LEWISTOWN, Pa. – Week three of the regular season is in the books, and the first overtime game of the year and a championship rematch highlighted a busy weekend of action across the Central Keystone Youth Football & Cheer League (CKYFCL).
Mighty Mights
Burnham 5 – Juniata 4 (OT)
PORT ROYAL, Pa. – After goal-line-defensive stands from both teams in the first extra session, Carter Cherry scampered across the goal line to hand the Burnham Bulldogs the lead. Burnham’s defense held strong for a second time to hand the Bulldogs a hard-fought 5-4 double-overtime victory over Juniata.
Burnham jumped out to an early 3-1 lead after the opening frame as Brandon Davis, Kyson Miller and Cherry each struck pay dirt to put the Bulldogs out in front. Wyatt Seiber scored the openin g touchdown for the Little Indians in the contest.
Juniata turned the tide on the Bulldogs in the second quarter with a Ryker Stahl touchdown and a solid defensive showing, but it was Burnham owning a 3-2 lead at the half.
Following a scoreless third quarter, Cherry added his second score of the day but the Little Indians answered with scored from Seiber and Stahl to send the game to an extra session.
Both defenses held true in the first overtime, holding their opponent out of the end zone. Cherry scored his third touchdown of the afternoon to break the deadlock and the Burnham defense held Juniata off the scoreboard once again as the Bulldogs escaped with a 5-4 victory in a thriller.
Kish 8 – McVeytown 6
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – Bennett Harmon scored five touchdowns and contributed eight stops on defense as the Kish Indians outpaced the host McVeytown Eagles by an 8-6 tally.
Jack Wagner got the scoring started for the Indians with a 35 yard touchdown run, but McVeytown had a quick answer. Knox Hartman struck from 20 yards out to equalize the scoring at one each with 6:25 remaining on the first-quarter clock.
Quay Vogt put the Indians back on the board with a 31-yard carry but again the Eagles had an immediate answer. Hartman once again responded in the waning moments of the opening frame to send the game to the second quarter at a 2-2 deadlock.
The back-and-forth scoring continued in the second quarter with five total touchdowns between the two teams, but it was Kish holding a 5-4 lead at the intermission. Harmon scored twice in the second and Wagner added a score for Kish, while Stetson Bordell handled the scoring for the host Eagles with a pair of touchdown runs.
Harmon kept things going for Kish out of the halftime break with a 13-yard touchdown scamper as the Indians defense held McVeytown off the board to take a 6-4 lead into the final quarter of play.
Bordell chipped into the Kish lead with a 20-yard touchdown run but Harmon responded with a touchdown burst of his own with 9:16 remaining.
With three and change to play, Bordell again found the endzone for his fourth score of the day to chip the Kish lead to 7-6.
Harmon’s heroics came up again in the waning moments as the youngster sprinted 35 yards to the endzone to put the game away and hand Kish an 8-6 victory.
Emmet Hostetler and Harmon led the Kish defense with eight tackles each while Vogt and Wagner added five apiece in the win.
McVeytown was led defensively by Bordell’s five stops.
Terrace 6 – Derry-Decatur 2
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Behind a balanced attack and three scores in each half, the Terrace Tigers rolled to a 6-2 victory on Sunday afternoon over visiting Derry-Decatur.
Terrace tallied two scores in the first and third quarters and added a touchdown in the second and fourth quarters to roll to its first victory of the year.
Pee Wees
Burnham 18 – Juniata 6
PORT ROYAL, Pa. – Ricky Jenkins rushed for 150 yards and scored twice to lead the visiting Burnham Bulldogs to an 18-6 victory over the Juniata Little Indians.
After an early feeling out period for both teams, Jenkins got the scoring started on a 20-yard touchdown run with 3:54 to play in the first quarter to put Burnham out in front by a 6-0 score.
Burnham’s defense held true on Juniata’s ensuing possession before Jenkins extended the lead in the closing seconds of the first. Jenkins burst 60 yards to paydirt with 18 ticks to play in the first as the Bulldogs took a 12-0 lead to the second frame.
The game turned into a defensive slugfest in the second quarter with both squads holding the opponent off the scoreboard, but it was Burnham owning a 12-0 halftime lead.
With 10:10 to play in the third, Burnham added to its lead when Michael Vodopija punched it in on a carry from two yards out to build the Bulldogs’ lead to 18-0 which is where the game would stand after three quarters of play.
Juniata wouldn’t go down without a fight. Reid Delancy picked a pass off at the beginning of the fourth quarter to spark the Little Indians. Cooper Snyder responded with a 64-yard touchdown run to cut the Burnham lead to 18-6.
Both defenses held true over the remaining nine and change as Burnham rode away with an 18-6 victory.
Derry-Decatur 20 – Terrace 7
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – The Terrace Tigers returned the opening kickoff for a score, but Brady Kahley took care of the rest for Derry-Decatur as the Cyclones used a stout defense and solid offensive line play to earn a 20-7 victory over the visiting Tigers.
Terrace’s kick return to open the game was the lone score of the first quarter as the visitors owned a 7-0 lead after the opening frame.
Kahley responded with his first score of the day to tie the contest at 7-7 at the intermission.
Out of the intermission, Kahley took over, scoring twice in the third quarter to push the Derry-Decatur advantage to 20-7.
Following the third-quarter onslaught, the Derry-Decatur defense held true in the fourth quarter to push the Cyclones to their first victory of the season by a 20-7 tally.
Kish 14 – McVeytown 0
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – In an early season rematch of last season’s Pee Wee Championship, the visiting Kish Indians defended their league championship with a hard-fought 14-0 victory over the McVeytown Eagles.
Both teams came out in a defense-minded mode and held their opponent off the board as the game remained scoreless after the first quarter of play.
After a late-quarter defensive hold, Kish responded on the offensive end with a methodical drive to take the lead. Julian Altiery found the end zone in the second quarter to put Kish ahead by a 6-0 tally. A penalty negated the extra-point attempt as the game remained at a 6-0 Kish advantage.
McVeytown advanced to inside the Kish 25 in the waning moments of the half, but the Eagles ran out of clock as the Indians owned a 6-0 halftime lead.
Out of the halftime break, both defenses dug in and a scoreless third quarter followed.
Midway through the fourth quarter, after another key 4th-down defensive hold, Kish marched downfield on McVeytown. Duke Peachey took the snap on third and long, and scuooted around the left side of the defense for a long touchdown run to give Kish the 12-0 lead. Peachey connected with Jase Atherton on the two-point conversion to give the visitors a 14-0 lead.
McVeytown looked to respond on the ensuing drive but Jasper Snook had other ideas as the youngster picked off a Calvin Napikoski pass to seal the deal and help hand Kish a 14-0 victory in a battle of the unbeatens.
Midgets
McVeytown 35 – Kish 12
MCVEYTOWN, Pa. – Four different players scored as the McVeytown Eagles displayed a versatile offensive attack in a 35-12 victory over the visiting Kish Indians.
Rocky Johnson opened the scoring with a five-yard touchdown carry in the first quarter to put the Eagles up by a 6-0 tally. Bratton connected with Treyson Yohn on the two-point conversion to put McVeytown up 8-0 after a quarter of play.
Midway through the second quarter, Blake Specht scampered to the endzone on a three-yard carry to extend the McVeytown lead to 15-0. Bentley Felmlee scored the first of his two touchdowns on the day with a 30-yard burst to round out the first-half scoring for the Eagles and send the hosts to a 21-0 halftime lead.
Kish used a pair of special teams plays to chip into the McVeytown lead in the third. Brody Hower and Clayton Fultz each returned kickoffs for scores in the third to get the visiting Indians on the scoreboard while Felmlee added his second score of the day on a 20-yard run to push McVeytown advantage to 28-12.
Bratton added the finishing touches for the Eagles with a quarterback keeper for a score in the fourth quarter to propel McVeytown to a 35-12 victory.
Felmlee led the way for McVeytown with eight tackles, while Brayden Hess added five stops and an interception for the Eagles defense.
Terrace 46 – Derry-Decatur 26
JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Ryker Herrington scored twice on offense and twice on defense to lead the host Terrace Tigers to their second win of the season by a 46-26 tally over visiting Derry-Decatur.
Derry-Decatur took the early lead, but Terrace soon took control and lede by a 28-14 tally after the opening stanza en route to the victory.
Herrington scored with a rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown, strip sack for a score and a pick six 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