It was a big week for Progressland football teams as five of the six area squads were victorious. And the only one that wasn’t happened to be playing another team from the area.
Clearfield won a battle of Laurel Highlands Conference front-runners as the once-beaten Bison knocked off previously undefeated Bald Eagle Area 13-7 with some fourth-quarter heroics.
Also winning by virtue of a gutty performance down the stretch was Philipsburg-Osceola, which brought the Luther Trophy back home for the first time in a decade with a 14-13 thriller over Bellefonte.
Glendale, Moshannon Valley and West Branch each won Inter County Conference matchups and improved their chances for the postseason with the victories.
The Vikings hammered Claysburg-Kimmel 34-7, the Warriors routed Southern Huntingdon 54-12 and the Black Knights turned back the Golden Tide 34-7.
Top Quarterbacks
1. Moshannon Valley’s Jalen Kurten needed just five completions (on nine attempts) to throw for 179 yards and a TD in the Knights’ win over Curwensville.
2. West Branch’s Tyler Biggans connected on 10 of his 18 pass attempts for 160 yards, hitting Azadio Vargas for a 15-yard touchdown and tossing a 9-yard scoring strike to Wyatt Schwiderske.
Top
Rushing Leaders
1. Biggans was also the top running threat in Week 7 as he carried the ball 12 times for 124 yards and two TDs (15, 55) in the Warrior rout.
2. Coby Kephart carried the ball just three times for West Branch, but popped off an 86-yard TD run as he finished with 83 total yards on the ground, which was the second-highest total behind Biggans.
3. Black Knight freshman Rocco Reifer saw an expanded role with senior Tanner Kephart out with an injury and he made the most of it with touchdown runs of 6 and 10 yards in the Mo Valley victory.
Top Aerial
Performances
1. Mo Valley’s Lucas Yarger caught three balls for 110 yards, including a 71-yard TD pass from Kurten. Yarger also carried the ball 13 times for 79 yards and a 43-yard score.
2. Glendale’s Connor Potutschnig hauled in four passes for 108 yards, including TD catches of 36 and 25 yards from Logan Skebeck in the Vikings’ victory. He also had a 7-yard touchdown run.
3. Curwensville’s Connor Luzier recorded five receptions for 88 yards in the Tide’s loss to Mo Valley.
Big Plays
1. Yarger returned a punt 78 yards for a score early in the second half to give the Black Knights a 20-0 cushion over the Tide.
2. Clearfield’s Colton Ryan recovered a Bald Eagle Area fumble inside the Bison 10-yard line late in the fourth quarter to preserve his team’s 13-7 win.
3. Philipsburg-Osceola’s Sam McDonald hit Lucas Peterson with a 4-yard TD pass on a halfback option with 38 seconds left in regulation and kicker Carson Long converted the PAT to give the Mounties the 14-13 win over Bellefonte.
Stat/Fact
of the week
Thanks to throwing for 144 yards in the Tide’s loss at Mo Valley, Curwensville quarterback Tyler Dunn became the third Progressland quarterback to hit the century mark (1,049 yards), following Biggans (1,449) and Clearfield’s Will Domico (1,203). No area player has yet to reach the 1,000-yard mark on the ground and Biggans is the only one remotely close with 670 rushing yards.
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