College Football
California Edges Clarion 13-6
(CALIFORNIA, PA): Cal tailback Wes Clemons scored on a 2-year run with 11:09 left in the fourth quarter giving California a 13-7 come from behind victory over Clarion on Saturday night at Adamson Stadium.
Cal raised its overall record to 4-5 and 2-2 in the PSAC-West, while Clarion dipped to 1-8 overall and 0-4 in the PSAC-West.
Clarion took a 7-6 lead with 5:28 left in the third quarter when Brandon Sweeney raced 58 yards to paydirt virtually untouched. The PAT was good by Mark Hofmeister and the Golden Eagles enjoyed their first lead of the game.
Cal’s Jon Arnold returned a Clarion punt 33 yards to the Golden Eagle 12 yard line to set up the game-winning touchdown. Clarion was called for pass interference in the endzone two plays later, and Cal had a first down at the Clarion 2. On first down Clemons sprinted off right tackle for the touchdown. Gary Amos booted the PAT and Cal led 13-6 with 11:09 remaining.
Clarion threatened late in the fourth quarter driving to the Cal 36, but the Eagles were held on downs with 1:40 to go in the game and the Vulcans were able to run out the clock for the win.
Clarion outgained Cal 316-160 in total offense and outrushed Cal 250-60, but three lost fumbles and one interception proved costly for the Eagles.
Clarion freshman qb Brandon Dando made his first start and rushed for 80 yards on 20 carries, plus completed 9 of 22 passes for 66 yards. Sweeney gained 64 yards and 1 td on 10 carries and Marcus Lowe gained 64 yards on 10 tries.
Cal saw Wes Clemons rush for only 47 yards and 1 td on 23 carries. He came into the game averaging over 100 yards per game. QB John Aitken completed 10 of 24 passes for 100 yards.
Cal placekicker Gary Amos booted two of three field goals including a 38-yarder in the second quarter and a 48-yarder early in the third quarter to give Cal a 6-0 lead. Both field goals came after Clairon fumbles deep in Clarion territory.
Clarion’s defense was led by Dale McCall with 8 tackles, 3 tfl’s and 2 sacks, while Troy Bowers had 5 stops, 2 tfl’s and 1 sack.
Clarion returns home to host Lock Haven next Saturday at 1pm, while Cal visits Edinboro.
Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Clarion U........... 0 0 7 0 - 7 Record: (1-8,0-4)
California (PA)..... 0 3 3 7 - 13 Record: (4-5,2-2)
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Scoring Summary:
2nd 00:28 CAL - Gary Amos 38 yd field goal, 6-12 1:07, CLAR 0 - CAL 3
3rd 12:55 CAL - Gary Amos 48 yd field goal, 4-2 0:50, CLAR 0 - CAL 6
05:28 CLAR - Brandon Sweeney 58 yd run (M. Hofmeister kick), 6-82 2:36, CLAR 7 - CAL 6
4th 11:09 CAL - Wes Clemons 2 yd run (Gary Amos kick), 2-12 0:17, CLAR 7 - CAL 13
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CLAR CAL
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 10
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 42-250 37-60
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 66 100
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 22-9-1 24-10-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 64-316 61-160
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 1-7
Punt Returns-Yards............ 5-14 4-60
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-58 1-9
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 8-35.5 10-38.6
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-3 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 7-60 4-41
Possession Time............... 31:21 28:39
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 13 3 of 17
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 3 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-0 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-11 2-17
RUSHING: Clarion U.-Brandon Dando 20-80; Brandon Sweeney 10-64; Marcus Lowe 10-64; Jason Warner
1-30; Glenn Lovelace 1-minus 2; Brandon Devenni 0-14. California (PA)-Wes Clemons 23-47; John Aitken
6-7; Tayon Mitchell 3-6; Tommy Byrd 3-4; TEAM 2-minus 4.
PASSING: Clarion U.-Brandon Dando 9-22-1-66. California (PA)-John Aitken 10-24-0-100.
RECEIVING: Clarion U.-Pierre Odom 4-25; Marcus Lowe 2-27; Ron Rivage 1-5; Glenn Lovelace 1-5;
Brandon Sweeney 1-4. California (PA)-Tony Hoskin 2-19; David Cole 2-14; David Jones 2-11; Brandon
Jackson 1-16; Tommy Byrd 1-14; Matt Rado 1-14; Wes Clemons 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS: Clarion U.-None. California (PA)-Jaison Cook 1-0.
FUMBLES: Clarion U.-Brandon Dando 2-2; Marcus Lowe 1-1. California (PA)-None.
Stadium: Adamson Attendance: 1250
Kickoff time: 7 PM End of Game: 9:50 PM Total elapsed time: 2:50
Officials:
Temperature: 60 Wind: Weather: cloudy
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Clarion U. vs California (PA) (Nov 01, 2003 at California, PA)
SACKS (UA-A): Clarion U.-Dale Mccall 1-1; Troy Bowers 0-1. California (PA)-Jaison Cook 1-0; Matt
Onyshko 0-1; Brian Oddi 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Clarion U.-Dale Mccall 4-4; Bo Busch 3-5; Matt Morris 7-0; J. Weatherspoon 3-2; Troy
Bowers 2-3; James Charles 4-0; Ben Heisel 2-2; Emil Johnson 2-2; Brandon Whitman 2-0; Kerwin
Cledanor 2-0; Tim Connolly 1-1; Dwaon Woodard 1-1; Greg Mahaffey 1-0; Kevin Rigby 1-0; Andrew Fair
1-0; Marcus Lowe 1-0; Corey Shaner 0-1; Kyle Brubaker 0-1. California (PA)-Jon Arnold 6-3; Brian
Oddi 3-6; Jared Dumm 2-4; Jaison Cook 2-3; Matt Onyshko 2-3; J. Thomas 1-4; Jason Ellis 0-5; Shannon
Hawkins 4-0; Lloyd Price 2-2; TJ Carden 1-3; Alex Sevensma 3-0; Nate Brown 2-1; J. Widziszewski 1-2;
Dan Smith 0-3; Tommy Byrd 2-0; Wes Clemons 1-0; Jerry Ntakrah 1-0; Matt Gerger 1-0; Will Harley 1-0;
Chris McKnight 0-1; Avery Hawkins 0-1; Rashad Griffin 0-1.