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Loyalsock (2-0) at Danville (2-0) (Friday)

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Warrior Run

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Wyalusing

Danville

Wyalusing

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Warrior Run

Danville

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Warrior Run

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Wyalusing

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Wyalusing

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Wyalusing

Loyalsock

Warrior Run

Loyalsock

Warrior Run

Warrior Run (1-1) at Wyalusing (2-0) (Friday)

Nanticoke (1-1) at East Juniata (1-1) (Friday)

Nanticoke

Line Mtn.

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Millersburg

Nanticoke

Millersburg

Nanticoke

Millersburg

E. Juniata

Millersburg

Nanticoke

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Nanticoke

Millersburg

Nanticoke

Millersburg

Nanticoke

Millersburg

Nanticoke

Line Mtn.

Nanticoke

Line Mtn.

Line Mtn. (0-2) at Millersburg (0-2) (Friday)

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Montoursville (1-1) at Mifflinburg (0-2) (Friday)

Shikellamy (0-2) at Selinsgrove (2-0) (Friday)

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Southern

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Southern Col. (2-0) at Shamokin (1-1) (Friday)

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Lewisburg (2-0) at Mount Carmel (0-2) (Friday)

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Silver BowlLast meeting: Mount Carmel won, 34-13, in 2014Radio: The Valley 100.9 FM, 6:30 p.m.; 99.7 FM; 92.3 FMInternet: blackdiamondsports.net

LEWISBURG GREEN DRAGONS (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 WR Sr.74 Dee Gose 6-1 250 LT Jr.62 Riley Shaw 5-7 160 LG Jr.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 C So.55 Blake Benfer 5-10 215 RG So.56 Andrew Durfee 6-2 205 RT Sr.25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 TE Jr. 8 Trent Gower 5-10 155 QB Sr.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 RB Sr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 RB Sr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 WR Sr.14 Nate Liscum 5-9 155 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 Aaron Veloz 5-8 192 DE Jr.55 Blake Benfer 5-10 215 DT So.65 Cody Palmer 6-2 253 DT Sr.62 Riley Shaw 5-7 160 DE Jr.32 Spencer Barlett 5-9 175 OLB Sr.52 Andrew Shedleski 5-10 175 ILB So.44 Trey Delbaugh 5-9 175 ILB Jr. 2 Dominic Farronato 6-1 205 OLB Sr.21 Matt Fedorjaka 6-2 165 CB Sr. 1 Dylan Farronato 6-1 155 S Fr.26 Noah Inch 5-11 150 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Shikellamy W, 38-14Montoursville W, 31-21at Mount Carmel Fridayat Milton Sept. 25Central Mountain Oct. 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Danville Oct. 16Southern Col. Oct. 22Warrior Run Oct. 30at Mifflinburg Nov. 6

MOUNT CARMEL RED TORNADOES (0-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr27 John Ayers 5-10 175 QB Fr.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 RB Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 FB Sr.21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 WR Jr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 WR So.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 TE Sr.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 OL Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 OL Sr.75 Billy Anderson 6-0 235 OL Fr.77 Thomas Pastchu 6-2 70 OL Jr.70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 OL So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr70 Brendan Boris 6-3 210 DE So.66 Ethan Batros 6-0 240 DT Sr.67 Dylan Fiamoncini 6-0 230 DT Sr.13 Mason Duran 6-3 225 De Sr.44 Allen Yancoskie 6-0 200 FB Sr.47 Manus McCracken 5- 185 LB Sr.32 Michael Cuff 5-9 165 CB So.27 John Ayers 5-10 175 S Fr.1 Kyle Karycki 5-11 218 S Sr.21 Lane Tanney 5-7 135 S Jr.2 Michael Bergamo 6-3 165 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Loyalsock L, 34-7at Selinsgrove L, 14-7Lewisburg Fridayat Central Mountain Sept. 25Danville Oct. 2at Southern Columbia Oct. 9North Schuykill Oct. 16at Warrior Run Oct. 23Central Columbia Oct. 30Shamokin Nov. 6

By Chris NagyThe Daily Item

MOUNT CARMEL — This is a script Lewisburg has seen one too many times.

Actually they saw it last year.

The Green Dragons (2-0) have historically tripped up against Mount Carmel com-ing off big wins and, just like last year, Lewisburg is com-ing off a big win over Mon-toursville.

“You look back at last year and we come off the big win against Montours-ville,” said Lewisburg coach Michael Ferriero. “And then we couldn’t tackle and we committed six turnovers.

“We are looking at all that from last year.”

The Green Dragons visit the Red Tornadoes (0-2) at the Silver Bowl on Friday.

“We are challenging the defense to be ready and to tackle this year,” said Fer-riero. “And we are challeng-ing the offensive line to go out there and compete.

“Especially after what the Mount Carmel line did last week against Selinsgrove.”

Mount Carmel did a great job controlling the line of scrimmage last week against the Seals in a close 14-7 loss. The Red Tornadoes ran for 165 yards and held the Seals just to 99. But where the Red Tornadoes were hurt was in the air, as Selinsgrove passed for 177.

And that might just play into Lewisburg’s hands.

Lewisburg’s Trent Gower has thrown for 446 yards and seven touchdowns in the first two games of the season.

“Trent has played tre-mendously,” said Ferriero. “He has looked comfortable and has been making all the right reads.

“We just need to be able to get the ball in our ath-letes’ hand.”

And he has been able to do that.

Noah Inch has 11 catches for 277 yards, while Dylan Farronato and Matt Fedor-jaka have also been danger-ous,

“I am very happy with the way the offense has played,” said Ferriero. “They have done a great job of dealing with adversity and putting up points.”

The game will also be a homecoming of sorts for Dylan and his brother Dominic, who was the start-ing quarterback last year at Mount Carmel. The two Farronatos transferred to Lewisburg this summer.

With Dominic gone, Mount Carmel needed to

revamp the offense under first-year head coach John Darrah, and the Red Torna-does did just that.

The Red Tornadoes use a shotgun-wing style of attack that not a lot of teams have seen, and it’s hard to pre-pare for.

“We are going to do the

best we can to be ready for that offense,” said Ferriero. “We are just going to work all week on our game plan and be ready for them.”

Freshman quarterback John Ayers has rushed for 130 yards and thrown for 106. Senior tailback Kyle Karycki has rushed for 170 yards.

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Lewisburg’s Dylan Farronato reaches for a bobbled ball during last week’s game against Montoursville.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Wildcats StadiumLast meeting: Montoursville won, 48-41, in the 2014 regular seasonRadio: WGRC-FM, 91.3, 91.9, 107.7, 6:45 p.m.

MONTOURSVILLE WARRIORS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Cole Karschner 6-4 175 SE Sr.61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 LT Sr.67 Bryce Berresford 6-0 240 LG Sr.62 Dalton Tubbs 6-0 215 C So.79 Caleb Frantz 6-0 230 RG Sr.74 Logan Vargo 6-2 220 RT Sr.47 Mitchell Rothrock 6-1 200 TE Jr.11 Brycen Mussina 6-4 180 QB Jr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 FB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 HB Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 SE Jr. 9 Ethan Lazorka 5-9 140 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr61 Holden Lodge 6-0 220 DE Sr.44 Ben Cerney 6-0 245 DT Sr.78 Jacob Bogenrief 6-3 260 DT Sr.54 Colby Probst 5-11 220 DE Sr.19 Tommy Shea 5-11 170 OLB Jr.45 Logan McKeag 5-9 175 ILB Sr.24 Aiden Plants 5-8 190 OLB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-9 160 CB Sr. 5 Jacob Strassner 5-11 165 FS Sr.30 Nolan Ott 5-11 170 SS Jr,12 Riley Conboy 5-10 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultSouth Williamsport W, 41-14at Lewisburg L, 31-21at Mifflinburg FridayJersey Shore Sept. 25at Shikellamy Oct 2Milton Oct. 9Selinsgrove Oct. 16at Shamokin Oct. 23Hughesville Oct. 30at Loyalsock Nov. 6

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

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

MIFFLINBURG — On Friday night, in the Heart-land Athletic Conference Division I opener for both teams, Montoursville and Mifflinburg will be looking to bounce back from tough losses.

The Warriors were in a slugfest with Lewisburg for three quarters until some killer mistakes cost them in a 31-21 loss.

Mifflinburg moved the ball against Danville last week, but was hampered by seven interceptions as all of the Ironmen’s 20 points came on three defensive touchdowns.

Obviously, the big ques-tion for Friday night’s game is who bounces back quicker?

Montoursville relied on its big offensive line to go toe-to-toe with Lewisburg, rushing for 281 yards on 44 carries. But leading in the fourth quarter, the Warriors stopped the Green Dragons on a three-and-out.

However, a roughing-the-punter penalty gave Lewis-burg a first down and — two plays later — Montoursville left Lewisburg receiver Noah Inch uncovered for the go-ahead touchdown.

“We talked a lot more about the positives than the negatives,” Montours-ville coach J.C. Keefer said. “We did a lot of things well (against Lewisburg), we just

can’t continue to make re-ally bad mistakes.”

If the Warriors play mis-take-free football, they will certainly be tough to beat the rest of the reason.

It all starts with their running game, with senior tailback Keith Batkowski and his big offensive line. Batkowski averages seven yards per carry and has 309 yards and two touchdowns this season. If a team con-centrate on Batkowski, first-year fullback Ben Cerney has proven to be a load at 5-foot-11, 240 pounds. Cer-

ney is averaging 6.5 yards per carry and has scored two touchdowns this season.

The passing game has not reached the levels it did last season for Montoursville, at least not yet. After throw-ing for over 2,000 yards last year, junior Brycen Mussina has struggled a bit in the first two games of the season with a 40 percent completion per-centage and two touchdowns and two interceptions.

It’s been a trying first two weeks for the Wildcats, who had their opportunities against Southern Colum-

bia in the first week, then just couldn’t stop throwing the ball to Danville in last week’s loss.

Mifflinburg has two of the top receivers in the area in Tristan Martin (12 catches) and Brian Zimmerman (11 catches); furthermore, full-back Brayden Pierce had over 100 yards against the Tigers in the opening week.

It’s just a matter of cut-ting down on the mistakes. If both teams can get things corrected, Friday night’s game could resemble last year’s 48-41 thriller.

Teams hope to learn from mistakesn monTourSville aT mifflinBurg

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Mifflinburg’s James Zack fights for yardage against Danville’s Peyton Riley in last week’s game.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Harold L. Bolig Memorial FieldLast meeting: Selinsgrove won, 31-17, in 2014 District 4 Class AAA semifinalInternet/Radio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m.; WKOK 1070-AM, 6:30 p.m.SHIKELLAMY BRAVES (0-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Trey Cunningham 6-2 195 WR Jr. or21 Hunter Dodge 5-9 135 WR So.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 RT So.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 RG Jr.76 Jeremy Bacon 5-9 255 C Sr.74 Bryce Snyder 6-3 220 RG Jr.75 Jacob Stine 6-7 255 RT Jr.83 Owen Long 6-0 220 TE Sr.10 Christian Schlegel 6-3 210 QB Sr.35 Kobe Swanger 6-0 205 FB Sr. 6 Pierson White 5-11 170 HB Jr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 HB Sr.23 Dylan Snyder 5-11 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr34 David Munoz 6-0 220 DE Fr.78 Derek Bussey 6-3 240 DT Jr.79 Harrison Rees 6-1 250 DT So.59 Dylan Harry 6-2 230 DE Jr.3 Owen Long 6-0 220 OLB Sr.2 Josh Krieger 6-1 185 ILB So.36 Ethan Oakes 5-10 200 ILB Sr.24 Gabe Tilford 5-11 175 OLB So. 5 Chris Tasker 6-1 175 CB Jr. 7 Shawn Turber 6-0 185 S Sr.12 Tate Krankoskie 6-1 170 CB-P So.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLewisburg L, 38-14at Jersey Shore L, 42-28at Selinsgrove FridayMifflinburg Sept. 25Montoursville Oct 2at Central Columbia Oct. 9Shamokin Oct. 16Loyalsock Oct. 23at Danville Oct. 30at Milton Nov. 6SELINSGROVE SEALS (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 185 WR Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 LT Sr.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 LG Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 C Sr.72 Ryan Hoke 5-11 205 RG Sr.66 Matt Bingaman 5-9 221 RT Sr.22 Joey Radel 5-11 180 TE Sr.18 Logan Leiby 6-0 180 QB So. 9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 FB Sr. 3 Angelo Martin 5-10 175 HB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 WR Sr.22 Joey Radel 5-11 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr53 Dylan Fogarty 5-5 237 DT Sr.61 Chris Perieira-Muniz 5-11 213 NG Sr.68 Jacob Strickler 6-3 246 DT Sr.9 Ethan Trautman 5-11 185 OLB Sr.12 Tony Dressler 6-1 200 ILB So.67 Aaron Boob 5-9 210 ILB Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 242 ILB Sr. 5 David Klinger 5-10 200 OLB Sr.11 Nick Swineford 6-0 180 CB Sr.23 Garrett Campbell 5-10 180 S Jr.26 Cole Schenck 5-11 165 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Central Columbia W, 38-7Mount Carmel W, 14-7Shikellamy Fridayat Shamokin Sept. 25at Berwick Oct. 2Mifflinburg Oct. 9at Montoursville Oct. 16 Jersey Shore Oct. 23at Milton Oct. 30Southern Columbia Nov. 6


SELINSGROVE — The old cliche is never mess with a cornered animal. And at 0-2 to start the season, the Shikellamy football team is the metaphorical cornered animal.

However, things don’t get any easier this week for the Braves, as they face un-defeated rival Selinsgrove in the annual “Rally in the Valley” on Friday night at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field.

“Their backs are defi-nitely against the wall,” Se-linsgrove coach Derek Hicks said. “That’s a good football team, they just happened to play two other good football teams to start the season.”

The Braves are coming off a loss to Jersey Shore in their Heartland Athletic Confer-ence Division I opener after blowing a 28-14 lead to the Bulldogs in the second half.

Shikellamy can point to several correctable mistakes that cost them against the Bulldogs.

“We are excited about the challenge of improving and correcting mistakes,” Shikellamy coach Todd Tilford said. “We have a lot to play for and feel we are on our way to being a good team.”

The Seals started slowly last week against Mount Carmel — even falling be-hind 7-0 in the fourth quar-ter — before rallying in the final three minutes for a 14-7 victory.

“We told them all week that despite only having 32 kids that the 11 guys that Mount Carmel put out on the field are really good,” Hicks said. “We need to pre-pare and be ready to go (on Friday night) regardless of opponent. We were a little bit flat (last week).

“It’s a rivalry game, I

don’t think emotion will be a problem.”

Selinsgrove will have to be prepared for the Braves’ Wing-T, but Hicks thinks seeing Mount Carmel last week will help with that.

“Though it wasn’t a true Wing-T offense. Mount Car-mel ran a lot of misdirection that we will have to be ready for with Shikellamy as well,” Hicks said.

Braves halfback Shawn Turber had a big game last week against Jersey Shore with three long touchdown runs (60, 52 and 71), but Hicks is also worried about the Braves’ passing game. Shikellamy senior Christian Schlegel completed less than 50 percent of his passes against Jersey Shore with two interceptions, but he seems to play well against Selinsgrove. In the two games last year, Schlegel was 34-of-62 for 431 yards and two touchdowns.

“The Seals’ defense is a challenge with all of its presnap movement and blitz schemes,” Tilford said.

Seals senior defensive tackle Jacob Strickler — who hadn’t played since his freshman season — re-turned with a vengeance in his second game as a starter. Strickler, a 6-foot-3, 255-pounder, had 14 tack-les, a sack and a fumble re-covery.

The Seals have been pretty balanced in the early going this season. Tailback Angelo Martin has run well in place of Juvon Batts, while sophomore Logan Leiby — despite two inter-ceptions in the first game — has completed 65 percent of his passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns.

“Selinsgrove’s offensive is using multiple formations,” Tilford said. “It’s important kids are prepared to line up correctly to play their as-signments.”

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Selinsgrove’s Colin Hoke scores a fourth-quarter touch-down against Mount Carmel last week.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Kemp Memorial StadiumLast meeting: Southern Columbia won, 52-14, in 2014Series: Southern Columbia leads, 8-2Radio: WBYL-FM, 95.3 FM, 6:45 p.m.SOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.76 Aaron Kroh 6-2 230 LT Sr.53 Andrew Bell 5-10 225 LG So.63 Dale Houser 5-9 225 C Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 RG Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 Rt Sr.33 Garrett Henry 6-1 185 TE Jr.9 Drew Michaels 5-8 205 QB Jr.43 Jarred Torres 5-11 230 FB Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 HB Jr.26 Hunter Thomas 5-10 185 HB Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Chase Tillet 6-0 220 DE Sr.59 Nick Freeman 6-1 270 DT Fr.71 Chris Grosch 6-2 300 DT Sr.52 Gabe Delbo 5-11 240 DE Sr. or79 Josh Yoder 6-2 250 DE Sr.23 Blake Marks 5-11 170 OLB Jr.66 Austin Knepp 5-7 210 ILB Sr.42 Matt Bell 6-1 190 ILB Sr.32 Jacob Potter 5-10 175 OLB Sr.1 Cameron Young 5-7 135 SE Jr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 195 SE Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-10 175 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMifflinburg W, 49-21at Bloomsburg W, 56-19at Shamokin FridayDanville Sept. 25Central Columbia Oct. 2Mount Carmel Oct. 9Warrior Run Oct. 16at Lewisburg Oct. 22at Central Mountain Oct. 30at Selinsgrove Nov. 6

SHAMOKIN INDIANS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 WR Sr.6 Tom Campbell 6-0 170 WR/QB Sr.79 Adam Miller 6-0 255 LT Sr.72 Derrick Dilliplane 5-9 198 LG Sr.63 Blake Zalar 6-0 260 C Fr.59 Jake Wolfe 6-0 195 RG Jr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 WR Jr.75 Trent Curcie 5-8 226 RT So.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 WR Sr.15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 QB Sr.20 Devin Pietkiewicz 5-3 136 RB So.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 RB Sr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 FB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr54 Jake Carpenter 5-8 164 NG So.66 Aaron Miller 6-0 169 DT Jr.22 Noah Mangiaruga 5-8 138 DT Jr.56 Brayson Pawelczyk 5-10 175 DT Sr.2 Dilin DeCampie 5-7 155 OLB Sr.5 David Stevens 5-9 152 OLB Jr.34 Garrett Zalar 6-1 240 MLB Sr.1 Preston Burns 5-5 180 OLB Sr.3 Mike Breslin 5-7 144 CB or15 Nate Shurock 5-10 154 CB Sr.7 Isaiah Reiprich 6-1 158 CB Sr.23 Ty Berge 5-7 163 S Sr.19 Jake DiRienzo 6-2 167 S Sr.4 Alex Kiefer 5-10 161 S Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Line Mountain W, 28-7at Central Mountain L, 24-21Southern Columbia FridaySelinsgrove Sept. 25Milton Oct. 2at Jersey Shore Oct. 9at Shikellamy Oct. 16Montoursville Oct. 23Mifflinburg Oct. 30at Mount Carmel Nov. 6

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

COAL TOWNSHIP — Physical injuries in football often linger, but what about emotional injuries?

Shamokin dealt with the latter this week as the In-dians prepared for their toughest test of the season, a Heartland Athletic Con-ference crossover game Fri-day night against Class AA power Southern Columbia.

Instead of entering this game 2-0 as it did last year, Shamokin will try to bounce back from a game that the Indians let slip away. The In-dians led at Central Moun-tain with seven seconds to go, but gave up an 80-yard touchdown return and then a roughing-the-kicker call that allowed the Wildcats a do-over on the failed PAT. The re-kick was good and Central Mountain went on to win in overtime, aided by a personal foul penalty.

“We’re just trying to go business as usual preparing for the next game,” Shamokin coach Pat DiRienzo said this week while practicing for the Tigers. “We’re still preparing the same way, but it’s harder because we’ve got to get our kids to learn how to finish.”

He added, “We have to understand game situations, when to back off. It’s just a combination of things. We’re young (nine new offensive starters) and we’re learning and we’re getting there.”

Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth said it appears that the rebuilding of the Shamokin program, which was 0-10 two seasons ago and 5-6 last year, is making progress.

“They lost a lot of kids from last year and the fact that they’ve come out and played pretty competitive football, that in itself, the way they’ve started this season, is a positive for their program

overall,” he said, noting that the Indians lost nearly every-one up front.

And up front is the biggest concern for DiRienzo.

“It’s a quality program and Southern is going to do what Southern’s going to do,” he said, noting that the Indians are preparing as if senior quarterback Nick Becker will play, even though Roth said he is at least a week away.

“We’ve gotta stop the run, No. 1, and they’re going to throw the ball, so we have to prepare for everything. Hopefully we can match up up front with them. That’s going to be the key because they are so strong up front on both sides of the ball,”

DiRienzo said. “We have to rely on quickness because we’re not going to match their size.”

The Tigers (2-0) lost Becker to a left-shoulder (non-throwing) injury in the opener and he has been capably replaced by junior Drew Michaels. Roth said Becker is tentatively set to return in two weeks versus Danville.

Roth said his team’s big-gest emphasis defensively will be stopping senior run-ning back Preston Burns.

“He is the focal point of their offense. They are us-ing him almost exclusively as their main back,” he said.

“They’re not a big down-the-field kind of throwing

team, but it seems they’ve had a little more success with a lot of the quick stuff on the perimeter,” Roth said, add-ing that slotback Devin Pi-etkiewicz has made plays for the Indians as well.

The Indians (1-1) will be decided underdogs against the No. 5-ranked (AA, by Pennsylvania Football News) Tigers but, DiRienzo noted that a few years ago Shamokin beat Southern in a season in which the Tigers won the Class A state cham-pionship.

“That’s why you play the game. With all due respect to them, we’re going to be ready. It’s our home field and we’ll give them every-thing we’ve got.”

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Southern Columbia’s Steve Toczylousky hits Mifflinburg’s Tristan Martin as he comes down with the ball earlier this season.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Alumni FieldLast meeting: North Penn 50-6, Sept. 12, 2014Radio: WMLP 1380 AM, 6:30 p.m.NORTH PENN PANTHERS (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr1 Garrett Bickhart 6-4 190 WR Jr.9 Brendan Hill WR So.89 Nick Kasper WR So.33 Sean Giles 5-6 112 SB Sr.23 Mason Gee 6-1 160 SB Jr.84 Joel Whitteker 6-0 175 TE Jr.34 Bradley Pequignot 5-7 150 RB Sr.2 Brock Burleigh 6-3 175 QB Jr.71 Shane Kelly 6-4 245 LT Jr.58 Eli Compton 6-1 220 LG Sr.54 Tyler Boyer 5-8 173 C Jr.72 Justin Kriner 6-3 275 RG So.76 Camdyn Davis RT So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr23 Mason Gee 6-1 160 DE Jr.67 Vince Bova 5-7 180 DT Sr.65 Aaron White 6-3 280 DT Jr.58 Eli Compton 6-1 220 DE Sr.34 Bradley Pequignot 5-7 150 MLB Sr.66 Nic Fidler 5-8 185 OLB Jr.32 Justice Giarth 5-11 220 OLB Jr. or7 Sean Kshir 5-10 160 OLB Sr.33 Sean Giles 5-6 112 CB Sr.2 Brock Burleigh 6-3 175 FS Jr.84 Joel Whitteker 6-0 175 SS Jr.1 Garrett Bickhart 6-4 190 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat CMVt W, 44-6Bucktail W, 46-0at Milton Fridayat Athens Sept. 25Towanda Oct. 2at Warrior Run Oct. 9Troy Oct. 16Canton Oct. 23at Wyalusing Oct. 30Wellsboro Nov. 6

MILTON BLACK PANTHERS (0-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 WR So.72 James Hare 6-2 220 RT Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 RG Jr.70 Brock Guffey 6-0 220 C Sr.67 Tyler Clayton 6-1 185 LG So.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 LT So.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 TE Sr. 4 Hunter Snyder 6-2 175 QB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 FB-K Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 HB Sr.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr72 James Hare 6-2 220 DT Sr.66 Trent Batman 5-8 220 NG So. or70 Mason Fisher 6-0 285 NG Fr.58 Nicholas Summers 5-7 157 DT Fr.26 Hunter Wertz 6-1 160 OLB Jr.33 Lance Fogelman 6-0 175 ILB Sr.46 Brandon Stokes 6-0 195 ILB-P Sr.63 Brent Engleman 5-9 190 ILB Jr.44 Mason Whitmyer 5-7 157 OLB Sr. 2 Michael Cooper 5-10 160 CB Sr.28 Raff Rodriguez 6-0 175 S Sr.23 Jalil Garrison 5-9 130 CB So. or24 Xavi Rodriguez 6-0 155 CB Jr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Troy L, 22-15at Warrior Run L, 31-28North Penn FridayLewisburg Sept. 25at Shamokin Oct. 2at Montoursville Oct. 9at Jersey Shore Oct. 16Mifflinburg Oct. 23Selinsgrove Oct. 30Shikellamy Nov. 6

By Matt BeltzFor The Daily Item

MILTON — When a team starts out the season with two close losses like Mil-ton has, mental preparation can become as important as physical. Just as important for Milton as preparing for a 2-0 North Penn-Mansfield team has been guarding against a letdown that can occur after two heartbreak-ing losses.

“We were a little down after Warrior Run, but we continue to do the things we’ve been doing and need to guard against any let-downs,” said Milton coach George Goodwin. “In real-ity, we’re three or four plays away from being 2-0 instead of 0-2. Our kids realize that so we just need to continue to prepare mentally as well as physically.”

The mental aspect aside, North Penn presents a dif-ferent challenge than the Black Panthers have en-countered so far. North Penn runs a no-huddle of-fense based around the pass, so Milton should have its hands full trying to stop an offense that has outscored opponents 90-6 in its first two games.

“North Penn is very ath-letic and likes to throw the ball all over the place, and that’s not what we’re accus-tomed to,” said Goodwin. “But I like our defensive backs and linebackers. We went to a 3-5 defense this year because we have more depth at those positions. They’re going to be tested this week and need to rise to the occasion.”

“Milton isn’t as deep as a lot of other AAA teams, so we’re going to push the but-ton and play as fast as we can,” said North Penn coach Tom Dickinson. “One area that I feel you really need to have depth so you can get a break is on the lines. We

only have one lineman that starts both ways, so we’re fortunate enough to be two-deep at most line positions.”

Of course, Milton’s best defense could be keeping its offense on the field for long stretches. Even with North Penn likely to stack the box, the Black Panthers will look to move the ball on the ground behind Brandon Strokes, Raff Rodriguez and Lance Fogelman.

“We have to be able to move the ball methodically and stay out of three-and-

out situations,” said Good-win. “We need to protect our quarterback better. Playing from behind, we haven’t been able to protect Hunter as much as we’d like. He must be able to survey the field and there have been times when that hasn’t been happening.”

For North Penn, despite Milton bringing on 0-2 re-cord into the game, this is a step up in competition. A win could also have numer-ous benefits for the Panthers besides the obvious one of

moving to 3-0.“With seven new starters

on both sides of ball, play-ing those games to start the season was good for our young kids to develop some confidence,” said Dickin-son. “We know Milton has a good running game and a big physical team and we need to come to play. If we can come away with a win against a team above us in size, that’s bonus points that can help us down the line to get into the playoffs.”

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Milton’s Michael Cooper, left, attempts to tackle Warrior Run’s Matt Truckenmiller in the first quarter of last week’s game.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Ironmen StadiumLast meeting: Loyalsock won, 35-0, in 2014Radio: none

LOYALSOCK LANCERS (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr5 Nate Krizan 6-0 175 WR Sr.72 David Clemens 6-3 190 T Sr.51 Crae McCracken 6-3 250 G Jr.57 Patrick Swink 5-11 185 C Jr.66 Daniel Harrison 6-3 310 G Sr.55 Justin Wood 6-4 305 T Sr.43 Alden Mileto 5-10 185 TE Jr. 9 Connor Watkins 6-0 165 QB Fr.28 Marty Clark 5-10 190 RB Jr.33 Nate Rainey 5-10 230 FB Sr.11 Kevin Anderson 6-2 175 WR Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr51 Crae McCracken 6-3 250 DE Jr.66 Daniel Harrison 6-3 310 DT Sr.55 Justin Wood 6-4 305 DT Sr.14 Alec Little 5-10 175 DE Jr.43 Alden Mileto 5-10 185 OLB Jr.33 Nate Rainey 5-10 230 MLB Sr. 6 Hunter Webb 6-1 175 OLB So.1 Kardale Taylor 5-8 165 CB Sr.25 Cole Cavanaugh 6-0 170 FS So.2 Giovanni Davis 6-0 170 SS Jr.17 Mike Stopper 5-10 160 CB Jr.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMount Carmel W, 34-7Central Columbia W, 35-7at Danville FridaySouth Williamsport Sept. 25at Muncy Oct. 2at Montgomery Oct. 9Hughesville Oct. 18at Shikellamy Oct. 23at Bloomsburg Oct. 30Montoursville Nov. 6

DANVILLE IRONMEN (2-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 WR Fr. or 9 Matt Meloy 5-10 182 WR Sr.60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 RT Sr.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 RG Sr. or65 Preston Fausnaught 5-11 200 RG Fr.78 Jon Berkey 5-10 260 C Sr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 LG So.59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 LT So. 2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 TE Sr.12 Gannon Feldman 5-10 165 QB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 FB Jr.10 Eric Sees 5-5 147 HB Fr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 HB Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr59 Derien Yeager 5-10 240 DE So.52 Jay Brennan 5-9 195 NG Sr. 60 Mark Kitchen 6-0 215 DE Sr. 5 Shane Kozick 5-10 156 OLB Fr.53 Ken Cooper 6-1 206 WLB So.2 Joe Strausser 5-11 250 MLB Sr.35 Jared Mowery 6-0 205 ILB So.23 Trent Hilkert 6-2 215 OLB Jr. 8 Peyton Riley 6-0 154 CB Fr. 9 Matt Meloy 5-10 182 S Sr.22 Colton Riley 5-10 155 CB Sr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBloomsburg W, 31-7Mifflinburg W, 20-0Loyalsock Fridayat Southern Columbia Sept. 25at Mount Carmel Oct. 2Wyalusing Oct. 9at Lewisburg Oct. 16at Central Columbia Oct. 23Shikellamy Oct. 30at Warrior Run Nov. 6


DANVILLE — Danville has doubled its win total from a year ago already by the third week of the 2015 season, but now on Friday night at Ironmen Stadium, they will have a litmus test against Loyalsock in a Heartland Athletic Confer-ence crossover contest.

“The two teams we beat are 0-2 and this team is 2-0,” Danville coach Jim Keiser said. “It’s a ranked team in the state. It’s going to show us where we are at.”

The Lancers (2-0) made it to the District 4 Class AA championship game before falling to Montoursville, they but have to replace three-year starting quarter-back Kyle Datres from that team.

Junior Marcus Williams won the starting job in the offseason, but was injured in the opening-night win over Mount Carmel. Freshman Connor Watkins stepped in last week against Central Columbia and was 7-of-11 for 121 yards and two touch-downs.

“The injury to Marcus is similar to the graduation of Kyle, it means that our of-fense will have to change to match the skill set of the man under center,” Loyal-sock coach Justin Van Fleet said. “Marcus won the com-petition, but Connor has been impressive with his preparation and with em-bracing the moment.

“We are very confident in Connor going forward.”

Watkins has plenty of weapons if he isn’t uncom-fortable. Tailback Marty Clark, who rushed for over 1,000 yards last season, has 343 yards and four touch-downs through two games this season. First-year start-ing receiver Kevin Ander-son, a 6-foot-2 basketball

standout at St. John Neu-mann, has three touchdown catches this season.

The Lancers offense will certainly be a stern test for an Ironmen team that has allowed just one touchdown this season.

Keiser thinks his young-ish line can hold up against the Lancers’ veteran offen-sive line — featuring two 300-pounders in Daniel Harrison and Justin Wood, along with 250-pound Crae McCracken.

“I like the makeup of our line and I really think they’ll be OK,” Keiser said.

Where the Danville coach is concerned is his lineback-ers getting to Clark in the running game.

“Clark is a heck of a run-ning back,” Keiser said. “We are going to need our linebackers to be in position to make the plays.”

Anderson, though a matchup problem with his size, isn’t as big a problem for Danville. The Iron-men’s secondary of the Riley brothers (senior Col-ton and freshman Peyton), along with veteran safety Matt Meloy, helped Dan-

ville pick off Mifflinburg quarterbacks seven times last week.

“We faced a pretty good crew of receivers in Zim-merman and Martin last week and responded pretty well,” Keiser said. “The kids in the secondary are doing what they need to do.”

Keiser and his coaching

staff would like to see im-provement out of the Dan-ville offense. The Ironmen didn’t score an offensive touchdown in last week’s 20-0 win over the Wildcats.

Danville has moved the ball (fullback Trent Hilkert has run for more than 100 yards in both wins), but has hurt itself with mistakes.

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Game NightWhen: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Peterson StadiumLast Meeting: Warrior Run won, 19-13WARRIOR RUN DEFENDERS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr16 Gage Anzulavich 6-4 157 QB So.63 Chad Biichle 6-1 235 LT Sr.68 Ty Nicholas 5-10 195 LG Sr.71 Zach Smith 6-0 237 C Sr.53 Zach Divers 6-0 238 RG Sr.62 Ben Lapp 6-1 195 RT Sr.32 Tyler Brown 6-1 171 RB Sr.36 Tony Null 6-1 188 RB Jr30 Jorge Guillen 6-0 225 FB Jr.81 Kade Meyer 5-10 161 WR So.or83 George Reasner 5-10 169 WR Sr.86 Theodore Bender 6-1 188 WR Sr.

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

2015 ScheduleDate Opponent/ResultMuncy L, 35-0Milton W, 31-28at Wyalusing FridayCentral Columbia Sept. 25at Hughesville Oct. 2North Penn Oct. 9at Southern Columbia Oct. 16Mount Carmel Oct. 23at Lewisburg Oct. 30Danville Nov. 6

WYALUSING RAMS (2-0)at Sayre W, 44-14at Montgomery W, 41-6Warrior Run FridayTroy Sept. 25at Danville Oct. 9at Athens Oct. 17at Wellsboro Oct. 23North Penn Oct. 30Towanda Nov. 6


WYALUSING — The toughest thing to ask high school football players to do is to forget last week.

Be it a win or a loss, put-ting the past behind them is hard for a teenager to do.

But Warrior Run showed the ability to do that last Friday as the Defenders seemed to forget all about the 35-0 disaster in Week 1 against Muncy to defeat Milton 34-31 in thrilling fashion at home.

“I have to give the kids a lot of credit,” said Warrior Run coach Mark Burrows. “After the loss at Muncy, we weren’t sure how they would react and how they would play against Milton.

“They came out, worked hard all week and showed up on the field. I can’t tell you how proud I am of this bunch.”

Warrior Run (1-1) now has to put that game behind them and head to the North-ern Tier on Friday night to take on Wyalusing (2-0) in a nonconference showdown.

Wyalusing will also have to show the ability to put a game behind them — and quickly.

Because of rain on Satur-day, the Rams were forced to play Montgomery on Monday night, which ended up being a 41-6 home win for Wyalusing.

“It’s always nice to play at home,” Wyalusing coach Frank Kinney said. “It seems the tough games are at home this year; we match up with everybody this year pretty well if we’re healthy.”

And health has been more of an issue for the Rams than it has been for the Warriors.

“We’re kind of banged up right now,” Kinney said.

For the second straight

week, the Warriors will have to worry about a very talented running back.

A week after allowing Milton’s Brandon Stokes 264 yards and four scores, Warrior Run needs to con-cern itself with Luke Jen-nings.

The senior has more than 300 yards in the first two games and is looking for more Friday night.

The Defenders running game showed some life Friday night behind Tony Null and Tyler Brown, but it’s not to where Burrows would like to see it.

“We still need to work on that running game,” said Burrows. “Haven’t ran the ball the way I would like the last two weeks.”

But one facet of the of-fense that is working has been the passing game behind quarterback Gage

Anzulavich.The sophomore has com-

pleted more than 60 percent of his passes and has thrown for more than 300 yards.

“He is becoming a leader,” said Burrows. He showed a lot of confidence against Milton.”

Anzulavich is also not one to play favorites, as he has spread the ball around to many targets from backs to tight ends to wide receiv-ers. He has also had plenty

of time to throw behind his experienced offensive line. But he has also shown that he is very comfortable roll-ing out and throwing the ball where it needs to go.

The Warrior Run defense also rebounded well after the loss in Week 1, twice stopping Milton in the final five minutes to preserve the win.

“The defense answered the bell when we needed them to,” said Burrows.

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Cover Story

Last call

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

Things could not have gone any worse for the Shamokin Indians in 2013.

For then sophomore run-ning back Preston Burns, the team finishing 0-10 was only one reason to forget the whole season and look to the future.

Burns never got on the

field that season, so he had no chance to make a play that might turn a loss into a victory. He sustained a season-ending ACL injury in the preseason.

“It was in doubles and we were just doing a D-back drill and all I was doing was jumping and I landed and I dropped,” he recalled. “I felt like my knee just buck-led because then I was able

to run and I felt fine.”But he wasn’t fine.“I was tearing up after I

heard that I tore my ACL,” he said, adding that he knew he was not coming back that season.

But the black cloud was not ready to abandon the talented Burns. It would return last season to further test his resolve.

Burns injured his ankle in

the first scrimmage and, ac-cording to Shamokin coach Pat DiRienzo, “He never re-covered. It was one of those lingering injuries where if he came back too soon (he could injure it further).”

Instead, the coaches decided to start Burns only on defense. He saw limited action as a ball-carrier.

Burns admits he enjoys playing offense the most, so

last season was a bit frus-trating even as the Indians turned things around to go 5-6 with a District 4 Class AAA playoff appearance.

“It kind of stunk just because I saw my team do-ing real well last year and I couldn’t help them out on the offense at all,” Burns said this week during a break in practice.

“I tried sucking it up and

With one fully healthy year to shine, the Indians’ Burns is turning heads


Shamokin’s Preston Burns wasted no time showing people what he can do in the backfield, rushing for 220 yards and three touchdowns in Week 1 against Line Mountain.

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Cover Storyplaying on it, but it hurt so bad that I couldn‘t really cut, so they couldn’t use me on offense. It was kind of sad,” said Burns, son of Jeff Burns and Shelly Heath.

He admitted that the fear of another injury remained with him throughout last season on defense, where he had to move from safety to defensive end (and then to inside linebacker this year).

“I tried as much as possi-ble, if I did not need to help in the big piles, I wouldn’t go in just because I knew they still needed me on de-fense. Running sometimes I knew I couldn’t cut, so I just tried to go on a straight line getting to the ballplayer be-fore I’d have to try to make a cut. I would usually try to avoid all possible outcomes of hurting myself again,” he said.

Burns is loving every min-ute of playing as a senior, especially being a starter at running back and line-backer.

He looks at this year as a chance to make up for more than a year of missed time.

“I just had to work hard in the offseason, get in the weight room every day, so I could come back. Coach was expecting big things from me this year and hope-fully I get a great season,” Burns said.

DiRienzo is happy with Burns’ season after two games. How could he not be? The 5-foot-8, 180-pound back has rushed for 428 yards and five touch-downs already.

“He said he is trying to make up for last year and the year before, and so far he’s done more than we ex-pected on both sides of the ball,” DiRienzo said.

What the physical Burns brings to the table for the Indians, DiRienzo said, is “the explosiveness. He is one play away from scoring every time he carries the ball. Defensively, he is mak-ing the calls, being a leader out there, going above and beyond.

“He’s making up for lost

time out there, but we have to try to give him a break every now and then, but he wants to prove this is his year, that this is his time,” DiRienzo added.

Burns said he loves play-ing both sides of the ball and doesn’t like to come off the field.

“It stinks just watch-ing your team out there, especially if there’s a bad play and you think that you could have done something to stop it. It gets tiring, but we’re in pretty good shape. Sometimes I just take a couple of plays off, but other than that, it’s not that

bad,” he said of the rigors of a two-way player.

Now that he has been around for the bad times and the good, Burns said he and his teammates want to do what they can to assure Shamokin’s program contin-ues to improve.

Burns added, “We were all talking about how we were glad with what we did last year, but we weren’t satisfied. We wanted to build on the foundation that we built, so, coming into this year, we all had the idea that we were going to have a winning season and, hope-fully, win a district title.”

“Coach preaches every week to take it one game at a time and from what we did in the scrimmages the first two weeks and in our games, so far our offense is moving the ball on every-one, so we just have to keep it up and it shows that this new system that we have works. We just need to keep executing and just do our jobs,” Burns said.

“He’s doing an awesome job in the weight room. He’s dedicated himself and right now, in the first two games, if he keeps up this pace, he’s going to have a great year for us,” DiRienzo said.

Despite Burns’ small stat-ure, DiRienzo said, “He’s strong, he’s smart and he’s solid, and he is stepping up his game for us.”

Burns hopes that he can have a great final season not only for the team but for his own future.

Ever since he was a young boy he has wanted to play college football (he plays no other sports).

He said he is not stress-ing about it, but he knows he needs to prove himself. “I’ve always said that I want to play college ball, so I’m looking forward to that,” he said.


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Game Night

When: 7 p.m. FridayWhere: Upper DauphinLast meeting: Upper Dauphin, 28-21, in 2014

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

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

2015 scheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Camp Hill L, 56-0Tri-Valley L, 41-13Halifax Fridayat Williams Valley Sept. 25at St. Joe’s Oct. 2at Pine Grove Oct. 9at Line Mountain Oct. 16Newport Oct. 23at Millersburg Oct. 30Susquenita Nov. 6

By Marion ValanoskiFor The Daily Item

ELIZABETHVILLE — Upper Dauphin was hop-ing for a measure of success when the Trojans opened Tri-Valley League play last week against traditional Class A power Tri-Valley. However, few positives re-sulted in the Bulldogs’ 41-13 victory other than the new triple-option offense did produce 13 points in the loss.

On Friday, the Trojans celebrate Homecoming and play host to Halifax, which is coming off a 56-13 loss to Camp Hill, which knocked off UDA in its season-opener, 56-0. Upper Dau-phin beat Halifax in 2014, 28-21, and coach Brent Bell is hoping for an improved performance after his team opened the new season against two of the better small-school programs in

Eastern Pennsylvania.“We have a young foot-

ball team and opened the season against two very good opponents,” Bell said. “While we did not come off the field a winner, these players performed to the best of their ability and can only have benefitted from going up against that type of top-notch competition and that experience should help them n the long run.

“Our practices have been good all week and now it be-comes a matter of executing this week and getting better results.”

The Wildcats are 1-1 com-ing into the matchup, having beaten St. Joseph’s Catholic in their opener, 39-23, be-fore losing last week to the Lions, 56-13.

Junior running back Bill Williams rushed for 287 yards and scored five touch-downs in the opening quar-ter to lead Camp Hill to a

35-6 lead and also had two TD catches in the opener against UDA.

In the Halifax game, Camp Hill quarterback Mike Schuster — who threw for 443 yards against the Trojans — barely put the ball into the air, while Halifax signal-caller Na-than Erdman completed 14 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns in the loss. The Wildcats’ Eric Johnston caught four passes for 56 yards and one touchdown and Evan Billow had three receptions for 66 yards and one TD.

Camp Hill held Halifax to just 66 yards rushing in the game.

“We really have to be con-cerned with (Eric) Johnston and his ability to catch and run with the football,” Bell said. “He had a couple of big runs last year against us and our defense will need to be aware of where he is on

the field at all times.“Our defense will need

to d a better job of putting pressure on the quarterback and getting good penetra-tion into the backfield. We need to hit Johnson before he gets through the line, where he can do damage in the open.

“What we really need to do well is recognize who we have to block. Our tech-nique is there, but it’s hitting the right person on the play that has hurt us so far and that needs to improve.”

The Trojans are only av-eraging 27.3 yards rushing; they’re averaging 54 through the air.

Last year, Johnson rushed for 195 yards and caught two passes for 19 against the Trojans, who scored eight points in the final quarter to secure the win.

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ALEXANDER, N.D. — As a blanket of gray clouds rolls over the prairie, the grunts of scrimmage, the shrill chirp of the referee’s whistle and cheers from the crowd fill the Saturday afternoon air. This is how a small town turns a page in history.

After 27 years, football is back in Alexander. The Comets have returned.

The first high school football game here in a gen-eration comes thanks to the oil boom that’s reversed the fortunes of this tiny school. Enrollment is up after years of decline. And 13 young

men in cardinal red, gray and white — some recent North Dakota arrivals — are new celebrities in this rejuvenated town.

“High school sports — that’s what people live and breathe for in small-town North Dakota,” says Jerry Hatter, Alexander’s mayor. “It brings back a sense of pride to the community. ... To see football again in our own little town ... I think it’s just neater than hell.”

Alexander’s return to the gridiron is a story of revival and resilience — for the school and the latest Comets team.

Like many rural schools, Alexander has struggled to keep its doors open. Enroll-

ment from pre-kindergar-ten to 12th grade dropped to just 41 in 2006-2007. The Bakken oil bonanza changed all that, luring new workers and their children to the area. The school, where all grades attend in a single building, now has

210 students, a number projected to grow. But the Class of 2016 — with just four members — is still small enough to fit at a card table.

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Game NightWhat: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Millersburg StadiumLast meeting: Millersburg won, 26-7 in 2014Radio: noneLINE MOUNTAIN EAGLES (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr4 Brenden Cregger 6-0 160 WR So.7 Kenny Boyer 5-10 160 WR Jr.11 Kurt Mace 5-11 160 QB Sr.12 Logan Ingram 6-0 160 WR Sr.28 Tyler Boyer 6-0 175 FB So.48 David Quinn 5-11 160 WR Jr.50 Bem Bidding 5-10 200 C Jr.60 Garrett Kieffer 6-4 285 LT Jr.65 Jonathan Lenker 6-2 200 G Sr.71 Brok Phillips 5-10 260 RT Sr.74 Bryce Hoffman 6-1 260 G Jr.80 Brendan Renn 6-2 220 TE Jr.10 Brent Osman 6-0 200 K Jr.

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

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultShamokin L, 28-7Susquenita L, 17-7at Millersburg Fridayat Juniata Sept. 25Tri-Valley Oct. 3at Halifax Oct. 9Upper Dauphin Oct. 16at St. Joesph’s Catholic Oct. 23at Williams Valley Oct. 30East Juniata Nov. 6


MILLERSBURG — This is not the start Line Moun-tain coach Rodney Knock expected.

The Eagles head coach ex-pected his team to contend for a Tri-Valley League title and maybe even make some noise in District 4.

But instead, Line Moun-tain is looking at a 0-2 hole after being upset by Susquenita last week 17-7 and now heads for its first road test of the year at league rival Millersburg.

“First thing is we need to be more consistent. That’s something that obviously is difficult to work on at times, and it just comes with prac-tice and it just comes with confidence,” said Knock.

The Eagles have been outscored 35-14 in the two home losses.

Kenny Boyer, who was ex-pected to have a big season behind an experienced of-fensive line, got off to a big start with 205 yards in the loss to Shamokin, but then struggled against Susqueni-tia. The same can be said for quarterback Kurt Mace, who is still looking to find his stride under center.

But Line Mountain isn’t the only team that is sur-prised to be looking at a 0-2 start this season.

The Indians came into the 2015 season with a lot of firepower on the offensive side of the ball, but it hasn’t equated to any wins after dropping the season opener to Tri-Valley and then fall-ing last week to Williams Valley.

Quarterback Christian Wingard has been held in check, averaging just under 100 yards a game through the air. He is also the

team’s leading rusher with 104 yards and has accounted for all three rushing touch-downs.

Tylor Erdman has rushed for 79 yards and Wingard’s favorite target through the air has been Austin Leh-man, who has 81 yards on four catches.

The Millersburg defense has allowed 65 points in the first two games.

Both teams have had problems holding onto the

ball, and turnovers could be a big key Friday night in seeing which team goes 0-3 and digs themselves a huge 0-2 hole in the league, and which team starts to put things back together and starts to climb out.

And it doesn’t get any easier for Line Mountain as it faces Juniata (1-1) and Tri-Valley (2-0) the next two weeks, while the Indians get Pine Grove (0-2) and Hali-fax (1-1).

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BEAVER SPRINGS — First-year East Juniata coach George Miskinis knows his way around the Tri-Valley League after spending 10 sea-sons in the 1990s as head man at Millersburg High School.

That experienced helped the Tigers win their TVL opener last week against Pine Grove.

Now on Friday night in its home opener at West Snyder Middle School, East Juniata battles Nanticoke in its final nonleague contest of the sea-son.

The Tigers used Miski-nis’ run-based offense and a strong defensive effort in last week’s victory over Pine Grove, limiting Pine Grove to just three points.

It will take that kind of de-fensive effort to beat Nanti-coke, which scored 42 points in a win over the Tigers last season and put 62 up in a win last week over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.

Like the Tigers, Nanti-coke will look to establish is running attack. Both 6-foot, 230-pound fullback

Alec Norton and 5-foot-10, 175-pound halfback Ocyrus Leemoui-Brown cracked the century mark against Colum-bia-Montour Vo-Tech.

However, the biggest plus for Nanticoke against the Rams was its ability to get its passing game going.

After three interceptions in a six-turnover effort against Susquehanna Community in its opener, Nanticoke was able to get 140 yards out of its passing game.

Quarterback Matt Wruble completed just four passes in the game, but three went for touchdowns.

East Juniata has used the backfield duo of Mason Ham-bright and Andrew Zerby to control the clock. Zerby had over 50 yards in both games this season, while Hambright ran for 103 yards and a touch-down in the opener with Hughesville.

Junior Chris Schlugen has completed over 50 percent of his passes.

Dylan Henderson has also made the most of his oppor-tunities at wide receiver, with two catches this year for two touchdowns and 103 yards.

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BLOOMSBURG (0-2)Bloomsburg 13 7 0 6—26Opponents 28 35 24 0—87statistics BHS OPPFirst downs 17 40Rushes-net yards 64-220 87-571Passing yardage 201 363Passing 14-23-1 19-25-1Fumbles-lost 3-1 5-1Penalties-yards 11-75 5-40INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Darius Green 27-149, TD; Coty Kashner 14-82, TD; Christian Lee 5-13; Logan Klinger 1-6; Tommy Harrison 2-3; Hunter Coulter 3-(-7); Jake Frye 1-(-3); Nick Anderson 10-(-9); team 1-(-14).PASSING — Nick Anderson 13-22-1 for 162 yards, TD; Cooper Thrush 1-1-0 for 39 yards, TD.RECEIVING — Eric Foust 6-93, TD; Logan Klinger 2-76, TD; Christian Lee 2-24; Evan Bond 1-12; Coty Kashner 1-5; Jake Frye 1-4.SCORING — Daruis Green 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Coty Kashner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Eric Foust 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Logan Klinger 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Lance Klinger 1 PAT, 1 point.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (0-2)Central Columbia 7 0 0 7—14Opponents 21 35 10 7—73Statistics CCHS OPPFirst downs 15 37Rushes-net yards 59-236 85-514Passing yardage 114 268Passing 9-26-3 16-27-3Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-1Penalties-yards 15-116 13-128INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Isaac Gensemer 8-58; Brittain Cooke 22-43; Aaron Fawver 8-39, TD; Cade Devlin 1-21; Brandon Orzolek 1-20; Ky Seesholtz 1-3; Peter D’Ambrosio 1-(-1); Justin Thivierage 3-(-4); team, 1-2.PASSING — Aaron Fawver 8-25-3 for 86; Ky Seesholtz 1-1-0 for 28 yards.RECEIVING — Eli Petersheim 2-20; Brady Crawford 2-20; Brittain Cook 2-31; Cade Devlin 1-28; Evan Campbell 1-17; Peter D’Ambrosio 1-0.SCORING — Aaron Fawver 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Eli Petersheim 1 kickoff return TD, 6 points; Garrett Bailiar 2 PATS, 2 points.

DANVILLE (2-0)Danville 14 21 16 0—51Opponents 0 7 0 0—7statistics DHS OPPFirst downs 29 24Rushes-net yards 91-384 64-160Passing yardage 197 277Passing 16-24-0 21-47-8Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-1Penalties-yards 11-85 10-60INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Trent Hilkert 44-325, 4 TDs; Ryan Palm 13-41; Gannon Feldman 14-24; Eric Sees 13-25; Austin Miller 2-3; Colton Riley 4-(-8); team 1-(-16).PASSING — Gannon Feldman 16-23-0 for 197 yards, TD; Brennan Ryan 0-1-0.RECEIVING — Colton Riley 8-88, TD; Shane Kozick 3-41; Peyton Riley 2-45; Matt Meloy 2-18; Peyton Persing 1-5.SCORING — Trent Hilkert, 4 rushing TDs, 24 points; Peyton Riley 1 intercep-tion return TD, 1 FG, 6 PATs, 15 points; Colton Riley 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Jared Mowrey 1 interception return TD, 6 points.

EAST JUNIATA (1-1)East Juniata 0 21 7 6—34Opponents 16 21 14 7—58statistics EJHS OPPFirst downs 22 19Rushes-net yards 83-339 55-232Passing yardage 171 296Passing 8-11-0 10-20-0Fumbles-lost 7-1 3-0Penalties-yards 13-64 12-77INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Mason Hambright 20-148, TD: Andrew Zerby 27-100, 2 TDs; Blake Sheaffer 5-60; Chris Schlugen 20-26; John Moyer 3-5; Logan Pursley 4-1; Brady McLaughlin 2-0; Kaleb Berkich 1-4; Tim Snook 1-(-4).PASSING — Chris Schlugen 7-10-0 for 171 yards, 2 TDs; Micah Treaster 1-1-0 for 1 yard.RECEIVING — Dylan Anderson 2-107, 2 TDs; Bailey Hetrick 1-27; Gabel 1-19; Anthony Minium 1-16; Andrew Zerby 1-1; Logan Pursley 1-(-3).SCORING — Andrew Zerby 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Dylan Anderson 2 receiv-ing TDs, 12 points; Mason Hambright 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Alex Tittle 4 PATS, 4 points.

LEWISBURG (2-0)Lewisburg 10 21 21 17—69Opponents 7 14 7 7—35statistics LHS OPPFirst downs 25 28Rushes-net yards 60-227 82-455Passing yardage 437 212Passing 29-49-1 14-35-4Fumbles-lost 3-1 6-2Penalties-yards 15-115 9-75INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Dominic Farronato 17-113, 2 TDs; Trent Gower 19-50; Spencer Barlett 7-34; AJ Ramirez 11-27; Stone Hollenbach 1-8; team, 5-(-5).PASSING — Trent Gower 29-49-1 for 437 yards, 7 TDs.RECEIVING — Noah Inch 11-218, 4 TDs; Matt Fedorjaka 7-72; Dylan Farronato 6-77, TD; Dominic Farronato 3-6; Donte Malone 2-39, 2 TDs.SCORING — Noah Inch 4 receiving TDs, 24 points; Nate Liscum 9 PATS, 2 FGs, 15 points; Dominic Farronato 2 rushing TDs, 12 points; Donte Malone 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Dylan Farronato 1 receiving TD, 6 points.

LINE MOUNTAIN (0-2)Line Mountain 0 0 0 14—14Opponent 0 21 7 17—45statistics LMHS OPPFirst downs 22 29Rushes-net yards 74-188 80-426Passing yardage 124 170Passing 13-34-0 15-22-0Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1Penalties-yards 3-15 5-50INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kenny Boyer 53-231, TD; Brent Osman 2-6; Cole Hauck 2-7; Tyler Boyer 3-4; Breven Derk 1-(-2); Brendan Renn 1-(-10); team, 1-(-23); Kurt Mace, 11-(-44).PASSING — Kurt Mace 13-34-0 for 124 yards.RECEIVING — David Quinn 7-78; Tyler Boyer 3-37; Brendan Ryan 2-4; Logan Ingram 1-4.SCORING — Kenny Boyer 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff return TD, 12 points; Brent Osman, 2 PATs, 2 points.

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Mifflinburg 7 7 0 7—21Opponents 20 16 27 6—69statistics Miff OppFirst downs 24 28Rushes-net yards 58-171 76-568Passing yardage 478 124Passing 37-68-8 9-23-0Fumbles-lost 2-2 5-2Penalties-yards 13-106 19-135INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brayden Pierce 29-138, 2 TDs; James Zack 5-17; Cole Laubach 8-15; Hunter Kahley 6-0; Tristian Martin 1-11; Brian Zimmerman 2-5; Clayton Sheesley 1-0; Josh Foser 4-(-18).PASSING — James Zack 27-47-5 for 337, TD; Josh Foster 7-19-3 for 119; Tristan Martin 1-1-0 for 36 yards.RECEIVING — Tristan Martin 13-143; Brian Zimmerman 10-195, TD; Brad Sauers 5-52; Cole Laubach 2-45; Brayden Pierce 2-31; Chris Day 2-9; Robert Foltz 1-27.SCORING — Brayden Pierce 2 rush-ing TDs, 12 points; Brian Zimmerman 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Ryan Oliver 3 PATS, 3 points.

MILTON (0-2)Milton 0 14 25 7—46Opponent 28 0 14 14—56statistics Milt OppFirst downs 26 31Rushes-net yards 83-566 86-356Passing yardage 26 138Passing 3-14-0 9-17-0Fumbles-lost 3-2 5-2Penalties-yards 3-13 5-20INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Brandon Stokes 47-397, 5 TDs; Raff Rodqiguez 17-112, TD; Lance Fogelman 4-3; Hunter Snyder 8-(-1); Michael Cooper 4-25; Eric Wilt 2-17; team, 1-(-5).PASSING — Hunter Snyder 3-13-0 for 26 yards.RECEIVING — Mason Whitmyer 3-26.SCORING — Brandon Stokes 5 rush TDs, 2 PATs, 32 points; Raff Rodqiguez 1 rush-ing TD, 6 points.

MOUNT CARMEL (0-2)Mount Carmel 7 0 0 7—14Opponents 0 14 0 34—48statistics MCHS OPPFirst downs 23 32Rushes-net yards 80-345 71-283Passing yardage 109 298Passing 11-17-1 25-33-1Fumbles-lost 1-0 5-2Penalties-yards 10-65 6-40INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kyle Karyicki 31-169, TD; John Ayers 34-129, TD; Allen Yancoskie 3-28; Lane Tanney 5-22; Cameron Britt 2-13; Zach Zarkowski 3-11; Tom McDonald 1-(-8); team 1-(-3).PASSING — John Ayers 11-17-1 for 109 yards.RECEIVING — Allen Yancoskie 6-69; Mason Duran 3-13; Lane Tanney 2-27.SCORING — Kyle Karycki 1 rushing TD, 6 points; John Ayers 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Tom Paschuta 2 PATs, 2 points.

SELINSGROVE (2-0)Selinsgrove 7 21 3 21—52Opponent 0 0 0 14—14statistics Sel OPP

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Game NightWhat: Saturday 3 p.m.Where: Schoellkopf FieldLast meeting: Bucknell won, 20-7, in 2014Radio: 107.3 FM

BUCKNELL BISON (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr6 R.J. Nitti 6-4 230 QB Jr.4 C.J. Williams 6-0 210 RB Jr.80 Andrew Owers 6-3 240 FB Fr.2 Bobby Kaslander 6-2 200 WR Sr.18 Will Carter 5-10 180 WR Jr.70 Julie’n Danvenport 6-7 315 LT Jr.76 Clayton Hoffmaster 6-4 295 LG Sr.54 Cary Hess 6-4 290 C Jr.66 Devlin Brennan 6-4 295 RG Jr.71 Ramy Kased 6-6 315 RT Sr.87 Andrew Poblielski 6-4 240 TE So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Doug Whitlock 6-2 250 DE So.40 Abdullah Anderson 6-4 295 DT So.99 Ben Schumacher 6-2 270 NG Jr.15 Jimmy King 6-1 250 DE Jr.29 Ben Richard 6-1 235 MLB So.42 Mark Pyles 6-0 220 SLB So.5 Clayton Ewell 6-1 195 SS Sr.12 Bret Berg 6-1 200 FS Jr.28 Conner Golden 6-0 195 WS So.13 Colin Jonov 5-11 195 CB So.37 Bryan Marine 5-10 180 CB Fr.2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultMarist W, 17-0Duquesne L, 26-7at Cornell Saturdayat VMI Oct. 3Lehigh Oct. 10at Army West Point Oct. 17Georgetown Oct. 24at Lafayette Oct. 31at Fordham Nov. 7Holy Cross Nov. 14at Colgate Nov. 21

By Todd StanfordThe Daily Item

ITHACA — Still smart-ing from last week’s 26-7 loss to Duquesne, Bucknell has something to look forward to on Saturday when the Bison make their first road trip of 2015: Will Carter is back.

The junior receiver missed the first two games of the season due to a vio-lation of team rules. But he’ll be back in action when Bucknell meets Cornell in a nonleague game; kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.

“What (his return) does is, it provides a concept of speed that we need and im-poses a threat for people de-fensively,” Bison coach Joe Susan says. “They have to identify where he is in a for-mation. What that does is, it helps our running game. We’re not going to see con-sistently loaded boxes.”

Carter caught 53 passes last year for 959 yards and nine touchdowns.

“When people try to press (Carter), he’s good at getting off the press,” Susan says.

Bucknell (1-1) could have used Carter last week, when the offense was largely sty-mied by the Dukes. Quarter-

back R.J. Nitti threw for just 190 yards and was picked off three times. In fact, the Bi-son were in danger of being shut out until Nitti scored on a 17-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Nevertheless, Susan is

pleased with how his team has responded in practice this week, noting that senior safety Louis Taglianetti and senior defensive end Jimmy King have helped to focus the team.

“They understood what

we did and what we have to do to fix it,” Susan said. “They lead by what they do, but when they have some-thing to say ...”

Playing an Ivy League school in Week 3 of the college football season is always dicey. All of the league’s teams play their first games this weekend, so Susan and the Bison don’t have any film to work with. Still, the fact that Bucknell has played two games can be seen as an advantage or a disadvantage.

“They’re probably less injury-laden than we are,” Susan says. “We have the normal bangs and (bruises) that games do to you. We also have the game experi-ence that they don’t.”

Aside from the obvious advantage of getting back on the winning track, there’s another reason why Susan hopes his team can get a vic-tory this week: Beating an Ivy League school makes people — particularly recruits — sit up and take notice.

“We’ve been fortunate to go head to head with them and win recruits,” Susan says. “It does give you some national notoriety because their rosters ... in that league are national.”

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DICKINSON RED DEVILS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr19 David Clemens 6’2 190 QB Sr.5 Cedric Madden 5’11 191 RB Sr.32 Chris Soulas 5’7 200 FB Sr.38 Jake Walbert 6-2 170 WR Fr.24 Anders Overhaug 6-0 186 WR Sr.80 Darrien Bruce 6’4 230 TE So.52 Josh Schwartz 6’3 250 LT Sr.75 Billy Bolinsky 6’0 245 LG Jr.72 Kyle Santorine 6’2 270 RG Jr.74 Ron Stine 6’3 285 RT Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr58 Kevin Sherry 6’2 230 DE Jr.56 Aturo Atkins 6’0 220 DE So.54 John Minicozzi 5’10 260 NG Fr.53 Ned Emala 6’0 225 DT Jr.10 Tom Dex 6’1 205 LB So.37 Jake Myers 5’10 190 LB Sr.50 Pat Schlecker 5’10 235 LB Sr.20 Jack Margavitch 5’10 185 S Jr.21 Jason Dones 5’8 160 DB So.13 Mark Manganaro 5’8 165 DB Sr.9 Teddy Airoldi 6’2 203 S Sr.

2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultHobart L, 29-7Juniata W, 10-0at Susquehana SaturdayMoravian Sept. 26at F&M Oct. 3at Johns Hopkins Oct. 16McDaniel Oct. 24at Muhlenburg Oct. 31at Gettysburg Nov. 7Ursinus Nov. 14

SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (0-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr10 Nick Crusco 6-0 180 QB So.49 Cameron Ott 5-11 190 RB So. 12 Casey Crotty 6-1 185 WR Sr. 23 Pat Cutillo 5-7 180 WR Sr.9 Diamente Holloway 6-1 175 WR So.86 Devon Pascoe 6-5 230 TE Jr. 79 Ryan Pearce 6-4 290 LT Sr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr. 61 Matt Baker 6-1 245 C Jr.69 Don Bair 6-0 300 RG So.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 RT Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Phil Pecora 6-2 245 DE Sr.92 Rob Stearns 6-2 255 NT Sr.52 Kyle Micik 6-2 240 DT So.55 Caleb Jones 5-8 156 OLB Jr. 27 Tom McLoughlin 6-1 210 LB Sr. 56 Mason Spangler 6-1 220 LB Sr. 3 Jim Barry 6-1 230 LB Sr.26 Joe Scaglia 5-11 195 LB So.44 Anthony Balboa 6-3 230 LB Sr.1 C.J. Williams 6-1 185 CB Jr.21 Phil Madison 5-8 160 CB Jr.7 Tim Lurz 6-1 190 S Sr.24 Ryan Ganard 6-1 185 S So.

2015 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultLycoming W, 28-13at Johns Hopkins L, 59-7Dickinson Fridayat Gettysburg Sept. 26at Muhlenberg Oct. 3Moravian Oct. 17Ursinus Oct. 24at F&M Oct. 31McDaniel Nov. 7at Juniata Nov. 14

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — Take one look at the cumula-tive season statistics for the Dickinson Red Devils, and it’s pretty easy to figure out the Carlisle-based school’s modus operandi: ground and pound.

That’s the challenge fac-ing the Crusaders just one week after their first defeat of the season.

Susquehanna (1-1 overall, 0-1 Centennial Conference) will welcome run-oriented Dickinson (1-1, 1-0) Sat-urday afternoon in Selin-sgrove, with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.

It’s Homecoming week-end for Susquehanna. But the Crusaders are probably just glad to be back home.

The first road trip of the season for the Crusaders ended in a humbling loss to No. 11 Johns Hopkins, 59-7, in which the Crusader D was galvanized for more

than 500 total yards, 32 first downs and over 300 yards rushing. Dickinson needed only 10 first-quarter points and a stalwart 339 yards rushing on 66 carries to blank Juniata College.

Saturday will mark the Red Devils’ first road game of the 2015 season.

On paper, the Crusad-ers’ primary task will be to stop the run. Dickinson en-ters averaging 180 yards per game by land and less than 100 through the air. The Red Devils are averaging only 8.5 points per game, and of their entire collec-tion of first downs, only four have come through the passing game. Twenty-four have come by the rush.

Head coach Tom Perk-ovich noted prior to the Hop-kins game the importance of getting the Crusader ground game going and stopping the run. Through two games, opponents have outrushed the Crusaders by an average of 269 to 69, and Hopkins

limited Susquehanna to 50 yards on 25 carries. Dickin-son held Juniata to 30 yards rushing on 24 carries a week ago.

Something will have to give Saturday.

Kris Stern and Cameron Ott both surpassed the 30-yard mark in rushing last week against Hopkins, and the Crusaders have three backs — including field gen-eral Nick Crusco — with better than 55 yards gained for the season. Stern is av-eraging 5.4 yards per carry. Crusco has thrown for 342 yards and three touchdowns, averaging over 170 yards per game while posting a passer efficiency rating of 109.5.

The Crusader aerial as-sault features a trio of pri-mary targets. Tight end Devon Pascoe and receiver Patrick Cutillo each have eight receptions, while Dia-mente Holloway is averag-ing 18 yards per catch and scored two touchdowns.

Defensively, Jim Barry

leads the Crusaders with 22 tackles, while safety Tim Lurz has 20. Lurz posted a 15-tackle performance against Johns Hopkins, in-cluding two for a loss. De-fensive lineman Kyle Micik has been a beast on the inte-rior of the defensive line. He has posted 10 tackles (eight solo, three for loss) and two sacks.

Dickinson — which fea-tures Lewisburg grad Kyle Santorine at center — has a three-headed monster of quarterback David Clem-ens, fullback Chris Soulas and back Cedric Madden, but the Crusaders must also be wary of receiver An-ders Overhaug. Overhaug gouged Juniata for 157 yards rushing and a touchdown, and he’s the team’s leading rusher.

Defensively, end Kevin Sherry and linebackers Pat Schlecker and Jake Meyers key the Red Devils, who are allowing an average of 14.5 points per game.

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First downs 35 17Rushes-net yards 77-345 59-273Passing yardage 314 159Passing 25-36-2 14-23-1Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-yards 11-103 17-107INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Angelo Martin 49-260, TD; Logan Leiby 13-46; Ethan Trautman 10-39, TD; Drew Peterman 2-2; Garrett Campbell 1-3; David Klinger 1-(-1); Joe Kahn 1-(-4).PASSING — Logan Leiby 25-36-2 for 314 yards, 4 TDs,RECEIVING — Nick Swineford 10-147, 2 TDs; Colin Hoke 5-67, TD; Tony Dressler 5-53, TD; Richard Cope 2-18; Joe Radel 1-29.SCORING — Nick Swineford 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Colin Hoke 1 receiving TD, 1 punt return TD, 12 points; Joey Radel 7 PATS, 1 FG, 10 points; Tony Dressler 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Angelo Martin 1 rushing TD, 6 points.

SHAMOKIN (1-1)Shamokin 14 7 7 21—49Opponent 7 0 0 24—31statistics Sham OPPFirst downs 26 27Rushes-net yards 73-412 97-294

Passing yardage 156 125Passing 16-24-1 10-30-0Fumbles-lost 5-2 2-1Penalties-yards 10-89 10-70INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Preston Burns 47-357, 4 TDs; Devin Pietkiewicz 8-38; Mark Wetzel 3-14; Nate Shurock 3-8; Garret Zalar 3-14; Ty Berge 2-0; Tom Campbell 7-(-16).PASSING — Thomas Campbell 11-13-1 for 109 yards, 2 TDs; Nate Shurock 5-13-0 for 47 yards.RECEIVING — Devin Pietkiewicz 5-26; Jacob DiRienzo 5-84; Breslin 1-36; Isaiah Reiprish 1-4, TD; Nate Shurock 1-3; Garrett Zalar 1-3.SCORING — Preston Burns 4 rushing TDs, 1 fumble return TD, 30 points; Isaiah Reiprish 1 receiving TD, 6 poinits; Jacob DiRienzo, 1 receivng TD, 6 points; Alex Washuta 7 PATs, 7 points.

SHIKELLAMY (0-2)Shikellamy 7 21 14 0—42Opponents 7 28 21 24—80statistics Shik OPPFirst downs 20 30Rushes-net yards 68-390 84-445Passing yardage 247 269Passing 19-45-4 18-36-4Fumbles-lost 4-2 4-1Penalties-yards 22-179 22-168INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Shawn Turber 21-232, 3 TDs; Gabe Tilford 3-52; Pierson White

6-41, TD; Kobe Swanger 9-30; Christian Schlegel 15-38; Chris Tasker 9-10; Joey Folk 2-29; Ethan Oakes 1-1; Lemeir Mitchell 1-0; Luke Tilford 1-(-6).PASSING — Christian Schlegel 18-44-4 for 167 yards; Shawn Turber 1-1-0 for 70 yards, TD; Tate Krankoskie 0-2-0.RECEIVING — Hunter Dodge 5-116, TD; Shawn Turber 8-50; Trey Cunningham 4-56; Owen Long 1-20; Pierson White 1-5.SCORING — Shawn Turber 3 rushing TDs, 18 points; Pierson White 1 rushing TD, 1 kickoff TD, 12 points; Hunter Dodge 1 receiving TD, 6 points; Dylan Snyder 6 PATs, 6 points. SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (2-0)Southern Columbia 34 30 35

6—105Opponents 20 7 0 13-40statistics SCHS OppFirst downs 39 19Rushes-net yards 70-745 58-231Passing yardage 230 402Passing 12-24-1 30-45-1Fumbles-lost 7-2 4-2Penalties-yards 13-90 14-121INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Blake Marks 11-223, 3 TDs; Hunter Thomas 11-190, 3 TDs; Drew Michaels 7-76; Jared Torres 14-61, 2 TDs; Nick Becker 1-40; Dylan Kranzel 6-18, TD;

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Game NightWhen: Saturday 2 p.m.Where: Redman FieldRadio: WHLM 930 AM/94.7 FM/105.5 FMBLOOMSBURG HUSKIES (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr83 Dylan Bongiorni 6-1 210 WR Sr.73 Dustin Rogalla 6-7 355 LT R-So.79 Jordan Farrow 6-5 295 LG Sr.67 Beau Bilinsky 6-2 310 C So.78 Steven Stauss 6-5 300 RG R-Fr.55 Fernando Frye 6-3 230 RT Fr.21 Donny Holl 6-2 230 TE R-Sr.1 FJ Williams 6-3 225 WR Sr.13 Brendan Boylan 6-2 195 QB R-Sr.24 Brandon Brown-Dukes 5-8 200 TB R-Sr.48 T.J. Latimer 6-0 250 FB R-Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr96 JamesKarasek 6-0 290 DE Sr.60 RyanCarroll 6-0 295 NG Jr.92 BenjiAbercrombie 6-4 235 DE Jr.52 JakobPlonski 6-2 220MLB R-Jr.43 JoeDever 6-3 220OLB Sr.22 TariqueEllis 5-10185 WS R-Jr.4 TevinStewart 5-10185 CBR-Sr.29 DorianStevens 6-1 180 FS Jr.31 ThomasHigginsIII 5-8 190 SS So.2 KeithRobinsonJr. 5-10175 CBR-Sr.2015 ScheduleDate Opponent/ResultStonehill L,27-10atCalifonria(PA) W,20-13Mercyhurst SaturdayatShippensburg Sept.26Cheyney Oct.3atMillersville Oct.10Kutztown Oct.17atWestChester Oct.24atEastStroudsburg Oct.31LockHaven Nov.7Seton Hill (or PSAC ChampionshipGame) Nov.14

By Josh FunkFor The Daily Item

BLOOMSBURG — A week after rallying from a double-digit deficit, Blooms-burg finds itself facing an opponent also familiar with rallying.

The Huskies (1-1) will play host to Mercyhurst (2-0) on Saturday afternoon at Redman Field in Blooms-burg, with kickoff slated for 2 p.m.

Bloomsburg found itself facing a 13-0 deficit against California (Pa.), but rallied with 17 unanswered points for a 20-13 triumph against the host Vulcans. Mercy-hurst found itself trailing West Chester, 35-31, with less than one minute left in the final stanza before quarterback Brendan Boy-lan scored a game-winning eight-yard touchdown run to propel the Lakers over the Golden Rams, 37-35.

Saturday’s matchup will pit reigning PSAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week. Mercyhurst’s Boy-

lan was named the PSAC West’s Offensive Player of the Week; Bloomsburg’s Joe Wetty was named the PSAC East’s Defensive Player of the Week for a six-tackle, three-sack performance against Cal.

Bloomsburg, with a win, would beach the Lakers’ hopes of its first 3-0 start to a season since 1989. To do it, the Huskies need an-other stalwart defensive per-formance like it turned in against Cal, especially in the second half, because Mercy-hurst enters Saturday’s con-test averaging 36 points per game.

The Huskies defense pres-sured and hounded Vulcan quarterback James Harris into throwing three intercep-tions and sacked the then-reigning PSAC West Offen-sive Player of the Week three times. Harris had thrown for more than 350 yards the week prior to the Bloom game, and against the Hus-kies’ D, he found tough sled-ding. Bloom allowed Cal only 95 yards on the ground

and held the Vulcans to 3.5 yards per carry.

Boylan paced the Lakers with 331 yards passing and three touchdowns against West Chester. His favorite target was FJ Williams, who snared nine passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns. Brandon Brown-Dukes rushed for 112 yards and a score on 21 carries in the Lakers’ first ever program win over the Golden Rams.

Brown-Dukes paces the ground game with 199 yards and two scores; Boylan has thrown for 636 yards and six touchdowns and Williams has 12 catches for 267 yards.

Shikellamy graduate Gar-rett Pope paces the Blooms-burg defense with 15 tackles, a half-tackle for loss and two pass deflections. He’s one of five Huskies with at least 10 tackles. Wetty leads the team with four sacks.

Offensively, the Bloom ground attack pounded out 255 yards against the Vul-cans, and Lawrence Elliott Jr. was a large portion of that production. Elliott fin-

ished with a career-high 166 yards on 26 carries, and he scored what proved to be the winning touchdown on a 24-yard run in the fourth quarter. Bloomsburg is 49-10 overall since 2009 when a back rushes for 100 or more yards in a game.

Elliott has 194 yards on the ground and one touchdown on 34 carries. Joe Parsnik, who rushed for more than 70 yards against Cal, adds 94 yards on 27 totes. Field gen-eral Tim Kelly has thrown for 249 yards and adds 28 on the ground while throwing and running for one score each. Chad Hoffman is the lone Huskies receiver in double digits for receptions, with 10.

Bloomsburg will be pit-ted against a Laker defense which held the Golden Rams without a point in the second half. Bruno Natter leads the team with 17 tackles, James Karasek has three sacks and Dorian Stevens and Tevin Stewart each have recorded a pair of interceptions for Mercyhurst.

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Thomas Manley 5-27; Cole Potter 2-15; A.J. Goodlunas 5-17; Nic Fetterman 3-33; Billy Marzeski 3-14, TD; Garrett Henry 1-3; Sami Abdul 2-14.PASSING — Drew Michaels 9-14-1 for 159 yards, 3 TDs; Justin Derk 3-9-0 for 62 yards; Nick Becker 1-1-0 for 19 yards.RECEIVING — Steve Toczylousky 5-89, 2 TDs; Hunter Thomas 3-82, TD; Jared Torres 22-10; Garrett Henry 1-29; Cam Young 1-19; Blake Marks 1-8.SCORING — Hunter Thomas 3 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 1 kick-off return TD, 1 interception TD, 36 points; Blake Marks 3 rushing TDs, 1 PAT, 19 points; Tyler Keiser 11 PATs, 1 FG, 14 points; Steve Toczylousky 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Billy Marzeski 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Dylan Frantzel 1 rushing TD, 6 points.

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Opponent 0 37 25 14—66statistics WRHS OppFirst downs 30 27Rushes-net yards 74-183 72-594Passing yardage 299 69Passing 24-41-1 7-16-0Fumbles-lost 5-2 2-1Penalties-yards 10-55 5-53INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tyler Brown 43-99; Anthony Null 16-91, TD; Noah Showers 4-15; Ty Kirkner 3-7, TD; Jorge Guillen 2-3, TD; Gage Anzulavich 6-(-32).PASSING — Gage Anzulavich 24-41-1 for 299 yards, 2 TDs.RECEIVING — Matt Truckenmiller 6-82, 2 TDs; Matt Gummo 3-55; George Reasoner 3-20; Noah Showers 3-41; Ty Kirkner 2-23; Kade Meyer 2-6; Jacob Snyder 2-24; Theo Bender 1-17; Tyler Brown 1-28.SCORING — Matt Truckenmiller 2 receiving TDs, 12 points; Anthony Null 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Jorge Guillen 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Ty Kirkner 1 rushing TD, 6 points; Austin Solstez 4 PATs, 4 points.

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Montoursville’s Keith Batkowski and Lewisburg’s Matthew Fedorjaka jump for the ball during last week’s game in Lewisburg.

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When: 8 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Beaver StadiumLast meeting: Penn State won, 13-10 September 13, 2014Series: Penn State leads 23-2Radio: WKOK 1070Television: BTNRUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr13 Carlton Agudosi 6-6 220 WR Jr.74 Keith Lumpkin 6-8 325 LT Sr.60 Dorain Miller 6-3 285 LG So.69 Derrick Nelson 6-3 295 C Jr.70 Chris Muller 6-6 310 RG Jr.77 J.J. Denman 6-6, 305 RT Jr.42 Nick Arcidiacono 6-5 240 TE Jr.88 Andre Patton 6-4, 200 WR Jr.5 Chris Laviano 6-3 210 QB So.44 Sam Bergen 6-0 250 FB Sr.34 Paul James 6-0 215 TB Sr. OR32 Justin Goodwin 6-0 200 TB Jr. DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr22 Quanzell Lamber 6-1 260 DE Jr.51 Sebastian Joesph 6-4 295 NT So.53 Julian Pinniz Odrick 6-5 275 DT Jr.93 Djwany Mera 6-4 265 DE Sr.3 Steve Longa 6-1 225 WLB Jr.14 Kaiwan Lewis 6-0 230 MLB Sr.50 Quentin Gause 6-1 235 SLB Sr.11 Isiah Wharton 6-1 210 CB R-Fr.31 Anthony Cioffi 6-0 200 FS Jr.29 DAVON JACOBS 6-0 195 SS Jr. 10 Blessuan Austin 6-1 185 CB Fr.2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultNorfolk St W, 63-13Washington St W, 37-34at Penn St SaturdayKansas Sept. 26Michigan St Oct. 10at Indiana Oct. 17Ohio St Oct. 24at Wisconsin Oct. 31at Michigan Nov. 7Nebraska Nov. 14at Army Nov. 21Maryland Nov. 28PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (1-1)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr12 Chris Godwin 6-1 208 WR So.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 206 WR So.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-4 228 QB Jr.22 Akeel Lynch 5-11 220 RB Jr.34 Dom Salomone 5-10 242 RB Jr.88 Mike Gesicki 6-6 255 TE So.73 Paris Palmer 6-7 302 LT Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 318 LG So.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 321 C Sr. 72 Brian Gaia 6-3 304 RG Jr.59 Andrew Nelson 6-6 302 RT So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr95 Carl Nassib 6-7 272 DE Sr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-4 284 DT Sr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 323 DT Jr.90 Garrett Sickels 6-4 258 DE So.11 Brandon Bell 6-1 231 OLB Jr.8 Gary Wooten jr. 6-2 237 MLB Jr.40 Jason Cabinda 6-1 245 OLB So. 15 Grant Haley 5-9 189 CB So.2 Marcus Allen 6-2 209 FS So.9 Jordan Lucas 6-0 193 SS Sr.10 Trevor Williams 6-0 200 CB Sr.92 Daniel Pasquariello 6-1 200 P So.2015 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Temple L, 27-10Buffalo W, 27-14Rutgers FridaySan Diego State Sept. 26Army Oct. 3Indiana Oct. 10at Ohio State Oct. 17Maryland Oct. 24Illinois Oct. 31at Northwestern Nov. 7Michigan Nov. 21at Michigan State Nov. 28


Penn State will host Rut-gers this week in the first conference game of the Big Ten season. Nobody else in the league will face a conference opponent until next month.

The early start is fine with Scarlet Knights coach Kyle Flood.

“I like it, I really do,” he said on Tuesday’s Big Ten teleconference. “I like having a conference game this early. There’s no doubt it focuses you. The team is excited about it. This one happens to be on the road. It’s a great environment for college football out there in Happy Valley.”

A number of other FBS leagues have already started conference play for some of their teams, includ-ing the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conferences. Rutgers faced a Pac-12 team last weekend, losing to Washington State 37-34.

Penn State opened with a loss at Temple before beat-ing Buffalo.

Last year, Penn State and Rutgers also played in mid-September, with the Nit-tany Lions winning 13-10.

SOARING SCORES: There are always a decent number of blowouts in September, when top teams often host overmatched underdogs before the start of conference play. Illinois beat Western Illinois 44-0 last week. Rutgers opened its season two weeks ago with a 63-13 win over Nor-folk State.

Ohio State coach Ur-ban Meyer was asked if anybody might score 100 points at some point.

“I hope not,” Meyer said. “We’ve been on the front end of some of those, and you get to the point where

you just run, run, run and take the clock. I just don’t want to ever see that hap-pen to someone’s defense. That would be hard to come back from.”

Ohio State’s most lop-sided win under Meyer was a 76-0 rout of Florida A&M in 2013.

BRING IT BACK?: Michigan coach Jim Har-baugh said he’s open to playing Notre Dame again.

The teams played last season, but the series is now on hiatus. The Irish broke off the series to accommodate their new scheduling arrangement with the ACC.

Harbaugh said he’d be fine playing Notre Dame again, but he didn’t have much more to add on the topic. He said he’d need to

talk to Irish coach Brian Kelly about it.

“I’d probably have a con-versation with Coach Kelly about that before anybody else. I think that would probably be the best course of action,” Harbaugh said. “I would be open to it, yes.”

SHIPS IN THE NIGHT: Northwestern is playing at Duke this week, while

in-state rival Illinois also heads to Tobacco Road to face North Carolina. Il-linois coach Bill Cubit said he got a text from North-western’s Pat Fitzgerald recently.

“Fitz, he texted me the other day. I didn’t realize they were playing Duke — we could have shared some of the expenses going down there,” Cubit said.

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Penn State wide receiver Chris Godwin (12) hauls in a long pass as Buffalo corner-back Boise Ross defends during the fourth quarter of last week’s game.

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there’s buzz all around town. Old-timers are reminiscing about their glory days. The new Comets, whose coach is also an oil worker, are brac-ing for a tough season. And most everyone else knows where they’ll spend Saturday afternoons this fall.

“Having a football team to rally around strengthens the community,” says Leslie Bieber, Alexander’s super-intendent, who spearheaded efforts to rebuild the team. “It allows us to have our identity again.”

A lot of townsfolk helped make it happen. Last May, a few hundred people gathered at a semi-formal ball at the firehouse and, on a single night, raised more than $50,000 for jerseys, helmets and other equipment. Some of that money also will go to the girls and boys basketball and girls volleyball teams that are resuming after 11 years.

The official football launch came on the first Saturday in September as Alexander celebrated Old Settlers’ Day for the 70th year with a parade along Elk Street, past the post office, the Hard Ride Saloon, the Lions Burger Fry grill and the Ragged Butte Spring that was a watering hole for cattle in pioneer days.

Horse-drawn open wagons led the way, followed by a clown in a miniature yellow car, vintage autos and fire department vehicles. Then came the floats with the Class of ‘65, marking its 50th anniversary, and after their long absences, the girls’ vol-leyball team and the Com-ets, who tossed candy to kids in the crowd.

Taking it all in, Jim Jacob-son recalled how Comets football is in his family’s DNA. His father, Garvin, was plucked from the wheat fields when he was 15 to play

in the first game, around 1925. Jim followed, starting in the late 1950s, and his son, Todd, played the last season in 1987. Now his grandson, Dayden Rafferty, is wearing the uniform.

“Family has been here since ‘05 and we’re still a part of the community,” Ja-cobson says proudly. “Hav-ing a team that’s your own is something special. We’ve been missing that for a long time.”

Folks who’d been gone for decades began arriv-ing hours before the game. Some were former Comets with weathered faces, silver hair and flawless memories of their gridiron exploits. Other people traveled from South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming for the momen-tous occasion.

“I thought, ‘Why all the hype?’” says Margaret Bottke, class of ‘56, who made the nearly 600-mlle drive from Missoula, Mon-tana. “Now I understand. ... What else would hold a small community like this together? It’s church on Sunday and games the rest of the week.”

Hundreds of fans, some wearing cowboy hats and

boots, others in Comets T-shirts and sweatshirts, huddled in the bleachers or clustered along the sidelines as the game got underway. Others sat on the back of pickups or remained behind the wheel, honking per-sistently when Alexander scored.

Julie Riggs, who painted a red “25” on her left cheek for the jersey number of her son, Tyler Hayden, says being a Comet provides life lessons. “One of the things these kids learn is there’s something bigger than themselves,” she said between cheers.

Coach Kevin Clausen has a similar message for his squad: “We’re all in it together. There’s not one person more important than the other. ...We represent the school, the community, everybody that’s ever played here.”

The Comets play six-man football, and since North Dakota doesn’t have that division, its competitors are Montana schools.

This year’s squad is a collection of homegrown kids and transplants from states including Florida, California, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Many have never

played football. Several have endured hard times.

Nick Armour, the 16-year-old quarterback who also is a saddle bronco rider, suffered a double tragedy in January. He lost his 18-old-year-old brother, Brady, and best buddy, Nathan Sims, 16, when they were killed in a car accident.

He and Sims were looking forward to being teammates. “I sure would like to have a really good season for him,” he says.

Ryan Bergstrom, 16, a Florida native, normally would work after school to ease the financial load for his mother, who manages a man camp for oil workers. This fall, he says, she told him to pursue his football dream. He’s committed to the Comets.

“It’s a brotherhood like no other,” he says.

Jack Heen, 14, the young-est varsity player, is play-ing with a heart condition, but has the approval of his doctor and the school nurse, who happens to be his mother. “Life’s a lot better when I’m playing sports,” he says.

And there’s Jayy Morgan, 18, the only senior, who ar-

rived this spring from Cali-fornia eager to join the team, though basketball is his true passion. “I love the town and I’m pretty sure I can get the town to love me,” he says.

Morgan’s plans were almost derailed when his mother needed him to work to help make ends meet. When he told school officials he might have to quit, the teachers, coach and others rallied — with his mother’s OK — to help with the bills for the rest of the season.

“When I say we are a family, we ARE a family,” Bieber says, growing tearful at times as she talks about the team’s return. “Our students are not just our students. They’re our kids. They would do it for anyone if he’s an athlete or not.”

As it turned out, Morgan was a fan favorite. He scored all three Comets’ touch-downs.

Unfortunately, the team’s first game back was a rout — 65 to 18 — by the much larger Grass Range/Win-nett High School team from Montana. But the crowd didn’t seem discouraged.

Bruised but unbowed, the Comets walked off the field to shouts of “Good job, you guys! We love you!”

And there was a rousing cheer:

“That’s our team and we couldn’t be prouder.

“If you don’t believe us, we’ll yell a little louder!”

Townsfolk hope this fall ritual is here to stay. One encouraging sign: A school addition is being built and enrollment is expected to surpass 360 in three years.

Jacobson, who wore his Comets jersey long ago, says it’ll take time to develop a strong team.

“They’re going to take their lumps ... but they’re go-ing to learn and get better,” he says. “And they’ve got to realize the community is always behind them.”

Alexander finally gets its team back


Jayy Morgan runs the ball during his team’s first game in Alexander, N.D., on Sept. 5. An oil boom has increased the population in and around the tiny town, bringing in enough players for the school to have its own football program for the first time in nearly 30 years.

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