RB So. or 7 Rod Smith 6-3 231 RB Sr. 3 Michael Thomas 6-3 203 WR So.96 Sean Nuernberger 6-1 230 K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr97 Joey Rosa 6-5 278 DE So.92 Adolphus Washington 6-4 295 DT Jr.63 Michael Bennett 6-2 288 DT Sr.88 Steve Miller 6-3 255 DE Sr. or17 Rashad Frazier 6-4 272 DE Fr.43 Darron Lee 6-2 228 SLB Fr.14 Curtis Grant 6-3 238 MLB Sr.37 Joshua Perry 6-4 252 WLB Jr.13 Eli Apple 6-1 198 CB Fr.23 Tyvis Powell 6-3 208 S So.11 Vonn Bell 5-11 200 S So.12 Doran Grant 5-11 193 CB Sr.95 Cameron Johnston 6-0 195 P S o . 2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Navy W, 34-17Virginia Tech L, 35-21Kent St. W, 66-0Cincinnati W, 50-28at Maryland W, 52-24Rutgers W, 56-17at Penn St. SaturdayIllinois Nov. 1at Michigan St. Nov. 8at Minnesota Nov. 15Indiana Nov. 22Michigan Nov. 29

Game Night

By Rusty MillerThe Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A year after the worst beating in Penn State’s highlight-filled history, the Nittany Li-ons know they need to pro-tect quarterback Christian Hackenberg if they want to avoid another lopsided loss to Ohio State.

“Overall they are a very fast, athletic defense,” Hack-enberg said Wednesday. “We just have to continue to execute and stay on track and limit the negative plays and try to continue to keep the sticks moving through-out the game.”

They certainly did not do any of that a year ago.

The Buckeyes sacked him four times and intercepting him twice in a stunningly one-sided 63-14 victory over the then-freshman. It was a seismic defeat for Penn State — the most points surren-dered and the biggest loss in the program’s 114 years.

Having followed that script once, they hope to harass Hackenberg again under the lights at Beaver Stadium.

“That’s going to be a big priority,” Buckeyes line-backer Joshua Perry said. “We saw how that worked out last year. We got after him a little bit and we had some success there, so we’ll see what we can do against them. I know our D-line’s pretty hungry, so we’ll get after it.”

The Nittany Lions (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten) must rely on an offensive line that includes one junior scholarship player (not counting injured senior Miles Dieffenbach) and one freshman. That’s it.

“Consistently being able to protect (Hackenberg) starts up front,” first-year coach James Franklin said. “As our offensive line con-tinues to grow and play bet-ter, then our quarterback

will be protected and we’ll throw the ball better, and then our running game will be more effective. All of those things are based on consistency.”

Hackenberg’s numbers are impressive, but not overwhelming. He’s com-pleted 134 of 227 passes for 1,637 yards but only has five touchdown passes against seven interceptions.

“We’ve got a lot of respect for that big quarterback,” Ohio State head coach Ur-ban Meyer said. “Tremen-dous player. Statistically came out of the chute with a high completion percentage. He’s struggled a little bit. But he’s playing very well.”

Meanwhile, Ohio State’s defense has been playing ex-ceedingly well after allow-ing several long TD passes in the first few games. Over the Buckeyes’ four-game winning streak, the defense is allowing 17 points while creating 10 turnovers (eight of them interceptions).

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else, the 13th-ranked Buck-eyes (5-1, 2-0) might benefit from some insider knowl-edge. Larry Johnson spent 18 years as a defensive as-sistant at Penn State, then switched to Ohio State dur-ing the offseason. He’ll be making his first trip back to his old haunts.

“It will be different,” he said. “You spend 18 years at one place for a long time, then you walk back in there, a different sideline, the place you’ve been for 18 years. But I’m looking forward to going back.”

Before last year’s game got out of hand, Penn State’s

hopes faded early after a mistake by the offense. Hackenberg’s pass to tight end Adam Brenneman at the goal line was picked off by safety Corey Brown and the Buckeyes scored on their next five possessions. Game, set, match.

Penn State has lost its last two games after a 4-0 start and is returning from a bye week.

Hackenberg knows what’s riding on him on a white-out night before a partisan crowd of more than 100,000. He also remembers how things spiraled out of con-trol a year ago.

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When: Saturday, 2 p.m.Where: Multi-Sport FieldLast meeting: Bucknell won, 17-7, in 2013BUCKNELL BISON (5-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 2 Bobby Kaslander 6-2 200 WR Jr.71 Ramy Kased 6-6 320 RT Jr.79 Nevin Hagman 6-3 285 RG Sr.77 Brandon Noblett 6-2 285 C Sr.72 Lonnie Rawles 6-4 290 LG Sr.70 Julie’n Davenport 6-7 320 LT So.88 Patrick Kelly 6-3 230 TE Sr. 6 R.J. Nitti 6-4 220 QB So.33 Daniel McManus 6-0 260 FB Sr. 4 C.J. Williams 6-1 205 HB So.18 Will Carter 5-10 180 WR So. 1 Derek Maurer 6-0 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr15 Jimmy King 6-1 250 DE Jr.97 D. Baldwin-Youngblood 6-1 285 NG Sr.40 Abdullah Anderson 6-4 260 DT Fr.52 Dylan McDonnell 6-1 255 DE Sr.27 Evan Byers 6-0 235 MLB Sr.37 Lee Marvel 6-0 215 SLB Sr. 5 Clayton Ewell 6-1 195 SS Jr.43 Louis Taglianetti 5-11 200 FS Jr.36 Thomas Bodolus 6-0 205 WS So.20 Colin Jonov 5-11 195 CB Fr. 8 Nick O’Brien 5-10 195 CB So. 1 Derek Maurer 6-0 180 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultVMI W, 42-38at Marist W, 22-0at Sacred Heart W, 36-20Cornell W, 20-7at Bryant L, 34-15at Lehigh W, 45-24at Georgetown SaturdayLafayette Nov. 1Fordham Nov. 7at Holy Cross Nov. 15Colgate Nov. 22GEORGETOWN HOYAS (2-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 5 Justin Hill 6-2 195 WR So. 6 Mike Cimilluca 5-10 187 WR Sr.75 Mike Roland 6-5 310 LT Sr.69 Chappy Wingo 6-5 280 LG So.71 Gerverus Flagg 6-3 290 C Jr.52 Nick Quintans 6-3 290 RG Sr.77 Kevin Liddy 6-6 300 RT Jr.88 Matt Buckman 6-3 235 TE So.27 Jake DeCicco 6-1 190 WR Jr.22 Jo’el Kimpela 5-11 195 RB Jr.13 Kyle Nolan 6-5 225 QB Jr.26 Troye Bullock 6-1 230 FB Jr,38 Henry Darmstadter 5-7 160 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Alec May 6-4 255 DE Sr.99 Jordan Richardson 6-2 300 DT Sr.94 Peter Daibes 6-5 260 DT Sr. 9 Richard Shankle 6-3 250 DE Sr. 2 Tyrell Williams 6-1 220 OLB So.44 Matt Satchell 6-1 225 OLB Jr.35 Nick Alfieri 6-0 220 MLB Sr.17 Ettian Scott 6-1 180 CB Jr.12 Porter Huntley 6-2 185 CB So.33 Garrett Powers 6-1 192 SS Jr.28 David Akere 6-1 190 FS Fr.55 Harry McCollum 6-2 190 P So.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultWagner L, 21-3at Dayton L, 24-13at Marist W, 27-7Brown W, 17-3at Colgate L, 19-0Harvard L, 34-3at Lafayette L, 24-21Bucknell SaturdayLehigh Nov. 1at Fordham Nov. 15Holy Cross Nov. 22

Game Night

By The Daily Item

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a week off, the Buck-nell Bison return to the gridiron Saturday to face host Georgetown in Patriot League action.

Kickoff is at Multi-Sport Field at 2.

The Bison come in with a 5-1 record and riding high after scorching Lehigh 45-24 in the PL opener two weeks ago. Georgetown (2-5, 0-2), which is also com-ing off a bye week, has lost three in a row.

Bucknell is 5-1 for the first time since 2001. The Bison are performing well thanks to a balanced of-

fense that features a bevy of playmakers. Their offense is averaging 30 points per game. If that holds, it will be just the third time in pro-gram history that Bucknell has averaged 30 or more for an entire season (1951 and 1990).

Bucknell sophomore wide receiver Will Carter is coming off a career day in the win over the Moun-tain Hawks. He made seven grabs for 246 yards and three touchdowns. His TD receptions went for 69, 78 and 77 yards. Carter is just 73 yards shy of 1,000 for his career.

For his efforts, Carter was named the league’s offen-sive player of the week, an

honor that could have easily gone to senior quarterback Trey Lauletta. He went 15-for-20 for 313 yards and four scores in just his second ca-reer start.

Injured starter R. J. Nitti is projected to be back in the starting lineup against Georgetown. Nitti is aver-aging 226 yards through the air this season, which is good enough for second in the league. The sophomore from Long Island is also sec-ond in passing efficiency.

When the Bison stay on the ground, they’re just as dangerous. Sophomore run-ning back C. J. Williams has four 100-yard rushing games this season.

That high-flying Bucknell

offense will face a George-town defense that’s one of the best in the Patriot League. The Hoyas don’t have a win in conference play yet this season, but the defense has still been stel-lar. Led by senior defensive end Alec May — who leads the country with 12.5 sacks — Georgetown is giving up just 18.7 points per game this year. The Hoyas are first in scoring defense and pass defense, and third in total defense in the Patriot League this season.

After Saturday’s game, the Bison will return home next weekend to face Lafay-ette. It will be Bucknell’s first home game since Sept. 27.

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When: 1 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Patterson FieldLast meeting: Ursinus won, 30-10, in 2013Series: Ursinus leads, 15-12-1Radio: WQSU FM 88.9, 12:30 p.m.SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (1-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr80 Will Howell 6-3 185 SE Jr. or84 Colin Buckley 6-3 195 SE Jr.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 LT Jr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr.77 Anthony Shipe 6-0 305 C Sr.62 Tom Haughey 5-11 250 RG Fr.79 Ryan Pearce 6-4 290 RT Jr.86 Devon Pearce 6-5 220 TE So.36 Pat Murtha 6-0 220 FB Sr.10 Nick Crusco 5-10 180 QB Fr.21 Ian Richardson 5-8 175 TB Sr. 1 Denzell Walker 6-0 185 Z Sr.47 Spencer Hotaling 6-3 170 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Phil Pecora 6-1 245 DE Jr.92 Rob Stearns 6-2 255 DT Jr.72 John Daku 6-4 280 NT Fr.82 Alex Pecora 6-3 215 DE So.27 Tom McLoughlin 6-1 200 OLB Jr. 3 Jim Barry 6-0 228 ILB Jr.54 Jordan Duras 5-9 195 ILB Jr.28 Ian Murray 5-9 185 SS Sr. 8 Cody Miller 5-10 175 CB Sr.13 Jameal Hammond 6-0 170 CB Jr.16 C.J. Williams 6-0 185 CB So.47 Spencer Hotaling 6-3 170 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Lycoming L, 47-13Johns Hopkins L, 27-20at Dickinson L, 29-28Gettysburg L, 31-21Muhlenberg L, 24-20at Moravian W, 24-21at Ursinus SaturdayFranklin & Marshall Nov. 1at McDaniel Nov. 8Juniata Nov. 16URSINUS BEARS (5-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 2 Nicholas Lundholm 6-3 190 WR Jr.79 Woodrow Stefankiewicz 6-8 330 LT Sr.73 Luke McEliece 6-1 255 LG Sr.61 Fran Grey 6-0 240 C So.66 Stephen Humma 6-2 265 RG Sr.67 Connor Newlin 6-1 250 RT So.40 Marck Impagliazzo 6-3 240 TE Sr.10 Kevin Monahan 6-3 192 QB Sr.42 Nicholas Pustizzi 5-10 240 FB Jr.27 Corey Kelly 5-11 195 RB Fr.82 Darius Jones 6-2 180 WR Sr.17 Eric Boyer 6-2 230 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr26 Mike Maronese 5-8 200 DT Sr.94 Zach Tharp 6-0 220 NT So.52 James Worrilow 6-0 250 DT Jr.99 Steve Ambs 6-2 245 V Jr.37 James Roccograndi 5-11 210 LB Jr.53 Tim Rafter 6-0 210 LB So.21 Max DeNardo 5-11 211 SS Sr.32 Kyle Adkins 5-10 185 WS Jr.41 Matt Glowacki 5-8 175 FS Sr.38 Dysean Alexander 5-9 170 CB Jr. 5 Greg DiSanto 5-9 178 CB Sr.17 Eric Boyer 6-2 230 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat TCNJ W, 47-7Gettysburg W, 31-14at Franklin & Marshall W, 31-24at McDaniel W, 42-13Moravian W, 24-0at Juniata L, 38-10Susquehanna SaturdayJohns Hopkins Nov. 1at Muhlenberg Nov. 8Dickinson Nov. 15

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

COLLEGEVILLE — Heading out of the Centen-nial Conference bye week, most observers would have bet that this Saturday’s matchup between Susque-hanna University and Ur-sinus College would have been a winless team versus an unbeaten one.

But a funny thing hap-pened on the way to Colle-geville.

The young Crusaders, who have been close to a win a couple of times, finally did it, upsetting Moravian on the road last Saturday. The same day, unbeaten Ursinus fell big to Juniata College.

Saturday afternoon, coach Steve Briggs’ Crusad-ers will try to continue the momentum of their first vic-tory against a den of angry Bears.

“Now Ursinus (5-1 over-all, 4-1 CC) is going to be very focused and very an-gry,” Briggs said.

Briggs added, “I think this is a really solid Ursinus foot-ball team and Juniata out-played them in every phase of the game. (Ursinus) was undefeated and nationally ranked going to Juniata and what (Juniata) did certainly opened our eyes. Hat’s off to Juniata, they played a very strong opponent and dominated every phase.”

The Crusaders (1-5, 1-4) meanwhile turned in an all-around solid performance despite the absence of their talented junior halfback, Tim Wade. The latter is out indefinitely with two broken vertebrae.

His replacement last week, and this week, senior Ian Richardson, did a yeoman’s job against the Greyhounds, with 94 yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns.

“Ian Richardson got the game ball. He stepped in

and rushed for almost 100 yards against a good de-fense and scored two touch-downs,” Briggs said.

The key to getting that first win, on the road against a good Moravian team, Briggs said, was that the Crusaders finally made plays when they had to.

“That’s what’s been miss-ing,” he said. “We were do-ing really good things, mak-ing critical fourth-quarter plays, especially on offense. And we were very oppor-tunistic defensively, and we had our best (overall) kick-ing game.”

Briggs said the Crusad-ers offense will have to mix things up against a good Bears defense.

“They are a blitzing team that will mix up different pressures and coverages.

They are not afraid to blitz from every place on the field,” Briggs said.

Junior lineman Steve Ambs and junior linebacker James Roccograndi have re-corded nine and four sacks, respectively, for the Bears, who have a plus 14 turnover margin.

The Bears have given up 96 points, 38 of them in last week’s loss.

“Obviously we’ve got to stay ahead (in down and distance), stay out of third-and-long situations, and do what we did last week. We did a nice job of driving the field and scoring when we had the opportunity,” he added.

“They are a very good football team, they are close to (Johns) Hopkins and Muhlenberg,” he said.

Briggs said the Crusaders need to try to improve their defense against the run, but the biggest problem is the defense’s youth. “The old-est kid we have in there is a junior with sophomore eli-gibility.”

However, he said, he thinks they have good peo-ple in there, including fresh-man John Daku, the nose tackle, from Selinsgrove.

The Bears are led of-fensively by running back Corey Kelly, who returned last week from an injury. He has averaged 84.8 yards a game with five touchdowns. Senior quarterback Kevin Monahan has thrown for 1,098 yards and eight TDs and junior wide receiver Nick Lundholm has caught 23 passes for 261 yards and four scores.

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When: Saturday 2 p.m.Where: Redman StadiumLast meeting: West Chester won, 40-38, in 2013 NCAA Division II first roundRadio: WHLM 930 AM, 2 p.m.BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (7-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr50 Dakota Hoagland 6-4 300 LT Jr.62 Christian Whiteside 6-3 275 LG Jr.63 Ryan Geiger 6-1 285 C Jr.74 Nick Reed 6-1 275 RG Jr.70 John Garland 6-4 300 RT So.84 Trent Daniels 6-2 170 X Jr.8 Connor Gades 6-1 195 Z Jr.5 Shane Quinn 6-2 250 TE Jr.13 Tim Kelly 6-1 188 QB Jr.1 Dai’Shon Munger 5-8 180 RB Jr.36 Brody Myers 6-1 233 FB Sr.90 Braden Drexler 5-10 180 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr98 Matt Heilig 6-4 230 DE Sr.71 Jeremiah Lowery 6-3 270 DT Jr.58 Shawn Mitchell 6-2 255 DT Sr.94 David McFadden 6-5 245 DE Sr.11 Garrett Pope 6-2 218 WLB Jr.10 Justin Shirk 6-0 247 MLB Sr.52 Dylan Spangler 6-1 240 BLB Sr.3 D.J. Robinson 5-8 180 LCB Sr.22 Tyler Knoblauch 5-10 197 S Sr.21 Donovan Morris 6-0 179 S Jr.9 Gary Postell 5-7 170 RCB Jr.48 Will Wagner 6-4 200 P So.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Stonehill W, 24-7California (Pa.) W, 24-21at Mercyhurst W, 38-22Shippensburg W, 38-30at Cheyney W, 41-7Millersville W, 41-0at Kutztown W, 31-13West Chester Oct. 25East Stroudsburg Nov. 1at Lock Haven Nov. 8at Seton Hill Nov. 15WEST CHESTER RAMS (7-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 7 Mike Doty 6-4 205 FL Sr.86 Tim Brown 6-3 235 TE Jr.67 Doug Gilbert 6-4 345 LT So.68 James Colivas 6-3 295 LG Sr.53 Derek Schatz 6-3 335 C Sr.75 Antoine Bland 6-5 335 RG Sr.76 Vince Lostracco 6-4 295 RT Fr.10 Sean McCartney 6-2 200 QB Sr.28 Brandon Monk 5-8 170 RB Jr.82 Shawn Driggins 6-1 230 H Jr.85 Erick Brundidge 6-0 170 SE Sr.90 Rich Bruno 6-1 190 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr78 Andrew Cohen 6-3 255 DE Jr.92 Barry Lyons 6-2 245 DT So.99 Shaquil Ryder 6-3 290 DT So.56 Mike Culbreath 6-1 230 DE Sr.43 Mike Labor 6-3 245 ILB Sr.44 Ralph Reeves 6-1 245 MLB So.42 Drew Formica 6-0 200 SLB Jr. 2 Al-Hajj Shabazz 6-2 200 CB Sr. 6 Kevin Malone 5-10 195 SS So.32 Brandon Pepper 5-10 195 FS Jr.30 Blaise Schieler 5-9 170 CB So.90 Rich Bruno 6-1 190 P Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat New Haven W, 35-30Mercyhurst W, 38-14at Seton Hill W, 45-10Millersville W, 62-7Lock Haven W, 41-16at Kutztown W, 29-7Shippensburg W, 55-28at Bloomsburg Oct. 25Cheyney Nov. 1at East Stroudsburg Nov. 8at Indiana (Pa.) Nov. 15

Game Night

By Anthony MitchellThe Daily Item

BLOOMSBURG — Think back to last season for Bloomsburg.

A Huskies team fresh off of a win in the PSAC Championship taking on an equally talented West Ches-ter team.

West Chester narrowly pulled out a victory over Bloomsburg last season to end the Huskies’ season in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs, and while some key play-ers — like Huskies all-time leading rusher Franklyn Quiteh — have graduated, the stakes are similar as the two PSAC powers get set to meet again at Danny Hale Field at Redman Stadium on Saturday.

While there isn’t a chance to advance to the next round of the playoffs on the

line this weekend, the game might go a long way to de-termining the course each team takes as the end of the regular season gets closer.

Both teams come into the game undefeated and ranked in the top 10 of the American Football Coaches Association Division II poll, with West Chester in seventh and Bloomsburg in eighth.

Bloomsburg escaped with an overtime win against California (Pa.) in their home opener and the Hus-kies have been able to put some cushion on the score-board since the tight win with double-digit victories in all but one game.

With Eddie Mateo and Dai’Shon Munger giving Bloomsburg two backs to hand the ball to, the Huskies have kept the ball on the ground enough to give Tim Kelly open lanes in which

to throw when Bloomsburg does go to the air.

Kelly has continued to find open receivers, throw-ing for a touchdown in the Huskies’ win over Millers-ville and tossing two last week against Kutztown.

West Chester quarterback Sean McCartney threw for 348 yards in their play-off win last season as both teams went to the air and lit up the scoreboard.

Mateo has scored 16 rush-ing touchdowns through seven games, tops in the PSAC and tied for third in Division II.

The Golden Rams have continued to fire the ball all over the field this season, averaging 333 yards pass-ing per game with McCa-rtney leading the way with 25 touchdowns. McCart-ney’s success through the air hasn’t created a pass-only offense for the Golden

Rams, as West Chester has flown past the century mark on the ground in all but one game this season, getting stopped at 99 yards.

Led by Brandon Monk, averaging 92 yards per game, West Chester is aver-aging 180 yards per game on the ground.

With a potent offense, West Chester has avoided an upset bid since edging University of New Haven, 35-30, in the first game of the season.

Justin Shirk and the Hus-kies defense has held three straight opponents under 14 points and will be looking to stretch that run to four games. Shirk was named the PSAC Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after fin-ishing with 13 tackles and two sacks last week.

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Opponents 69 74 60 46—249statistics EJHS OPPFirst downs 80 122Rushes-net yards 286-1,004 295-1,879Passing yardage 614 1,040Passing 42-102-4 52-114-5Fumbles-lost 24-9 15-6Penalties-yards 50-348 58-588INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — David Sprenkle 73-329; Chris Schulgen 75-329, 2 TDs; Andrew Zerby 42-185, TD; Tyler Herbster 17-91; Austin Shellhammer 10-46; Dylan Henderson 2-6; Mason Hambright 30-24; Bishop Regester 2-3; Logan Pursley 6-0; Reed Bruner 13-(-16), TD; John Moyer 1-(-4); Anthony Minium 2-(-3); Chas Maguire 4-11; team 2-(-2).PASSING — Schlugen 31-75-1 for 496 yards, 8 TDs; Reed Bruner 10-25-3 for 113 yards, TD; Tim Snook 1-1-0 for 3 yards.RECEIVING — Andrew Karschner 15-135, 2 TDs; Mason Hambright 12-150, 3 TDs; Andrew Zerby 6-145, TD; Austin Shellhammer 5-171, 2 TDs; Bailey Hetrick 4-76, TD; Tyler Herbster 1-1; Logan Pursley 1-3.SCORING — Mason Hambright 3 receiv-ing TDs, 1 rushing TD, 1 2-point run, 26 points; Chris Schulgen 2 rushing TDs, 1 2-point run, 14 points; Andrew Zerby 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Austin Shellhamer 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Andrew Karschner 2 receving TDs, 12 points; Reed Bruner 1 rushing TD, 6

points; Bailey Hetrick 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Micah Treaster 5 PATs, 5 points.

HALIFAX (1-7)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Eric Johnston 76-420, 2 TDs; Jake Paul 60-402, TD; Cade Wilbert 13-72; Alex Berzowski 26-75, TD; Eric McBruney 2-39, TD; Mason Erdman 10-24, TD; Bailey Woods 9-(-11); Jon Williams 2-1; team 1-(-1).PASSING — Mason Erdman 32-94-11 for 470 yards, 3 TDs; Berzowski 12-32-4 for 239 yards, 2 TDs; Paul 0-1-1.RECEIVING — Jake Paul 16-246, TD; Jarrett Hoy 15-192, TD; Eric Johnston 14-249, 2 TDs; McBurney 9-80, TD; Woods 2-36; Sam Hoon 2-33; Micah Sheaffer 2-33. SCORING — Eric Johnston 2 rushing TDs, 2 receiving TDs, 24 points; Jake Paul 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Jarrett Hoy 1 receiving TD, 6 points; McBurney 1 rushing TD, 1 receving TD, 1 2-point catch, 14 points; Mason Erdman 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Alex Berzowski 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Koby Minnich 1 fumble return TD, 6 points; Jarrett Hoy 1 2-point catch, 2 points; Sam Hoon 3 PATs, 3 points.

LEWISBURG (5-3)Lewisburg 68 54 61 66—248Opponents 14 36 41 29—120statistics LHS OPPFirst downs 100 118Rushes-net yards 258-1,228 363-1,707Passing yardage 1,071 545Passing 80-150-4 45-124-13

Fumbles-lost 9-5 16-11Penalties-yards 38-356 47-281INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Drew Newcomb 49-572, 7 TDs; Logan Aikey 84-365, 7 TDs; Trent Gower 41-111, TD; A.J. Ramirez 20-79, 2 TDs; Brian Anderson 1-4; Jose Rosa 7-63;Trey Delbaugh 1-(-1); Aaron Veloz 1-(-3); team 1-(-1).PASSING — Trent Gower 80-150-4 for 1,071 yards, 11 TDs.RECEIVING — Noah Inch 30-450, 5 TDs; Matt Fedorjaka 29-359, 3 TDs; Drew Newcomb 11-111, 3 TDs; Jason Bonner 4-78 Logan Aikey 3-31; James Richards 1-23; Trent Henger 1-7; A.J. Ramirez 1-5.SCORING — Drew Newcomb 7 rushing TDs, 3 receiving TD, 2 interception return TDs, 72 points; Max Reed 6 FGs, 27 PATs, 45 points; Logan Aikey 7 rushing TDs, 42 points; Noah Inch 5 receiving TDs, 1 interception return TD, 36 points; Matt Fedjorjaka 3 receiving TDs, 1 interception return TD, 24 points; A.J. Ramirez 2 rush-ing TDs, 12 points; Jason Bonner 1 fumble recovery TD, 6 points; Zach Pyers 1 inter-ception return TD, 6 points; Nate Liscum 4 PATs, 4 points.

LINE MOUNTAIN (4-4)Line Mountain 56 60 31 18—152Opponent 20 56 34 40—151statistics LMHS OPPFirst downs 103 80Rushes-net yards 303-1,447 274-915Passing yardage 738 764Passing 63-127-11 55-131-5Fumbles-lost 15-9 21-9Penalties-yards 33-266 37-304

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kenny Boyer 129-609, 11 TDs; Ryan Reed 76-465, 6 TDs; Hunter Hojnacki 65-252; Kyle Rebuck 3-12; Gary Laudenslager 8-16; Craig Reichard 2-21; Kurt Mace 2-(-8); team 4-(-41); Brent Osman 3-3.PASSING — Ryan Reed 62-125-11 for 693 yards, 2 TDs; Kurt Mace 1-2-0 for 38 yards, TD; Reichard 1-1-0 for 6 yards.RECEIVING — Logan Snyder 15-158; Kenny Boyer 15-151, 1 TD; Justin Michael 15-155, TD; Zach Bobb 11-132; Colton Gaw 2-71; Hojnacki 1-14; Brendan Renn 2-24; David Quinn 1-38, TD.SCORING — Kenny Boyer 11 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 72 points; Ryan Reed 6 rushing TDs, 36 points; Zach Bobb 1 interception return TD; Justin Michael 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brett Osman 2 FG, 14 PATs, 17 points; Hunter Hojnacki 1 2-point catch, 2 points; 1 team safety, 2 points.

MIFFLINBURG (3-5)Mifflinburg 19 74 40 63—191Opponents 68 63 74 28—233statistics Miff OppFirst downs 115 137Rushes-net yards 260-1,239 378-2,012Passing yardage 1,222 871Passing 80-161-8 47-88-6Fumbles-lost 14-8 13-7Penalties-yards 44-374 47-386INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Eric Stroup 83-421, 5 TDs;

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Brayden Pierce 65-407; Clayton Sheesley 17-124, TD; Tyler Stoltzfus 19-105, TD; Owen Walter 9-46; Brett Luhrman 13-63; Tristan Martin 13-122, 2 TDs; Ryan Oliver 2-3; Kyle Gessner 2-6; James Zach 1-1, TD; Jordan Wager 21-(-62), 2 TDs; Brian Zimmerman 1-2; Cole Laubaugh 2-(-20); Joey Suric 4-22; Devin Sampsell 1-7. PASSING — Jordan Wagner 73-150-8 for 1,153 yards, 11 TDs; Eric Stroup 1-1-0 for 47 yards, TD; Cole Laubach 1-3-0 for 12 yards; Tristan Martin 2-6-0 for 10 yards; Owen Walter 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Tristan Martin 32-450, 5 TDs; Brian Zimmerman 21-580, 6 TDs; Brett Luhrman 15-170, TD; Stroup 3-12; Brad Sauers 1-10; Stoltzfus 1-9; Pierce 2-8; James Zack 1-1.SCORING — Tristan Martin 5 receiving TDs, 2 rushing TD, 1 punt return TD, 48 points; Brian Zimmerman 6 receiving TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 1 interception return TD, 48 points; Eric Stroup 5 rush-ing TDs, 30 points; James Zack 1 rushing TD, 1 fumble return TD, 12 points; Jordan Wagner 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Tyler Stolzfus 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Brett Luhrman 1 receiving TD, 7 PATS, 13 points; Clayton Sheesley 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Ryan Oliver, 12 PATs, 12 points.

MILLERSBURG (3-5)Millersburg 62 77 37 35—208Opponents 55 57 44 31—183statistics MiLL OppFirst downs 109 119Rushes-net yards 268-665 278-1,625Passing yardage 1,473 787Passing 75-129-7 49-110-8Fumbles-lost 12-6 16-8Penalties-yards 35-308 54-447INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Conner Keim 39-207, 2 TDs; Christian Wingard 107-169, 7 TDs; Cole Shomper 56-137, TD; Austin Lehman 42-109; Tyler Hesen 2-(-7); Matthew Koppenhaver 12-49; Austin Marks 13-36, TD; Ethan Shetterly 3-5; Robbie Burger 1-1, TD Spencer Erdman 2-(-4); team 2-(-4).PASSING — Christian Wingard 70-136-6 for 1,405 yards, 12 TDs; Austin Lehman 2-3-1 for 68 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Cole Shomper 21-409, 2 TDs; Austin Lehman 16-241, 4 TDs; Ethan Troutman 16-501, 4 TDs; Tyler Hesen 11-200, TD; Robbie Burger 2-7, TD; Connor Keim 2-18; Koppenhaver 2-33.SCORING — Christian Wingard 7 rush-ing TDs, 18 PATs, 2 FGs, 1 2-point run, 68 points; Austin Lehman 5 receiving TDs, 1 punt return TD, 36 points; Ethan Troutman 4 receiving TDs, 1 2-point cathc, 26 points; Conner Keim 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Cole Shomper 1 rushing TD, 2 receiving TDs, 18 points; Robbie Burger 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 1 interception return TD, 18 points; Austin Hoke, 1 rushing TD, 1 fumble return TD, 12 points; Tyler Hesen 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Lukas Cassel 1 fumble return TD, 6 points.

MILTON (1-7)Milton 6 35 13 12—66Opponent 61 65 57 87—280statistics Milt OppFirst downs 86 133Rushes-net yards 338-1,316 297-1,850Passing yardage 244 985Passing 22-85-8 65-124-1Fumbles-lost 23-11 9-4Penalties-yards 39-311 47-415INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brandon Stokes 117-650, 5 TDs; Jovan Garrison 70-347, 3 TDs; Zack Bennett 77-314; Raff Rodriguez 34-129, TD; Logan Bennett 9-(-40); Mason Witmyer 1-4; Hunter Snyder 18-(-84);

team 1-(-13).PASSING — Hunter Snyder 13-46-4 for 139 yards, TD; Logan Bennett 7-36-3 for 97 yards; Stokes 2-4-1 for 11 yards.RECEIVING — Zack Bennett 9-85; Logan Bennett 4-40; Lance Fogelman 3-59, TD; Jovan Garrison 4-20; Brandon Stokes 3-59.SCORING — Brandon Stokes 5 rush TDs, 1 2-point catch, 1 PAT, 33 points; Jovan Garrison 3 rushing TD, 18 points; Lance Fogelman 1 receiving TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 1 2-point catch, 14 points; Raff Rodriguez, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Chase Geiger, 1 PAT, point.

MOUNT CARMEL (5-3)Mount Carmel 57 76 60 49—246Opponents 77 62 36 87—267statistics MCHS OPPFirst downs 117 116Rushes-net yards 286-1,715 331-1,931Passing yardage 928 1,051Passing 57-115-5 56-100-1Fumbles-lost 19-10 15-9Penalties-yards 60-480 47-406INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Blake Panko 120-671, 13 TDs; Kyle Karycki 45-509, 5 TDs; Dominic Farronato 46-232, 3 TDs; Allen Yankowskie 12-88; Lane Tanney 16-48; Manus McCracken 6-6; Wesley Surock 7-37, TD; Christian Kelley 8-48, TD; Tom McDonald 6-(-6); Treyvon White 4-38; Zach Zarkowski 11-78, 2 TDs; team 1-(-16).PASSING — Dominic Farronato 51-103-4 for 857 yards, 6 TDs; Tom McDonald 4-8-1 for 56 yards; Wesley Surock 1-3-0 for 3 yards.RECEIVING — Treyvon White 17-284, 4 TDs; Christian Kelley 14-261, TD; Juwan Sullins 9-176, TD; Blake Panko 6-78, TD; Karyicki 3-15; Tom Belski 1-10 Michael Cuff 1-38; Tyler Thompson 2-18; Lane Tanney 1-3.SCORING — Blake Panko 13 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 2 kickoff return TD, 90 points; Kyle Karycki 5 rushing TDs, 30 points; Treyvon White 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; Juwan Sullins 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Dominic Farronato 2 rushing TD, 12 points; Christian Kelley 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 1 blocked FG return, 18 points; Zarkowsi 2 rushing TD, 12 points; Wesley Surock 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tom Belski 3 FGs, 22 PATs, 31 points.

SELINSGROVE (6-2)Selinsgrove 70 83 80 66—299Opponent 19 8 16 21—54statistics Sel OPPFirst downs 118 82Rushes-net yards 304-2,004 267-734Passing yardage 841 654Passing 53-98-5 58-127-10Fumbles-lost 10-7 17-7Penalties-yards 70-695 47-385INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Juvon Batts 108-876, 12 TDs; Zach Adams 79-566, 11 TDs; Logan Leiby 43-140, 2 TDs; Garrett Campbell 14-101, TD; Justin Schooley 11-113, TD; Joe Radel 9-49; David Klinger 12-85, TD; Isaiah Rapp 6-35; Ethan Trautman 7-31, TD; Austin Burkholder 4-8, TD; Cole Schenck 5-41; Angelo Martin 2-(-4); team 1-(-1); Ryan Bucher 3-(-4).PASSING — Logan Leiby 36-70-5 for 590 yards, 3 TDs; Rapp 14-30-0 for 241 yards, 4 TDs.RECEIVING — Zach Adams 15-232, 3 TDs; Dylan Beaver 8-116, TD; Colin Hoke 7-207, 2 TDs; Angel Figueroa 6-55; Trautman 2-20; Angelo Martin 2-15; Schenck 2-13; Batts 3-68; Hunter George 1-24; Joe radel 1-8; Angelo Martin 1-7 Nic Swineford 1-4.SCORING — Zach Adams 11 rushing TDs, 3 receiving TDs, 84 points; Juvon Batts 12 rushing TDs, 2 kickoff return TDs, 84 points; Colin Hoke 3 receiving TD, 18 points; Dylan Beaver 1 receiving

TD, 6 points; Logan Leiby 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Austin Burkholder 1 rushing TD, 6 points; David Klinger 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Garrett Campbell 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Justin Schooley 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Trautman 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Joe Radel 1FG, 23 PATs, 26 points; 2 team safety, 4 points; Nic Swineford 13 PATs, 13 points.

SHAMOKIN (4-4)Shamokin 21 47 34 50—160Opponent 61 75 64 31—231statistics Sham OPPFirst downs 85 125Rushes-net yards 301-1,134 297-1,580Passing yardage 795 929Passing 61-132-12 67-135-4Fumbles-lost 15-10 16-4Penalties-yards 55-500 54-516INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tucker Yost 81-475, 9 TDs; John Demsko 128-336, 4 TDs; Preston Burns 44-182, TD; Devin Peitkieicz 21-101, TD; Nathan Surock 6-20; Elijah Kelley 4-8; Thomas Campbell 2-24; Collin Hoover 1-4; Dillon DeCample 2-(-6); team 2-(-15); James Snyder 1-(-10).PASSING — Yost 60-126-10 for 777 yards, 4 TDs; Nate Surock 1-5-1 for 17 yards; Campbell 0-1-1.RECEIVING — Tom Campbell 19-289, 2 TDs; Logan Mirolli 15-287, 2 TDs; John Demsko 8-74; Preston Burns 7-72; Russell Henz 8-54; DeCample 1-17; Pietkiewicz 1-6; Nathan Surock 1-8.SCORING — Tucker Yost 9 rushing TDs, 54 points; John Demsko 4 rushing TDs, 1 receving TD, 30 points; Logan Mirolli 2 receiving TDs, 1 interception return TD, 18 points; Tom Campbell 2 receiv-ing TDs, 1 2-point catch, 14 points; Devin Pietkiewicz 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Preston Burns 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Elijah Kelley 1 fumble return TD, 6 points; Alek Washuta 16 PATs, 16 points.

SHIKELLAMY (4-4)Shikellamy 41 32 36 27—136Opponents 19 50 52 65—186statistics Shik OPPFirst downs 86 92Rushes-net yards 277-1,079 348-1,518

Passing yardage 1,218 1,120Passing 84-167-3 89-183-8Fumbles-lost 14-11 12-7Penalties-yards 56-503 61-565INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brett McCreary 138-620, 6 TDs; Matt Splitt 33-244, 2 TDs; Shawn Turber 30-172, 2 TDs; Christian Schelgel 34-6, TD; Quaneer Ford 7-17; Chris Tasker 6-17; Brandon Kashuba 1-3; Gabe Tilford 8-11; Lemier Mitchell 5-20; Ethan Oakes 4-8, TD; Tate Krankoskie 1-(-5); team 10-(-34).PASSING — Christian Schlegel 78-157-3 for 1,009 yards, 4 TDs; Krankoskie 3-6-0 for 85 yards, TD; Turber 1-1-0 for 14 yards, TD; Matt Splitt 1-2-0 for 87 yards, TD; Nick Dunn 1-1-0 for 18 yards, TD; Justin Engle 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Matt Splitt 21-214, 2 TDs; John Schaeffer 19-386, 3 TDs; Nick Dunn 16-287, 2 TDs; Shawn Turber 10-120, TD; Trey Cunningham 5-71; McCreary 5-33; Gabe Tilford 4-36; Owen Long 1-13; Ethan Oakes 1-12; Tucker Ruch 1-36; Tasker 1-6.SCORING — Brett McCreary 6 rushing TDs, 36 points; Shawn Turber 2 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 18 points; Matt Splitt 2 receiving TDs, 2 rushing TD 24 points; Nick Dunn 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Christian Schlegel 1 rushing TD, 6 points; John Schaeffer 3 receiving TDs, 18 points; Ethan Oakes 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Seth Burk 14 PATs, 14 points.

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (8-0)Southern Columbia 89 145 111 36—370Opponents 14 7 20 35-76statistics SCHS OppFirst downs 162 72Rushes-net yards 314-2,711 236-573Passing yardage 845 876Passing 51-103-5 68-141-10Fumbles-lost 9-4 20-15Penalties-yards 38-365 30-292INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Matt Jeremiah 85-672, 14 TDs; Hunter Thomas 53-631, 8 TDs; Blake Marks 45-375, 10 TDs; Billy Marzeski 21-282, 3 TDs; Nick Becker 28-202, 6 TDs; Jared Torres 21-153; Brad Noll 12-139, 2 TDs; Jacob Potter 16-114, 2 TDs; Sami Abdul 6-3, TD; Justin Derk 5-(-9); Nick Fetterman 9-40; Dylan Kranzel 5-20; team

1-(-10).PASSING — Nick Becker 50-95-5 for 844 yards, 7 TDs; Justin Derk 1-1-0 for 1 yard.RECEIVING — Blake Marks 14-280, 2 TDs; Hunter Thomas 10-178, TD; Mike Klebon 7-108, TD; Cam Young 8-123; Steve Toczylousky 6-92, 2 TDs; Luke Rarig 1-12, TD; Matt Jeremiah 2-8; Jacob Ryan 1-30; Sami Adbul 1-1.SCORING — Matt Jeremiah 14 rushing TDs, 84 points; Blake Marks 10 rushing TDs, 2 receiving TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 78 points; Hunter Thomas 8 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 54 points; Nick Becker 6 rushing TDs, 36 points; Billy Marzeski, 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Steve Toczylousky 2 receiving TDs, 1 punt return TD, 18 points; Jacob Potter 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Brad Noll 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Mike Klebon 1 receiving TD, 1 intercep-tion return TD, 1 two-point run, 14 points; Luke Rarig 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Sami Abdul 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tyler Keiser 1FG, 40 PATs, 43 points; Chase Tillett 1 2-point catch, 2 points.

UPPER DAUPHIN (4-4)Upper Dauphin 16 52 37 44—162Opponent 41 84 36 23—184statisticsINDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Cameron Fornwald 107-625, 7 TDs; Cole Reed 60-324, 5 TDs; Aaron Cleveland 62-262, TD; Drake Lenker 17-52; Coy Rickert 4-(-4), TD; Tanner Miller 6-18; Alex Uhler 3-59; Jackson Kennerly 1-1; Tyler Weist 2-(-6). PASSING — Aaron Cleveland 30-87-6 for 404 yards, 4 TDs.; Drake Lenker 5-10-0 for 117 yards, 2 TDs.RECEIVING — Tanner Miller 10-171, 3 TDs; Ethan Schell 8-160, 2 TDs; Fornwald 6-47; Uhler 3-59; Lenker 3-56, TD; Peyton Barge 2-40; Cleveland 1-12; Reed 1-5.SCORING — Cam Fornwald 7 rush TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 48 points; Cole Reed 5 rushing TDs, 3 2-point runs, 36 points; Tanner Miller 3 receiving TDs, 1 punt return TD, 4 PATs, 28 points; Alex Uhler 1 kickoff return TD, 2 PATs, 1 FG 11 points; Ethan Schell 2 receiving TDs 1 2-point catch, 14 points; Aaron Cleveland 1 rush-ing TD, 6 points; Drake Lenker 1 receiving TD, 6 points.

WARRIOR RUN (2-6)Warrior Run 30 49 12 27—118Opponent 49 62 63 83—256statistics WRHS OppFirst downs 90 116Rushes-net yards 264-784 300-2,008Passing yardage 911 504Passing 68-142-7 39-78-9Fumbles-lost 22-10 9-2Penalties-yards 48-456 43-376INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — William Michael 111-421, 2 TDs; Sean Morehart 76-340, 2 TDs; Tyler Brown 17-143, 2 TDs; Dante Morris 5-(-3); Frank James 44-(-182), 1 TD; Tyler Kling 1-0; team 2-(-2); Ty Kirkner 5-22; Gage Anzulavich 1-(-2): Garrett Ruch 1-(-6).PASSING — Frank James 75-134-5 for 838 yards, 8 TDs; Gage Anzulavich 2-7-1 for 56 yards; Michael 1-1-0 for 18 yards.RECEIVING — Jake Rohm 24-262, 4 TDs; Wyatt Kirkendall 13-148, TD; Sean Morehart 12-150, TD; Matt Truckenmiller 11-172, 2 TDs; William Michael 11-94, TD; Teddy Bender 3-17; Michael Muffly 1-53; Ty Kirkner 1-4.SCORING — Jake Rohm, 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; William Michael 2 rush-ing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 24 points; Sean Morehart 2 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 18 points; Frank James 1 rushing TD, 9 PATs, 15 points; Matt Truckenmiller 2 receiving TD, 12 points; Wyatt Kirkendall 1 receiving TDs, 6 points; Tyler Brown, 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; 2 team safeties, 4 points; Daniel Troup, 1 2-point catch, 2 points.

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Southern Columbia’s Nick Becker scrambles against Lewisburg last week.

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