MILLERSBURG — Anthony Snyder scored two touchdowns and Tri-Valley scored the game’s final 12 points to pull away to a 31-14 season-opening victory over Millersburg in a Tri-Valley League game Friday.
Snyder scored on runs of 29 and 10 yards after Tri-Valley had tallied touchdowns on Deven Schwalm’s 20-yard fumble return and Jaden Buchanan’s 20-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Harter.
Millersburg scored the opening touchdown of the fourth period on the second scoring toss by quarterback Christian Wingard, but Tri-Valley’s Danny Scheib and Snyder scored consecutive touchdowns to enable the Bulldogs to pull away.
Tri-Valley 13 0 6 12 — 31
Millersburg 0 7 0 7 — 14
TV — Schwalm 20 fumble return (run failed)
TV — Buchanan 15 pass from Harner (Bixler kick)
M — Burger 7 pass from Wingard (Wingard kick)
TV — Snyder 29 run (pass failed)
M — Troutman 13 pass from Wingard (Wingard kick)
TV — Scheib 17 run (pass failed)
TV — Snyder 10 run (kick blocked)
TV Millers
First Downs 11 14
Rushes-Yards 41-211 30-94
Passes 1-12-0 11-26-2
Passing Yards 15 153
Total Yards 226 247
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties 12-105 4-35
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Tri-Valley — Snyder 18-104, Lucas 16-53, Scheib 3-43, Harner 3-13, Schaffer 1-(-2). Millersburg — Wingard 12-45, Keim 5-40, Lehman 4-21, Shomper 6-3, Hahn 1-(-17).
PASSING: Tri-Valley — Harner 1-12-0, 15;. Millersburg — Wingard 11-26-2, 153.
RECEIVING: Tri-Valley — Buchanan 1-15. Millersburg — Hessen 4-78, Burger 3-33, Shomper 2-13, Keim 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS: Tri-Valley — Buchanan, Harner.
Shamokin 7
Line Mountain 0
COAL TOWNSHIP — Tucker Yost, the Indians’ senior quarterback, scored the game’s only touchdown early in the second quarter, going untouched on a 57-yard option keeper for what proved to be the winning points in a victory over Line Mountain.
The win snapped a 14-game losing streak that dated back to the middle of the 2012 season.
The victory was also the first for head coach Pat DiRienzo in his first game as the Indians’ head man.
Line Mtn 0 0 0 0 — 0
Shamokin 0 7 0 0 — 7
S — Yost 57 run (Washuta kick)
LM S
First Downs 6 16
Rushes-Yards 30-60 33-188
Passes 9-24-0 9-19-1
Passing Yards 94 72
Total Yards 154 260
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties 1-5 10-87
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Line Mountain — Reichard 2-21, Hojnacki 10-20, Boyer 6-1, Reed 10-1, Rebuck 2-(-1). Shamokin — Yost 14-155, Demsko 18-34, Pietkiewicz 1-(-1), Burns 5-(-3).
PASSING: Line Mountain — Reed 8-23-0, 88, Reichard 1-1-0, 6. Shamokin — Yost 9-19-1, 72.
RECEIVING: Line Mountain — Michael 3-17, Snyder 3-14, Gaw 1-48, Bobb 1-11, Boyer 1-2. Shamokin — Mirolli 3-26, Campbell 2-23, Burns 2-2, Henz 1-12, Demsko 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS: Line Mountain —Bobb.
New Hope-Solebury 45
Nativity 21
NEW HOPE — Jeff Yordy caught seven passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns for Nativity, but New Hope-Solebury scored 26 points in the second period and beat the Green Wave in Nativity’s opener.
The winners’ Brendan Shadle rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns.
Nativity 0 14 0 7 — 21
NHS 7 26 6 6 — 45
NHS — Mannino 8 run (Skoroda kick)
NHS — Mannino 5 run (Skoroda kick)
N — Yordy 32 pass from Piccioni (Hoppel kick)
NHS — Ratigan 59 pass from Garritano (Skoroda kick)
N — Yordy 16 pass from Piccioni (Hoppel kick)
NHS — Shadle 12 run (kick failed)
NHS — Shadle 60 run (kick failed)
NHS — Shadle 5 run (kick failed)
NHS — Abernethy 30 run (kick failed)
N — Yordy 12 pass from Piccioni (Hoppel kick)
N NHS
First Downs 10 17
Rushes-Yards 16-40 24-298
Passes 11-30-1 4-11-0
Passing Yards 194 107
Total Yards 234 405
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties 7-67 8-95
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Nativity — Piccioni 8-18, Yordy 2-17, DiNicola 3-10, Matharu 1-1, McDonald 2-(-6). New Hope Solebury — Shadle 15-209, Mannino 4-33, Abernethy 3-30, Garritano 2-26.
PASSING: Nativity — Piccioni 11-30-1, 194. New Hope-Solebury — Garritano 4-11-0, 107.
RECEIVING: Nativity — Yordy 7-135, DiNicola 3-44, Moser 1-14, Matharu 1-5. New Hope-Solebury — Shadle 2-24, Ratigan 1-59, Coburn 1-12, Hildebrandt 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS: Not available.
Camp Hill 50
Upper Dauphin 27
ELIZABETHVILLE — Cole Reed rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns, but Upper Dauphin surrendered 43 points in the first half and lost to visiting Camp Hill in both teams’ opener.
Reed scored on runs of 1, 10 and 2 yards for the Trojans. Tanner Miller added a 62-yard touchdown reception for Upper Dauphin, which scored the game’s final 20 points.
Camp Hill gained three touchdowns, including a 46-yard interception return from Michael Hope. Quarterback Michael Hoak Shuster tossed four touchdown passes, two to Hope.
Camp Hill 20 33 7 0 — 50
UDA 0 7 7 13 — 27
CH — Williams 71 punt return (Gallaher kick)
CH — Remig 1 pass from Shuster (Gallaher kick)
CH — Franklin 10 pass from Shuster (Gallaher kick)
CH — Hope 29 pass from Shuster (Gallaher kick)
CH — Hope 46 interception return (kick failed)
UD — Reed 1 run (Miller kick)
CH — FG Gallaher 27
CH — Hope 43 pass from Shuster (Gallaher kick)
CH — Shuster 9 run (Gallaher kick)
UD — Reed 10 run (Miller kick)
UD — Reed 2 run (Miller kick)
UD — Miller 62 pass from Cleveland (Kick failed)
CH UD
First Downs 15 12
Rushes-Yards 20-79 35-205
Passes 13-23-0 2-7-2
Passing Yards 237 61
Total Yards 316 266
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties 1-10 3-15
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Camp Hill — Williams 7-43, Hope 2-25, Remig 2-24, Shuster 1-9, Guyer 4-(-4), Perry 1-(-4), Team 1-(-6), Gallaher 1-(-8). Upper Dauphin — Reed 14-118, Lenker 3-35, Fornwald 10-29, Cleveland 7-18, Miller 1-5.
PASSING: Camp Hill — Shuster 13-19-0, 237; Buffington 0-4-0, 0. Upper Dauphin — Cleveland 2-6-1, 62; Lenker 0-1-1, 0.
RECEIVING: Camp Hill — Hope 3-79, Vallati 2-68, Kuntz 2-36, Franklin 2-20, Williams 2-18, Remig 2-16. Upper Dauphin — Miller 1-62, Fornwald 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS: Camp Hill — Hope 2. Upper Dauphin — None.
ELCO 46
Hamburg 12
MYERSTOWN — Quarterback Nick Kuhn threw for 230 yards and a touchdown, but ELCO outscored Hamburg 28-6 in the second half to win.
Kuhn capped the game with a 27-yard touchdown toss to Andrew Payne. In the second period, Tyler Herber ran in for a touchdown for the Hawks.
Jeff Martin threw two touchdown passes and Travis Zimmerman ran for two touchdowns for ELCO.
Hamburg 3 7 0 6 — 16
ELCO 7 7 14 14 — 42
E — Stoops 7 pass from Martin (Miller kick)
H — FG Nelson 36
E — Miller 30 pass from Martin (Miller kick)
H — Herber 1 run (Nelson kick)
E — Horst 9 run (Miller kick)
E — Rolon 32 interception return (Miller kick)
E — Zimmerman 1 run (Miller kick)
E — Zimmerman 1 run (Miller kick)
H — Payne 27 pass from Kuhn
H E
First Downs 14 19
Rushes-Yards 27-57 35-173
Passes 13-24-2 12-17-1
Passing Yards 230 174
Total Yards 287 347
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0
Penalties 5-55 7-60
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Hamburg — Ruiz 11-32, McAllister 6-22, Kuhn 9-2, Herber 1-1. ELCO — Zimmerman 29-148, Horst 3-19, Martin 3-6.
PASSING: Hamburg — Kuhn 13-24-2, 230. ELCO — Martin 12-17-1, 174.
RECEIVING: Hamburg — Henne 5-71, Payne 2-54, Nelson 3-39, Herber 2-30, Ruiz 1-20, Miller 1-16. ELCO — Miller 4-80, Stoop 2-25, Zimmerman 2-23, Rolon 1-20, Yoders 1-20, Brown 2-8.
INTERCEPTIONS: Hamburg — Not available. ELCO — Rolon, not available.