ST. MARYS, Pa. (D9Sports) — After spotting Elk County Catholic a 7-0 lead after one quarter, Union/A-C Valley rolled off 36 unanswered points on its way to a 36-7 win over Elk County Catholic at St. Marys High School.(Photo by Paul Burdick. Check out more of Burdick’s work here)
Luke Bowser threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Falcon Knights (4-1) with Kylar Culbertson and Caden Rainey each scoring twice — once on the ground and once through the air each.
Bowser was 5-for-11 for 126 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
He threw a 56-yards touchdown pass to Rainey (2 catches, 66 yards; 4 carries, 43 yards) and an 11-yard pass to Culbertson (1 catch, 11 yards; 4 carries, 64 yards), while Culbertson scored on a 5-yard run and Rainey on a 25-yard run.
Tanner Merwin (2 carries, 33 yards) also scored on a 4-yard run for Union/A-C Valley, while Tony Thompson chipped in eight carries for 50 yards.
John Wittman caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Mason McAllister for ECC’s lone score.
McAllister was 8 of 18 passing for 93 yards with the touchdown and an interception for the Crusaders (2-3) with Leo Gregory catching three passes for 45 yards and Wittman two for 25 and the score.
Sam Kaul had a nice game on the ground for ECC rushing 21 times for 145 yards but was kept out of the end zone.
Colton Hoffman had 15 tackles for Union/A-C Valley, which has won four in a row, with Culbertson adding eight stops, Rainey seven and Eli Penny nine.
REDBANK VALLEY 41, IROQUOIS 6
ERIE, Pa. — Using a strong running game, visiting Redbank Valley beat Iroquois, 41-6.
The Bulldogs (5-0) ran for 337 yards on just 30 carries and amassed 419 total yards of offense led by Ray Shreckengost running eight times for 130 yards and a touchdown.
Gunner Mangiantini added five carries for 63 yards and two touchdowns with Kobe Bonanno adding eight carries for 53 yards and a score.
Tate Minich and Joseph Mansfield also scored on the ground for Redbank Valley, while Mangiantini was also 7 of 13 passing for 82 yards including two completions to Javin Brentzel for 30 yards and two to Dalton Bish for 33 yards.
Anthonio Rodriquez had eight carries for 74 yards and a touchdown for Iroquois (0-5).
