Levis leads Sharpsville past Reynolds, 21-7; Farrell rolls past KC; Eagles, Hornets, Hounds, Rockets, Tigers, Trojans capture wins
Oct. 23—TRANSFER — It was Reynolds High's "Senior Night," but it served as a homecoming for the Levis family.
"They're always good memories here — always. I've still got a little Blue and Gray in me," admitted Sharpsville assistant football coach Doug Levis.
Levis' son, Garen, caught a 39-yard touchdown pass, one of three 2nd-half Sharpsville scores as the Blue Devils defeated Reynolds, 21-7, in a Region 1 regular-season finale.
It was Sharpsville's 3rd consecutive conquest. But owing to its cooperative agreement with West Middlesex, the Blue Devils do not qualify for the postseason.
Sharpsville (4-2, 6-3) snapped a scoreless stalemate at intermission as Ian Smith and Chris Roth ran 19 and 27 yards, respectively, for TDs and Levis and Caullin Summers collaborated on their TD toss after the host Raiders had drawn within 14-7 with 6:48 remaining.
Doug Levis quarterbacked Reynolds to back-to-back District 10 Division II championships (1986-87). Not coincidently, Levis' coach, Mercer County Hall-of-Famer Frank Amato, was watching Friday night's game from Reynolds' sideline.
After being blanked for 3 quarters, Garen Levis latched onto Summers' 3rd-and-12 pass for a drive-sustaining 22-yard gain, then the insurance score from 39 yards out with 5:35 left.
"That 'toe-tap' on the sideline was big, and then on the very next play we ran "red skin-and-go, it's kind've an 'out route,' then just 'wheel' up the sideline, and Summers hit me. I thank Summers for that," Garen Levis said.
Summers and Levis connected for their 8th TD of the season, half of which occurred against defending District 10 Class 2A kingpin Wilmington.
"We've been together for a long time now, and he's just been the best quarterback that I could have," Garen Levis said in praise of Summers. "He and I had been workin' out all summer."
Despite denting the Blue Devils' Red Zone, Reynolds (3-3, 4-4) could cash in just once. Trailing 14-0, quarterback Brayden McCloskey connected with Haydin McLaughlin on a 48-yard TD on a deep post pattern. However it was one of just 2 Raiders' pass completions.
The Raiders' run game was led by Jalen Wagner, who went for a game-high 131 yards including 54- and 38-yard 1st-half sprints.
"That's a great football team over there. They're very well coached. They were well prepared for us," Reynolds Head Coach Josh Mull said in praise of Sharpsville. "They shut down our running game, made us do some different things.
"I think we battled well," Mull continued. "All year long, I don't feel as though we played a full game. (Friday) night I think we did that. A couple things here or there, it's a different score."
The 1st half ended with Reynolds situated on Sharpsville's 9-yard line; however the Raiders were without any remaining times-out and could not align for a potential field goal as time expired. That was one of 4 times Reynolds' possessions ended by failing to convert 4th-down situations.
Nonetheless, Mull said his Raiders are ready for the postseason. He said there is no inherent pressure on his reigning District 10 Class 1A champions in spite of opponents perhaps targeting this year's edition.
"No. This is a great region with a whole bunch of great teams," Mull mused. "I think it's going to prepare us a whole lot better for goin' into the playoffs. Nothing against the teams up north, but we're playin' really tough competition.
"We're four-and-four. There's a team that's six-and-oh (Northwestern). I don't know if he's six-and-oh if he's playin' in our region, I really don't.
"But the bottom line is, wherever we are next week, wherever (the District 10 committee) tells us we need to be, we go there, we take care of it and we'll play some good football. I think we're right where we need to be, I really do.
"Whomever (the D-10 committee) sends us to play, we have to play exactly the way we played (Friday) night because they're not gonna be that good (as Region 1 teams)."
After praising Sharpsville skipper Paul Piccirilli and the Blue Devils' other assistants, Doug Levis admitted, "It's nice watchin' Garen, it is. But it was fun winning here, too. A little bit of both," he said with a smile.
Grinning, Garen Levis allowed that his father reflects back on his high school playing days from time to time.
"Yeah, he talks about it all the time. It's pretty cool that he played on this field I'm playin' on right now. It's pretty special to me," the younger Levis admitted.
Notes: Clayton Rhoades picked off a pass for Reynolds, and McCloskey and Jon Crumbacher recorded sacks.
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Also Friday:
— Farrell 78, Kennedy Catholic 8 — At Anthony J. Paulekas Stadium in Farrell, Coach Amp Pegues' powerhouse Steelers (6-0, 6-0) led 22-0 at the end of the opening quarter and 50-0 at halftime in the Region 1 win over the Golden Eagles (1-6, 1-7).
Farrell took an early 2-0 lead on a safety before closing out the 1st quarter with 3 touchdowns. Kylon Wilson hauled in a 10-yard TD pass from Trian Holden, Anthony Stallworth scored on a 15-yard run, and Wilson picked off a pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown.
Farrell blew it open in the 2nd quarter with 4 scores. Omar Stewart Jr. pulled in a pair of TD passes (40 and 25 yards) from Holden, Stallworth broke loose for a 44-yard TD run, and Wilson hauled in a 25-yard scoring strike from Holden. Wilson, Stallworth, and Taidon Strickland had 2-point conversions in the first half.
The Steelers led 66-0 after 3 quarters of play on touchdowns by Wilson (22-yard run) and Samuels (52-yard punt return). Stewart and Strickland had 2-point conversion catches after those scores.
Farrell tacked on touchdown runs in the 4th quarter by Anthony D. Jackson (25 yards) and Samuels (19 yards).
Simier Wade scored for Kennedy Catholic on a 9-yard run late in the 4th quarter. Wade then threw a 2-point conversion pass to Remington Hart.
Team and individual stats were not reported to The Herald. Farrell has outscored opponents 354-14.
Scoring summary courtesy of SportsRadio 96.7FM Sports Director Bob Greenburg.
— Hickory 45, Corry 7 — At Corry, Logan Woods threw for 307 yards and 6 touchdowns as the Region 3 Hornets (6-3) routed the Region 4 Beavers (0-6).
Woods was 18-of-24 and threw 3 touchdown passes to Ramarion Whitehead (38, 14, and 62 yards) and to Jackson Pryts (61 yards), Keenan Scullin (16 yards), and Nash Porada (12 yards).
Whitehead caught 5 passes for 142 yards, Pryts hauled in 5 catches for 126 yards and Scullin collected 3 grabs for 68 yards. Sean Kennedy was the Hornets' leading rusher with 56 yards on 6 carries. Lukas Jones booted an impressive 41-yard field goal and tacked on 5 extra-point kicks. Logan Stanford also kicked a PAT.
— Grove City 42, Mercyhurst Prep 8 — At Mercyhurst University's Saxon Stadium, the Eagles recorded 5 first half sacks to close the regular season with their 5th straight victory.
The Eagles (7-2) — who got sacks from Nathan Boyd, Jacob Blair, Nathan Wadsworth, Anthony Nemec and Cole Hammerman — limited Mercyhurst Prep (3-4) to just 13 yards rushing and 131 yards of total offense, but did not force a turnover.
Grove City struck first on Nemec's 52-yard run on the Eagles' second play from scrimmage and took a 13-0 lead when Hunter Hohman found Gavin Lutz for a 10-yard strike.
The Eagles made it 27-0 at the half on a Nemec 3-yard carry and a 60-yard strike from Hohman to Anthony Pereira.
In the third quarter, Grove City enacted the mercy rule on Hohman's 3rd touchdown pass of the evening — this time to Nemec — and Luciano Trezona closed the scoring for GC with his first varsity touchdown on a 4-yard carry.
Aronde Bridgett scored the Lakers' lone touchdown in the 4th quarter on an 8-yard run and converted the 2-point conversion.
Nemec led GC with 101 yards rushing and 2 scores on 11 carries, while Hohman completed 11-of-17 passes for 198 yards and 3 TDs. Lutz led the pass catchers with 5 grabs for 65, while Pereira had 3 grabs for 65.
Nathan Boyd (8) and Trey Reznor (6) combined for 14 tackles for the Eagles, who improved to 4-0 all-time against Mercyhurst Prep — Information submitted by Herald Sports Correspondent Corey J. Corbin.
— Greenville 13, Harbor Creek 6 — At Harborcreek, the Region 1 Trojans improved to 6-3 with a win over the Region 5 Huskies (3-6).
Harbor Creek jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on a 7-yard touchdown run by quarterback Heath Betza in the 1st quarter.
Greenville went up 7-6 in the 2nd quarter on a 1-yard run by Jase Herrick and Rasce Stefanowicz's extra-point kick.
The Trojans made it 13-6 later in the 2nd quarter on a 1-yard run by Aden Sasala. Greenville then held on throughtout the 2nd half for the win.
Sasala rushed for 100 yards on 16 carries. QB Jalen Ritzert was 3-of-11 for 64 yards. Brandy Kincaid hauled in a catch for 46 yards.
For Harbor Creek, Betz finished 4-of-14 for 88 yards. Toby Charlton compiled 106 rushing yards on 23 carries. Gavin Ennis caught all 4 passes for 88 yards.
— Sharon 35, North East 0 — In Erie County wine country, the visiting Tigers triumphed as Jayveerh White went for a trio of TDs.
White's game-high 151-yard rushing performance included 55-, 46- and 32-yard scoring sprints for Sharon (6-3). Also, Mikey Rodriques and Daryan Allen collaborated on a 5-yard TD toss, Melvin Riley ran 5 yards for another score, and Nick Schimp converted a handful of PATs.
The Tigers of taskmaster Jason McElhaney manufactured 410 total yards, including a 259-71 margin on the ground as Cortez Nixon notched another 69 for Sharon. Rodriquez rifled half of his 18 pass attempts, including 4 and 3, respectively, to Ja-on Phillips and C.C. Harrison.
North East (2-6) ended with just 113 total yards.
The game was halted by a 3rd-period power outage.
— Wilmington 41, Mercer 26 — At Mercer, Luke Edwards rushed for 146 yards and scored a trio of touchdowns to lead the Hounds (6-1, 6-2) to the Region 1 win over the Mustangs (2-5, 3-5).
Edwards scored on runs of 27, 1, and 4 yards. QB Tuff McConahy went 14-of-18 for 204 yards with TD tosses to Davis Phanco (19 yards) and Cole McCallister (10 yards). McCallister had 6 catches for 106 yards. Tyler Mikulin also scored on a 2-yard run for the Hounds.
Mercer QB Ethan Wiley was 7-of-13 for 101 yards with a 65-yard TD pass to Jacob Elbaz. Wiley also scored on an 8-yard run.
Also for Mercer, Carter Addison had a 4-yard touchdown run and Avante Hall scored on a 13-yard run.
— Slippery Rock 56, Girard 13 — At Girard, Ryan Montgomery and Maddox Allen each tallied twice, running and catching TDs, to lead the visiting Rockets (6-1).
Montgomery ran 3 yards and Allen added a 25-yarder. They also caught respective 32- and 3-yard TD tosses from Eli Anderson, 2 of the latter's handful of scoring strikes. Anderson annexed a 15-for-18, 183-yard passing performance. He also connected with Colton Glass, John Sabo and Aiden Corace for respective 4, 15- and 1-yard aerial strikes. Andrew Massella mustered a 1-yard TD run for Slippery Rock, also, while Dom Zandi tacked on 8 PATs.
Coach Larry Wendereusz's Rockets rolled to 410 total yards, and the defense pilfered a trio of passes and yielded just 170 yards.
Girard (0-7) generated scores on Gabe Messmer's 3- and 5-yard TD tosses to Dominic Lehman and Tanner Tramontano, respectively.
*Brookfield 20, Champion 7 — At Champion, Coach Randy Clark's Warriors improved to 4-2 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference and 6-3 overall with the win over the Golden Flashes (2-5, 2-8).
Brookfield quarterback Donovan Pawlowski rushed for 120 yards (21 carries) and Teandre Craig carried the ball 10 times for 110 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns.
Craig gave Brookfield a 7-0 lead in the 1st quarter on a 66-yard run and Brian Smith booted the extra-point.
Champion tied the game 7-all in the 2nd quarter on a 50-yard pass play and the PAT. No stats were reported for the Flashes.
Brookfield went up 14-7 later in the 2nd quarter on a 16-yard TD run by Christian Davis and Smith's kick.
The Warriors took the 20-7 lead in the 3rd quarter on a 5-yard touchdown run by Craig.
In addition to rushing for over 100 yards, Pawlowski was 5-of-12 for 93 yards with one interception. Craig caught 2 passes for 55 yards and Isaiah Jones grabbed 2 catches for 45 yards.
The Brookfield recap and box score were added to the roundup at 3:46 a.m. Stats were not reported prior to the print edition's deadline on Friday night.
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SHARPSVILLE 0 0 7 14 21
REYNOLDS 0 0 0 7 7
Scoring plays
S — Smith, 19 run (Campbell kick)
S — Roth, 27 run (Campbell kick)
R — McLaughlin, 48 pass from B.McCloskey (Guayara kick)
S — Levis, 39 pass from c.Summers (Campbell kick)
Team stats
SHARPSVILLE REYNOLDS
21 First downs 6
217 Rushing yards 161
99 Passing yards 68
13-5-1 Att-comp-int 7-2-0
316 Total yards 129
5-2 Fumbles-lost 3-0
2-6 1/2 Penalties-yards lost 5-30
Individual stats
Rushing: SHARPSVILLE — Roth 17-126, Smith 12-72, Tedrow 6-44, C.Summers 11-(-12), Team 1-(-13); REYNOLDS — Wagner 14-131, B.McCloskey 9-20, McLaughlin 7-10, Rhoades 2-5, Team 1-(-5).
Passing: SHARPSVILLE — C.Summers 13-5-1, 99; REYNOLDS — B.McCloskey 7-2-0, 68.
Receiving: SHARPSVILLE — Tedrow 3-38, Levis 2-61. REYNOLDS — McLaughlin 2-68.
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KENNEDY 0 0 0 8 8
FARRELL 22 28 16 12 78
Scoring plays
F — safety
F — Wilson, 10 pass from Holden (pass failed)
F — Stallworth, 15 run (Wilson catch)
F — Wilson, 43 interception return (pass failed)
F — Stallworth, 44 run (pass failed)
F — Stewart, 40 pass from Holden (Strickland run)
F — Wilson, 25 pass from Holden (pass failed)
F — Stewart, 25 pass from Holden (Stallworth catch)
F — Wilson, 22 run (Stewart catch)
F — Samuels, 52 punt return (Strickland catch)
F — Jackson, 25 run (pass failed)
F — Samuels, 19 run (pass failed)
KC — Wade, 9 run (Hart catch)
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HICKORY 17 14 14 0 45
CORRY 0 0 0 7 7
Scoring plays
H — Pryts, 61 pass from Woods (L.Jones kick)
H — Whitehead, 38 pass from Woods (L.Jones kick)
H — Jones, 41 FG
H — Scullin, 16 pass from Woods (L.Jones kick)
H — Whitehead, 14 pass from Woods (Stanford kick)
H — Porada, 12 pass from Woods (L.Jones kick)
H — Whitehead, 62 pass from Woods (L.Jones kick)
C — Lesher, 21 run (Carey kick)
Team stats
HICKORY CORRY
14 First downs N/A
89 Rushing yards N/A
328 Passing yards N/A
29-21-1 Att-comp-int N/A
417 Total yards N/A
2-0 Fumbles-lost N/A
6-53 Penalties-yards lost N/A
Individual stats
Rushing: HICKORY — Kennedy 6-56, N.Jones 4-18, Telesz 1-8, Trawick 1-5, Eastlick 1-2; CORRY — N/A.
Passing: HICKORY — Woods 24-18-1-307, Hilliard 3-1-0-20, Telesz 2-2-0-1; CORRY — N/A.
Receiving: HICKORY — Whitehead 5-142, Pryts 5-126, Scullin 3-68, Krivosh 1-27, Porada 2-20, N.Jones 1-16, Savage 1-10, Holland 1-8, Witherite 2-1; CORRY — N/A.
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GROVE CITY 13 14 15 0 42
MERCYHURST 0 0 0 8 8
Scoring plays
GC — Nemec, 52 run (Hake kick)
GC — Lutz, 10 pass from Hohman (kick blocked)
GC — Nemec, 3 run (Hake kick)
GC — Pereira, 60 pass from Hohman (Hake kick)
GC — Nemec, 25 pass from Hohman (Nemec run)
GC — Trezona, 4 run (Hake kick)
MP — Bridgett, 8 run (Bridgett run)
Team stats
GROVE CITY MERCYHURST
14 First downs 7
170 Rushing yards 13
198 Passing yards 119
368 Total yards 132
17-11-1 Att-Comp-Ints 20-14-0
1-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0
4-35 Penalties-yards 4-25
Individual stats
Rushing: GROVE CITY — Nemec 11-101, Garzarelli 7-36, Hovis 3-19, Rodgers 1-7, Hohman 2-6, Trezona 1-4, McElroy 1-(-3); MERCYHURST PREP — Bridgett 11-54, Buckner 2-27, Byrd 1-4, Gonzalez 2-(-1), Ramsey 2-(-9), Bahm 8-(-29), Team 1-(-33).
Passing: GROVE CITY — Hohman 11-17-1 198; MERCYHURST PREP — Bahm 14-20-:0 119.
Receiving: GROVE CITY — Lutz 5-65, Pereira 3-75, Rodgers 2-33, Nemec 1-25; MERCYHURST PREP — Gonzalez 8-92, Byrd 4-18, Ganska 1-6, Wingenbach 1-3.
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GREENVILLE 0 13 0 0 13
HARBOR CREEK 6 0 0 0 6
Scoring plays
HC — Hyche, 7 run (kick failed)
G — Herrick, 1 run (Stefanowicz kick)
G — Sasala, 1 run (kick failed)
Team stats
GREENVILLE H.CREEK
18 First downs 9
211 Rushing yards 113
64 Passing yards 88
12-3-0 Att-comp-int 14-4-0
275 Total yards 201
1-1 Fumbles-lost 2-2
6-40 Penalties-yards lost 4-45
Individual stats
Rushing: GREENVILLE — Sasala 16-100, Swartz 11-52, Hyde 4-31, Rottman 4-20, Ritzert 5-7, Kincaid 1-3, Herrick 2-(-2); HARBOR CREEK — Charlton 23-106, Hyche 2-16, Ennis 1-2, Betza 1-(-11).
Passing: GREENVILLE — Ritzert 11-3-0-64, Herrick 1-0-0-0; HARBOR CREEK — Betza 14-4-0-88.
Receiving: GREENVILLE — Kincaid 1-46, Herrick 2-18; HARBOR CREEK — Ennis 4-88.
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SHARON 7 7 14 7 35
NORTH EAST 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring plays
S — White, 55 run (Schimp kick)
S — Allen, 5 pass from Rodriques (Schimp kick)
S — White, 46 run (Schimp kick)
S — White, 32 run (Schimp kick)
S — Riley, 5 run (Schimp kick)
Team stats
SHARON N.EAST
12 First downs 9
259 Rushing yards 71
151 Passing yards 42
18-9-0 Att-comp-int 15-6-0
410 Total yards 113
0-0 Fumbles-lost 2-1
9-94 Penalties-yards lost 4-25
Individual stats
Rushing: SHARON — White 6-151, Nixon 11-69, Rodriques 3-19, Riley 2-13, Austin 1-5, Ham 2-2; NORTH EAST — Wittman 17-58, Burch 8-17, Humes 4-1, Rizzo 4-(-2), Strong 2-(-3).
Passing: SHARON — Rodriques 18-9-0-151; NORTH EAST — Humes 15-6-0-42.
Receiving: SHARON — Ja.Phillips 4-61, Harrison 3-81, Allen 1-5, White 1-4; NORTH EAST — Strong 3-33, Burch 1-2, Wittman 1-2, Rizzo 1-5.
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WILMINGTON 14 14 13 0 41
MERCER 0 6 0 20 26
Scoring plays
W — Edwards, 27 run (Winters kick)
W — Edwards, 1 run (Winters kick)
W — Phanco, 19 pass from McConahy (Winters kick)
M — Elbaz, 65 pass from Wiley (kick failed)
W — Mikulin, 2 run (Winters kick)
W — McCallister, 10 pass from McConahy (Winters kick)
W — Edwards, 4 run (kick failed)
M — Wiley, 8 run (kick failed)
M — Addison, 4 run (Bachman kick)
M — Hall, 13 run (Bachman kick)
Team stats
WILMINGTON MERCER
N/A First downs N/A
200 Rushing yards 170
204 Passing yards 101
18-14-0 Att-comp-int 13-7-0
404 Total yards 271
0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0
5-23 Penalties-yards lost 4-28
Individual stats
Rushing: WILMINGTON — Edwards 14-146, Phanco 5-39, Mikulin 4-13, McConahy 2-7, Gardner 3-4, Jones 1-3, Rossi 2-0, Bilunka 1-0, team 1-(-12); MERCER — Wise 3-42, Palmer 1-21, Snyder 3-12, Addison 2-6, Wiley 1-8, Hall 1-13.
Passing: WILMINGTON — McConahy 18-14-0-204; MERCER — Wiley 13-7-0-101.
Receiving: WILMINGTON — McCallister 6-106, Edwards 3-43, Chrastina 1-22, Phanco 2-21, Mikulin 2-12; MERCER — Elbaz 1-65, Ferguson 1-8.
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SLIP ROCK 21 14 7 14 56
GIRARD 0 7 6 0 13
Scoring plays
SR — Montgomery, 3 run (Zandi kick).
SR — Montgomery, 32 pass from Anderson (Zandi kick).
SR — Allen, 25 run (Zandi kick).
SR — Glass, 4 pass from Anderson (Zandi kick).
G — Lehman, 3 pass from Messmer (Gilmore kick).
SR — Sabo, 15 pass from Anderson (Zandi kick).
SR — Massella, 1 run (Zandi kick).
G — Tramontano, 5 pass from Messmer (kick failed).
SR — Allen, 3 pass from Anderson (Zandi kick).
SR — Corace, 1 pass from Anderson (Zandi kick).
Team stats
S.ROCK GIRARD
27 First downs 13
227 Rushing yards 34
183 Passing yards 136
18-15-0 Att-comp-int 27-16-3
410 Total yards 170
0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0
5-55 Penalties-yards lost 7-65
Individual stats
Rushing: SLIPPERY ROCK — Allen 12-99, Montgomery 5-60, Earl 1-17, Anderson 6-16, Corace 4-15, Massella 3-6, Joyce 3-6, Just 1-5, Mineo 1 3 0; GIRARD — Bax 9-24, Cardman 3-6, Messmer 5-5, Colon 1-1, Lowe 1-0.
Passing: SLIPPERY ROCK — Anderson 18-15-0, 183; GIRARD — Messmer 27-16-3, 134.
Receiving: SLIPPERY ROCK — Montgomery 4-57, Sabo 4-72, Allen 3-34, Glass 1-4, Corace 1-1, Just 1-5, Mineo 1-10; GIRARD — Tramontano 5-42, Bax 4-33, Lowe 3-17, Colon 3-39, Lehman 1-3.
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BROOKFIELD 7 7 6 0 20
CHAMPION 0 7 0 0 7
B — Craig, 66 run (Smith kick)
C — 50 pass (kick good)
B — Davis, 16 run (Smith kick)
B — Craig, 5 run (kick failed
Team stats
BROOKFIELD CHAMPION
N/A First downs N/A
250 Rushing yards 55
104 Passing yards 128
13-6-1 Att-Comp-Int 22-13-0
354 Totals yards 183
0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0
6-46 Penalties-yards 10-101
Individual stats
Rushing: BROOKFIELD — Do.Pawlowski 21-120, Craig 10-110, Davis 6-21, Omar 1-1, I.Jones 1-(-2); CHAMPION — N/A.
Passing: BROOKFIELD — Do.Pawlowski 12-5-1-93, no name submitted 1-1-0-11; CHAMPION — N/A.
Receiving: BROOKFIELD — Craig 2-55, I.Jones 2-45, Da.Pawlowski 1-11; CHAMPION — N/A.
