2024 District 9 Review – 4th Week Action (and PA State Offensive Leaders)

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Phil Myers | September 17, 2024

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

Quarterbacks:

Trey Wingard, DuBois, tossed the agate for 370 yards and 5 TDs.
Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, accounted for 6 touchdowns, 4 throwing and 2 running. He passed for 284 yards.
Tyler Dunn, Curwensville, had a nice game. He had 395 all-purpose yards including 234 rushing. He scored 4 TDs with his legs and 2 with his arm.
Owen Bish, Union-AC Valley, scored the trifecta of offensive touchdowns. 1 passing, 1 running, and 1 receiving.
Ben Paul, St. Marys, threw for 212 yards and 3 scores.
Cole Johnston, Karns City, had 317 all-purpose yards throwing for 2 TDs and running for 2 more.
Aiden Patton, Brockway, had 233 yards passing for 3 touchdowns.
Coleman Freeman, Coudersport, threw 3 touchdown passes and accumulated 285 yards passing.
Brody Pentz, Bucktail, had 347 all-purpose yards. He accounted for 3 TDs, 2 passing and 1 receiving.

Trey Wingard (in black left side) looking to throw against Bradford.

Running Backs:

Brady Collins, Clearfield, rushed for over 200 yards for the 4th consecutive week. He had 250 yards and galloped for 2 TDs.
Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, was unstoppable again, gaining 244 yards and crossing the goal line 5 times.
Tony Ceriani, Brookville, had 133 yards running and scored a pair of TDs.
Ben Reynolds and Andrew Field, both of St. Marys, had nice games. Reynolds scored 3 touchdowns in running for 126 yards and catching passes for 139 yards. Field rushed for 190 yards and scored 3 times.
Malakai Zucal, Cameron County, pounded out 189 yards.
Austin Eastlick, Redbank Valley, ran for 165 yards.
Rocco Delhunty, Ridgway, rushed for 162 yards and scored twice.

Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany #31.

Receivers:

Blake Pisarcik, Brockway, hauled down passes for 111 yards and 2 TDs.
Danny Vanvladricken, Coudersport, had 118 receiving yards with 2 touchdowns, plus he ran for another score.
Carter Vos, DuBois, 105 yards receiving.

Defense and Special Teams:

Punxsy’s freshman kicker, Owen Roken, is good and may be a name to remember. He kicked 2 field goals against Brookville, one from 37 and the other from 36. Both would have been good from 50 or more!
Hayat Muhammed, DuBois, had a 90-yard kickoff return touchdown.
Hunter Tkacik, Curwensville, had a pick six for 92 yards.
Manning Splain, Otto-Eldred, had a 55-yard pick six.
Owen Rounsville, Smethport, came up with 3 interceptions!
Matthew Gilmore, St. Marys, had 2 interceptions.
Caleb Wonderly, Coudersport, had a pair of picks.
Koby Sheppard, Cameron County, recovered a fumble in the end zone.
Peyton Ayers and Danny Vanvladricken, Coudersport, both had 11 tackles.

Game of the Week: DuBois beating Karns City 46-43 wins the prize for most competitive game in D-9 this past week. The Beavers trailed at the half 36-33, so only 20 points were scored in half two. The first half had huge momentum swings as the game went back and forth. KC led 7-0, but then DuBois scored 20 unanswered points. The Gremlins eventually scored to take a 28-27 lead. DuBois got a late 2^nd quarter TD to go back on top but Karns City found the end zone in the waning seconds to lead 36-33 at the break. DuBois went up in the second half 46-36 before KC scored in the early portion of the 4^th to pull within 46-43. The Gremlins got inside the Beaver 30 late in the 4^th but the DuBois ‘D’ came up with the stop to preserve the win.

Other Notes: Central Clarion, Clearfield, and Port Allegany are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the district. There is a good chance all three can go undefeated. Absent of any upsets, the major obstacles on each schedule are near the end. Central Clarion has to travel to Butler the last week. Clearfield must play BEA, Richland, and Central their last 3 games, although none of them may be as good as they’ve been the past few years. Port Allegany has to visit Brookville the next to last week of the season.

Let’s look at where some of District Nine’s offensive leaders stand compared to the entire state of Pennsylvania according to what has been reported to MaxPreps. Braylon Wagner is now 2^nd in PA as far as passing yardage with 1250. Trey Wingard ranks 5^th and Aiden Patton 6^th. Aiden Bliss of Port Allegany leads the state in TDs (17) and overall scoring (106)! He is the only player with over 100 points in PA. Brady Collins ranks 4^th in scoring and is tied for 2^nd in touchdowns. Port’s Tristan Kiser is 9^th in TDs and 11^th in scoring. Bliss ranks 2^nd in the state in rushing yardage with 915, Collins is 3^rd, and Malakai Zucal of Cameron Co. is 7^th. Blake Pisarcik is the 13^th leading receiver yardage wise in Pennsylvania. Again, these stats are according to what has been reported to MaxPreps.