District 9 Review – Week 8

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Phil Myers | October 24, 2023

The games of the week: Central-Martinsburg remained undefeated when they beat Clearfield 27-21 in a battle that came down to the last seconds. Just like they did against Richland the week before, the Bison battled back from a deficit. They tied the game in the 4^th only to have Central go up by six late. Clearfield drove to the Scarlet Dragon 10 with only seconds to left. However, they could not score and lost a heartbreaker.

The other GOTW was the Punxsutawney-Brookville Route 36 Trophy Game in which the Brookville Blue Raiders downed the Punxsy Chucks 14-7 in a terrific defensive struggle.

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

Quarterbacks:

Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley, pitched the pigskin for 310 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also ran for another TD.
Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion, threw 4 TD passes and ran for 3 more.
Shane Magee, Otto-Eldred, had 241 yards passing.
Brayden Fox, Brockway, tossed 3 touchdown passes, while throwing for 301 yards.
Talan Reese, Bradford, had 311 passing yards with 2 TDs.
Brody Dittman, Union/AC Valley, only completed 8 passes but they totaled 304 yards. Plus, 3 of them went for touchdowns.
Gavyn Ayers, Coudersport, accounted for 80% of his team’s offense passing and running the rock. He rushed the ball only 11 times for a whopping 157 yards, scoring an amazing 6 touchdowns.
Will Domico, Clearfield, accounted for all 3 of the Bison TDs by passing for 2 and running for the other.

Braylon Wagner (#9)

Receivers:

Ashton Kahle, Redbank Valley had 174 yards receiving and scored 3 TDs on 9 catches.
Caleb Daugherty, Brockway, came down with 135 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Blake Pisarcik, Brockway, had 119 receiving yards.
Jack Franz, Bradford, had 145 yards.
Matt Perry, Bradford, snared 9 passes for 121 yards.
Trey Fleming, Union/AC Valley, only grabbed 4 passes, but they went for an astounding 225 yards and a couple of scores.
Shene Thomas, Otto-Eldred, 9 receptions for 119 yards.

Running Backs:

Luke Cramer, Karns City, had 8 totes for 183 yards and 5 TDs.
Malakai Zucal, Cameron County, ran for 230 yards and a pair of scores.
Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, 181 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Peyton Stiles, Port Allegany, 153 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Garret Nissel, DuBois, scored 4 TDs.
Jonah Ganoe, Smethport, had a night with 29 carries for 249 yards and he scored both touchdowns in his team’s win over Kane.
Noah Cherry, Elk County Catholic, scored 3 touchdowns.

Defense and Special Teams:

Owen Clouse Redbank Valley also nailed 7 PATs.
Thomas Ukert, Central Clarion, booted 8 PATs and a 42-yd field goal.
Jack Pete, Brookville, had a 68-yard fumble return for a score.
Alex Merritt, Ridgway, took an interception 28 yards to the house.
Braylon Fantaski, Bucktail ran a kickoff back 91 yards for a TD.
Nick Wilfong, Port Allegany, tackled 8 ball carriers.

Other Notes:

Trey Wingard, the DuBois quarterback who was injured against Brockway early in the season, made a comeback last Friday in the Beavers’ win over Moniteau.
The Karns City Gremlins as a team rushed for 601 yards against Bradford on only 41 tries. That’s almost 15 yards a carry!
Eleven D-9 teams have a .500 record or better. The two still undefeated, Redbank Valley and Central Clarion, face off this Friday in New Bethlehem.
Braylon Wagner of Redbank set two new school single season passing records against Brockway. He now has 38 TD tosses for the year and 2,374 passing yards. He plans add to those records before the year is done.
Jase Ferguson, the Central Clarion signal caller, set a single season touchdown record as well. He’s thrown 37 TD passes and that is more TDs than any quarterback from Clarion or Clarion-Limestone ever threw.
Central Clarion still leads all of Pennsylvania in scoring. They average 61.5 points a game and have scored 70 points or better in 4 of their 9 contests.
Redbank Valley remains 3rd in PA in scoring offense, averaging 53.7 points per game.

Game of the Week/Game of the Year: