CLARION DEFEATS LOCK HAVEN 16-0
(CLARION, PA): Clarion’s Michael Byrd ran for 90-yards and 1 td and quarterback Erik Yonish scored on a 50-yard run as the Golden Eagles shut out Lock Haven 16-0 on Saturday night.
Held at Clarion’s Memorial Stadium, Clarion raised its overall record to 3-4 and its PSAC-Western Division mark to 1-2. Lock Haven fell to 2-6 overall and 0-3 in the West.
Clarion took a 7-0 lead at 14:090 of the second quarter when Michael Byrd scored on a 5-yard td run. The touchdown was set up by teammate James Charles who blocked a Lock Haven punt and recovered the pigskin at the Lock Haven 27-yard line. Clarion went 27-yards in six plays.
Charles setup Clarion’s second touchdown when he partially blocked another LHU punt later in the second quarter and the Golden Eagles took over at the Clarion 42. Three plays later Yonish scampered 50-yards for a touchdown with 7:59 left in the second giving Clarion a 13-0 lead.
Late in the third quarter Clarion’s Jordan Hicks blocked another LHU punt at the LH 10 that was recovered by teammate Elijah Evans. The drive stalled, but Kyle Snoke came on and booted a 31-yard field goal with 5:11 left in the third giving Clarion a 16-0 lead that they never relinquished.
The shutout was Clarion’s first since 2001 also against Lock Haven. Clarion won that game 13-0.
Clarion totaled 269 yards of offense including 172 rushing and 97 passing. Byrd ran 39-times for 90 yards and 1 td, while Yonish gained 88 yards and 1 td on 8 carries. Yonish also hit on 9 of 12 passes for 76 yards.
Clarion’s defense held Lock Haven to 107 total yards of offense. Clairon linebackers Zach Gourley (11 tackles, 1 tfl, 1 fumble caused) and Matt Moris (9 hits, 2 sacks) and end Jimmy Simmons (8 tackles, 4 tfl’s, 2 sacks) lef the defensive effort. James Charles added 2 blocked punts.
LH’s John Kaluzny rushed 5 times for 25 yards and receiver Adam Lawrence grabbed 6 passes for 51 yards.
LH qb’s were 9 for 20 passing in the game. Jason Ebe completed 5 of 11 for 33 yards and Troy Wile was 4 of 9 for 30 yards.
Clarion travels to Shippensburg next Saturday, while Lock Haven host IUP.
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Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Lock Haven.......... 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (2-6,0-3)
Clarion University.. 0 13 3 0 - 16 Record: (3-4,1-2)
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Scoring Summary:
2nd 14:09 CLAR - Michael Byrd 5 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick), 6-27 2:57, LHU 0 - CLAR 7
07:59 CLAR - Erik Yonish 50 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick failed), 4-58 2:06, LHU 0 - CLAR 13
3rd 05:11 CLAR - Kyle Snoke 31 yd field goal, 4--4 1:49, LHU 0 - CLAR 16
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LHU CLAR
FIRST DOWNS................... 7 14
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 37-44 50-172
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 63 97
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 20-9-1 18-12-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 57-107 68-269
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 1-15 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-3 5-61
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-46 1-12
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-33 1-37
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 8-28.8 3-42.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-1 5-1
Penalties-Yards............... 7-64 10-75
Possession Time............... 25:44 34:16
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 15 4 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 4 0 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-0 2-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-2 6-30
RUSHING: Lock Haven-KALUZNY, John 5-25; ANDERSON, C. 8-18; WILE JR., Troy
16-17; EBY, Jason 7-minus 3; TEAM 1-minus 13. Clarion University-Michael
Byrd 39-90; Erik Yonish 8-88; Matt Foradora 3-minus 6.
PASSING: Lock Haven-EBY, Jason 5-11-0-33; WILE JR., Troy 4-9-1-30. Clarion
University-Erik Yonish 9-12-1-76; Matt Foradora 3-6-1-21.
RECEIVING: Lock Haven-LAWRENCE, Adam 6-51; CAMBERG, Brian 1-5; MCCLOE, Kyle
1-4; TOMASOVITCH, B. 1-3. Clarion University-Josh Province 4-28; Brandon
Dando 3-26; John Dominic 2-17; Jewell Stephens 1-12; Michael Byrd 1-8;
Vincent Kirk 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: Lock Haven-BUSH, Kellen 1-31; NALEWAK, Jon 1-2. Clarion
University-Dwaon Woodard 1-37.
FUMBLES: Lock Haven-BUSH, Kellen 1-0; WILE JR., Troy 1-0; EBY, Jason 1-1.
Clarion University-Michael Byrd 3-1; Erik Yonish 1-0; Matt Foradora 1-0.
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1250
Kickoff time: 6 pm End of Game: 8:29 Total elapsed time: 2:29
Officials: Referee: Jack Tachoir; Umpire: Brad Hudak; Linesman: Chris Burgress;
Line judge: John Wilson; Back judge: Dwayne McHalow; Field judge: Frank Burbridge;
Side judge: Dan Boyle; Scorer: Chris Rossetti;
Temperature: 64 Wind: W-E Weather: Sunny
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Lock Haven vs Clarion University (Oct 15, 2005 at Clarion, Pa.)
SACKS (UA-A): Lock Haven-EATON, Jeffery 1-0; DEPTO, Walter 0-1; SONES, Brad
0-1. Clarion University-Jimmy Simmons 1-1; Matt Morris 1-1; Matt Niedbala
1-1; Matt Ritter 0-1; Brock Luke 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Lock Haven-HARSCH, Derek 9-3; SONES, Brad 3-6; MALONE, Ali
3-5; NALEWAK, Jon 2-6; CIESLINSKI, Ed 2-5; EATON, Jeffery 2-4; JEFFERSON,
Sam 4-0; SHOW, David 2-2; BICKEL, Ryan 2-1; BUSH, Kellen 2-1; NETTLES, Gary
1-2; KILGANNON, N. 1-1; NESBY, Mike 1-1; MCCLOE, Kyle 1-0; WILE JR., Troy
1-0; HARSCH, Dustin 1-0; GILDEA, Corey 0-1; SMELTZER, John 0-1; ANDRASKO,
Adam 0-1; KOHL, Louis 0-1; DEPTO, Walter 0-1. Clarion University-Zach
Gourley 7-4; Matt Morris 6-3; Jordan Hicks 5-3; Jimmy Simmons 3-3; Matt
Ritter 1-5; Dwaon Woodard 2-3; Matt Niedbala 2-3; Brock Luke 2-2; Brian
Edwards 3-0; Cedric Bowling 0-3; Quintyn Brazil 2-0; Kevin Rigby 1-1;
Brandon Dando 1-0; Dejan Stevens 1-0; John Dominic 1-0; Vincent Kirk 0-1;
Elijah Evans 0-1.