
2025 District 9 Review – 9th Week
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Phil Myers | October 20, 2025
Here are the top performers of the week, along with a couple other tidbits:
Quarterbacks:
- Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, passed for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns.
- Mason Swanson, Smethport, had a couple TD passes, plus he caught a touchdown pass.
- Maddox Hetrick, Punxsutawney, had 208 yards passing with 2 TDs.
- Eric Novosel, Kane, threw for over 100 yards and ran for over 100 yards. He tossed 2 TD passes and ran for a TD.
- Dom Corcetti, Keystone, also had over 100 yards passing and 168 yards rushing, scoring 4 touchdowns running the rock.
- Carter Hindman, Central Clarion, threw for 4 TDs and 200 yards.
- Brody Wehler, St. Marys, completed all 8 of his passes including 2 that went for scores.
- Aiden Patton, Brockway, threw 2 TD tosses and 294 yards. He also ran for 2 touchdowns.
Running Backs:
- Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, ran for 224 yards and 2 TDs.
- Preston Ayers, Coudersport, also rushed for 224 yards and 2 scores.
- Colton Ryan, Clearfield, garnered 121 yards.
- Hunter Scherer, Karns City, scored 4 rushing touchdowns.
- Owen Heginbotham, Karns City, racked up 122 yards on the ground,
- Jonah Ganoe, Smethport, raced for 164 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also hauled in 2 passes, both of which went for TDs.
Receivers:
- Caleb Daugherty, Brockway, had 100 yards receiving.
- Logan Moore, Punxsutawney, grabbed 9 passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns.
- Mason Burford, Central Clarion, had 5 grabs for 100 yards and a pair of TDs.
Defense and Special Teams:
- Owen Roken, Punxsutawney, booted 3 field goals, one of which was a 45-yarder that set a school record for distance, breaking the record of 44 yards he set earlier in the season.
- Frankie Smith, St. Marys, returned 2 punts for touchdowns, one was for 68 yards and the other was 31 yards. He also scored a 3rd touchdown by hauling down a pass for the score.
- Kellen Veilleux, Port Allegany, tallied a 47-yard punt return touchdown.
- Preston Ayers, Coudersport, brought down a dozen opposing ball carriers.
- The St. Marys defense held Bradford to a measly 78 yards.
Other Tidbits:
- Port Allegany’s all-state running back, Aiden Bliss, now has 6,737 career rushing yards and trails D-9’s all-time leader, Nick Stewart of Curwensville, who has 7,324 yards. The magic number is 588.
- Bliss now has 103 career rushing touchdowns.
- DuBois QB, Trey Wingard broke the school career TD pass record of 87 with 2 touchdown tosses. He now has 89. The old record was 87.
Games of the Week:
- Saw Brockway come from behind and beat Ridgway 31-24 by scoring 10 points in the last two and a half minutes. A field goal tied it and then a short punt put Brockway in good field position. The winning score came with just 29 seconds left. Ridgway had a 17-7 lead in the 3rd quarter.
- Had Bishop Guilfoyle, the defending Class 1A champs, score two 4th quarter touchdowns to defeat Clearfield 20-13. The Bison gave them all they could handle but fell short when BG scored with under three minutes to go.
- Redbank Valley came from 20 points down in the 3rd quarter to stun Keystone 37-34. The Panthers had built up a 34-14 lead in the third, but the Bulldog offense came alive and the RBV defense shut down Keystone the rest of the way.
Upcoming Games of the Week:
- Port Allegany 9-0 @ Brockway 6-3
- Karns City 7-2 @ Wilmington 7-2
- DuBois 6-3 @ Hollidaysburg 9-0
- Butler 7-2 @ Central Clarion 5-4
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