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By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg offensive line passed its first test in the Green Dragons’ opener with Shikellamy.

The young Lewisburg line gave quarterback Trent Gower plenty of time to throw for 179 yards and three scores and opened holes for tailback Dominic Farronato to rush for 108 yards and two scores in a 38-14 victory over the Braves.

Now Friday night, it might be an even bigger test as de-fending District 4 Class AA champion Montoursville vis-its Christy Mathewson-Me-morial Stadium.

It’s a rematch of a quarter-final playoff matchup where the Warriors’ offensive and defensive lines dominated in a 31-6 victory on the Green Dragons’ home turf.

“We just got handled up front,” Lewisburg coach Mi-chael Ferriero said. “I don’t have a play to call when the defensive line gets right through immediately. On of-fense, their line was able to get to the second level and get on our linebackers, so they weren’t able to make plays.”

If last week is any indica-tion, things should be differ-ent this week.

“It’s another challenge for them to establish themselves and put themselves on the map,” Ferriero said. “The kids are hungry for a chance to play them again.”

With quarterback Brycen Mussina’s advancement a season ago, the Warriors can attack you many differ-ent ways. Mussina threw for over 2,000 yards, while tail-back Keith Batkowski ran for over 2,000 yards and both are back this season.

Mussina threw for 113 yards and two scores, while Batkowski had 144 yards on only 15 carries in the War-riors’ opening-night 41-14

victory over South William-sport.

Some of the weapons around have changed, with junior Mitchell Rothrock moving into Wyatt Entz’s role as the jack-of-all trades offensive weapon.

Nolan Ott proved his dan-ger on special teams with an 85-yard kickoff return touch-down.

“Going into the first game last year, we knew we could take away Batkowski and make them throw and we’d have a good chance to win,” Ferriero said. “In the play-off game, they were much more balanced. I’m sure coach (Defensive coordina-tor Thaddeus) Davis will have a solid game plan for them.”

The Green Dragons’ line-backers played well in the opener. Dominic Farronato had 10 tackles (eight solo),

while junior Trey Delbaugh had seven solo tackles. Soph-omore Andrew Shedleski led the team with 11 tackles in his first varsity start. Junior defensive end Aaron Veloz had a sack and several pres-sures, while Matt Fedorjaka had two interceptions for Lewisburg.

Of course, the Lewisburg offense will also be ready. With the addition of the Far-ronato’s brothers, the Green

Dragons have a surplus of weapons.

Noah Inch had a 50-yard touchdown catch against Shikellamy and two punt returns over more than 25 yards. In addition to Domi-nic’s rushing yards, Dylan had three catches for 40 yards and a touchdown. Plus Fedorjaka, a 6-foot-2 wide-out, has at least three inches on any Montoursville defen-sive back.

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Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Montoursville won, 31-6, in District 4 Class AA quarterfinals last seasonRadio: The Valley 100.9-FM, 6:30 p.m.

MONTOURSVILLE WARRIORS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Cole Karschner 6-4 175 SE Sr.61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 LT Sr.67 Bryce Berresford 6-0 240 LG Sr.62 Dalton Tubbs 6-0 215 C So.79 Caleb Frantz 6-0 230 RG Sr.74 Logan Vargo 6-2 220 RT Sr.47 Mitchell Rothrock 6-1 200 TE Jr.11 Brycen Mussina 6-4 180 QB Jr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 FB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 HB Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 SE Jr. 9 Ethan Lazorka 5-9 140 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 DE Sr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 DT Sr.78 Jacob Bogenrief 6-3 260 DT Sr.54 Colby Probst 5-11 220 DE Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 OLB Jr.45 Logan McKeag 5-9 175 ILB Sr.24 Aiden Plants 5-8 190 OLB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 CB Sr. 5 Jacob Strassner 5-11 165 FS Sr.30 Nolan Ott 5-11 170 SS Jr,12 Riley Conboy 5-10 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSouth Williamsport W, 41-14at Lewisburg Fridayat Mifflinburg Sept. 18Jersey Shore Sept. 25at Shikellamy Oct 2Milton Oct. 9Selinsgrove Oct. 16at Shamokin Oct. 23Hughesville Oct. 30at Loyalsock Nov. 6

LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 WR Sr.74 Dee Gose 6-1 250 LT Jr.65 Cody Palmer 6-2 253 LG Sr.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 C So.55 Blake Benfer 5-11 215 RG So.56 Andrew Durfee 6-2 205 RT Sr.25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 TE Jr. 8 Trent Gower 5-10 155 QB Sr.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 RB Sr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 RB Sr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 WR Sr.14 Nate Liscum 5-9 155 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 DE Jr.55 Blake Benfer 5-11 215 DT So.65 Cody Palmer 6-2 253 DT Sr.62 Riley Shaw 5-7 160 DE Jr.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 OLB Sr.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 ILB So.44 Trey Delbaugh 5-9 175 ILB Jr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 OLB-P Sr.21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 CB Sr. 1 Dylan Farronato 6-1 155 S Fr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Shikellamy W, 38-14Montoursville Fridayat Mount Carmel Sept. 18at Milton Sept. 25Central Mountain Oct. 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Danville Oct. 16Southern Col. Oct. 22Warrior Run Oct. 30at Mifflinburg Nov. 6

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Ironmen StadiumLast meeting: Mifflinburg won, 32-7, in 2014

MIFFLINBURG WILDCATS (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Brian Zimmerman 5-11 180 WR Sr.57 Cody Botts 6-4 245 T Sr.55 Luke Walter 5-10 215 G Jr.50 Michael Renard 5-11 240 C Jr.76 Garrett Ressler 6-3 305 G Jr.70 Sam Rishel 6-4 260 T Jr.33 Brad Sauers 6-1 195 TE Sr.4 James Zack 5-9 180 QB Sr.10 Hunter Kahley 6-0 200 FM Jr.20 Brayden Pierce 6-1 195 RB Jr.11 Tristan Martin 6-0 175 WR Sr.9 Ryan Oliver 6-0 170 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr57 Cody Botts 6-4 245 DT Sr.76 Garrett Ressler 6-3 305 NG Jr.55 Luke Walter 5-10 215 DT Jr.3 Cole Laubach 5-11 151 LB So.10 Hunter Kahley 6-0 200 LB Jr.26 Kyle Gessner 5-7 210 LB Jr.5 Collin Benefield 6-3 175 LB Jr.33 Brad Sauers 6-1 195 TE Sr.13 Brian Zimmerman 5-11 180 S Sr.11 Tristan Martin 6-0 175 CB Sr.28 Derrick Seedor 5-8 160 CB Sr.9 Ryan Oliver 6-0 170 KP So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Southern Columbia L, 49-21Danville FridayMontoursville Sept. 18at Shikellamy Sept. 25Jersey Shore Oct. 2at Selinsgrove Oct. 9Central Mountain Oct. 16at Milton Oct. 23at Shamokin Oct. 30Lewisburg Nov. 6

DANVILLE IRONMEN (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 WR Fr. or 9 Matt Meloy 5-10 182 WR Sr.60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 RT Sr.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 RG Sr. or65 Preston Fausnaught 5-11 200 RG Fr.78 Jon Berkey 5-10 260 C Sr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 LG So.59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 LT So. 2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 TE Sr.12 Gannon Feldman 5-10 165 QB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 FB Jr.10 Ryan Palm 5-5 133 HB So.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 DE So.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 NG Sr. 60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 DE Sr. 5 Shane Kozick 5-10 156 OLB Fr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 WLB So.2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 MLB Sr.35 Jared Mowery 6-0 205 ILB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 OLB Jr. 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 CB Fr. 9 Matt Meloy 5-10 182 S Sr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBloomsburg W, 31-7Mifflinburg FridayLoyalsock Sept. 18at Southern Columbia Sept. 25at Mount Carmel Oct. 2Wyalusing Oct. 9at Lewisburg Oct. 16at Central Columbia Oct. 23Shikellamy Oct. 30at Warrior Run Nov. 6

By Matt BeltzFor The Daily Item

DANVILLE — It has to almost feel like déjà vu for Mifflinburg and Danville heading into Friday’s Week 2 matchup.

Last year, a young Dan-ville team won its first game 35-7 over Bloomsburg while Mifflinburg was competi-tive at times but ultimately fell to Southern Columbia by 26 points. This year, the Ironmen again topped the Panthers in Week 1, this time 31-7, while Mifflinburg once again was competitive but fell to the Tigers by 28 points.

“It is ironic and our game was pretty much the same score,” said Danville coach Jim Keiser. “We’re probably younger this year, but this team has a different mind-set. They’re more confident in their abilities and physi-cally they’re a bit bigger. Our freshmen are very confident and mature for freshmen.”

“It is very similar to what we saw last year going into this week,” said Mifflin-burg coach Jason Dressler. “We’re seeing similar things in watching Danville in the position they’re in and where we’re at.”

Turnovers and big plays on special teams were the difference against South-ern. Mifflinburg turned the ball over twice and Dressler knows that must improve.

“You can’t turn the ball over and you can’t give up big plays on special teams,”

said Dressler. “In the end, our depth isn’t what South-ern’s is and we ran out of gas.

“This week, we’re trying to get better at taking care of the ball and we’re mak-ing some changes on spe-cial teams, tightening some things up and working to get other guys ready to play to improve our depth. Our big emphasis this week has been finishing the plays — the tackles, blocks, runs, catches, routes — and focus-ing on those fundamentals.”

One reason Danville lost to Mifflinburg last year en route to nine straight losses to end the season was an

inability to put together a consistent rush — a staple of successful Ironmen teams of the recent past. Last week, the running game was strong behind Trent Hilkert’s 146 yards and three scores, so Danville will be looking to

continue that ground suc-cess.

“Line-wise, I think we match up well, but we need to tackle better. We had guys in position last week but they didn’t finish the plays,” said Dressler. “If we can finish, we can shut down their running game, which makes them do some things they’re not as comfortable doing.”

“Mifflinburg is big and physical up front, so we have to match that,” said Keiser. “If we can do that success-fully, we should be able to throw the ball off play ac-tion.”

Mifflinburg’s offense pro-duced some long scoring plays last week and both coaches recognize the im-portance of quarterback James Zack getting the ball to receivers Brian Zim-merman, Tristan Martin and running back Brayden Pierce in open space.

“We need our playmakers to step up and make things happen. Our receivers will give any secondary a fit,” said Dressler.

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SELINSGROVE — Derek Hicks gathered his team on Monday to talk about Friday night’s oppo-nent in Selinsgrove’s home debut when the Seals play host to Mount Carmel at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field.

Hicks wanted to make clear to his squad that they have to be prepared Friday night for the Red Torna-does.

No taking them lightly because of last year’s 61-6 victory for the Seals.

“It’s a new coach, new systems on both sides of the ball, it’s a new team,” Hicks said.

Hicks also wanted to cau-tion his team that just be-cause of the lack of num-bers of the Red Tornadoes, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t a good team.

“You heard before the season on how their num-bers are down,” Hicks said. “I watched the tape, though, that’s a good foot-ball team.”

Mount Carmel coach John Darrah says that only having 30 kids isn’t an ex-cuse for his squad. It just means they have to work that much harder.

“The kids are in a tough position. I keep telling them we have 30 kids this week, 30 kids next week and 30 kids in week 10,” Darrah said. “We have to work that much harder to be in better shape than the teams we play.”

The Seals defense has to be concerned about the Red Tornadoes’ freshman quarterback, John Ayers, who is a running threat in Mount Carmel’s offense.

“They are certainly go-ing to want to establish the run,” Hicks said. “Even when they do pass, we have

to be concerned with the quarterback. He’s certainly not afraid to tuck it and run when he gets pressured.”

For Darrah, his two wor-ries are the Seals’ depth advantage and the 3-5 de-fense.

“They have a lot of big-bodied seniors that spent a lot of time in the weight room,” Darrah said. “They are able to rotate a lot of guys in and out.”

The Seals’ 3-5 defense is always tough, but Darrah said it seems like the Selin-sgrove defense is even more exotic than normal.

“They are so exotic de-fensively, but with all the se-niors, they seem to be able to do even more things,” Darrah said. “We need to keep everything simple for the offense.”

Selinsgrove played well in Hicks’ debut last week — a 38-7 win over Central Columbia — getting 181 yards from senior Angelo Martin on the ground and another 137 in the air from sophomore quarterback Logan Leiby.

The defense didn’t allow the Blue Jays to score until the fourth quarter.

“For a first game, it went as well I could have ex-pected it to,” Hicks said.

But the Seals didn’t play so well that there aren’t things to work on heading to the game with the Red Tornadoes.

Selinsgrove committed eight penalties for 83 yards in the win.

“We have to clean up some mental mistakes,” Hicks said. “We had some holds that really weren’t germane to the play. We just have to play smarter.”

Mount Carmel opened last week with a 34-7 loss at Loyalsock. Ayers ran for 74 yards and a touchdown in his first high school foot-blal game.

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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Harold L. Bolig Memorial FieldLast meeting: Selinsgrove won, 61-6, during 2014 regular seasonInternet/Radio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m.; 99.7 and blackdiamondsports.net, 6:45 p.m.

MOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 WR Jr.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 OL Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 OL Sr.75 Billy Anderson 6-0 235 OL Fr.77 Thomas Pastchu 6-2 70 OL Jr.70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 OL So.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 TE Sr.27 John Ayers 5-10 175 QB Fr.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 RB Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 FB Sr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 WR So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 DE So.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 DT Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 DT Sr.13 Mason Duran 6-3 225 DE Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 LB Sr.47 Manus McCracken 5- 185 LB Sr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 CB So.27 John Ayers 5-10 175 S Fr.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 S Sr.21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 S Jr.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 CB Sr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Loyalsock L, 34-7at Selinsgrove FridayLewisburg Sept. 18at Central Mountain Sept. 25Danville Oct. 2at Southern Columbia Oct. 9North Schuykill Oct. 16at Warrior Run Oct. 23Central Columbia Oct. 30Shamokin Nov. 6

SELINSGROVE SEALS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 185 WR Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 LT Sr.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 LG Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 C Sr.72 Ryan Hoke 5-11 205 RG Sr.66 Matt Bingaman 5-9 221 RT Sr.12 Tony Dressler 6-1 200 TE So.18 Logan Leiby 6-0 180 QB So. 9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 FB Sr. 3 Angelo Martin 5-10 175 HB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 WR Sr.22 Joey Radel 5-11 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Andrew Boob 5-11 220 DT Sr. 61 Christian Perieira-Muniz 5-11 213 NG Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 DT Sr.9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 OLB Sr.12 Tony Dressler 6-1 200 ILB So.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 ILB Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 ILB Sr. 5 David Klinger 5-10 200 OLB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 CB Sr.23 Garrett Campbell 5-10 180 S Jr.26 Cole Schenck 5-11 165 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Central Columbia W, 38-7Mount Carmel FridayShikellamy Sept. 18at Shamokin Sept. 25at Berwick Oct. 2Mifflinburg Oct. 9at Montoursville Oct. 16 Jersey Shore Oct. 23at Milton Oct. 30Southern Columbia Nov. 6


Selinsgrove’s Tony Dressler heads for the end zone during a scrimmage against Lewisburg last month.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Don Malinak StadiumInternet: blackdiamondsports.netSHAMOKIN INDIANS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 WR Sr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 WR Sr.79 Adam Miller 6-0 255 LT Sr.72 Derrick Dilliplane 5-9 198 LG Sr.63 Blake Zalar 6-0 260 C Fr.59 Jake Wolfe 6-0 195 RG Jr.52 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 WR Jr.75 Trent Curcie 5-8 226 RT So.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 WR Sr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 WR Jr.15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 QB Sr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 WR Sr.20 Devin Pietkiewicz 5-3 136 RB So.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 RB Sr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 FB Sr.10 Alek Washuta 5-9 157 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr54 Jake Carpenter 5-8 164 NG So.66 Aaron Miller 6-0 169 DT Jr.52 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 DT Jr. or56 Brayson Pawelczyk 5-10 175 DT Sr.2 Dilin DeCampie 5-7 155 OLB Sr.5 David Stevens 5-9 152 OLB Jr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 MLB Sr.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 OLB Sr.3 Mike Breslin 5-7 144 CB or15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 CB Sr.7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 CB Sr.23 Ty Berge 5-7 163 S Sr.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 S Sr.4 Alex Kiefer 5-10 161 S Sr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 S Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Line Mountain W, 28-7at Central Mountain FridaySouthern Columbia Sept. 18Selinsgrove Sept. 25Milton Oct. 2at Jersey Shore Oct. 9at Shikellamy Oct. 16Montoursville Oct. 23Mifflinburg Oct. 30at Mount Carmel Nov. 6CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WILDCATS (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 JJ Harris 5-9 170 WR Sr.76 Pat Barner 6-3 280 LT Jr.54 Mahilk Houtz 5-10 200 LG So.56 Trevor Smith 6-1 240 C Jr.67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 RG Sr.58 Spencer Wockenfuss 6-4 265 RT Jr.88 Hunter Baker 6-0 225 TE Sr.2 Justin Neff 6-2 185 QB Jr.27 Bryce Mansfield 5-11 180 FB Jr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 210 TB Sr.11 Tyler Zablocki 6-0 170 WB Sr.9 Austyn Carson 5-8 155 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr67 Hunter Shoemaker 5-11 220 DE Sr.37 Brian Andrus 5-9 190 DT Jr.74 Shawn Shafer 5-11 215 DT Sr.8 Bryce Bitner 6-0 230 DE Sr.88 Hunter Baker 6-0 225 LB Sr.36 Hunter Weaver 6-1 210 LB Sr.25 JJ Harris 5-9 170 LB Sr.11 Tyler Zablocki 6-0 170 CB/P Sr.27 Bryce Mansfield 5-11 180 FS Jr.2 Justin Neff 6-2 185 SS Jr.12 Cordell Muthler 5-11 155 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Williamsport L, 48-30Shamokin Fridayat Central Col. Sept. 18Mount Carmel Sept. 25at Lewisburg Oct. 2Shikellamy Oct. 9at Mifflinburg Oct. 16Tyrone Oct. 23Southern Col. Oct. 30at Jersey Shore Nov. 6

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

MILL HALL — For the second year in a row, Shamokin is going into the second week of the season with a chance to get to 2-0.

But second-year Indians coach Pat DiRienzo said it will take a better all-around performance than the team showed in last week’s vic-tory over Line Mountain.

The Indians will move up a couple of levels, from the Class A Eagles to Class AAAA Central Mountain, and DiRienzo believes his team will have to step up its game to beat the Wild-cats for the second year in a row.

“Their quarterback (ju-nior Justin Neff) is a nice runner and he has a nice arm and the fullback (ju-nior Bryce Mansfield) is back and he is a tough run-ner, so we have to be con-cerned with both of them,” DiRienzo said.

The Wildcats (1-0), he said, are running some spread plays with their wing T this year.

“We’re going to have to be on our toes for that,” Di-Rienzo said. “We struggled stopping the inside run against Line Mountain.”

Eagles junior tailback Kenny Boyer rushed for 209 yards and a touchdown.

But the Indians answered with a bulldog of their own as senior Preston Burns ran for 220 yards and three TDs.

“We had a pleasant sur-prise. Preston Burns stepped up for us and had a big game, but we need to get our other guys more involved and get our outside run game going and our passing game go-ing,” he said.

“We can’t rely on Pres-ton to carry us. We have too many weapons, we have more than we’ve had in the past,” he said.

DiRienzo was especially

concerned with his team’s inability to score in the red zone.

“We could have scored the first three possessions, but they shut us down. We could have scored 50 points (in the game), but we shot ourselves in the foot with bad snaps, missed assign-ments, a fumble, so we have to work on our red-zone of-fense,” DiRienzo said.

Second-year Central Mountain coach Michael Nines said Shamokin is a tough, hard-nosed team.

“They are going to come

out and be physical and ex-ecute well,” he said. “They have several good players, including their tailback (Burns) and tight end (H-back Garrett Zalar).”

The key for the Wildcats in this nonleague game, Nines said, is to be disci-plined and execute within the offense.

Starting the season with a win is always nice, but Di-Rienzo said the team needs work to be able to continue to have success.

He said those red-zone failures will be especially

damaging in a big game. “When it’s first and goal,

we’ve got to capitalize,” he said. “I was really disap-pointed.”

He said that two of his nine first-year players, his son, Jake, and Isaiah Reiprich, a pair of basketball players who came out this year as seniors, gave the team some good offensive production and Jake DiRienzo had 15 tackles on defense.

“Whether it’s basketball or whatever, varsity experi-ence in a sport means a lot,” he said.

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Shamokin quarterback Tom Campbell looks for an open receiver while running back Preston Burns provides pass protection last week at Line Mountain.

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By Chris NagyThe Daily Item

TURBOTVILLE — To say Week 1 didn’t go as Warrior Run and Milton planned would be an under-statement.

Both teams go into this week’s battle at Defenders Stadium trying to prevent something else neither saw coming — one will be 0-2 when the night is over.

“We played very well last week,” said Milton coach George Goodwin. “The kids came out hard and played even harder.

“We just have to bounce back from the loss.”

Milton lost on the road to Troy last week 22-15 after holding a 15-7 lead in the third quarter.

After taking the lead, Troy returned the kickoff for a touchdown and Milton never recovered.

“They took the kick back to the house and we just couldn’t pick ourselves up after that,” said Goodwin. “We need to learn how to recover after a big play like that.”

But other than that, Mil-ton did look impressive on both sides of the ball.

The Panthers ran for 244 yards with fullback Brandon Stokes accounting for 133 of them and tailback Raff Ro-driguez totaling 85. Hunter Snyder had a hard night at quarterback, completing just one pass out of six.

“We run the ball really well,” said Goodwin. “We just need to clean up the passing game.”

Warrior Run came into last week’s game against Muncy the favorite and with a veteran offensive line, it was no surprise.

But as the game ended, the surprise was Muncy’s 35-0 win over the Defend-ers.

“We have things we have

to fix,” said Warrior Run coach Mark Burrows. “The result Friday night was on me.

“We need to find our identity and that starts this week.”

The Defenders rushed for 88 yards behind the vaunted line and the defensive front that was heralded allowed Muncy to rush for 272 yards — 199 of them by Junior Ramos, who also had four touchdowns.

But not all of the surprises were bad for Warrior Run.

Warrior Run’s Gage An-zulavich was impressive in

his first varsity start as he went 15-for-28 for 161 yards and one interception.

He distributed the ball around well, hitting nine different receivers, with Matt Truckenmiller catch-ing three balls for 43 yards.

Anzulavich might find it hard sledding against a solid Milton secondary that made it hard for Troy to throw the ball last week.

Troy rushed for 261 yards, but did not get any in the air as its quarterbacks went 0-for-4.

“We had a good pass rush and our secondary

performed better than ex-pected,” said Goodwin. “We need to work on our rush defense.

“But overall I was happy with the way we played.”

Goodwin is concerned with the experience the De-fenders have up front.

“This game is going to be a war and they have a ton of experienced kids in the trenches,” said Good-win. “It’s something I worry about because those kids can play.

“We will be ready come Friday. Like I said, it’s going to be a war.”

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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Defenders StadiumLast meeting: Milton won, 33-21, in 2014

MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 WR So.72 James Hare 6-2 220 RT Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 RG Jr.70 Brock Guffey 6-0 220 C Sr.67 Tyler Clayton 6-1 185 LG So.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 LT So.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 TE Sr. 4 Hunter Snyder 6-2 175 QB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 FB-K Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 HB Sr.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 HB Sr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr72 James Hare 6-2 220 DT Sr.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 NG So. or70 Mason Fisher 6-0 285 NG Fr.58 Nicholas Summers 5-7 157 DT Fr.26 Hunter Wertz 6-1 160 OLB Jr.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 ILB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 ILB-P Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 ILB Jr.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 OLB Sr. 2 Michael Cooper 5-10 160 CB Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 S Sr.23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 CB So. or24 Xavi Rodriguez 6-0 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Troy L, 22-15at Warrior Run FridayNorth Penn Sept. 18Lewisburg Sept. 25at Shamokin Oct. 2at Montoursville Oct. 9at Jersey Shore Oct. 16Mifflinburg Oct. 23Selinsgrove Oct. 30Shikellamy Nov. 6

WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr16 Gage Anzulavich 6-4 157 QB So.63 Chad Biichle 6-1 235 LT Sr.68 Ty Nicholas 5-10 195 LG Sr.71 Zach Smith 6-0 237 C Sr.53 Zach Divers 6-0 238 RG Sr.62 Ben Lapp 6-1 195 RT Sr.32 Tyler Brown 6-1 171 RB Sr.36 Tony Null 6-1 188 RB Jr30 Jorge Guillen 6-0 225 FB Jr.81 Kade Meyer 5-10 161 WR So.or83 George Reasner 5-10 169 WR Sr.86 Theodore Bender 6-1 188 WR Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Pacey Howard 6-1 191 DE So.53 Zach Divers 6-0 238 DT Sr.68 Ty Nicholas 5-10 195 DT Sr.88 Matt Truckenmiller 6-2 207 DE Sr.86 Theodore Bender 6-1 188 LB Sr.71 Zach Smith 6-0 237 LB Sr.45 Noah Showers 6-0 177 LB Jr.67 Tristan Litchard 5-11 225 LB Sr.21 Dante Morris 5-10 162 CB Jr.82 Michael Muffly 6-0 172 CB Jr.83 George Reasner 5-10 169 S Sr.2015 ScheduleDate Opponent/ResultMuncy L, 35-0Milton Sept. 11at Wyalusing Sept. 18Central Col. Sept. 25at Hughesville Oct. 2North Penn Oct. 9at Southern Col. Oct. 16Mount Carmel Oct. 23at Lewisburg Oct. 30Danville Nov. 6


Warrior Run’s Ben Lapp blocks a player during a scrimmage against Upper Dau-phin last month.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Panther StadiumLast meeting: Southern Columbia won, 47-0, in 2014Series: Southern Columbia leads, 36-19Internet: blackdiamondsports.netSOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS(1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr1 Cameron Young 5-7 135 SE Jr. or31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.76 Aaron Kroh 6-2 230 LT Sr.53 Andrew Bell 5-10 225 LG So.63 Dale Houser 5-9 225 C Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 RG Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 Rt Sr.33 Garrett Henry 6-1 185 TE Jr.14 Drew Michaels 5-8 205 QB Jr.43 Jarred Torres 5-11 230 FB Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 HB Jr.26 Hunter Thomas 5-10 185 HB Jr.13 Tyler Keiser 6-1 165 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Chase Tillet 6-0 220 DE Sr.59 Nick Freeman 6-1 270 DT Fr.71 Chris Grosch 6-2 300 DT Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 DE Sr. or79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 DE Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 OLB Jr.66 Austin Knepp 5-7 210 ILB Sr.42 Matt Bell 6-1 190 ILB Sr.32 Jacob Potter 5-10 175 OLB Sr.1 Cameron Young 5-7 135 SE Jr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-10 175 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMifflinburg W, 49-21at Bloomsburg Fridayat Shamokin Sept. 18Danville Sept. 25Central Columbia Oct. 2Mount Carmel Oct. 9Warrior Run Oct. 16at Lewisburg Oct. 22at Central Mountain Oct. 30at Selinsgrove Nov. 6BLOOMSBURG PANTHERS (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr9 Eric Foust 6-0 170 WR So.72 Mike Somerville 6-3 270 LT Sr.75 Nick Krember 6-0 256 LG Sr.59 Jermy Vogel 5-9 178 C So.53 Lucas Oxenrider 6-0 245 RG Sr.77 Jeff Noll 6-4 210 RT Jr.12 Nick Anderson 5-8 168 QB So.30 Evan Bond 5-10 205 FB So.32 Darius Green 5-8 140 TB Fr.20 Jonathan Stone 6-0 145 WR Jr.29 Jake Frye 5-10 137 WR So.40 Lance Klingler 5-9 155 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr61 Trey Harkins 5-10 170 DE So.72 Mike Somerville 6-3 270 DT Sr.75 Nick Krember 6-0 256 DT Sr.53 Lucas Oxenrider 6-0 245 DE Sr.41 Jacob Mattive 5-9 174 OLB Fr.63 Mitch Reed 5-11 175 ILB So.5 Ryan Borchert 5-10 185 ILB Sr.12 Nick Anderson 5-8 168 OLB So.23 Dylan Klinger 5-9 140 CB Jr.9 Eric Foust 6-0 170 S So.20 Jonathan Stone 6-0 145 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Danville L, 31-7Southern Columbia FridayTowanda Sept. 18at Montgomery Sept. 25at South Williamsport Oct. 2Muncy Oct. 9at Wellsboro Oct. 16Hughesville Oct. 23Loyalsock Oct. 30at Central Columbia Nov. 6


BLOOMSBURG — When he saw Southern Co-lumbia quarterback Nick Becker taken from the field by ambulance last week, Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler felt bad for the se-nior and his team.

Yet he also fully expected the Tigers to quickly have an answer for the loss of Becker.

“We know that for them it is just “next man up,” Dressler said after the Ti-gers had used three quar-terbacks to pull away for a 49-21 victory.

As it turns out, with Becker out of the lineup at least for this week from his left shoulder injury, the of-fense will be under the di-rection of the next man up after the next man up.

The emergence of new starting signal-caller Drew Michaels, a 5-foot-8, 205-pound junior, was even a surprise to Southern coach Jim Roth.

“What’s really surpris-ing is that he didn’t even play last year,” Roth said. “He was going through some changes with differ-ent sports and to miss a year and come back, the way he played ... the most remark-able thing about the way he is playing is the confidence he has. He is not fazed, he is really comfortable.”

He added that, aside from Michaels’ physical ability, he has been impressed with the way he has handled the position and that he has the support and trust of the players in running the of-fense.

Sophomore Justin Derk and Michaels each got turns running the offense versus Mifflinburg, but it was that poise that led the coaches to hand the job to Michaels.

The Tigers (1-0) will take

on rival Bloomsburg (0-1), led by first-year coach Anthony Russo, in an-other crossover game in the Heartland Athletic Confer-ence.

It will be a matchup of a veteran Tigers team versus a squad of young and inexpe-rienced Panthers.

Roth said Russo is run-ning a spread offense, but it is more of a run spread out of the shotgun, with a jet sweep series. They also run a back in motion across the formation, fake it to him and run power.

“We have to make sure we are prepared for that because there’s quite a bit of deception in it. Even though they didn’t score

much against Danville, and they are young and inex-perienced, they ran their scheme pretty well and ex-ecuted pretty well,” Roth said.

As for Becker, Roth said the tests that had been scheduled on his shoulder for Tuesday were pushed back and were not to be done until at least today, so his status for the rest of the season may not even be known by game time Fri-day.

Becker injured his non-throwing shoulder when he was fighting for extra yards at the end of a 40-yard run.

Roth said that, with Becker’s status not known, he didn’t expect to call de-

signed running plays for Mi-chaels. Although he plans to go more with a ground game, Roth said he won’t abandon the pass because they can’t allow teams to gang up to stop the run.

He said Bloomsburg did that against Danville and its wing-T attack in last week’s loss to the Ironmen.

“We think they will try it against us. Even though they run a 4-4 scheme, the way they ran it against Dan-ville, their safety looked like a linebacker. I don’t expect to see anything different. We will have to throw some to make them play us honest so they can’t load up the box with defenders,” Roth said.

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Southern Columbia will have to find a way to move on without quarterback Nick Becker, who was injured in last week’s game against Mifflinburg.

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JERSEY SHORE — The Shikellamy football team didn’t play its best game in its opening loss to Lewis-burg.

One of the bigger sur-prises was the play of its of-fensive line, as the Braves’ veteran crew was outshined by the Green Dragons.

The Shikellamy linemen don’t have to wait very long to prove that last week was a fluke when they travel to Jersey Shore in the Heart-land Athletic Conference Division I opener for both teams Friday.

“We are going to have to a better job of sustaining blocks to move the ball,” Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford said.

That could certainly be a challenge against the Bulldogs’ five-man front. With the defensive tackles of Ethan Kutza and Bryce Charles and nose guard Cameron Boughter control-ling the front, it allows the Bulldogs’ defensive ends and linebackers to make plays.

In Jersey Shore’s 14-6 vic-tory over Bellefonte in its opener, that defense forced three fumbles and four turnovers overall, while Seth Young had two sacks in his first game as a starter in replacing Jersey Shore’s two top-flight ends (Zach Miller and Dom Loffredo), who graduated.

Having that kind of de-fense helps as Jersey Shore is still searching for itself offensively. The Bulldogs struggled to get their run-ning game going as stand-out halfback Levi Lorson averaged just 2.8 yards per carry (83 yards on 30 car-ries) against Bellefonte.

Senior Travis Bradley completed over 50 percent of his passes in his first

game as the varsity quarter-back, throwing a touchdown pass to Todd Sanford.

That should give the Braves a chance to get on solid footing on defense. Shikellamy lost two of its starting linebackers — Gabe Tilford and Ethan Oakes — to injury early in the game against Lewisburg and both are the top two fullbacks in Tilford’s Delaware Wing-T. Senior Kobe Swanger, who moved from guard back to fullback in the preseason, will start for Shikellamy on offense. Josh Kreiger will move to inside linebacker to outside linebacker to re-

place Tilford on defense. Owen Long will move back from defensive line to man one outside linebacker, while Trey Cunningham and quarterback Christian Schlegel will split time at the other outside spot.

“We made some mental errors in week one that we need to correct to bounce back this week,” Todd Tilford said. “We are try-ing to simplify some of the schemes so the kids can line up confidently and be more aggressive.”

Another big help for the Braves’ offense will be get-ting its passing game on

track. Schlegel started the game 1-of-5 for seven yards before finishing with 79 yards in the game.

Shikellamy might have found a play-maker in the passing game to help Schle-gel and help replace the graduated Nick Dunn and John Schaeffer at wide out.

Sophomore Hunter Dodge caught a 70-yard TD pass on a double pass from halfback Shawn Turber and also made a nifty grab from Schlegel in the second half for 12 yards and a first down on a third-and-six. Dodger finished with three grabs for 92 yards against Lewisburg.

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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Thomspon Street StadiumLast meeting: Jersey Shore won, 27-7, last seasonRadio: WKOK, 1070 AM, 6:30 p.m.

JERSEY SHORE BULLDOGS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr14 Cole Eiswerth 6-2 170 WR Sr.68 Josh Sechrist 6-3 237 T Sr.61 Cameron Boughter 6-3 237 G Sr.79 Ethan Kutza 6-2 255 C Sr.75 Isaac Stetts 6-3 246 G Sr.62 Cody Crowley 6-1 232 T Sr.11 Eric Lehman 6-0 195 TE Jr. 7 Travis Bradley 6-1 195 QB Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-1 245 FB Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 193 TB Sr. 3 Todd Sanford 5-9 155 WR Sr. 5 Cam Griffin 5-1 125 K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr75 Isaac Stetts 6-3 246 DE Sr.79 Ethan Kutza 6-2 255 DT Sr.61 Cameron Boughter 6-3 237 NG Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-1 245 DT Sr.45 Seth Young 6-0 172 DE Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 193 LB-P Sr.55 Nate Lose 5-11 195 LB Sr.23 Austin Bouse 5-10 162 CB Sr. 7 Travis Bradley 6-1 195 S Sr.32 Jarett Guthrie 6-0 186 S Jr.14 Cole Eiswerth 6-2 170 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Bellefonte W, 14-6Shikellamy FridayAthens Sept. 18at Montoursville Sept. 25at Mifflinburg Oct. 2Shamokin Oct. 9Milton Oct. 16at Selinsgrove Oct. 23at Bald Eagle Area Oct. 30Central Mountain Nov. 6SHIKELLAMY BRAVES (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Trey Cunningham 6-2 195 WR Jr. or21 Hunter Dodge 5-9 135 WR So.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 RT So.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 RG Jr.76 Jeremy Bacon 5-9 255 C Sr.74 Bryce Snyder 6-3 220 RG Jr.75 Jacob Stine 6-7 255 RT Jr.83 Owen Long 6-0 220 TE Sr.10 Christian Schlegel 6-3 210 QB Sr.35 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 FB Sr. 6 Pierson White 5-11 170 HB Jr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 HB Sr.23 Dylan Snyder 5-11 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr34 David Munoz 6-0 220 DE Fr.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 DT Jr.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 DT So.59 Dylan Harry 6-2 230 DE Jr.3 Owen Long 6-0 220 OLB Sr.35 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 ILB Sr.2 Josh Krieger 6-1 185 ILB So.8 Trey Cunningham 6-2 195 OLB Jr. or10 Christian Schlegel 6-3 210 OLB Sr. 5 Chris Tasker 6-1 175 CB Jr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 S Sr.12 Tate Krankoskie 6-1 170 CB-P So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLewisburg L, 38-14at Jersey Shore Fridayat Selinsgrove Sept. 18Mifflinburg Sept. 25Montoursville Oct 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Shamokin Oct. 16Loyalsock Oct. 23at Danville Oct. 30at Milton Nov. 6


Shikellamy’s Pierson White runs for a touchdown against Lewisburg during last week’s game at Shikellamy Stadium in Sunbury.

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DANVILLE — In an area filled with small towns, high school football tends to be a legacy sport.

Fathers playing for sons (Shikellamy’s Todd and Gabe Tilford) and brothers play with brothers (Lewis-burg’s Dominic Farronato and Dylan Farronato) dot the fields of the Susque-

hanna Valley every season.Danville has one of those

families as well this year, as senior Colton Riley and freshman Peyton Riley are lining up together in the Ironmen secondary and as

holder (Colton) and kicker (Peyton) for 1-0 Danville.

Both Rileys are starting at cornerback for Danville, and coach Jim Keiser said he’s not surprised at all that Peyton is starting in the

secondary as a freshman.“We had a pretty good

idea watching him in junior high, he’d be helping as a freshman,” Keiser said. “He’s a talented kid with great instincts.”

The Riley brothers man the corner positions for the Ironmen


Peyton Riley and Colton Riley are the starting cornerbacks at Danville.

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The Riley brothers celebrate a play during Friday’s game against Bloomsburg.

Peyton wanted to start as a freshman, but didn’t re-ally pressure himself in the preseason.

“I was a little surprised, but I knew how hard I had been working in the offsea-son,” Peyton said.

That’s something Colton was quick to point out as well.

“I didn’t know he was going to start until the team found out,” Colton said. “I knew he had the work ethic (to earn the spot). He’s been doing well.”

Peyton said that his brother has helped with some things in the second-ary, but the other defensive back Matt Meloy has been a huge help as well.

“They’ve really taught me what to do,” Peyton said. “(Matt) has really helped me out. He knows his stuff.”

Keiser also mentioned Meloy being a huge help because sometimes Colton can’t help being the older brother.

“He trusts both of them, but Matt’s probably given him the most instruction,” Keiser said. “Because sometimes Colton just wants to mess with his little brother.”

Colton and Peyton are the middle two Riley brothers to play football and kick for the Ironmen. Shayne graduated this past June and played soccer at Danville, but kicked for four seasons for the football team.

Both Peyton and Colton played soccer growing up, but gravitated to football for different reasons.

“I just didn’t like soccer as much. I was pretty good at it,” Peyton said. “I just prefer football. You get to wreck people in football.”

For Colton, a knee injury played a role in his decision. He suffered a bad cut on his knee in a snow board-ing mishap that needed 22 stitches. It’s the reason Col-ton’s not a kicker, either.

“It’s pretty cool that I got to hold for Shayne and

Peyton,” Colton said.Peyton says that Shayne

played a role in him becom-ing a kicker as well.

“Shayne taught about the steps and the other things a place-kicker needs to do,” Peyton said.

Keiser had no doubt that Peyton would be his kicker

once Shayne graduated. In fact, Keiser had his place-kicking problems solved for nearly a decade.

“I figured out when Shayne got here I’d be set at kicker for about 10 years,” Keiser said.

Why?Bob and Beth Riley have

a fourth son — K.J. — who both Keiser and Colton mentioned might the best kicker of the bunch.

K.J. is currently in sixth grade at the Danville Middle School.

With the start of his se-nior year, Colton, of course, has begun to think about

his future college plans.Though Colton would

like to play baseball in col-lege, he wouldn’t say no to a chance at football.

“I really would like to play baseball,” Colton said. “But if somebody offered me a chance, I’d probably take it. I love football, too.”

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Trojans StadiumLast meeting: Upper Dauphin, 12-0

Upper Dauphin TrojansOffenseNo. Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 QB Sr.15 Evan Hoffman 5-8 160 FB Jr.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 150 SB Sr.30 Donnie Gelnett 5-11 195 SB Fr.16 Colton Laudenslager 5-10 155 TE Sr.5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 WR Sr.60 Kegan Kerstetter 5-11 180 C So.54 Cody Zerbe 5-9 200 G Sr.55 Masen Bellis 6-3 220 G So.51 Cole Zimmerman 6-3 205 T Sr.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 T Jr.

DefenseNo. Player Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. 51 Cole Zimmerman 6-3 205 DE Sr.54 Cody Zerbe 5-9 200 DT Sr.74 Blair Warner 6-1 335 DT Jr.55 Masen Bellis 6-3 220 DE So.17 Drake Lenker 5-10 150 OLB Sr.58 Tanner Bechtel 5-11 175 ILB Jr.32 Coy Rickert 5-9 205 ILB Sr.30 Donnie Gelnett 5-11 195 OLB Fr.5 Max Snyder 5-11 145 CB Sr.12 Aaron Cleveland 6-4 170 S Sr.20 Mason Wiest 5-11 130 CB Fr.

2015 scheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Camp Hill L, 56-0Tri-Valley FridayHalifax Sept. 18at Williams Valley Sept. 25at St. Joe’s Oct. 2at Pine Grove Oct. 9at Line Mountain Oct. 16Newport Oct. 23at Millersburg Oct. 30Susquenita Nov. 6


EL I Z A BET H V I L L E — Upper Dauphin is hop-ing that the opening of its Tri-Valley League schedule goes a lot smoother than the opening night of the regular season this Friday night.

The Trojans allowed 35 first-quarter points to Class A powerhouse Camp Hill in a 56-0 loss in which not a lot went right for Upper Dau-phin.

But the Trojans get to shake off the nonleague loss this week as TVL rival Tri-Valley comes to town for Upper Dauphin’s home opener.

The Trojans could only muster 91 yards of total of-fense, with its new triple of-

fense running attack earn-ing 78 of those yards. Mason Weist had 23 yards on the ground.

Senior quarterback Aaron Cleveland, who was forced to throw more than Upper Dauphin would like because of the score, went 2-for-10 for 11 yards and was intercepted three times. The good news, though, for the Trojans is that the new option attack did not lose a fumble at all against the Camp Hill defense.

Upper Dauphin did hold Camp Hill to 72 yards on the ground. But that num-ber can be deceiving be-cause the Trojans allowed 443 yards through the air and a total of 515 yards of total offense.

The defense needs to be equally ready this week against the Bulldogs.

Tri-Valley had just 94 yards in the air, but throw-ing for almost 500 yards has never been the Bulldogs’ style.

The Bulldogs rushed for 290 yards and used a deep and talented roster to pull away from Millersburg 45-16 last week in the opener.

Sophomore Danny Scheib ran for 160 yards and three touchdowns against the In-dians.

“The kid (Danny Scheib) is a truck in the backfield for us,” said Tri-Valley coach Mike Ulicny. “He just plows away, especially late in the game.”

Jaden Buchanan has

proven to be a dual threat at quarterback as he ran for 25 yards against Millersburg and passed for 94.

But as impressive the Bull-dogs’ offense was against the Indians, the defense stole the show.

Facing some of the top offensive talent returning in the TVL this season, the Tri-Valley defense was up to the task, holding Mill-ersburg to 145 yards. Even more impressive was half of those yards came on a 73-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. The Bull-dogs’ defense tossed a shut-out in the second half as the offense pulled away.

Tri-Valley also forced three fumbles and had a safety in the win.

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By Brett MartelThe Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — Mississippi State has virtu-ally no way to evaluate how new LSU quarterback Bran-don Harris has developed since his erratic freshman season, or how the Tigers’ offense has evolved over the summer.

No one has seen Harris throw more than two passes this season because the 14th-ranked Tigers played less than five minutes before lightning canceled their sea-son opener with McNeese State last Saturday night.

Harris would have rather gotten the full game in, but he can also see the benefits to having a little mystery sounding the Tigers with they line up amid the din of cow bells in Starkville, Mis-sissippi, this Saturday night.

“If it’s an advantage for us, if it’s going to help us win, absolutely,” Harris said Tuesday.

No. 25 Mississippi State (1-0) played last weekend, cracking the rankings with a victory over Southern Mis-

sissippi, and the Tigers have begun breaking that game video down.

“Not having a game last week, that’s one of the things that might be benefi-cial for us; they really don’t have a lot to look at. For us, we have a full game on them,” LSU defensive end Christian LaCouture said, noting that he was able see how new personnel operate on Mississippi State’s of-fensive line, and get a better handle on the Bulldogs’ cur-rent offensive scheme.

Regardless of the advan-tages LSU may get from film study, Bulldogs quarterback Dak Prescott said he felt his team was better off playing before hosting LSU.

“We got a chance to go out there and fix our wrin-kles and kinks, knock some of the rust off, especially me,” he said.

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LSU wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) leaps for the ball as McNeese State defensive back Dominique Hill defends during last week’s game.

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MANDATA — Line Mountain fans would cer-tainly like to see this season start off the same as 2014. Well, now that the Eagles dropped their opener to Shamokin again, it’s the best they can hope for this week.

Last season, the Eagles followed a loss at Shamokin with a 31-6 road victory over Tri-Valley League newcomer Susquenita.

But these might not be the same old Blackhawks, as they have already guar-anteed their fans a better season this year.

Susquenita, 0-10 a year ago, used a touchdown re-turn of the second-half kickoff to defeat Schuylkill Valley 7-0 last week. The victory ended the program’s 15-game losing streak.

The Blackhawks were outgained 228-72, but inter-cepted two passes and made Kevin Kenny’s 84-yard re-turn stand up for the win. Kenny also rushed 20 times for a team-high 42 yards.

First-year Susquenita coach Scott Acri, who came to the Duncannon-area school after serving as an assistant at Millersville University, expressed opti-

mism about a turnaround this season when he spoke at the TVL media day last month.

He had a reason to be hopeful, with the bulk of the team returning on both sides of the line.

And, who knows, maybe he will have similar success to a bunch of athletes from his own high school alma mater. Acri played his high school ball at Red Land,

home of this year’s Little League U.S. champion baseball team.

The Eagles were count-ing on a big, experienced line to open holes for junior tailback Kenny Boyer. The 5-foot-9, 160-pounder did his part against Shamokin, rushing an incredible 39 times and picking up 205 yards and one touchdown.

But the Eagles could not find any other offense and

the Indians’ 3-4 defense limited the passing game to 44 yards (7 completions on 21 attempts). Defensively, other than some outstand-ing stops on three goal-line stands, the Eagles had no answer for the Indians’ se-nior running back, Preston Burns. The latter punished the Eagles defense for 220 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-7 Shamokin victory.

Eagles to face a confiden Blackhawks team■ SUSQUENITA AT LINE MOUNTAIN

What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Eagles StadiumLast meeting: Line Mountain won, 31-6, in 2014Internet: blackdiamondsports.net

LINE MOUNTAIN EAGLES (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr4 Brenden Cregger 6-0 160 WR So.7 Kenny Boyer 5-10 160 WR Jr.11 Kurt Mace 5-11 160 QB Sr.12 Logan Ingram 6-0 160 WR Sr.28 Tyler Boyer 6-0 175 FB So.48 David Quinn 5-11 160 WR Jr.50 Bem Bidding 5-10 200 C Jr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 285 LT Jr.65 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 200 G Sr.71 Brok Phillips 5-10 260 RT Sr.74 Bryce Hoffman 6-1 260 G Jr.80 Brendan Renn 6-2 220 TE Jr.10 Brent Osman 6-0 200 K Jr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr3 Breven Derk 5-10 145 FS Fr.7 Kenny Boyer 5-10 160 SS Jr.11 Kurt Mace 5-11 160 LB Sr.26 Cole Hauck 5-6 140 CB Jr.28 Tyler Boyer 6-0 175 LB So.42 Shjon Kern 5-10 160 CB Sr.50 Bem Bidding 5-10 200 DT Jr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 285 DE Jr.65 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 200 DE Sr.74 Bryce Hoffman 6-1 260 DT Jr.80 Brendan Renn 6-2 220 LB Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultShamokin L, 28-7Susquenita Fridayat Millersburg Sept. 18at Juniata Sept. 25Tri-Valley Oct. 3at Halifax Oct. 9Upper Dauphin Oct. 16at St. Joesph’s Catholic Oct. 23at Williams Valley Oct. 30East Juniata Nov. 6


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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame’s defense put up gaudy numbers against Texas in its opener, just like it did in a dominant victory against Michigan a season ago.

Coach Brian Kelly be-lieves this year’s unit is better built for the long haul after last year’s defense unrav-eled. He believes the group looked much improved in a 38-3 win over Texas.

“But it is a small sample. It’s one game,” he said.

The ninth-ranked Fight-ing Irish forced eight three-and-outs in 11 possessions, were on the field for only 52 plays and limited the Long-horns to 163 yards of total offense. That’s the fewest yards allowed by the Irish since holding Washington — coached by former Notre Dame coach Tyrone Will-ingham — to 124 yards in a 33-7 victory in 2008.

The question now is: Were those impressive numbers the result of a dominant Notre Dame defense or an

inept Texas offense? After all, the Longhorns ranked 105th in total offense last season and started two freshman linemen.

The Irish put up impres-sive numbers last year through five games, rank-ing ninth in rushing defense at 95.8 yards per game and 21st in total defense at 316 yards per game. But three of those games were against teams that finished ranked in the bottom 15 in the nation.

Then injuries struck, the sched-ule got harder and the Irish allowed 28-or-more points in the final seven games of the season — the worst stretch in Notre Dame his-tory.

Kelly pulled hope from how the Irish responded when the Longhorns tried to go up-tempo.

“We actually drove them out at tempo, which is a first for our defense in a sense that, obviously, that was a problem for us last year,” he

said.Even after the Irish beat

Michigan 31-0 in the sec-ond game last season, Kelly talked about the need for the defense to play better, counting 34 mental errors on defense. He said there was a big difference against Texas.

“Night and day, definitely a different unit out there

relative to mis-takes,” Kelly said. “Now, we had some, there’s no question. But in terms of recogni-tion where they needed to be, the communication, all of those things,

compared to where we were last year to this year, just an entirely different unit.”

The Irish might have to wait a bit before its defense is truly tested. This week the Irish (1-0) play at Virginia (0-1), which ranked 98th in total offense last season and were held to 336 yards of to-tal offense last week against UCLA.

The Irish have a lot of

work to do to replicate the defense it had in 2012, when they finished seventh in to-tal defense, second in scor-ing defense and carried Notre Dame to the national championship game.

“I think if we stay injury

free and if we can stay away from losing key personnel, I think we can continue to grow as a defense and con-tinue to get better and play the kind of defense neces-sary to compete nationally,” Kelly said.

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PINE GROVE — Pine Grove and East Juniata both have something in common after the first week of the high school football season — they both allowed more than 50 points in a loss.

So the Tigers visit the Car-dinals to open the Tri-Valley League season Friday night as both teams look to avoid going 0-2.

But it wasn’t all bad for East Juniata in its 55-21 loss on the road at Hughesville.

First, the Tigers did score 21 points and the game never went into the mercy rule.

Secondly, the defense was solid against the run, allow-ing just 179 yards.

But more importantly for the Tigers was the fact that new coach George Miskinis’ offense looked pretty sharp.

“We expect to slug it out with teams,” he said. “We are going to run the ball.”

And East Juniata did just that.

The Tigers rushed for 205 yards, with Mason Ham-bright leading the way with

104 on eight carries and a score. Andrew Zerby added 44 and a score.

But what was most im-pressive was the balance East Juniata had on offense, which will be important going into Friday’s league game against the Cardinals.

Junior quarterback Chris Schulgen was 4-for-5 for 118 yards and a score.

“Chris is improving,” said Miskinis.

Pine Grove was blanked by Northern Lebanon 52-0 and it wasn’t pretty for the Cardinals.

Northern Lebanon led 39-0 at halftime and forced six Pine Grove turnovers, five of them fumbles.

Cameron Lutz led the Cardinals with 74 yards on the ground while the pass-ing game only accounted for four yards. In the end, Pine Grove had just 64 yards of total offense.

Which might just be a good thing for East Juniata, which allowed almost 300 yards passing to Hughes-ville last week and almost 500 yards overall.

Sophomore signal-caller

Austin Ney was 1-for-7 for just four yards.

Northern Lebanon had just 155 yards and 11 first downs, which shows that Pine Grove’s defense could be solid. But then again the Vikings didn’t have far to go to score thanks to a defense and special teams that gave them short fields all night long.

East Juniata only turned the ball over once, mean-ing the key to this Tri-Val-ley League opener for both teams might just be turn-overs.

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LEWISBURG — Buck-nell will follow up its season-opening shutout of Marist with a home game against Duquesne on Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

Both teams come into the game at 1-0, as the Dukes — out of the Northeast Conference — beat NAIA school Kentucky Christian 47-7 Saturday. It was a big win for Duquesne, as five different players scored a touchdown. The Dukes’ were led on the ground by freshman P.J. Fulmore — who had 18 carries for 128 yards — and senior Klartel Claridy (9 for 105).

The Bison struggled early against Marist before cruis-ing to a 17-0 victory. It was only 3-0 at halftime, but ju-nior quarterback R.J. Nitti guided the Bison (1-0) on a pair of touchdown drives, one going for 78 yards and the other for 70. Nitti fin-ished the game 15 of 32 for 188 yards; he also scored both of Bucknell’s touch-downs on the ground.

The main offensive catalyst in the game for Bucknell was junior run-ning back C.J. Williams, who ran the ball 31 times for 131 yards. He’ll face a Duquesne defense that held Kentucky Christian to 276 total yards.

Bucknell’s defense was outstanding against Marist, as it held the Red Foxes to 161 total yards. It was the second-fewest yards allowed by the Bucknell defense in Joe Susan’s six-year tenure; the record under Susan still stands from last year’s game against Marist, in which the Red Foxes were held to 138 yards.

Four Bison recorded a sack against Marist, and they allowed just 21 yards

on the ground.Danville graduate Bret

Berg had a breakout game for the Bison. the junior safety had seven tackles and three pass breakups.

Berg and the rest of the Bison secondary could have their hands full against Wayne Capers, a senior wideout for the Dukes — and a transfer from Ari-zona — who caught four passes for 75 yards last week against Kentucky

Christian.Not to be outdone by the

defense’s work Saturday, Bucknell’s special teams also had a big day, blocking two field-goal attempts.

Bucknell will be playing its in-state rival for the 16th time, but first time since 2011. The Bison have never lost at home to the Dukes, going 7-0 in Lewisburg.

The series began in 1933 in Pittsburgh and continued the next year. The teams

then didn’t meet again until 1997, when the Dukes first visited Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.

In an interesting twist in-volving two teams that play FCS football, both Bucknell and Duquesne are past win-ners of the Orange Bowl. The Bison beat Miami (Fla.) in the very first Or-ange Bowl in 1935, and the Dukes accomplished the feat two years later with a win over Mississippi State.

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What: Saturday 6 p.m.Where: Christy Mathewson Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Bucknell won, 27-26, during 2011 regular seasonRadio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 5:30 p.m.

DUQUESNE DUKES (1-0)2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultKentucky Christian W, 47-7at Bucknell Fridayat Dayton Sept. 19at Albany Sept. 26Central Conn. Oct. 3Alderson-Broaddus Oct. 10at Bryant Oct. 17at Robert Morris Oct. 24Wagner Oct. 31at Sacred Heart Nov. 7St. Francis (Pa.) Nov. 21

BUCKNELL BISON (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr2 Bobby Kaslander 6-2 200 WR Sr.70 Julie’n Davenport 6-7 315 LT Jr.76 Clayton Hoffmaster 6-4 295 LG Sr.62 Ned Bent 6-2 290 C Jr.66 Devin Brennan 6-4 295 RG Jr.71 Ramy Kased 6-6 315 RT Sr.87 Andrew Podbielski 6-4 240 TE So. 6 R.J. Nitti 6-4 230 QB Jr.80 Andrew Owers 6-3 240 FB Fr. 4 C.J. Williams 6-0 210 RB Jr. 9 Matthew Jegede 6-4 212 WR Sr.93 John Burdick 6-0 185 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Doug Whitlock 6-2 250 DE So.40 Abdullah Anderson 6-4 295 DT So.99 Ben Schumacher 6-2 270 NG Jr.15 Jimmy King 6-1 250 DE Sr.29 Ben Richard 6-1 235 LB So.42 Mark Pyles 6-0 220 LB So.13 Colin Jonov 5-11 195 CB So.5 Clayton Ewell 6-1 195 SS Sr.43 Louis Taglianetti 5-11 200 FS Sr.28 Connor Golden 6-0 195 WS So.22 Brian Regan 5-9 195 CB Sr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMarist W, 17-0Duquesne Saturdayat Cornell Sept. 19at VMI Oct. 3Lehigh Oct. 10at Army Oct. 17Georgetown Oct. 24at Lafayette Oct. 31at Fordham Nov. 7Holy Cross Nov. 14at Colgate Nov. 21


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When: 1 p.m., SaturdayWhere: Homewood FieldLast meeting: Last year Johns Hopkins won 27-20Radio: WQSU, 12:30 p.m.

SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Casey Crotty 6-1 185 WR Sr. 23 Pat Cutillo 5-7 180 WR Sr.79 Ryan Pearce 6-4 290 LT Sr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr. 61 Matt Baker 6-1 245 C Jr.69 Don Bair 6-0 300 RG So.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 RT Sr.86 Devon Pascoe 6-5 230 TE Jr.10 Nick Crusco 6-0 180 QB So.49 Cameron Ott 5-11 190 RB So. 9 Diamente Holloway 6-1 175 WR So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Phil Pecora 6-2 245 DE Sr.92 Rob Stearns 6-2 255 NT Sr.52 Kyle Micik 6-2 240 DT So.55 Caleb Jones 5-8 156 OLB Jr. 27 Tom McLoughlin 6-1 210 LB Sr. 3 Jim Barry 6-1 230 LB Sr.26 Joe Scaglia 5-11 195 LB So.44 Anthony Balboa 6-3 230 LB Sr.21 Phil Madison 5-8 160 CB Jr.7 Tim Lurz 6-1 190 S Sr.24 Ryan Ganard 6-1 185 S So.1 C.J. Williams 6-1 185 CB Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLycoming W, 28-13at Johns Hopkins SaturdayDickinson Sept. 19at Gettysburg Sept. 26at Muhlenberg Oct. 3Moravian Oct. 17Ursinus Oct. 24at F&M Oct. 31McDaniel Nov. 7at Juniata Nov. 14

JOHNS HOPKINS BLUE JAYS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 6 Ryan Finkel 6-1 190 WR Sr. 1 Bradley Munday 5-8 170 WR Sr.76 Baxter DeBruyn 6-4 300 LT Sr.57 Fernando Concepion 5-11 255 LG Sr.73 Ben Gaal 6-2 275 C So.64 Colin Egan 6-4 310 RG Sr.75 Rowan Cade 6-8 335 RT Sr.96 Patrick Maloney 6-5 250 TE Fr. 9 Jonathan Germano 5-11 190 QB Jr.24 Brandon Cherry 5-6 175 RB Sr.88 Quinn Donaldson 6-0 200 WR Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr93 Tori Prati 6-2 230 DE Sr.90 John Hardin 6-2 240 NG Sr.51 Lance Hammond 6-0 240 DT So.49 Kyle Bonci 6-1 210 LB Jr.20 Dan Johnson 5-10 180 LB Jr.34 Keith Corliss 6-2 215 LB Sr.32 Jack Campbell 5-10 200 LB Jr.22 Charlie Kassis 6-0 185 CB Sr.11 Brady Watts 6-0 205 SS Sr.18 Jack Toner 6-2 175 FS Jr.29 Curtis Antrum 5-11 170 CB Sr.

2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Randolph-Macon W, 52-17Susquehanna Saturdayat Moravian Sept. 19Muhlenberg Sept. 26at Juniata Oct. 3Dickinson Oct. 16at Gettysburg Oct. 24Ursinus Oct. 31Frankin & Marshall Nov. 7at McDaniel Nov. 14

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — It might feel like Susquehanna University will be staring into a mirror Saturday.

That’s because the Cru-saders’ opponent, No. 13 Johns Hopkins, is practi-cally a mirror image of SU’s philosophy.

“We’re pretty similar looking in a few areas,” said Crusader coach Tom Perk-ovich. “That’s a program that we strive to want to be like. They’ve won a ton of games and had a lot of suc-cess.”

Even with an extended holiday weekend, there’s “no rest,” as Perkovich noted, for his Crusaders. Both Susque-hanna and Hopkins won their season-openers enter-ing Saturday’s 1 p.m. kickoff — Susquehanna by a 28-13 count over rival Lycoming, Hopkins by a whopping 52-17 count over Randolph-Macon.

Susquehanna’s defense was tested early against Ly-coming, but Perkovich was pleased how his team re-sponded after falling down 7-0 early. In the game, nine different Crusaders contrib-uted to a total of eight tack-les for loss, three sacks, three forced fumbles (with two re-coveries), six pass breakups and two blocked kicks.

“The kids played really hard and stuck with the scheme,” Perkovich said. “We made plays when it mattered.”

Like Kyle Micik’s sec-ond sack of the game in the fourth quarter, which forced a 3rd-and-long. Or the play of middle linebacker Tom McLoughlin, who was named a Centennial Confer-ence co-Defensive Player of the Week after a 14-tackle effort, of which 10 were solo stops.

“He’s full speed and re-lentless,” Perkovich said of

McLoughlin. “We started him in the middle. His has a tremendous nose for the football. And both of Micik’s sacks were him making great plays.”

Susquehanna’s defense will be tested by a JHU of-fense spearheaded by junior field general Jonathan Ger-mano, who threw for 320 yards and five touchdowns, rushed for 66 yards and an-other score and garnered conference honors for his debut on offense.

Brad Munday (10 rec., 155 yards), Stuart Waters (91 yards rushing, 1 TD) and Ray Cary (89 yards rushing) all factor into Hopkins’ offen-sive arsenal, which amassed more than 600 yards, 28 first downs and converted 10-of-15 third downs.

“We’ve got to make sure on defense each of our guys does their one-eleventh,” Perkovich said. “Stopping the run is a big part of what they do.”

And running the ball is a focal point for Susque-hanna, because Perkovich

noted the importance of being in manageable third-down scenarios against a Hopkins D which held Ran-dolph-Macon to 5-of-17 con-versions. Susquehanna net-ted 88 yards rushing against Lycoming and averaged just over three yards per carry.

“We would like to (bal-ance the rush and pass yards),” Perkovich said. “Some of the run plays we called, (Nick) Crusco checked out of on the line and called pass plays instead based on the defense. We would like to be more con-sistent in running the foot-ball. I was pleased, however,

that we were able to run the ball when we needed to to run the clock.”

Susquehanna utilized 10 different receivers in a pass-ing attack which amassed nearly 260 yards in its opener. And the Crusaders tallied 20 first downs.

But Perkovich said there’s still work to do.

“We missed a couple third-and-short situations early, and there are some things that we have to clean up,” he said. “But our guys finished on Saturday, and they’re spending the time that needs to be spent to be successful.”

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BLOOMSBURG — The Huskies’ football website shows a countdown to kick-off at the top of its page.

For the first time since 1999, it’s not counting down the hours, minutes and sec-onds until Bloomsburg’s second win of the season.

Bloomsburg (0-1) is look-ing to rebound in its PSAC crossover game Saturday as it travels westward to Cali-fornia (Pa.), with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.

Ranked 11th in the na-tion entering its season opener, Bloom dropped a 27-10 decision to Stonehill — a game in which the visit-ing Skyhawks never trailed. California claimed a 35-16 victory in its season opener

at Virginia State.The Huskies’ offense,

which prides itself on a strong ground game and ef-ficient passing attack, was held largely in check a week ago. Bloomsburg gained two of its 14 first downs via the ground game, and was held to a net of 86 yards rushing on 24 carries. The Huskies also committed three turn-overs in the game.

Quarterback Tim Kelly paced the Huskies’ offen-sive effort, amassing 193 total yards. He threw for 178 yards and a touchdown and added 15 yards rush-ing. Lawrence Elliott, Alex Gooden and Joe Parsnik combined for the remaining 71 yards rushing on 19 totes; Elliott led the way with 28 yards on eight carries.

Chad Hoffman caught a

team-leading six passes for 81 yards and Nate Hoenl hauled in a 14-yard touch-down reception for the Hus-kies.

Bloom’s defense was strong on the ground, lim-iting the Skyhawks to 3.2 yards per carry on 48 rush-ing attempts. The Husky defense forced five tackles for loss, three sacks, forced a fumble and broke up two passes. Jerrin Toomey re-corded nine tackles; Jere-miah Lowery notched eight tackles, one for loss, and a sack; Ezra Ranco posted seven stops and forced a fumble.

But Stonehill managed to offset Bloom’s run defense, as it completed 68.4 percent of its passes without throw-ing a pick.

And Cal U. loves to throw

the ball.Bloomsburg will be tested

by a Vulcan offensive arse-nal featuring senior quar-terback James Harris, who threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns in Califor-nia’s opening win. For his efforts, Harris was named the PSAC West Offensive Player of the Week.

Junior wideout Garry Brown amassed nearly 250 all-purpose yards for the Vulcans and scored a pair of touchdowns. The Vulcans averaged 10.3 yards per play against Virginia State.

Defensively, the Vulcans are keyed by sophomore lineman Tyler Haddock, who recorded three tackles for loss and two sacks. As a team, California posted 12 tackles for loss and five sacks a week ago.

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When: Saturday, 1 p.m.Where: Adamson Stadium, California, Pa.Last meeting: Bloomsburg won, 24-21 in overtime, in 2014Radio: WHLM 930 AM

BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr8 ConnorGades 6-1 195 Z Sr.70JohnGarland 6-4 300 LT Jr.62ChristianWhiteside6-3 275 LG Sr.63RyanGeiger 6-1 285 C Sr.69GregRommel 6-2 277 RG Jr.50DakotaHoagland 6-4 300 RT Sr.5 ShaneQuinn 6-2 250 TE Sr.13TimKelly 6-1 188 QB Sr.26LawerenceElliotJr.6-1 207 RB Jr.39EricMcCracken 6-0 245 FB So.90TylerSmith 5-10 185 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12TonyDavid 6-0 235 DE Sr.71JeremiahLowery 6-3 270 DT Sr.42EzraRanco 6-2 300 DE Jr.54ScottBeltz 6-2 220 DE So.53TyriqClary 6-0 225 MLB Sr.11GarrettPope 6-2 218 BLB Sr.6 MarquisSeamon 5-10 165 LCB Fr.17JerrinToomey 5-10 185 S Jr.21DonavanMorris 6-0 179 S Sr.4 MilesWilliams 5-10 184 RCB So.48WillWagner 6-4 200 P Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultStonehill L,27-10atCalifornia(PA) SaturdayMercyhurst Sept.19atShippensburg Sept.26Cheyney Oct.3atMillersville Oct.10Kutztown Oct17atWestChester Oct.24atEastStroudsburg Oct.31LockHaven Nov.7SetonHill Nov.14

CALIFORNIA VULCANS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr9 GarryBrown 6-1 200 WR Jr.6 LukeSmorey 6-0 190 WR So.5 JamesHarris 6-2 225 QB Sr.25JohnFranklin 6-0 225 RB So.87PaulButler 6-6 255 TE Jr.15KowanScott 6-4 190 WR Sr.77ZachMorehead 6-4 295 LT Jr.67TylerPeerson 6-4 285 LG Jr.62TaylorNikithser 6-4 285 C So.70JeremySeaman 6-4 300 RG Sr.78GrantJones 6-5 315 RT Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr14ErrolBrewster 6-3 240 DE Sr.53JawanTurner 6-0 255 DT Jr.98AdamNihoci 6-3 290 NG So.42JordanLardani 6-2 230 DE Jr.21DevonteSuber 6-0 205 LB So.31LukeHrapchak 6-2 235 LB So.2 AaronTerry 5-11 195 CB Jr,7 ArnelFarmer 5-11 200 S Jr.17ChazVeal 6-0 200 S Sr.10JordanBowman 6-0 210 S Jr.20VondelBell 6-4 195 CB Jr.2015 schedule Date/resultatVirginiaState W,35-16Bloomsburg Sept.12Shippensburg Sept.19atEdinboro Sept.26SetonHill Oct.3atSlipperyRock Oct.10atIUP Oct.17Clarion Oct.24atGannon Oct.31Mercyhurst Nov.7atLockHaven Nov.14

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State, the spotlight is now yours.

The Spartans spent the offseason somewhat under the radar despite high ex-pectations for 2015. That’s what happens when one conference rival is coming off a national title and an-other hires Jim Harbaugh.

But this weekend is all about Michigan State. The fifth-ranked Spartans host seventh-ranked Oregon on Saturday night in what fig-ures to be one of the biggest nonconference matchups of college football’s regular season.

“Being able to play on this kind of stage against this kind of opponent, prime-time, under the lights,” quar-terback Connor Cook said. “Just a great atmosphere, a great opportunity for me.” For Cook and the Spar-

tans, this is a chance to

avenge one of their two defeats from a season ago. Michigan State lost to Or-egon and Ohio State — the two national title game par-ticipants, as it turned out — and went undefeated other-wise.

Cook threw for 343 yards and two touchdowns against the Ducks, but he was also intercepted twice in Or-egon’s 46-27 win. Quarter-back Marcus Mariota went on to win the Heisman Tro-phy for Oregon, but he’s in the NFL now, and Cook has a chance to face the Ducks again.

“I think our quarterback situation may be as good as there is in the country,” Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said.

Top-ranked Ohio State, the defending national champion, opened its sea-

son with a win at Virginia Tech on Monday night, but it may be a while before the Buckeyes play another marquee game. Harbaugh lost his debut as Michigan’s coach, and even his home opener this weekend against Oregon State feels like a bit of an undercard with the Spartans (1-0) hosting the Ducks (1-0) later Saturday.

ESPN College GameDay will be in East Lansing, and in a sport that’s grown somewhat fond of neutral-site games, this is the latter half of a home-and-home series in which both teams have a chance to host.

“Spartan Stadium, from me to you, I could be scream-ing at you and you can’t hear me, so it’s loud,” Dantonio said at his weekly news con-ference Tuesday. “Those are great opportunities.”

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When: 12 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Beaver StadiumLast meeting: Penn State won, 45-24, in 2007Radio: WKOK 1070Television: ESPN2BUFFALO BULLS (1-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr86 Ron Willoughby 6-4 210 WR Sr.13 Colin Lisa 5-10 180 WR So.16 Joe Licata 6-2 210 QB Sr.1 Anthone Taylor 5-10 210 RB Sr.31 Kendall Patterson 6-1 235 RB Sr.89 Max Weiser 6-5 255 TE Sr.70 John Kling 6-8 320 LT Sr. 65 Dillon Guy 6-4 310 LG Sr.77 James O’Hagan 6-2 308 C Fr,61 Brandon Manosalvas 6-4 310 RG So.74 Robert Blodgett 6-5 315 RT Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr41 Soloman Jackson 6-2 250 DE So.55 Brandon Crawford 6-2 285 DT Jr.66 Max Perisse 6-4 285 NT Jr.91 Demone Harris 6-4 275 DE So.23 Brandon Barry 6-0 215 LB Jr.43 Nick Gilbo 6-0 230 LB Sr. 3 Okezie Alozie 6-0 220 LB Sr.5 Marqus Baker 5-10 185 CB Sr.26 Ryan Williamson 6-0 182 FS So.12 Brandon Stanback 5-11 190 SS Fr.1 Boise Ross 6-0 185 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultAlbany W, 51-14at Penn State Saturdayat Florida Atlantic Sept. 19Nevada Sept. 26Bowling Green Oct. 3at Central Michigan Oct. 17Ohio Oct. 24at Miami (Ohio) Oct. 29at Kent State Nov. 5Northern Illinois Nov. 11at Akron Nov. 21Massachusetts Nov. 27PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (0-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Chris Godwin 6-1 208 WR So.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 206 WR So.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-4 228 QB Jr.22 Akeel Lynch 5-11 220 RB Jr.34 Dom Salomone 5-10 242 RB Jr.88 Mike Gesicki 6-6 255 TE So.73 Paris Palmer 6-7 302 LT Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 318 LG So.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 321 C Sr. 72 Brian Gaia 6-3 304 RG Jr.59 Andrew Nelson 6-6 302 RT So.DEFENSENo Player Ht/Wt Pos Yr95 Carl Nassib 6-7 272 DE Sr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-4 284 DT Sr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 323 DT Jr.90 Garrett Sickels 6-4 258 DE So.11 Brandon Bell 6-1 231 LB Jr.8 Gary Wooten jr. 6-2 237 LB Jr.40 Jason Cabinda 6-1 245 LB So. 15 Grant Haley 5-9 189 CB So.2 Marcus Allen 6-2 209 FS So.9 Jordan Lucas 6-0 193 SS Sr.10 Trevor Williams 6-0 200 CB Sr.92 Daniel Pasquariello 6-1 200 P So.2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Temple L, 27-10Buffalo Sept. 12Rutgers Sept. 19San Diego State Sept. 26Army Oct. 3Indiana Oct. 10at Ohio State Oct. 17Maryland Oct. 24Illinois Oct. 31at Northwestern Nov. 7Michigan Nov. 21at Michigan State Nov. 28

By Travis Johnson The Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE — A day after their stunning loss to Temple, Penn State play-ers held a funeral on their practice field.

They buried the game tape — with few kind words uttered in remembrance — determined to put the embarrassing effort behind them.

“We called the team up and we just wanted to let the guys know, ‘Hey look, we’re not going to dwell on the past,’” senior safety Jor-dan Lucas said. “’We lost the game. It was our fault. We’re going to bury this. It’s not the end of our season.’”

But the weight of a week-end in which Penn State’s offense gave up 10 sacks and its defense allowed 27 unan-swered points to an oppo-nent it hadn’t lost to in more than seven decades was clearly still on coach James Franklin’s shoulders.

The usually upbeat coach was somber during his first meeting with reporters since Saturday but insisted there were still “good things going on in the program” and asked for patience with 11 games still to play.

“It was tough to walk into that press conference after the game,” Franklin said. “It was tough to walk into this press conference today. The last couple of days have not been great. The only positive thing that’s hap-pened the last two days was getting to see my wife and daughters after the game.”

With a few days to think it over, Franklin said he’s reconsidered his postgame statement that Penn State fielded its best five offen-sive linemen against the Owls. The Nittany Lions relied on returning starting guards Brendan Mahon and Brian Gaia, center Angelo

Mangiro and right tackle Andrew Nelson, along with first-time starter Paris Palmer at left tackle.

After two scoring drives to start the game, Penn State’s offense managed just four first downs the rest of the way while quarterback Christian Hackenberg took a beating. Temple racked up sacks with as little as a two-man rush, and that inepti-tude from the offensive line is forcing Franklin to recon-sider his personnel.

That includes evaluat-ing players who have been used mostly in reserve roles and others who haven’t yet played in a game.

Penn State will likely give interior lineman Wendy Laurent another look this week, possibly freeing up Mangiro to move to one of the tackles. Mangiro slid from center last season and played right tackle with Nel-

son switching to the left side when former starter Dono-van Smith was hurt. Laurent played center in Mangiro’s place and played well.

Guard Derek Dowrey played some last season and saw time at center on Sat-urday. Sophomore tackle Chance Sorrell has yet to debut, but Franklin singled him out as a player who’s made progress.

The coaching staff needs to be better too, Franklin

said. That includes tooling the offense to their pocket passer who once thrived in former coach Bill O’Brien’s NFL-inspired system.

“I think we can run the ball more. I think we can move the pocket more,” Franklin said. “Those are things I think can be helpful for us for a lot of different reasons. I think we have to be able to take more shots.”

Few Penn State alums missed the chance to weigh in on the result. Former players Allen Robinson, Bill Belton and Adam Gress — who played with most of the current players — joined others to voice their disdain on Twitter during and after the game. Gress, a former offensive tackle, was spe-cifically critical of offensive coordinator John Donovan, tweeting “Offensive coordi-nator sucks.”

“Everybody’s got to pull their weight,” Franklin said. “Do I think there have been some challenges more so on the offensive side of the ball than the defensive side of the ball since we arrived? Yeah.

“But we also have to be creative to overcome some of those things, and every-body is being evaluated. My job is to support everybody and find a way to overcome some of these challenges and issues that we have right now.”

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Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg avoids the rush during Saturday’s game against Temple.

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Game Night

By Joe KayThe Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Gunner Kiel and the other Bearcats quarterbacks threw it 38 times and handed it off 48 times in their season opener, a notable switch for an of-fense known for airing it out. They’re hoping for some-thing similar against Tem-ple, a team that pulled off one of the biggest first-game upsets.

The Bearcats (1-0) ran for 296 yards during a 52-10 win over Alabama A&M on Sat-urday night, an indication that their offense is evolv-ing. They won a share of the American Athletic Confer-ence title last season by de-pending upon Kiel to carry the offense.

It’s no longer a one-man show.

“Especially with our run-ning game, we’re a full of-fense now,” Kiel said Tues-day before practice. “Those running backs — man, they’re unbelievable.”

And there’s three of them.Senior Hosey Williams

carried 18 times for 95 yards and a touchdown in the opener. Junior Tion Green carried 17 times for 127 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Mike Boone carried 13 times for 86 yards and two touchdowns.

Coach Tommy Tuberville plans to use all three in games, giving them a similar number of plays.

“That’s unless we get a guy hot during a game,” Tuber-ville said. “Then we’re not going to take him out.”

The backs know they’ll each get a few series in the game, and what they do will be based upon the results.

“We rotate and if one run-ning back has a hot hand, we want him to stay in there,” Boone said.

Each one has a slightly different style, so it prevents

defenses from getting too comfortable with whoever is running the ball. The Bearcats changed their run-ning plays this year to ac-

centuate what their blockers and their backs do well.

“Watching Hosey in the last game, he’s a little bowl-ing ball — he’s not going

to come down,” Kiel said. “And Mike Boone with his speed and elusiveness, it’s just crazy. And Tion is the full package. He’s fast and

loves to lower his shoul-der.”

They also need to do a good job of blocking against the Owls (1-0), who are coming off one of the big-gest wins in their history. They beat Penn State 27-10 on Saturday, the first win over their in-state rival since 1941. They set an AAC re-cord with 10 sacks.

Last year, the Bearcats won at Temple 14-6, man-aging a season low in points and yards with 255. Kiel was in his first collegiate season and had trouble figuring out Temple’s defense. Kiel went 19 of 31 for 174 yards in a sloppy game all-around.

“First off, I played awful,” Kiel said. “I played so bad, probably one of the worst games of my life. Nothing was clicking. I was young. I wasn’t seeing the defense they were in. I played awful. I played timid.”

The Bearcats returned to their on-campus stadium last Saturday after playing one season at Paul Brown Stadium. Nippert Stadium underwent an $86 million renovation last year. This will be the first significant game there since the expan-sion to more than 40,000 seats.

“Honestly, I can’t wait for Saturday,” Kiel said. “It can’t come too quick. The game is so hyped up. It’s one of those games you want to play now, you can’t wait.”

It’ll be the first real test for Cincinnati’s balanced offense, given Temple’s standing as one of the con-ference’s top defenses. Also, it’s a chance for either team to get a lot of national recog-nition. Temple is in the spot-light coming off its win over Penn State.

“Yeah, it’s obvious they’re the darling team in the coun-try now, and they should be,” Tuberville said.

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Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich is the cornerstone of a defense that held Penn State to 10 points last week and sacked Christian Hackenberg 10 times.

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