In One of the Best Games Ever, Port Allegany Beats Brockway on a Last Play 57-Yard Hail Mary

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Phil Myers | November 14, 2026

(Featured Picture from left to right are Port Allegany’s Chase Boyd, Brennan Fillhart, Kellen Veilleux, and Isaac Postlewait.)

The Port Allegany Gators’ running back, Isaac Postlewait, said, “hey there was 21 seconds left, anything can happen.”  And it did.  Mansell Stadium in DuBois saw Brockway score 21 straight points in seven and a half minutes to take an improbable 35-34 lead with only 21 seconds remaining in the game.  However, Port Allegany answered with a 57-yard touchdown pass from QB Brennan Fillhart to Chase Boyd as the clock wound down to zero to give the Gators the astounding 40-35 victory and a spot in the District 9 Class 1A Final for the 5th year in a row. 

That game-ending touchdown also sent the Port Allegany football team and their faithful into a state of delirious joy.  The Port winning touchdown put Brockway and their fans into stunned disbelief and numbness as many defensive players laid on the ground in total shock.  Such is the game of high school football.  It is a great game that teaches many things about life.  No matter which side the fans were on, they will always remember this game as probably the greatest ever played and the greatest they ever saw.

Talk about momentum swings and one team dominating only to have the tables turned.  This contest had everything including some good defense at times even though each team chalked up over 400 yards of offense.  

Collin Weir of Brockway looked to be the hero and star of the game as he scored all five of the Rover TDs, three of which came on runs of over 50 yards.  All told Mr. Weir raced up and down the field for 267 yards on 24 carries, an average of over 11 yards per carry.

Kellen Veilleux, Port Allegany’s all-purpose player, became only the second player in the history of Pennsylvania high school football to run for over 1,000 yards and have over 1,000 receiving yards in the same year.  He set a record by doing it in only 12 games.  Parker Gregg of Central did it in 2021 but it took him 15 games to do it.  Veilleux now has 1,149 yards rushing and 1,004 yards receiving after running for 167 and catching a pair of passes for 46 yards in this game.  Veilleux scored four times, three via the ground game and once hauling in a short pass and zigzagging around defenders into the endzone. 

Kellen Veilleux (far left) with ball heading around the end for positive yardage.

Port’s head coach, Cliff Fillhart said, “Our guys up front got us this game.  They stepped it up for us.  All the credit to our kids for not quitting.”  He had this to say about Kellen Veilleux, “ He’s everything, man.  He’s a special kid with the ball in his hands.  He’s lightning in a bottle.”  He add with a smile, “My heart’s still coming down.”

Port Allegany won the toss and elected to receive, but the Rover ‘D’ forced a three and out.  Brockway proceeded to drive into Port territory at the 42, but Chase Boyd made a nice grab to intercept Aiden Patton at the Gator 19-yard line.

Three plays was all it took for Port Allegany to draw first blood.  Veilleux carried the ball twice gaining a total of 7 yards.  Then Postlewait broke through and traversed 74 yards for the score.  The extra point try was blocked and Port led 6-0 with a second under six minutes left in the opening quarter of play.

Brockway countered with a five play, 77-yard scoring drive capped by Weir’s 55-yard touchdown run.  Caleb Dougherty’s PAT was good (the first of five) and the Rovers led 7-6 with 3:27 remaining in the first period.

After Veilleux had a 30-yard kickoff return to the 37, his team embarked on a 63-yard scoring drive.  It took all of four plays with the big one coming on Brennon Fillhart’s pass to Veilleux who took it the rest of the way (38 yards) to the house.  The 2-point conversion try failed and Port had the lead back at 12-7 and there was still 1:21 left in the first.

The Rovers had to punt on their next series, the result of which led Port Allegany on an  88-yard drive that took 7 plays.  Veilleux did the honors by galloping the last 17 yards into the end zone.  Fillhart ran a bootleg for the 2-point conversion and the Gators led 20-7 at the 7:47 mark of the second quarter.

Brockway did not quit and proceeded to drive all the way to the Port 17 before their drive stalled by some good defensive secondary work to break up a couple passes.  After two runs Port Allegany ran out the clock to halftime.

Brockway came out of the locker room and drove 73 yards in four plays.  The touchdown came about on Weir’s 53-yard jaunt.  But Port Allegany came right back and put together a six play drive that covered 65 yards ending with Veilleux’s 18-yard run.  The 2-point attempt failed again and with 6:47 left in the third, it was Port 26 and Brockway 14.

It stayed that way until the wild, wild fourth quarter as Brockway fumbled the ball and Port recovered at the Gator 44.  Port Allegany used 12 plays to go up 34-14 with 9:17 remaining in the game.  Veilleux scored his fourth of the evening on that drive.

Kellen Veilleux of Port Allegany scores his 4th TD of the night. Veilleux becomes the 2nd player in PA history to rush for 1,000 yards and have 1,000 yards receiving in same year. @PaFootballNews @Bfillhart3 @circlewsports @PFN_Luxy @CCHastings1863 @Sykotyk https://t.co/44H2umVlWE

— Protime the H.S. Football Prophet (@Protime_PFN) November 14, 2026

Then the real fun began.  Brockway scored twice in less than four minutes.  Weir’s third touchdown on a 52-yard run gave some life to Brockway.  Then a contested onside kick was given to the Rovers as the referees said a Port Allegany player had touched it before it went the required ten yards and Brockway pounced on it.  That changed the momentum of the game and put Brockway back in the game.  Weir scored his fourth TD at the 5:40 mark and it was game on as they say.

The Rover defense now played the best they did since Port’s opening possession.  They were fired up and held Port to a minus yard for two plays.  Then Dougherty intercepted Fillhart’s third down pass, giving Brockway the unbelievable chance to retake the lead they’d had in the first quarter.  Brockway capitalized, purposely running down the clock as the steadily drove 37 yards exclusively running the ball, scoring on Weir’s fifth touchdown of the game at the :21 mark.

Collin Weir of Brockway scores with 21 seconds left to tie game at 34 with Port Allegay. The PAT would be good & Brockway seemed to have things in hand scoring 3 touchdowns in the last 9 minutes. @PaFootballNews @coachHeigel @caleb_doc11 @AidenQB10 @CCHastings1863 @circlewsports https://t.co/JoLLw6qUH5

— Protime the H.S. Football Prophet (@Protime_PFN) November 14, 2026

The Brockway fans were going bonkers as they couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed.  With Dougherty’s successful PAT, the Rovers now held the lead 35-34 with only two dozen minus three seconds remaining.  The Brockway fans were celebrating as there was not enough time left for Port to do any damage, or so they thought.

The kickoff went out of bounds and Port elected to take the ball at their 35.  A quick pass to Veilleux for 8 yards left 15 ticks on the game clock.  An incomplete pass took off another 8 seconds.  Port Allegany lined up four wide to the quarterback’s left, and they had a one on one matchup on the right side (Chase Boyd).  Fillhart looked right and laid a perfect strike to a streaking Boyd who had simply run by Brockway’s defender.  Boyd caught the ball and made it to the end zone without anyone touching him.  Then the pandemonium broke out on the Gator side of the field.  Stunned silence on the Rover side.  

Coach Fillhart commented on the last play, “We saw we could get one on one on the solo side.  Kellen was with the trips.  So we said let’s take a shot.  Chase ran one hell of a route and Brennan threw one hell of a ball to him.” 

“We came up with a miracle,” said an elated Kellen Veilleux.  “I thought I overthrew him,” stated Fillhart.  “Dream come true,” said Boyd, “I dreamed as a kid to win a game like that.  It’s just an awesome feeling.  Never in my life have I been involved in a game like that.”  For the game, Postlewait garnered 127 yards on the ground on only 9 carries.

Brockway had dominated on the scoreboard in the regular season game between these two teams on September 18th and beat Port 27-12.  “We played the worst possible game we could have played (that night),” stated Coach Fillhart.  What changed in the past two months was the kids grew more as a team and an identity.  “We knew we could run the ball up the middle on them from watching film,” Coach Fillhart observed.  

Port Allegany’s record stands at 8-4 and they will face Keystone (10-1) next week for the District Nine 1A championship.  Port and Keystone did not play during the 2026 regular season.  Brockway saw its 9 game winning streak and season come to an end.  The Rovers finished with a 9-3 record.