LEWISTOWN, Pa. – A busy weekend of activities started off on Friday night with Huskies Youth Night and wrapped up on Sunday afternoon with a full slate of games around the Central Keystone Youth Football & Cheer League (CKYFCL).
Mighty Mights
Burnham 7 – Derry Decatur 3
BURNHAM, Pa. – Four different players got on the scoreboard as the host Burnham Bulldogs ran past Derry-Decatur by a 7-3 tally on Sunday afternoon.
Robbie Davis led the four-headed Burnham rushing attack with a three-touchdown afternoon. Kyson Miller added two scores, while Carter Cherry and Cole Kauffman rounded out the scoring for the Bulldogs with a touchdown each in the victory.
Derry-Decatur’s Oliver Rauch opened the scoring for the visiting Cyclones. Waylon Rager kept things going for Derry-Decatur with a pair of touchdown runs in the loss.
Kish 4 – Terrace 0
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Bennett Harmon scampered to the end zone twice in the first half to lead three different scorers as the visiting Kish Indians were victorious on Sunday afternoon by a 4-0 tally over the host Terrace Tigers.
Eli Jackson opened the scoring with a seven-yard run to put the Indians up by an early score. Harmon added a 32-yard jaunt in the first quarter and a 29-yard second quarter burst to catapult Kish to a 3-0 halftime lead.
Bennett’s older brother, Hughie, got in on the scoring in the third quarter with a 35-yard touchdown run as the visiting Indians wrapped up a convincing 4-0 victory over Terrace.
McVeytown 3 – Juniata 1
PORT ROYAL, Pa. – McVeytown scored in each of the opening three quarters of play and were stingy on defense as the Eagles reigned supreme over Juniata by a 3-1 tally.
Knox Hartman opened the scoring for the visiting Eagles with a touchdown run in the first frame.
Stetson Bordell got in on the action with a scamper in the second and third quarters to extend the McVeytown lead to three scores with a quarter left to play.
The Little Indians got on the scoreboard with a 40-yard touchdown run from Ryker Stahl in the fourth quarter, but the comeback effort came up just short as McVeytown left Juniata with a 3-1 victory.
McVeytown was led defensively by the efforts of Dallas Cramer, Clayton Fisher, Jaxon Smith and Layton Yoder as each player posted several key tackles. Weston Dobson recovered a fumble to add to the defensive showing for the visiting Eagles.
Pee Wees
Kish 39 – Terrace 0
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – For the second week in a row, the Kish Indians went on the road and shutout the hosts as Kish routed the Terrace Tigers by a 39-0 score.
Wyatt Hassinger struck pay dirt twice and Duke Peachey added a touchdown run in the first quarter as Kish jumped out to a 19-0 lead after the opening stanza.
Easton Trutt connected with Jase Atherton on a long pass in the second quarter to extend the Kish advantage. Jackson Druckenmiller scored a rushing touchdown to add to the Indians’ lead.
Kish’s defense pinned Terrace deep in its own territory to a force a punt in the second quarter. Bennett Rager wasted little time in adding his name to the ledger as he returned the punt for a touchdown to round out the scoring on the day and help hand Kish a 39-0 victory.
McVeytown 31 – Juniata 0
PORT ROYAL, Pa. – Calvin Napikoski scored three times including a special teams score in the second quarter as the visiting McVeytown Eagles rolled past the Juniata Little Indians by a 31-0 tally.
Napikoski’s busy day started in the first quarter with a 40-yard sprint to the end zone to put the Eagles up by 6-0 tally. Matthew Hartsock galloped into the endzone on the PAT to build the lead to 7-0 with 8:50 to play in the first.
Late in the first quarter, Napikoski converted from long distance again – this time from 50 yards out – to push McVeytown’s lead to 13-0.
After McVeytown’s defense held Juniata off the board, the Little Indians botted the ball to Napikoski on a punt and the Eagles’ field general did the rest by returning the punt 65 yards to the endzone to extend the lead to 19-0.
Lincoln Knable got in on the action in the waning moments of the first half after taking over behind center for Napikoski. Knable struck paydirt on a run to extend the McVeytown lead to 25-0 at the intermission.
Knable added a third quarter score on a two-yard rush to round out the scoring and hand the visiting Eagles a 31-0 victory. Hartsock led the defensive efforts with three tackles, while Knable and Cole Laughlin added two stops each in the win.
Burnham 28– Derry Decatur 0
Midgets
Burnham 28 – Derry Decatur 14
BURNHAM, Pa. – Burnham jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as the host Bulldogs capped off the day with a 28-14 victory over the visiting Derry-Decatur Cyclones.
The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard in the first quarter and held on to a 7-0 lead after the opening frame.
Burnham added two scores in the second quarter, but the Cyclones added a score of their own off of the efforts of Drake Finerock as the Bulldogs took a 22-6 lead into the intermission.
Following a scoreless third quarter, both teams added touchdowns in the final quarter with Finerock hitting paydirt for the second time on the day but it wasn’t enough as Burnham closed out a 28-14 victory.
Terrace 41 – Kish 18
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – In a rematch of last season’s championship game, Terrace put the league on notice with a convincing 41-18 victory over Kish.
Terrace got the scoring started in the opening frame with a pair of touchdown passes from Michael Williams to Ryker Harrington. The Tigers rounded out the first half with a pair of scores from Pedro Rodriguez as the hosts owned a 28-12 advantage at halftime.
In the third quarter, Liam Guerrero and Jackson Yeater both struck pay dirt to round out the scoring for the Tigers sending the defending champions off to a 23-point victory in their home and season opener.
It’s a short turnaround for the Midget division with mid-week games slated for Wednesday evening. Derry-Decatur travels to McVeytown, while Burnham hosts Kish. Both games are slated for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff.
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