Port Allegany 66, Moniteau 14

Port Allegany put 52 points on the board in the first half and 14 in the second, helped tremendously by Brennan Fillhart’s passing game and Aiden Bliss and Kellen Veilleux’s rushing.

Fillhart completed seven of 10 passes for 155 yards passing, Bliss tallied 104 yards rushing and Veilleux had 38 as the Gators improved to 2-0 on the season.

Port Allegany scoring in the first quarter came on a two-yard run and 20-yard pass reception, both by Veilleux. Nick Wilfong’s run on the second score was also successful, making the score 14-0. With 3:51 on the clock, Bliss raced 54 yards on a punt return to give Port Allegany the 20-0 advantage.

In the second quarter, Fillhart scored on a two-yard run and pulled in a pass from Wilfong for a successful two-point conversion, followed by a two-yard run by Bliss and another successful run from Bliss to make the score 36-0. Chase Boyd caught a 70-yard pass from Willfong and Veilleux raced into the endzone for a successful two-point conversion to increase the score to 44-0. The final score of the first half saw Veilleux scoot into the endzone from 13 yards out and Bliss complete a run for a successful two-point conversion to make the score Port Allegany 52-0 at the half.

Moniteau’s Ian Ross pulled in a 20-yard pass from Weston Cook for their first points, followed by Cook dropping a pass into Aiden McLean’s hands for the two-point conversion.

Port Allegany’s score in the third came on a 16-yard run from Bliss. Moniteau answered with a two-yard run by Brandin Sankey.

The Gators finished scoring for the night with a three-yard run by Lane Gay and a two-point conversion completed by Valon McFall.

Moniteau   0 0 8 6 14

Port Allegany  20 32 6 8 66

Smethport’s Zach Hungiville tackles a Ridgway player Friday. Ridgway took home a 21-8 victory.

Era photo by Molly Anderson

Ridgway 21, Smethport 8

After a scoreless first half, Ridgway used a fumble recovery to inspire a touchdown and maintained that momentum to power to a 21-8 win over Smethport Friday.

Leading Smethport was QB Mason Swanson, who was 13/18 in completed passes and had 90 yards passing. Smethport had 60 yards rushing.

“This was a very physical game. We knew it was going to be when Ridgway came to town. And when we lost the fumble recovery on our first drive in the third quarter, it changed the momentum in Ridgway’s favor and they capitalized on it,” Smethport Coach Ryan Yingling said. “We saw big improvements from last week and our game against Kane. We are hoping to build off these first games and go into Cameron County next week to start our region competition.”

Smethport’s first drive of the third quarter ended in a fumble, which Ridgway recovered and took downfield for the Elkers’ first score of the game. Smethport’s Grant Holmberg blocked the extra point, making the score Ridgway 6-0.

Ridgway scored again later in the quarter and followed the touchdown with a successful two-point conversion, putting them ahead 14-0.

Ridgway’s final touchdown came in the fourth, with a successful PAT to make the score 21-0.

The Hubbers scored on a four-yard run from Aiden Tanner and saw Swanson find Maddox Dickerson for a successful two-point conversion, giving Smethport 8 points and creating what became the final at Ridgway 21-8 as the clock wound down to zero.

Individual Stats for Smethport:

Zach Hungiville led team in tackles with 8 solos, 7 assists, 2 QB sacks

Hungiville punted 3 times, 123 yards total; longest 55 yards

Maddox Dickerson: 5 solo tackles, 4 assists, 1 interception

Bam Ferguson: 3 solos, 1 fumble recovery

Tristan Lenze: 3 solos, 2 assists, 1 fumble recovery, 1 sack

Aiden Tanner: 5 tackles with 1 fumble recovery

Ridgway 0 0 14 7

Smethport 0 0 0 8

Kane 31, Coudersport 0

Kane took home a win over Coudersport Friday, thanks in part to a 22-point third quarter.

Kane completed 62 plays to Coudersport’s 40 and had 16 first downs. The Falcons had three first downs and five penalties for 100 yards.

The Wolves had six penalties for 40 yards.

Coudersport 0 0 0 0   0

Kane           6 0 22 3 31