ST. MARYS — Sam Kaul racked up 148 rushing yards and two touchdowns on nine carries as Elk County Catholic rolled to a 60-28 win over visiting Port Allegany Thursday night at Dutch Country Stadium.
In addition, Kaul hauled in three receptions for 41 yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns for the Crusaders (2-2). Nick Crisp added 93 rushing yards and two scores on 17 carries, while Raivis Bobby ran for 59 yards and a score on four carries. Bobby also returned a kick 74 yards for a touchdown.
ECC initially jumped out to a 14-0 lead through the first quarter on scoring runs by Kaul (5 yards) and Crisp (1 yard).
Port (0-4) got back into the mix with a 22-yard pass from Drew Evens to Trey Ayers to draw to within 14-8, but Bobby returned the ensuing kickoff for his special teams score.
The Gators, however, continued to fight. Noah Archer hit paydirt from a yard out to bring Port back to within 22-14, and then hauled in a 19-yard scoring pass from Evens as time expired in the first half that brought the Gators back to within 30-20. That score was preceded by a nine-yard pass from McAllister to Kaul.
After halftime, though, the Crusaders took over. ECC rattled off three consecutive scores over the course of the third quarter on a 50-yard run by Crisp, a 95-yard run from Kaul and then a 24-yard pass from McAllister to Kaul.
Then, Bobby scored on a 15-yard run with 10:47 left in the game to cap ECC’s day.
Blaine Moses added a final two-yard score for Port with 4:09 to go.
Evens completed 13 of 22 passes for 185 yards and two scores for Port. He was picked off once.
Moses finished the day with a season-high 153 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries, while Archer ran for 48 yards and his score on 14 rushes. Archer also hauled in six receptions for 90 yards and a score, while Ayers had five receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown.
ECC hosts Otto-Eldred next week, while Port Allegany visits Cameron County.
AT ST. MARYS
BY QUARTERS
Port Allegany 0 20 0 8—28
Elk Catholic 14 16 23 7—60
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs: PA: 22, ECC: 22; Rushes/Yards Rushing: PA: 39-195, ECC: 35-333; Yards Passing: PA: 185, ECC: 72; Comp-Att-Int: PA: 13-22-1, ECC: 5-9-0; Penalties: PA: 3-15, ECC: 5-35; Fumbles-Lost: PA: 1-1, ECC: 0-0; Total Yards: PA: 380, ECC: 405; Offensive Plays: PA: 61, ECC: 44
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: PA: Drew Evens 13-22-185-2-1; ECC: Mason McAllister 5-9-72-2-0
Rushing: PA: Blaine Moses 21-153-1, Noah Archer 14-48-1, Evens 4-(-6); ECC: Sam Kaul 9-148-2, Nick Crisp 17-93-2, Raivis Bobby 4-59-1, Noah Cherry 5-33-0
Receiving: PA: Archer 6-90-1, Trey Ayers 5-72-1, Peyton Stiles 2-23; ECC: Kaul 3-41-2, Joe Tettis 2-31
Scoring summary
First quarter
ECC: Sam Kaul, 5-yard run (Kaul 2-pt pass from Mason McAllister), 4:37
ECC: Nick Crisp, 1-yard run (2-pt run failed), 1:42
Second quarter
PA: Trey Ayers, 22-yard pass from Drew Evens (Noah Archer 2-pt run), 9:08
ECC: Raivis Bobby, 74-yard kickoff return (Bryan Schatz 2-pt pass from McAllister) 8:57
PA: Archer, 1-yard run (2-pt pass failed), 4:38
ECC: Kaul, 9-yard pass from McAllister (Joe Tettis 2-pt pass from McAllister), 0:48
PA: Archer, 19-yard pass from Evens (2-pt run failed), 0:00
Third quarter
ECC: Crisp, 50-yard run (Schatz 2-pt pass from McAllister), 10:09
ECC: Kaul, 95-yard run (Schatz 2-pt pass from McAllister), 4:24
ECC: Kaul, 24-yard pass from McAllister (Bobby PAT), 2:04
Fourth quarter
ECC: Bobby, 15-yard run (Bobby PAT), 10:47
PA: Blaine Moses, 2-yard run (Moses 2-pt run), 4:09
