DuBois Junior High Finishes Season Unbeaten by Besting Hollidaysburg 42-16

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Phil Myers | November 5, 2026

The DuBois Beaver Junior High put the finishing touches on an unbeaten season by dismantling a good Hollidaysburg team 42-16 Wednesday afternoon at Mansell Stadium in DuBois.  The DuBois 7th/8th grade team ended the season with a 9-0 mark.  Beaver Quarterback Landon Liddle was a key factor in the victory with 260 total offensive yards.  He was involved in three scores as he passed for a pair of TDs and caught a touchdown pass.  He also claimed two interceptions on defense. 

DuBois opened the game with a pooch type of kickoff that they recovered at the Hollidaysburg 28 yard line.  The result was a four play drive capped by Jordan Lockett’s 5-yard run.  Roman Brigger made the first of four extra points and the Beavers led the Golden Tigers 7-0 with 6:43 still on the first period clock.

Jordan Lockett, front and center, finds room to run.

Hollidaysburg put together a nice drive getting to the DuBois 5 before a bad snap set them back 20 yards.  That was immediately followed by Liddle’s first interception.  Finding daylight, he raced from his goal line all the way to the Golden Tiger 43.  

After gaining one yard in three plays and going backwards as a result of 15 yards in penalties, Liddle completed a 4th down pass for 28 yards to Bryson Maicki to keep the drive alive.  Four plays later he hit Levi Smith with a 6-yard scoring pass with 6:20 left in the half.  That made the score DuBois 14 Hollidaysburg 0.

Hollidaysburg’s next possession ended in turning the ball over on downs at the Beaver 38.  It took just 3 plays for DuBois to score this time.  First of all, Liddle found Maicki for 28 yards once again.  Then Smith ran for 14 yards, followed by Lockett’s 20-yard touchdown jaunt.  Hollidaysburg blocked the PAT.  DuBois led at this point 20-0 with only 2:39 left in the half.

The DuBois defense forced a three and out on Hollidaysburg’s next series giving the Beavers just enough time to go 69 yards and score as the clock hit zero.  The big play of the drive was Liddle’s 41-yard run.  He scored the touchdown on a bit of trickery when he handed the ball to Lockett, who in turn handed the ball to Maicki, who then threw to Liddle in the flat.  Liddle spun out of a tackle and plowed into another tackler and into the endzone for the touchdown just as the horn sounded to end the second quarter.  The 2-point conversion was successful and DuBois went up 28-0 at the break.

The second half started by DuBois fumbling the ball on the first play and Hollidaysburg recovered.  The Golden Tigers scored on a jet sweep 20-yard run.  The visitors appeared to have life and trailed 28-8.  They even recovered the onside kick.  But alas, the Beaver defense came up big with Liddle intercepting his second pass of the afternoon.  

DuBois scored twice before the 3rd quarter ended to lead 42-8 going into the final stanza.  A Liddle to Owen Kulbatsky pass for three yards happened with 1:30 left in the frame.  That made the score 35-8.  

Landon Liddle (in black on far left) uncorks the touchdown pass to Owen Kulbatsky.

Owen Kulbatsky (in black #11 on right immediately after catching the touchdown pass .

A great kickoff return by Hollidaysburg and a penalty put the ball at the DuBois 8 to begin the next Golden Tiger series.  But four plays netted a loss of four yards and DuBois took over at their 12-yard line.  On the first play Liddle ran 83 yards to the Hollidaysburg 5.  The very next play Liddle handed the ball to one of his big linemen playing halfback, Sam Smith, who plowed in to end at the :18 mark of the third.  Hollidaysburg scored in the 4th quarter to set the final at 42-16.

Liddle ran for 172 yards on just 7 carries.  He went 9 of 12 passing for 88 yards.  Lockett ran 6 times for 62 yards and scored twice.  Maicki caught 3 passes for 67 yards, plus threw a touchdown pass.