BEAVER SPRINGS — Jaden Buchanan ran for one touchdown and passed for another to lead Tri-Valley to a 23-14 Tri-Valley League victory over East Juniata on Friday night.
The Bulldogs’ victory sets up a showdown between Tri-Valley and Newport for the Tri-Valley League championship next week at Hegins.
While Tri-Valley is 7-0 in league play, Newport also remained unbeaten in the league with a 63-14 win over Halifax on Friday.
Against East Juniata, the Bulldogs trailed 14-9 when Ashton Buchanan took a 52-yard touchdown pass from Jaden Buchanan in the third period to put the Bulldogs ahead 16-14.
Chase Schaeffer, who had 90 yards rushing in the game, then scored the fourth period’s only touchdown for Tri-Valley.
Jaden Buchanan also ran 1 yard for a Tri-Valley touchdown in the opening period.
Chris Schulgen threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Mason Hambright for East Juniata.
T-V (8-1, 7-0) 0 6 10 7 — 23
EJ (2-7, 1-6) 0 7 7 0 — 14
TV — J. Buchanan 1 run (kick failed)
EJ — Zerby 1 run (Sheaffer kick)
TV — FG McNally 29
EJ — Hambright 49 pass from Schulgen (Sheaffer kick)
TV — A. Buchanan 52 pass from J. Buchanan (Snyder kick)
TV — Schaeffer 36 run (Snyder kick)
TV EJ
First Downs 15 9
Rushes-Yards 42-238 36-95
Passes 4-6-1 3-8-0
Passing Yards 87 59
Total Yards 325 154
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Penalties 7-55 2-15
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Tri-Valley — Schaeffer 13-90, J. Buchanan 10-57, Lucas 10-50, Schwalm 9-41. East Juniata — Schulgen 15-50, Hambright 11-31, Zerby 9-17, Pulsey 1-(-3).
PASSING: Tri-Valley — J. Buchanan 4-6-0, 87. East Juniata — Schulgen 3-8-0, 59.
RECEIVING: Tri-Valley — Schaeffer 3-35, A. Buchanan 1-52. East Juniata — Hambright 2-54, Minium 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: East Juniata — Hambright.
Bucktail 16
Nativity 13
FARWELL — Marcus Renninger rushed for 63 yards and a 5-yard touchdown, but the Green Wave dropped an All-American Football Conference game to the Bucks.
Bucktail’s Josh Marr returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, but Nativity’s Stephen Elberfeld answered by returning the Bucks’ kick 87 yards for a score.
The game remained tied until just before halftime, when Bucktail’s Brice Cannon kicked a 27-yard field goal. The Bucks then used a fourth-quarter touchdown run by Mike Casper to pull away.
Nat (2-7) 6 0 0 7 — 13
Buck (3-5) 6 3 0 7 — 16
Buck — Marr 80 kickoff return (kick failed)
Nat — Elberfeld 87 kickoff return (kick failed)
Buck — FG Br. Cannon 27
Buck — Casper 33 run (Br. Cannon kick)
Nat — Renninger 5 run (Devers kick)
Nat Buck
Rushes-Yards 31-103 41-163
Passes 4-10-0 2-5-0
Passing Yards 38 15
Total Yards 141 178
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Nativity — Renninger 14-63, McDonald 12-39, Steffan 2-8, Schreffler 1-2, Devers 1-1, Yourey 1-0. Bucktail — Casper 14-64, Intallura 14-63, Riggle 4-17, Bl. Cannon 8-13, Br. Cannon 1-6.
PASSING: Nativity — McDonald 4-10-0, 38. Bucktail — Casper 2-5-0, 15.
RECEIVING: Nativity — Burke 3-28, Steffan 1-10. Bucktail — Knauff 1-10, Bl. Cannon 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: None.
Millersburg 35
Upper Dauphin 14
MILLERSBURG — Christian Wingard threw three touchdown passes to lead the Indians past the Trojans in a Tri-Valley League contest.
Tylor Erdman scored two touchdowns for Millersburg on runs of 33 and 60 yards and finished with 180 yards rushing.
UDA (3-6, 2-5) 7 7 0 0 — 14
Mil. (5-4, 5-3) 14 7 0 14 — 35
Mil — Grexon 39 pass from Wingard (Wingard kick)
UDA — Bordner 99 kick return (Uhler kick)
Mil — Henson 30 pass from Wingard (Wingard kick)
Mil — Hesen 17 pass from Wingard (Wingard kick)
UDA — Barge 7 pass from Cleveland (Uhler kick)
Mil — Erdman 33 run (Wingard kick)
Mil — Erdman 60 run (Wingard kick)
UDA Mil
First Downs 11 19
Rushes-Yards 28-69 42-268
Passes 8-20-1 7-15-0
Passing Yards 136 119
Total Yards 205 387
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties 6-36 7-57
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Upper Dauphin — Cleveland 20-61, Lenker 5-7, Boyer 1-1, Gelnett 1-0. Millersburg — Erdman 18-180, Shomper 7-54, Lehman 7-18, Wingard 10-16.
PASSING: Upper Dauphin — Cleveland 8-19-1, 136; Team 0-1-0, 0. Millersburg — Wingard 7-15-0, 119.
RECEIVING: Upper Dauphin — Gelnett 3-66, Wiest 3-41, Cope 1-17, Barge 1-7, Lenker 1-5. Millersburg — Hesen 3-51, Grexon 1-39, Shomper 2-22, Erdman 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS: Millersburg — Wingard.
Pequea Valley 27
Hamburg 21
KINZERS — Jordan Lapp completed 15-of-17 passing for 172 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Braves downed the Hawks in a non-league game.
Ignacio Reynoso ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns for Hamburg, while Nick Kuhn passed for 67 yards and ran for a score.
Ham. (4-5) 7 0 7 7 — 21
PV (5-4) 6 8 0 13 — 27
Hm — Reynoso 2 run (Nelson kick)
PV — Lapp 15 run (kick failed)
PV — Stoltzfus 22 pass from Lapp (Lapp run)
PV — Fisher 1 run (Doutrich kick)
Hm — N. Kuhn 1 run (Nelson kick)
Hm — Reynoso 7 run (Nelson kick)
PV — Lapp 7 run (kick failed)
Ham PV
First Downs 14 17
Rushes-Yards 40-221 38-176
Passes 6-8-1 15-17-0
Passing Yards 67 172
Total Yards 288 380
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties 4-30 2-20
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Hamburg — Reynoso 19-100, McAllister 6-65, Ruiz 7-38, N. Kuhn 7-14, Nelson 1-4. Pequea Valley — Allgyer 17-51, Broomell 1-44, Lapp 7-35, Stoltzfus 7-29, Fisher 6-17.
PASSING: Hamburg — N. Kuhn 6-8-1, 67. Pequea Valley — Lapp 15-17-0, 172.
RECEIVING: Hamburg — Reynoso 3-40, Nelson 2-13, Vazquez 1-14. Pequea Valley — Stoltzfus 8-99, Mullen 2-30, Allgyer 2-20, Fisher 2-12, Hooper 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS: Pequea Valley — Kovalick.
Mifflinburg 27
Shamokin 13
COAL TOWNSHIP — Shamokin’s chances for a District 4 Class AAA playoff berth took a hit when the Indians committed six turnovers and lost to Mifflinburg in a Heartland Athletic Conference Division I game.
Mifflinburg junior running back Brayden Pierce set a career high with 251 yards rushing on 29 carries, including touchdown runs of 61 and 70 yards.
Shamokin gained touchdowns from Preston Burns, who ran 1 yard, and Wes Shurock, who ran 2 yards.
Miff (3-6) 7 6 7 7 — 27
Sham (2-7) 0 6 7 0 — 13
Miff — Pierce 61 run (Oliver kick)
Miff — FG Oliver 32
Miff — FG Oliver 35
Sham — Burns 1 run (kick blocked)
Sham — Shurock 2 run (Washuta kick)
Miff — Pierce 70 run (Oliver kick)
Miff — Sheesley 32 run (Oliver kick)
Miff Sham
First Downs 10 17
Rushes-Yards 41-322 50-235
Passes 4-11-0 7-12-3
Passing Yards 23 72
Total Yards 345 307
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-3
Penalties 5-28 4-30
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Mifflinburg — Pierce 29-251, Sheesley 6-52, Martin 4-19, Foster 1-0. Shamokin — Burns 26-137, Shurock 15-50, Pietkiewicz 8-46, Ty Berge 1-2.
PASSING: Mifflinburg — Foster 4-11-0, 23. Shamokin — Shurock 7-12-3, 72.
RECEIVING: Mifflinburg — Martin 2-11, Laubach 1-8, Zimmerman 1-4. Shamokin — Campbell 2-42, Berge 2-1, Pietkiewicz 1-18.
INTERCEPTIONS: Mifflinburg — Not available.