STRATTANVILLE, Pa. (D9Sports) — Ayden Wiles and Riley Hummell both broke 100 yards rushing, as Clarion-Limestone claimed the second automatic District 9 Class 1A playoff berth awarded to the KSAC Small School Division with a 64-12 trouncing of visiting Keystone.
(Photo of C-L’s Ayden Wiles. Photo by Kyle Yates www.facebook.com/YatesPhoto)
Wiles, who was named the Hager Paving Player of the Game, ran six times for 153 yards and scored on a seven-yard run to start a 34-point first quarter for the Lions (5-4, 2-1 KSAC Small), while Hummell added 11 catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns and two catches for 20 yards and a score.
Brenden Makray, meanwhile, threw three touchdowns and ran for a fourth while becoming the third quarterback in C-L history to eclipse 4,000 career yards. Makray was 7 of 11 passing for 129 yards giving him 4,092 career yards behind only Hayden Johnson (4,401 yards) and Dan Miller (4,250 yards) in school history with at least two games left to play. He ran once for seven yards and the score.
Makray’s scoring passes went to Austin Newcomb (44 yards), Kyle Kerle (25 yards) and Hummell (8 yards).
Offensive lineman Christian Smith added a 1-yard scoring run in his final regular-season home contest, while Newcomb ran for a 21-yard score as well, C-L’s only second-half score after it led 56-0 at halftime.
Newcomb had one catch for 44 yards and five carries for 56 yards. Kerle led the Lions with 68 yards receiving on three grabs.
Taylar Altman, Keystone’s Hager Paving Player of the Game, paced the Panthers (3-5, 1-2) rushing for 49 yards and a touchdown (34 yards), while Jaden Blazosky caught a 31-yard scoring pass from Isaak Jones and had two catches for 37 yards.
A less than 100 percent Corey Rapp had one carry for nine yards for the Panthers and caught two passes for 12 yards.
C-L is at Punxsutawney next week while Keystone hosts Brookville.
Ayden Wiles was C-L’s Hager Paving Player of the Game
Taylar Altman was Keystone’s Hager Paving Player of the Game
KARNS CITY 33, MONITEAU 19
KARNS CITY, Pa. — Karns City sophomore quarterback Anthony Kamenski ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for a third to help the Gremlins hold off an upset bid by rival Moniteau, 33-19, at Diehl Stadium in Karns City.
Kamenski ran nine times for 24 yards scoring on a pair of two-yard runs and was 7 of 9 passing for 155 yards including a 61-yard scoring pass to Brandon Heidence in the third quarter that put Karns City (6-3 overall, 3-2 KSAC Large) up 20-7 at the end of the quarter. His second 2-yard scoring run of the game with 6:08 left made it 27-7.
Clay Garing (9 rushes, 45 yards) and Dalton Beham (15 rushes, 68 yards) also scored on the ground for the Gremlins, while Hesidence had three catches for 129 yards.
Chance Nagy tossed three touchdowns passes for Moniteau (2-6, 1-4) going 17 of 27 passing for 216 yards and also throwing two interceptions while rushing 11 times for 33 yards.
Wyatt Geibel (6 catches, 58 yards), Hunter Fitzingo (1 catch, 16 yards) and Jared Lominski (4 catches, 93 yards) caught the scores for the Warriors, while Manny McLean added 72 yards on the ground.
Karns City hosts Clearfield Friday with Moniteau hosting Redbank Valley, also Friday.
KANE 28, BROCKWAY 17
BROCKWAY, Pa. — Behind a pair of JT Stewart touchdown catches Kane remained unbeaten with a 28-17 win at Brockway.
Stewart, who also had an interception on defense, caught six passes for 108 yards and the scores, while Reed Williams, already the Wolves all-time leading passer, surpassed 4,000 yards in his career by going 13 of 18 for 143 yards and the two scores. He has 4,035 career yards and 55 passing touchdowns.
Erik DeLong added 16 carries for 156 yards and a touchdown for Kane (9-0, 5-0 AML South), and Jake Alcorn had seven carries for 38 yards and a score.
Kane, which has won 37 in a row vs. District 9 teams and 28 in a row in the regular season (last year’s AML title game is counting as a regular-season game because it was used in the playoff standings), hosts Otto-Eldred in the AML Title game
Brockway stats aren’t currently available. The Rovers fell to 6-3 overall and 2-3 in the AML South with the loss. They are off next week before starting the District 9 Class 2A playoffs in two weeks against the same Kane team but this time in Kane.
