Mills Leads Clarion to Big Win at St. Marys

Chris Rossetti

Chris Rossetti

Published September 22, 2018 4:20 am
Mills Leads Clarion to Big Win at St. Marys

ST. MARYS, Pa. (D9Sports) — Archer Mills accounted for all six touchdowns while also kicking six extra points to lead visiting Clarion to a 42-0 win at St. Marys.

(Archer Mills kicks one of his six PATs Friday. Mills accounted for all 42 of Clarion’s points, throwing four TDS and rushing for two in addition to his PATs. Photo by Ronda Beimel)

Mills threw for four scores and ran for two more to help the Bobcats improve to 5-0 overall and 5-0 in the D9 League Large School Division.

He was 11 of 12 passing for 188 yards and ran four times for 72 yards.

All four of Mills’ touchdown passes went to Sam Minich, who grabbed six passes for 169 yards.

Logan Minich chipped in 13 carries for 53 yards for Clarion and added one catch for nine yards.

The Bobcats scored 21 first-quarter points reaching the end zone on passes of 61 and 69 yards to Sam Minich and on a 9-yard Mills run. Mills then scored on a 51-yard run in the second quarter to make it 28-0 before a 6-yard Mills to Sam Minich pass made it 35-0 at halftime.

Mills and Sam Minich hooked up on a 7-yard pass in the third quarter to finish the scoring.

St. Marys fell to 0-5 overall and 0-5 in the league with the loss.

MONITEAU 12, BRADFORD 7

WEST SUNBURY, Pa. — Chance Nagy’s 81-yard touchdown run with 4:16 to play lifted Moniteau to a 12-7 win over visiting Bradford.

The Warriors led 6-0 at halftime before Bradford took a 7-6 lead late in the third quarter on a 66-yard run by Nate Blauser.

But Nagy, who ran five times for 81 yards, was able to break free late to give the Warriors (3-2 overall, 3-2 D9 League Large School) the win.

A 54-yard pass from Nagy to Cody Wise with 1:28 to go in the first half gave Moniteau the halftime lead.

Nagy was also 3 of 9 passing for 75 yards with Wise catching the one long pass for the touchdown. Wise also ran 15 times for 75 yards.

Donny Pattison (17 carries) and Nik Erickson (4 carries) both ran for 87 yards for Bradford, which didn’t complete a pass on the night.

CURWENSVILLE 30, KEYSTONE 14

KNOX, Pa. — Cole Bressler scored two first-half touchdowns, and Curwensville pulled away from Keystone in the second half to get a 30-14 road win over the Panthers.

Bressler scored on a 13-yard pass from Noah VonGunden in the second quarter before giving the Golden Tide the lead for good, 14-8, with a 20-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3:47 to play in the first half.

Curwensville (4-1 overall, 3-0 D9 League Small School South) then scored three times in a span of just under six minutes in the third quarter to go up 30-8.

Keystone’s Isaak Jones was called for intentional grounding in the end zone to make it 16-8, Avery Francisco then scored on a 39-yard touchdown run following the free kick to make it 23-8 and VonGunden hit Lincoln Giuffre with a 15-yard scoring pass to make it 30-8.

Jones scored on a 1-yard run for Keystone (2-3, 0-3) to open the scoring and then he hit Logan Sell with a 29-yard touchdown pass with 3:59 to play to set the final score.

Curwensville outgained Keystone, 280-272, in the contest with most of the Panthers offense (184 yards) coming through the air and Curwensville rushing for 166 yards.

VonGunden was 10 of 15 passing for 114 yards and the two scores. Bressler ran 11 times for 51 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 12 yards and the score.

Francisco added 10 carries for 58 yards and a touchdown, and Dakota Bloom caught three passes for 61 yards.

Jones was 8 of 18 passing for 170 yards and a touchdown to go with two interceptions. Jones also ran 11 times for 75 yards and a touchdown.

Eight different Panthers caught passes with Brandan Kapp leading the way with two catches for 42 yards.

BROOKVILLE 35, KARNS CITY 28

BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Sophomore Robert Keth, in his second career varsity start at quarterback, led Brookville to a 35-28 come-from-behind win over Karns City Friday night.

Keth completed 28 of 40 passes for 446 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions, leading the Raiders to two late fourth-quarter scores after Karns City went up 28-20 with 8:28 left in the game. He completed three passes in a game-tying 60-yard drive that was capped by Brandon Eppley’s 1-yard run followed by Keth’s two-point pass to Ian Thrush to tie it up at the 7:04 mark.

Then after Cabe Park recovered a Hunter Jones fumble at the Raiders’ 20 with 4:23 remaining, Keth hit Bryan Dworek for 35 yards and then Thrush for a 45-yard TD pass to take the lead for good with 3:59 left. The Raiders stopped the Gremlins on downs at their own 39 with 59.6 seconds on the clock and kneeled out the game.

Dworek caught a school-record 17 passes for 40 yards, starting the Raiders out strong with a 66-yard catch and run for a touchdown on the game’s first play. On the ensuing kickoff, the Raiders covered a kick that bounced off an up-man and turned it into a 14-0 lead on Cole LaBenne’s 2-yard run. It was 20-0 by the 4:04 mark of the first when Keth connected with Thrush on a 23-yard shovel pass for a TD. Thrush caught six passes for 158 yards and his two TDs.

But Karns City rallied back and scored 28 unanswered points, getting to with 20-14 by halftime. Hunter Jones, who led the Gremlins with 191 yards on 27 carries, scored on a 22-yard run and Mitchell Kelsea scored the first of two TDs on a 1-yard run 26.8 seconds before intermission.

After an 87-minute storm delay that started at the 4:19 mark of the third quarter, the Gremlins came out and stopped the Raiders with an interception and turned it into points for their first lead at 21-20 when Kelsea scored again on a 2-yarder with 1:17 left in the third quarter.

The Gremlins went up 28-20 when Jones blasted untouched through the right side on fourth-and-one for a 40-yard TD run.

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 42, UNION/A-C VALLEY 6

FOXBURG, Pa. — Elk County Catholic rolled out to a 21-0 lead after one quarter on its way to a 42-6 win over Union/A-C Valley in Foxburg.

Mason McAllister and Stephen Bobby both had 1-yard touchdown runs in the opening 12 minutes, and Dillon Braun recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

Bobby ended the game with two touchdowns rushing 29 times for 197 yards and two touchdowns.

McAllister, who ran for 1 yard, was also 7 of 10 passing for 129 yards and an interception, while Brennen Klawuhn was 1 of 2 for 58 yards including a 58-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Fritz. Alex Breindel had three catches for 79 yards.

Luke Bowser threw for 56 yards and a touchdown on 7 of 15 passing for the Falcon Knights with Tanner Merwin catching a 16-yard touchdown pass from him. Nolan Cumberland led the ground game with 11 carries for 34 yards. Colton Hoffman had eight tackles on defense with Caden Rainey making four tackles and picking off a pass.

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