DUKE CENTER — Brockway ended its four-game skid Friday night as it took down Otto-Eldred, 26-8, thanks to 335 yards passing from Brayden Fox and triple-digit receiving performances from Blake Pisarcik and Alex Carlson.
Fox was 21-of-32 on the night and threw for three touchdowns and three interceptions. Pisarcik led the team with 147 yards on five receptions — including a 71-yard jaunt that got the Rovers on the board in the second quarter.
Carlson hauled in 10 receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown that came with two Terror defenders draped over him. He also had one of two Brockway interceptions on the night — the other of which was running back Carter Hickman, who led Brockway with 84 yards on the ground.
A scoreless first quarter at Terror Field consisted of Fox being picked off twice by Gavin Jimerson and Manning Splain, but the Terrors couldn’t capitalize.
Brockway created its first turnover on the night with the second play of the second quarter, as the Rovers were able to knock it loose from Otto-Eldred running back Ryan Love at Brockway’s own 19-yard line.
After picking up a first down on 10 yards, the Rovers were faced with 3rd-and-10 from its own 29-yard line. That’s when Fox found Pisarcik wide open deep on the right side of the field and Pisarcik did the rest by outrunning the Terrors for a touchdown at 9:07 left in the second quarter. Pisarcik also tacked on the extra point for the 7-0 lead.
The Rovers were able to stop Otto-Eldred on a 4th-and-5 pass attempt by Andrew Schenfield at the Rovers’ 42-yard line.
Two plays later, Fox would throw his third pick of the game — this time Otto-Eldred’s Ray’shene Thomas made an over-the-shoulder acrobatic grab on a pass intended for Matt Pyne, as Thomas had a long return that set up the Terrors at the Brockway 23-yard line. But on the first play, Brockway took the ball right back as Carlson made a diving interception.
Brockway would get into Terrors territory twice prior to the end of the first half but had nothing to show for it. The first was a 4th-and-1 attempt at the Otto-Eldred 27-yard line that saw the Terrors stop Hickman at the line.
After Hickman picked off new quarterback Jimerson, a Pisarcik 28-yard catch to the Terrors’ 3-yard line gave them 1st-and-goal. However, a 4th-and-goal pass at the 1-yard-line came up empty with 4.1 seconds left in the first half as the Rovers took a 7-0 halftime lead into the break.
Otto-Eldred took the opening second half possession for a 10 play, 46-yard drive. But on 4th-and-3 at the Rovers’ 23-yard line, Jimerson’s QB keeper was stuffed up the middle.
Brockway would then capitalize and make it a two-score contest as Fox was 5-of-6 on the drive for 75 yards — the final of which was a 15-yard score to Carlson that Fox dropped to Carlson perfectly in double coverage. The Terrors were able to block the PAT and Brockway led 13-0 with 3:43 left in the third quarter.
The Terrors’ next drive stalled out and they were forced to punt for only the second time in the game. With the Rovers getting the ball back at the Otto-Eldred 30-yard line, Fox once again accounted for most of the yardage, finding Jalen Kosko over the middle as Kosko took it 39 yards to the house to make it 20-0 Brockway with 9:02 left in the fourth quarter.
Otto-Eldred would turn it over on downs at its own 37-yard line and it appeared Hickman was destined for a 16-yard score. But right before crossing the goal line, a Terrors’ defender was able to knock it out but Brockway’s Reese Yahner was able to pounce on the pigskin in the end zone for a fumble recovery score. The blocked PAT then made it 26-0 with 5:37 left to play.
The Terrors would not give up late and were able to ruin Brockway’s shutout attempt with 2:34 left in the game. On 4th-and-17 at the Brockway 47-yard line, Jimerson found Splain out in the flats as Splain turned it upfield and was able to break what seemed like half a dozen tackles from the Rovers for the 47-yard score.
Otto-Eldred also had some luck go their way on the two-point attempt, as Jimerson’s pass attempt was tipped but Wade Daniels was able to corral it in to cut the Rovers lead to 26-8.
Brockway improved to 2-4 on the year and hosts Elk County Catholic this Friday. Otto-Eldred went to 1-5 and travels to Coudersport for its next game Friday.
Coudersport 44, Bucktail 24
COUDERSPORT — Coudersport started strong with two big touchdown drives in the first quarter to set the tone early on and never looked back offensively, building a three-score halftime lead en route to a win over Bucktail.
Gavyn Avers ran where he wanted on the Bucktail defense, nabbing three of the teams’ six rushing touchdown efforts. Dylan Kelly and Ethan Ott also found success on the ground for the Falcons, each scoring touchdowns.
A lack of discipline doomed Bucktail, they lost more yards from penalties than they rushed for.
AT COUDERSPORT
BY QUARTERS
Bucktail 0 12 6 6—24
Coudersport 14 16 0 14—44
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs: Buck: 14, Coudy: 16; Rushes/Yards Rushing: Buck: 29-113, Coudy: 46-249; Yards
Passing: Buck: 151, Coudy: 2; Comp-Att-Int: Buck: 11-22-2, Coudy: 1-4-0; Penalties:Buck: 11-120, Coudy: 4-35; Fumbles-Lost: Buck: 4-1, Coudy: 1-1; Total Yards: Buck: 264, Coudy: 251; Offensive Plays: Buck: 51, Coudy: 50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: Buck: Dylan Cross (9-of-19, 141 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT), Brody Pentz (2-for-3, 10 yards); Coudy: Gavyn Ayers (1-for-4, 2 yards)
Rushing: Buck: Cross (13 carries, 81 yards, 1 TD), Conner Mason (8 carries, 15 yards, 1 TD), Zach Pick (3 carries, 8 yards), Pentz (1 carry, 7 yards), Kyler Friese (3 carries, 2 yards), Braylon Frantaski (1 carry, 0 yards); Coudy: Ayers (18 carries, 114 yards, 3 TDs), Dylan Kelly (14 carries, 62 yards, 1 TD), Ethan Ott (6 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD), Xander Brown (2 carries, 12 yards), Logan Ruter (3 carries, 6 yards), James Culvey (3 carries, 0 yards)
Receiving:Buck: Frantaski (5 rec. 97 yards), Pick (2 rec., 24 yards, 1 TD), Mason (2 rec., 14 yards); Friese (1 rec., 9 yards), Probst (1 rec., 7 yards); Coudy: Ruter (1 rec., 2 yards)
Cameron County 32, Elk County Catholic 18
EMPORIUM — After a defense-filled first quarter, Cameron County used a pair of second-stanza touchdowns, and a diverse rushing attack, to fend off a second-half surge by Elk County Catholic and beat the Crusaders.
Quarterback Maddox Baughman threw a 22-yard touchdown strike to Dylan Baney for the Red Raiders’ first score before adding two rushing touchdowns of his own in the second half. ECC would make it a game in the second half, powered by a 66-yard touchdown run from Noah Cerry and a pick-six by Joe Tettis, but CC pulled away from there.
Lathan Reed’s 28-yard touchdown run would put the Crusaders away.
AT EMPORIUM
BY QUARTERS
Elk County Catholic 0 0 12 6—18
Cameron County 6 14 6 6—32
TEAM STATISTICS
First Downs: ECC: 8, County: 24; Rushes/Yards Rushing: ECC: 25-141, County: 51-308; Yards
Passing: ECC: 64, County: 84; Comp-Att-Int: ECC: 5-14-1, County: 5-6-1; Penalties: ECC: 5-35, County: 7-60; Fumbles-Lost: ECC: 1-0, County: 2-1; Total Yards: ECC: 205, County: 392; Offensive Plays: ECC: 39, County: 57
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: ECC: Ben Paul (5-of-14, 64 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) ; County: Maddox Baughman (5-of-6, 84 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)
Rushing: ECC: Noah Cherry (18 carries, 137 yards, 1 TD), Ben Reynolds (4 carries, 5 yards), Ben Paul (3 carries, -1 yards); County: Lathan Reed (19 carries, 135 yards, 1 TD), Dylan Baney (9 carries, 90 yards), Dylan Rieder (12 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD), Jameson Britton (5 carries, 19 yards), Maddox Baughman (5 carries, 5 yards, 2 TD),
Receiving: ECC: Ben Reynolds (3 rec., 46 yards, 1 TD), Joe Tettis (2 rec., 18 yards) ; County: Lathan Reed (1 rec., 47 yards), Dylan Baney (2 rec., 30 yards, 1 TD), Dylan Rieder, (1 rec., 7 yards), Devin Fowler (1 rec., 0 yards)
