High School Football Roundup: Macefe, Peace Help C-L to Win; Rapp Carries Clarion to Victory

Chris Rossetti

Published October 22, 2016 4:20 am

High School Football Roundup: Macefe, Peace Help C-L to Win; Rapp Carries Clarion to Victory

KNOX, Pa. (D9Sports.com) — Mike Macefe and Chris Peace combined to rush for 306 yards and four touchdowns, as visiting Clarion-Limestone rolled to a 58-8 win at Keystone.

(Photo of Clarion-Limestone’s Mike Macefe, who was one of the Hager Paving Players of the Game in the Lions 58-8 win at Keystone Friday night)

Macefe, who went over 2,000 yards rushing in his career (2,022), led the way for the Lions with 21 carries for 187 yards and three touchdowns with Peace adding 13 carries for 119 yards and a score. As a team, C-L ran for 387 yards and five touchdowns with Riley Hummell adding a 1-yard scoring run and rushing for 55 yards on eight totes.

Hummell scored twice also catching a 10-yard pass from Brendan Makray. He had three catches for 41 yards, while Makray was 5 of 8 passing for 46 yards and two scores.

Sam Leadbetter was on the receiving end of Makray’s other touchdown pass from a yard out, and Dan Callen added a 30-yard interception return to open the scoring for the Lions (6-2 overall, 3-0 KSAC Small School Division).

C-L led 14-8 at the end of the first quarter and then outscored Keystone (0-9, 0-3) 24-0 in the second quarter on two Hummell touchdowns and a Macefe 1-yard run plus three 2-point conversions.

Keystone’s lone score came on a 14-yard run by Tanner Wilson. Wilson ran eight times for 41 yards, caught seven passes for 70 yards and made 12 tackles on defense.

CLARION 54, UNION/A-C VALLEY 0

RIMERSBURG, Pa. — Colton Rapp ran for 220 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries and passed the 1,000-yard mark on the season to lead visiting Clarion to a 54-0 thumping of Union/A-C Valley in Rimersburg.

Rapp, who has 1,190 yards on the year, scored on runs of 80 and 27 yards.

Spencer Miller, meanwhile, threw three touchdown passes for the Bobcats (7-1) and was 9-for-20 for 115 yards. He hit Ty Burford from 21 yards out and five yards out and Dominic Fleming from 30 yards away. Burford caught four passes for 73 yards.

Kyle Patterson also scored a pair of touchdowns for Clarion, while Sam Minich had one.

Union/A-C Valley (2-6), which has lost five straight, struggled on offense with Lucas Bowser going 2 of 14 for 21 yards and an interception and Lane Chalmers running for 16 yards on eight carries. Gavin Hawk had both catches.

REDBANK VALLEY 27, PUNXSUTAWNEY 6

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Clint Thurston had a big night, leading Redbank Valley to a 27-6 win over visiting Punxsutawney Friday night.

The Bulldogs fullback ran for 156 yards on 15 carries with four touchdowns on runs of 45, 1, 21 and 1 yards. Thurston also had eight tackles on defense, five for losses, with two sacks while making three of four point-after kicks.

Redbank Valley (4-4) led 14-0 on Thurston’s first two TDs, but the Chucks (2-6) found the end zone before halftime when Alexander Neal’s interception set up Ethan Riley’s 4-yard run with 21.7 seconds on the clock.

But the Bulldogs put the game away with touchdowns in their first two possessions of the second half on Thurston’s 21-yarder and 1-yarder that set the final score with 5:03 left in the third quarter.

Bulldogs quarterback Keaton Kahle completed 12 of 17 passes for 95 yards, 10 of those completions going to Brock Barrett for 90 yards.

In addition to his touchdown, Riley had two interceptions on defense and caught four passes for 69 yards while rushing eight times for 19 yards. Dylan Ishman was 6 of 26 passing for 143 yards and an interception.