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Clearfield eliminated; Richland wins

SLIPPERY ROCK — The 2018 football season came to an end on Saturday for the Clearfield Bison, which lost to Erie Cathedral Prep, 55-21, in a PIAA Class 4A first-round matchup.

Clearfield fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter and was down, 35-14, at halftime. The Bison got a 1-yard touchdown run from Isaac Rumery and a 2-yard touchdown pass from Rumery to Spencer Graham in the opening frame.

Clearfield, who entered the game unbeaten, managed one more score, a fourth-quarter touchdown run of 12 yards from Caleb Freeland.

The Bisons finished with five turnovers in the game, and the defense gave up 570 yards of total offense to Prep.

Score by Quarters

Cathedral Prep 14 21 20 0 — 55

Clearfield 0 14 0 7 — 21

First Quarter

CP–Oedekoven 97 pass from Schleicher, (Kelly kick), 7:27.

CP–Schleicher 1 run, (Kelly kick), 5:17.

Second Quarter

CL–Rumery 1 run, (Hess kick), 9:50.

CP–Lupo 3 pass from Schleicher, (Kelly kick), 4:35.

CL–Graham 2 pass from Rumery, (Hess kick), 2:47.

CP–Schleicher 7 run, (Kelly kick), 0:42.

CP–Kelly 55 int. return, (Kelly kick), 0:00.

Third Quarter

CP–Oedekoven 26 pass from Schleicher, (Kelly kick), 10:24.

CP–Lucas 21 run, (Hess kick), 8:19.

CP–Oedekoven 19 pass from Schleicher (conversion failed), 0:00.

Fourth Quarter

CL–Freeland 12 run, (Hess kick), 0:21.

TEAM STATISTICS CP CL

First downs 19 18

Rushes-yards 36-338 30-95

Comp-Att-Int 9-17-1 14-23-3

Passing yards 232 169

Total yards 570 264

Fumbles-lost 2-1 4-2

Punts 0-0 3-28.0

Penalties-yards 8-63 3-25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Cathedral Prep–Lucas 17-186, Sittinger 5-79, Schleicher 7-30, Gusek 3-23, Johnson 4-21, TEAM 1 -(-1). Clearfield–Freeland 7-55, Zattoni 11-40, Rumery 6-18, O. Billotte 4-3, Team 2-(-21).

PASSING: Cathedral Prep–Schleicher 9-15-0-232, Sample 0-2-1. Clearfield–Rumery 11-16-2-135, Billotte 3-7-1-34

RECEIVING: Cathedral Prep–Oedekoven 3-153, Baldi 3-37, Neely 2-39, Lupo 1-3.. Clearfield–Lynch 5-103, Graham 3-14, Freeland 2-29, Glass 2-16, Lezzer 2-7.

Richland 21

Ligonier Valley 12

Richland rebounded from a 12-0 deficit to defeat Ligonier Valley and win the District 6 Class 2A championship at Mansion Park.

The Rams got an 8-yard touchdown run and a touchdown pass from Kellen Stahl.

Aaron Tutino, the all-time Pennsylvania high school football leader in touchdown catches, added two more to his total before leaving the game with an injury after making a long catch that was negated by penalty.

Richland’s first touchdown came on a 23-yard pass from Joe Hauser to Trevor Tustin.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Ligonier Valley 12 0 0 0 — 12

Richland 0 7 7 7 — 21

First Quarter

LV–Tutino 1 pass from Sheeder (kick failed)

LV–Tutino 56 pass from Caldwell (conversion fails)

Second Quarter

R–Tustin 23 pass from Hauser (kick good)

Third Quarter

R–Stahl 8 run (kick good)

Fourth Quarter

R–Bailey 6 pass from Stahl (kick good)

More games today

Apparently Sunday isn’t just for the NFL.

Because of the recent winter storm, there are four high school football teams from District 5-6 that are playing today around central Pennsylvania because their fields were deemed unplayable Saturday.

Northern Cambria will take on United at Mansion Park at 11 a.m. in the District 6 1A semifinals. The winner gets Juniata Valley next weekend in the championship. The Colts were supposed to play at Penns Manor High School Saturday night.

Shade and Farrell will follow at Mansion at 3 p.m. in a PIAA 1A first-round game. State College is playing Delaware Valley at 2 p.m. at Danville in a PIAA 6A first-round game. The Little Lions were supposed to play at Hazelton High School on Saturday.

Bald Eagle Area and Bedford, a PIAA 3A first-round game which was supposed to be played Friday night at Windber, is being played tonight at Mansion Park at 7.

State scores

PIAA Class 6A

First Round

Bethlehem Freedom 49, Emmaus 17

St. Joseph’s Prep 50, Philadelphia Northeast 12

PIAA Class 5A

First Round

Archbishop Wood 57, Gratz 6

Cocalico 61, York 35

Manheim Central 42, Cedar Cliff 20

Upper Dublin 40, Unionville 7

West Chester Rustin 10, Penn Wood 8

PIAA Class 4A

First Round

Berks Catholic 49, Milton Hershey 21

Bethlehem Catholic 73, Saucon Valley 14

Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt 40, Conrad Weiser 16

South Fayette 31, Thomas Jefferson 24

PIAA Class 3A

First Round

Conwell Egan 28, North Schuylkill 14

Middletown 42, Bermudian Springs 20

Montoursville 32, Danville 0

Scranton Prep 47, Lakeland 19

Quarterfinal

Aliquippa 42, Derry 19

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