NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Punxsutawney defenders are having nightmares about Redbank Valley’s Braylon Wagner.
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Wagner accounted for seven touchdowns to help the unbeaten Bulldogs pull away from previously unbeaten Punxsutawney, 50-27, Friday night in New Bethlehem.
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Wagner, Redbank Valley’s sophomore quarterback was nearly perfect on the night going 21 of 23 for 376 yards and six touchdowns while adding 11 carries for 43 yards and a score.
Four of those touchdown passes went to Mason Clouse, who caught seven passes for 155 yards and also intercepted a pass on defense.
“Mason is such a good athlete,” Wagner said. “He is good at all the sports he plays. He is just great.”
Watch all of Wagner’s Cole Orthodontic Associates Postgame Interview after he was named the Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game.
Wagner’s night helped Redbank Valley pill away from Punxsutawney in the fourth quarter. The BUlldogs led by just eight, 35-27, going to the final 12 minutes put scored the game’s final two touchdowns to put the contest away.
Prior to that, it was a back-and-forth affair despite Redbank Valley never trailing after taking an early 7-0 lead on a Wagner 3-yard TD run two minutes into the game.
That’s because Punxsutawney used the ball of Landon Martz, Noah Weaver, and Maddox Hetrick to stay in the game.
Martz tied the game on a 6-yard run on the Chucks’ first possession and finished the night with 24 carries for 151 yards.
Hetrick, meanwhile, threw touchdown passes of 46 and 20 yards to Weaver and ran for a 3-yard score. He finished the night 13 of 22 for 225 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions with Weaver catching nine passes for 184 yards in his season debut.
Weaver’s 20-yard touchdown catch with 3:39 left in the third quarter got Punxsutawney within eight, 35-27, but Redbank Valley answered on the ensuing drive with a 5-yard Wagner to Clouse scoring toss.
That was something Redbank Valley did every time Punxsutawney scored, answer.
Clouse had a couple of long touchdown catches after Chuck scores including a 52-yard catch and run that put the Bulldogs up 14-7 and then another 60-yard touchdown catch and run in to open the second-half scoring after Punxsutawney had gotten within seven, 28-21, at halftime on Hetrick’s 3-yard run with 27 seconds left in the half. Clouse also had an 8-yard touchdown catch.
Redbank Valley also got a pair of Ashton George touchdown catches, one from 62 yards away and another from 18. George also went over 100 yards receiving with four catches for 103 yards.
Redbank Valley outgained Punxsutawney 530 yards to 459, including 376 to 294 in the air.
BROCKWAY 49, COUDERSPORT 6
BROCKWAY, Pa. – Blake Pisarcik accounted for four touchdowns and over 300 all-purpose yards as Brockway earned a 49-6 win over Coudersport.
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Brockway (3-0) led 21-6 at halftime and broke the game open with two touchdowns in the first 27 seconds of the half and three in the first 2:15.
Pisarcik returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and, after Coudersport fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Brayden Fox and Pisarcik connected for their second touchdown of the game, a 27-yarder.
Pisarcik earned Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game honors.
“Going into halftime our coaches we’re like we have to pick it up and do a lot of things better,” Pisarcik said during the Cole Orthodontic Associates Player of the Game interview. “Us captains, we told the team we have to come out hot in the second half and that’s exactly what we did.”
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Jendy Cuello’s 22-yard touchdown run, his second of the game, at the 9:45 mark of the third quarter put the running clock into effect.
Cuello, who finished with 140 yards on the ground, also scored on a 22-yard touchdown run in the first half, while Pisarcik opened the scoring with a 73-yard touchdown reception from Fox at the 5:11 mark of the first quarter.
Pisarcik scored on a 7-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter to make the score 14-0. Pisarcik also had an interception on defense.
Coudersport’s (1-2) lone score of the game came on Gavyn Ayers’ 19-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Moss that made it 14-6 at the 6:22 mark of the second quarter.
Pisarcik finished with 203 yards on five receptions, while Fox completed 10-of-13 passes for 268 yards and a pair of scores.
Ayers completed 9-of-16 passes for 75 yards, one touchdown, and one interception for the Falcons.
CAMERON COUNTY 40, MONITEAU 26
WEST SUNBURY, Pa. – Malakai Zucal ran for three touchdowns to help Cameron County stay unbeaten with a 40-26 road win over Moniteau
Zucal ran 18 times for 67 yards and also caught four passes for 113 yards.
Maddox Baughman was 4 of 11 passing for 131 yards and ran nine times for 31 yards, while Lathan Reed added 15 carries for 66 yards and a touchdown.
Jake Narby intercepted a pair of passes for the Red Raiders.
Trent Beachem threw four touchdown passes for Moniteau going 12 of 28 passing for 189 yards and the two picks.
Ashton Grossman caught a pair of scores for the Warriors and finished with three catches for 102 yards while Brendon Sankey had four catches for 36 yards and a touchdown and Kole Scott two catches for 18 yards and a score. Scott also ran six times for 23 yards.
Adam Grossman had nine tackles and Peyton Kohlmeyer added seven tackles for Moniteau.
PORT ALLEGANY 55, SMETHPORT 0
PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. – Aiden Bliss and Peyton Stiles combined for seven touchdowns, as Port Allegany rebounded from last week’s loss to Central Clarion to Mercy Rule Smethport, 55-0.
Bliss scored four times on the ground for the Gators, while Stiles ran for two touchdowns and returned an interception for a third.
Bliss, who scored on runs of 6, 15, 4, and 20 yards, ran 13 times for 181 yards while also catching two passes for 60 yards.
Stiles scored on runs of 4 and 70 yards and returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown. He ran for a game-high 199 yards on 16 carries and also caught one pass for two yards.
Henry Troupe added a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for Port Allegany.
BUCIKTAIL 42, ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 16
RENOVO, Pa. – Brody Pentz scored four rushing touchdowns to keep Bucktail unbeaten with a 42-16 win over visiting Elk County Catholic.
Pentz ran 18 times for 257 yards scoring on runs of 5, 6, 65, and 6 yards.
Bucktail, which didn’t attempt a pass, also got 100 yards (108 on 11 carries) and a touchdown from Tanner Pettingrill and 66 yards on seven carries and a score from Braylon Fantaski on its way to 515 yards on the ground. That ground game helped the Bucks to their first 3-0 start in 12 years.
ECC got a pair of Frankie Smith touchdowns, as the sophomore scored on a 42-yard trick-play pass from Noah Cherry and on a 44-yard run.
Smith ran seven times for 57 yards with Cherry adding 15 carries for 42 yards. Smith was 7 of 16 passing for 58 yards and Cherry went 3 of 5 passing for 74 yards with the touchdown and an interception. Smith caught two passes for 54 yards.
