BUTLER, Pa. – Adrien Tate accounted for all three of Erie’s touchdowns as the Royals earned a 20-19 Region 6 win over Butler.
Butler led 7-6 at halftime, with Tate giving the Royals the lead for good on a 3-yard touchdown run that, coupled with the 2-point conversion, gave the Royals a 14-7 lead in the third quarter.
Butler cut the lead to one, 14-13 on Landon Lacey’s 33-yard touchdown run on the final play of the third quarter.
The Royals answered, as Tate scored on a 30-yard run with 6:15 to play that made it 20-13.
Butler scored on a 5-yard touchdown run by Mark Kelmz with 1:53 to go, but Erie stopped the 2-point conversion attempt.
Tate scored on a 2-yard touchdown run in the first half, while Kelmz had a 1-yard score.
Tate finished with 70 yards on 10 carries for the Royals.
OIL CITY 68, NORTHWESTERN 7
OIL CITY, Pa. – Ethen Knox ran for 295 yards and six touchdowns on 25 carries as Oil City earned a 68-7 win over Northwestern.
Knox scored on runs of 41, 28, 4, 4, 35 and 6 for the Oilers, who led 42-7 at halftime.
Cole Findlay also had a big game for the Oilers, throwing a 20-yard touchdown pass to Gavin Stephens and returning an interception for a touchdown.
Sam Alexander and De’Vaughn Griffin also had second-half touchdown runs for the Oilers. Findlay threw for 65 yards and ran for 47.
Lloyd Fountain threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Brodie Mikovich and finished with 104 yards passing.
MERCYHURST PREP 66, FRANKLIN 6
ERIE, Pa. – Paul Johnson threw for five touchdowns and ran for two more as Mercyhurst Prep improved to 5-0 with a 66-6 win over Franklin.
Johnson accounted for 197 yards passing and 93 yards rushing.
Johnson threw touchdown passes of 15 yards to Ja’son Ellman and 21 yards to JJ Ganska in the first quarter sandwiched in between an 18-yard touchdown run for Johnson.
The Lakers scored three more touchdowns before halftime, as Johnson scored on a 36-yard run and threw a 26-yard pass to Rahim Wallace, while Clay Wotjecki had a 3-yard touchdown run.
Johnson also connected with Ganska on a 33-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Ganska finished with 103 yards on the ground.
Franklin’s Jason Carey threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Dreyden Payne in the third quarter.
LAKEVIEW 48, EISENHOWER 28
RUSSELL, Pa. – Leyton Zacherl more than doubled his passing yardage and touchdown totals as Lakeview moved to 5-0 for the first time in program history with a 48-28 win at Eisenhower.
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Zacherl threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns after coming into the game with 297 yards and three touchdowns through three games. He did so while throwing just three incompletions (12-15 overall) to earn Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game.
“Just coming in this game, I knew it was a big game and it wasn’t going to be easy so I had to give it my all,” Zacherl said in his Cole Orthodontic Associates postgame interview. “We saw that their weakest part of the defense was their corners and we took advantage of that and it worked out well for us.”
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The Sailors wasted little time getting the aerial attack going.
After forcing a punt, Lakeview took over deep in its own territory. A 42-yard pass from Zacherl to Blake Skiles moved the Sailors into Eisenhower territory. Mitchell Tingley’s 25-yard run on the next play gave Lakeview a first-and-goal.
Two plays later, Zacherl connected with Hinkson for a 5-yard score and a 6-0 Lakeview lead.
Eisenhower recovered a fumble on the first play of the second quarter, and promptly drove down the field. Kris Bunk hauled in a 26-yard touchdown pass from Shawn Pascuzzi to cap the drive and Cole Kellogg’s PAT put the Knights in front, 7-6.
The lead lasted for 36 seconds.
Zacherl threw a quick pass to Danick Hinkson. Hinkson broke a pair of tackles, then raced down the sideline for a 77-yard touchdown to put the Sailors in front for good.
After recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, Tingley needed just two carries, the second a 14-yarder, to get the Sailors back in the end zone.
Lakeview scored again with less than 30 seconds to play in the first half. The Sailors drove down to the Knights’ 10, but a pair of false start penalties looked like they might stall the drive. Zacherl put a pass into the corner of the end zone where Skiles out-jumped the coverage to come down with the touchdown catch.
Zacherl and Skiles hooked up again early in the third quarter for a 45-yard gain that set Lakeview up at the Eisenhower 5. Tingley did the rest and the Sailors had a 32-7 advantage.
Eisenhower answered with a 4-minute drive that featured short gains on the ground before Pascuzzi rolled and found Ryan Chambers open over the middle for a 49-yard touchdown pass.
The Sailors responded on the next play from scrimmage.
Hinkson got behind the coverage and Zacherl dropped a dime into his bread basket for a 48-yard strike.
Following a Luke Klonowski interception, Lakeview got the ball at the Eisenhower 36. Osborne capped the drive with a 2-yard plunge to make it 48-14.
Eisenhower marched back down the field and Pascuzzi ended the drive with an 8-yard run to cut the deficit to 48-20 with just over a minute to play in the third quarter.
Tucker Lindell scored the final points with a 6-yard run late in the fourth quarter.
Tingley ran 15 times for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Brayden Booher added six carries for 62 yards.
Skiles and Hinkson each had five receptions. Skiles finished with 137 yards and a touchdown, while Hinkson had 175 yards and three TDs.
Pascuzzi 5-9 passing for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and ran 13 times for 94 yards and a score. Lindell had 12 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown, Bunk had three receptions for 46 yards and a TD.
TITUSVILLE 35, SENECA 0
WATTSBURG, Pa. – Jaxon Covell rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns as Titusville blanked Seneca, 35-0, for its second win of the season.
Covell scored on runs of 5, 3 and 72 yards for the Rockets, while Kam Mong and Ian McDonald also had strong games.
Mong had a 72-yard touchdown run and finished with 150 yards on the ground.
McDonald, meanwhile, opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown run.
FAIRVIEW 49, WARREN 15
FAIRVIEW, Pa. – Tyler Benford rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns as Fairview scored 28 unanswered points in a 49-15 win over Warren.
Benford also scored Fairview’s first touchdown of the game on a 43-yard touchdown pass from Vinny Campoli.
Campoli, meanwhile, threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 42 yards and two more touchdowns.
Benford scored on a 54-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, while Campoli (3 yards) and Jacob Truitt (10 yards) in the second quarter, with Campoli’s 6-yard touchdown run in the third quarter making it 35-7.
Warren’s Tommy Nyquist returned from injury and scored on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Eric Dippold in the first quarter.
Dippold, who threw for 217 yards, connected with Johnny Corbett on a 52-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter.
Benford capped his night with a 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
CLARKSON NORTH (ONTARIO) 27, CATHEDRAL PREP 13
ERIE, Pa. – It was another big night for Dajoure Hollingsworth, but Cathedral Prep fell to Clarkson North, 27-13.
Clarkson, whom Prep beat 22-17 a year ago, led 14-6 at halftime and led 27-6 after an interception return for touchdown with 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
Sean Kumar scored on a 20-yard touchdown run and Tevaun Palmer had a pick six in the fourth quarter to help Clarkson North to pull away.
Winston Chapman, who had 215 yards through the air for Clarkson, connected on touchdown passes to Lucas Weir (56 yards) and Ronan Johannson (7 yards) in the second quarter.
Hollingsworth scored a touchdown in each half for the Ramblers, a 30-yard run in the second quarter and a 73-yard run in the fourth quarter and finished with 255 yards on 22 carries.
HARBOR CREEK 48, GIRARD 7
GIRARD, Pa. – Tyshawn Jones rushed for 195 yards on just eight carries, including touchdown runs of 75 and 69 yards in the first quarter as Harbor Creek picked up its second win of the season, 48-7 over Girard.
Lance Brown scored on a pair of short first half touchdown runs for the Huskies and finished with 45 yards on the ground, as Harbor Creek built a 27-7 halftime lead.
Heath Betza threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Szklenski in the third quarter, while Nathan Hyche and Ethan McAdoo had long rushing touchdowns.
Tyler Mayes hauled in a 3-yard touchdown pass from Carson Stevens for Girard.
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS 62, IROQUOIS 12
ERIE, Pa. – Tristen Mazzadra scored three rushing touchdowns and Brett Kania and Jaxon Newell had two each as Cambridge Springs improved to 5-0 with a 62- 12 win over Iroquois.
Morgan Applebee threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Preston Gorton in the second quarter and Parker Schmidt had a pick six in the third quarter.
All of Mazzadra’s touchdown runs came in the first half, while Kania added a 22-yard touchdown run in the second half.
Iroquois’ Christian Krysiak threw a touchdown pass to Cole Bennett in the first half and a 60-yarder to Micah Pisarski in the second half.
Gorton led Cambridge Springs with 95 yards on the ground, while Jordan Washington 69 and Kania 52.
Applebee was a perfect 4-of-4 through the air for 90 yards.
VILLA ANGELA-ST. JOSEPH (OHIO) 56, MCDOWELL 39
ERIE, Pa. – In a game that was delayed due to a power outage at Gus Anderson Field, Villa Angela-St. Joseph earned a 56-39 win over McDowell.
McDowell’s Blayze Myers threw three touchdown passes covering 11 yards to Jackson Johns, and a pair of 20 and 15 yards to Daymar Dickerson.
Stephon Porter scored three rushing touchdowns for the Trojans, including a 79-yarder in the third quarter.
Myers finished 28-of-47 for 265 yards, while Porter had 109 yards on the ground on 12 carries.
