BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Scoring 34 unanswered points after halftime, Clarion-Limestone Lions rallied from a 7-6 deficit at intermission for a 40-21 win at Brookville, spoiling the Raiders’ homecoming festivities.
(C-L’s Mike Macefe ran for over 200 yards in the Lions win over Brookville. File photo by Bri Nellis. Check out more of Nellis’ work here)
Mike Macefe ran for 215 yards on 27 carries, most of that in the second half, as the Lions rebounded from an 81-yard first half to dominate the game in the second half with touchdowns in five of their first seven possessions.
Macefe scored on a 4-yard run to open the game’s scoring in the second quarter and added TD runs of 2 and 7 yards in the second half, his 7-yarder putting the Lions up 40-7 with 2:41 left in the game.
Also for the Lions (4-1), Riley Hummell, Ayden Wiles and Sam Leadbetter all ran in short TD runs of 3, 5 and 3 yards respectively.
The Raiders (1-4) grabbed a 7-6 lead late in the first half when Seth Ray hit John Frank with a 40-yard TD pass with just 38 seconds on the clock. Then in the final minute of the game, he scored on a 6-yard run and tossed a 25-yard TD pass to Nick Keth. Ray completed 6 of 15 passes for 162 yards for two touchdowns and was intercepted twice.
KARNS CITY 55, KEYSTONE 0
KARNS CITY, Pa. — A year ago, Karns City needed double overtime to beat Keystone.
This year, the Gremlins made quick work of the visiting Panthers rolling right over them for a 55-0 win on homecoming in KC.
Cullen Williams, who started the game at running back and moved to quarterback when Jake King got hurt, ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth to lead Karns City.
Williams ran seven times for 117 yards and scored on first-half runs of 15, 5 and 23 yards. He was also 3 of 5 passing for 72 yards including a 30-yard scoring pass to Kaiden Powers.
Powers also hit two field goals on the night knocking through kicks of 32 and 33 yards.
Powers’ night ended with two catches for 67 yards and the touchdown and one 23-yard carry as well.
Chandler Turner added a pair of touchdown runs and ran for 92 yards on 10 carries, and Eric Dodd scored on a 16-yard run in the third quarter and finished with three carries for 28 yards for the Gremlins (5-1).
Keystone was limited to 54 yards of total offense including negative 27 rushing leaving the Panthers (0-6) with negative 41 yards rushing for the year.
Nate Wingard 4 of 13 passing for 64 yards, while Isaak Jones was 2 of 3 passing for 17 yards.
Austin Ion had a 33-yard catch for Keystone with Kyle Kapp adding two catches for 21 yards and Tanner Wilson two for 20 yards. Zack Kellerman had nine tackles, including two sacks for Keystone’s defense, while Corey Rapp added nine stops and Wilson eight tackles, including one for a loss.
