LEWISTOWN, Pa. – Rain, wind and anything else that mother nature could muster wasn’t enough to keep the Central Keystone Youth Football & Cheer League (CKYFCL) from opening up the second half of the regular season on Sunday afternoon.
Aside from the action on the field, the league kept its focus on the community as two teams came together to support a good cause. Despite a heated rivalry on the field, the Burnham Bulldogs and McVeytown Eagles joined forces and used the opportunity to raise more than $1,400 to support a local family in need.
The league and both organizations would like to say a special thank you to all fans, friends and supporters who donated towards this special cause.
MIGHTY MIGHTS
Juniata 4 – Terrace 2
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Ryker Stahl scored twice to lead three different scorers as the Juniata Little Indians completed the season sweep of the Terrace Tigers with a 4-2 victory on Sunday.
Stahl opened the scoring for Juniata in the first quarter with a rushing touchdown to put the visiting Little Indians up by a 1-0 tally.
In the second quarter, James Gehman extended the Little Indians lead with a rushing touchdown of his own to send Juniata to a 2-0 halftime lead.
Out of the halftime break, Stahl sprinted to the house for his second score of the day, but Terrace answered with a score of its own to trim the Juniata lead to 3-1 as the game headed to the final frame.
Wyatt Seiber scored for Juniata in the fourth quarter and Terrace had an answer yet again, but it wasn’t enough as the Little Indians picked up their third win of the season by a 4-2 score.
Kish 8 – Derry-Decatur 1
REEDSVILLE, Pa. – Seven different players struck paydirt to lead the Kish Indians past the visiting Derry-Decatur Cyclones by an 8-1 score on Sunday afternoon.
Quay Vogt got the scoring started when Bennett Harmon connected with him on a 35-yard touchdown pass with 11:25 to play in the first to build a 1-0 Kish lead. Jack Wagner added a score midway through the frame on a 35-yard touchdown run of his own to extend the Indians’ advantage to 2-0 after the first quarter of action.
Vogt added his second touchdown of the day early in the second quarter on another 35-yard, pitch-and-catch connection with Harmon to push the Kish lead to 3-0. Eli Jackson ran it in from 35 yards out and Hughie Harmon punched it in from the five with one tick left in the first half to extend the Kish lead to 5-0 at the intermission.
Kish picked up where it left off in the second quarter, building a 6-0 lead on Layton Glick’s 35-yard touchdown run on the half’s opening play. Derry-Decatur answered midway through the stanza when Camden Hesketh scored from the two-yard line to trim the tally to a 6-1 Kish advantage with 6:05 to play in the third.
Tucker Crone powered into the endzone with 35 ticks to go in quarter number three to build a 7-1 Kish lead as the game shifted to the final frame.
Kish wrapped up another impressive offensive effort with a Luke Russler 15-yard sprint to the house with 1:56 to play to cap off an 8-1 victory.
Oakley Maurer led the Kish defensive unit with five tackles. Brody Bishop, Bennett Harmon, Masen Kipp, Rowin Shaposky and Grady Trutt each added four stops for the Indians defense in the win.
McVeytown 6 – Burnham 4
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – Knox Hartman scored four times on the afternoon to lead the McVeytown Eagles to a 6-4 victory in a back-and-forth affair with the Burnham Bulldogs.
Stetson Bordell opened the scoring for McVeytown with a 14-yard touchdown run with 10:48 to play in the first quarter to build a 1-0 lead. The touchdown for Bordell was his Mighty Might division-leading 12th score of the year.
Burnham responded on the ensuing drive with a Robert Davis 35-yard touchdown run to knot the game up at a score each.
Hartman had the final say in the first quarter as the Eagles took a lead they would never surrender. With 5:33 to go in a busy first quarter, Hartman scored on a 25-yard touchdown run to put the Eagles in front by a 2-1 margin. With 17 seconds remaining in the first, Hartman punched it in from the eight-yard line to push McVeytown out to a 3-1 lead as the game headed to the second quarter.
Carter Cherry cut the Burnham deficit in half on a 35-yard touchdown run to open the second frame, bridging the gap to 3-2 in favor of the host Eagles. Following the Cherry score, Hartman struck paydirt for the third time of the day with 1:40 to play in the half, sending McVeytown to the locker room with a 4-2 lead.
Burnham trimmed the gap back to a single score on a Kyson Miller touchdown run early in the third quarter, but it was Hartman yet again having an answer for McVeytown to extend the Eagles lead back to two scores at a 5-3 margin as the game headed to the fourth quarter.
Davis added his second score of the day on an eight-yard jaunt to the house with 13 minutes remaining to bring the score to a 5-4 McVeytown lead. The touchdown for Davis was his team-leading seventh of the season.
McVeytown answered for the final time in the game, this time on a Bryce Seedes touchdown run to wrap up a hard fought 6-4 victory for the Eagles.
The Eagles were led defensively by Layton Yoder and Lucas Moist as the tandem each tallied a fumble recovery in the win.
PEE WEES
Juniata 33 – Terrace 12
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Abel Yoder and Mason DeLancey each scored twice as the Juniata Little Indians overcame sloppy conditions to pick up a hard-earned 33-12 victory over the host Terrace Tigers on Sunday afternoon.
After a scoreless opening quarter of play, Juniata got on the board in a big way with three scores in the second quarter to take a 21-0 lead to the half. DeLancey powered it across the goal line from the two to push Juniata to a 7-0 lead. Yoder scored his two touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of 2 and 44 yards to push the Little Indians out to a 21-0 lead at the break.
Out of the intermission, Terrace turned to a shutdown defense and a score of its own to trim the Juniata lead to 21-6 which is where the game would stand as it headed to the fourth quarter.
DeLancey found the end zone for the second time on a 15-yard touchdown scamper to push Juniata out to a 27-6 lead. For DeLancey, the touchdown was his team-leading sixth score of the season.
Later in the quarter, Cooper Snyder got in on the scoring with a 24-yard run to the house as Juniata pulled away to a 33-6 advantage.
Terrace responded immediately to the Snyder score as it returned the ensuing kickoff to the endzone but it wasn’t enough as the visiting Little Indians earned their third victory of the season with a 33-12 triumph.
Matthew Tornambe and Easton Eberle lead the Juniata defense with both players recording a fumble recovery in the win.
Kish 26 – Derry-Decatur 0
REEDSVILLE, Pa. – Four different players struck paydirt as the Kish Indians overcame sloppy conditions on Sunday to post their sixth straight shutout victory in a 26-0 triumph over visiting Derry-Decatur.
Following a scoreless opening frame, Wyatt Hassinger and Duke Peachey found the endzone in the second quarter to push Kish to a 12-0 advantage at the intermission.
Easton Trutt extended the Kish lead with a touchdown run on a quarterback keeper in the third as the host Indians owned an 18-0 lead after three quarters of play.
Knox Wagner scampered into the endzone in the fourth quarter to build a 24-0 Kish lead. Colton Baumgardner threw a pass to Jase Atherton to convert the two-point attempt and round out the scoring to hand the Indians a 26-0 victory.
McVeytown 18 – Burnham 0
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – Behind three different scorers and another stellar defensive effort, the McVeytown Eagles earned the season sweep of the Burnham Bulldogs with an 18-0 home victory on Sunday afternoon.
McVeytown extended its shutout streak to 12 quarters in the win.
Calvin Napikoski opened the scoring for McVeytown in the first quarter with a five-yard touchdown scamper to put the Eagles up by a 6-0 tally. For Napikoski, the touchdown marked his Pee Wee division-leading eighth score of the season.
Midway through the second quarter, McVeytown extended its lead to 12-0 on a Lincoln Knable touchdown run. The host Eagles got the ball back quickly and used a 40-yard touchdown run from the legs of Mathew Hartsock to build an 18-0 lead at the half.
Both teams were held off the scoreboard in the second half as McVeytown rolled to its fifth victory of the year and fourth in shutout fashion with an 18-0 win over the visiting Bulldogs.
McVeytown was led defensively by three different players posting a fumble recovery each as Cole Laughlin, Alex Weaver and Knable each recorded a recovery of a Burnham miscue in the win.
MIDGETS
Kish 33 – Derry-Decatur 6
REEDSVILLE, Pa. – Brody Hower scored three times on the ground and the defense scored twice as the host Kish Indians rolled to a 33-6 victory over Derry-Decatur.
The victory was Kish’s second of the season and completed the season sweep in the series with the Cyclones.
While Hower’s offensive heroics led the way for Kish, the defense used a pair of pick-sixes to aid the cause as Bronn Zook and Levi Sharp posted interception returns for a touchdown in the victory.
Asher Dupert, Jaxon Espigh, Nolan Harmon, Eli Sutton and Ayden Watson each added sacks to help lead a stellar defensive effort for Kish.
McVeytown 25 – Burnham 19 (2OT)
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – After a defensive hold to start the second overtime session, Bentley Felmlee scored from the two-yard line to propel the McVeytown Eagles to a hard-fought 25-19 victory over the upset-minded Burnham Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon.
The victory gives McVeytown its second win of the season over Burnham and sends the Eagles to a league-leading five victories.
Felmlee opened the scoring for McVeytown with a 55-yard touchdown romp, but Burnham had an answer as the Bulldogs equalized and sent the game to the second quarter at a 7-7 deadlock.
The game remained at a seven-all draw at the half as both teams fought off sloppy conditions.
Felmlee added another score in the third quarter – this time on a 15-yard run – but Burnham yet again responded to push the game to a 13-13 tie as the game headed to the fourth.
Both defenses were up to the task in the fourth quarter holding the opposing team off the scoreboard to send the game to overtime.
After regulation concluded with the contest at a 13-13 tie, both teams found the endzone in the first overtime session to extend the contest to a second overtime.
McVeytown’s defense was up to the task as Burnham took possession to start the second overtime. The Eagles defense held Burnham out of the endzone to give the ball back to the offense and Felmlee wasted little time in powering a two-yard burst across the goal line to give McVeytown a 25-19 victory.
Felmlee’s four touchdowns on the day pushed him to a league-leading 21 scores on the season. Aside from his offensive acumen, Felmlee led the defense with 10 stops while Blake Specht chipped in eight tackles in the win.
The CKYFCL is a 501c3 registered non-profit organization benefitting the more than 600 children across a four-county area in Central Pennsylvania. In addition to healthy competition, the league aims to provide an equal opportunity for kids between the ages of 5 and 13 to learn important skills in teamwork while forming friendships and bonds that can last a lifetime.
Member organizations include:
Burnham Bulldogs
Derry-Decatur Cyclones
Juniata Little Indians
Kish Indians
McVeytown Eagles
Terrace Tigers