District 9 Review – Week 6

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Phil Myers | October 10, 2023

The game of the week: It had to be the St. Marys at DuBois overtime thriller won by DuBois 21-14.  The Beavers trailed 14-7 until there were 7 minutes remaining in the game.  That was when they tied the game.  Eventually DuBois got the ball back with a minute to go.  A 36-yard defensive fumble return for a touchdown appeared to give the Flying Dutchmen the go-ahead score, but the officials had a discussion and decided the fumble was a forward pass by the QB and negated the St. Marys touchdown.  In overtime, DuBois scored on 4^th down to go up 21-14 and then the Beaver defense stopped a 4^th down run by St. Marys just short of the goal line to secure the win.

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

Quarterbacks:

• Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, had 3 touchdown passes.
• Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, threw for 249 yards and tied a Redbank record by passing for 7 touchdowns in one game.
• Gavyn Ayers, Coudersport, rushed for 4 TDs.
• Shane Magee, Otto-Eldred, threw for 361 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also ran for a couple more scores.
• Brayden Fox, Brockway, threw for 288 yards and 4 touchdowns.
• Brody Pentz, Bucktail, had 258 all-purpose yards and accounted for 3 TDs, one passing and two rushing.
• Cameron Larkin, Ridgway, accounted for 5 touchdowns as he threw for 3 and ran for 2.

Receivers:

• Matthew Brubaker, Brockway, had 134 yards receiving and scored 3 TDs on 7 catches.
• Blake Pisarcik, Brockway, had 130 receiving yards.
• Manning Splain, Otto-Eldred, snagged 9 passes for 239 yards and a pair of TDs.
• Beau Thomas, Punxsutawney, scored 3 touchdowns, although one was via the ground.

Running Backs:

• Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, scored 3 touchdowns.
• Peyton Stiles, Port Allegany, also scored 3 TDs.

Defense and Special Teams:

• Viggio Brown, Coudersport, took down 12 opposing ball carriers.
• Owen Roundsville, Smethport, returned a punt 70 yards for a TD.
• Logan Moore, Punxsutawney, had an 83-yard kickoff return TD.
• Jack Pete, Brookville, had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 70-yard punt return touchdown.
• Logan Kohler, Bradford, took a kickoff 93 yards for a score.
• Braylon Beckwith, Central Clarion, returned a fumble 20 yards for a TD.
• Mason Clouse, Redbank Valley, had a 23-yard pick six.
• Thomas Ukert, Central Clarion, booted a perfect 10 for 10 on PATs.

Other Notes:

• Eleven D-9 teams still have a .500 record or better. Two are undefeated in Redbank Valley and Central Clarion.
• Clearfield is in the midst of a four-game gauntlet that featured them playing three undefeated teams and a one-loss team. The Bison beat Penns Valley, the one-loss team two weeks ago and last week upended BEA, the first of the three unbeatens.  This week they travel to Johnstown to take on the 7-0 Richland Rams who are ranked 3^rd in the state in Class AA by PFN.  Next week they tackle Central-Martinsburg.
• Brody Pentz, the quarterback for Bucktail (a District Four team playing in the District Nine league) went over 1,000 yards rushing for the year last week. He is the 12^th player in the history of Bucktail’s program to do so.

Games of the Week:

• Clearfield (6-1) at Richland (7-0)
• Port Allegany (6-1) at Redbank Valley (6-1)

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