EMPORIUM — Drew Evens found Howie Stuckey twice in the second half to lead Port Allegany to a 13-12 victory over Cameron County and to snap its five-game losing skid.
Port Allegany (2-6, 2-3) was led by Evens with 129 yards through the air on 13 completions. Taro Tanaka had a team-high 65 rushing yards while Blaine Moses added 36 yards. Stuckey finished with 85 receiving yards on five catches.
Cameron County (0-8, 0-5) got on the board at 3:03 in the first quarter after Nick Peters intercepted a Evens’ pass and returned it for a touchdown. The score remained at 6-0 as Port Allegany’s Chase Streich blocked the point after attempt.
The Raiders doubled their score at the 6:41 mark in the second quarter with a Luiz Patricio 18-yard scamper. Cameron County went for a 2-point conversion and failed, which proved to be a costly decision.
The Gators cut the deficit to six with 1:37 remaining in the half when Evens connected on a 11-yard pass to Stuckey. A missed point after attempt left the game at 12-6 heading into halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Stuckey caught a touchdown for Port Allegany on a 31-yard reception from Evens with 10:01 remaining in regulation. Placekicker Shawn McNeil gave the lead to the Gators and what would be the game-winner with the PAT.
The Raiders were led offensively by Dylan Reider with 90 yards on the ground. Peters and Eyan Smith added 43 and 30 yards, respectively. Patricio finished with 21 yards rushing. Gannon Horning had a team-high 18 yards receiving.
Cameron County welcomes undefeated Coudersport next Friday to finish its season.
AT EMPORIUM
BY QUARTERS
Port Allegany 0 6 0 7—13
Cameron Co. 6 6 0 0—12
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs: PA: 18, CC: 9; Rushes/Yards Rushing: PA: 42-112, CC: 32-178; Yards Passing: PA: 129, CC: 21; Comp-Att-Int: PA: 13-19-1, CC: 2-7-0; Penalties: PA: 3-25, CC: 9-60; Fumbles-Lost: PA: 3-1, CC: 2-2; Total Yards: PA: 241, CC: 200 Offensive Plays: PA: 61, CC: 39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: PA: Drew Evens 13-19-129-2-1; CC: Ebon Jackson 2-7-21-0-0.
Rushing: PA: Taro Tanaka 19-65, Blaine Moses 11-36, Noah Archer 7-27, Derek Kallenborn 1(-5), Drew Evens 4(-11); CC: Dylan Reider 11-90, Eyan Smith 7-30, Nick Peters 7-43, Luiz Patricio 3-21-1, Ebon Jackson 5-(-3).
Receiving: PA: Howie Stuckey 5-85-2, Trey Ayers 3-28, Noah Archer 4-14, Montgomery Tanner 1-2; CC: Gannon Horning 1-18, Nick Peters 1-3
Scoring summary
First quarter
CC: Peters, INT return (PAT blocked), 3:03
Second quarter
CC: Patricio, 18-yard run (2-pt run failed), 6:41
PA: Stuckey, 11-yard pass from Evens (McNeil PAT missed), 1:37
Third quarter
No scoring
Fourth quarter
PA: Stuckey, 31-yard pass from Evens (McNeil PAT), 10:01
Otto-Eldred 76, Sheffield 30
DUKE CENTER — Otto-Eldred raced out of the gates for a 57-point first half en route to a 46-point win over Sheffield in District 9 Small School North play.
The Terrors (3-6, 2-3) led 30-6 after the first quarter and 57-24 at halftime, before outpacing Sheffield 19-6 in the second half en route to the win.
O-E’s offense outgained the Wolverines 486-276 on the night. Quarterback Cole Sebastian completed 12 of 20 passes for 235 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. He added 148 yards and three scores rushing on just six carries.
Ethan Smith hauled in five receptions for 89 yards and a pair of scores for Otto-Eldred, and Cameron Magee added a pair of catches for 87 yards and two scores.
The Terror defense was equally as impressive, as it forced eight Sheffield (2-7, 2-3) interceptions on the night, seven of which were thrown by quarterback Aujamiere Slappy-Washington.
Slappy-Washington finished with 180 yards and two scores on a 12-for-34 night passing, and running back Jihad Bennett rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries
The loss concludes the season for the Wolverines, while O-E caps off its regular season with a non-league home game against Cowanesque Valley Friday night.
AT DUKE CENTER
BY QUARTERS
Sheffield 6 18 0 6—30
Otto-Eldred 30 27 13 6—76
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs: SH: 15, OE: 22; Rushes/Yards Rushing: SH: 20-79, OE: 18-192; Yards Passing: SH: 197, OE: 294; Comp-Att-Int: SH: 13-36-8, OE: 15-25-0; Penalties: SH: 5-46, OE: 3-28; Fumbles-Lost: SH: 0-0, OE: 0-0; Total Yards: SH: 276, OE: 486 Offensive Plays: SH: 57, OE: 43
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: SH: Slappy-Washington 12-34-180-2-7, Jihad Bennett 1-1-26-0-0; OE: Cole Sebastian 12-20-235-4-0, Brendan Magee 3-4-59-1-0.
Rushing: SH: Jihad Bennett 14-55-1, Slappy-Washington 2-12, Caden Smead 2-7, Nick Billie 1-3, Walker Kyler 1-2; OE: Cole Sebastian 6-148-3, Colton Gietler 3-16, TJ VanScoter 4-15, Cameron Magee 2-13.
Receiving: SH: Caden Smead 4-106-1, Jihad Bennet 3-34-1, Trashaun Allison 3-22, Walker Kyler 2-18; OE: Ethan Smith 5-89-2, Cameron Magee 2-87-2, Josh Rhinehart 1-44, Jake Merry 3-33, TJ VanScoter 2-26, Chance Palmer 1-5-1.
Scoring summary
First quarter
OE: Smith, 16-yard pass from Sebastian (2-pt run)
OE: Magee, 52-yard pass from Sebastian (2-pt pass failed)
SH: Bennett, 21-yard run (2-pt run failed)
OE: Magee, 35-yard pass from Sebastian (2-pt run)
OE: Gietler, 1-yard run (2-pt run)
Second quarter
SH: Bennett, 9-yard pass from Washington (2-pt pass failed)
OE: Gietler, 13-yard run (2-pt run failed)
OE: Smith, 20-yard pass from Sebastian (2-pt run failed)
OE: Sebastian, 4-yard run (2-pt run)
OE: Smith, 29-yard INT return (Merry PAT)
SH: Allison, 60-yard kickoff return (2-pt pass failed)
SH: Billie, 3-yard run (2-pt pass failed)
Third quarter
OE: Sebastian, 55-yard run (Merry PAT)
OE: Sebastian, 38-yard run (PAT missed)
Fourth quarter
OE: Palmer, 5-yard pass from Magee (2-pt run failed)
SH: Smead, 40-yard pass from Washington
Keystone 44, Elk County Catholic 41
ST. MARYS — Trailing 30-13 at halftime, the Crusaders (4-4, 1-3) nearly came all the way back before falling short in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
Mason McAllister threw two touchdown passes in nine seconds on back-to-back possessions with under three minutes to play to bring Elk County Catholic to within three, but Keystone (8-1, 3-1) closed out its eighth straight victory by controlling the clock in the waning minutes.
Running just 24 total plays to Keystone’s 71, the Crusaders still managed 386 yards of offense, including a 247-yard, four-score night from McAllister.
John Wittman caught two of those touchdowns and had 124 yards receiving in the game.
On the ground, Sam Kaul ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries.
The Panthers, meanwhile, controlled the clock with a methodical ground game that included Taylor Altman (30 carries, 153 yards) and Nick Weaver (15 carries, 93 yards) with a touchdown each. But it was Isaak Jones — with four touchdowns on just 13 carries — that did the most damage.
District 9 Large
St. Marys 50, Kane 21
KANE — After Kane erased a pair of deficits to tie the game at 21, St. Marys scored 29 unanswered points.
With the win, St. Marys moves to 5-4 in District 9 Large School play and qualifies for the postseason. It is the Flying Dutchmen’s second consecutive victory after a three-game losing streak had sunk them to 3-4.
The Dutch play a non-league game against Franklin next week.
Kane, now 5-4 as well, has next week off. The Wolves will begin the postseason on a four-game skid after opening the season 5-0.
