Bellwood Runs Over Huntingdon to Remain Undefeated
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Chad States | September 7, 2024
Bellwood—The Bellwood Blue Devils used a strong rushing attack led by running back Colin Gibbons to defeat the Huntingdon Bearcats 20-14 at John Hayes Memorial Stadium Friday night.
The Bearcats started off the scoring on the evening as running back Landon Erdman took the inside hand off from quarterback Elliott Guisler and raced 36 yards through the Blue Devil defense for the score with 9:34 to go in the 1st Quarter. Kaiden Snare added the extra point to give Huntingdon the early 7-0 lead.
Bellwood scored on their ensuing drive on a 25-yard run by Gibbons. A failed 2-pt conversion made the score 7-6 in favor of Huntingdon.
The score remained that way until right before half as Bellwood put together a long drive that culminated in a 1-yard TD run by Cayden Pellegrine with 13 seconds to go. The Blue Pirates went for two and converted as quarterback Holden Schreier found Pellegrine wide open in the end zone for the conversion giving Bellwood a 14-7 lead at halftime.
The Blue Devils continued the scoring in the 3rd quarter as Gibbons continued to pound the Bearcat defense and plunged into the endzone from 5 yards out. After the failed PAT attempt, Bellwood led 20-7.
Huntingdon tried to make it a game late as Eric Mykut replaced Guisler at quarterback and orchestrated a late scoring drive for the Bearcats culminating in a 7-yard TD pass to Erdman with 1:43 to go in the 4th. Snare once again converted the PAT cutting the Bellwood lead to 20-14.
Bellwood would simply run out the clock to move to 3-0 on the year as the Bearcats now fall to 0-3.
GAME NOTES
BELLWOOD—The Blue Pirates controlled much of the game on the ground racking up 178 yards rushing. Gibbons was the leading ground gainer with 103 yards and 2TD’s. He also contributed 3 catches for 34 yards. Braydn Partner finished with 76 yards on 13 carries. Schreier was 7for11 for 82 yards. The Blue Pirates limited Huntingdon to 157 yards of total offense.
HUNTINGDON—Erdman was the leading rusher with 57 yards and 1TD as Bellwood was able to control the line of scrimmage for much of the evening limiting the Bearcats to 99 yards rushing on the evening. Mykut tallied for catches in the game to go along with 16 yards rushing and going 6of8 for 62 yards in the passing game.
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