BROOKVILLE, PA – A 22-point second quarter and 19-point third carried the Port Allegany football team to their seventh win of the season, dominating Brookville 48-28.
Although being held scoreless through the initial 17 minutes of play, the Gators found an explosion of points nearing halftime. Marching down the field with less than seven minutes remaining, Port posted the first touchdown of the night with a nine-yard score from Aidan Bliss. Despite Brookville retaliating two minutes later, the Gators tacked on two more before the intermission, the first being a 26-yard pass from Brennan Fillhart to Kellen Veilleux before Bliss collected 80 yards on the ground to give Port a 22-7 lead.
Bliss would find the endzone not long after, scoring on a 14-yard dash just two minutes into the third. Again, the Blue Raiders answered and again, the Gators overwhelmed them with a pair of touchdowns, starting with a 60-yard kickoff return from Nick Wilfong and ending with a 38-yard pass to Liam Hawver.
Although Brookville would tag on two scores of their own in the fourth, their late-game efforts ultimately went in vain as the Gators kept their record unblemished.
Bliss ended with another 200-plus rushing night, totaling 214 with three touchdowns to his name. Fillhart also reached the 200-yard mark from the air, completing nine of his 12 tosses for 222 passing yards and three touchdowns. Wilfong recorded 94 receiving yards while Veilleux came away with 70.
The Gators have just three games left on the docket before they make their inevitable entry into the District 9 postseason. First, they take on Otto-Eldred (2-5) on Saturday, Oct. 11 before facing Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley and Brockway on the following Fridays.
Olean 21, East Aurora/Holland 14
EAST AURORA, NY – Three touchdowns from Domonick Hirliman, including one late in the game, salvaged the Huskies’ third win of the season as they fended off East Aurora.
Hiriliman got the greenlight early in the contest, scoring the first six points of the night from a 25-yard rush. However, after going scoreless for the first 12 minutes, EA/H snapped back with a touchdown of their own. Trading blows, the Huskies founded a deadlocked scoreboard at halftime, entering the break tied at 14-14.
Defense ruled the third quarter, as neither team could find an advantage. Yet late in the game, Hirliman rose to the occasion once again. As Olean marched down the field, he punched in what ultimately stood as the game winning score, clearing 10 yards to put the Huskies up by
seven. Unable to respond, the Tomcats fell to 1-4 as Olean rose to 3-2.
Hirliman came away from the win with a game-high 127 rushing yards and three touchdowns while Joe Mest ended with 26 passing yards, only completing four of his 15 attempts.
Brockway 61, Bradford 6
BROCKWAY, PA – The Owls’ losing streak increased to five with a heavy-handed loss to the Rovers.
Bradford’s lone score of the night came from Fabian Sherk, who caught a 22-yard pass from Andrew Giordano.
Wilson 49, Allegany-Limestone 0
ALLEGANY, NY – The Allegany-Limestone football team was left still in search of its first win of the season after falling to Wilson by a lopsided scoreline.
Smethport 44, Coudersport 14
SMETHPORT, PA – Coming away with a big win on Homecoming Night, the Hubbers tallied a win over Region 4 opponent Coudy behind Jonah Ganoe’s 245 rushing yards.
In the early goings, it would be Ganoe versus the Falcons. Getting on the board first with a three-yard run, Ganoe answered Coudy’s two scores in the first quarter while tallying two more unanswered touchdowns in the second which came by way of a 63- and 50-yard run.
Continuing to hold the Falcons scoreless, Mason Swanson put a ribbon on the night with a five-yard pass to Aiden Tanner for the Hubbers’ fifth touchdown of the evening.
Ganoe ended with 245 rushing yards and three touchdowns while Swanson came away with 26 passing yards throughout Smethport’s second win of the season.
GIRLS SOCCER
Fredonia 2, Allegany-Limestone 0
ALLEGANY, NY – A goal in each half sunk the Gators as they picked up their seventh loss of the season.
Fredonia picked up scores early in each half, both of which came from Cecelia Tonelli. Tonelli would open the game with a shot in the eleventh minute before coming away with another in the 50th minute. Assists came from Callie Draggett and Mady Polhamus. In the net for A-L, Kenna MacArthur tallied two saves on four shots faced.
