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2024 District 9 Review – 7th Week Action

Tagged under: District 9, News, pfn

| October 8, 2024

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

Quarterbacks:

  • Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, had 6 TD passes for the 3rd week in a row. He threw for 265 yards and he rushed for a 7th TD and he had a pick six for an 8th  He now has 125 career touchdown passes and needs just 12 more to tie Matt Bodamer’s D9 record of 137.
  • Trey Wingard, DuBois, tossed 5 touchdowns again. He accumulated 260 yards passing.
  • Talan Reese, Bradford, 308 yards passing with 3 TD tosses.
  • Owen Bish, Union-AC Valley, passed for 3 touchdowns and had 271 all-purpose yards, including 180 passing. He scored the game-winning touchdown on a run.  (See Game of the Week below.)
  • Ben Paul of St. Marys tossed 3 TD passes.
  • Shane Magee, Otto-Eldred, flicked 4 touchdown passes, threw for 250 yards, and had another score rushing.
  • Dom Corcetti, Keystone, 233 all-purpose yards, 152 of that running the ball.

Where Some District 9 QBs Rank in Pennsylvania:

  • Trey Wingard, DuBois, is tied for first in PA in touchdown passes with 28. Wingard is also second in yardage (1,947) and in the top ten in QB Rating with a 140 rating for efficiency.
  • Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, is third in yardage with 1,937 yards passing. He’s tied for 5th with Stone Saunders of Bishop McDevitt with 24 touchdown passes.
  • Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, is tied for first with Wingard and Isaac Dietz of General McLane with 28 TD tosses. Ferguson has one of the top QB ratings in the state with a 143.  He’s also in the top 20 in passing yardage with 1,473.  Remember, Central Clarion has only actually played 6 games.  Most teams have played 7.
  • Aiden Patton, Brockway, is 7th in the state in yardage with 1,735.
  • Shane Magee, Otto-Eldred, is 7th with 23 touchdown tosses and is in the top 20 in yardage with 1,521.

DuBois (in black) vs. Ridgway.

Running Backs:

  • Brady Collins, Clearfield, rushed for 237 yards and scored 4 touchdowns. This week against a very good Richland team he will surpass Christian Lezzer’s career rushing yardage record.
  • Braden Slater, Karns City, rocketed around the field for 195 yards and 5 touchdowns on only 10 totes. He made it a half dozen TDs for the night by returning a kickoff for a touchdown.
  • Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, was his normal self, rushing for 212 yards and scoring 5 TDs. He added a 6th when he returned a kickoff to the house.
  • Jordan Rutan, Punxsutawney, ran for 239 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Receivers:

  • Ray’shene Thomas, Otto-Eldred, grabbed 6 passes for 137 yards and 3 TDs.
  • Jesse Siewicki, Central Clarion, had 125 receiving yards and 2 TDs.
  • Logan Kohler, Bradford, caught 7 balls for 154 yards and a pair of TDs.

Defense and Special Teams:

  • Braden Slater, Karns City, returned a kickoff 91 yards for a TD.
  • Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, returned his kickoff touchdown 90 yards.
  • London Duncan, DuBois, had an 86-yard kickoff return score.
  • Boden Pearsal, Cameron County, scored on an 80-yard kickoff return.
  • Danny Vanvladricken, Coudersport, returned a kickoff 67 yards for a touchdown.
  • Jaxson Hanzely, DuBois, picked off a pass and raced 72 yards for the TD.
  • Kamden Fragale, Cameron County, returned his pick six 38 yards for a score.
  • Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, had an interception score of 36 yards.
  • Eric Novosel, Kane, pick six of 34 yards.

Game of the Week: It was a real doozy as Union-AC Valley came back in the waning seconds to defeat Punxsy 30-27.  It was a heartbreaker for Punxsy but a morale booster and a real uplifting feeling for UACV.  The game was tied at 7 after the first quarter.  Union-ACV held a slim lead at halftime 16-13.  The Falcon-Knights then forged ahead 23-13 at the end of three quarters and it wasn’t looking good for Punxsy.  But the Chucks fought hard and scored twice to take the 27-23 lead.  The second TD came with just 2:12 left in the game.  UACV caught a huge break when the kickoff hit a front-line guy and the Falcon-Knights fortunately recovered at the 48-yard line.  From there QB Owen Bish drove them downfield and he scored the game-winner with 26 seconds remaining.

Other Notes: Offense: Karns City, as a team, rushed for 537 yards against Redbank Valley.  Defense: Central Clarion got their third shut out this season and second straight in defeating Brockway who came in averaging 30 points a game.  The previous week they blanked Karns City who was averaging 43 points per contest.

Upcoming Games of the Week:

  • Brockway 4-3 @ Union-AC Valley 5-2 (Thursday)
  • Richland (D6) 6-1 @ Clearfield 7-0 (Friday)

Standings:

REGION 1

  1. Central Clarion (2A) 7-0
  2. DuBois (5A) 6-1
  3. Karns City (2A) 4-2
  4. Punxsutawney (4A) 4-3
  5. Saint Marys (3A) 3-3
  6. Bradford (4A) 2-5
  7. Brookville (2A) 1-6
  8. Moniteau (2A) 0-7

REGION 2

  1. Port Allegany (1A) 7-0
  2. Redbank Valley (1A) 5-2
  3. Union-AC Valley (1A) 5-2
  4. Brockway (3A) 4-3
  5. Keystone (1A) 2-4
  6. Ridgway (1A) 2-5
  7. Kane (1A) 2-5

REGION 3

  1. Otto-Eldred (1A) 6-1
  2. Cameron County (1A) 4-2
  3. Coudersport (1A) 3-4
  4. Sheffield (1A) 1-4
  5. Smethport (1A) 1-5
  6. Bucktail (D4) (1A) 0-5

NOTE: Clearfield and Curwensville are the only two D9 teams that play in other conferences.  Clearfield, who is 7-0, participates in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, while Curwensville, who is 2-5, plays in the Inter-County Conference.

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