Mountain League - Week 4
Posted: September 12th, 2018, 8:29 pm
Last Week 3-2 (Overall 13-4)
Tyrone (3-0) @ Philipsburg-Osceola (0-3)...With a win this week the Golden Eagles will have topped last years win total and will likely set up a match up of undefeateds next week as they head to Bald Eagle to take on Bellefonte. Tyrone will not get caught looking ahead by the Mounties. Tyrone 42 P-O 6
Bellefonte (3-0) @ Central Mountain (0-3)...Like Tyrone, the Red Raiders face a winless team leading up to their big match up next weekend. Through 3 games the Wildcats of Central Mountain are giving up 51 ppg while Bellefonte has given up 7 ppg. The Red Raider defense is led by senior DE Caleb Rockey, who based on MaxPreps stats, currently leads the state with 11 sacks. Bellefonte 41 Central Mountain 7
Bishop Carroll (1-2) @ Bald Eagle Area (3-0)...BEA heads into week 4 averaging 48 ppg during their 3-0 start. Last year the Eagles started 3-0 before losing 7 of their last 8 games. While I believe the Huskies will prove to give BEA more of a test defensively I think they still get to 4-0. The question will be what happens next as the Eagles next 6 games (@Central, Tyrone, @Hunt, Clearfield, @Jersey Shore, @Bellefonte) will surely be the determining factor of whether this team gets a playoff berth in a tough 3A field for the 2nd year in a row. Bald Eagle Area 33 Bishop Carroll 14
Penns Valley (1-2) @ Central (1-2)...I almost made this my game of the week selection as I think this could be the closest of the 5 games. Last week the Dragons looked to be going into the half 14-7 @ Clearfield but the Bison scored 14 points in the last 5 seconds of the half and it was all downhill from there. Central hasn't been able to get their offense on track the last 2 weeks and will look to do so against a PV team that is giving up 37 ppg. While the Rams defense has been allowing a lot of points their offense has been doing their part to keep up at the tune of 40 ppg thus far. While Clearfield QB Isaac Rumery gets all the press the Rams junior QB Aaron Tobias has put up 260 passing yards per game to go along with 10 TDs and only 2 INTs. The key for the Dragons will be stopping senior tailback Ryan Ripka who leads the team in rushing (271/4tds), receiving (16/219/4tds) and also has 2 kick return TDs. Central 27 Penns Valley 20
Game Of The Week
Clearfield (3-0) @ Huntingdon (1-2)...Much like the Dragons the Bearcats come into this one riding a 2 game losing streak and in need of a win to keep playoff hopes alive. Huntingdon has dropped two close ones at home each of the last weeks losing 10-0 to a very good Bellefonte team and 26-21 to 4A Susquehanna Township last week. I'm not 100% sure of the status of this game and field conditions considering just 1 day ago the home of the Bearcats was completely under water. Maybe the sloppy field conditions will help slow down the explosive Bison offense that is averaging 42 ppg thus far. QB Isaac Rumery is as advertised and Jake Lezzer is one of the best WR in the area as only a sophomore. The Bearcats need to find a way to improve on their 57 rushing yards per game. Clearfield 35 Huntingdon 14
Tyrone (3-0) @ Philipsburg-Osceola (0-3)...With a win this week the Golden Eagles will have topped last years win total and will likely set up a match up of undefeateds next week as they head to Bald Eagle to take on Bellefonte. Tyrone will not get caught looking ahead by the Mounties. Tyrone 42 P-O 6
Bellefonte (3-0) @ Central Mountain (0-3)...Like Tyrone, the Red Raiders face a winless team leading up to their big match up next weekend. Through 3 games the Wildcats of Central Mountain are giving up 51 ppg while Bellefonte has given up 7 ppg. The Red Raider defense is led by senior DE Caleb Rockey, who based on MaxPreps stats, currently leads the state with 11 sacks. Bellefonte 41 Central Mountain 7
Bishop Carroll (1-2) @ Bald Eagle Area (3-0)...BEA heads into week 4 averaging 48 ppg during their 3-0 start. Last year the Eagles started 3-0 before losing 7 of their last 8 games. While I believe the Huskies will prove to give BEA more of a test defensively I think they still get to 4-0. The question will be what happens next as the Eagles next 6 games (@Central, Tyrone, @Hunt, Clearfield, @Jersey Shore, @Bellefonte) will surely be the determining factor of whether this team gets a playoff berth in a tough 3A field for the 2nd year in a row. Bald Eagle Area 33 Bishop Carroll 14
Penns Valley (1-2) @ Central (1-2)...I almost made this my game of the week selection as I think this could be the closest of the 5 games. Last week the Dragons looked to be going into the half 14-7 @ Clearfield but the Bison scored 14 points in the last 5 seconds of the half and it was all downhill from there. Central hasn't been able to get their offense on track the last 2 weeks and will look to do so against a PV team that is giving up 37 ppg. While the Rams defense has been allowing a lot of points their offense has been doing their part to keep up at the tune of 40 ppg thus far. While Clearfield QB Isaac Rumery gets all the press the Rams junior QB Aaron Tobias has put up 260 passing yards per game to go along with 10 TDs and only 2 INTs. The key for the Dragons will be stopping senior tailback Ryan Ripka who leads the team in rushing (271/4tds), receiving (16/219/4tds) and also has 2 kick return TDs. Central 27 Penns Valley 20
Game Of The Week
Clearfield (3-0) @ Huntingdon (1-2)...Much like the Dragons the Bearcats come into this one riding a 2 game losing streak and in need of a win to keep playoff hopes alive. Huntingdon has dropped two close ones at home each of the last weeks losing 10-0 to a very good Bellefonte team and 26-21 to 4A Susquehanna Township last week. I'm not 100% sure of the status of this game and field conditions considering just 1 day ago the home of the Bearcats was completely under water. Maybe the sloppy field conditions will help slow down the explosive Bison offense that is averaging 42 ppg thus far. QB Isaac Rumery is as advertised and Jake Lezzer is one of the best WR in the area as only a sophomore. The Bearcats need to find a way to improve on their 57 rushing yards per game. Clearfield 35 Huntingdon 14