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What: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Thompson Street StadiumLast meeting: Jersey Shore won, 16-10, during 2014 regular seasonRadio: Eagle 107.3-FM, 6 p.m.SELINSGROVE SEALS (8-3)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Colin Hoke 5-11 175 Z Jr.77 Andrew Boob 6-0 221 RT Sr.72 Ryan Hoke 5-10 211 RG Jr.54 Brandon Hoover 5-11 190 C Sr.79 Dalon Maxwell 6-3 323 LG Sr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 239 LT Jr.80 Dylan Beaver 6-2 220 TE Sr.18 Logan Leiby 5-11 174 QB Fr.25 Zach Adams 6-0 190 FB Sr. 1 Juvon Batts 5-10 173 HB Jr.16 Angel Figueroa 6-1 179 X Sr.22 Joe Radel 5-10 175 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr77 Andrew Boob 6-0 221 DT Sr. 61 Christian Muniz 5-11 196 NG Jr.51 Tony Dressler 6-1 238 DT Fr. 9 Ethan Trautman 5-10 170 OLB Jr.59 Jack Gaugler 6-0 239 ILB Jr.54 Brandon Hoover 5-11 190 ILB Sr.21 Nate Bingaman 6-0 185 ILB Sr. 5 David Klinger 5-9 180 OLB Jr.23 Garrett Campbell 5-11 172 CB So.12 Isaiah Rapp 5-11 180 S Sr.25 Zach Adams 6-0 190 CB Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultCentral Columbia W, 43-6at Mount Carmel W, 61-6at Shikellamy W, 27-7Shamokin W, 49-0Berwick L, 22-21at Mifflinburg W, 42-7Montoursville W, 35-0at Jersey Shore L, 16-10Milton W, 42-12at Southern Columbia L, 28-21District 4 Class AAA semifinalsShikellamy W, 31-17Championship at Jersey Shore FridayJERSEY SHORE BULLDOGS (11-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr25 Derek Leese 6-2 167 WR Sr.75 Issac Stetts 6-1 210 T Jr.66 Jacob Huling 6-0 225 G Sr.71 Noah Paulhamus 6-1 195 C Sr.78 Tim Wool 6-1 240 G Sr.61 Cam Boughter 6-3 235 T Jr.43 Dominic Loffredo 6-0 190 TE Sr. 3 Logan English 6-1 195 QB Sr.31 Bryce Charles 6-0 235 FB Jr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 178 TB Jr.21 Brody Smith 6-1 171 WR Sr. 9 Colby Koch 6-1 185 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr43 Dominic Loffredo 6-0 190 DE Sr.62 Lane Reighard 6-0 240 DT Jr.31 Bryce Charles 6-0 235 NT Jr.61 Cam Boughter 6-3 230 DT Jr.40 Zach Miller 6-0 205 DE Sr.24 Levi Lorson 5-9 178 LB Jr.29 Chris Bashaw 5-8 160 LB Sr.25 Derek Leese 6-2 167 CB Sr. 7 Travis Bradley 6-0 185 S Jr.33 Boone Costa 5-8 160 S Sr.21 Brody Smith 6-1 171 CB Sr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultBellefonte W, 31-7at Shikellamy W, 27-7at Athens W, 23-0Montoursville W, 27-21Mifflinburg W, 41-6at Shamokin W, 36-14at Milton W, 47-0Selinsgrove W, 16-10Bald Eagle Area W, 33-0Central Mountain W, 56-13District 4 Class AAA semifinalsShamokin W, 37-0Championship gameSelinsgrove Friday

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

JERSEY SHORE — Se-linsgrove has made its bones in District Class AAA over the past 15 years on the strength of its 3-5 defense and the chaos its variety of stunts and blitzes creates.

Friday night in the District Class AAA championship game, the Seals will face a team that has a defense that has been in a league of its own in 2014.

The Jersey Shore defense deserves a nickname for its performance like the Steel Curtain and Purple People Eaters of the 70s.

Let’s call them the Thompson Street Terror.

The Bulldogs have scored 10 touchdowns on the de-fensive side of the ball, but maybe the next numbers are even more startling. Jersey Shore has 36.5 sacks this season and 74 tackles for a loss.

It’s been the Bulldogs de-fensive line that has keyed the charge, especially the defensive ends, seniors Zach Miller and Dominic Lof-fredo and nose guard Bryce Charles. Loffredo leads the team with 68 tackles and 14 sacks, while Miller has 62 tackles and 10.5 sacks. Charles’ numbers are as-tounding from his spot in the middle of the defense. He’s second on the team in tackles with 66, including 28 tackles for a loss.

“Their defensive ends are both very good football players. They are good ath-letes,” Selinsgrove coach Dave Hess said. “The nose guard really plays through the line of scrimmage. They like to put everybody in the box and take away the run.”

That of course will put the pressure on the Seals’ freshman quarterback, Lo-gan Leiby. However, Leiby certainly has developed enough experience early

in his career. His first start came against Berwick, plus he started games on the road against the Bulldogs and Southern Columbia.

“We have to respond in the passing game, but Lo-gan has really been through the wars,” Hess said. “He’s played in that environment and it’s going to be a whole different type of atmosphere (on Friday night).”

The Bulldogs will be go-ing for their second con-secutive District 4 Class AAA championship and their third in school history. Jersey Shore has won 14 of its last 15 games, includ-ing the school’s first-ever two-game winning streak over the Seals. Jersey Shore completed its first unde-feated regular season since 1949 and set the school re-cord for wins in last week’s semifinal victory over Shamokin.

One would think there would be some serious pres-sure on the Bulldogs, but coach Tom Gravish says his team will be ready for it.

“I have a lot of faith in our team. I don’t think they’ll be too emotional for the game,” Gravish said.

Jersey Shore’s offense can’t be discounted either, as the Bulldogs are as bal-anced as any team in Dis-trict 4. The quick-tempo Bulldogs average nearly 61 plays per game. Junior running back Levi Lorson has carried the ball 327 times for 1,728 yards and 11 touchdowns, while senior quarterback Logan English has completed 56 percent of his passes for 1,320 yards and 19 touchdowns.

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strength on offense is their running game, but Selins-grove is banged up in that area. Junior halfback Ju-von Batts carried the ball just five times in last week’s win over Shikellamy in the semifinals. Batts leads the team with 1,072 yards and 15 touchdowns. Senior full-back Zach Adams is play-ing with a cast on his right hand, but still carried the ball 18 times against the Braves. Adams has rushed for 705 yards and 14 scores and leads the Seals with 19 catches for 325 yards and five scores.

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When: Friday, 7 p.m.Where: Tigers StadiumLast meeting: Southern Columbia won 42-7 in 2011Radio: ESPN 92.3-FM, 6 p.m.; WHLM-AM, 930, FM 94.7, 104.3, 105.5, 6:30 p.m.; WGRC-FM, 92.3 and 91.3, 6:30 p.m.; Internet: blackdiamondsports.netMONTOURSVILLE WARRIORS (7-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Cole Karschner 6-3 168 WR Jr.77 Ben Cerney 5-11 225 LT Jr.67 Bryce Berresford 5-11 231 LG Jr.55 Mike Signor 5-10 231 C Sr.79 Caleb Frantz 5-11 225 RG Jr.74 Logan Vargo 6-1 215 RT Jr.82 Nick Christ 6-2 235 TE Sr.11 Brycen Mussina 6-2 170 QB So.44 Kyle Lynch 5-8 181 FB Sr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-8 155 HB Jr. 1 Curtis Miller 5-10 175 SB Sr. 5 Nick Russo 5-8 165 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr10 Wyatt Entz 6-2 225 DE Sr.55 Mike Signor 5-10 231 NT Sr.61 Holden Lodge 5-10 198 DE Jr.77 Ben Cerney 5-11 225 LB Jr.44 Kyle Lynch 5-8 181 LB Sr.28 Garrett Hoffman 6-1 190 LB Jr.45 Logan McKeag 5-8 163 LB Jr. 3 Jacob Strasser 5-10 160 CB Jr.22 Keith Batkowski 5-8 155 S Jr.30 Nolan Ott 5-10 162 S So. 2 Andy Biber 5-10 160 CB Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat S.Williamsport W, 38-36Lewisburg L, 19-10Mifflinburg W, 48-41at Jersey Shore L, 27-21 OTShikellamy L, 20-18at Milton W, 49-0at Selinsgrove L, 35-0Shamokin W, 55-15at Hughesville W, 38-3Loyalsock W, 38-27District 4 Class AA quarterfinalsQuarterfinalsat Lewisburg W, 31-6Semfinalsat Southern Columbia FridaySOUTHERN COLUMBIA TIGERS (11-0)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 1 Cameron Young 5-6 130 SE So.76 Aaron Kroh 6-2 330 LT Jr.65 Charles Wertman 5-7 220 LG Sr.70 Trent Donlan 5-10 250 C Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 260 RG Jr.78 Grayson Belles 6-0 255 RT Sr.15 Gabe Delbo 5-9 165 TE Sr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 205 QB Jr.44 Matt Jeremiah 5-11 190 FB Sr. 5 Brad Noll 5-10 165 TB Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-9 170 TB Jr.16 Billy Barnes 5-9 165 HB Sr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 180 HB Jr.13 Tyler Keiser 5-11 165 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Chase Tillett 6-0 220 DE Jr.70 Trent Donlan 5-10 250 DT Sr.79 Josh Yoder 6-2 260 DT Jr.75 Jason Vought 5-11 225 DE Sr.28 Billy Marzeski 5-9 170 OLB Jr.16 Billy Barnes 5-9 165 ILB Sr.42 Matt Bell 6-1 185 ILB Jr.32 Jacob Potter 5-9 165 OLB Jr. 1 Cameron Young 5-6 130 CB Sr.31 Steve Toczylousky 6-2 180 S Jr.20 Mike Klebon 6-0 170 CB Sr.14 Nick Becker 6-3 205 P Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Mifflinburg W, 40-14Bloomsburg W, 47-0Shamokin W, 52-14at Danville W, 46-0at Central Columbia W, 42-21at Mount Carmel W, 55-13at Warrior Run W, 57-0Lewisburg W, 31-14Central Mountain W, 55-13Selinsgrove W, 28-21District 4 Class AA quarterfinalsHughesville W, 35-13SemifinalMontoursville Friday

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

CATAWISSA — Brycen Mussina scanned the field Saturday night at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Sta-dium and quietly but em-phatically put to rest the final question mark sur-rounding the Montoursville football team heading into this week’s District 4 Class AA semifinal matchup with top-seed and undefeated Southern Columbia.

The Warriors had all the makings of a great team: outstanding line play on both sides of the ball and good special teams. But the one question mark entering the 2014 season was Muss-ina, a sophomore in his first season as a starter.

The youngster struggled early in the season, mixing the brilliant with the per-formances like a two-inter-ception game in the loss to Lewisburg earlier this sea-son, but since a 35-0 loss to Selinsgrove, Mussina has been nothing short of spec-tacular.

He hasn’t thrown an inter-ception since that loss to the Seals a month ago, and he has nine touchdown passes. Though he didn’t throw a touchdown pass in the win last week over Lewisburg in the rematch in the district quarterfinals, Mussina’s poise in the pocket and ac-curacy were key in the War-riors’ 99-yard drive to take control of last week’s play-off game. He completed two passes to Curtis Miller on the drive — a 27-yarder to convert a third-and-12 from their own 9 and a 17-yarder to convert a third-and-11 from the Warrior 38.

“Just looking at some film and talking to some people, I had heard he had improved a lot during the season,” Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth said. “The way he

played against Lewisburg (Saturday night), I certainly saw what they were saying. He threw the ball well and I was really impressed with his decision making.”

Montoursville (7-4) has won its last five games, with all of the victo-ries coming over playoff teams. Mussina’s improve-ment has taken some of the pressure off the War-riors’ running game and junior halfback Keith Batkowski, who has 1,797 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Friday night’s contest will feature most likely the two top lines in Dis-trict 4 Class AA. The Warriors average 5.5 yards per carry on the ground and 30 tackles for a loss this season on the defensive side of the ball. Junior Logan McKeag is also a two-time all Heart-land Athletic Conference selection as a linebacker and leads Montoursville

with 98 tackles this season.With the injuries in the

Tigers’ backfield, Southern Columbia is going have to ride the play of its offensive

and defensive lines to claim its first District 4 Class AA championship. Steve Toc-zylousky and Billy Barnes made a successful switch to halfback last week to replace the injured Hunter Thomas after the Tigers had lost Blake Marks earlier this season.

Toczylousky ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns on just nine carries, while Barnes had 72 yards on seven carries.

“They looked totally com-fortable back there. There are some things, other than running the ball, that they could have done better, but that will come with experi-ence,” Roth said. “I think they’ll be even more com-fortable with some of the little things that the position involves by the time Friday night rolls around.”

Senior fullback Matt Jer-emiah is just nine yards short of 1,000 for the year and leads the Tigers with 17 touchdowns on the ground.

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Southern Columbia’s Matt Jeremiah catches a screen pass during last week’s playoff game against Hughesville.

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Hold the line

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — If Anthony Shipe were to line up at tight end Saturday against Juniata, he would have played every offen-sive line position for the Susquehanna University Crusaders.

The senior from East Juniata High School is the coaching staff’s go-to guy as a starting lineman. Where he plays is depen-dent upon both injuries to teammates and match-ups with opposing defenses.

It is that versatility and willingness to learn that got the 6-foot, 305-pound Shipe into the starting lineup in the first place, and kept him there since the middle of his junior season.

“Anthony is a kid who would learn every position and that is how he got into the starting lineup,” said offensive coordinator Na-than Milne, who is also the offensive line coach.

“His ability to learn all of the positions helped him get on the field. We do a rotation where you’re my next guy in and we adjust our offensive line from that. He was the next guy in and he played really well and then I couldn’t take him off the field.

“Because, in one spot or another, he was that guy,” Milne said.

This season, the son of Jim and Sherry Shipe, of

Thompsontown, has played center, right guard and right tackle.

“He was penciled in to be our starting right tackle this year until (Cornell University’s) Ryan Pierce

transferred in,” Milne said. “He worked all offseason at right tackle and then he moved himself in rather seamlessly to right guard.”

Shipe played offense and defense as a senior at East

Juniata, but he knew that the offensive side of the ball was where he belonged.

“I really enjoy offense and especially center,” Shipe said this week as the Crusaders prepared to con-

clude their season at home versus rival Juniata College for the Goal Post Trophy.

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Susquehanna’s Anthony Shipe has started since midway through his junior season.

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Steve Briggs said that it will depend on the status of some other linemen who are injured. Depending on what the doctors have to say, Shipe could end up at right guard, where he played the last two games.

Milne said, “He really is our swing guy when we have a matchup (situa-tion). We moved him into center against Muhlenberg because we thought their nose guard was a tremen-dous player and we moved him back out to guard against Franklin & Mar-shall because we thought their (defensive tackle) was a great player.’’

He added, “We play him wherever we need him and right now he is playing as well as anybody. We feel that wherever that (tough) matchup is, that’s where Anthony is going to go.”

Shipe played on the of-fensive line on the Crusad-ers’ junior varsity team as a freshman and sophomore before breaking into the starting varsity lineup for good midway through last season.

“I worked extremely hard in the offseason. I did a lot of training and condi-tion work,” he said, noting that most of it was done with fellow Thompsontown resident and current Shikel-lamy High School athletic trainer Mike Elder.

“He does a speed and agility camp with area kids. I’ve gone to him the past couple of summers and that has helped me a lot,” Shipe said.

Shipe has not experi-enced a lot of winning, coming from East Juniata to Susquehanna, but he said he has enjoyed the experi-ence in Selinsgrove.

“Everything is always easier when you’re winning when it comes to playing football. You’re going out there and having fun and you can be relaxed. The wins are going to come. We’ve been so close so

many times this year and we haven’t had that finishing factor, and that’s been our biggest downfall,”

Shipe said.But, he

added, “I have never been on a foot-ball team that has worked harder than this one.”

And, Milne said, that includes Shipe.

“He really has done a great job with his individual

technique and I think it means a great deal to him to be successful. He has really focused on that, es-pecially not knowing what position he potentially is going to play from day to day. He really has under-stood where he needs to be at all times at whatever position.

“He studied a lot in the offseason and he really came in and immersed him-self in the office,” Milne added.

“Coming from where he was his freshman year into our offense, which is pretty diverse, he has had to learn

to do a number of new things and he has done a great job at it,” he said.

Shipe said that, like most players, he would love to have a few more years to play, but the next best thing will be to come back and watch his teammates and future SU players have success.

Shipe said he is encour-aged by the hard work being put in by the new players.

“I’m very excited to see how the next couple of years play out with the young talent that they brought in.”

Shipe will graduate in the spring with a business degree, but is not sure what his next career move will be. “I have a lot of thinking yet to do,” he said.

But coaching is one area he would like to pursue.

“I’ve thought about maybe being an assistant at high school. I am sure I will want to get back into it and stay involved in some way. I would really enjoy work-ing at a high school as an assistant, working with the kids. I think that would be great,” he said.

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When: Friday, 7 p.m.Where: Bulldogs StadiumLast meeting: Tri-Valley won, 31-14, on Aug. 31MILLERSBURG INDIANS (6-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr 8 Ethan Troutman 6-4 205 SE Sr. 5 Robbie Burger 6-0 145 SE Sr.62 Austin Simpkins 6-3 225 LT Sr.65 Cole Hoover 5-10 220 LG Sr.53 Austin Hoke 5-10 190 C Jr.70 Gavin Carter 5-11 220 RG Jr.74 Matt Horchler 5-10 235 RT Fr.10 Christian Wingard 6-0 165 QB So.36 Connor Keim 5-10 170 FB Sr.23 Cole Shomper 5-9 175 SB Sr.14 Austin Lehman 5-8 150 SB Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr56 Mitchell Hahn 6-2 185 DE Sr.65 Cole Hoover 5-10 220 DT Sr.72 Ben Bostdorf 6-2 265 DT Fr. 4 Lukas Cassel 6-0 180 DE Sr.36 Connor Keim 5-10 170 OLB Sr.36 Austin Marks 5-7 170 ILB Sr.53 Austin Hoke 5-10 190 ILB Jr. 8 Ethan Troutman 6-4 205 OLB Sr.22 Tyler Hesen 5-9 170 CB Jr. 5 Robbie Burger 6-0 145 CB Sr.14 Austin Lehman 5-8 150 S Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/ResultTri-Valley L, 31-14Williams Valley L, 24-21at Line Mountain W, 26-7Halifax W, 48-6at Pine Grove L, 26-19at East Juniata W, 31-0Newport L, 49-28Juniata L, 45-21at Upper Dauphin W, 28-27at Kennard-Dale W, 49-18Eastern Conference semifinalsUpper Dauphin W, 47-14Championshipat Tri-Valley FridayTRI-VALLEY BULLDOGS (6-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 SE Jr.28 Tyler Lucas 5-9 160 FL Jr.50 Dominick Corado 6-0 205 LG Sr.52 Danny Opozda 6-2 255 LT Jr.56 Devin Schwalm 5-10 255 C Jr.73 Hunter Herb 6-1 230 RT Jr.53 Beau Rothermel 6-1 215 RG Sr.35 Anthony Snyder 5-9 165 FB Sr.23 Chase Schaeffer 5-10 165 HB Jr.32 Jake Kroh 6-0 180 TE So. 1 Hunter Harner 6-0 175 QB Sr.66 Cole Smeltz 5-11 170 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr88 Jericho Zemencik 6-2 190 DE Sr.55 Bryon Rusinko 5-10 190 DT So.73 Hunter Herb 6-1 230 DT Jr.54 Dan Opozda 6-2 225 DE Jr.28 Tyler Lucas 5-9 150 OLB Jr.32 Jake Kroh 6-0 180 ILB So.35 Anthony Snyder 5-9 165 ILB Sr.23 Chase Schaeffer 5-11 170 OLB Jr.15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 CB Jr. 5 Josh Chacon 5-10 165 CB Sr. 1 Hunter Harner 6-0 175 S Sr.15 Jaden Buchanan 6-3 170 P Jr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Millersburg W, 31-14Upper Dauphin L, 12-0at Williams Valley L, 28-12Jim Thorpe L, 20-14Line Mountain W, 21-14at Juniata W, 18-6at Halifax W, 41-14Pine Grove L, 19-8East Juniata W, 45-16at Newport L, 49-12Eastern Conference semifinalsLine Mountain W, 27-14ChampionshipMillersburg Friday

Game Night

By Todd HummelThe Daily Item

HEGINS — When Tri-Valley and Millersburg step on the field at Bulldogs Sta-dium on Friday night for the Eastern Conference Divi-sion I championship game, it will be the second time this season the Bulldogs and the Indians have met.

However, since the first meeting between the schools on Aug. 31, both squads have improved so much that it renders the first meeting useless, for the most part.

“Millersburg is a totally different animal since that first game. They had a num-ber of turnovers that led to easy scores for us,” Tri-Val-ley coach Mike Ulicney said. “They are playing with a lot more confidence than they had early in the season.”

And Millersburg coach Brad Hatter agrees, but he does see a little value in the opener between the teams.

“It was back in August and both teams are differ-ent, but it does give an idea of what (Tri-Valley) might do against certain forma-tions and sets,” Hare said. “You want to make sure you know what was successful and what wasn’t successful back in August.”

The biggest difference in the Indians (6-5), who are looking for their first East-ern Conference title since 2002, is the improvement in their running game. Quar-

terback Christian Wingard has rushed for over 100 yards in each of the last two games and the Indians had two runners — Wingard and slotback Austin Leh-man — rush for over 100 yards in their semifinal win over Upper Dauphin.

“I think honestly it’s just we are getting better play out of our offensive line. They are doing a better job of getting down field and getting blocks on the second level,” Hatter said. “Chris-tian is doing a better job in the read option as well.”

Wingard has quietly been one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the area with 1,672 yards and 14 touchdowns passing and another 518 yards and 14

scores on the ground in this, his sophomore season. Ulic-ney thinks the maturation of the sophomore is one of the biggest improvements in the Indians.

“In the first game, they were hesitant to do certain things.They are more of an attacking aggressive team on both sides of the ball and they are more confident right now,” Ulicney said. “A lot of that has to do with the ma-turing of their younger play-ers, especially Wingard.”

The Bulldogs (6-5) have certainly improved as well. Senior quarterback Hunter Harner struggled in the pass-ing game early in the season, but has thrown seven of his 10 touchdown passes over the past four games.

“We’ve struggled in the passing game last season and most of this season because Hunter is more of a runner than a passer,” Ulicney said. “He’s worked hard on the passing game throughout the season and that is show-ing in recent games. We are still not a team that will throw 30 times, but we feel confident if a team loads the box that we can connect on some short passes and hit the big play when the defen-sive backs cheat up.”

Four different running backs have least 200 yards this season for the Bulldogs. Harner leads the way with 884 yards and 11 touch-downs, while senior full-back Anthony Snyder has 703 yards and four scores.

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When: Saturday 12 p.m.Where: Beaver StadiumLast meeting: Penn State won, 24-13, in 2012Television: ESPN2Radio: WKOK 1070 AM, 10:30 a.m.TEMPLE OWLS (5-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr66 Dion Dawkins 6-5 315 LT So.68 Brendan McGowan 6-4 300 LG So.79 Kyle Friend 6-2 305 C Jr.55 Brian Carter 6-3 280 RG Fr.71 Eric Lofton 6-5 300 RT Jr.97 Wanemi Omuso 6-2 255 TE Sr. 5 Jalen Fitzpatrick 5-11 180 WR Sr. 7 John Christopher 5-10 185 WR Jr.17 Brandon Shippen 5-11 189 WR Jr.11 P.J. Walker 6-1 200 QB So. 4 Kenneth Harper 6-0 225 RB Sr.29 Austin Jones 5-10 190 K Fr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr50 Praise Martin-Oguike DE Jr. 6-2 250 9 Matt Ioannidis 6-4 285 DT Jr.72 Hershey Walton 6-4 300 NT Jr.56 Sharif Finch 6-4 240 DE So. 8 Tyler Matakevich 6-1 235 WLB Jr.35 Nate Smith 6-0 235 MLB Jr. 2 Avery Williams 5-10 200 SLB So. 3 Sean Chandler 5-11 180 CB Fr. 1 Tavon Young 5-10 174 CB Jr.21 Alex Wells 6-0 203 FS Jr.24 Jihaad Pretlow 5-11 190 SS So.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Vanderbilt W, 37-7Navy L, 31-24Delaware St. W, 59-0at UConn W, 36-10Tulsa W, 35-24at Houston L, 31-10at UCF L, 34-14East Carolina W, 20-10Memphis L, 16-13Penn St. SaturdayCincinnati Nov. 29at Tulane Dec. 6PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (5-4)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr7 Eugene Lewis 6-1 204 X So.5 DaeSean Hamilton 6-1 203 Z Fr.14 Christian Hackenberg 6-3 234 QB So. 1 Bill Belton 5-10 204 RB Sr.18 Jesse James 6-7 271 TE Jr.59 Andrew Nelson 6-5 306 RT Fr.72 Brian Gaia 6-3 297 RG So.66 Angelo Mangiro 6-3 312 C Jr.70 Brendan Mahon 6-4 304 LG Fr. or53 Derek Dowrey 6-3 324 LG So.76 Donovan Smith 6-5 335 LT Jr.80 Matt Zanellato 6-1 203 F Jr.97 Sam Ficken 6-2 191 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr18 Deion Barnes 6-4 249 DE Jr.98 Anthony Zettel 6-5 276 DT Jr.99 Austin Johnson 6-4 312 DT So.86 C.J. Olaniyan 6-3 259 DE Sr. 5 Nyeem Wartman 6-1 238 OLB So.43 Mike Hull 6-0 225 MLB Sr.26 Brandon Bell 6-1 228 OLB So. 9 Jordan Lucas 6-0 198 CB Jr. 2 Marcus Allen 6-2 198 FS Fr. 4 Adrian Amos 6-0 211 SS Sr.10 Trevor Williams 6-1 190 CB Jr.37 Chris Gulla 6-0 200 P Fr. or2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultUCF W, 26-24Akron W, 21-3at Rutgers W, 13-10Massachusetts W, 48-7Northwestern L, 29-6at Michigan L, 18-13Ohio State L, 31-24 (2 OT)Maryland L, 20-19at Indiana W, 13-7Temple Saturdayat Illinois Nov. 22Michigan St. Nov. 29

Game Night

John McGonigalThe Philadelphia Daily News

STATE COLLEGE — It’s the same motto, week in and week out.

To Penn State coach James Franklin and his team, each game on the Nittany Lions’ schedule bears equal weight: It’s an opportunity to go 1-0 on the week.

He feels the same way about Saturday’s game against visiting Temple.

But this weekend is a little different.

For the first time since 2011, Penn State (5-4) is one win away from being bowl-eligible.

Franklin, though, isn’t changing the level-headed approach he’s taken every week this season. The first-year Lions coach said he and his team aren’t talking about the prospect of a bowl game.

He’s saving those thoughts for December.

“At the end of the year, if somebody calls and tells us we have the opportunity to keep playing and that we’re going to go somewhere, we’ll be really excited about it,” Franklin said. “Right now, we’re focused on Temple.”

That message has cer-tainly reached his players.

Redshirt senior guard Miles Dieffenbach wasn’t a factor in the Lions’ past two bowl games, as he red-shirted in 2010 and didn’t play in 2011.

With that in mind, he

entered the season with 12 games on Penn State’s schedule and no prospect of a 13th. That changed in Sep-tember, when the NCAA lifted the bowl ban that had been implemented in 2012 in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse

scandal.That change feels good,

Dieffenbach said, but the senior captain said he is not looking at the Temple game any different from last week’s game against Indi-ana.

Sophomore linebacker

Brandon Bell agreed.“At the end of the day,

we’re trying to win games, if we have bowls or we don’t,” Bell said.

Still, becoming eligible for postseason play is a big deal for any college football program. That’s especially the case for a program that was supposed to be crippled by sanctions for the foresee-able future. To the surprise of many, the Lions posted winning records the past two seasons.

Redshirt sophomore line-backer Nyeem Wartman was sidelined for most of the 2012 season, but played in every game last year, con-tributing to a 7-5 record.

And yet, Wartman has never played in a bowl game. Because of the bowl ban, those 2012 and 2013 teams weren’t rewarded with a postseason experience.

Now, Penn State is staring that possibility in the face, with the Owls visiting State College, and Wartman said it would mean a lot to him if his team could solidify bowl eligibility.

“It’s been a while since (Penn State has) been back to a bowl,” Wartman said.

For a program that’s made the seventh-most bowl ap-pearances in college foot-ball history, it certainly feels that way.

And whether those in the Penn State locker room are talking about it, the Lions have a chance to end that feeling this weekend.

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When: 1 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Lopardo StadiumLast meeting: Juniata won, 17-10, in 2013Radio: WQSU 88.9 FM, 12:30 p.m.

JUNIATA EAGLES (4-5)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr87 Aaron O’Brien 6-0 175 WR So. 7 Kirby Breault 5-10 185 WR So.77 Derek Schultz 6-2 255 LT Sr.70 Frank Martin 6-5 288 LG Jr.58 Brett Sterner 6-3 320 C sO.68 Josh Gongloff 6-2 355 RG Sr.53 Josh Kutz 6-3 262 RT So.12 Ward Udinski 6-3 215 QB Sr.32 Deonte Alston 5-9 175 RB Jr, 5 Isaiah Slutter 5-9 190 WR Sr. 1 Hunter Phillips 5-11 190 WR Jr. 4 Kevin Bonalle 5-9 150 K So.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr90 Andrew Paterno 5-10 245 DE So.92 Daulton Romano 6-1 280 DT So.73 Chad Barr 6-1 230 DE Jr.54 Luke Navin 6-0 200 OLB Jr.40 Ryan Bologa 5-10 210 ILB So.56 Bryan Pyle 5-9 219 ILB So.18 Ethan Wilt 6-3 230 OLB Sr.21 Charles Sweigert 5-11 180 CB Jr.23 Nick Stubbs 5-8 175 CB Sr.15 Demetrius Floyd 5-11 170 S Jr.34 Nick Bonavita 5-10 190 S Jr.20 Jonah Plymire 6-0 210 P Jr.2014 SCHEDULEOpponent Date/Resultat Grove City W, 21-13Dickinson W, 38-35at Gettysburg L, 31-17Franklin & Marshall L, 35-33at Johns Hopkins L, 56-14Ursinus W, 38-10at Muhlenberg L, 42-13McDaniel W, 56-31Moravian L, 27-21Susquehanna Saturday

SUSQUEHANNA CRUSADERS (2-7)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr84 Colin Buckley 6-3 195 SE Jr.73 Elijah Long 6-1 285 LT Jr.74 Ken Milano 6-1 285 LG Sr.77 Anthony Shipe 6-0 305 C Sr.62 Tom Haughey 5-11 250 RG Fr.79 Ryan Pearce 6-4 290 RT Jr.86 Devon Pearce 6-5 220 TE So.36 Pat Murtha 6-0 220 FB Sr.10 Nick Crusco 5-10 180 QB Fr.21 Ian Richardson 5-8 175 TB Sr.12 Casey Crotty 6-1 185 Z Sr.47 Spencer Hotaling 6-3 170 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr40 Phil Pecora 6-1 245 DE Jr.98 Kyle Prpich 6-0 250 DT Fr.72 John Daku 6-4 280 NT Fr.42 Robert Keller 5-9 205 LB Sr.27 Tom McLoughlin 6-1 200 OLB Jr. 3 Jim Barry 6-0 228 ILB Jr.54 Jordan Duras 5-9 195 ILB Jr.28 Ian Murray 5-9 185 SS Sr. 8 Cody Miller 5-10 175 CB Sr.13 Jameal Hammond 6-0 170 CB Jr.16 C.J. Williams 6-0 185 CB So.47 Spencer Hotaling 6-3 170 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Lycoming L, 47-13Johns Hopkins L, 27-20at Dickinson L, 29-28Gettysburg L, 31-21Muhlenberg L, 24-20at Moravian W, 24-21at Ursinus L, 44-14Franklin & Marshall L, 13-8at McDaniel W, 24-16Juniata Saturday

Game Night

By Harold RakerFor The Daily Item

SELINSGROVE — The biggest plus to come out of Susquehanna University’s road win over McDaniel on Saturday was that it provides more confidence for the Cru-saders when they wrap up a disappointing season Saturday afternoon versus their biggest rival, Juniata College.

The Crusaders and coach Steve Briggs will take any ad-vantage they can get against the Eagles.

“It gives us confidence. Our kids have played very hard and executed well (but) we have not been making the big plays, especially in the fourth quarter,” Briggs said. Last week we did and we did it against Moravian (the Cru-saders’ other win).”

As if playing its biggest ri-val in the season finale for the Goal Post Trophy is not enough, Saturday’s Centen-nial Conference contest is also the Homecoming, Senior Day and Hall of Fame games all wrapped in one.

Over the years, the favored team has often come out on the short end of this game and, based on records, the favorite this time has to be Juniata (4-5 overall, 4-4 CC).

The Crusaders (2-7, 2-6) are a young team that has become younger week by week be-cause of injuries and even this week’s lineup is in flux.

“Two-thirds of our team is freshmen and sophomores, and if we can generate some

success, especially getting back-to-back wins this week, it is going to mean volumes to our program,” Briggs said.

Briggs said that what the young players have already accomplished should help their confidence as well.

“We are the only team in this conference that played Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall and played them toe

to toe and lost by under seven points. That shows our kids that we can have success if we finish what we start,” Briggs said.

The Crusaders’ defense will be challenged by the Eagles, whose quarterback, Ward Udinski, Briggs said, “is the best quarterback in the con-ference.”

Briggs added, “He does it throwing and he does it run-

ning.”The SU coach said that, al-

though the Eagles run a spread with four wide receivers, they also use double tight ends and they like to pound the ball on the ground, with Udinski be-ing their leading ball carrier.

“He’s big (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) and he is a bright, classy kid. He’s tough to take down,” Briggs said, noting that the Eagles produced 416 yards of offense against Mora-vian and 358 of those yards were Udinski either throwing or running.

The senior has passed for 2,462 yards and 16 touch-downs and leads the team in rushing with 596 yards and 14 TDs.

In addition, three wide re-ceivers (Aaron O’Brien, Isa-iah Slutter and Kirby Breault) have combined for 115 catches, 1,738 yards and 14 scores.

When the Eagles use a tight end (or two), that puts Selin-sgrove graduate senior Kyle Schuck (15 catches, 218 yards, 1 TD) into the lineup. Line Mountain graduate Nathan Shaffer, a junior, is the back-up left tackle and the short snapper.

“This (game) is a good ex-perience for all of us. It is good for the university (because) we are in close proximity with Juniata. We recruit a lot of the same guys, we know them well. And it is a good solid ri-valry which makes it great.

“The Goal Post Trophy is a real special thing, and we want it back,” Briggs said.

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SU looking to regain trophy in finale

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Susquehanna’s Ian Richardson is tackled by Franklin & Marshall’s Aaron Fant in a game earlier this year.

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When: Saturday, 12:35 p.m.Where: Fitton FieldLast meeting: Holy Cross won, 51-27, in 2013Radio: Eagle 107.3 FM, 12:30 p.m.HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (4-6)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr78 Hunter Hudgins 6-5 292 LT So.61 Rob Kosharek 6-6 295 LG So.73 Jay Knighton 6-2 290 C Sr.65 James Murray 6-5 290 RG So.67 Blake Berresford 6-5 298 RT Sr. 6 Peter Pujals 6-2 196 QB So.31 Gabe Guild 5-11 189 TB So.48 Michael O’Dwyer 6-0 241 FB/TE Sr.33 Brendan Flaherty 6-2 200 WR So.82 Jereme Murray 6-1 183 WR Sr.10 Jake Wieczorek 6-0 193 WR So.47 Connor Fitzgerald 6-2 198 K Jr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr54 Dean Doe 6-3 235 DE So.74 Mike Galantini 6-3 282 DT Jr.68 Richard Barber 6-2 252 DE Jr.59 Chase Ullman 6-2 234 OLB Sr.46 John Zakrzewski 6-1 220 ILB Jr.58 Shane Thompson 6-1 227 ILB Sr.39 J.T. Frank 6-3 199 OLB Jr. 8 Steven Martinez 5-11 192 CB Jr.15 Matt Bhaya 6-0 190 SS Jr.21 Sam Jones 6-0 189 FS Sr.20 Alim Muhammad 5-10 160 CB Fr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/Resultat Albany L, 14-13Morgan St. W, 29-26Central Conn. W, 20-7at Harvard L, 41-18Fordham L, 45-16at Colgate L, 20-17at Brown L, 27-24 (2 OT)at Dartmouth L, 24-21at Lafayette W, 24-14Lehigh W, 27-20Bucknell SaturdayBUCKNELL BISON (7-2)OFFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr86 Jake Hartman 6-3 215 WR Sr.71 Ramy Kased 6-6 320 RT Jr.66 Devlin Brennan 6-4 290 RG So.77 Brandon Noblett 6-2 285 C Sr.72 Lonnie Rawles 6-4 290 LG Sr.70 Julie’n Davenport 6-7 320 LT So.88 Patrick Kelly 6-3 230 TE Sr.13 Trey Lauletta 6-1 200 QB Sr.33 Daniel McManus 6-0 260 FB Sr.34 Matt DelMauro 5-7 185 RB Jr.18 Will Carter 5-10 180 WR So. 1 Derek Maurer 6-0 180 K Sr.DEFENSENo Player Ht Wt Pos Yr15 Jimmy King 6-1 250 DE Jr.97 D. Baldwin-Y 6-1 285 NG Sr.40 Abdullah Anderson 6-4 260 DT Fr.52 Dylan McDonnell 6-1 255 DE Sr.27 Evan Byers 6-0 235 MLB Sr.37 Lee Marvel 6-0 215 SLB Sr. 5 Clayton Ewell 6-1 195 SS Jr.43 Louis Taglianetti 5-11 200 FS Jr.28 Connor Golden 6-0 200 WS Fr.20 Colin Jonov 5-11 195 CB Fr. 8 Nick O’Brien 5-10 195 CB So. 1 Derek Maurer 6-0 180 P Sr.2014 ScheduleOpponent Date/ResultVMI W, 42-38at Marist W, 22-0at Sacred Heart W, 36-20Cornell W, 20-7at Bryant L, 34-15at Lehigh W, 45-24at Georgetown W, 22-17Lafayette W, 27-24 (OT)Fordham L, 30-27 (OT)at Holy Cross SaturdayColgate Nov. 22

Game Night

By Anthony MitchellThe Daily Item

WORCESTER, Mass. — A stunned group of fans left Christy Mathewson-Memo-rial Stadium last week after Bucknell lost a heartbreaker to ninth-ranked Fordham in overtime. But the Bison still have football to play.

Fordham was the first Pa-triot League team to beat Bucknell this season, but the Bison are 7-2 heading into the final stretch of the regular season, traveling to Holy Cross to look to get back on the winning track.

After the tight loss, Buck-nell received two votes in the FCS Top 25 poll. There’s also the possibility for an at-large bid into the FCS play-offs, as Fordham clinched the automatic bid from the Patriot League with its win over Bucknell.

In the midst of their best season in recent memory, the Bison offense ran smoothly last week with Trey Lauletta filling in for R.J. Nitti at quarterback. Lauletta threw for three touchdowns with-

out throwing an intercep-tion last week, leading the Bison down the field threw the air.

Lauletta is due to get the start under center this week for Bucknell against a 4-6

Holy Cross team that op-posing teams have had some success throwing against. Lauletta also ran 13 times for 19 yards, showing poise in the pocket and an ability to escape the Fordham pass

rush.Matt DelMauro is slated

to start in the backfield alongside Lauletta after getting 28 carries last week filling in for C.J. Williams. As a change-of-pace back, DelMauro has scored three touchdowns and has topped 400 yards on the ground. Sophomore wide receiver Will Carter has turned into a consistent deep threat for Bucknell with 40 catches for 832 yards on the year and nine touchdowns, including a touchdown reception from Lauletta with 3:15 to play last week to put Bucknell ahead by seven.

Evan Byers has been sta-tistically one of the top tack-lers to play in Lewisburg, and Byers is leading the team in tackles with 96, just behind Demetrius Baldwin-Youngblood in tackles for loss.

Dual-threat quarterback Peter Pujals leads the Cru-saders in passing and rush-ing, throwing for 10 scores and rushing for 666 yards and three scores.

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Bucknell’s Will Carter tries to stay in bounds after avoiding a tackle from Lafayette’s Matt Smalley in a game earlier this season.

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