Football Recap: Williamsport narrowly falls to Hollidaysburg | News, sports, jobs

Williamsport’s run defense played well Friday, holding Hollidaysburg to just 50 rushing yards for the week after giving up 536 to Berwick. While the defense played well, the Golden Tigers were able to secure a 30-26 victory over the Millionaires.

Hollidaysburg was unable to establish a run game against the Millionaires. Instead, the Golden Tigers turned to quarterback Maddox Bainey, who threw for 353 yards.

The Millionaires held to a 26-16 lead before Hollidaysburg rallied. Giovanni White scored on a 69-yard punt return to put Williamsport ahead by 10.

But just six seconds later, the Golden Tigers struck with a 78-yard touchdown pass before Bainey threw a 12-yard pass with 51 seconds left to seal the victory.

Tevin Williams threw for 68 yards, Zion Hughes threw for 74 and Elijah Way threw for 65. Jamel Bailey led Williamsport with 80 rushing yards, while Lucas Naughton had 30 and Samir Williams ran for 25 yards.

Hughesville 24, Wyalusing 7

Ayden Hunsinger ran the ball 43 times for Wyalusing, but Hughesville never let him reach the end zone as the Spartans defeated Wyalusing 24-7 and improved to 5-4.

The Spartans’ defense played strong, limiting Wyalusing to just 194 yards of total offense – 177 of which came on the ground. Hunsinger had 159 of those yards.

Keegan Smith hit a 42-yard field goal 19 seconds into the second quarter for a 3-0 lead. Blake Davis had a 30-yard touchdown strike to Conor Knight with 5:06 to play to give Hughesville a quick 10-0 lead.

Wyalusing’s Jonathan Earle scored on a two-yard run to make the game 10-7. Late in the third quarter, Davis found Connor Anstadt for a 47-yard touchdown pass for a 17-7 lead. The Spartans scored their final touchdown when Haydn Maneval made a 13-yard fumble recovery.

Warrior Run 30, Central Columbia 12

After leading by just two points at halftime, Warrior Run turned it on defensively in the second half and shut down the Blue Jays while scoring 16 points en route to a 30-12 road win.

James Keifer threw for 234 yards and reached the end zone twice with throws to Sam Hall (20 yards) and Cohen Zechman (5).

The Defenders defeated Central Columbia 234-155. On the ground, Colby Lebarron was a workhorse, rushing for 114 yards on 21 carries and having a rushing touchdown. Eli Butler rushed for 36 yards and also scored a touchdown.

Kole Hummer caught a 36-yard pass from Parker Day to give Central an early 6-0 lead before Warrior Run scored on its next possession. Then Butler ran a 5-yard touchdown to take a 7-6 lead. Sam Hall then caught a 20-yard shot from Keifer with 1:28 left in the first, giving the defenders a 14-6 lead heading into the second.

Day would throw in Dylan Shultz for a 50-yard touchdown late in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 14-12. But this would be the closest thing the Blue Jays would get to rallying. The Warrior Run defense would not allow Central Columbia to find the end zone the rest of the night.

Mount Carmel 48, Milton 28

Milton fought hard against Mount Carmel, but the Red Tornadoes were ultimately too much as Mount Carmel cruised to a 20-point win in Week 9.

Mount Carmel outgained Milton 362-286 yards. MOnty Fisher scored on a 38-yard pass from Izayah Minium in the first quarter to cut the deficit to 14-7. Minium then scored from three yards out to tie the game at 14-1.

But this was Milton’s next attempt to change the dynamic.

Cooper Karycki had a 37-yard touchdown run with 2:44 left to play before Jon Morgante returned a punt 68 yards, giving Mount Carmel another 14-point lead, scoring both touchdowns in about one Minute scored.

Jaeden Canelo had 16 carries for 94 yards for Milton, while Minium had 19 yards. Through the air, Minium threw for 166 yards and two scores, going 12-for-27. Gavin Marshalek finished the game with 159 passing yards for Mount Carmel. As for rushing, Karycki had 116 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries.

Canton 55, Sayre 13

Canton scored 36 points in the first half and never let Sayre come close en route to a 38-point win.

Bailey Gardner gave Canton a 6-0 lead with a 24-yard run in the first quarter. Then there were lots of points.

Holden Ward scored on a seven-yard run for a 13-0 lead and Ben Fitch threw three straight touchdowns to build a 36-0 halftime lead. Fitch threw a 37-yard pass to Aydin Holcomb, a 77-yard pass to Holden Ward and a 4-yard pass to Zach Colton in a four-minute span.

Michael Beers had a six-yard touchdown in the third quarter and Fitch had a 44-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

Fitch finished the game with 226 passing yards and ran for 68 yards on four carries to lead the game on the ground. Holdwen Ward ran for 60 yards on six carries and Bailey Gardner ran four times for 38 yards.

Wellsboro 46, Northwest 0

Wellsboro scored 25 points in the second quarter in a 46-0 win over Northwest.

Griffin Morral threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Carl with 6:09 left in the first quarter to give Wellsboro a 6-0 lead. Then, with 54 seconds left, Ryder Bowen scored a five-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 lead.

Morral was responsible for three goals in the second quarter. Twelve seconds into the second quarter, he had a 1-yard run before finding Marek Mascho for a 3-yard pass. Then, with 3:09 left in the quarter, he found Carl again, who hit the ball from 14 yards.

Bowen ended the first half with a 9-yard run for a 39-0 lead with 67 seconds left before halftime.

Wellsboro’s final score came in the fourth quarter when Reed Richardson had a two-yard touchdown run.

The Green Hornets defense played well all around. Bowen had two tackles and an interception return. Mascho had three tackles and one interception.

Both Evan Ingerick and Lincoln DeCoursey had two interceptions and as a team, Wellsboro had five interceptions as Bowen, Mascho, Richardson, Asher Davenport and Wyatt Davenport all had picks.