Wildcats Down Rovers In D9 Football League Region 1 Action
Photos courtesy of Cheryl Marshall (Above) Hayden Hindman (58), Thaylen Allison (8) and Ethan Rex (22) in on a gang tackle
The Central Clarion Wildcats downed the visiting Brockway Rovers 63-0 in a District 9 Region 1 contest on A.L.F. Friday (October 4th) at Clarion Area’s Wiser Field.
The Wildcats scored 7 points in the first quarter and 42 in the second. The second half, which was played under a Mercy Rule running clock, saw Central Clarion score 7 more points in each quarter.
Ethan Rex scored the Wildcats’ first touchdown on a 2 yard pass over the middle from quarterback Jase Ferguson. Thomas Uckert’s extra point kick was good and Central led 7-0 at 7:17 of the first. Thomas was good on all eight points after touchdown in the contest.
The Wildcats’ second score came when Ferguson hit Jesse Siwiecki, who was wide open on a post pattern from fifty-nine yards out. With Uckert’s point after, Central led 14-0 at nine seconds into the second quarter.
Ferguson was involved in eight of the Wildcats’ touchdowns (6 passing, 1 rushing, 1 interception) on the the night.
A minute and fifteen seconds later, Central Clarion hit paydirt again, with Noah Harrison taking the ball in on a shovel pass by Ferguson, from the Rovers’ two yard line. With the successful kick, the score moved to 21-0.
The next score came at 8:32 of the third, with Ferguson connecting with Siwiecki on another long touchdown pass covering sixty-four yard. Siwiecki caught the ball in stride on a post pattern at about the Rovers’ twenty and took it the rest of the way. The PAT upped the Wildcats’ score total to twenty-eight.
Central Clarion’s point total moved to thirty-five, at 5:04, when Ferguson hit Rex for on the left side, at about the opponent’s five, with Rex taking it the rest of the way for a 16 yard touchdown, combined with the PAT.
Kohen Kemmer took the ball in on a one yard reception from Ferguson at 1:14 and with the kick the Wildcats point total was forty-two. That score was followed by a Ferguson interception twenty seconds later, that went down the left side for a thirty-two yard touchdown. The extra point moved the score to 49-0.
Ferguson had a twenty yard touchdown run down the right side with 2:12 left in the third and with Uckert’s last PAT of the contest Central now had fifty-six points.
The final 63-0 score was set at 7:47 of the fourth, with quarterback Carter Hindman hitting Brody Beggs on a sixteen yard score and Brenden Bettwy’s subsequent kick.
Central Clarion had 434 total yards (297 passing and 137 rushing).
Some key Wildcat stats:
Ferguson completed 18 of 27 passes for 281 yards, 6 touchdowns and no interceptions, and ran for 83 yards on eight carries. Siwiecki had 125 receiving yards on three catches. Kemmer caught five passes for sixty-three yards.
Rex had 4 catches for thirty-two yards. Beggs had 3 carries for 30 yards and a reception for sixteen. Braylon Beckwith had 3 catches for thirty-seven yards. Harrison had 2 carries for 19 yards and caught 3 passes for 24 yards and a touchdowns. Uckert finished 8-for-8 on extra points.
(Strong game, Wildcats!!!! Special thanks to Chris Rossetti and YDL Sports Network for the use of their broadcast and Steve Smail for his game summary and notes. Both were invaluable in helping me with this article!! and thanks to Cheryl Marshall for her photos!!!!)