SMETHPORT, PA – After piling up lead in the first half, the Smethport football team watched as their grip quickly and dramatically slipped away in the fourth quarter, with Kane pulling ahead in the Wolves’ 28-22 comeback win in the final minute of play.
Jonah Ganoe broke things open for the Hubbers early in the first quarter with a 46-yard touchdown. Kane then responded in a similar fashion, however, covering 44 yards on a carry from Evan Anderson. In the second, the Hubbers would tack on 14 unanswered points with quarterback Mason Swanson connecting with Ganoe for a 30-yard score before Ganoe broke out again for an 85-yard touchdown run.
While Kane would chip away at the deficit with seven points before the break, they still faced an eight-point gap that continued to stare back at them after a scoreless third quarter. Despite a lack of momentum, they found a spark with a ground-and-pound score from Anderson.
The Wolves and Hubbers then were deadlocked again and until the final minutes of the contest, the Hubbers looked poised to earn their second win of the season. However, Kane refused to give up. Bashing their way up the field with just two minutes left on the clock, the Wolves finally arrived on the goalline, where Eric Novosel covered three yards to tack on six points. Having a knotted scoreboard, Kane gave the ball to Isaiah Smith who broke the plain with 59 seconds left, giving the Wolves the comeback win.
Ganoe led the Hubbers with 219 yards on 27 touches and three scores while Swanson finished with 53 passing yards, completing seven of his 11 attempts downfield.
Otto-Eldred 50, Bucktail 8
DUKE CENTER, PA – Stepping under center after losing their starting quarterback for the season due to injury, Ryan Schenfield carried the Terrors to their second win of the season with close to 200 passing yards and three touchdowns.
Schenfield would kickstart the offense early. After finding repeat trips to the goalline, he would connect with Wyatt Blendinger, Dawson Welch and Tein Caldwell as the Terrors posted three unanswered touchdowns. They would continue to steamroll the Bucks, including a 50-yard punt return from Bledinger, as they cruised to victory in front of their home fans.
In his first start at quarterback, Schenfield ended with 193 yards through the air while also rushing for 61 yards. Blendinger reached the endzone three times during the win, coming away with 75 receiving yards while Welch tallied 75 rushing yards.
Girl’s Soccer
Bradford 5, St. Marys 0
BRADFORD, PA – Just two days after their double-overtime loss to Warren, the Lady Owls responded with a shutout win over the Lady Dutch.
Kierstin Taylor, who scored Bradford’s lone goal against the Lady Dragons on Thursday, again carried the torch into the weekend, finding the back of the net four times. Abby Spencer tallied a goal in the Lady Owls’ seventh win of the season, while Karissa Chamberlain ended with five assists.
Boy’s Soccer
Portville 5, Olean 0
PORTVILLE, PA – Colin German’s hattrick carried the Panthers to their seventh win of the season as they completed the season sweep over the Huskies.
Throughout the four and a half weeks of the regular season, German has been the go-to guy for Portville as they look to defend their CCAA Division II title. Before their second meeting with Olean on Saturday, German had tallied a team-high 12 goals already, including nine during the Panthers’ recent 7-0-1 hot streak. Against the Huskies, it was no different.
German put Portville on the scoreboard early, punching in a goal in just the first 10 minutes of play. His counterpart Luke Edwards would tally another a minute later before German scored two more times before halftime. Entering the final 40 minutes of regulation with the lead already secured, Portville would score just once more with a shot from Gerrett Reynolds in the 48th minute. Assists in the win came from Garrett Reynolds and Conner Roulo.
Port Allegany 0, Northern Potter 0
ULYSSES, PA – Finishing with 12 saves, Port’s Jimmy Sneed recorded his first career shutout as the Gators found a deadlocked draw against NoPo.
Cross County
Salamanca at the McQuaid Invitational
ROCHESTER, NY – Taking to the largest independently ran race in the country, which features approximately 7,000 runners, the Warriors found a mixed bag of results.
In the modified girls race, Elliott Merrill came in 70th (11:42) and Brianna Childs finished 189th (13:54). In the boy’s varsity race, Denver Parsons finished first in 161st (18:56), Preston Finish followed behind in 168th (19:04) and Kevin Dahlback finished 187th (11:42). Jayden Barton crossed the finish line in 214th (12:03) and George Parsons came in shortly after at 216th (19:45).
In the girl’s varsity competition, Kaylin Lemon ran a time of 21:19 for 80th overall.
Olean at the McQuaid Invitational
ROCHESTER, NY – Competing in the A-1 division, the girl’s team finished in 17th place and the boys finished in 33rd.
The girls were led by three sophomores in the top 100. Kinley Belleisle was 46th (20:11), May Eaton was 55th (20:36) and Rachael Dulmus was 83rd (21.28). The boy’s team was led by Declan Boutilletee in 86th (17:56), followed by Cruz Clark in 109th (18:14) and Seamus Burnett in 225th (19:54).
Allegany Limestone at the McQuaid Invitational
ROCHESTER, NY – The Gators were led at the McQuaid Invitational by Nolan Wilczewski, who managed to cross the finish line in the top 20 of the 405 male varsity runners.
Wilczewski led A-L with a time of 16:09 while Aidan Grimes (317th, 21:39), Ronin Haseley (390th, 24:35) and John Thomas (398th, 24:55) rounded out the boy’s varsity race.
The girls were led by Abby Higgins (37th, 20:51) while Lila Sheehy (21:17) came in 48th, Aralyn Jennings (23:09) came in 141st and Autumn Rae Odom (24:39) finished in 210st.
In the modified races, Lilly Mascioni (11:29) completed the course in 60th, Seleena Bish (12:50) finished in 132nd and Gracen Giardini (13:22) finished in 157th. Luke Legere (11:56) came in 203rd and Dawson Schram (13:50) rounded out the day in 289th.
Men’s Soccer
St. Bonaventure 2, George Washington 1
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – A surge in the second half would carry the Bonnies to their first Atlantic-10 Conference win of the season.
St. Bonaventure held the Revolutionaries at bay for the entire first 45 minutes of action, however, shortly after the intermission, their defense cracked. Allowing a goal in the 50th minute, the Bonnies would have to wait nearly 30 minutes to respond. Then, Seth Hammond knotted the game at one with a score assisted by Hugo Berville. Finding a sense of urgency, the Bonnies would repeat the feat just three minutes later, with Dean Mercer putting them in front for good with an unassisted goal that sealed the win.
La Roche 3, Pitt-Bradford 0
PITTSBURGH, PA – Opening the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play on their own turf, the Panthers were unable to fend off the Red Hawks.
It would take just six and a half minutes for La Roche to break the stalemate, with Abdul Basit Suleman putting them up 1-0 off an assist from Niko Manos. The Red Hawks would pull away by two before the half, then sealing the lead with a third goal early into the second half. Pitt-Bradford, on the other hand, were unable to find a way to punch a goal in, instead suffering their first conference loss and fifth loss of the season.
Women’s Soccer
La Roche 3, Pitt-Bradford 1
PITTSBURGH, PA – Pitt-Bradford’s losing streak stretched to five as they suffered a second-half blitz from the Red Hawks.
After allowing one shot slip in through the first period of play, the Panthers saw their deficit grow to two just three minutes into the second. Although they were able to punch a goal in 32 minutes later, potentially finding the beginning of a comeback late with an unassisted score from Elizabeth Gray, La Roche finished the Panthers off shortly after with a third score.
Pitt-Bradford’s Madelyn Seeley ended the game with five saves.
