2026 District Nine Review – 2nd Week Action

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Phil Myers | September 8, 2026

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

Quarterbacks:

• Cole Johnston, Karns City, accounted for 5 TDs when he ran for 3 scores and threw for 2 more.  He ended up with 299 total yards.
• Aiden Patton, Brockway, threw for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns.
• Teeg Hetrick, Punxsy, passed for 3 scores for the second time in 2 games.
• Brennan Fillhart, Port Allegany, tossed 4 touchdown passes and threw for almost 200 yards.
• Ryan Schenfield, Otto-Eldred, had 3 TD throws and just missed getting 200 yards passing.
• Ben McCormack, Kane, rushed for 3 scores and had a 4th on special teams.

Running Backs:

• Kellen Villeux, Port Allegany, scored 3 touchdowns, in 3 different ways, including 1 on defense (see below).  He had 153 yards rushing and over 90 receiving. 
• Ethan Rex, Central Clarion, scored 4 TDs, 3 rushing and 1 receiving.
• Jace Zimmerman, Ridgway, ran for 3 scores and had 182 yards carrying the rock.
• Zach Blews, Punxsy, had 3 touchdowns rushing and 155 yards.

Wide Receivers:

• Owen Kaufman, Karns City, had over 100 yards receiving.
• Max Presloid, Punxsy, caught 3 TD passes and accounted for 163 receiving yards.
• Caleb Daugherty, Brockway, grabbed 8 passes for 124 yards.
• Avion Bell, DuBois, snagged 2 passes for touchdowns.
• Wyatt Blendinger, Otto-Eldred, caught 8 passes for 107 yards and a pair of TDs.

Defense and Special Teams:

• Keenan Miller, Bradford, returned a kickoff 83 yards for a TD.
• Kellen Villeux, Port Allegany, had a pick six for the second week in a row.  This time it went for 58 yards
• Brody Boggs, Central Clarion, returned a kickoff 63 yards for the TD.
• Lucas Himes, Smethport, returned a punt 55 yards for a TD.
• Ben McCormack, Kane, had a 42-yard INT return for a touchdown.
• Matthew Gilmore, St.Marys, scored on a 30 yard pick six.
• Tyson Hooks, Central Clarion, rambled for a score via a 21-yard INT.
• Coleman Freeman, Coudersport, led his team in tackles and had an interception.
• Ayden Bachman, Port Allegany, scored 11 tackles for his team.
• Evan Ramsey, Cameron County, had 11 tackles also on the night.
• Liam Hawver, Port Allegany, took down 10 opposing ball carriers.
• Michael Eaton, Otto-Eldred, tackled 10 opposition runners.
• Punxsy’s defense allowed only 52 yards for the whole game, which came out to be barely over a yard per play.
• Central Clarion’s ‘D’ yielded 91 yards and sacked the quarterback 6 times.

Other Tidbits:

• Three head coaches picked up their first career win this past week.  They are Rob Hanzely of DuBois, Scott Easton of Coudersport, and Brian Neal of Otto-Eldred.  Congratulations and wishing you all many more!
• Mark Heindl, Ridgway’s head coach, collected his 100th career coaching win.  Congrats to you too, Mark.

Game(s) of the Week:

• Clearfield out-defensed Bedford 7-2 in an old-fashioned slobber-knocker!  The Bison trailed at the half 2-0, but rebounded in the second half to really take control, only mustering a touchdown in the 3rd quarter.  Bedford could not do much offensively but were within a score to win the game.  Clearfield’s defense would not allow that to happen and Clearfield grabbed its first victory of the season.
• The Otto-Eldred Terrors topped Bucktail 28-20 and never trailed.  The Bucks gave up three scores in a little over a quarter, but made some adjustments defensively and held Otto to only one more score the rest of the way.  It seemed Bucktail was out of the game a couple times, down by two scores, but they battled back only to fall short.

Upset of the Week:

• There were none.  But, Ridgway beating Redbank Valley by the score of 42-6 was a surprise.  District Nine’s 1A classification appears that the champion will come down from one of five teams.  They are Port Allegany, Ridgway, Brockway, Keystone, and Redbank Valley.  So, it was a big deal when Ridgway took care of Redbank that easily. 

Protime’s Top 9 Teams in District Nine:

1. Karns City
2. Clearfield
3. Punxsutawney
4. Central Clarion
5. Port Allegany
6. DuBois
7. Ridgway/Johnsonburg
8. Keystone
9. Brockway

Upcoming Game(s) of the Week:

• Keystone (1-1) at Ridgway (2-0)
• Karns City (2-0) at Punxsutawney (2-0)
• Central Clarion (1-1) at DuBois (1-1)