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Mt. Carmel (3-1) at Danville (1-3) (Friday)

Shikellamy (2-2) at Montoursville (2-2) (Friday)

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Juniata(4-0) at East Juniata (0-4) (Friday)

Shamokin (2-2) at Milton (1-3) (Friday)

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Berwick(2-2) at Selinsgrove (4-0) (Friday)

Hughesville(3-1) at Warrior Run (2-2) (Friday)

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Southern Col. (4-0) at Central Col. (2-2) (Friday)

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Last wk: 8-1Year: 22-14Pct.: .611

Last wk: 7-2Year: 21-15Pct.: .583

Last wk: 7-2Year: 19-17Pct.: .527

Last wk: 6-3Year: 21-15Pct.: .583

Last wk: 9-0Year: 27-9Pct.: .750

Last wk: 8-1Year: 25-11Pct.: .694

Last wk: 6-3Year: 18-18Pct.: .500

Last wk: 6-3Year: 22-14Pct.: .611

Last wk: 9-0Year: 21-15Pct.: .583

Last wk: 7-2Year: 22-14Pct.: .611

Lewisburg (2-2) at Central Mnt. (1-3) (Friday)

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Mifflinburg (1-3) at Jersey Shore (4-0) (Friday)

Robert AckerGuest forecaster

Dave BridgeGuest forecaster

Harold Gerst Jr.Guest forecaster

Chris SchliederGuest forecaster

Steve LeitzelGuest forecaster

Shawn WoodSports stringer

Harold RakerSports stringer

Anthony MitchellSports reporter

Brian HoltzappleSportsreporter

Scott DudinskieSports reporter

Todd HummelSports reporter

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Ironmen StadiumLast meeting: Danville won 28-21 in 2011 District 4 Class AA semifinalsRadio: 99.7-FM, 6:45 p.m.Internet: blackdiamondsports.net

MOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (3-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr84 Tyler Thompson 6-2 203 WR Jr.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 Kelly 6-2 239 TE Sr. 4 Dominic Farranato 6-1 195 QB Jr.24 Blake Panko 5-7 171 TB Sr.27 Trayvon White 5-10 157 WR Sr.12 Juwan Sullins 5-11 206 WR Sr.10 Tommy Belski 6-1 162 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Mason Duran 6-2 200 DT Jr.11 Wes Surock 6-3 220 NG So.76 Joe Schmoyer 6-0 205 DT Sr.52 Mike Kaminski 6-3 238 DT Sr.84 Tyler Thompson 6-2 203 OLB Jr.24 Blake Panko 5-7 171 ILB Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 5-11 193 ILB Jr.85 Christian Kelly 6-2 239 OLB Sr. 3 Zach Tocyloskie 5-9 158 S Sr.27 Trayvon White 5-10 157 CB Sr.15 Gabe Bogutskie 6-1 200 CB Jr.57 Glenn Barwicki 5-11 217 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLoyalsock W, 25-22Selinsgrove L, 61-6at Lewisburg W, 34-13Central Mountain W, 54-21at Danville FridaySouthern Columbia Oct. 3at North Schuylkill Oct. 10Warrior Run Oct. 17at Central Columbia Oct. 24at Shamokin Oct. 31DANVILLE IRONMEN (1-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 WR Jr.72 Jacob Sheridan 6-2 220 LT Sr.56 Trey Lee 5-10 213 LG Jr.78 Jon Berkey 5-9 227 C Jr.52 Jay Brennan 5-10 160 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.51 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 WB Jr.23 Trent Hilkert 6-0 170 HB So. 1 Shayne Riley 6-2 172 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr53 Ken Cooper 6-0 180 DE Fr.51 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 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.58 Gunnar Feldman 5-10 201 ILB Sr.30 Tom Brouse 5-9 200 ILB Sr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 CB Jr.33 Gabe Shope 6-2 192 S Sr. 2 Jeff Vitunac 6-3 171 CB 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 Fridayat Wyalusing Oct. 3Lewisburg Oct. 10Central Columbia Oct. 17at Shikellamy Oct. 24Warrior Run Oct. 31

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

DANVILLE — When Mount Carmel makes the trip north on Route 54 to face Danville in a Heartland Athletic Conference Divi-sion II contest on Friday night, the Red Tornadoes’ recent history at Danville will be on their mind.

Mount Carmel has lost its last two trips to Danville — both in the District 4 Class AA playoffs — in 2010 and 2011.

“We just haven’t played well over there,” Mount Carmel coach Carm De-Francesco said.

And despite the Iron-men’s 1-3 record and offen-sive struggles, DeFrancesco and his team know they can’t take Danville lightly, lest they repeat last week’s game with Central Mountain. The Red Tornadoes, a heavy fa-vorite over the Wildcats, struggled early, and trailed by a point at halftime be-fore pulling away in a 54-21 victory.

“We left that team in that game. We took them a little lightly and we struggled,” DeFrancesco said.

With the injury to fullback Kyle Karyicki (DeFran-cesco says he might play this week), the Red Tornadoes went back to the spread of-fense they ran in 2013 and rolled up some big numbers. Quarterback Dominic Far-ronato threw for two scores and 182 yards, while the Red Tornadoes rolled up 339 yards on the ground — the third time in four games they topped 300 rushing yards.

“I thought our offensive line played really well, es-pecially in the second half. We gave Dominic real solid pass protection,” DeFran-cesco said.

Things aren’t so rosy on the offensive side for the Ironmen (1-3, 0-1 HAC-II), who haven’t scored an

offensive touchdown since the first week of the season. Danville has moved the ball at times, especially on the ground, but have been hin-dered by mistakes and pen-alties in the red zone.

“I was just talking to the kids, if you look back at my first season (in 2009), we were 2-2 and were coming off a 62-6 loss to Selins-grove,” Danville coach Jim Keiser said. “It just started to click that year at that point and the kids started getting what we were try-ing to do. I told the kids that same thing this week. We’ve seen glimpses.

“It’s young kids mak-ing mistakes. We are four games in now, hopefully it’s out of their system.”

Now for Keiser, the key is keeping the Ironmen men-tally involved.

“The kids are down, es-pecially the upperclassmen, because they are used to a certain standard,” Keiser said. “But they understand we are very young football team especially in some key

positions, so they’ve been handling it well.”

DeFrancesco certainly doesn’t want this week to be the week the Ironmen get on track.

“We haven’t seen much

Wing-T since the first scrimmage of the season,” DeFrancesco said. “They can really move the ball on the ground and we have to aware of their play-action.”

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Danville’s Matt Meloy tries to dodge Bloomsburg’s Sam Miller during a game ear-lier this season.

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Harold L. Bolig Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Berwick won, 36-0, in 2013Radio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m. 103.5 FM, 6:30 p.m.

BERWICK BULLDOGS (2-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr11 Andrew Force 6-3 190 WR Sr.77 Zach Beckley 6-2 265 LT Jr.70 Mason Vandermark5-10 260 LG Sr.76 Dan Gingher 5-10 255 C Sr.52 Kyle Pierce 6-0 255 RG So.75 Dalton Perla 6-2 280 RT Sr.65 Justin Werner 5-11 215 TE Sr.84 Kevin Woodeshick 6-0 235 TE Sr. 8 Dallas Arner 5-11 180 QB Sr.34 Nick Talanca 5-8 170 TB Sr.22 P.J. Wiegand 5-9 170 WR Sr.31 Olivia Seely 5-8 N/A K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr92 Devonte Powell 6-0 210 DE Sr.30 Sean McCole 5-10 165 NG Jr.66 Logan Eyer 5-11 240 DT Jr.95 Chase Petty 5-11 225 DT Sr.87 Tom Laubach 6-0 175 DE Sr.97 Randy Miller 6-0 175 LB Jr.33 Max Jones 5-9 210 LB Sr. 1 Alex Koch 5-9 160 CB Jr.16 Luke Fisher 5-10 155 S Jr. 4 Nick Koch 5-9 160 CB Jr.11 Andrew Force 6-3 190 S Sr.81 Dyllan Weaver 5-11 180 P So.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Crestwood L, 28-20Pottsville W, 46-14Dallas W, 26-23at Wyoming V.W. L,31-21at Selinsgrove FridayWyoming Oct. 3Williamsport Oct. 10at Pittston Oct. 17at W-B Coughlin Oct. 24Hazleton Oct. 31

SELINSGROVE SEALS (4-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 175 Z Jr.64 James Heinbach 6-3 255 RT So.72 Ryan Hoke 5-10 211 RG Jr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 239 C Jr.54 Brandon Hoover 5-11 190 LG Sr.79 Dalon Maxwell 6-3 323 LT Sr.80 Dylan Beaver 6-2 220 TE Sr.12 Isaiah Rapp 5-11 180 QB Sr.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 Fridayat Mifflinburg Oct. 3Montoursville Oct. 10at Jersey Shore Oct. 17Milton Oct. 24at Southern Columbia Oct. 31

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — His team’s game versus Berwick on Friday night means noth-ing in the Heartland Athletic Conference Division I stand-ings. It might not even have a bearing on the District 4 Class AAA playoff picture.

But don’t tell Selinsgrove coach Dave Hess that the Seals’ annual showdown with the Bulldogs is not important.

“This game is gigantic for us, it’s huge,” Hess said. “We are playing one of the top pro-grams in the state and it’s a great measuring stick for us to see where we are at. We need those kinds of games.”

Fans should not put too much stock in the records of the two teams — the Seals are 4-0 and the Bulldogs are 2-2.

Berwick’s losses are to Class AAA power Crestwood and a solid AAAA team in Wyoming Valley West.

“Crestwood and Wyoming Valley West are two of the elite teams in AAA and AAAA in the state and Berwick almost beat them, so that means Ber-wick is an elite team,” Hess said.

“We need to fight the bat-tles throughout the season if we’re going to reach our goals. We need to get into some big games and get that big-game atmosphere, and this is one of them,” Hess said.

The biggest concern in fac-ing legendary coach George Curry’s Bulldogs, as it is any season, is the variety of for-mations that Berwick will employ.

“They throw a whole lot of different formations at you and they can really run the ball,” Hess said. “Their offen-sive line is absolutely fantas-tic, and gigantic. They aver-age 272 pounds from tackle to tackle and their tight ends are over 240, and they really come off the ball.”

Although the Bulldogs have been primarily a running team

this season, Hess said that the Seals will have to pay atten-tion to 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior wide receiver Andrew Force.

“He is a Division I kid. He can fly and he makes incred-ible catches. He goes up for the ball at the highest point of the ball better than any I have seen in a long time. They have some big-time players,” Hess said.

In addition, he said if you focus on Force, the other wide receiver, senior P.J. Wiegand, can also make big plays.

Hess said the quarterback, first-year senior starter Dallas Arner, is mobile and comple-ments a good Berwick run-ning attack. That part of the

offense is led by senior tail-back Nick Talanca (194 yards on 35 carries, 4 touchdowns).

Curry did not respond to a request for comment, but Hess said, “George will do every-thing it takes to win a game. He will find all the angles.”

Hess said, “If we are going

to have a shot at these guys, it’s going to be at the line of scrimmage, on both sides of the ball. They have been so dominant (in the line) and that is the biggest difference between Berwick and (other teams) — what they do on of-fense and defense up front.”

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Selinsgrove’s Juvon Batts runs for a touchdown during a recent game.

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Don Malinak StadiumLast meeting: First meetingRadio: 100.9 The Valley-FM, 6:30 p.m.

LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (1-2)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 FridayCentral Columbia Oct. 3at Danville Oct. 10at Southern Columbia Oct. 17at Warrior Run Oct. 24Mifflinburg Oct. 31

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WILDCATS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr87 Zach Frankhouser 6-1 220 WR So.76 Pat Barner 6-1 280 LT So.56 Loc Long 6-6 215 LG Sr.63 J. Slobodinsky 6-0 225 C Sr.67 H. 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,11 Tyler Zablocki 6-0 165 LWB Jr.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 Logan 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 Fridayat Shikellamy Oct. 3Mifflinburg Oct. 10at Tyrone Oct. 17at Southern Columbia Oct. 24Jersey Shore Oct. 31

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

MILL HALL — On Fri-day night, Lewisburg trav-els to Central Mountain in a nonleague contest. And though the Wildcats move into Heartland Athletic Conference Division I next season for football, this is the first time the Green Dragons and Central Moun-tain have ever met on the football field.

Though an unfamiliar op-ponent, Central Mountain does one thing Lewisburg is quite familiar with — the Delaware Wing-T, though more of an option base two wing offense.

“Our kids have seen the Wing-T since they were in midgets,” Lewisburg coach Michael Ferriero said. “They know the tendencies, the blocking schemes and route trees of the Wing-T.”

Don’t let the Wildcats’ re-cord of 1-3 fool you though, this young Central Moun-tain team can score some points. The Wildcats just haven’t been able to put a full four quarters together. Last week’s loss to Mount Carmel is a perfect exam-ple. Central Mountain led 21-20 at halftime at the Sil-ver Bowl before allowing 34 unanswered points in the second half.

“We have shown glimpses throughout each of the games, but we haven’t been able to put it together for four quarters,” Central Mountain coach Michael Nines said. “We have a very inexperienced team (only three players had varsity experience entering this season). We will continue to just work hard and try to give as many game situ-ations as we can throughout practice in order to lessen the learning curve through-out the games.”

The Wildcats have some weapons on offense, led by

fullback Hunter Weaver, who has 473 yards on the ground with four touch-downs. Halfback Justin Neff is a versatile weapon as Mount Carmel found out last week, when the sopho-more scored touchdowns on the ground, in the air and on a kickoff return. Neff leads the team in receiving with six catches for 152 yards and three scores, while rushing for another 195 yards and two scores.

Neff also has 252 yards on kickoff returns this season.

“From the film I watched, it looks a lot like Navy and Georgia Tech,” Ferriero said. “There are two wing backs they like to move around in motion and run some tosses to the full-back.”

However, where Central Mountain struggles at times is on the defensive end, giv-ing up nearly 41 points per game so far this season. Nines says it all comes down

to tackling for his team.“Defensively, we need to

continue to work on tack-ling. Lewisburg is a spread team and brings a lot of matchup problems, so we will have to be disciplined and make tackles when we have the opportunity,” Nines said. “I would like to see the defense play more aggressive and make more of an impact throughout the game.”

The Green Dragons (2-2), in a recurring theme, are looking to put four quarters together as well.

In the Mount Carmel game two weeks ago, Lewisburg scored in the first three minutes of the game only to struggle the rest of the first half, before playing much better after halftime.

Last week against Milton, the Green Dragons never trailed despite first-half struggles in a 42-13 win.

“It just seems like we stop playing until the fourth quarter (the last two weeks) after we come out quick,” Ferriero said. “We’re hoping our play in the second half carries over to this week.”

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Dragons, Wildcats meet for 1st time

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Lewisburg’s Drew Newcomb makes an interception between teammates Noah Inch and Zachary Pyers and MCA’s Christian Kelley during a recent game.

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Warriors StadiumLast meeting: Montoursville won 28-20 in 2009Radio: WKOK 1070 AM, 6:30 p.m.

SHIKELLAMY BRAVES (2-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr27 John Schaeffer 5-10 175 WR Sr.54 Jonah Rees 6-0 215 OT Sr.50 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 OG Jr.58 Blake Bettleyon 6-1 235 C Sr.52 Harrison Rees 6-1 235 OG Fr.78 Derek Bussey 6-2 240 OT So.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 HB 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 DE Jr.76 Jeremy Bacon 5-9 255 DT Jr.58 Blake Bettleyon 6-1 235 DT Sr.50 Kobe Swanger 6-2 205 DE Jr.44 Colby Lahr 5-11 170 OLB Sr.33 Brandon Kashuba 6-1 185 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.27 John Schaeffer 5-10 175 CB Sr.15 Seth Burk 5-5 135 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Lewisburg W, 21-20Jersey Shore L, 27-7Selinsgrove L, 27-7at Mifflinburg W, 27-14at Montoursville FridayCentral Mountain Oct. 3at Shamokin Oct. 10at Loyalsock Oct. 17Danville Oct. 24Milton Oct. 31

MONTOURSVILLE WARRIORS (2-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Cole Karschner 6-3 168 WR Jr.77 Ben Cerney 5-11 225 LT Jr.67 Bryce Berresford 5-11 231 LG Jr.55 Mike Signor 5-10 231 C Sr.79 Caleb Frantz 5-11 225 RG Jr.74 Logan Vargo 6-1 215 RT Jr.82 Nick Christ 6-2 235 TE Sr.11 Brycen Mussina 6-2 170 QB So.44 Kyle Lynch 5-8 181 FB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-8 155 HB Jr. 1 Curtis Miller 5-10 175 SB Sr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr10 Wyatt Entz 6-2 225 DE Sr.55 Mike Signor 5-10 231 NT Sr.61 Holden Lodge 5-10 198 DE Jr.45 Logan McKeag 5-8 163 ILB Jr.44 Kyle Lynch 5-8 181 ILB Sr.28 Garrett Hoffman 6-1 190 ILB Jr.1 Curtis Miller 5-10 175 CB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-8 155 S Jr.30 Nolan Ott 5-10 162 S So. 2 Andy Biber 5-10 160 CB Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat S.Williamsport W, 38-36Lewisburg L, 19-10Mifflinburg W, 48-41at Jersey Shore L, 27-21 OTShikellamy Fridayat Milton Oct. 3at Selinsgrove Oct. 10Shamokin Oct. 17at Hughesville Oct. 24Loyalsock Oct. 31

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

MONTOURSVILLE — The mental side of football can be just as important as the physical side.

On Friday night, when Montoursville hosts Shikel-lamy in a Heartland Ath-letic Conference Division I matchup, the Warriors will need to regroup quickly from a devastating loss to Jersey Shore last week, while the Braves are riding high after a bounce-back victory over Mifflinburg.

The Warriors (2-2 overall, 1-1 HAC-I) led Jersey Shore until Brody Smith caught a Hail Mary to send the game into overtime, before Smith returned an interception for a touchdown in overtime for the win.

“I think we’ll be resilient,” Montoursville coach J. C. Keefer said. “We couldn’t wait to get back out there for practice on Monday. We have a young team that’s getting better each week.”

The Braves (2-2, 1-2) bounced back after back-to-back losses to Jersey Shore and Selinsgrove to start the league season by shutting down a potent Mifflinburg unit until the fourth quarter in a 27-14 victory.

Friday night’s contest with the Warriors is one more game with a tough opponent in the opening five weeks of the season for the Braves.

“I feel like the HAC-I is as strong as its been top-to-bottom and we are complet-ing a four-game stretch with the top four teams in the Daily Item preseason picks (for the league),” Shikel-lamy coach Todd Tilford said. “You have to have the kids ready to compete every week.”

Tilford and his team aren’t going to get much sympathy from the Warriors, though. Montoursville’s first four games were South William-

sport, Lewisburg, Mifflin-burg and Jersey Shore.

“We love playing this type of schedule. That’s why these kids play and we coach,” Keefer said. “Foot-ball is grueling on these young men physically no matter who you play, so you might as well play the best.”

The key for the Braves on Friday night will be stopping junior tailback Keith Bat-kowski, who has accounted for nearly 75 percent of the Warriors offense. Bat-kowski has carried the ball 122 times for 863 yards and nine touchdowns.

“Batkowski is a very shifty back with good vi-sion,” Tilford said.

This is the first time the two teams have met since Keefer became coach four

years ago, so the new Shikel-lamy offense shouldn’t be an adjustment for the Warriors, but stopping it might be.

The Braves were able to run the ball last week (41 times for 274 yards), while junior Christian Schlegel was able to make plays in the passing game (8-of-11 for 189 yards, TD).

“Schlegel had success

early in the Mifflinburg game and we need to get him off to a good start this week,” Tilford said.

Schlegel has been out-standing in his first season as a starter, not throwing an interception through the first four games while com-pleting 44 of 82 pass for 581 yards and 2 TDs.

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Shikellamy’s Shawn Turber runs for a touchdown as Mifflinburg’s Sam Wright chases after him during last week’s game.

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When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Deitrich FieldLast meeting: Juniata won, 47-44, in 2013

EAST JUNIATA TIGERS (0-4)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 FridayMillersburg Oct. 3at Susquenita Oct. 10Halifax Oct. 17at Tri-Valley Oct. 24Line Mountain Oct. 31

JUNIATA INDIANS (4-0)2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Penns Valley W, 29-16at Newport W, 22-21at Pine Grove W, 26-7at Line Mountain W, 47-21East Juniata FridayTri-Valley Oct. 3Mountain Ridge Oct. 10at Millersburg Oct. 17Susquenita Oct. 24at Williams Valley Oct. 31

Game Night

By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

McALISTERVILLE — East Juniata coach Brent Hartman knew at the begin-ning of the season the first half of the schedule was a killer.

After opening up with Hughesville, the Tigers faced defending Tri-Valley League champion Pine Grove and then hit the road for Nanticoke and New-port.

That stretch ends Friday as undefeated Juniata (4-0) comes to town.

“We knew the schedule was tough in the front end,” said Hartman. “We just have to get past this week against a very tough Juniata team and then the rest of the schedule has teams that are on the same level as us and are struggling like us.”

But first is the rivalry game against Juniata.

The Tigers (0-4) played Juniata tough last season at

home and get an extra home game this season as Juniata had to move the game to Beaver Springs.

“The kids should have no problem getting up and ready for Juniata,” said Hartman.

But Hartman is also re-alistic when it comes to the Indians.

“We lost to Newport big and they only lost to Juniata by one,” said Hartman. “We know we have our work cut out for us.

“But the kids continue to work hard every day.”

The Tigers gave up more than 500 yards against New-port and is preparing for yet another powerful offense.

The Indians are averaging more than 270 yards a game on the ground while the Ti-gers are allowing about the same.

Leading the way for the Indians’ rushing attack is junior Chantz Swartz with 544 yards so far this season for an average of 11 yards

per carry.But running the ball out

of the backfield isn’t the only thing Swartz can do.

The junior has caught six passes for 294 yards. He is averaging 15.5 yards every time he touches the ball and has scored 14 touchdowns, which means he scores ev-ery fourth touch.

But Swartz isn’t the only weapon the Indians have.

Sophomore quarterback Tyler Clark is averaging 104 yards a game throwing and running back Spencer Page has 215 yards on the ground.

The Tigers did find a weapon on offense in Austin Shellhammer, who caught a pair of long touchdown passes from sophomore quarterback Chris Schul-gen.

“Austin gives us a weapon in the passing game,” said Hartman. “It also opened us up underneath in the passing game.”

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Tigers looking for 1st winWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Wildcats Stadium

HALIFAX WILDCATS (0-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr20 Eric McBurney 5-6 151 WR Sr.50 Travis Enders 5-10 197 LT Sr.53 Koby Minnich 5-8 140 LG Sr.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.2 Eric Johnston 5-10 156 TB Jr.88 Jarrett Hoy 5-6 162 WR Sr.82 Desmond Young 6-0 178 WR So.30 Sam Hoon 5-9 131 K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr82 Desmond Young 6-0 178 DE So.69 Brian Crist 5-4 142 DT Sr.11 Jay Paul 6-1 227 DT So.64 Cody Ramer 5-9 165 DE Sr.50 Travis Enders 5-10 197 ILB Sr.25 Cade Wilbert 5-7 160 ILB So.20 Eric McBurney 5-6 151 OLB Sr.10 Austin Quigley 6-0 172 DB Sr.15 Mason Erdman 6-2 185 DB So.53 Koby Minnich 5-8 140 DB So.88 Jarrett Hoy 5-6 162 DB Sr.29 Michael Sheaffer 5-7 145 DB 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 Fridayat Line Mountain Oct. 4Tri-Valley Oct. 10at East Juniata Oct. 17Newport Oct. 24at Pine Grove Oct. 31

SUSQUENITA BLACKHAWKS (0-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr15 Scott Crist N/A N/A QB Sr.38 Shane Smith 5-10 200 FB Sr.44 Kevin Tenney 5-8 150 RB Jr.45 Michael Neumayer 6-1 175 WR Jr.14 J. Sultzenberger 6-0 200 TE Sr.10 Brandon Smith N/A N/A FB Jr.50 Zach Hoerner N/A N/A C Jr.72 Ryan Baker 6-0 230 T So.55 Vinnie Werner 6-0 215 G Jr.50 Hunter McGuire 6-0 200 G Jr.70 Joel Etter 6-0 170 T So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr55 Vinnie Werner 6-0 215 DE Jr.50 Hunter McGuire 6-0 200 DE Jr.72 Ryan Baker 6-0 230 DT So.78 Cody Mullen 5-10 215 DT So.22 Tyler Thumma N/A N/A LB Fr.10 Brandon Smith N/A N/A LB Jr.14 J. Sultzenberger 6-0 200 LB Sr.44 Kevin Tenney 5-8 150 LB Jr.12 Taevon Miller 5-6 144 CB So. 4 Angel Lugo 5-9 160 CB So.45 Michael Neumayer 6-1 175 S Jr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Schuylkill Valley L, 40-6Line Mountain L, 33-6East Pennsboro L, 48-0Pine Grove L, 21-18at Halifax Fridayat Newport Oct. 3East Juniata Oct. 10at Williams Valley Oct. 17at Juniata Oct. 24Upper Dauphin Oct. 31

By jacob TannerFor The Daily Item

Both Halifax and Susquen-ita are looking for their first win of the season, and one of them will get it when the two square off Friday,

“Our young players are gaining experience with every game and practice,” Wildcats coach Bob Folk said. “We are coming to-gether as a team.”

If the Wildcats have a weakness, Folk says it’s been their depth.

“We do not have a lot of depth in any position,” he said. “(But) we are constantly working on attitude and changing the atmosphere of Halifax football. Things are improving in all aspects.”

When asked about Susquenita, Folk said, “I re-ally like the offensive line. They have gained experience working as one unit.”

The Wildcats’ strategy is simple.

“We are going to try to open things up on the of-fensive side of the ball,” Folk said. “We are going to spread them out and focus on a few of our strong points. The general hope is that we will win our first game at home.”

When asked about the strengths of Susquenita, coach Mark Kirk said, “When we’re speaking about our strengths — when your team is 0-4 — that’s kind of hard. Our biggest strength is that we’re starting to learn

to play football at a higher intensity. We are learning to finish games and close them out. If you’ll look at the re-cords, you’ll see Susquenita hasn’t really won consistently for a long time. We want to build that. And when you’re trying to build that, it comes down to mental and physical preparation.

“I coached Halifax for 5 years, and they’re a tough team. Halifax has become a football community. Even though they’ve been strug-gling as a team a bit, Halifax is still a football community. More importantly, you can tell the Halifax team enjoys the game. That’s also what we’re trying to get Susquen-ita to understand.”

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JERSEY SHORE BULLDOGS (4-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 Derek Leese 6-2 167 WR Sr.75 Issac Stetts 6-1 210 LT Jr.66 Jacob Huling 6-0 225 LG Sr.78 Tim Wool 6-1 240 C Sr.61 Cameron Boughter 6-3 235 RT Jr.43 Dominic Loffredo 6-0 190 TE Sr. 3 Logan English 6-1 195 QB Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-0 235 FB Jr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 178 TB Jr.21 Brody Smith 6-1 171 WR Sr. 9 Colby Koch 6-1 185 K Sr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr43 Dominic Loffredo 6-0 190 DE Sr.62 Lane Reighard 6-0 240 DT Jr.31 Bryce Charles 6-0 235 NT Jr.40 Zach Miller 6-0 205 DE Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 178 LB Jr.29 Chris Bashaw 5-8 160 LB Sr.25 Derek Leese 6-2 167 CB Sr. 7 Travis Bradley 6-0 185 S Jr.33 Boone Costa 5-8 160 S Sr.21 Brody Smith 6-1 171 CB Sr.3 Logan English 6-1 195 P Sr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBellefone W, 31-7at Shikellamy W, 27-7at Athens W, 23-0Montoursville W, 27-21Mifflinburg Fridayat Shamokin Oct. 3at Milton Oct. 10at Selinsgrove Oct. 17Bald Eagle Area Oct. 24Central Mountain Oct. 31

MIFFLINBURG WILDCATS (1-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 1 Brett Luhrman 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 Sr.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, 48-41Shikellamy L, 27-14at Jersey Shore FridaySelinsgrove Oct. 3at Central Mountain Oct. 10Milton Oct. 17Shamokin Oct. 24at Lewisburg Oct. 31

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

JERSEY SHORE — After dropping its last two games, Mifflinburg makes an impor-tant road trip on Friday night to take on unbeaten Jersey Shore in a Heartland Athletic Conference Division I game.

Although Mifflinburg’s role in the HAC-I shapes up to be nothing more than a possible spoiler at this point, the one thing that the Bulldogs have to offer is a ton of points for a team desperate to get on track for a playoff run.

“It’s a big game all around for sure,” Mifflinburg coach Jason Dressler said. “Jersey Shore is a solid team with a lot of kids returning with experi-ence from last year.

“They’re coming in 4-0 right now (1-0 HAC-I) and they are certainly a competi-tive squad.”

With its four wins and the fact that it is a Class AAA team, Jersey Shore would be worth a lot of points for Mif-flinburg and would do won-ders for the team’s prospects.

“If we have any ambitions of anything in the postseason at the end of the season, we have to start with this week, and we have to be competitive with Jersey Shore,” Dressler said.

He said the key for the Wild-cats (1-3, 0-1) is to take care of some of the things that they have not been doing.

“One is we have to elimi-nate penalties, or really reduce them. And we can’t have turn-overs,” he said..

“We have to be smarter and manage the game, execute the little things and stay focused and stay with it for all four quarters, and keep playing real solid fundamental foot-ball,” Dressler added.

He said that Jersey Shore is a physical team that does not do things real fancy. “They just come after you and we have to be able to handle that,

and react to that and execute versus that; and that is what our focus is on this week,” Dressler said.

“We have to show up and play from the opening kick-off to the closing buzzer, and play hard-nosed smash-mouth football, and do it through dis-cipline and stick with funda-mentals,” he said.

The Wildcats have lost some players to injuries and, Dressler said, they are trying to get some players healthy as they get into midseason.

The Bulldogs picked up where they left off last year when a late-season run saw them win the District 4 Class AAA championship.

They are led by senior quar-terback Logan English, who has thrown for more than 400

yards, and junior tailback Levi Lorson, who averages five yards a carry. Senior wide receiver Brody Smith has nine catches for 170 yards and a TD.

However, the Bulldogs’ un-beaten record does come with an asterisk of sorts. In its 27-21 overtime win over rival Mon-

toursville last week, the offi-cials incorrectly gave Jersey Shore a touchdown in over-time on an interception return. By rule, it should have merely been a possession change and Jersey Shore should have had to score on offense to get the win.

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Mifflinburg’s Brayden Pierce heads into the air after a tackle by Shikellamy’s Shawn Turber during last week’s game.

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SHAMOKIN INDIANS (2-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 6 Tom Campbell 6-0 157 SE Jr.52 Garrett Zalor 6-0 237 LT Jr.56 Christian Duganitz 6-1 212 LG Sr.60 Alek Bonshock 5-11 188 C Sr.79 Adam Miller 6-1 252 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.15 Nate Shurock 5-11 147 WR 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 Zalor 6-0 237 DT Jr.59 Matt Fabian 6-0 262 DT Sr.48 Logan Mirolli 6-2 208 DE Sr.60 Alek Bonshock 5-11 188 LB 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. 4 John Demsko 5-6 144 S Sr. 3 Preston Burns 5-5 177 S Jr. 6 Tom Campbell 6-0 157 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent DateLine Mountain W, 7-0Central Mountain W, 40-12At Southern Columbia L, 52-14At Selinsgrove L, 49-0At Milton FridayJersey Shore Oct. 3Shikellamy Oct. 10At Montoursville Oct. 17At Mifflinburg Oct. 24Mount Carmel Oct. 31

MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (1-3)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 FridayMontoursville Oct. 3Jersey Shore Oct. 10at Mifflinburg Oct. 17at Selinsgrove Oct. 25at Shikellamy Oct. 31

Game Night

By Harold RakerThe Daily Item

MILTON — After start-ing 2-0, both games at home, life on the road has not been friendly to the Shamokin In-dians.

But the caliber of opponent, more than the location of the games, has been the major factor in derailing the Indians and their early-season mo-mentum.

First-year Shamokin coach Pat DiRienzo said the Indians knew the last two weeks were going to be tough and he be-lieves the players lost some of their focus.

With no offense meant to-ward any of their opponents the rest of the way, DiRienzo said, “We’ve got the two toughest games out of our sys-tem.”

He was referring to two of the top teams in the state in Class AAA (Selinsgrove) and Class AA (Southern Colum-bia).

“We took our lumps and had it handed to us, but I think it woke us up a bit. We have to get back to business for the last six weeks, and I think we can win a lot of games,” he said.

He hopes to start the win-ning on the road again this week when the Indians take on Milton in a Heartland Ath-letic Conference Division I contest.

This contest matches up a pair of teams hungry for a win, as Milton (1-3 overall, 0-0 HAC-I) and Shamokin (2-2, 0-1) are each aiming to snap two-game losing streaks.

Both coaches know there is work to be done if they are to turn their seasons around.

DiRienzo was unhappy with the number of penalties for which the Indians were flagged last week at Selins-grove, and he believes there must be an improvement in the line play.

Milton coach George Good-win has battled internal prob-

lems, injuries, and the usual maladies that come with a young team.

Likening his team to the one he took over five years ago, in his first season at Mil-ton, Goodwin said, “We suf-fered through growing pains and right now we’re suffering through those again.”

He said that there will be a repeat of recent history. “You just hope that the light bulb goes on and clicks and they finally get it.”

Goodwin said most of the players are working hard and he said what they need most are some wins.

“Winning cures a lot of ills and right now, the way we’re playing, I think we are a ways away from that. We just have to stay on track, continue to work hard and see where that gets us,” Goodwin said.

His team has struggled with the type of offense run by Shamokin under the direc-tion of its senior quarterback, Tucker Yost.

“Yost has been there quite

a while and the system they are running, we have not been able to stop, with the spread and the pistol sets,” he said.

DiRienzo believes the Indi-ans will also have to play well on defense to stop the Black Panthers.

“We are not selling them lightly. They have a good power running game. They have a good fullback (junior Brandon Stokes), and a good running back (senior Jovan Garrison), and we have to con-tain them,” DiRienzo said.

“They ran the ball well against Lewisburg (last week). Even though they lost, they

ran the ball pretty consistently. We have to buckle down on defense and get back to what we did the first two weeks.”

The Indians are as healthy this week as they have been this season, DiRienzo said, noting that injured senior cen-ter/linebacker Alek Bonshock is going to try to return this week from an ACL injury.

Goodwin added, “(The Indians) drove down and scored against Southern and they competed against Selin-sgrove. We are going to have our hands full, there is no question about it.”

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Milton’s Brandon Stokes picks up yardage during a game earlier this year.

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Man on an island

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

There is a scene in “Dances with Wolves” where Kevin Costner is lying alone in the plains waiting with the Na-tive Americans for the buf-falo to run.

As the earth shakes Cost-ner awake, he runs on to the Plains.

The dust flies and the earth shakes as you get a sense of the enormity and the scope of a herd of buf-falo migrating across the Central Plains.

And that’s kind of what it’s like to return a punt.

“I think people take punt returning for granted and don’t realize how difficult it is to do,” Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford, who returned punts for the Braves in high school and at Shippensburg University, said. “You’re on an island and you can’t re-ally see who is running at you. Sometimes it feels like forever for the ball to come down.”

“I think the three tough-est things in sports is playing quarterback, punt returning and hitting the curve ball,” Mount Carmel coach Carm DeFrancesco said, himself a former returner for Mount Carmel and Juniata College. “The No. 1 thing it takes is courage. I admire a kid that can fair catch a punt and catch it in traffic.”

Lewisburg coach Mike Ferriero also returned punts in high school and echoes the need to have a certain kind of personality.

“You have got to be crazy to stand down there and look in the air and not look

at the 11 guys running down the field at you,” Ferriero said.

According to DeFran-cesco, take away the 11 guys running at you with malice in their hearts, and just the act of catching a kicked foot-ball makes the job tough.

“A punt never goes straight up and straight down,” De-Francesco said. “It can sink. It can knuckleball and then you have to factor in wind.”

Tilford said he doesn’t care if his returner fair catches every ball as long as he catches it.

“I just remember coach (Dick) Purnell yelling at me all the time, ‘just catch it,’” Tilford said.

Tilford wishes at times he had fair caught every punt. When he returned punts for Shippensburg, Tilford had to be pointed back to the Shippensburg sideline at Redman Stadium against Bloomsburg when he didn’t fair catch a punt against the Huskies and paid the price. He jogged toward the Bloomsburg sideline.

“I don’t remember, my dad told me,” Tilford said. “I saw it on film, though.”

Shikellamy’s current punt returner Shawn Turber said he tries not to think about things like that, but Turber said in the beginning, it was tough not to think about the 11 guys running at you while you’re not looking.”

“It was a little nerve wracking at first, but after I did it a couple of times, I got the feel for it,” Turber, who began to return punts last year as a sophomore, said. “You can’t worry about the players coming toward you,

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Selinsgrove’s Zach Adams starts to run upfield after catching a punt during the Seals’ win over Mount Carmel on Sept. 5.

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Danville’s Tom Brouse runs with a punt return during the game against Southern Columbia on Sept. 19.

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burg’s Noah Inch had never returned punts before doing for the first time on the var-sity field — Turber of course last season and Inch this year.

Inch said that it was some-thing he hoped he would be asked to do for the Green Dragons.

“I was hoping to be the one they would ask. It’s a way to get the ball in the open field and make some shifty moves,” Inch said. “It’s a po-sition that fits me well.”

Funny enough, that was almost the same answer De-Francesco gave when asked if he liked returning punts.

“I always thought I’m getting the ball in the open field, that’s why I enjoyed it so much,” DeFrancesco said.

Turber began last year as a sophomore and used it as way to get on the field for the Braves and a way to contrib-ute.

However, Turber also ex-perienced the downside of

being a punt returner earlier this year, fumbling a punt in-side the 10 that was returned for a touchdown.

“You have to be positive when that happens, you can’t yell and scream,” Tilford said. “It’s a confidence posi-tion.”

Turber said a mistake like that stayed with him, but he knew he would have to let it go.

“It’s hard to overcome, the coaches told me to for-get about it,” Turber said. “It does stick with you, but you have to go out and catch the next one.”

DeFrancesco knows that pain and he said that if a player that returns punts says he never muffed one, he’s lying.

“Muffs can be disastrous, but it happens to everybody,” DeFrancesco said. “Any one that says they never muffed one is a liar. It’s happened to me and in big games.

“That’s why admire any kid that can muff one and go out a catch the next one. It takes courage.”

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Mount Carmel’s Juwan Sullins runs the ball after catching a punt during the Red Tornadoes’ loss to Selinsgrove on Sept. 5.

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HUGHESVILLE SPARTANS (3-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr56 Jacob Stutzman 5-11 220 LT Sr.52 Alex Welch 6-1 200 LG Jr.55 Patrick Hiller 5-10 170 C Jr.64 Nick Gorg 5-10 170 RG Sr.70 Josh Dauberman 6-3 250 RT So.13 Ethan Duff 6-1 205 TE Jr. 2 Jon Warg 6-1 165 WR Sr. 1 Sean Poust 5-10 160 WR Sr.25 Nick Yeager 5-7 165 RB Sr.23 Clint Snyder 6-1 185 RB Sr. 3 Logan Henry 6-0 185 QB Sr.

DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr56 Jacob Stutzman 5-11 220 DE Sr.54 Luther Lozano 5-10 215 NG Jr.13 Ethan Duff 6-1 205 TE Jr.50 Christian Fish 5-8 165 ILB Sr.52 Alex Welch 6-1 200 ILB Jr.64 Nick Gorg 5-10 170 ILB Sr.21 M. Derhammer 5-7 160 OLB Jr. 8 Trey Smith 5-10 185 OLB Jr. 2 Jon Warg 6-1 165 CB Sr.25 Nick Yeager 5-7 165 S Sr.23 Clint Snyder 6-1 185 CB Sr,

2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat East Juniata W, 48-14Athens W, 42-7at Montgomery W, 55-13Towanda L, 30-27at Warrior Run Fridayat South Wiliamsport Oct. 3Loyalsock Oct. 10Bloomsburg Oct. 17Montoursville Oct. 24at Muncy Oct. 31

WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (2-2)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 M. 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 M. 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 Fridayat North Penn Oct. 3Southern Columbia Oct. 10at Mount Carmel Oct. 17Lewisburg Oct. 24at Danville Oct. 31

Game Night

By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

TURBOTVILLE — Both Warrior Run and Hughesville have something to prove Friday night.

For the Defenders (2-2), they want to show that the lost to Central Columbia last Friday is behind them.

“We just didn’t play well against Central,” said War-rior Run coach Mark Bur-rows. “Many things went wrong, starting at the top with myself. Bottom line, we just didn’t play well.”

As for Hughesville, the Spartans (3-1) are out to show that the loss last week to Towanda will not slow them down after they got off to a 3-0 start.

“We just have to be able to bounce back,” said Hughes-ville coach Dan Tucker. “Friday night will be a chal-lenge for us.”

What hasn’t been a chal-lenge for the Spartans has been scoring points and playing defense.

Hughesville is averaging a little more than 40 points a game while only allowing 14.

The Spartans under first-year coach Tucker got rid of the old Wing-T offense that was a staple at Hughesville for years and installed a wide-open attack using the talents of quarterback Lo-gan Henry, who has thrown for 725 yards and eight scores this season.

The offense is averaging more than 400 yards a game and can still run the ball be-hind backs Nick Yeager and Clint Snyder.

Senior Sean Poust is Hen-ry’s favorite target with 11 catches and 307 yards.

“Hughesville is very ath-letic,” said Burrows. “They spread you out and do their thing. They have very good kids that are quick.

“We are going to have our hands full.”

The Warrior Run defense did perform well last week against Central and will be called on again to get Hughesville off the field.

“The defense kept us in the game and then the wheels fell off,” said Bur-rows.

Until the loss last week, the Defenders had been holding their opponents to about two touchdowns a game and less than 300 yards a game.

On offense, the Defend-ers have started to run the ball behind Sean Morehart and William Michael.

“The running game got better as the season went along and after Week 3 we were starting to get there,” said Burrows. “We have re-mained steady since.

“We had two good clock-

eating drives against Central Columbia and that showed we can run the ball.”

Another part of the of-fense that has been steady for the Defenders has been the play of quarterback Frank James.

The junior, who is in his first year as a starter, con-tinues to show improvement each week and a calmness under fire that has im-

pressed Burrows.“There is no high or no

low with Frank,” he said. “The kid is never going to have heart disease. He is always calm and has always been that way.

“He is such a competitor and student of the game. He just keeps getting better and we depend on his decision making.”

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SOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS (4-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr1 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.23 Blake Marks 5-11 165 HB 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 Marcheski 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 Fridayat Mount Carmel Oct. 3at Warrior Run Oct. 10Lewisburg Oct. 17Central Columbia Oct. 24Selinsgrove Oct. 31CENTRAL COLUMBIA BLUE JAYS (2-2)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.20 Zach Boyd 5-8 150 FS So.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 Fridayat Lewisburg Oct. 3Towanda Oct. 10at Danville Oct. 17Mount Carmel Oct. 24at Bloomsburg Oct. 31

Game Night

By Marion ValanoskiFor The Daily Item

ELYSBURG — This week’s Heartland Division II matchup between South-ern Columbia and Central Columbia offers two teams looking to change how they start and finish on the field.

On the one hand, Tigers coach Jim Roth would like to see his squad be focused right from the start of the contest and not need time to get focused on the op-position, while Blue Jays mentor Jason Hippenstiel wants his players to be more consistent in protecting the ball and avoiding turnovers, which could be a big factor in how they fare out against their perennial powerhouse rivals from across the river.

“My biggest concern ex-cept when we played Mif-flinburg in our opener has been the team’s slow start and our need to be focused right from the opening kick-off,” Roth said. “For what-ever the reason, we don’t seem to be playing our best football at the start and we saw what can happen when that occurs after the game with Shamokin. I know we have been moving people around, especially with the injuries, but that’s no excuse for not being mentally in tune for playing up to our ability right from the start.”

Central has seen a marked improvement in its play af-ter an 0-2 start, especially on the defensive side of the ball, but Hippenstiel knows all too well that his squad is going to need almost a flaw-less performance to stay with the undefeated Tigers.

“We are really running the ball so much better than when we started the season,” Hippenstiel said. “And that’s a credit to the improvement of the offen-sive line and that’s some-thing we’ve been striving for right from the beginning

of practice. Defensively, we gave up 99 points in the first two games, but our last two outings have resulted in just allowing 21. But this week is a whole new ball game be-cause of who our opponent is and what Southern Co-

lumbia is capable of doing when it gets on a roll.”

Accolades aside, what are the fans going to see Friday night when the two back-yard rivals butt heads?

“Central runs a spread offense that is wide open,”

Roth said. “You usually find some balance in that attack, but they’ve been so successful with the run that the proportion of their plays on the ground is higher than through the air. Danny Koch may be the leading rusher in the area and has been great at tailback, while fullback Frankie Tewell is another tough inside runner and you can’t overlook Steve Shan-non at quarterback.

“Defensively, we expect to see a 4-4 and they come at you aggressively. They played two very good teams in Selinsgrove and Loyal-sock and then came back and settled down while beating a dangerous Central Mountain team and a much improved Warrior Run unit, so we are going to have our hands full.

“Offensively, because of our depth, losing several front-line players has not really hurt us that much yet, and we will continue to get better as our offensive line and the new starters continue to become famil-iar with their roles. Nick Becker ha shown he’s capa-ble of throwing the ball and our receivers not only catch but make yardage after the reception is made.”

Hippenstiel feels each tape of the Tigers he watches is like a carbon copy of any Southern Columbia team he’s faced in the past. The jerseys are the same but all Roth does is replace one outstanding group of ath-letes with another and away they go.

“I watch Southern Colum-bia on tape and see a great runner in Blake Marks fol-lowed by another in Hunter Thomas and then followed by Matt Jeremiah,” the Blue Jays coach said. “Nick Becker is a great field gen-eral that has a great cache of offensive weapons at his disposal.”

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LINE MT. EAGLES (1-3)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 FridayHalifax Oct. 4at Upper Dauphin Oct. 10St. Joe’s Cath. Acad. Oct. 17Williams Valley Oct. 24at East Juniata Oct. 31

TRI-VALLEY BULLDOGS (1-3)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 Fridayat Juniata Oct. 3at Halifax Oct. 10Pine Grove Oct. 17East Juniata Oct. 24at Newport Oct. 31

Game Night

By Shawn WoodFor The Daily Item

HEGINS — On paper, both Line Mountain and Tri-Valley are relatively close when it comes to the offensive and defensive cat-egories in the Tri-Valley League.

Both teams are trying to snap losing streaks when they meet on Friday night with the season hanging in the balance.

“Both of our teams are playing pretty good, we just can’t seem to get the wins,” Bulldogs coach Mike Ulicny said.

“There a dangerous team and this is a big week for both teams,” Eagles coach Rodney Knock said. “It’s a make-or-break game for both teams.”

The Eagles (1-3, 1-2 TVL) were leading at halftime last week but lost to Juniata 42-27, while Tri-Valley (1-3, 0-2 TVL) lost to unbeaten Jim Thorpe.

“I just have a felling that we are going to get things on the right track,” Knock said. “The kids are still up-beat and are working hard. It was this time last year that we started going the other ways.”

Knock was referring to the close games that they lost during a critical stretch of the season. They also lost the final game of the year to the Bulldogs, 14-7.

“Even this past week, we played really well in the first half and we had the lead going into the locker room,” Knock said. “We have something to build off of.”

Knock went on to say that Friday’s game is going to be a playoff-like atmosphere and he believes it will be a dog fight with playoff aspi-rations on the line.

After Juniata and Wil-liams Valley, three teams are at 2-1 with the Eagles at

1-2 and four teams, includ-ing Tri-Valley, at 0-2.

“The thing is that we are getting better every week and if we get hot at the right time, you’ll never know what can happen,” Knock said.

After splitting the first two games of the year, the Eagles have lost two straight and have given up a total of 73 points in the last two game to two of the top TVL teams.

“We have to contain run-ning back Hunter Harner (averaging nearly five yards per carry) and we have to stop the run,” Knock said. “We had trouble against Juniata with the run game. We had a good week of practice. I think we can move the ball.”

Ulicny noted the Bull-

dogs had some opportu-nities against Juniata and Williams Valley to pull even or get the go ahead score, but they just didn’t capitalize on it.

“It’s been a very frustrat-ing season,” he said. “We lost to a good Jim Thorpe team and a pretty good Up-per Dauphin team.”

Ulicny noted that the

Eagles move the ball well against the teams they have played

“It comes down to the kids executing the game plan and concentrating,” he said. “When you watch our tapes, 80 percent of the tape we do a terrific job and 20 percent we have a break-down in communication.”

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Millersburg’s Cole Shomper carries the ball and Line Mountain’s Garrett Hepner on the play during Friday’s game.

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ST. JOE’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY WOLVES (1-3)2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultHalifax W,31-20atUnited L,15-2atPennsManor L,47-6PurchaseLine W,33-27atUpperDauphin FridayatCurwensville Oct.3ChestnutRidge Oct.10atLineMountain Oct.17MarionCenter Oct.24Ridgway Oct.31

UPPER DAUPHIN TROJANS (2-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr11 AlexUhler 6-0 145 WRJr.or20 TannerMiller 5-6140WR/FLSr.51 ColeZimmerman6-2 205 LT Jr.55 MasenBellis 6-2 205 LG Fr.54 CodyZerby 5-8 184 C Jr.57 DakotahWiest 6-0 260 RT Sr.78 MattDeitrich 5-10 205 RG Sr.4 CamFornwald 5-9 150 TB Sr.30 ColeReed 6-1 215 FB Sr.12 AaronCleveland 6-3 162 QB Jr.10 EthanSchell 6-4 206 TE Sr.11 AlexUhler 6-0 145 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr51 ColeZimmerman6-2 205 DE Jr.15 EvanHoffman 5-6 163 NG So.78 MattDeitrich 5-10 205 DT Sr.54 CodyZerby 5-8 184 DT Jr.10 EthanSchell 6-4 206 DE Sr.30 ColeReed 6-1 215 ILB Sr.32 CoyRickert 5-7 200 ILB Jr.17 DrakeLenker 5-10 145 LB/DBJr.11 AlexUhler 6-0 145 DB Jr.or16 PeytonBarge 6-0 171 DB Sr.4 CamFornwald 5-9 150 DB Sr.11 AlexUhler 6-0 145 P Jr.

2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultCampHill L,50-27atTri-Valley W,12-0atHalifax W,28-21WilliamsValley L,20-3St.Joe’sCatholic FridayPineGrove Oct.3LineMountain Oct.10atNewport Oct.17Millersburg Oct.24atSusquenita Oct.31

Game Night

By Chris NagyFor The Daily Item

MILLERSBURG — Don’t look now, but Millers-burg is on a roll.

After dropping the first two games of the season and having a losing streak of three straight that stretched from last season, the Indi-ans have broken out like gangbusters.

“It’s been an up-and-down season for us,” said Millers-burg coach Brad Hatter. “Sometimes we have played well and others we have had miscues.”

There haven’t been too many miscues the last two weeks for the Indians as they have won by a com-bined score of 75-12.

Next up for Millersburg (2-2) is a road trip to Pine Grove this Saturday.

The Indians come in with the passing game looking sharp but still struggling to run the ball.

Sophomore quarterback Christian Wingard has thrown for 307 yards and three scores in the last two games and 582 yards and six scores this season. He has thrown three picks.

Wingard does have a very talented trio to throw the ball to in Cole Shomper, Ty-ler Hesen and Ethan Trout-man. Hesen leads the team with 231 yards and Shomper has 155. Troutman has caught seven passes for 124 yards, but four of them have gone for touchdowns.

The Indians’ running game has been paced by se-nior Connor Keim with 141 yards.

Pine Grove comes into the game with the same record as the Indians and has not been able to put together a winning streak or a losing streak this season as the Cardinals have alternated losses and wins.

“We are just looking to

put everything together,” said Pine Grove coach Jeff Smapson. “We are just look-ing for some consistency.”

The Cardinals offense revolves around the legs of Mark Weinus and the arm of Logan Levan.

Weinus, a senior running back, is averaging 150 yards a game and is the workhorse for the Cardinal offense.

Levan has showed he can run out of the pocket, but has been dangerous this season with his arm. Levan, who hasn’t had to throw a lot because the running game is racking up more than 220 yards a contest, is averag-ing 75 yards a game but has been known to make a mis-take here and there with six interceptions.

The Cardinals also come into the game on a high after rallying late in the game last week to defeat Susquenita, a game in which Weinus had 178 yards on the ground.

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Indians hitting their stride BLOOMSBURG (1-3)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Sam Miller 43-102, TD; CotyKashner 16-67; Evan Bond 7-25; BrandonBreisch5-19;KevinDiehl6-2;RoyRodriguez1-6;NickAnderson3-1;MitchYoung2-(-5);LanceKlinger1-(-8);team1-(-20).PASSING — Kashner 13-31-1 for 142 yards;Nick Anderson 11-20-0 for 122 yards, TD;SamMiller2-6-1for63yards,TD.RECEIVING—BrandonBreisch10-130;SamMiller 5-5; A.J. Ziller 3-25; Michael Parker2-62; JahvelHemphill 1-37;RyanYost1-21;TommyHarrison1-3.SCORING — Sam Miller 1 rushing TD, 1fumble TD, 12 points; Cade Harmon 1 PAT,1point.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (2-2)CentralColumbia 41 21 21 28—118Opponents 7 48 36 29—120statistics CCHS OPPFirstdowns 67 71Rushes-netyards 153-1,084 179-882Passingyardage 408 446Passing 28-71-8 32-59-3Fumbles-lost 6-0 8-7Penalties-yards 18-160 24-213INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Danny Koch 85-560, 4 TDs;Steve Shannnon 42-191, 4 TDs; BrittainCooke 17-145, TD; Lewis Williams 7-122, 2TDs; Zach Boyd 1-13; Frankie Tewell 7-14;OwenGensememer2-6;AaronFarver1-2.PASSING—SteveShannon28-70-8for408yards,5TDs;AaronFawver0-1-0.RECEIVING—ZachBoyd8-75,2TDs;LewisWilliams 8-182, 3 TDs; Aaron Fawver 4-37;Eli Petersheim 3-42, TD; Tewell 1-12; Koch1-6;AustinFawver1-5.SCORING—LewisWilliams3receivingTDs,2 rushing TD, 30 points; Steve Shannon 4rushingTDs,22-pointruns,28points;DannyKoch4rushingTDs,12-pointrun,26points;Zach Boyd 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; EliPetersheim1receivingTD,6poinits;FrankieTewell 1 receiving TD, 6 points; BrittainCooke 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Zach Diehl 9PATs,9points.

DANVILLE (1-3)Danville 7 21 14 0—42Opponents 26 42 41 21—120statistics DHS OPPFirstdowns 44 59Rushes-netyards 189-621 123-986Passingyardage 157 395Passing 15-27-0 22-47-4Fumbles-lost 3-1 9-4Penalties-yards 21-209 16-161INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tom Brouse 75-270, 2 TDs;Trent Hilkert 48-182; Matt Meloy 21-86,2 TDs; Evan Hagenbuch 15-47; RaidenWilliams 8-28; Ryan Palm 8-40; GannonFeldman16-(-21),TD;BrennanRyan2-(-14);team1-(-12).PASSING — Gannon Feldman 11-21-0 for101yards;BrennanRyan4-6-0for56yards.RECEIVING — Colton Riley 3-17; Brouse2-15; Hagenbuch 2-38; Gabe Shope 2-36;AdamCoppenhaver1-13;JaredMowery1-5;Joey Strausser 1-5; Jeff Vitunac 1-3; Meloy1-9;Hilkert1-6.SCORING—TomBrouse2rushingTDs,12points;MattMeloy2rushingTDs,12points;Gannon Feldman 1 rushing TD, 6 points;JoeyStrausser1fumblereturnTD,6points;ShayneRiley6PATs,6points.

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By Shawn WoodFor The Daily Item

ELIZABETHVILLE — In a battle of unbeatens in the Tri-Valley League last week, Upper Dauphin got the early jump on Williams Valley, but in the end, the Vikings earned a 20-3 win.

In a game of opportuni-ties, the Trojans (2-2, 2-1 TVL) saw some slip away.

Upper Dauphin will have the chance to get back on track Friday as the Trojans host nonleague opponent St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy.

One positive that Upper Dauphin coach Brent Bell saw was that the team con-nected on a filed goal in the first quarter off of a turn-over. It was the first time in a long time that Upper Dau-

phin had a successful field goal.

But the offense sputtered last week and that left the defense on the field for quite some time against the Vi-kings (3-1, 3-0 TVL).

“We didn’t take advan-tage of opportunities, and it just kind of snowballed from there,” Bell said. “It put us in situations that forced us to throw the ball in the sec-ond half and we were not ef-fective.”

Bell noted that Williams Valley is a good team with good athletes and if you give them opportunities, they’ll take advantage of it.

In facing nonleague oppo-nent St. Joseph’s Academy this week, Bell noted that they are another team that can’t be taken lightly.

“They have some speed and they are an athletic team,” he said. “They beat Halifax in the season opener. We have to fix some things before we get back into league play next week.”

And it’s a tough league schedule for the Trojans’ starting on Oct. 3, with Pine Grove followed by Line Mountain, Newport and Millersburg. The New-port game is the only road game during the four-week stretch.

“Our kids were prepared last week for Williams Val-ley and they didn’t give us anything in the game we didn’t see on film,” Bell added. “The kids just didn’t execute in some cases and that’s my fault.”

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GETTYSBURG BULLETS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 9 Jordan Kelso 5-11 185 WR So.75 Danny Collins 6-0 265 LT Sr.61 Matt Gentile 6-3 270 LG Sr.55 Anthony Juliano 6-1 255 C Jr.77 Dan Breen 6-1 250 RG Sr.79 Cordell Boggs 6-5 260 RT So.43 Fred Pulzello 6-2 210 TE Jr. 3 Zach Miller 5-11 175 QB Jr. 5 Kyle Wigley 5-8 185 TB Jr.32 Fred Caruso 5-10 185 WB Sr.33 Travis Andrews 5-11 197 WB Jr.97 Garrett Long 5-8 175 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr93 A.J. Hill 6-2 220 DT Sr.98 S. Pondo-Voigt 6-3 230 NG Sr.91 Drew Winters 5-11 210 DE Sr. 8 Chris Miller 5-11 180 OLB So.40 K. McNamara 5-11 195 ILB Jr.13 M. Pennella 6-0 220 ILB So.18 Joseph Vegso 6-2 205 OLB So.27 Gordon Prince 6-1 190 SS Sr.22 John Fay 5-10 185 FS Sr.19 Brian Calatozzo 5-9 180 CB Jr.32 D. Ciemniecki 5-11 180 CB Jr.48 Robby Fay 5-8 165 P Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultBridgewater L, 33-32at Ursinus L, 31-14Juniata W, 31-17at Susquehanna SaturdayMcDaniel Oct. 4at Muhlenberg Oct. 18at Johns Hopkins Oct. 24Moravian Nov. 1at Dickinson Nov. 8Franklin & Marshall Nov. 15SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (0-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr80 Will Howell 6-3 185 SE Jr.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 LT Jr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr.61 Matt Baker 6-0 240 C So.77 Anthony Shipe 6-0 305 RG Sr.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.33 Tim Wade 5-8 190 TB Jr. 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.90 Mike Hetherington 6-0 255 NT Sr.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 SaturdayMuhlenberg Oct. 4at Moravian Oct. 18at Ursinus Oct. 25Franklin & Marshall Nov. 1at McDaniel Nov. 8Juniata Nov. 16

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna University football coach Steve Briggs hopes that this is the week that his team checks out of Heartbreak Hotel.

Briggs and his staff have the unenviable task this week of trying to prepare a young team for its next game after experiencing back-to-back crushing defeats.

“It’s disappointing to me, and to us, and I’ve got to do a better job of putting these guys in the right place in that pressure situation,” Briggs said this week in the wake of a 29-28 loss at Dickinson.

The Crusaders led 21-9 early in the fourth quarter.

Briggs said it was two plays that made the differ-ence against the Red Devils: a blocked punt in which a bad snap forced the punter to step out from the protec-tion; and a third-down inter-ception that went through a talented receiver’s hands and was intercepted.

“We were playing well up until the blocked punt and at that point (our guys) were like ‘oh no, what now?’ Maybe that is our youthful-ness, but it’s what happened, and there are no excuses,” Briggs said.

But it wasn’t all roses un-til that unfortunate turn of events. Briggs conceded that the SU defense was not stop-ping the run for the third week in a row.

That does not bode well for the Crusaders as they host another tough Centen-nial Conference opponent Saturday in the Gettysburg Bullets (1-2 overall, 1-1 CC).

“(Gettysburg) is explosive on offense and they play to hang on defensively,” Briggs said, and that’s probably what’s been costing them some games.”

“We have to play better defense and that is some-thing we addressed. We’ve got to coach them up harder and they’ve got to respond,” Briggs said.

He added, “I still like how hard we play, but it’s the crit-ical moments where we have to turn it up a notch. The plays are there to be made.”

Briggs said that the con-ference is so competitive and the games are tougher week to week.

But he knows that his young players have the tal-ent to compete and they are not that far away from doing that.

“We have corrected the things that we needed to cor-rect, and they are minimal. If I was saying that there are so many things we have to work on, I would be more concerned,” Briggs said.

“But we scored 28 points (last week) against a team

that was very similar to us. They really struggled with the things we do and we took advantage of them,” he said. “Crusco (freshman quarterback Nick) and our receivers, including Denzel (Walker) played well and (junior running back) Tim Wade ran the ball well.”

He said that the final play of the game still baffles him. Trailing 29-28, the Crusad-ers (0-3, 0-2) moved the ball into Dickinson territory for

a first down on the final play and Dickinson was flagged for a personal foul.

As the Crusaders lined up for a possible game-winning field goal by Selinsgrove grad Spencer Hotaling, the officials ruled that the game was over.

They said that it was a dead-ball foul after the clock had run out, so they would not receive an un-timed down, Briggs said.

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When: 12 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Beaver StadiumLast meeting: PSU won, 39-28, in 2012Radio: WKOK 1070, 10:30 p.m.Television: Big Ten NetworkNORTHWESTERN WILDCATS (1-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr22 Treyvon Green 5-10 210 TB Sr.13 Trevor Siemian 6-3 215 QB Sr. 5 Miles Shuler 5-10 180 Y Jr.21 Kyle Prater 6-5 235 X Sr.19 Cam Dickerson 6-3 210 Z Jr.76 Eric Olson 6-6 285 RT So. or73 Adam DePietro 6-5 295 RT So.57 Matt Frazier 6-4 295 RG Jr,66 Brandon Vitabile 6-3 310 C Sr.53 Geoff Mogus 6-5 305 LG Jr.78 Paul Jorgensen 6-6 315 LT Sr.40 Dan Vitale 6-2 235 TE/HB Jr. 8 Jack Mitchell 6-3 210 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Deonte Gibson 6-3 270 DE Jr.90 C.J. Robbins 6-5 295 DT Jr.93 Greb Kabar 6-3 310 DT So.94 Dean Lowry 6-6 280 DE Jr.44 Chi Chi Ariguzo 6-3 230 WLB Sr.45 Collin Ellis 6-2 235 MLB Sr. 9 Jimmy Hall 6-2 220 SLB Sr.23 Nick VanHouse 6-0 190 CB Jr.27 Matthew Harris 5-11 180 CB So.24 Ibraheim Campbell 5-11 220 S Sr.10 Traveon Henry 6-1 220 S Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBoston College L, 30-7Colorado L, 41-38at Vanderbilt L, 34-31at Penn State SaturdayBowling Green Sept. 27at Miami (Ohio) Oct. 4at Kent State Oct. 11Eastern Michigan Oct. 18at Toledo Oct. 25Ball State Nov. 12at Akron Nov. 18Buffalo Nov. 28PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (4-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Geno Lewis 6-1 204 X Jr.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 203 Z So.14 C. 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 So.72 Brian Gaia 6-3 297 RG Jr.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 312 C Sr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 304 LG So. or53 Derek Dowrey 6-3 324 LG Jr.76 Donovan Smith 6-5 335 LT Sr.80 Matt Zanellato 6-1 203 F Sr.97 Sam Ficken 6-2 191 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr18 Deion Barnes 6-4 249 DE Sr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-5 276 DT Sr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 312 DT Jr.86 C.J. Olaniyan 6-3 259 DE Sr. 5 Nyeem Wartman 6-1 238 OLB Jr.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 So.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultUCF W, 26-24Akron W, 21-3at Rutgers W, 13-10Massachusetts W, 48-7Northwestern Saturdayat Michigan Oct. 11Ohio State Oct. 25Maryland Nov. 1at Indiana Nov. 8Temple Nov. 15at Illinois Nov. 22Michigan St. Nov. 29

Game Night

By Jim CarlsonThe Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE — Physically, Penn State tail-back Akeel Lynch isn’t on the field frequently. Men-tally, he doesn’t miss a snap.

The redshirt sophomore is third in line in a three-back Nittany Lion rotation and, even though he stays active on special teams, his focus is on every offensive play.

“I think my mindset is just to conduct myself like a starter, no matter the situation I’m placed in,” Lynch said. “That’s kind of the mindset I’ve been taught coming into college, because no matter what, there’s always someone try-ing to take your job.”

Job sharing is what’s in store for Lynch and run-ning mates Bill Belton and Zach Zwinak for the fore-

seeable future.Lynch ran for 81 yards

on eight carries and scored a touchdown against Mas-sachusetts. That included a careerlong 46-yard run and a 15-yard carry that resulted in his first touch-down of the season. He has 131 yards on just 17 carries for a hefty per-carry aver-age of 7.7 yards.

But Penn State coach James Franklin made it clear this week that the runner with the hottest hand will be the one doing the most with his feet.

“It’s being mentally tuned in,” Lynch said. “Keep tuned in to the game and always be ready when your name’s called. I re-ally believe that when your time comes, your time will come.

“I can’t worry about the things I can’t control. I just control what I can control

and that is my attitude and my effort, so when my name is called I have to be ready for it.”

Zwinak netted 1,989 yards the past two seasons but has just 97 on 33 carries thus far. Belton, the team’s rushing leader, has 164 on 41.

Lynch, a sophomore, has soaked up knowledge and information from those two seniors, so much that Franklin thinks Lynch’s style mirrors them both.

“He has Bill’s speed and some of his elusiveness and quickness,” Franklin said. “He has almost Zach’s size and is able to run with power. He brings a little of both of those guys to-gether.”

Penn State, 4-0 and set to host Northwestern (1-2) on Saturday, is coming off its best rushing performance of the season against.

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Lynch waiting his turn

By Chris nagyFor The Daily Item

BLOOMSBURG — The Bloomsburg University Huskies moved up to No. 13 in the latest AFCA poll and the Huskies are hoping the number isn’t unlucky for them.

Bloomsburg (3-0) hosts Shippensburg (2-1) Satur-day in a PSAC-East show-down.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. from Danny Hale Field at Redman Stadium.

The Huskies come into the game riding a very solid defensive unit that has set the tone in the first four games.

“I expected our defense to be strong,” said Blooms-burg University head coach Paul Darragh.

Strong is not a strong enough word for the way the Huskies have played on the defensive side of the ball this season. The Hus-kies are allowing just 117 yards on the ground and are getting off the field as op-ponents are converting just 30 percent of its third-down conversions.

But more impressive is the way the Huskies are get-ting the ball back.

Bloomsburg has forced 15 turnovers this season, in-cluding six in the win over Mercyhurst last week, and is ranked second in all NCAA divisions in that statistic.

Linebacker Justin Shirk leads the team in tackles, tackles for loss and sacks. Shawn Mitchell has recov-ered three fumbles and has an interception.

The Huskies defense will need to be on top of its game as the Shippensburg offense comes into the game rack-ing up a lot of yards — and then some.

The Red Raiders are aver-aging 570 yards a game and almost seven yards per play. And it has been a balanced attack with 337 through the air and 233 on the ground.

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When: 2 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Redman StadiumLast meeting: Shippensburg won, 38-14, in 2013Radio: WHLM-AM 930 noon p.m.

SHIPPENSBURG RAIDERS (2-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr60 B. Robinson 6-2 275 LT Jr.72 Tim Latham 6-3 290 LG Sr.76 T.J. Smink, Jr. 5-11 275 C So.78 Hayden Rigo 6-5 280 RG So.57 Doug Randall 6-1 295 RT Sr.81 Alex Kuljian 6-4 245 TE Sr.87 Trevor Harman 6-3 205 WR Sr. 1 Sheldon Mayer 5-7 170 WR Jr.22 Blair Brooks 5-9 185 RB Sr.85 Daniel Wheeler 6-2 260 FB So.17 Chris Lawshe 6-4 225 QB Jr.18 Michael Lloyd 6-0 170 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr91 Kurt Walker 6-3 240 DE Jr.92 A. Rosenberry 6-2 285 DT Fr.54 Joe Dolan 6-1 255 DT So.50 Sean Sadosky 6-2 255 DE Sr.38 Brian Sourber 6-2 210 SLB Sr.45 Cortlin Dell 6-0 230 MLB Jr.41 James Brennan 6-1 205 WLB Sr.24 Kevin Taylor 5-9 195 CB Fr.26 D.J. Burkey 5-11 200 FS So.13 Will Hudson 5-10 190 SS Fr. 3 Phil Boyd 5-9 175 CB Jr.18 Michael Lloyd 6-0 170 P Sr.

BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (3-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr50 Dakota Hoagland 6-4 300 LT Jr.62 C. 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 Saturdayat Cheyney Oct. 4Millersville Oct. 11at Kutztown Oct. 18West Chester Oct. 25East Stroudsburg Nov. 1at Lock Haven Nov. 8at Seton Hill Nov. 15

CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK

East Juniata 6 0 29 12—47Opponents 42 61 41 11—155statistics EJHS OPPFirst downs 32 69Rushes-net yards 128-455 168-1,154Passing yardage 355 491Passing 21-56-4 23-49-1Fumbles-lost 12-5 8-4Penalties-yards 23-155 34-311INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — David Sprenkle 40-264; Tyler Herbster 10-76; Austin Shellhammer 9-40; Andrew Zerby 11-47, TD; Dylan Henderson 2-6; Mason Hambright 15-7; Bishop Regester 2-3; Chris Schulgen 19-41, TD; Logan Pursley 6-0; Reed Bruner 10-(-20), TD; John Moyer 1-(-4); Anthony Minium 1-(-11).PASSING — Schlugen 12-32-1 for 236 yards, 3 TDs; Reed Bruner 8-21-3 for 112 yards, TD; Tim Snook 1-1-0 for 3 yards.RECEIVING— Andrew Karschner 8-92, TD; Andrew Zerby 6-145, TD; Austin Shellhammer 5-171, 2 TDs; Bailey Hetrick 1-7; Mason Hambright 1-3; Tyler Herbster 1-1; Logan Pursley 1-3.SCORING — Andrew Zerby 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Austin Shellhamer 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Reed Bruner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Andrew Karschner 1 receving TD, 6 points; Chris Schulgen 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Mason Hambright 1 2-point run, 2 points; Micah Treaster 1 PAT, 1 point.

HALIFAX(0-4)INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Eric Johnston 42-308, 2 TDs; Jake Paul 21-119, TD; Cade Wilbert 9-57; Eric McBruney 2-39, TD; Alex Berzowski 8-11; Mason Erdman 3-(-2); Bailey Woods 9-(-11).PASSING — Mason Erdman 8-30-5 for 157 yards; Berzowski 1-7-2 for 12 yards; Paul 0-1-1.RECEIVING — Jarrett Hoy 8-110; Eric Johnston 6-64; Jake Paul 5-84; McBurney 2-5; Woods 2-36; Micah Sheaffer 1-6. SCORING — Eric Johnston 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Jake Paul 1 rushing TD, 6 points; McBurney 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Sam Hoon 2 PATs, 2 points.

LEWISBURG(2-2)Lewisburg 27 16 21 31—95Opponents 7 29 21 19—76statistics LHS OPPFirst downs 44 60Rushes-net yards 128-433 173-893Passing yardage 487 373Passing 42-77-2 30-70-6Fumbles-lost 6-3 7-5Penalties-yards 17-157 27-121INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Logan Aikey 46-191, 2 TDs; Drew Newcomb 45-170, 3 TDs; Trent Gower 25-75; A.J. Ramirez 9-28, TD; Brian Anderson 1-4; Trey Delbaugh 1-(-1); team 1-(-1).PASSING — Trent Gower 42-77-2 for 487 yards, 5 TDs.RECEIVING — Noah Inch 16-211, 2 TDs; Matt Fedorjaka 13-130, 2 TDs; Drew Newcomb 6-19, TD; Logan Aikey 3-31; Jason Bonner 2-61; James Richards 1-23; A.J. Ramirez 1-5.SCORING — Drew Newcomb 3 rushing TDs, 1 receiv-ing TD 1 interception return TD, 30 points; Matt Fedjorjaka 2 receiving TDs, 1 interception return TD, 18 points; Noah Inch 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Logan Aikey 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Max Reed 2 FGs, 10 PATs, 16 points; A.J. Ramirez 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Nate Liscum 1 PAT, 1 point.

LINEMOUNTAIN(1-2)Line Mountain 21 23 15 6—58Opponent 13 50 13 21—87statistics LMHS OPPFirst downs 49 45Rushes-net yards 131-519 161-631Passing yardage 470 362Passing 40-80-6 22-48-3Fumbles-lost 9-7 10-6Penalties-yards 15-121 24-202INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Ryan Reed 43-275, 4 TDs; Hunter Hojnacki 42-164; Kenny Boyer 30-80, 1 TD; Kyle

Rebuck 3-12; Gary Laudenslager 4-11; Craig Reichard 2-21; Kurt Mace 1-(-4); team 4-(-41).PASSING— Ryan Reed 39-79-6 for 464 yards, 2 TDs; Reichard 1-1-0 for 6 yards.RECEIVING — Logan Snyder 11-115; Justin Michael 9-103, TD; Kenny Boyer 9-103, 1 TD; Zach Bobb 8-106; Colton Gaw 1-41; Hojnacki 1-14; Brendan Ryan 1-4.SCORING — Ryan Reed 4 rushing TDs, 24 points; Kenny Boyer 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Zach Bobb 1 interception return TD; Justin Michael 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Brett Osman 1 FG, 5 PATs, 8 points; Hunter Hojnacki 1 2-point catch, 2 points.

MIFFLINBURG(1-3)Mifflinburg 12 28 19 42—101Opponents 35 28 45 14—122statistics Miff OppFirst downs 64 63Rushes-net yards 115-626 178-1,050Passing yardage 790 424Passing 53-102-4 25-38-2Fumbles-lost 7-3 5-2Penalties-yards 23-197 20-164INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Brayden Pierce 34-249; Eric Stroup 29-161, TD; Tyler Stoltzfus 11-89, TD; Owen Walter 7-47; Brett Luhrman 13-63; Tristan Martin 3-34, TD; Ryan Oliver 2-3; Kyle Gessner 1-3; James Zach 1-1, TD; Jordan Wager 14-(-24), 2 TDs. PASSING — Jordan Wagner 52-101-4 for 743 yards, 7 TDs; Eric Stroup 1-1-0 for 47 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Tristan Martin 20-292, 3 TDs; Brett Luhrman 15-170, TD; Brian Zimmerman 13-327, 4 TDs; Stroup 2-8; Brad Sauers 1-10; Stoltzfus 1-9; James Zack 1-1.SCORING — Tristan Martin 3 receiving TDs, 1 rushing TD, 24 points; Brian Zimmerman 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; James Zack 1 rushing TD, 1 fumble return TD, 12 points; Jordan Wagner 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Eric Stroup 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tyler Stolzfus 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Brett Luhrman 1 receiving TD, 7 PATS, 13 points.

MILLERSBURG(2-2)Millersburg 27 44 17 21—109Opponents 27 16 6 18—67statistics MiLL OppFirst downs 47 52Rushes-net yards 137-271 128-538Passing yardage 542 463Passing 32-62-3 28-66-7Fumbles-lost 6-3 10-5Penalties-yards 22-171 36-317 INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Conner Keim 37-140, 2 TDs; Cole Shomper 20-46; Christian Wingard 49-51, 4 TDs Austin Lehman 18-47; Tyler Hesen 2-(-7); Matthew Koppenhaver 2-6; Ethan Shetterly 2-3; Spencer Erdman 1-(-1); team 2-(-4).PASSING — Christian Wingard 32-62-3 for 542 yards, 6 TDs.RECEIVING — Cole Shomper 10-205; Tyler Hesen 9-144, TD; Ethan Troutman 6-110, 3 TDs; Austin Lehman 5-63, TD; Robbie Burger 2-7, TD.SCORING — Christian Wingard 4 rushing TDs, 13 PATs, 2 FGs, 42 points; Ethan Troutman 3 receiving TDs, 18 points; Conner Keim 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Robbie Burger 1 receiving TD, 1 interception return TD, 12 points; Austin Hoke, 1 fumble return TD, 6 points; Tyler Hesen 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Austin Lehman 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Lukas Cassel 1 fumble return TD, 6 points.

MILTON(1-3)Milton 0 27 13 12—52Opponent 40 28 29 52—149statistics Milt OppFirst downs 54 59Rushes-net yards 192-909 137-856Passing yardage 117 434Passing 10-32-3 32-63-1Fumbles-lost 8-5 5-2Penalties-yards 18-140 22-163INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Brandon Stokes 58-418, 3 TDs; Jovan Garrison 55-277, 3 TDs; Zack Bennett 47-229; Raff Rodriguez 14-61, TD; Logan Bennett 1-(-4); Mason Witmyer 1-4; Hunter Snyder 12-(-61).PASSING — Hunter Snyder 10-31-3 for 117 yards, TD; Stokes 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Logan Bennett 3-31; Jovan Garrison

3-17; Lance Fogelman 2-48, TD; Zack Bennett 1-8; Brandon Stokes 1-15; .SCORING — Brandon Stokes 3 rush TDs, 1 2-point catch, 1 PAT, 21 points; Jovan Garrison 3 rushing TD, 18 points; Lance Fogelman 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Raff Rodriguez, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Chase Geiger, 1 PAT, point.

MOUNTCARMEL(3-1)Mount Carmel 33 28 27 29—121Opponents 42 14 14 48—125statistics MCHS OPPFirst downs 73 57Rushes-net yards 158-1,051 136-951Passing yardage 432 490Passing 29-58-4 24-48-2Fumbles-lost 6-3 10-6Penalties-yards 34-267 25-233INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Blake Panko 73-414, 6 TDs; Kyle Karycki 31-399, 3 TDs; Dominic Farronato 17-100, TD; Allen Yankowskie 6-59; Lane Tanney 9-38; Manus McCracken 6-6; Wesley Surock 6-28, TD; Christian Kelley 4-17; Tom McDonald 1-3; Treyvon White 2-6; team 1-(-16).PASSING — Dominic Farronato 14-34-2 for 205 yards, 2 TDs; Tom McDonald 2-4-1 for 41 yards; Wesley Surock 1-3-0 for 3 yards.RECEIVING — Treyvon White 10-155, 3 TDs; Christian Kelley 7-132, TD; Karyicki 2-3; Blake Panko 2-9; Michael Cuff 1-38; Juwan Sullins 1-42, TD; Tyler Thompson 1-15; Lane Tanney 1-3.SCORING — Blake Panko 6 rushing TDs, 1 kickoff return TD, 42 points; Kyle Karycki 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Treyvon White 3 receiving TDs, 18 points; Juwan Sullins 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Dominic Farronato 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Christian Kelley 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Wesley Surock 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tom Belski 2 FGs, 9 PATs, 15 points.

SELINSGROVE(4-0)Selinsgrove 42 41 59 49—181Opponent 12 0 0 7—19statistics Sel OPPFirst downs 64 36Rushes-net yards 152-1,201 120-291Passing yardage 411 396Passing 27-47-1 34-73-6Fumbles-lost 4-3 10-4Penalties-yards 46-452 23-211INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Juvon Batts 59-608, 7 TDs; Zach Adams 41-251, 6 TDs; Garrett Campbell 9-75, TD; Logan Leiby 12-77; Justin Schooley 6-64, TD; Joe Radel 5-29; David Klinger 8-40, TD; Isaiah Rapp 6-35; Austin Burkholder 4-8, TD; Cole Schenck 3-38; Angelo Martin 1-(-6); team 1-(-1).PASSING — Rapp 14-30-0 for 241 yards, 4 TDs; Logan Leiby 13-17-1 for 170 yards, 2 TDs.RECEIVING — Zach Adams 10-173, 3 TDs; Colin Hoke 4-93, TD; Dylan Beaver 4-68, TD; Angel Figueroa 2-13; Angelo Martin 2-15; Schenck 2-13; Hunter George 1-24; Joe radel 1-8; Angelo Martin 1-7 Nic Swineford 1-4.SCORING — Zach Adams 6 rushing TDs, 3 receiving TDs, 54 points; Juvon Batts 7 rushing TDs, 2 kickoff return TDs, 54 points; Colin Hoke 2 receiving TD, 12 points; Dylan Beaver 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Logan Leiby 1 rushing TD, 6 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; Joe Radel 11 PATs, 11 points; 2 team safety, 4 points; Nic Swineford 10 PATs, 10 points.

SHAMOKIN(2-2)Shamokin 14 27 6 14—61Opponent 20 26 43 24—113statistics Sham OPPFirst downs 44 61Rushes-net yards 154-547 130-878Passing yardage 323 477Passing 25-63-5 39-72-1Fumbles-lost 10-7 6-1Penalties-yards 34-339 31-270INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Tucker Yost 41-309, 3 TDs; John Demsko 58-106, 2 TDs; Devin Peitkieicz 12-43, TD; Elijah Kelley 4-8; Preston Burns 16-53; Thomas Campbell 1-19; Collin Hoover 1-4; Dillon DeCample 1-(-5).PASSING — Yost 28-60-4 for 306 yards, 2 TDs; Nate

Surock 1-3-0 for 17 yards.RECEIVING — Tom Campbell 10-124, TD; Logan Mirolli 7-122, TD; John Demsko 5-35; Preston Burns 4-18; DeCample 1-17; Pietkiewicz 1-6.SCORING — Tucker Yost 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; John Demsko 2 rushing TDs, 22 points; Logan Mirolli 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Tom Campbell 1 receiv-ing TD, 6 points; Devin Pietkiewicz 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Elijah Kelley 1 fumble return TD, 6 points; Alek Washuta 7 PATs, 7 points.

SHIKELLAMY(2-2)Shikellamy 7 13 21 21—62Opponents 13 24 21 31—89statistics Shik OPPFirst downs 55 59Rushes-net yards 149-503 161-650Passing yardage 680 542Passing 48-89-0 47-93-2Fumbles-lost 8-8 9-6Penalties-yards 27-258 37-350INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Brett McCreary 72-287, 3 TDs; Shawn Turber 19-107, TD; Matt Splitt 15-50; Christian Schelgel 24-30, TD; Quaneer Ford 6-21; Chris Tasker 2-13; Brandon Kashuba 1-3; Gabe Tilford 3-4; Lemier Mitchell 2-1; Tate Krankoskie 1-(-5).PASSING — Christian Schlegel 44-82-0 for 581 yards, 2 TDs; Krankoskie 3-5-0 for 85 yards, TD; Turber 1-1-0 for 14 yards, TD; Matt Splitt 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Matt Splitt 13-151, TD; Nick Dunn 11-146, TD; Shawn Turber 8-112, TD; John Schaeffer 7-150, TD; McCreary 4-28; Gabe Tilford 1-19; Owen Long 1-13; Trey Cunningham 1-13; Ethan Oakes 1-12; Tucker Ruch 1-36.SCORING — Brett McCreary 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Shawn Turber 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, 12 points; Christian Schlegel 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Matt Splitt 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Nick Dunn 1 receiving TD, 6 points; John Schaeffer 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Seth Burk 8 PATs, 8 points.

SOUTHERNCOLUMBIA(4-0)Southern Columbia 33 71 62 19—185Opponents 7 0 0 21-28statistics SCHS OppFirst downs 82 34Rushes-net yards 142-1,361 116-316Passing yardage 466 395Passing 29-51-2 36-73-5Fumbles-lost 4-0 9-6Penalties-yards 14-161 14-156INDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Hunter Thomas 24-336, 3 TDs; Matt Jeremiah 40-317, 7 TDs; Blake Marks 15-137, 5 TDs; Brad Noll 12-139, 2 TDs; Billy Marzeski 3-101, TD; Nick Becker 11-78, 3 TDs; Jared Torres 11-76; Jacob Potter 10-79, 2 TDs; Sami Abdul 4-0, TD; Justin Derk 4-10; Nick Fetterman 4-12; Dylan Kranzel 3-17.PASSING — Nick Becker 28-50-2 for 465 yards, 4 TDs; Justin Derk 1-1-0 for 1 yard.RECEIVING — Blake Marks 7-163, TD; Cam Young 6-82; Hunter Thomas 5-92, TD; Mike Klebon 4-38; Steve Toczylousky 3-44, TD; Luke Rarig 1-12, TD; Matt Jeremiah 1-4; Jacob Ryan 1-30; Sami Adbul 1-1.SCORING — Matt Jeremiah 7 rushing TDs, 42 points; Blake Marks 5 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 36 points; Hunter Thomas 3 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 24 points; Nick Becker 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Steve Toczylousky 1 receiving TD, 1 punt return TD, 12 points; Jacob Potter 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Brad Noll 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Luke Rarig 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Hunter Thomas 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Sami Abdul 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Billy Marzeski, 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tyler Keiser 16 PATs, 16 points; Chase Tillett 1 2-point catch, 2 points.

UPPERDAUPHIN(2-2)Upper Dauphin 3 21 25 21—70Opponent 20 42 22 7—91statisticsINDIVIDUALSTATISTICSRUSHING — Cameron Fornwald 55-322, 3 TDs; Cole Reed 42-234, 3 TDs; Aaron Cleveland 23-82; Drake Lenker 13-45; Coy Rickert 1-1, TD; Tanner Miller 2-11; Alex Uhler 1-(-3). PASSING — Aaron Cleveland 10-34-3 for 152 yards, 2 TDs.; Drake Lenker 1-4-0 for 5 yards.RECEIVING — Tanner Miller 4-91, 2 TDs; Ethan

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Schell 2-16; Lenker 1-12; Cleveland 1-12; Fornwald 2-7; Reed 1-5.SCORING — Cole Reed 3 rushing TDs, 2 2-point runs, 22 points; Cam Fornwald 3 rush TDs, 18 points; Alex Uhler 1 kickoff return TD, 1 FG 9 points; Tanner Miller 2 receiving TDs, 3 PATs, 15 points; .

WARRIOR RUN (2-2)Warrior Run 23 27 12 13—75Opponent 13 14 20 40—86statistics WRHS OppFirst downs 52 56Rushes-net yards 134-495 163-1,021Passing yardage 493 140Passing 39-70-3 16-44-7Fumbles-lost 6-4 6-1Penalties-yards 25-247 23-205INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — William Michael 55-284, 2 TDs; Sean Morehart 52-229, 2 TDs; Tyler Brown 4-29; Dante Morris 3-(-9); Frank James 16-(-79), 1 TD; Tyler Kling 1-0; team 2-(-2).PASSING — Frank James 39-69-3 for 493 yards, 5 TDs; Gage Anzulavich 0-1-0 for 0 yards.RECEIVING — Sean Morehart 8-129, TD; Matt Truckenmiller 8-136, TD; Jake Rohm 8-64, TD; Wyatt Kirkendall 7-88, TD; William Michael 4-47, TD; Teddy Bender 3-17.SCORING — 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, 7 PATs, 13 points; Matt Truckenmiller 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Wyatt Kirkendall 1 receiving TDs, 6 points; Jake Rohm, 1 receiving TD, 6 points; team safety, 2 points.

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Warrior Run’s Shawn Morehart runs into a Wyalusing player during a game earlier this season.

By Pete IacobelliThe Associated Press

CLEMSON, S.C. — Everyone around the ACC was talking this summer about the conference’s rising national profile.

With good reason: The Atlan-tic Coast Conference boasts the defending national champion, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and many felt there were several power programs ready to join the chase for college football’s new four-team playoff.

Usually two out three isn’t bad — but for the ACC, it’s ugly.

A month into the season, the ACC has just one team in the top 25 and disappointments galore.

Clemson is 1-2 for the first time in 10 years. Virginia Tech, at 2-2, followed up a major victory at Ohio State with two home losses in consecutive weeks, something that last happened in 1995. ACC newcomer Louisville opened strongly by beating Miami, then

found its first conference road game more difficult in falling at Virginia.

The school with the most ACC victories is East Carolina. The No. 23 Pirates out of the lightly regarded American Athletic Conference program has stung the Hokies and throttled North Carolina — beating the Tar Heels by an eye-popping 70-41 score.

“We’re in uncharted territory right now,” Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris said.

Top-ranked Florida State has kept up its end — barely.

Oklahoma State took the Seminoles to the end before losing 37-31. Then Florida State needed overtime to dispatch Clemson 23-17 with Heisman winning quar-terback Jameis Winston serving a 1-game suspension.

It will be difficult for any ACC team other than the Seminoles to make a significant national impact, said former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden, now a TV

analyst.“Maybe top 15, but probably not

top 10,” Bowden said of how high an ACC team could rise in the Top 25.

This wasn’t how things were supposed to go, especially with the ACC’s re-emergence onto the football scene last fall. By mid-season 2013, the league had three schools in the top 10 and the game of the year between No. 5 Florida State and No. 3 Clemson that had all eyes on the league.

The good feelings continued into the postseason with Clem-son’s defeating Ohio State in the Orange Bowl before the Semi-noles captured the national crown, breaking the Southeastern Con-ference stranglehold on the title.

“The ACC had lots of good things going for it heading to this year,” ESPN analyst and former Georgia defensive lineman David Pollack said.

So far, that hasn’t shown out on the field.

Last week, the league fell hard in a head-to-head matchup against this season’s poster child for strug-gling football conferences, going 0-3 vs. Big Ten schools includ-ing a 34-20 loss by Syracuse to Maryland which left the ACC this season. That result had to tweak several ACC supporters given Terps coach Randy Edsall’s sting-ing words this summer at a fan gathering: “I’m not in a basketball conference anymore.”

“You see the scores and then you just kind of ...,” Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst said. “You need to live in a bubble.”

Check most ACC team sched-ules and you’ll find a head-scratcher among their results this season.

Only a game before Boston College’s headline-grabbing vic-tory over No. 9 Southern Cal, the Eagles lost their ACC opener at home to Pitt.

Pittsburgh’s perfect start was spoiled with a 24-20 loss to Iowa.

Things aren’t as bright as ACC had hoped

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