2026 District Nine Review – 8th Week Action

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Phil Myers | October 20, 2026

Here are the top performers of the week along with a couple other tidbits:

Quarterbacks:

• Cole Johnston, Karns City, accounted for 3 touchdowns by running for 2 of them and passing for the other.
• Dom Corcetti, Keystone, due to the weather, the coaches only had him throw two times.  Both went for touchdowns.
• Carter Hindman, Central Clarion, had 226 yards passing and he threw 4 touchdown passes.
• Aiden Patton, Brockway, passed the pigskin for 175 yards and 3 TDs.
• Dylan Faust, Clearfield, threw the football for 210 yards and 2 TDs.  He ran for another.
• Ryan Schenfield, Otto-Eldred, threw 2 touchdown passes.

Running Backs:

• Zach Blews, Punxsutawney, ran the ball 33 times, gaining 255 yards in the mud.  He ran for a touchdown and caught a pass for another touchdown.
• Parker Bish, Union/AC Valley, trekked around the football field for 303 yards and 3 TDs plus he grabbed a pass for a touchdown.
• Kellen Veilleux, Port Allegany, ran for 126 yards and 2 scores.  He also grabbed 6 passes for 86 more yards and a touchdown.
• Levi Stevenson, Bucktail, rushed for 187 yards.
• Isaac Postlewait, Port Allegany, ran for 114 yards and 2 scores.
• Maddox Dickerson, Smethport, rushed for 140 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
• Collin Weir, Brockway, totaled 127 yards running the rock and scored 4 times.
• London Duncan, DuBois, galloped for 130 yards and 2 scores, all in the first quarter of the game with Baldwin.
• Bryce Galan, Karns City, rambled for 122 yards and 2 TDs.
• Gus Herzing, St. Marys, scored 2 touchdowns running.
• Owen Steger, Ridgway, had 2 touchdowns while running for 111 yards.

Wide Receivers:

• Brody Beggs, Central Clarion, had 106 receiving yards and a pair of touchdown grabs.
• Caleb Daugherty, Brockway, had 2 touchdowns, 1 receiving and 1 running the football.

Defense and Special Teams:

• Jaden Greenblatt, Punxsutawney, returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.
• Luke Grusky, Punxsutawney, had a 39-yard fumble return TD.
• Ayden Bachman, Isaac Postlewait, and Gavin Moses, Port Allegany, tackled 16, 15, and 11 ball carriers respectively.
• Zach Hungiville, Smethport, made 11 tackles.
• Preston Darr, Kahne Jamerson, and Keller Chamberlain, Kane, had 14, 12, and 10 tackles respectively.
• Noah Yori, Carson Crissman, and Micah Kindel, Union/AC Valley, respectively took down 11, 10, and 10 ball carriers.
• Coleman Freeman and Eli Powell, Coudersport, chalked up 15 and 13 tackles respectively.
• The Keystone defense was phenomenal in keeping the Redbank Valley offense to a total of 66 yards for the entire game in pitching a shutout.
• The Brookville defense held Moniteau to 106 yards for the game in a losing cause.
• The Karns City defense intercepted Butler 4 times.
• Cole Johnston, Karns City, had 2 of those 4 picks.

Other Tidbits:

• Karns City became the District 9 Region 1 champions with Central Clarion losing.
• Keystone has won 6 straight games after a second week loss to Karns City.
• Brockway has won 6 in a row after losing their first two games to Keystone and DuBois.
• Smethport has won 6 consecutive games after falling to Port Allegany in week two.

Game(s) of the Week:

• Overtime decided the contest between Otto-Eldred and Union/AC Valley last Friday night.  The O-E Terrors took off early and led 14-0, but UACV came back in the second quarter and trailed 14-7 by halftime.  Union/AC Valley kept the pressure on in the third quarter and scored again.  By the end of three quarters the Falcon/Knights were only down by one point 14-13.  That momentum carried into the 4th quarter and Union/AC Valley took their first lead of the game 21-14.  Otto-Eldred then found their offensive footing and bounced back scoring twice to put themselves in the lead 28-21 with under three minutes to go.  UACV took all of two minutes to flow down the field and tie the game at 28.  The Union/AC Valley FalconKnights then won in overtime 34-28.
• The Punxsutawney Chucks and the Central Clarion Wildcats were involved in a real barn burner as they say.  The game had many momentum swings and the outcome was in doubt until the clock hit 0:00.  Central Clarion jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and remained on top 14-6 by the end of the first.  Punxsy came charging back in the second stanza of play, scoring 19 straight points to surge ahead 25-14.  But Clarion capitalized on a Punxsy gamble on 4th down and scored with only seconds left in the half to cut the Chuck lead to 25-22.  Central Clarion retook the lead in the third quarter 28-25.  Punxsy came up big in the final frame by scoring with only 51 seconds on the clock to jump in front 32-28.  The Wildcats got a great kickoff return and a 20-yard pass gave them possession inside the Chuck 30.  But on the last play Punxsy intercepted the ball to hold on for the big victory.
• Smethport came from behind to down Kane 18-14 in another great game.  The Hubbers were on top 6-0 after the first period, but Kane answered in the second and took the lead 8-6 by halftime.  The Kane Wolves increased their lead to 14-6 by the end of the third quarter and the way their defense was playing that lead looked safe.  But, Smethport came to life scoring twice in the 4th quarter, the second touchdown and winning score came with less than 90 seconds remaining in the game.
• Moniteau was involved in another defensive struggle.  This week’s tussle was with Brookville.  Moniteau’s defense played very well and indirectly won the game for the Warriors by holding the Brookville Blue Raiders on downs twice inside the Moniteau 5-yard line.  Brookville grabbed the 2-0 lead on a first quarter safety and their defense almost made that stand up.  The Blue Raider ‘D’ held Moniteau to 106 total yards for the game,  The score remained 2-0 into the last quarter.  That is when Moniteau put together their only real drive of the night and marched 83 yards (again they only had 106 for the game) to score the only TD of the night with 6 minutes left.  The Warrior defense prevented Brookville from mounting a real threat and Moniteau came away with the unusual 6-2 win.

Upset of the Week:

• None 

Protime’s Top 9 Teams in District Nine (last week’s rank):

1. Karns City 7-1 (1)
2. Keystone 7-1 (2)
3. DuBois 5-3 (3)
4. Brockway 6-2 (5)
5. Punxsutawney 5-3 (7)
6. Central Clarion 4-4 (4)
7. Port Allegany 5-3 (9)
8. Ridgway 5-3 (6)
9. Redbank Valley 5-3 (8)

Upcoming Game(s) of the Week:

• Central Clarion (4-4) at Redbank Valley (5-3)
• Port Allegheny (5-3) at Karns City (7-1)