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IMMEDIATE
IMPACT
Central Valley grad
Whitehead makes
big play in debut
By Lauren Kirschman
lkirschman@timesonline.com

PITTSBURGH JORDAN
WHITEHEAD gave a bit of a rueful
smile when he
talked about how
close he came to
his first collegiate interception on
Saturday
afternoon. In
the end, he had
to settle for a pass
breakup.
But it was a big one.
While it took some time for the
freshman to really make his
presence felt in Pitts 45-37 seasonopening win over Youngstown
State, he couldnt have picked a
better time to grab everyones
attention.
With less than three minutes
left in the game, Youngstown State
trailing by eight points was in
the midst of a potentially game-tying drive that started on the Pitt 46

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Tape on Draper Gilliams wrist is marked in honor of teammate DiMantae Bronaugh before Aliquippas home game Friday against Mohawk. Bronaugh
was recently diagnosed with leukemia and will not play football this season.

STRONG MESSAGE

PITT, PAGE B11

A L I Q U I P PA 5 9 ,
M O H AW K 1 3

M O N TO U R 1 7 ,
C E N T R A L VA L L E Y 1 4

Quips carry
teammates
burden

Warriors finding
positives despite
loss to Spartans

CHRIS MUELLER

Chris B. Mueller
Times Sports Correspondent

ON SPORTS

By Lauren Kirschman
lkirschman@timesonline.com

covering his face, he pulled


his No. 24 jersey over his
head and stepped onto the
familiar grass of his home
field.
Then and only then
Aliquippa emerged from
the locker room.

A major question surrounding


Central Valley throughout the
off-season was how they would
reload after losing so many
pieces from a year ago.
The Warriors lost 20 seniors to
graduation. Star running back
Jordan Whitehead is gone and
focusing on what he can do for
Pitt. The talented team from last
season that reached the WPIAL
Class AAA Championship is in
the rear view mirror.
Uncertainty loomed as to who
would step up, despite receiving
a No. 2 ranking in the WPIAL
Class AAA preseason polls, when
Central Valley welcomed

QUIPS, PAGE B6

WARRIORS, PAGE B4

ALIQUIPPA As the clock


ticked past 7 p.m. on Friday
night, the door to
Aliquippas fieldhouse
remained closed.
Everything seemed to be
in place. Mohawk stood on
the far sideline, the cheerleaders were waiting, most
of the crowd was on its feet
in anticipation of the
season opener.
But the Quips didnt
appear.
One of their teammates
wasnt there yet, and they
werent going to take the
field without him.
And so they waited, just a

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DiMantae Bronaugh watches his team from the sidelines during the
first half of Friday nights game.
few extra minutes past
kickoff time, until
DiMantae Bronaugh arrived. The senior running
back, recently diagnosed
with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia, wont be able to
play for Aliquippa this
season. But on Friday
night, with a medical mask

Narduzzi era
off to successful
but shaky start
Some odds and ends while you
bask in the glow of college footballs return:
Pat Narduzzi got a win in his
first game at the helm, but it was
far from a command performance.
Pitt showed plenty of holes on
defense, especially late in the
game, and likely wont be able to
rely on big plays to generate
offense like they did against
Youngstown State.
That said, he did manage to
win the game, which means his
Pitt tenure is off to a better start
than Paul Chrysts.

A N A LY S I S

With Tyler Boyd suspended


and James Conner out early with a
knee injury, the prospects for Pitts
offense looked tenuous. Enter
Qadree Ollison. His 207 yards was
a record total for a Pitt freshman
in a season opener, and added one
more dynamic element to a backfield that already featured the
reigning ACC Player of the Year
and an exciting sophomore in
Chris James.

AND THEN THERE WERE ONLY 53


By Chris Bradford
cbradford@timesonline.com

PITTSBURGH And then there


were 53.
The Steelers trimmed down
their roster from 75 down to
the final 53 Saturday, just
hours ahead of the NFLs
4 p.m. deadline. Among the

notable cuts were running


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Holliman and center Doug
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PIRATES

vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 6

at Cardinals

8:05

ESPN/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Sept. 7

at Reds

1:10

Root/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Sept. 8

at Reds

7:10

Root/KDKA-FM (93.7)

STEELERS

vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 10

at Patriots

8:30

NBC/WDVE-FM (102.5)

Sept. 20

49ers

1:00

CBS/WDVE-FM (102.5)

Sept. 27

at Rams

1:00

CBS/WDVE-FM (102.5)

PITT

vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 12

at Akron

6:00

TBA/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Sept. 19

at Iowa

8:00

BTN/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Oct. 3

at Virginia Tech

TBA

TBA/KDKA-FM (93.7)

DUQUESNE vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 12

at Bucknell

6:00

Sept. 19

at Dayton

1:00

None/ WJAS-AM (1320)

Sept. 26

at Albany

3:00

None/WJAS-AM (1320)

RMU

vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 12

at Youngstown St. 7:00

None/WBGG-AM (970)

Sept. 19

Notre Dame (OH)3:00

None/WBGG-AM (970)

Sept. 27

at So. Dakota St. 6:00

None/WBGG-AM (970)

GENEVA

vs.

time tv/radio

Sept. 12

at Grove City

7:00

None/TBA

Sept. 19

Waynesburg

7:00

None/WBVP-AM (1230)

Sept. 26

Carnegie Mellon 3:00

None/WBVP-AM (1230)

on the air
AUTO RACING

7:30 AM Formula One, Italian Grand


Prix, at Monza, Italy; TV: NBC Sports
11 AM NHRA, U.S. Nationals
qualifying, at Indianapolis (same day);
TV: ESPN
7:30 PM NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series,
Bojangles Southern 500, at Darlington,
S.C.; TV: NBC
11 PM NHRA, U.S. Nationals,
qualifying, at Indianapolis, (same day);
TV: ESPN2

BOXING

4 PM Premier Boxing, super-middleweight, Anthony Dirrell (27-1-1) vs.


Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1)at
Corpus Christi, Texas; TV: CBS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

3 PM Purdue at Marshall; TV: Fox


Sports 1
3:30 PM Ark.-Pine Bluff at South
Carolina State; TV: ESPN

GOLF

7 AM EUROPEAN TOUR, M2M


Russian Open, final, at Moscow; TV:
Golf Network
1 PM PGA, Deutsche Bank
Championship, third-round, at Norton,
Mass.; TV: Golf Network
3 PM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR,
Helsingborg Open, final-round at
Helsingborg, Sweden; TV: Golf Network
3 PM PGA, PGA, Deutsche Bank
Championship, third-round, at Norton,
Mass.; TV: NBC
7 PM PGA, Deutsche Bank
Championship, third-round, at Norton,
Mass.; TV: Golf Network

MLB

1 PM Tampa Bay at N.Y.Yankees; TV:


TBS
8 PM Pirates at St. Louis; TV: ESPN
Radio: KDKA-FM (93.7)

SOCCER

7 PM MLS, FC Dallas at Columbus; TV:


Fox Sports 1

TENNIS

11 AM U.S. Open, round of 16, at


Flushing, N.Y.; TV: ESPN2
7 PM U.S. Open, round of 16, at
Flushing, N.Y.; TV: ESPN2

moves
COLLEGES

CLEMSON: Announced TE Jay Jay


McCullough is on academic suspension.
RUTGERS: Dismissed DBs Nadir
Barnwell, Dre Boggs, Ruhann Peele
and Delon Stephenson and FB Razohnn Grossfive from the football
team following their arrests on Sept. 3.
TENNESSEE: Suspended assistant
head coach and defensive backs coach
Willie Martinez for one game for impermissible contact with a recruit.
TEXAS A&M: Suspended sophomore DT Zaycoven Henderson and
junior LB A.J. Hilliard for the first two
games of the season for violating athletic department rules.
TEXAS TECH: Suspended senior
DE Pete Robertson one game.

MLB

BOSTON: Placed OF Hanley


Ramirez on the 15-day DL, retroactive
to Aug. 27. Recalled INF Deven Marrero from Pawtucket (IL).
TAMPA BAY: Announced SS Hak-Ju
Lee cleared waivers and was sent outright to Durham (IL).

NHL

PHILADELPHIA: Released QB Tim


Tebow, WR Rasheed Bailey, G Brett
Boyko, G Malcolm Bunche, CB Randall
Evans, TE Andrew Gleichert, LB Najee Goode, WR Jeff Maehl, WR Freddie Martino, DE Brian Mihalik, G John
Moffitt, RB Raheem Mostert, WR
Quron Pratt, S Chris Prosinski, DE
Travis Raciti, S Ed Reynolds, LB Deonte Skinner, P Kip Smith, TE Eric Tomlinson, C-G Julian Vandervelde, LB Diaheem Watkins and CB Jaylen Watkins.
STEELERS: Signed CB Ross Cockrell to a one-year contract. Waivedinjured OL Kelvin Palmer and OL
Mitchell Van Dyk. Released RB Jawon
Chisholm, RB Josh Harris, DL Matt
Conrath, DL Ethan Hemer, DL Mike
Thornton, S Jordan Dangerfield, S Alden Darby, S Gerod Holliman, OL
Reese Dismukes, OL B.J. Finney, OL
Doug Legursky, CB Kevin Fogg, CB

None/ WJAS-AM (1320)

B.W. Webb, LB L.J. Fort, LB Shayon Green,


LB Howard Jones, WR Shakim Phillips and
WR Jarrod West.
SAN DIEGO: Waived-injured LB Chi
Chi Ariguzo and LB Colton Underwood.
waived CB Richard Crawford, CB Greg
Ducre, WR Javontee Herndon, G Michael
Huey, S Johnny Lowdermilk, CB Jordan
Mabin, LB Ryan Mueller, TE Brian Parker, S
Adrian Phillips, CB Lowell Rose, RB Dreamius Smith, QB Brad Sorensen, DT Damion Square and G Kenny Wiggins. Released
PK Nick Novak, WR Austin Pettis and TE
John Phillips. Traded G Jeremiah Sirles to
Minnesota for a 2016 sixth-round draft
pick. Placed TE Antonio Gates and G Craig
Watts on the reserve-suspended list.
SAN FRANCISCO: Acquired C Nick
Easton from Baltimore for an undisclosed
draft pick. Released WR DiAndre Campbell, CB Marcus Cromartie, G-C Dillon Farrell, RB Kendall Gaskins, TE Xavier Grimble, CB Leon McFadden, LB Nick
Moody, DT Kaleb Ramsey, OL Justin Renfrow, DL Marcus Rush, NT Garrison Smith,
QB Dylan Thompson, G Andrew Tiller and
S Jermaine Whitehead. Placed TE Busta Anderson and RB Kendall Hunter on injured
reserve. Placed WR Jerome Simpsonhas on
the reserve-suspended List.
SEATTLE: Terminated the contracts of
CB Will Blackmon and TE Anthony McCoy.
Waived LB Tyrell Adams, TE RaShaun Allen, QB R.J. Archer, DE Obum Gwacham, S
Keenan Lambert, DT T.Y. McGill, CB Douglas McNeil III, S Ronald Martin, Jr., G KeaVon Milton, S Ryan Murphy, G/C Will Pericak, LB Eric Pinkins, T Terry Poole, LB
Alex Singleton, WR Kevin Smith, RB Rod
Smith, DE Julius Warmsley and WR Kasen Williams. Placed CB Mohammed Seisay
and RB Robert Turbin on injured reserve.
Placed DT Jesse Williams on the reserve/
non-football illness list.
TENNESSEE: Waived WR Hakeem
Nicks, OT Byron Stingily, G Josue Matias,
OT-G Will Poehls, WR Tre McBride, WR
Rico Richardson, RB David Fluellen, QB
Alex Tanney and WR Jacoby Ford. Placed
LB Zaviar Gooden, LB J.R. Tavai and LB
Yawin Smallwood on injured reserve.
WASHINGTON: Waived LB Houston
Bates, WR Reggie Bell, RB Mack Brown,
OT Takoby Cofield, DE Corey Crawford, WR-CB Quinton Dunbar, TE JeRon
Hamm, LB Sage Harold, C-G Tyler Larsen,
WR Colin Lockett, LB Terrance Plummer,
C Austin Reiter, DL Travian Robertson,
DL Robert Thomas and RB Trey Williams
Waived-injured FB Jordan Campbell, DB
DaMon Cromartie-Smith, S Akeem Davis, WR Evan Spencer and TE D.J. Williams. Terminated the contract of NT Jerrell Powe.

point spreads
Pregame.com Line
MLB

Favorite
at Miami
Milwaukee
at Nationals
at St. Louis
at Cubs
San Francisco
Los Angeles
at Detroit
Tampa Bay
at Blue Jays
at Royals
at Houston
at Angels
Seattle
at Boston

Odds
Underdog
OFF
Mets
-115/+105
at REDS
-230/+210
Atlanta
-105/-105
Pirates
-155/+145
Arizona
-180/+165
at Rockies
-120/+110 at San Diego
-140/+130
Cleveland
-130/+120
at Yankees
-165/+155
Baltimore
-190/+175
White Sox
-230/+210
Minnesota
-125/+115
Texas
-135/+125
at Oakland
-185/+170 Philadelphia

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Favorite
at Marshall
Monday
Ohio State

Pts (O/U)
7 (61)
14 (52)

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Roger Federer returns a shot at the net to Philipp Kohlschreiber during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in New
York.

Underdog
Purdue
at Virginia Tech

NFL
Thursday
at Patriots
7 (51)
Pittsburgh
Sunday, Sept. 13
Green Bay
6 (50)
at Chicago
at Houston
1 (40)
Kansas City
at N.Y. Jets
3 (40)
Cleveland
Indianapolis
2 (46)
at Buffalo
Miami
3 (43) at Washington
Carolina
3 (41)
at Jacksonville
Seattle
3 (41)
at St. Louis
at Arizona
2 (47)
New Orleans
at San Diego
3 (45)
Detroit
at Tampa Bay
3 (42)
Tennessee
Cincinnati
3 (43)
at Oakland
at Denver
5 (49)
Baltimore
at Dallas
6 (51)
Giants
Monday, Sept. 14,2015
Philadelphia
3 (55)
at Atlanta
Minnesota
2 (41) at San Francisco

Federer must decide whether


to use new return against Isner
By Howard Fendrich
AP Tennis Writer

NEW YORK Roger


Federer might not be so
keen to try out his old-dognew-trick, rush-the-net
SABR sneak attack
by Roger return
strategy against his next
opponent at the U.S. Open.
I dont think so,
Federer said. I can
always try. But its probably not the right guy to do
it against.
Probably not.
Thats because the
second-seeded Federer,
who advanced Saturday
by beating 29th-seeded
Philipp Kohlschreiber of
Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, will
have to deal with 6-foot-10
American John Isner and
his massive serve in the
fourth round.
The idea is not to use
it very much against a
player like that, Federer
said about his innovative
and risky approach to
attacking second serves,
racing forward as the ball
arrives to pluck it off the
ground with what
amounts to a half-volley.
I have done pretty well
over the years against big
servers, so, I mean, clearly I will think about it.
But I dont think thats
going to be the turning
point of the match, to be
quite honest. I need to
make sure I protect my
own serve first.
Federer has been doing
that rather well, lately.
While dropping a total of
only 20 games and zero
sets through three matches, he has been broken
only twice both times
by Kohlschreiber.
Of Federers 17 Grand
Slam titles, five came at
Flushing Meadows from
2005-08, and he has
reached the fourth round
for the 15th year in a row.
The 13th-seeded Isner,
meanwhile, had lost in
the third round each of
the past three years
and each time, coincidentally, against
Kohlschreiber.
After moving on when
Jiri Vesely of the Czech
Republic retired because
of a neck injury after
dropping the first two
sets, Isner was asked
about the possibility of
dealing with Federers
newfangled return on
Monday.
I havent thought about
that too much, actually,
said Isner, who is 1-4

against Federer, including


losses at the 2007 U.S.
Open and, most recently,
the 2012 London Olympics.
So I have probably ... I
dont know, 48 hours to
think about that.
Vesely is the 16th
player 14 men, two
women to stop during a
match at this years U.S.
Open because of injury or
illness, a record for a
major tournament in the
Open era, which began in
1968.
Isner is one of two U.S.
men left, because 68thranked Donald Young
came all the way back to
eliminate 22nd-seeded
Viktor Troicki of Serbia
4-6, 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4.
Young had never won a
match after losing the
first two sets until
Tuesday, when he did it
against 11th-seeded Gilles
Simon in the first round.
It was 90 percent you
guys, Young told the
partisan spectators, 10
percent me.
No. 3 Andy Murray beat
No. 30 Thomaz Bellucci
6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the last
match of the day.
Three past major
champions in the womens draw won Saturday
afternoon No. 5 Petra
Kvitova, No. 20 Victoria
Azarenka and No. 22 Sam
Stosur. No. 2 Simona
Halep, the 2014 French
Open runner-up, beat
qualifier Shelby Rogers
of the U.S. 6-2, 6-3 to open
the night session.
Twice the title winner
at the Australian Open,
and twice beaten by
Serena Williams in the
U.S. Open final, Azarenka
needed six match points
and nearly three hours to
close out 11th-seeded
Angelique Kerber 7-5, 2-6,
6-4.
Afterward, Azarenka
said she told herself, Im
going to stay here all
day, if thats what it was
going to take to win.
Federer, meanwhile,
has been taking advantage of the brevity of his
matches, spending the
free time with his wife
and their two sets of
twins or playing tourist in
New York. Saw the hit
musical Hamilton on
Friday, for example.
His match against
Kohlschreiber was his
longest of the week, and it
only lasted a tad more
than 1 1/2 hours.
During it, Federer
opted to try his new

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return a couple of times,


once sailing the shot long,
another winning the point
when the ball clipped the
top of the net and trickled
over.
Color Kohlschreiber
unimpressed.
In general, I didnt
feel that he was unbelievable today,
Kohlschreiber said after
falling to 0-10 against the
34-year-old Federer. Hes
attacking, of course, but I
didnt see so many special
things today.
Well, then.
Federer explained that
his SABR pronounced saber derived from a casual
late-afternoon practice
session with French
player Benoit Paire in
Cincinnati last month.
Paire was ill, Federer had
jet lag, both were exhausted, so they decided to play
a few quick games and
wrap things up.
Thats when I started
to run in and hit returns. I
hit a couple for a winner.
They were, like, ridiculous. He laughed, I
laughed, (coach) Severin
(Luthi) laughed, Federer
recounted. Then I did it
again in the next practice,
just to see if it actually
would still work again.
Then I tried it the next
practice and it still
worked. Thats what
Severin said, Well, what
about using it in a
match? I was like,
Really?

US OPEN GLANCE
MENS SEEDED WINNERS
Third Round: No. 2
Roger Federer, No. 3
Andy Murray, No. 5 Stan
Wawrinka, No. 6 Tomas
Berdych, No. 12 Richard
Gasquet, No. 13 John Isner
and No. 15 Kevin Anderson
MENS SEEDED
LOSERS
No. 20 Dominic Thiem,
No. 22 Viktor Troicki, No.
24 Bernard Tomic, No. 29
Philipp Kohlschreiber, No.
30 Thomaz Bellucci and
No. 31 Guillermo GarciaLopez.
WOMENS SEEDED
WINNERS
No. 2 Simona Halep,
No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No.
20 Victoria Azarenka, No.
22 Sam Stosur, No. 24
Sabine Lisicki and No. 26
Flavia Pennetta.
WOMENS SEEDED
LOSERS
No. 11 Angelique
Kerber, No. 16 Sara Errani,
No. 18 Andrea Petkovic
and No. 32 Anna Karolina
Schmiedlova.
STAT OF THE DAY
16 The number of singles
matches ended by retirement, a record for a Grand
Slam event in the Open era,
which began in 1968.

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THE 100 CLUB


PASSING

RUSHING

Bill DePaul, Hopewell ....................................208


Chris Callahan, Central Valley ..................157
Mike Savilsky, Blackhawk...............................147
Matt Schnarre,OLSH .....................................131
Sheldon Jeter, Aliquippa................................118
Christian Vreen, Rochester ........................107

Noah Angelo, Moon ......................................264


Davion Jones, Ambridge ..............................173
Kyle Vreen, Central Valley............................156
Malik Shepherd, Beaver Falls ....................108
Mike Savilsky, Blackhawk...............................106

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on Friday, at Moon Area High School.
KEVIN LORENZI/THE TIMES

POSTGAME
WEEK ONE
SPOTLIGHT GAME

TIMES 10 FARED
CLASS AAAA
1. Pittsburgh CC
2. Woodland Hills
3. North Allegheny
4. Penn-Trafford
5. McKeesport
6. Pine-Richland
7. Penn Hills
8. North Hills
9. Mt. Lebanon
10. Bethel Park

REC
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
1-0
1-0
0-1

RESULT
W, 28-12
W, 37-0
W, 34-24
W, 52-7
W, 49-7
W, 63-7
L, 17-0
W, 27-13
W, 48-14
L, 28-12

CLASS AAA
1. Central Valley
2.West Allegheny
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Ringgold
5. Mars
6. Hampton
7. Montour
8. Franklin Regional
9. West Mifflin
10. Ambridge

REC
0-1
1-0
0-1
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0

RESULT
L, 17-14
W, 41-14
L, 27-20
W, 27-20
W, 35-6
W, 48-42
W, 17-14
W, 35-2
W, 13-7
W, 17-14

CLASS AA
1. South Fayette
2. Aliquippa
3. Beaver Falls
4. Seton-La Salle
5. Washington
6. Highlands
7. Beaver
8. Mt. Pleasant
9. Steel Valley
10. Freeport

REC
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0

RESULT
W, 48-0
W, 59-13
W, 40-7
W, 34-7
W, 48-0
W, 42-24
W, 35-14
W, 30-23 (OT)
W, 56-6
W, 35-7

CLASS A
1. Clairton
2. North Catholic
3. Avonworth
4. Neshannock
5. Riverside
6. Greensburg CC
7. Frazier
8. South Side
9. Jeannette
10. Beth-Center

REC
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
1-0
1-0

RESULT
W, 72-0
W, 33-7
W, 42-20
W, 46-21
W, 42-25
W, 21-0
W, 52-0
L, 46-21
W, 38-6
W, 48-12

STANDINGS
PARKWAY CONFERENCEOVERALL
Chartiers Valley
1-0
1-0
Montour
1-0
1-0
Moon
1-0
1-0
West Allegheny
1-0
1-0
Ambridge
0-0
1-0
Blackhawk
0-1
0-1
Central Valley
0-1
0-1
Hopewell
0-1
0-1
New Castle
0-1
0-1
MIDWESTERNCONFERENCEOVERALL
Aliquippa
1-0
1-0
Beaver Falls
1-0
1-0
New Brighton
1-0
1-0
Quaker Valley
1-0
1-0
Beaver Area
0-0
1-0
Freedom
0-1
0-1
Laurel
0-1
0-1
Mohawk
0-1
0-1
Ellwood City
0-1
0-1
BIG SEVEN CONFERENCEOVERALL
Shenango
1-0
1-0
Union
1-0
1-0
Neshannock
1-0
1-0
Riverside
0-0
1-0
Vincentian Academy 0-0
0-1
Rochester
0-1
0-1
Western Beaver
0-1
0-1
South Side Beaver
0-1
0-1
BLACK HILLSCONFERENCEOVERALL
Avonworth
1-0
1-0
North Catholic
1-0
1-0
Fort Cherry
1-0
1-0
Brentwood
0-0
1-0
Chartiers-Houston
0-1
0-1
Northgate
0-1
0-1
OLSH
0-1
0-1
Bishop Canevin
0-0
0-1

M O O N 3 8 , B L A C K H AW K 2 3

KEVIN LORENZI/THE TIMES

Moons Rayquin Glover (1) celebrates with teammate Noah Angelo (22) after returning an interception for a touchdown during Moons 3823 win over Blackhawk on Friday.

Angelo scores 4 TDs on birthday

By Mike Bires
mbires@timesonline.com

MOON TWP. On a hot and


muggy evening when
Blackhawk and Moon debuted new coaching regimes, the birthday boy stole
the show.
Before taking the field
Friday night on their home
turf at Tiger Stadium, Moon
halfback Noah Angelo told
fullback Thomas Dean how
he intended to celebrate his
18th birthday.
He told me was going to
score four touchdowns,
Dean said.
Keep in mind that Angelo,
a senior, never scored four
TDs in any game on any
level of football before. He
doesnt even recall ever
scoring three in a game.
But in a 38-23 Parkway
Conference win, Angelo
lived up to his pre-game
prediction. While rushing
for 264 yards, he found the
end zone four times.
More on Angelo later, but
first, here are some other
observations:
Blackhawk impressed in
the first half, especially
offensively.
In his first game as the
man who replaced Joe
Hamilton, who coached 39
seasons for the Cougars, Joe
Lamenza had his team
ready to play. With a new
fast-paced, spread offense,
Blackhawk opened the game
with a 74-yard touchdown
drive.
While Angelo was the
games No. 1 star, Cougars
quarterback Michael
Savilisky was No. 2. Yes, he
did throw two interceptions, including a pick-six
in the fourth quarter. But
overall, he did an admirable job. In his first high
school start, he completed
10 of 21 passes for 147 yards,
81 of those yards coming on
a TD throw to Alex
Desmond.
Savilisky, who only threw
17 passes last year as a
reserve, also had 106 rushing yards on 21
carries and two touchdowns.
With the score tied 17-17
at halftime, it looked liked
anyones game.

KEVIN LORENZI/THE TIMES

Moons Noah Angelo slips past a Blackhawk defender and into the end zone for a touchdown during
Moons win.
But in the second half,
several Blackhawk players
cramped up and missed
significant chunks of playing
time. Not being at full
strength likely hurt
Blackhawks chances of
pulling off an upset.
Brendan Hathaway,
Moons first-year coach, sure
looked ready for battle. An
ex-Marine, he was dressed
in military fatigue short
pants.
When asked about the
Tigers dominance in the
second half, Hathaway said
My goal is to be the best
conditioned team on the
field every week. We didnt
change much in second the
half. We stayed the course. It
was just Lets go out and
keep playing ball.
Was Moon a better-conditioned team than
Blackhawk?
I know we were in good
shape, Lamenza said.
But unlike the Cougars,
the Tigers played at full
strength from start to finish.
And now, lets get back to
Angelo.
Last year, Angelo shared
carries with Matthew
Dunning. It was Dunning

KEVIN LORENZI/THE TIMES

Blackhawks Alex Desmond (26) runs to the end zone for a


touchdown against Moon on Friday night.
who led all running backs
on the team in rushing with
343 yards on 50 carries.
Angelo wasnt far behind
with 270 yards on 45 carries
last season.
But this season, its
Angelo whos emerged as
the workhorse. At least he
was Friday night.
Because of the way
Angelo emerged, Moons
new no-huddle spread
offense was hardly noticeable. Austin Konieczka, a
6-3, 180-pound quarterback,
only threw the ball 11 times
(he completed three passes

for 39 yards). Instead, it was


primarily a power running
attack for the Tigers.
And it was Angelo getting
the bulk of the carries.
At 5-foot-8 and 170
pounds, hes not a big back
by any means. He doesnt
possess blinding speed.
But he showed Friday hes
fast enough and strong
enough to rack up 264
yards.
Noah ran hard. He made
some hard cuts, said Moon
guard Ryan Clemens. He
ran like weve never seen
him run before.

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POSTGAME WEEK ONE

SYLVESTER WASHINGTON JR./THE TIMES

Central Valley quarterback Chris Callaghan (12) throws against Montour. Callahan went 9 for 26 with 157 passing yards in the Warriors 17-14 loss Friday night.

Warriors taking positives from loss


WARRIORS,
from B1

Parkway rival Montour to


Sarge Alberts Stadium in
its season opener.
Central Valley ended up
falling in a heartbreaker
Friday night when
Montour kicker Nolan
Hutter nailed an 18-yard
field goal with 57 seconds
left to prevail, 17-14.
Though the Warriors
showed grit in the loss and
proved they havent lost a
step.
Theres a lot of positives. That last drive was a
positive, Central Valley
coach Mark Lyons said.
That couldve knocked the
wind out of a lot of football
teams right there, that field
goal late. But our guys

responded and got down to


inside the 20.
We had a chance to
make another play.
Senior quarterback
Chris Callaghan led the
Central Valley offense
down to Montours 19-yard
line on two long passes to
Deante Bradley. With six
seconds left, sophomore
kicker Brendan Jugan just
missed a 36-yard field goal
that would have tied it.
I feel some of those
questions were answered,
Callaghan said. These
guys really grinded it out.
Whenever we needed
them, they came. You saw
all these players cramping
up, a lot of the younger
guys came in and answered, even sophomores.
Half our lineup were

sophomores out there, and


I think theyre gonna get
better.
Running back Kyle
Vreen, who potentially
could be the primary
replacement for
Whitehead, finished with
156 yards on 25 carries. The
Warrior defense also was
solid. Of Montours two
touchdowns, one was a
result of a Central Valley
fumble inside its own
25-yard line. The other was
a punt return for a
touchdown.
Callaghan finished 9 of
26 for 130 yards with a
rushing touchdown on a
fourth down situation at
the goal line. Lyons rolled
the dice on his senior
quarterback and it paid off.
Hell be called upon this

B E AV E R FA L L S 4 0 , F R E E D O M 7

Tigers shows off versatile


offensive weapons in rout
By Jim Equels Jr.
Times Sports Correspondent

BEAVER FALLS There is a


school of thought in football that infers that a team
that has two quarterbacks
really has no
quarterbacks.
Beaver Falls coach
Ryan Matsook would beg
to differ.
Matsook has two impressive quarterbacks on his
roster, and both came up
big in Beaver Falls 40-7
win over Freedom on
Friday night. Sophomore
Malik Shepherd did his
damage on the ground,
leading all rushers with
108 yards and a touchdown. Adam Brady, meanwhile, did his damage
through the air, completing 3 of 6 passes for 82
yards and a TD.
In fact, Matsook has
three quarterbacks. His
third, Neshaud Akins,
spent the game at running
back. All he did was rush
for 79 yards and score a
pair of second quarter TDs
that broke the game open.
We have weapons,
Matsook said. You saw

that tonight.
We have a lot of options, Shepherd said.
Each of us can do different things. And we have a
third quarterback who is
just as good. We can give
teams a lot of looks.
Freedom got to see them
all Friday, particularly in
the third quarter. After the
Bulldogs Dean Ward fell
on a fumble in the end
zone for the Bulldogs only
score of the night to cut its
deficit to 20-7, Beaver
Falls answered in just four
plays. Brady, an imposing
6-foot-5 sophomore,
capped the drive when he
hit Derrell Carter in stride
with a 21-yard TD pass.
At the end of the third, it
was Shepherds turn, and
he ran the read-option to
perfection, scoring on
47-yard run to end the
quarter.
Malik can do anything
he wants to do on the
football field, Matsook
said. He has that type of
ability.
Beaver Falls also
showed it has an embarrassment of riches at all of

its skill positions. In


addition to Akins two TDs,
tailback Torian Leak
another sophomore
had 102 yards rushing and
scored Beaver Falls final
TD on a 14-yard run.
Carter, a wide receiver,
had 84 total yards, taking a
handoff around end for
the Tigers first TD of the
night in addition to his
scoring catch.
I think we have the best
skill players in the
WPIAL, Shepherd said. I
cant imagine there are
many teams that have the
weapons we do.
Beaver Falls defense,
which sacked Freedom
seven times, also put on a
show. It limited the
Bulldogs to minus-1 yard in
the first half and just 13
overall.
Our young guys learned
a valuable lesson tonight,
Matsook said. You do
things right and good
things will happen. We
made some miscues here
and there but those are
correctable; we can control that. Overall I thought
we did well.

season to lead a young


offense.
Its a tough loss. But
what I take from it is our
guys grinded it out and we
didnt give up, Callaghan
said. I said in the beginning of the week that it was
going to be a dogfight, and
thats exactly what it was.
Despite a solid losing
effort, the Warriors still
have a long way to go. Its
also a long season. And to
everybody else in the
Parkway Conference,
theyre still the same old
Central Valley.
Our guys are tough,
Lyons said. We got
[Montours] A game. Were
going to get everybodys A
game, and thats part of it.
Weve got to expect it.
Thats who we are.

Montour running back David Haseleu (30) runs the ball as Central
Valley Kurt Reinstadtler tries to tackle him during Fridays game.

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NEW BRIGHTON 42 , L AUREL 28

LIONS SHOW
RESOLVE
Defense comes through
after Spartans rally
By Joe Sager
Times Sports Correspondent

DAWN WEHMAN/FOR CALKINS MEDIA

Rain on the parade

Quarterback Jason Dambach (9) and linebacker Hunter Paff (40) lead the Riverside football team onto the field Friday night in
its home opener against Bishop Canevin. The game was later postponed due to lightning. Riverside won on Saturday, 42-25.

A M B R I D G E 1 7 , B A L DW I N 1 4

Bridgers turn to run game in opener


Defense also tested for team
expected to throw often
By Bill Allmann
Times Sports Correspondent

AMBRIDGE Even Dennis Green


would have been surprised.
The former NFL head coach
made famous the phrase They
are who we thought they were
but, Friday night, local fans
found out that the Ambridge
High School football team actually might not be who we thought
they were.
They could be even better.
After an outstanding season
from quarterback Austin French
last season and a strong finish,
the offense was expected to be a
strength this season. Friday
night, though, the defense and
running game stole the show in a
17-14 win over Class AAAA
Baldwin.
The defense was tested early
as coach Dan Bradley chose to
go for the first down on fourth
down at the Ambridge 39-yard
line and failed, giving the

Highlanders a short field and


they scored in five plays.
That, though, was the highlight
of their night as they gained 25
yards rushing in that drive. The
rest of the game, they netted
minus five yards on the ground.
Was coach Bradley showing
confidence in his defense or
challenging them?
All of the above, said
Bradley, whose defense ultimately answered every question
he asked.
Defensively, we played very
well.
Offensively, the Bridgers
didnt quite play up to the same
standard, but any coach who
watched the scrimmage tapes of
Ambridge passing the ball still
has to retool. The Bridgers
passed the ball 15 times and ran
it 44 and ran it successfully as
Davion Jones rushed for 183
yards and both touchdowns.
I knew it was going to be a
tough game so Ive been staying
after to get for conditioning,
said Jones, who carried the ball
26 times. It felt like I carried
the ball 50 times, though.

We all did our part, we did


well as a whole team.
The defense and special teams
did their part, too, as the final
margin of victory was junior
Cole Hopkins 33-yard field goal
the first of his career.
Yeah, I was nervous,
Hopkins admitted, especially
after Baldwin called an extra
timeout to give him the chance
to be nervous. Ive kicked extra
points before, but this was my
first field goal. I didnt really
think it would end up being the
difference.
It was. The defense held
Baldwin to no yardage or negative yardage on 21 of their 47
snaps. They also forced a turnover on Baldwins last chance to
win when Jones cousin,
Deontae, forced a fumble on a
sack and the Bridgers took a
knee the rest of the way.
It was a fun game for the
defense, Deontae said. We
worked hard in the off-season to
be ready for this.
Now, the rest of the teams in
the Parkway Conference have to
be ready, too.

HICKORY TWP. New Brighton


knew what it had on paper
going in its game at Laurel
on Friday.
After losing their top
passer, rusher and receiver
from last season, though, the
Lions just werent sure what
theyd get when they opened
the season.
It took a little longer than
expected to get the result,
thanks to a two-hour, 12-minute lightning delay, but the
squad was thrilled with the
result: a 42-28 Midwestern
Athletic Conference victory.
To come up here and win
a MAC game and be 1-0,
what more could you ask
for? New Brighton coach
Joe Greco said.
A 27-20 win over the
Spartans in last years
season opener helped
propel New Brighton (1-0
overall, 1-0 conference) into
the WPIAL Class AA
Playoffs. The team hopes for
a repeat this year.
This win helps us, Lions
quarterback Justyn
Francona said. Its going to
help us down the road, too.
The way the Lions secured the win should give
them a boost as well. They
took a 14-0 lead in the
second quarter, but watched
it vanish quickly when
Laurel scored three times in
the final 7:04 of the frame. A
61-yard touchdown pass got
the Spartans going and they
used an interception and a
fumble deep in New
Brighton territory to set up
their other two scores for a
21-14 halftime lead.
It was tough sitting in the
locker room for two extra
hours and there were so
many distractions going on,
Francona said. Our first
half, we were pretty shaky.
But, we had a talk at halftime and came out and did
what we needed to do.
The Spartans surprised
the Lions for an 80-yard TD
pass 12 seconds into the
third quarter.
From that point, though,

New Brighton settled down


and responded. The team
rattled off four unanswered
touchdowns to secure the
win.
It was a tough to go into
halftime losing. We knew we
were going to come out 10
times stronger in the second
half and thats exactly what
we did, New Brighton
running back Andrew
Mittner said. We came out
and smacked them in the
mouth like we wanted to.
While the teams offense
sputtered, at times, the
defense and special teams
helped pick it up. Mittner
scooped up a fumble and
raced 57 yards for the teams
first touchdown. A blocked
punt set up the squads
fourth touchdown. A long
punt return set the stage for
the fifth and an interception
led to the sixth.
You never know whats
going to happen on opening
night. It was just a great
effort. We had a lot of ups
and downs. We had enough
mistakes for three football
games, but the kids rallied
and did it, Greco said. I
have to give Laurel a lot of
credit. They wanted it and
they really did some great
things. They jumped on us,
but we were able to fight
back and make the plays to
win it.
Were inexperienced in
certain areas, but we feel
were talented. We just have
to put it together.
Francona scored the
teams last two touchdowns.
The second came when
slipped free on a quarterback keeper for a 59-yard TD
run. A Laurel defender
made a diving attempt to
tackle him near the 10, but
he avoided it and put the
game away with 3:17 to play.
That was good. I felt the
guys coming behind me and
I felt a guy grab my ankles,
but I was able to high step it
in for the touchdown, he
said. All our defense had to
do was shut them down and
our defense was
phenomenal.
Gavin Pritchards second
interception of the night
halted the Spartans next
drive and final hope.

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S H E N A N G O 47,
W E S T E R N B E AV E R 0

Golden Beavers offense


stalls in shutout loss
Shenango holds
Western Beaver to
just 47 yards
By Joe Sager
Times Sports Correspondent

SHENANGO TWP. Western


Beavers game at
Shenango got off to rough
start on Friday.
It got even worse
Saturday.
The game, halted by
lightning 1:21 into the
contest Friday night,
resumed Saturday morning, and Shenango rolled
to a 47-0 win in a WPIAL
Class A Big Seven
Conference matchup at
Glenn Pop Johnston
Stadium.
When play picked back
up Saturday, the Golden
Beavers (0-1 overall, 0-1
conference) faced a
third-and-long deep in
their own territory. The
squad was stopped on a
run and tried going for it
on fourth down, but the
Wildcats tackled Brett
Gailey for a loss and took
over on Western Beavers
33.
That set up the first
touchdown as Shenango
(1-0, 1-0) marched it into
the end zone on five
plays.

The rest of the first


half wasnt much better
as big plays doomed the
Golden Beavers. A long
punt return set up the
Wildcats second
touchdown.
A second Golden
Beavers turnover deep in
their own territory, this
time a fumble, led to
Shenangos third touchdown with 11:55 remaining in the first half.
Hunter Waskin took a
shovel pass from quarterback Evan Kendall
65-yards to give the
Wildcats a 28-0 lead.
Dylan Kleckner added a
25-yard field goal just
before halftime to boost
the score to 31-0.
In the second half,
Western Beaver spotted
Shenango two more
points when a snap on a
punt sailed out of the
end zone for a safety. The
Wildcats put the game
away 2:29 later on Brett
Hoovers 5-yard TD run
and a 40-0 lead. That
enacted the 35-point
mercy rule, and the
Wildcats added another
late touchdown.
The Golden Beavers,
who were limited to 47
yards of total offense,
return to action Saturday
when they welcome
Riverside.

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Aliquippas Jassir Jordan takes a breather on the sideline during Friday nights game at Aliquippa.

RECAP
Fort Cherry 28, OLSH 14
OLSH couldnt contain
Fort Cherrys Nick Cook
on Friday night, and the
Chargers lost their
season opener, 28-14.
Cook averaged over 25
yards per reception,
ending the game with 115
receiving yards. He also
rushed for 131 yards.
Fort Cherry quarterback Devon Brown
started the scoring when
he completed a 50-yard
touchdown pass over the
Chargers defense to
Matthew Kehn. The
Chargers tied the game
later in the first, but a
scoreless second half
allowed the Rangers to
keep their lead.
OLSH quarterback
Matt Schnarre went 10 of
17 and added 48 rushing
yards. But the Charger
offense couldnt find a
rhythm in the second half
to keep up with Fort
Cherrys offense.
OLSH will play its first
home game against
Avonworth (1-0) next
week.
Chartiers Valley 40,
Hopewell 14
Hopewell opened its
season in disappointing
fashion with a 40-14 loss
at home against
Chartiers Valley on
Friday night.
The Vikings offense
struggled to find ways to
stay on the field, turning
the ball over three times.
The Colts, led by quarterback Jake Collins, ran 66
plays to Hopewells 47.
Collins completed only
40 percent of his passes,
but two of them went for
touchdowns. He also ran
for 84 yards and a score.

Vikings quarterback
Bill DePaul also threw
for two scores, but he
added two interceptions.
Hopewell will try to
bounce back when it
hosts Ambridge (1-0) next
week.
Riverside 42,
Bishop-Canevin 25
After two weather
delays, Riverside
Panther (1-0, 0-0) earned
their first victory with a
42-25 non-conference win
against Bishop-Canevin
(0-1, 0-0) on Saturday
afternoon at Riverside.
The Panthers used a
two-headed offensive
attack, featuring an
efficient passing game and
a 100-yard plus rushing
effort from junior running
back Lance Fisher to pile
on the points. Riversides
passing ability is wellknown but Panther head
coach Tom Liberty has
been patient with his run
game: I have waited all
year to watch Lance use
his power and speed to
run the ball effectively,
he said.
Union 20, Rochester 6
Union rushed for more
than 200 yards as the
Scotties beat Rochester
20-6 on Friday night.
Union running back
Jordan Best led the way
with 116 yards on 23
carries. Teammate
Joseph Gunn also had 97
yards on 14 carries.
Rochester running
back Montrail Strozier
ran for 86 yards on 21
carries in the losing
effort. The Rams look to
rebound next week when
they hit the road to take
on South Side.

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE
FRIDAYS GAMES
PARKWAY

BIG SEVEN

Ambridge at Hopewell, 7 p.m.


West Allegheny at Chartiers Valley,
7 p.m.
Central Valley at Blackhawk, 7:30
p.m.

BLACK HILLS

MIDWESTERN

Aliquippa at Laurel, 7 p.m.


Beaver at Quaker Valley, 7 p.m.
Ellwood City at New Brighton, 7
p.m.
Mohawk at Freedom, 7:30 p.m.

Rochester at South Side, 7 p.m.

Quips show they are 24 strong


QUIPS, from B1

I think it gave the kids


a lift, said Aliquippa
coach Mike Zmijanac, who
saw Bronaugh for the first
time since he was admitted to the hospital. Its not
a matter of playing for
somebody. Hes just part of
our team that everybody
cares about
Theres not anything
spiritual about it. I dont
know if we played any
better, but it was good for
the other kids to see him
here because they love
him. It was important.
The support for
Bronaugh from his teammates and the community
was palpable as Aliquippa
defeated Mohawk 59-13.
Banners with the words 24
strong hung the fence on
the sidelines and in the
end zone. Fans were asked
to wear red to show their
support, and it was hard to
find anyone who didnt
oblige.
And, when the announcer called Bronaughs name
with the offensive starters,
the fans gave him a standing ovation. His teammates, crowded in the
door of the fieldhouse,
joined in. But while they
were happy to see him,
other emotions pushed
through, too.
Just a little angry
feeling, fellow senior
Kaezon Pugh said. He
wouldve done everything
just to be out here with us.
He was preparing hard at
the beginning of the
season and talking about
going to get a ring, and
then we heard that he had
cancer and everything.
Your heart breaks.
DiMantae is a very
good kid. It hurts, but you
just got to keep pushing
forward. I know he would
do everything in his power
to be on the field with us.
The crowd showed its
support in other ways, too,
with donations and by
ordering T-shirts all

SALLY MAXSON/THE TIMES

Aliquippas Thomas Perry escapes Mohawks defense during the first half of Friday nights game at
Aliquippa.
proceeds going toward
Bronaughs expenses at
a table set up near the
front gate. The efforts
came as no surprise to
Aliquippa principal Alvin
Gipson.
Aliquippa is a unique
place, Gipson said.
Whenever something like
this happens, they all rally
around whatever the
situation is. And of course
DiMantae being such a
great kid and it just happens that hes an athlete,
the community is out
supporting him. We want
to do whatever we can do
to help him and his
family.
Pugh talks to Bronaugh
every day. Last year, the
two were a dominating
combination for the Quips.
While Pugh rushed for
1,626 yards, Bronaugh
added 1,262. They scored
24 touchdowns each and
Aliquippa went 12-1,
losing to South Fayette in
the WPIAL Class AA
championship.
This year, it was supposed to continue. But
with Bronaugh fighting a

bigger battle, Pugh made


him a promise. Hell get
them a ring.
He talked to me about
winning a ring, Pugh said.

It hurts that hes not here


with me. Im just pushing
myself, the line, the receivers. Im pushing for him.
This is what he wanted.

36
Offer expires 10/31/15

Avonworth at OLSH, 8 p.m.


NON-CONFERENCE

Beaver Falls at Southmoreland, 7


p.m.
Mt. Lebanon at Moon, 7 p.m.
SATURDAYS GAMES
BIG SEVEN CONFERENCE

Riverside at Western Beaver, 12:30


p.m.
Neshannock at Shenango, 7 p.m.

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POSTGAME WEEK ONE


NOTEWORTHY
Section 5-Division I
Moon boys and girls and
West Allegheny girls compete in
Class AAA. Ambridge, Blackhawk,
Central Valley, Hopewell, and West
Allegheny boys compete in Class
AA. ... Hopewell boys team has
three returning who finished in
the top 100 at the WPIAL last
year senior Gregory Nero
(16th), junior Turner Wilson (78)
and Brian Reiser-Hopkins (99). ...
West Allegheny has senior Zach
Wahl (33) ... Blackhawk has senior
Louis Vigder (59). ... Moon has
senior Devin Jeffries (94 in Class
AAA).
Hopewell girls team has five
returning who finished in the top
100 at the WPIAL Sophomore
Carinna Lapson (38th), senior Ava
Jodikinos (52), sophomore Lauren
McCoy(61), sophomore Shannon Beech (79) and junior Rachel
(Cicone (89). ... Central Valley
returns three of the top 100
senior Maiah Yankello (18), junior
Alex Brown (46) and sophomore
Jackie Berry (90).
Ambridge has two top 100
runners returning in junior Micah
Hanish (8) and junior Elyssa
Penson (48) and Micas younger
sister, Leuca, is looking to make
the impression her sister did, too.
... Moon has sophomore Maddie
Salek, who finished 15th in WPIAL
Class AAA and 64th in the PIAA.
Section 1-Division II
Beaver and Ellwood City are
the only local teams in this section
to compete in Class AA and both
are in good position to contend.
... The Beaver girls finished fourth
in the WPIAL, just one spot away
from qualifying for the PIAA playoffs and return four runners who
finished in the WPIAL top 100
junior Katia Kaffenes (29th), senior
Rachel ONeil (34), senior Sarah
Johnson (47), and senior Grace
DuBois (63). ... The Beaver boys
finished seventh in the WPIAL
and return their top five runners,
all of whom finished in the top
84 senior Riley Lamison (17),
sophomore Sean Rendar (37),
juniors Luke (47) and Jake Pittner
(61), and sophomore Ethan Young
(84). ... At Ellwood City, junior Billy
Lott finished eighth in the WPIAL
last year for the boys, and seniors
Mallory Angelucci (59) and Goldie
Bookamer (62) both finished in
the top 100.
The Class A teams in the
section are Beaver Falls, led by
defending champion Domenic
Perretta, Riverside, and South Side.
... The Riverside boys return three
runners who finished in the top
100 senior Nathan Brown
(72), junior Hunter Best (87) and
junior Jonah Kingston (96) while
the Riverside girls are led by
junior Micaela Stover, who finished

55th. ... The South Side boys


return two runners from the top
100 and both are sophomores
Mason Daniels (88) and Jacob
Hilliard (89). ... The South Side girls
return junior Paige Hineman, who
finished 40th.
Section 1-Division II
The only local Class AA team
in the section is Quaker Valley, and
the Quakers girls are coming off
a WPIAL Championship season
that also saw them finish third in
the state. ... The Quakers return
five of the top 15 runners at the
WPIAL meet sophomore
Lucie Kubinski was third, senior
Hannah Bablak was fourth, sophomore Audrey Durbin was ninth,
junior Bearett Tarris was 12th, and
junior Anna Pawloski with 15th. ...
Sophomore Elizabeth Bablak also
finished 64th. ... At the state meet,
Kubinski was 12th, Hannah Bablak
14th, Tarris 58th, Pawloski 70th
and Durbin 106th. ... The Quaker
Valley boys finished 6th in the
WPIAL as a team and junior Zach
Skolnekovich was the individual
champion. ... The Quakers return
two others who finished in
the top 100 senior Fletcher
Hubsch was 22nd and senior
Thomas Musial was 68th.
The sections returning champions arent limited to Class AA, either. Sewickley Academy won the
WPIAL team championship and
was second in the state. ... Junior
Griffin Mackey finished second in
the WPIAL and third in the state
while junior Ben Clouse was 12th
in the WPIAL and 23rd in the
state. ... Junior Tim Hanlon was
25th in the WPIAL. ... The Sewickley girls also return two runners
from the top 100 sophomore
Samantha Cowley was 40th and
junior Natalia Juliano was 90th. ...
That corner of Allegheny County
also is represented by OLSH
as the girls finished third in the
WPIAL and the boys fourth. ... The
girls return five runners who finished in the top 74 at the WPIAL
junior Tara Richardson (11th in
the WPIAL and 48th in the state),
senior Erin Halligan (15th in the
WPIAL and 54th in the state),
junior Maria Lohmann (29th in
the WPIAL) and seniors Anna
Lohmann (46) and Monica (74).
... On the boys side, the Chargers
return four runners from the
WPIAL top 50 sophomore
Christopher Kocent was 20th in
the WPIAL and 63rd in the PIAA
while John Ziegler was 24th in
the WPIAL, senior Sean Calahan
45th, and senior Nathaniel Hersh
was 49th. ... The other two local
team in the section are Freedom
led by junior Avery Sayre,
who finished 55th in the WPIAL
and New Brighton. The Lions
Avery Campbell finished 6th in
the WPIAL and 23rd in the PIAA
last year as a freshman.

NESHANNOCK 46, SOUTH SIDE 21

SOUTH SIDE HOPES TO REBOUND


AFTER LOSS AT NESHANNOCK
By Joe Sager
Times Sports Correspondent

Neshannock proved too much


for South Side to handle once
again.
The Lancers overcame an
early deficit and rolled to a
46-21 home win Saturday in a
Big Seven Conference clash.
After falling to the Lancers,
52-14, in last years season
opener, the Rams (0-1 overall,
0-1 conference) won their next
four and six of their final eight
regular season games to earn
a WPIAL Class A playoff
berth.
South Side hopes that is the
case once again this season.
However, the visitors wanted to
come out on top this time.
Neshannock (1-0, 1-0) cashed
in on its first drive as quarterback Frank Antuono tucked the
ball and sprinted for a 29-yard
touchdown run his first of
five on the night with 8:53 left
in the first quarter.
The Rams countered with a

touchdown drive of their own.


Robert Heberle found Cameron
Smith with a 4-yard scoring
strike on fourth down to knot
the game at 7-7 with 1:54 remaining in the frame.
QuaeShawn Thompsons
interception at Neshannocks 49
helped set up South Sides next
score. Heberle lofted a 46-yard
pass to Smith, who made an
acrobatic catch along the
sideline. Cole Campbell capped
the drive with a 5-yard TD run
nine seconds into second
quarter for a 14-7 edge.
After that, it was all Lancers.
They tied it at 14-all on their
next drive with 8:13 left in the
half. Antuono found the end
zone again, this time on a 4-yard
run on a fourth-and-2 play.
An interception led to
Neshannocks third touchdown.
Antuono tucked the ball and
scampered 45 yards for his
third score to give the hosts a
21-14 lead with 42.6 seconds left
in the first half.

A botched punt gave the


Lancers the ball at South Sides
39 early in the third period.
Antuono found the end zone a
fourth time with 8:25 left in the
quarter. The PAT kick was
blocked, which made it a 27-14
game.
Thompson broke through for
a long run, but had the ball
knocked out from behind and
the Lancers recovered at their
own 20 with 7:32 remaining in
the frame. Neshannock did not
convert the turnover into
points, but stalled the Rams
comeback march.
Antuono ran for his fifth TD
when he broke loose for a
24-yard jaunt 21 seconds into
the fourth. Robert Lindseys
4-yard run gave Neshannock a
39-14 edge. Thompson got it
back for the Rams with a
55-yard TD jaunt. However,
Lindsey answered with a
61-yard TD burst of his own.
Thompson finished with 114
yards rushing for South Side.

CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

Perretta still going the distance


Beaver Falls track star is
returning to cross country
with WPIAL, PIAA goals
By Bill Allmann
Times Sports Correspondent

Last year was a golden year


for cross country locally as the
trip to Coopers Lake in late
October brought two team and
two individual gold medals
home from the WPIAL
Championships.
The Quaker Valley girls and
Sewickley Academy boys won
team gold medals, and Beaver
Falls Domenic Perretta and
Quaker Valleys Zach
Skolnekovich won individual
golds. Making this season even
more exciting was the fact that
all those winners would be
around to defend the titles.
One of those potential title
defenders, though, was a question mark. Perretta set two
WPIAL records while winning
gold medals at the track championships and then won gold at
the state meet as well. The buzz
was that Perretta was going to
concentrate on track.
Opponents beware, though, it
was nothing but a rumor.
Hes running this year, said
Beaver Falls cross country
coach Doug Biega, who introduced Perretta, now a senior, to
the sport. He knows Id chase
him down if he didnt.
Its unlikely that Biega would
catch him, though, because few
people have. Still, it didnt take
any convincing to bring Perretta

back for his title defense.


I definitely love track,
Perretta said. But Im liking
cross country more all the time.
Im not setting any time goals
because the courses can be so
different, but Ive run on every
course now but the Red, White,
and Blue course. My goal is to
win the WPIAL and PIAA titles,
like everyone else who runs. I
know Griffin Mackey from
Sewickley will give me a
challenge.
Last year, Perretta won the
WPIAL meet by seven seconds
over second place and a full
minute over 10th place, but he
finished seventh at the states, a
disappointment hes looking to
correct.
He tried to beat the kid who
won and couldnt and got away
from what hes best at, Biega
said. Hes at a level where he
does everything we ask of him,
and then he does two hours
more. He runs to win every time
he runs.
Although he runs to win and
practices all the time, he did
take a couple of weeks off after
last track season.
I took two weeks off, and I
was really happy to do it,
Perretta said. I think I might
have gotten injured by now if I
hadnt taken a break.
I started running six days a
week in August, and I run 35
miles a week now, give or take. I
really dont run a bunch of
miles, and Im still trying to get
used to cross country,
Perrettas training routine
also is interrupted by college

SYLVESTER WASHINGTON JR./THE TIMES FILE

Beaver Falls Domenic Perretta


celebrates after winning the 1600
meter final at the PIAA Track and
Field Championships on Saturday at
Shippensburg University. Perretta
said he wants to win the WPIAL and
PIAA titles.
coaches who are recruiting him
hard. He chooses not to talk
about it other than to say that
most colleges have the sports
management major hes looking
for, so he hasnt narrowed the
list yet. He remains focused on
running and winning.
Doug Biega is glad for that
because, not only could he not
beat him, he wouldnt know how
to punish him, either.
What he does is the punishment for every other sport,
said Biega, also the Beaver
Falls boys basketball coach. If
anyone is late for practice, you
make them run he already
does that.
And does it quite well, too.

F O R F U L L S TAT S , V I S I T G A M E O N .T I M E S O N L I N E . C O M

boys golf
Fridays scores
Beavers 222, Beaver Falls 298
Course: Seven Oaks CC
Par: 36
Beaver Falls: Mike Filauri 48, Nick
Droz 58, Curtis Pagley 59, Jacob
Beier 64, Matt Deon 69.
Beaver: Grant Barrachini 40, Jake
Coffield 40, Jacob Clay 46, Lucas
Carroll 47, Evan Komlenic 49.
Record: Beaver 5-1, 4-0 Section
6 AA.
Quaker Valley 209, OLSH 214
Shadow Lakes GC
Par: 36
Quaker Valley: Chris Tanabe 34,
Mike Tanabe 41, Rico Fernandez 42,
Jack Woodburn 46, Nico Simakas
46
OLSH: Brigham Karlik 41, Mark
Zukowski 42, Noah Suehr 43,
Noah Ingram 43, Colin Kyle 45
Record: OLSH 3-1 9-AA; Quaker
Valley 9-AA 6-0
South Side 199,
Lincoln Park 309
Ponderosa GC
Par: 36
Lincoln Park: Cody Maloney 54,
Nick McComas 58, Conner Scott
61, Jonathon Clibbens 66, Tristan
Coble 70
South Side: David Wilson 32,
Amanda Avery 40, Sophie Lions 41,
Casey Jones 41, Ethan Woodley 45
Record: South Side 4-1, 3-1 6-AA;

Lincoln Park 0-4

boys soccer
Saturdays results
Ambridge 1, Moon 1
Ambridge ......0 ......1 0
Moon..............1 ......0 1
Ambridge scoring: Christian Fisher
(Adam Fryer)
Goalkeeper: Ambridge, Austin
Gorman 8 saves.
Record: Ambridge 0-0-1; Moon
0-0-1.
Central Valley 3, ElizabethForward 2
Cen.Valley .....1 ......2 3
Eliz.-Fward ....1 ......1 2
Central Valley scoring: Zach
Petty (Jack Shearer), Shearer
(Matt Kirkwood), Brendan Jugan
(unassisted)
Goalkeeper: Central Valley, Josh
Romesburg 10 saves.
Record: Central Valley 1-0 .

football
Fridays scores

Moon Area 38, Blackhawk 23


at Moon Area High School
14 ........3 .........0 ........6 23
10 ........7 .........7 .......14 38
Recap
First quarter: B - Michael Savilisky 14 run
(kick failed) M - Noah Angelo 54 run (Nick
Morrow kick) B - Alex Desmond 81 pass
from Michael Savilisky (Austin Javens
catch) M - Nick Morrow 31 field goal
Second quarter: B - Joey Convey 28 field
goal M - Noah Angelo 3 run (Nick

Morrow kick) Third quarter: M - Noah


Angelo 5 run (Nick Morrow kick) Fourth
quarter: Noah Angelo 2 run (Nick
Morrow kick) M - Rayquin Glover 43
interception return (Nick Morrow kick) B
- Michael Savilisky 3 run (no attempt)
Beaver Falls 40, Freedom 7
at Beaver Falls High School
0 ..........0 .........7 ........0 7
6 .........14.......14 .......6 40
Recap
BF: Derrell Carter 39 run (kick failed) BF:
Neshaud Akins 35 run (Malik Shepherd
pass from Adam Brady) BF: Akins 3 run
(pass failed) F: Dean Ward fumble
recovery in end zone (Cole Johnston kick)
BF: Carter 21 pass from Brady (pass failed)
BF: Shepherd 46 run (Shepherd run) BF:
Torian Leak 14 run (kick failed)</Recap>
Montour 17, Central Valley 14
at Central Valley High School
7 ..........0 .........0 .......10 17
7 ..........0 .........7 ........0 14
New Brighton 42, Laurel 28
at Laurel High School
0 .........14.......21 .......7 42
0 .........21........7 ........0 28
Recap
Second quarter: N - Andrew Mittner 57
fumble return (Gavin Pritchard kick) 11:16
- Troy Moon 1 run (Pritchard kick) 7:22
- Jacob Wilson 61-yard pass from Jake
McDougal (Zach Morrison kick) 7:04- Jesse Pacifico 19 pass McDougal (pass failed)
1:45 - Matt Hudson 8 run (Pacifico pass
from McDougal) :42 Third quarter: L - Jordan Dantico 80 pass from McDougal
(Morrison kick) 11:38 - Deshawn Clark 27
pass from Justyn Francona (Pritchard kick)
6:14 - Mittner 3 run (Pritchard kick) 3:33
- Francona 10 run (Pritchard kick) 1:28
Fourth quarter: N - Francona 59 run

(Pritchard kick) 3:17


Ambridge 17, Baldwin 14
at Ambridge High School
7 ..........0 .........0 ........7 14
7 ..........3 .........7 ........0 17
Recap
B: Nick Altavilla 8 pass from Brandon
Schleicher (Ian Zandier kick) A: Davion
Jones 6 run (Cole Hopkins kick) A:
Hopkins 33 field goal A: Davion Jones 8
run (Hopkins kick) B: Altavilla 3 pass from
Schleicher (Zandier kick)
Fort Cherry 28, OLSH 14
at Fort Cherry High School
7 ..........7 .........0 ........0 14
7 .........14........7 ........0 28
Recap
F: Matthew Kehn 50 pass Devon Brown
(Anthony Kampian kick) O: Brady Foister
6 run (Christian Murray kick) F: Nick
Cook 5 run (Kampian kick) O: Dante
Trumbetta 24 interception (Murrary kick)
F: Cook 5 pass from Brown (Kampian
kick) F: Cook 18 pass from Brown
(Kampian kick)
Aliquippa 59, Mohawk 13
at Aliquippa High School
0 ..........7 .........0 ........6 13
28 .......19........0 .......12 59
Recap
A: Sheldon Jeter 1 run (Kaezon Pugh run)
A: Alexander Riggins 6 fumble return (kick
failed) A: Jeter 7 run (kick failed) A: Amir
Sly 2 run (Avante McKenzie run) A: Pugh 3
run (conversion failed) A Draper Gilliam
19 run (Kiyon Fooks kick) A: Jelani
Solomon 21 run (kick failed) M: Jaydon
Johnson 16 run (Mehmet Iclek kick) M:
Cayne Yakubik 1 run (kick failed) A:
Solomon 78 kick return (conversion
failed) A: Xavier Harvey 51 run

Chartiers Valley 40, Hopewell 14


at Tony Dorsett Stadium
7 .........13........7 .......13 40
0 ..........7 .........7 ........0 14
Recap
C: Joe Antonucci 20 pass from Jake Collins
(Logan Scott kick) H: Chaz Bruce 56 pass
from Bill DePaul (Eli Loncar kick) C: Rilley
ONeill 67 pass from Collins (Scott kick)
C: Collins 10 run (kick failed) C: Phil
Pesano 2 run (Scott kick) H: Chris Jones
75 pass from DePaul (Loncar kick) C:
Dominick Pocci 3 run (Scott kick)
C:Barrett Connor 10 run (kick failed)
West Allegheny 41, New Castle 14
at Demichela Stadium
14 ........0 .........0 ........0 14
4 ..........7 ........20 .......0 41
Recap
First quarter: A: Terence Stephens Jr. 75
run (Kick) A: Whitney White Jr. 9 run
(Kick) N: 27 run (Kick) N: 65 pass (Kick)
Second quarter: A: Stephens 6 run (Kick)
Third quarter: A: Stephens 40 run (Kick) A:
White 5 run (Kick failed) A: White 7 run
(Kick)
Union 20, Rochester 6
at Rochester Area Jr./Sr. Hs
6 ..........8 .........6 ........0 20
6 ..........0 .........0 ........0 6
Recap
Quarter 1 u: 48 Yard run by Jordan Best
(Kick failed): 4 yard run by Jared Waxler
(kick failed) Quarter 2 U: Two yard run by
Jordan Best (Pass to Logan Schuller from
Joseph Gunn) Quarter 3 U: One yard run
by Joseph Gunn (Pass failed)
Beaver 35, Brownsville 14
at Brownsville High School
7 .........21........7 ........0 35
0 ..........0 .........7 ........7 14

Girls soccer
Saturdays results

Central Valley 10,


Neshannock 0
Cen.Valley .....7 ......3 10
Neshannock..0 ......0 0
Central Valley scoring: Gabby
Chirico (Ally Delostrino), Chirico
(Cassie Pritt), Carolina Lucci
(Delostrino), Lucci (Pritt), Lucci
(Pritt), Pritt (Madison Hiltz), Hiltz
(Megan Merritt), Brooke Judy
(Valerie Orellana), Merritt (Logan
Talerico), Merritt (Jackie Smith).
Goalkeeper: Central Valley, Robyn
Hampe 2 saves, Lauren Hamilton
1 save.
Records: Central Valley 1-0,
Neshannock 0-1.
Ambridge 1, Highlands 0
Highlands.......0 ......0 0
Ambridge ......1 ......0 1
Ambridge scoring: Abbey Sutton
(Brooklyn Kotula)
Goalkeepers: Highlands Sam
Gildner 8 saves; Ambridige,
Brooklyn Kotula 3 saves.
Ambridge 1-0

Girls volleyball
Fridays results

Rochester 3, Aliquippa 2
Aliquippa ......25, 10, 25, 16, 10
Rochester.....15, 25, 22, 25, 15
Rochester: Assists: Nicole Vreen
3; Kills Mya Elmore 5; Aces Maggie
Whittington 9;
Record: Rochester 1-0 4-A

B8 | THE TIMES | BEAVER NEWSPAPERS INC., PENNSYLVANIA | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

MLB

NATIONAL LEAGUE
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St. Louis
Pirates
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
East
New York
Washington
Miami
Atlanta
Philadelphia
West
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Arizona
Colorado

DAILY
DIGEST
Only 17 2/3
more innings
left to throw
Mets ace Matt Harvey
isnt saying whether he
intends to pitch in the
playoffs if New York
makes it that far. Harvey
said Saturday that his
surgeon, noted
orthopedist Dr. James
Andrews, has advised
him not to exceed 180
innings this year. Harvey
has thrown 166 1-3 so
far. AP

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77
60
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W-1 46-25 31-33
L-1 38-27 37-32
W-1 33-35 34-33
L-1 38-27 27-43
W-2 36-34 27-38
Str Home Away
L-2 47-24 35-29
W-1 42-26 28-39
L-1 29-34 36-35
W-3 33-32 31-38
W-1 31-36 31-37
Str Home Away
L-1 47-24 27-38
L-1 32-32 38-31
W-3 40-27 28-39
W-3 29-36 35-35
L-3 31-39 27-38

Saturdays Games
Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 6, 1st
game
Chicago Cubs 2, Arizona 0
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1
Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 3, 2nd
game
Washington 8, Atlanta 2
N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 0
San Francisco 7, Colorado 3
Tampa Bay 3, N.Y.Yankees 2
Toronto 5, Baltimore 1
Boston 9, Philadelphia 2
Detroit 6, Cleveland 0
Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 1
Minnesota 3, Houston 2
Late L.A. Dodgers at San Diego,
8:40 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Milwaukee (Nelson 11-10) at
Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-8), 1:10
p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Matz 2-0) at Miami
(Cosart 1-4), 1:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Banuelos 1-3) at
Washington (J.Ross 5-5), 1:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-2) at

AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
Toronto
New York
Tampa Bay
Baltimore
Boston
Central
Kansas City
Minnesota
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
West
Houston
Texas
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland

W
77
75
67
65
63
W
82
70
65
64
62
W
74
70
68
64
58

L
58
59
68
70
72
L
53
65
69
70
73
L
62
63
66
71
77

Pct
.570
.560
.496
.481
.467
Pct
.607
.519
.485
.478
.459
Pct
.544
.526
.507
.474
.430

NL LEADERS

Boston (E.Rodriguez 8-5), 1:35


p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 12-6) at
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-6),
2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 8-8) at
San Diego (Cashner 5-13), 4:10
p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 16-7)
at Colorado (Flande 3-1), 4:10
p.m.
Pittsburgh (G.Cole 15-8) at St.
Louis (Lackey 11-8), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 12-10) at N.Y.
Yankees (Nova 5-7), 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 9-10) at
Toronto (Estrada 11-8), 1:07 p.m.
Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3) at
Detroit (Verlander 3-6), 1:08 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson
0-0) at Kansas City (Cueto 2-4),
2:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Duffey 2-1) at
Houston (Keuchel 16-6), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (Lewis 14-7) at L.A. Angels
(Santiago 7-9), 3:35 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 6-3) at Oakland
(Nolin 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

HOME RUNS
Arenado, Colorado .................... 36
CaGonzalez, Colorado.............. 36
Harper, Washington ................... 33
Frazier, Cincinnati ....................... 30
Rizzo, Chicago ............................. 28
Goldschmidt, Arizona ................ 27
Stanton, Miami............................. 27
Votto, Cincinnati ......................... 27

BATTING
Harper, Washington .................337
DGordon, Miami.......................325
Posey, San Francisco ................325
Goldschmidt, Arizona ..............324
Votto, Cincinnati .......................317
Pollock, Arizona ........................317
LeMahieu, Colorado ................317

NOTEWORTHY

David Price earned his 100th career victory


and the Blue Jays beat the Orioles 5-1 on Saturday. Price (14-5) allowed one run and three
hits in seven innings. Hes 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA
since joining Toronto in a July 30 trade with
Detroit, and 100-56 overall in eight seasons.
Jake Arrieta pitched eight innings of four-hit
ball for his major league-best 18th win to lead the
Cubs to a 2-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Arrieta
also struck out seven in his first start since he
threw his first career no-hitter against the Dodgers
last Sunday. It was the seventh consecutive victory
for the right-hander, who has allowed just two
earned runs in 50 1/3 innings during his win streak.
Arrieta (18-6) allowed two hits in the first, but
struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia to end the inning.
David Ortiz hit his 496th career home run,
reaching 30 in a season for a team-record ninth
time as the Red Sox beat the Phillies, 9-2.The
39-year-old Ortiz surpassed Hall of Famer Ted Williams eight 30-homer seasons with the Red Sox.
Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon (13-11) tossed a
nine-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Marlins. Colon
struck out two and walked none while throwing 100
pitches and extending his scoreless innings streak to
25. The 42-year-old right-hander became the oldest
Mets pitcher to throw a shutout. AP

PIRATES INSIDER

Garcia shuts down Pirates for 7 innings

ST. LOUIS St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia held the


Pirates scoreless for seven innings and the Cardinals
widened their NL Central lead to 6 1/2 games with a 4-1
win over Pittsburgh.

ST. LOUIS (AP) Jaime


Garcia is at his best when
he pitches low in the
strike zone.
The Pittsburgh Pirates
found that out Saturday
when Garcia (8-4) held
them without a run for
seven innings and struck
out a season-high nine to
lead the St. Louis
Cardinals to a 4-1 victory.
The win pushed the
Cardinals lead in the NL
Central back to 6 1/2
games over Pittsburgh.
I was able to keep the
ball down, said Garcia,
who lowered his ERA to
1.89 and won the 50th
game of his career. I felt
good the whole game. It
was a big win for us.
Garcia missed the first
six weeks of the season
recovering from seasonending surgery in 2014 to
relieve nerve compression. In 15 starts, he has
allowed four-or-more runs
once. That was last
Sunday in San Francisco.
Against the Pirates,
Garcia let only one runner
reach third, and Sean
Rodriguez had three of the
four hits allowed by Garcia.
He challenges your
discipline as much as
anything, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. He
had us out in front, we had
a lot of chases and not a
lot of hard contact. He
controlled our bat speed.
The Cardinals took a 2-0
lead in the second without
the ball leaving the infield
against Charlie Morton
(8-7). Morton walked two
and hit Jon Jay to load the
bases. With two out,
Stephen Piscotty hit a
grounder up the middle
that took a high hop near

CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1

Pittsburgh

AB

BI

BB

SO

Avg.

Totals
St. Louis

34
AB

1
R

6
H

1
BI

3
BB

14
SO

Avg.

J.Harrison 2b
Mercer ss
f-G.Polanco ph
McCutchen cf
Kang 3b
S.Marte lf
Morse 1b
S.Rodriguez rf
Stewart c
d-N.Walker ph
Morton p
a-Ar.Ramirez ph
1-Florimon pr
Caminero p
Blanton p
e-P.Alvarez ph

4
4
1
4
3
3
4
4
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
1

M.Carpenter 3b
Piscotty lf
Heyward rf
Jh.Peralta ss
Moss 1b
Molina c
Wong 2b
Jay cf
Siegrist p
c-Mar.Reynolds ph
Rosenthal p
Jai.Garcia p
b-G.Garcia ph
2-Bourjos pr-cf

Totals
Pittsburgh
St. Louis

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1

0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0

2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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4
6
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2
2
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0

1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0

1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

5
1
4

.270
.248
.257
.304
.287
.280
.235
.254
.274
.265
.033
.248
.105
--.000
.243

4
6
6

.261
.342
.287
.279
.275
.277
.266
.218
--.240
.000
.094
.243
.208

1
1

a-walked for Morton in the 7th. b-walked for Jai.Garcia in the 7th. c-walked for Siegrist in
the 8th. d-singled for Stewart in the 9th. e-singled for Blanton in the 9th. f-struck out for
Mercer in the 9th.
1-ran for Ar.Ramirez in the 7th. 2-ran for G.Garcia in the 7th.
EJ.Harrison (13), Wong (15). LOBPittsburgh 10, St. Louis 8. 2BS.Rodriguez (9). HRM.
Carpenter (21), off Caminero. RBIsP.Alvarez (68), M.Carpenter 2 (71), Piscotty (26). SB
Wong (15). SJai.Garcia.
Runners left in scoring positionPittsburgh 4 (Morton, Kang, J.Harrison, G.Polanco); St.
Louis 3 (Moss, Heyward, Bourjos). RISPPittsburgh 1 for 7; St. Louis 1 for 4.
Runners moved upMcCutchen.

Pittsburgh

IP

ER

BB SO

NP

ERA

St. Louis

IP

ER

BB SO

NP

ERA

Morton L, 8-7
Caminero
Blanton

6
1
1

4
1
1

2
2
0

1
2
0

3
1
1

3
0
1

89
17
21

4.07
3.73
0.84

Jai.Garcia W, 8-4 7
4 0
0
1
9 108
1.89
Siegrist
1
0 0
0
1
2
14
2.19
Rosenthal
1
2 1
1
1
3
29
1.61
HBPby Morton (Jay), by Jai.Garcia (S.Marte). WPBlanton, Jai.Garcia, Rosenthal.
UmpiresHome, Gary Cederstrom; First, Quinn Wolcott; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third,
Eric Cooper.
T2:56. A45,139 (45,399).

JEFF ROBERSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cardinals left field Stephen Piscotty, left, reaches base as a throw from Pirates second baseman Josh
Harrison gets away from first baseman Michael Morse during the second inning of Saturdays game
in St. Louis. Two runs were scored and Harrison was charged with a throwing error on the play.
second base and forced
Josh Harrison into a
rushed throw, which got
past first base and allowed
both runners to score.
My read was either Im
going to trip over the bag
or the balls going to hit
it, Harrison said. The
ball must have hit one of
those funky spots and you
try to make a do-or-die
play. It was a chopper that
happens once in a blue
moon and I guess today it
was a blue moon.
Harrison was charged
with an error while
Piscotty was credited with
one RBI and a single that
extended his hitting
streak to 12 games. The
streak is the longest on
the team this season and

longest by a Cardinals
rookie since Jay hit in 12
straight in 2010.
I was kind of shocked
to see where he was
playing me, said Piscotty
of a shift that had
Harrison playing almost
directly behind second
base. When I hit it, I
thought it was up the
middle. When I saw
where he was, I put my
head down and ran.
Matt Carpenter pushed
the Cardinals lead to 4-0
when he hit his 21st
homer with a runner on in
the seventh.
The Pirates used a
string of pinch hitters to
rally in the ninth against
Trevor Rosenthal. Pedro
Alvarez singled to score

Neil Walker with two out


in the ninth before
Rosenthal struck out
Gregory Polanco with two
on to end the game.

UP NEXT
Pirates: RHP Gerrit Cole
(15-8, 2.64) gave up five
runs and lasted four
innings in his worst start
of the season Tuesday at
Milwaukee. Cole went 5 1/3
innings and lost 4-2 at
Busch Stadium last month.
Cardinals: RHP John
Lackey (11-8, 2.87) will be
trying for his 15th consecutive quality start at
Busch Stadium this
season. The Cardinals
have gone 11-3 and
Lackey owns a 1.89 ERA
in at home.

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S TAT C O R N E R

SURRENDER NOTHING
BETTER THAN
AVERAGE STATS
Mark Melancons earned-run
average stood at 1.71 heading into Sundays game against
the Cardinals, but that number
may not be the most impressive statistical measure that the
Pirates closer boasts. A look at
where Melancon ranks among
the league leaders in two traditional stats for closers, plus one
advanced metric for relievers
and starters alike:

SAVES
1-tie. Melancon, 43
1-tie.Trevor Rosenthal, STL, 43

Pirates relievers Melancon, Watson among leagues best at putting up zeroes


By John Perrotto
Times MLB Correspondent

Nearly any relief pitcher will


say one of the biggest drawbacks of working out of the
bullpen is that one bad outing
can inflate his earned-run
average.
Say a relief pitcher came into
a game having worked 50 innings and
allowed
just 10
earned
runs
giving
him a
season
ERA of
1.80. If that
pitcher would
give up five
earned runs in one
inning his next
outing, the ERA
would jump 85 points
to 2.65. Just like that, a
very good season

turns into merely a good one.


Another way of measuring a
relief pitchers effectiveness is
his number of scoreless appearances. That provides a better
window into his consistency.
Not surprisingly, Pirates
closer Mark Melancon and lefthanded set-up man Tony Watson
rank among the major league
leaders in scoreless
appearances.
Both had 55
coming into the
weekend,
which was
tied for third
in the majors.
Melancon
had pitched
in 64 games
overall and
Watson had

made 63 appearances.
San Francisco Giants lefty
Javier Lopez had an MLBleading 57 scoreless outings in
63 appearances. St. Louis
Cardinals lefty Kevin Siegrist
registered 56 in 66 games.
Among other Pirates relievers,
Jared Hughes had 51 scoreless
appearances in 65 games,
Arquimedes
Caminero
had 44 in 59
and lefty
Antonio
Bastardo
had 40 in
53.
Pirates
right fielder
Gregory
Polanco had a

nearly once-in-a-century game


Aug. 28 in a 5-3 win over the
Colorado Rockies.
According to the Elias Sports
Bureau, Polanco became the
first outfielder since Bob
Meusel of the 1924 New York
Yankees to have three hits, two
runs scored, one RBI, a stolen
base and two outfield assists in
a single game.
The Pirates had a run differential of plus-31 in August,
scoring 123 runs and allowing 92
while compiling a 19-8 record.
They ranked second in the
National League behind the
New York Mets, who had a
plus-61. The Pirates were also
third in the major leagues as
the Toronto Blue Jays led with a
plus-87 mark.

3-tie. Craig Kimbrel, SD, 36


3-tie, Jeurys Familia, NYM, 36

GAMES
FINISHED
1. Melancon, 53
2. Familia, 52
3. Rosenthal, 50

WIN PROBABILITY
ADDED
1. Zack Greinke, LAD, 5.84
2. Melancon, 4.47
3. Clayton Kershaw, LAD, 4.32

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

Its all in the hips


Tweak at the plate helps INF
Moroff make major improvements
By John Perrotto
MLB Times Correspondent

If the Pirates gave out an award for


the most improved player in their
minor league system, Max Moroff would
have an excellent chance of winning it
this season.
The Class AA Altoona second baseman came into the weekend hitting .294
in 134 games with seven home runs, 16
stolen bases and a .376 on-base
percentage.
That came after Moroff hit a combined .239 in 2013 and 2014 with low
Class A West Virginia and high Class A
Bradenton with a .343 on-base percentage. He played shortstop at West
Virginia before moving to second base
at Bradenton.
The 22-year-old was selected to the
Eastern Leagues postseason All-Star
team.
Moroff credits his success to a suggestion by Altoona hitting coach Kevin
Riggs to wiggle his hips while awaiting
the pitch in order to create rhythm
before the start of his swing.
Dancing with the pitcher, Moroff
calls it.
The Pirates selected Moroff in the
16th round of the 2011 amateur draft
from Trinity Prep School in Winter Park,
Fla., and signed him to a $300,000 bonus
triple the slot value set by Major
League Baseball to entice him to pass
up a scholarship to Central Florida.
Hes turned himself into a good
hitter, said a scout from an American
League team who sees Altoona play
regularly. He still has holes to tighten
up, but hell work a walk and he is
starting to drive the ball.

NOTES

Top center field prospect Austin


Meadows, who was promoted to
Altoona from Bradenton this past week,
will play for the Glendale Desert Dogs
in the Arizona Fall League, which
opens Oct. 13. He will be joined by
Altoona left-hander Steven Brault,
right-handers Tyler Eppler and Brett
McKinney and shortstop Adam Frazier,
along with Bradenton lefty Cody
Dickson and catcher Reese McGuire.
West Virginia right-hander Yeudy
Garcia was selected as the South
Atlantic Leagues Most Outstanding
Pitcher. The 22-year-old is 12-5 with one
save and a 2.02 ERA in 29 games, including 20 starts.

AP FILE

Sunday Night Baseball:


a blessing or a curse?
JOHN PERROTTO

THREE
THOUGHTS
Getting to play on ESPNs
Sunday Night Baseball was a
pretty cool thing for the
Pirates last year, serving as
further validation that the
franchise had returned to
prominence after a generation of losing.
However, after the Pirates
play on SNB for the fourth
time in less than two months
Sunday against the Cardinals
at St. Louis, they will learn
that playing on national
television can also be a curse.
Sundays game is scheduled
to start at 8:08 p.m. The
Pirates then have a game at
1:10 p.m. Monday in
Cincinnati against the Reds.
That means an early-morning arrival in Cincinnati,
followed by a short nap at the
hotel before heading off to the
ballpark. The bleary-eyed
Pirates might be wishing for
the not-so-long ago days when
ESPN wanted no part of them.
Its the tax of becoming a
good team, to use manager
Clint Hurdles word.

SECOND Puerto
Rico possibility
The Pirates and Miami
Marlins might play a two-game
regular-season series next year
at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part

WILFREDO LEE/THE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle looks on from the dugout steps during the fifth inning of a game against the
Marlins in Miami on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Hurdle and the Pirates will face a short turnaround Monday, playing
the Reds in Cincinnati at 1:10 p.m., just hours after completing a Sunday Night Baseball game against the
Cardinals the night before.
of Major League Baseballs
annual Roberto Clemente Day
commemoration.
There is still a number of
issues to be settled, including
when the series would be
played, how the gate receipts
would be split and whether one
team would give up both home
dates likely the Marlins or
each would give up one.
MLB believes a bigger
spotlight would shine on
Clemente Day if the Pirates
took part in regular-season
games on his native island.

It could also be a gamble


because Puerto Ricos economy is in a deep recession and
the Pirates and Montreal
Expos drew just 24,317 for a
three-game series in 2004 at
San Juan.

THIRD A Hart-y
farewell
Corey Hart has played his
last game with the Pirates
and possibly the finale of
the first basemans 11-year
career in the major leagues

after he was recalled from


his rehab assignment with
Class AAA Indianapolis on
Thursday and placed on the
60-day disabled list.
Hart hit just .222 with two
home runs in 35 games after
signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract in the off-season
as a free agent.
The signing didnt work out,
but it was still a worthwhile
risk to take on a player who
averaged 29 homers a season
from 2010-12 before his knees
started giving out.

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Tyler Murphy (16) runs around the Packers defense and into
the end zone for a touchdown during the Steelers game against
Green Bay on Sunday, Aug. 23 at Heinz Field. Murphy, who
played quarterback in college, made the Steelers 53-man roster
as a wide receiver.

Steelers will have just 2


available RBs for Week 1
STEELERS, from B1

been in the league for a


decade. He is a 6,000-yard
college rusher. If you
listen, he will tell you
about it.

FULL PRESS
It also means that the
Steelers will keep an
almost unheard of two
fullbacks in Will Johnson
and Roosevelt Nix.
Johnson, who has been
used more in a tight
end/H-back role in his
three seasons, has four
career carries and could
be utilized in that capacity
again if needed. Were
going to utilize those guys
in a variety of ways, in
positions that theyre
capable of, Tomlin said.
Nix made a late push to
get on the roster based on
his blocking and special
teams work.

CLASS CLOWN
Holliman, a seventhround pick who tied an
NCAA record with 14
interceptions last season
with Louisville, was the
only member of the Draft
Class of 2015 to be released. With cornerback
Senquez Golson, a second
rounder, on IR, the
Steelers kept linebacker
Bud Dupree no surprise
there but also wide
receiver Sammie Coates
(third round), cornerback
Doran Grant (fourth), tight
end Jesse James (fifth),
defensive end L.T. Walton
(sixth) and linebacker
Anthony Chickillo (sixth).
Tomlin praised the groups
conditioning and for
taking coaching from the
veterans ahead of them.
Im excited for these
guys, they earned the spot
that they have, Tomlin
said. Well see if they
earn roles as we start
preparing for football
games and see if those
roles expand based on
performance.

CORNERED
The much-ballyhooed
competition between B.W.
Webb and Kevin Fogg
went for naught as both
were released. Webb spent
last season on the 53-man
roster while Fogg had
been a training camp
sensation. The Steelers
now have six cornerbacks,
including the newlysigned Ross Cockrell.

BRONKO BUSTED
Legursky, who spent
four seasons with the
Steelers from 2009-12,
starting in Super Bowl
XLV, was brought back two
weeks ago after Maurkice
Pouncey went down with a
broken ankle. Hes now
back out of work. Chris
Hubbard, who struggled at
center in the preseason,
retained his job in part
due to his versatility.

THE MORE YOU


CAN DO
Tyler Murphy was a
quarterback at Boston
College, and Nix was a
nose tackle Kent State.
Both made the 53-man but
at wide receiver and
fullback, respectively.
Murphy proved that there
are two fibs told in every
draft: 1. We cant believe
(name) fell to us and 2.
That we only take the best
available athlete. Well,
Murphy is an exceptional
athlete and went undrafted. He could utilize that
athleticism in a slash role.
Nix made the roster on the

strength of his special


teams play, including a
blocked punt Thursday
against Carolina.

CRITICAL 48 HOURS
Of course, the roster is
still fluid as others. Better
options will soon become
available on the waiver
wire. Were going to keep
an eye on whats going on in
other cities, Tomlin said.
Minimally, one would have
to think that another running back will be brought in.
The Steelers can announce their 10-man
practice squad after 1 p.m.
Sunday. More than a few of
the 22 players released
Saturday will be placed
there.

WAIVED GOODBYE
Players released
Saturday:
RB Jawon Chisholm
RB Josh Harris
DE Matt Conrath
DE Ethan Hmeer
S Jordan Dangerfield
S Alden Darby
S Gerod Holliman
OL Reese Dismukes
OL B.J. Finney
OL Doug Legursky
CB Kevin Fogg
CB B.W. Webb
LB L.J. Fort
LB Shayon Green
WR Shakim Phillips
WR Jarrod West
OL Kevin Palmer *
OL Mitchell Van Dyk *
* Denotes waived/injured

BY THE NUMBERS
Breaking down the
Steelers 53-man roster by
position:
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks (3): Ben
Roethlisberger, Mike Vick,
Landry Jones
Running backs (2):
DeAngelo Williams, Dri
Archer
Fullbacks (2): Will
Johnson, Roosevelt Nix
Wide receivers (5):
Antonio Brown, Markus
Wheaton, Darrius
Heyward-Bey, Sammie
Coates, Tyler Murphy
Tight ends (3): Heath
Miller, Matt Spaeth, Jesse
James
Linemen (8): Maurkice
Pouncey, David DeCastro,
Kelvin Beachum, Cody
Wallace, Ramon Foster,
Chris Hubbard, Marcus
Gilbert, Alejandro
Villanueva
SPECIALISTS
Kicker (1): Josh Scobee
Punter (1): Jordan Berry
Long snapper (1): Greg
Warren
DEFENSE
Linemen (6): Cam
Heyward, Stephon Tuitt,
Steve McLendon, Dan
McCullers, Cam Thomas,
L.T. Walton

CHARLES KRUPA/AP FILE

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes against the Steelers in the first quarter their Nov. 3, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. The
Patriots won that Week 9 matchup 55-31, as Brady won his third straight home start against Pittsburgh.

Steelers hope to erase memories of past failures at Gillette Stadium


By Kris Lancaster
Times Sports Correspondent

Hall of Fame coach Bill


Parcells is famous for a
lot of quotes, but perhaps
his most famous quote is,
You are what your
record says you are.
Well, if thats the case,
the Steelers record in
Foxoborough against
Tom Brady-led Patriots
teams is pretty telling.
Aside from their 2-7
record all-time against
Brady, the Steelers are
0-3 in Foxborough against
the Patriots when Brady
starts. Their last win
there came in 2008, a
33-10 win in which Matt
Cassel started for an
injured Brady.
Add in the fact that in
those three games, Brady
has helped the Patriots
put up 30, 34, and 55 points
on the Steelers with Brady
throwing 11 touchdown
passes to no interceptions,
and Gillette Stadium has
become a modern-day
house of horrors for the
Steelers.
Theyre loud, they
have chants, they have
music playing, they have

the whole nine, guard


Ramon Foster said.
Youve got to stay focused on what youre
doing.
The Steelers first loss
came in 2002, when the
Patriots won 30-14 in the
first game ever at Gillette
Stadium. In 2007, after
Steelers safety Anthony
Smith guaranteed a
Steelers victory, Brady
threw four touchdowns in
a 34-13 win en route to the
Patriots completing their
undefeated regular
season.
The Steelers last trip
to Foxborough was in
Week 9 of the 2013 season,
and it was essentially
rock bottom for a Steelers
team that was 2-6 before
winning six of their final
eight games.
Despite the Steelers
scoring 31 points and
racking up 479 yards on
offense that day, the defense gave up 610 yards as
Brady went 23 for 33 with
432 yards and four touchdowns. Its a performance
that Lawrence Timmons
and the rest of the defense
prefers to forget.

and their fans celebrating


last seasons Super Bowl
championship, the
Steelers know they will
be going into a chargedup atmosphere.
Add in the Steelers
having to play without
LeVeon Bell, Martavis
Bryant and Maurkice
Pouncey, along with a
defense that still seems
uncertain, and the
Steelers havent been
given much of a chance
for Thursday night.
But the Steelers know
that if they can somehow
manage to get a win in
Foxborough, itll go a
long way in showing
everyone what type of
team they have.
We lost a few players
early in the season, but
itd be amazing for us to
get that win, Foster
said.
No excuses. No talk
about injuries or suspensions. Just talk of a 1-0
Steelers team coming
back to Heinz Field for
their home opener
against the 49ers on Sept.
20. Their record will say
all that needs to be said.

OPEN MIKE

TIMES STEELERS REPORTER CHRIS BRADFORD RECAPS MIKE TOMLINS PRESS CONFERENCE

Defense needs to be combative in approach


With the season opener five days
away against the defending champion New England Patriots,
Mike Tomlins
s weekly press
conference was moved
up a few days. Just an
hour before the
Steelers announced
their final roster cuts,
Tomlin took to the
podium to discuss
Week 1.

TALKING POINTS
Tomlin acknowledged that the
defense took its lumps in the preseason and that expectations are not
very high for that unit. But he does not
care for prognostications positive or
negative. We worry very little about
reputation or expectations and more
about results, Tomlin said. Obviously
theres some questions that need to
be answered with them, theyll answer
them soon enough.

Cornerbacks (6): Will


Gay, Doran Grant,
Brandon Boykin, Cortez
Allen, Ross Cockrell,
Antwon Blake

They might be a cover-2 team, or


they might be more of a 4-3 team, at
least more than they were under Dick
LeBeau, but Tomlin says its going to
take a myriad of looks to slow down
Brady and New England. Weve got
to challenge these guys, Tomlin said.
Weve got to be combative. We have
to mix zones and mans and pressures.
... Its going to take a full menu to work
to keep them off balance and minimize
what theyre capable of.

Safeties (5): Will Allen,


Robert Golden, Mike
Mitchell, Shamarko
Thomas, Ross Ventrone
RESERVE/SUSPENDED (2)
RB LeVeon Bell, WR
Martavis Bryant
RESERVE/PUP (1)
Mike Adams

Its still too early to judge the


impact of the new PAT rules will have,
according to Tomlin. What you saw
was preseason football, he said. We
will see if that holds in regular-season
football. I really think that story is going
to gain more significance the further
we get into the season, and weather
and game conditions probably become

Linebackers (10): Bud


Dupree, Ryan Shazier,
Sean Spence, Arthur
Moats, Anthony Chickillo,
Terence Garvin, James
Harrison, Lawrence
Timmons, Jarvis Jones,
Vince Williams

The past is the past,


you cant change that,
Timmons said. Were
focused on the present and
the future right now, so
just looking forward to that
and just getting that win.
The Steelers know
what they will be facing
when they step on the
field Thursday night, not
only from the crowd but
also from their opponents. They know that the
last time they went to
Foxborough, they werent
able to capitalize on
every opportunity they
had. Its an experience
they hope to rectify this
time around.
Last time we went up
there we werent in tune
to what was going on,
Foster said. Youve got
to capitalize on every
moment youve got. We
have to be a better team
than the last time we
went to Foxborough.
By all accounts, the
Steelers are a better team
than the last time they
played the Patriots. But
with the suspension of
Tom Brady nullified,
along with the Patriots

more of a factor than they are right


now. Kickers made 93.3 percent of
extra points from the 33 in the
preseason, a sharp drop from
the 99.3 they made in the
2014 regular season.
Though the absences of
LeVeon Bell and Martavis
Bryant create challenges on
the field. Tomlin said it wasnt
difficult to make roster decisions based on that. Often times
you spend a lot of time debating over
guys 50-53 and how to sort these guys
out if you will, but having those two
additional spots kind of minimized those
discussions, Tomlin said. Two additional
roster moves will have to be made
when they return in Weeks 3 and 5.
Originally, the plan was to limit
James Harrison to 25 snaps per game.
That still might be the case, but its
starting to sound like that number
isnt a hard 25 and understandably so.
Harrison, 37, has two sacks one for
a fumble, the other for a safety in
the two preseason games he played.
Were going to utilize him in an effort
to help us win, Tomlin said. Whatever
that entails. It might be different week
to week. James understand that.
The trade that sent punter Brad
Wing to the New York Giants had
been discussed prior to Thursdays
game against Carolina. I tip my cap to
both those guys, Tomlin said of Wing
and Jordan Berry, who won the camp
competition. Usually things work out in
the manner in which they did in which
you have that type of battle, both guys
have an opportunity to be employed.
Tomlin doesnt sound enthused
about using Antonio Brown on punt
returns but said that his Pro Bowl

receiver could split duties with Dri


Archer. Were going to do whats
appropriate to give us a chance to
win, Tomlin said. Archer and Markus
Wheaton will handle kicks.

INJURY UPDATE
With three days of practices still
ahead and five days before the opener,
Tomlin wouldnt rule out any player.
That includes LB Lawrence Timmons,
S Mike Mitchell and DE Stephon Tuitt,
who have missed significant time during the preseason.

TRANSACTION
In addition to Saturdays roster cuts,
the Steelers signed free agent CB Ross
Cockrell to a one-year deal. Cockrell
had one tackle in seven games last season for Buffalo, who drafted him in the
fourth round in 2014. A smart guy, a
savvy coverage guy, has good man skills
with good long arms, Tomlin said.

THIS N AT
As he normally does, Tomlin spent
the first 10 minutes singing the praises
of the upcoming opponent. Being that
its the Patriots, Tomlin wasnt exaggerating. On Tom Brady, He does
just about everything well. On Rob
Gronkowski: We have to minimize
his impact. Tomlin said he takes what
hes seen on tape of from the Patriots
preseason with a grain of salt.

QUOTEWORTHY
No, I havent.
Tomlin, on whether hes gotten to know
New England coach Bill Belichick over the
years
No, I havent.
Tomlin, on whether hes tried to get to
know Belichick

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COLLEGE
FOOTBALL

TOP 25 FARED
Rank, team (Rec)

Result

Next

No. 1 Ohio St. (0-0)

at Virginia Tech, Monday.

vs. Hawaii

No. 2 TCU (1-0)

beat Minnesota 23-17

vs. Stephen F. Austin

No. 3 Alabama (0-0)

vs. No. 20 Wisconsin

vs. Middle Tennessee

No. 4 Baylor (1-0)

beat SMU 56-21

vs. Lamar

No. 5 Michigan St. (1-0)

beat W.Michigan 37-24

Next: vs. No. 7 Oregon

No. 6 Auburn (1-0)

beat Louisville 31-24

vs. Jacksonville State

No. 7 Oregon (0-0)

vs. E. Washington.

at No. 5 Michigan State

No. 8 USC (0-0)

vs. Arkansas State.

Next: vs. Idaho

No. 9 Georgia (1-0)

beat Louisiana-Monroe 51-14. at Vanderbilt

No. 10 Florida State (0-0) vs. Texas State

at South Florida

No. 11 Notre Dame (1-0) beat Texas 38-3

at Virginia

No. 12 Clemson (1-0)

beat Wofford 49-10.

vs. Appalachian State

No. 13 UCLA (1-0)

beat Virginia 34-16.

at UNLV

No. 14 LSU (0-0)

vs. McNeese State

at Mississippi State

No. 15 Arizona State (0-1) lost to Texas A&M 38-17

vs. Cal Poly

No. 16 Georgia Tech (1-0) beat Alcorn State 69-6

vs. Tulane

No. 17 Mississippi (1-0)

beat UT Martin 76-3.

Fresno State

No. 18 Arkansas (1-0)

beat UTEP 48-13

vs. Toledo

No. 19 Oklahoma (1-0)

beat Akron 41-3.

at No. 25 Tennessee

No. 20 Wisconsin (0-0)

vs. No. 3 Alabama

vs. Miami (Ohio)

No. 21 Stanford (0-1)

lost to Northwestern 16-6

vs. UCF

No. 22 Arizona (1-0)

beat UTSA 42-32

at Nevada, Saturday.

No. 23 Boise State (1-0) beat Washington 16-13

at BYU

No. 24 Missouri (1-0)

beat Southeast Missouri 34-3 at Arkansas State

No. 25 Tennessee (1-0)

beat Bowling Green 59-30

vs. No. 19 Oklahoma

AROUND THE NATION

ATLANTA (AP) Will Muschamps defense made a


couple of huge plays early for No. 6 Auburn to offset
three interceptions by Jeremy Johnson, and the
Tigers held off Louisville and surprise quarterback
Lamar Jackson for a 31-24 victory Saturday.
The Tigers first touchdown in the opener was set
up by an interception. Justin Garrett returned a
fumble 82 yards to make it 14-0.
Thats just what Auburn wanted out of Muschamp,
who took over as defensive coordinator after being
fired as coach at Southeastern Conference rival
Florida.

NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 38, TEXAS 3


Malik Zaire passed for 313 yards in his first home start,
and Notre Dame held Texas to 163 yards of total offense.
Zaire was 19 of 22 passing with three touchdowns,
including a 66-yard scoring strike to Will Fuller.
Fuller had two touchdown catches, Chris Brown
had one scoring catch, and freshman Josh Adams ran
for a pair of TDs, including 14-yard score on his first
career carry.

TEXAS A&M 38, NO. 15 ARIZONA ST. 17


Kyle Allen threw for a score early and sealed the
game for Texas A&M by running for a touchdown and
throwing for another in the fourth quarter after being
benched in favor of freshman Kyler Murray.
Allen won the starting job in camp, but coach Kevin
Sumlin replaced him with Murray in the second
quarter and alternated quarterbacks for much of the
second half. Allen spent most of the third quarter on
the bench before returning early in the fourth and
capping a long drive with a 12-yard touchdown run
that made it 24-14.

NO. 9 GEORGIA 51, LOUISIANA MONROE 14


Georgia beat Louisiana-Monroe in game that was
called off with just under 10 minutes left because of
lightning in the area.
A few minutes after the Bulldogs scored their final
touchdown, coach Mark Richt walked over to the
officials to discuss game conditions, and the decision
was made to end it.

NO. 12 CLEMSON 49, WOFFORD 10


Deshaun Watson threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and Clemson overcame star receiver Mike
Williams scary injury.
Williams was carted off the field after hitting the
goalpost support and spraining his neck on a 4-yard
touchdown reception in the first half.

NO. 13 UCLA 34, VIRGINIA 16


Heralded freshman Josh Rosen passed for 351
yards and three touchdowns in a stellar debut for
UCLA, leading the Bruins last Virginia.
Thomas Duarte, Devin Fuller and defensive tackle
Kenny Clark caught scoring passes from the 18-yearold Rosen, who went 28 for 35 with several stunning
throws and no turnovers.

NO. 17 MISSISSIPPI 76, UT MARTIN 3


Chad Kelly threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns
and scored on a 20-yard run for Mississippi.
Kelly, a junior transfer who is the nephew of Pro
Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, completed 9 of 15
passes in his first start. Jaylen Walton ran for two
touchdowns, including a 60-yarder up the middle on
his first carry of the game. Robert Nkemdiche who
is usually a defensive lineman made a cameo on
offense and caught a 31-yard touchdown pass as the
Rebels built a 41-0 lead by halftime.

NO. 18 ARKANSAS 48, UTEP 13


Brandon Allen threw for a career-high 308 yards
and matched his best with four touchdown passes for
Arkansas.
Allen threw for 256 yards and all four touchdowns
in the first half including a pair of scores to Keon
Hatcher, who finished with six catches for 106 yards.

NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 41, AKRON 3


Baker Mayfield passed for 388 yards and three
touchdowns, and Joe Mixon had 142 yards from
scrimmage for Oklahoma.
Mayfield set a school record for yards passing in a
season opener, surpassing the previous mark of 363
yards by Sam Bradford in 2007.

SATURDAY

KEITH SRAKOCIC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pitt running back James Conner (24) runs in for a touchdown against Youngstown State on Saturday in Pittsburgh.

Narduzzi era
begins with a win
By Tony Defazio
Times Sports Correspondent

The Pat Narduzzi era is underway at the


University of Pittsburgh.
For Narduzzi, a former defensive coordinator known for having outstanding defenses, a 45-37 shootout victory over FCS
opponent Youngstown State is probably not
how he envisioned his first game.
There are pretty wins and ugly wins,
and this was probably somewhere in
between, the rookie head coach said after
the game. There were a lot of good things
out there, and there were a lot of things
that, as a coach, make you want to pull your
hair out.
The Pitt running game ran roughshod
over the Youngstown State defense. The
Pitt defense struggled, however, allowing
407 total yards to the Penguins.
Youngstown State had six plays of more
than 20 yards, including touchdowns of 77
and 75 yards.
In the second half we didnt make some
plays, Narduzzi admitted. We will make
major improvements. I think there are
some little things and that starts with me,
just cleaning some things up and being on
top of things a little more.
Youngstown State started off strong,
marching 60 yards in nine plays to take a
3-0 lead on their first possession of the
game.
From that point, however, the Pitt defense began to look like a Narduzzi defense, forcing Youngstown State to punt on
six of their next nine possessions. The only
points they Pitt allowed over that stretch
were field goals on drives that started deep
in Pitt territory. After the Penguins opening drive, Pitt allowed just 108 yards of
offense on 38 plays, an average of 2.8 yards
per play.
Things began to change late in the third
quarter when Youngstown State went on a
10-play, 82-yard drive to pull within eight
points at 31-23.
Pitt continued to score and extend their
lead, but Youngstown State had an answer
every time. The Penguins scored three
touchdowns on their final seven drives,
piling up 247 yards for an average gain of
9.1 yards per play.
We didnt finish like we wanted to
finish, Narduzzi said about the second
half.
Asked to make one final stand after YSU
took over at the Pitt 46, trailing 45-37 with
three minutes left, the defense finally
stepped up.
After a short completion for two yards,
Pitt forced three consecutive incompletions, including a pass breakup by freshman safety Jordan Whitehead (Central
Valley) on third down.
I liked how they finished at the end,
Narduzzi said. We did what we had to do
to win. I think thats the important thing.
Narduzzi felt his head coaching debut
went about as he expected, finding some
hits and misses in his teams play and in his
own performance. He was even able to find
humor at the end of the day.
Ill tell you, it gets a lot hotter on the
field for four quarters than it does sitting
up in the press box drinking Diet Pepsi,
he quipped.
Narduzzis message to his team afterward was simple.
He told us it was a victory, said linebacker Nicholas Grigsby, who led the
defense with 10 tackles and a pair of sacks.
It may have been sloppy and we have to
execute on more things and clean it up, but
at the end of the day it was a victory.
Consistency, said senior center Artie
Rowell about Narduzzis theme after the
game. Weve got to keep getting better. Its
kind of an old adage in football that you
make your biggest gains and your biggest
improvement from week one to week two,
so we have to hold true on that.

Central Valley grad Whitehead


makes big play in debut
PITT, from B1

yard line. But on third-and-8,


Whitehead dove in front of a
Hunter Wells pass intended
for Andrew Williams, forcing
a fourth down.
I thought I was a little
late, said Whitehead, a
former star at Central Valley,
so I was just focused on
making sure I got the ball
and he didnt catch it.
The Penguins turned the
ball over on downs after
that, allowing Pitt to escape
with a victory.
The quarterback throughout the game was running
that play a lot, Whitehead
said. So I kind of just read
the quarterback for a second
and took off right to the ball
to help (cornerback) Avonte
(Maddox) out a little bit and
just broke it up.
Whitehead was listed on
the depth chart as a co-starter at strong safety along with
sophomore Pat Amara. He
didnt start the game, but
Whitehead played plenty.
Along with the pass breakup, he finished with three
solo tackles and also saw
some time on special teams
returning punts.
It was a solid debut for
Whitehead, who admitted to
some nerves leading up to
kickoff. But as soon as he
had one play behind him, he

quickly settled in.


After that, there was just a
job to do.
It was exciting, he said.
It was good. I had a lot of
family and friends here. It
went how I expected it to. I
felt good and I just played
football. ... Its my hometown.
It felt good. It wasnt anything too big or too small.
Whiteheads deflection
was one of the highlights of a
mostly disappointing second
half for the Panthers defense. Pitt allowed 24 points
after the break and spent the
fourth quarter trading
touchdowns instead of
putting Youngstown State
away.
But the defense did manage to come up with a few
big plays, including
Whiteheads, that allowed
coach Pat Narduzzi to start
his tenure with a win. Pitt
also managed to hold three
promising Penguin drives to
field goals of 22, 42 and 23
yards, respectively.
Theres still a long way for
the defense to go before ACC
play opens, but Whitehead
took those field goals as a
good sign.
That was great, he said,
because at the end of the
game if they wouldve gotten
touchdowns on those who
knows what the outcome
wouldve been.

Voytik will need to step up


MUELLER, from B1

guys to play a huge role if


Chad Voytik has any more
games like he did against the
Penguins. His performance
left plenty to be desired, and
as with last year, his primary
challenge is going to be
hitting on big plays and not
needing a ton of reps to get
into a rhythm. The Panthers
figure to have a dynamic
rushing attack, which means
fewer pass attempts for
Voytik, which means everything he does, both good and
bad, will be magnified.
Tom Bradys knockout
victory over Roger Goodell is
a huge win for the NFLPA,
and a huge loss for the
Steelers, whose collective
task Thursday night got much
tougher. The Pats will have
Brady, and a chip on their
shoulders. The last time New
England had an axe to grind
with the league, they went
18-0 and were only stopped
by a miracle catch and a
Herculean defensive effort.
That said, Goodell being
drilled in court was exceptionally satisfying to watch,
because he had multiple
chances to save face and
reduce Bradys punishment,
and instead tried to pursue
punishment far in excess of
the alleged crime. Those that
hate his collectively bargained role in the disciplinary process may well see their
wish that he be stripped of
some of his powers come true.

Phil Kessel is apparently


in great shape and lost 13
pounds while training with
Gary Roberts. Thats almost
certainly a good thing, but
theres always the amusing
possibility that Kessels
relatively non-athletic build
is something that helps
rather than hinders him.
J.A. Happs dominance
over the Cardinals is the
latest example of Neal
Huntington and Ray Searage,
among others, combining to
work magic with a player
whose ability to positively
impact the Pirates seemed
limited on the surface.
The Pirates are a near lock
to make the playoffs, and
though I dont want to come off
like an old man telling everyone to get off his lawn, if there
is a raucous celebration for a
mere playoff berth, and not a
division title, it will feel a bit
odd. The Pirates inability to
make hay against their own
division, especially Milwaukee
and Cincinnati, the dregs of
the NL Central, figures to be
the biggest reason that theyll
almost certainly find themselves in a do-or-die wild card
game again.
Tim Tebow getting cut by
the Eagles qualifies as a
legitimate surprise, at least
to me. It seemed that Matt
Barkley being traded paved
the way for Tebow to survive
the final cut, but Chip Kelly
deemed him not good enough
to be the teams third quarterback.

college football

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Behind from the start


Golden Tornadoes
opener delayed
by lightning, spoiled
by early miscues
By Bill Allmann
Times Sports Correspondent
matt slocum/The Associated Press

Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg throws a pass


during the first half of Saturdays game against Temple in
Philadelphia.

owls beat lions for first


time in more than 70 years
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Penn
State had a 39-game
unbeaten streak against
Temple go down one sack
at a time.
The Nittany Lions never
really stood a chance
because Christian
Hackenberg never had
time to stand in the pocket.
P.J. Walker scored the
go-ahead touchdown late
in the third quarter to
rally Temple to a 27-10
win over Penn State on
Saturday. It was Temples
first win over the Nittany
Lions in 74 years.
Temple hadnt won in
the series since Oct. 18,
1941. That was so long
ago that the late Penn
State coach Joe Paterno
was only 14 years old.
Penn State was 38-0-1
since 41 with a 7-7 tie in
1950, the only time the
Owls played without a loss.
Hackenberg was sacked
a whopping 10 times and
failed to have the type of
protection needed to help
Penn State sustain any
serious drives.
It comes down to
protection and being able
to run the ball, coach
James Franklin said.

Franklin, surely under


fire now after a 7-6 season
last year, had little explanation for Penn States
offensive meltdown.
Im not going to come
in here and be defensive
and make excuses. Weve
got to get it done, he said.
Penn States former stars
complained on Twitter
about a loss that would
have seemed unfathomable under Paterno.
Former running back
Bill Belton posted a
photo of an exasperated
Kanye West with a hand
on his head. Former
offensive lineman Adam
Gress wrote, So I wasnt
gonna be that guy....
But now I will be....
Offensive coordinator
sucks, and ex-defensive
back Stephon Morris
tweeted Joe Pa beat the
teams he was so suppose
to beat. #facts.
The Owls were at their
best in front of a record
crowd of 69,176 at
Lincoln Financial Field
and gave the fans who
colored the stands in
cherry and white what is
perhaps the biggest win
in program history.

BEAVER FALLS The Geneva


College season-opening
football game against
Frostburg State was
delayed 30 minutes by
lightning.
And for Golden
Tornadoes fans, that was
the highlight of the game
as Frostburg State had an
11-0 lead before the game
was five minutes old and a
35-0 lead at halftime,
before settling for a 52-21
rout.
Genevas trouble started
from the delayed start
there was a mix-up on a
reverse on the kickoff that
gave Geneva the ball on
the 8-yard line. One play
later, a bad snap resulted
in a safety.
Frostburg set up shop
on the after the free kick
and scored in six plays,
then got another safety
and a rushing touchdown
before the first quarter
was over.
At that point, the game
result seemed to be a
certainty, but Frostburg
wasnt done.
The Bobcats added two
more touchdowns in the
second quarter and kicked
a field goal on the last play
of the half to get the score
to a conventional 35-0
margin. However, the
margin in yardage was
much more lopsided as
Frostburg held a 272-15
edge, thanks to the yardage lost on the bad snaps.
That 35-point margin

Sally Maxson/The Times

Genevas Brent Mulneix reacts to a Frostburg State touchdown during Saturday nights game at
Geneva.
stood in the second half,
although the first touchdown from scrimmage
came with 9:53 left in the
fourth quarter.
Geneva opened the
second half scoring with a
22-yard interception
return by Freedom grad
Jared Hogue, but
Frostburg answered with
two punt returns for
touchdowns.
That first touchdown
from scrimmage came on a
40-yard pass from Genevas
Aaron Channing to Colton
Booher, but Frostburg
answered with a 37-yard
field goal.
There were few bright
spots in the lopsided loss,
but one was the number of
freshmen that got to see

their first college action


and made the most of it.
Quarterback Javid Ellis
from Florida didnt complete either pass he threw,
but did end up as Genevas
leading rusher with 35
yards and scored the final
touchdown. Defensive
back Joey Shively, a
Central Valley grad, had
seven tackles, the secondhighest total on the team,
and was on a tackle for
loss (Geneva had just four).
Defensive back Brent
Mulneix, a Riverside grad
who took a year off from
football last season, had
three unassisted tackles.
Running back/wide receiver Trewon Marshall, a
Quaker Valley grad,
gained eight yards on his

area results
Dayton 27, Robert Morris 24
Danny Leach returned an
interception 93 yards for a
touchdown and had a
second at midfield late in
the game to help Dayton
defeat Robert Morris for
the 13th straight time.
Leachs big return tied the
game at 10 early in the
third quarter. His second
came after William Wills
37-yard field goal with 2:32
play provided the winning
margin for the Flyers.

First Quarter
DuqTerrell 9 pass from Buechel
(Crimmins kick), 12:09.
DuqODriscoll 59 fumble return
(Crimmins kick), 8:36.
DuqDouglas 3 run (Crimmins kick), 4:06.
Second Quarter
DuqFG Crimmins 19, 10:46.
DuqDeNardo 1 run (Crimmins kick),
7:30.
DuqClaridy 43 run (kick failed), 3:02.
Third Quarter
DuqFG Griffith 24, 1:52.
Fourth Quarter
KCHadynski 56 pass from Powell
(Eisnaugle kick), 9:10.
DuqDeNardo 40 run (Griffith kick), 3:23.
A1,332.

Dayton
0 0 17 10 27
Robert Morris 0 10 0 14 24
Second Quarter
RobMLamica 6 pass from Barr (Shennan
kick), 9:11.
RobMFG Shennan 30, 3:05.
Third Quarter
DaytFG Will 33, 10:59.
DaytLeach 93 interception return (Will
kick), 9:04.
DaytStuart 27 pass from Jeske (Will kick),
5:46.
Fourth Quarter
RobMBarr 1 run (Shennan kick), 14:54.
RobMBlake 26 blocked punt return
(Shennan kick), 12:53.
DaytJeske 13 run (Will kick), 6:15.
DaytFG Will 37, 2:32.
A1,329.

Dayt RobM

First downs
18
13
Rushes-yards
50-116 45-91
Passing
177 156
Comp-Att-Int
14-25-2 14-35-2
Return Yards
157
81
Punts-Avg.
6-31.2 10-35.6
Fumbles-Lost
4-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards
5-45 11-106
Time of Possession
28:47
31:13
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGDayton, Kacsor 33-72, Jeske
6-41,Yinger 3-9, Ruffing 3-7,
Bir 5-(minus 13). Robert Morris, Owens
25-72, Buss 5-14, Blake 1-3,
Barr 13-2, Uhatafe 1-0.
PASSINGDayton, Jeske 11-17-1-162, Bir
3-8-1-15. Robert Morris,
Barr 14-34-2-156, Team 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVINGDayton, Stuart 5-91, Sess
2-25, Euritt 2-17, Palin 2-12,
S.Adams 1-22, Kacsor 1-9, Ruffing 1-1.
Robert Morris, Buss 4-74,
Walker 2-23, Owens 2-14, Lamica 2-7,
Blackmon 1-15, Centofanti 1-11,
Blake 1-7, Williams 1-5.

Duquesne 47, Kentucky


Christian 7 P.J. Fulmore and
Klartel Claridy both rushed
for over 100 yards and
Duquesne rolled up 571
yards offense. Fulmore
rushed for 128 yards and
Claridy added 105, including
a 43-yard touchdown. Zach
DeNardo ran for two scores,
including a 40-yarder. The
Dukes rushed for 373 yards.
Ky. Christian 0 0 0 7 7
Duquesne

21 16 3 7 47

Frostburg 52, Geneva 21


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First downs
15
27
Rushes-yards
34-155 55-373
Passing
121 198
Comp-Att-Int
11-38-1 15-26-0
Return Yards
15
39
Punts-Avg.
9-46.8 5-43.0
Fumbles-Lost
1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards
9-47 8-78
Time of Possession
27:28
32:32
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGKentucky Christian, Walker II
9-65, Johnston 13-65,
Powell 3-28, Henry 2-5, Rawls 1-(minus 2),
Davis 6-(minus 6). Duquesne,
Fulmer 18-128, Claridy 9-105, DeNardo
9-59, Douglas 7-42, Egolf 1-26,
Gills 5-25, Buechel 2-4, LoPresti 1-(minus
1), Gustine 1-(minus 4),
Team 2-(minus 11).
PASSINGKentucky Christian, Johnston
9-33-0-62, Powell 2-5-1-59.
Duquesne, Buechel 12-16-0-159, Egolf
3-8-0-39, LoPresti 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVINGKentucky Christian, Riddick
3-41, Brice 2-15,
Pendergrass 2-9, Hadynski 1-56, Gullatte
1-4, Adams 1-3,
Walker II 1-(minus 7). Duquesne, Capers
Jr. 4-75, Terrell 3-26,
McKnight 2-56, King 2-12, Damian 1-19,
Enright 1-8, Thomas 1-2,
Fulmer 1-0.

18 17 7 10 52
0 0 7 14 21

RUSHING
Frostburg (243) - Connor Cox 10-86;
Jordan Brown 22-57; Gavin Lavat 11-50,
TD; Joe Beckford 2-17; Rashawn Johnson
6-11; Dominic Farmer 3-9; Ian Fisher 6-9;
Austin Bonsall 1-3; Josh Burch 1-1, TD;
Team 1-0. Geneva (35) Javid Ellis 6-35,
TD; Zach Hall 2-23; Alex Johnson 10-16;
Colton Booher 2-13; Trewon Marshall 1-8;
Evan Nesbitt 1-2; Eric Lucich 1-1; Dylan
Jones 6-minus 9; Aaron Channing 6-minnus
24; Team 2-minus 30.
PASSING
Frostburg (161) - Connor Cox 7-12-1,
101, 2 TDs; Joe Beckford 1-3-0, 27; Nick
Rosati 2-2-0, 25; Ian Fisher 1-1-0, 8.
Geneva (168) - Aaron Channing 12-22-0,
168, TD; Javid Ellis 0-2-0.
RECEIVING
Frostburg - Myles Burgess 2-50; Antonio
Wood 2-24, TD; Aaron Turner 2-13; Mike
Ambrose 1-27; Austin Bonsall 1-16, TD;
Sergio Andino 1-14; Joe Swann 1-11;
Thomas Moore 1-6. Geneva - Colton
Booher 4-79, TD; Jake Olenick 4-44;
Trewon Marshall 2-23; Dylan Jones 2-14.

only run from scrimmage


and caught two passes for
31 yards.
The other bright spot
was the return of a couple
of more veteran performers to familiar positions
after a year away.
Tim Martin, a Moon
graduate who was newcomer of the year two
years ago but missed last
year from an injury, started and played well at
cornerback, making two
tackles. Colton Booher
returned to wide receiver
from playing defensive
back in Martins absence
and was the leading
receiver with four catches
for 79 yards and a score,
and also gained 13 yards
rushing.

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