2025 District 9 Review – 7th Week
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Phil Myers | October 7, 2025
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits:
Quarterbacks:
- Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, is now the top career passer in Chuck history with over 3,800 yards as he completed 13 of 15 passes and threw for 267 yards and 2 scores. He also ran for a touchdown
- Trey Wingard, DuBois, passed for 358 yards and 4 touchdowns.
- Aiden Patton, Brockway, had 219 yards throwing the football, with 3 TD tosses. He added a 4th by running the ball in for a score.
- Cole Johnston, Union/AC Valley, ran for 3 scores.
- Malakai Zucal, Cameron County, completed all 3 of his passes for 160 yards and 2 of them went for touchdowns.
- Dom Corcetti, Keystone, was 4 for 4 passing (129 yards) with 3 of those 4 completions going for touchdowns.
- Xavier Curry, Clearfield, accounted for both Bison TDs as he passed for one and ran for the other.
- Brennan Fillhart, Port Allegany, tossed the rock for 222 yards and a trio of scores.
Running Backs:
- Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, became the D-9 all-time leader in rushing TDs with 97 when he tacked on 3 touchdowns this past week. In addition, he picked up 214 yards on 15 carries
- Markus Gerg, Ridgway, ran for 173 yards and 4 TDs.
- Jonah Ganoe, Smethport, galloped for 245 yards, scoring 4 times on the ground plus a 5th on special teams. (see below)
- Logan Skibinski, Union/AC Valley, piled up 225 yards on 15 carries, crossing the goal line on 3 occasions.
- Sam Krug, Brookville, racked up 154 yards on the ground, scoring twice.
- Kamden Fragale, Cameron County, scored 3 touchdowns carrying the agate and added another on a pass reception.
- Jordan Rutan, Punxsutawney, rushed for 3 TDs.
- Ethan Rex, Central Clarion, ran for 151 yards and scored 2 touchdowns, 1 via the ground and 1 receiving.
Receivers:
- Jaxson Hanzely, DuBois, grabbed 6 aerials for 257 yards and 3 touchdowns.
- Logan Moore, Punxsutawney, caught 8 footballs for 155 yards.
Defense and Special Teams:
- London Duncan, DuBois, returned a kickoff 85 yards for the TD.
- Jonah Ganoe, Smethport, scored when he travelled 82 yards on a kickoff return. (It was his 5th touchdown of the game)
- Nick Wilfong, Port Allegany, returned a kickoff 60 yards for a TD.
- Jake Henry, Keystone, scored on a punt return.
- Laughlin Plummer, Keystone, found the end zone on a pick six.
- Logan Skibinski, Union/AC Valley, scored a safety when he tackled the opposing punter in the end zone.
- Union/AC Valley held Kane to 65 total offensive yards for the game.
- Dave Brown, Coudersport, made 13 tackles.
- Preston Ayers, Coudersport, took down 12 ball carriers.
Other Tidbits:
- Union/A-C Valley is now 7-0 for the first time in the 10-year history of Falcon Knight football.
- Port Allegany’s all-state running back, Aiden Bliss, now has 6,301 career yards rushing and trails D-9’s all-time leader, Nick Stewart of Curwensville, who has 7,324 yards.
Game of the Week: There were a couple dandies this week. The first one found Karns City slipping by Westinghouse 28-24. Westinghouse had been undefeated and ranked in the top 5 in Class 1A. The Gremlins took a 14-0 lead into the intermission, but the Bulldogs of Westinghouse did not lay down. They scored twice in the third quarter, but to Karns City’s credit, they answered both times and led 28-16 heading to the fourth quarter. A Westinghouse TD at the beginning of the last quarter put the game within reach. Both defenses then clamped down and played well. Karns City’s defense made a play when they had to sacking the House QB on 4th down at the Gremlin 23 in the waning seconds to preserve the victory.
Clearfield was involved in the other game of the week. It is the 4th time they’ve played a nail-biter this year. This time the Bison scored with under 5 minutes to play to take a 12-6 lead. Then they intercepted a pass deep in their territory with a minute to go to hold on and win.
Upcoming Game of the Week:
- Brockway 5-2 @ Karns City 5-2
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