CAL KNOCKS OFF CLARION 56-0 IN PSAC-WEST OPENER
(California, Pa.): California, ranked #12 in the this week’s NCAA Division II poll, opened PSAC-West play with a convincing 56-0 win over Clarion.
Played at Adamson Stadium, Cal raised its record to 5-0 and 1-0 in the PSAC-West, while Clarion dropped to 0-5 and 0-1 in the PSAC-West.
Brandon Lombardy had a big first half for the Vulcans running for 177 yards and 3 td’s on 16 carries. QB Joe Ruggiero completed 10 of 15 passes for 104 yards and 1 td in the first half as well. Lombardy did not have a carry I the second half and Ruggiero did not play.
On Clarion’s first possession of the game the Golden Eagles moved from their own 45 to the Cal 38. Running back Eddie Emmanuel rushed for 12 yards in four carries, but the drive stalled and Clarion had to punt the ball away.
Cal drove 80-yards in 6 plays to go ahead 7-0. Lombardy dashed 40-yards to paydirt off left tackle.
Clarion again got the ball and made two first downs, getting to the Cal 43, but a holding call moved Clarion back and the Eagles had to punt.
In the second quarter Cal’s Jermaine Moye returned a Clarion punt 51-yards to the Golden Eagle 22 putting the Vulcans in great field position. Fourplays later Lombardy carried to the goal line, fumbled, and teammate Nate Forse recovered in the endzone for the Cal td. Cal led 14-0 with 11:56 left in the second.
Lombardy then scored on runs of 1 and 36 yards to put Cal ahead 28-0 with 3:59 left before intermission.
Late in the half Nate Forse caught an 18-yard td pass from Ruggiero, and then Cal blocked a Clarion punt and Patrick Swearinger recovered in the endzone for a td giving Cal a 42-0 halftime lead.
Clarion qb Tyler Huether injured his hand in the first half and was removed in place of backup Gino Rometo who finished the game.
Clarion managed only 22 rushing yards and 62 passing yards for a total offense of 84 yards.
Eddie Emmanuel had 36 yards on 17 carries. Huether completed 3 of 9 passes for 24 yards, while Rometo connected on 5 of 14 passes for 34 yards. Herb Carraway caught 3 passes for 34 yards.
Defensively Clarion’s Dane Williams had 10 tackles, Nick Sipes had 9 stops and 1 tfl, and Quintyn Brazil posted 7 hits, 2 tfl’s and 1 int.
Cal had 519 yards of offense including 393 rushing and 126 passing.
Lombardy rushed for 177 and 3 td’s, Ruggiero passed for 104 yards and 1 td and Nate Forse grabbed 5 aerials for 53 yards and 1 td.
Clarion returns home to host Shippensburg next Saturday at 2pm. The game will also serve as Clarion’s Homecoming Day Game during ALF week.
Cal travels to Indiana next Saturday for a 2pm game.
<cpi10>
<lpi6>
Box Score (Final)
CLARION vs California (#12) (Sep 29, 2007 at California, Pa.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
CLARION............. 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (0-5,0-1)
California (#12).... 7 35 7 7 - 56 Record: (5-0,1-0)
<cpi17>
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:03 CAL - B. Lombardy 40 yd run (Tyler Lorenz kick), 6-80 2:34, CLAR 0 - CAL 7
2nd 11:56 CAL - Nate Forse 0 yd fumble recovery (Tyler Lorenz kick), 3-22 1:06, CLAR 0 - CAL 14
08:26 CAL - B. Lombardy 1 yd run (Tyler Lorenz kick), 5-35 2:09, CLAR 0 - CAL 21
03:59 CAL - B. Lombardy 36 yd run (Tyler Lorenz kick), 4-44 2:15, CLAR 0 - CAL 28
00:58 CAL - Nate Forse 18 yd pass from Joe Ruggiero (Tyler Lorenz kick), 7-67 1:15, CLAR 0 - CAL 35
00:11 CAL - P. Swearinger 0 yd blocked punt return (Tyler Lorenz kick), , CLAR 0 - CAL 42
3rd 11:23 CAL - Freddie Bacco 28 yd run (Tyler Lorenz kick), 7-57 3:30, CLAR 0 - CAL 49
4th 09:39 CAL - Michael Rhue 16 yd pass from Matt Humbert (Tyler Lorenz kick), 3-14 1:09, CLAR 0 - CAL 56
<cpi10>
CLAR CAL
FIRST DOWNS................... 7 26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 27-22 59-393
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 62 126
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 23-8-1 17-12-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 50-84 76-519
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 4-87
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 8-153 2-25
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-0 1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 8-31.5 1-49.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards............... 6-51 10-66
Possession Time............... 22:14 35:22
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 13 8 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-0 4-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-27
RUSHING: CLARION-Eddie Emmanuel 17-36; Dustin Dean 3-5; Tyler Huether 1-5; Ross Gargano 1-4; TEAM
1-minus 1; Gino Rometo 4-minus 27. California (#12)-B. Lombardy 16-177; Freddie Bacco 10-70; Windell
Brown 12-62; Daine Williams 8-38; A. Battaglini 4-20; Dennis Cole 7-16; Joe Ruggiero 1-11; TEAM
1-minus 1; Nate Forse 0-0.
PASSING: CLARION-Gino Rometo 5-14-1-34; Tyler Huether 3-9-0-28. California (#12)-Joe Ruggiero
10-15-1-104; Matt Humbert 2-2-0-22.
RECEIVING: CLARION-Herb Carraway 3-34; John Dominic 1-14; Pierre Odom 1-6; J. Pleskovitch 1-4;
Alfonso Hoggard 1-3; Eddie Emmanuel 1-1. California (#12)-Nate Forse 5-53; Michael Rhue 1-16; B.
Lombardy 1-12; Shawn Johnson 1-11; Joe Slappy 1-10; Cory Garver 1-10; Jermaine Moye 1-8; Ryan
Keebler 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: CLARION-Quintyn Brazil 1-0. California (#12)-Tim Patrick 1-0.
FUMBLES: CLARION-None. California (#12)-B. Lombardy 1-0.
Stadium: Adamson Stadium Attendance: 4700
Kickoff time: 3 pm End of Game: 5:50 pm Total elapsed time: 2:50
Officials: Referee: Andy Keenan; Umpire: Fred Yawger; Linesman: John Schmid;
Line judge: Larry Rydbom; Back judge: Steve Ratliff; Field judge: Daniel Aminoff;
Side judge: Robert Mulhern; Scorer: Katie Berkebile;
Temperature: 67 Wind: light Weather: sunny
<page>
<page>
CLARION vs California (#12) (Sep 29, 2007 at California, Pa.)
SACKS (UA-A): CLARION-None. California (#12)-Matt McClellan 1-0; Kevin Garner 1-0; Willie Walker
1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): CLARION-Dane Williams 7-3; Nick Sipes 8-1; Quintyn Brazil 5-2; Kyle Cathcart 4-3; A.
Maciulis 2-5; Jason Glass 3-1; Erik Yonish 3-1; Joseph Fox 2-2; Dustin Dean 3-0; Matt Giugliano 2-1;
Michael Verdun 2-1; Jim McHale 1-2; Alex Evans 2-0; Patrick Pettis 1-1; Bob Kail 1-1; Pierre Odom
1-0; Kyle Gates 1-0; Michael O'Brien 1-0; Chris Smeltzer 1-0; Kevin Brady 0-1; Josh Rytel 0-1; Jovan
Crosby 0-1; Ben Maund 0-1. California (#12)-Josh Zunic 4-3; Brian Mohr 1-5; Kirby Griffin 2-2; Kevin
Garner 2-1; Gary Butler 1-2; Antwjuan Cox 1-2; Tim Patrick 2-0; B. Whiteleather 2-0; Dionte' Henry
2-0; Guy Hurt 1-1; T. Johnson 1-1; Willie Walker 1-1; Seth Job 1-1; Brandon Livsey 0-2; Sam Fikaris
0-2; Brandon Gordon 1-0; Matt McClellan 1-0; Josh Menendez 1-0; Joe Martin 1-0; Matt Weiss 1-0; Jake
Howell 0-1; Darren Burns 0-1; P. Swearinger 0-1; Nate Payne 0-1; Kendrick Brown 0-1.
Game Starters:
CLARION California (#12)
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
QB 5 Tyler Huether QB 16 Joe Ruggiero
RB 9 Eddie Emmanuel RB 1 B. Lombardy
WR 3 Pierre Odom WR 6 Perry Ivery
WR 1 Herb Carraway WR 9 Jermaine Moye
WR 33 Alfonso Hoggard WR 10 Nate Forse
TE 87 John Dominic LT 71 Brian Melcher
LT 68 Chris Kinkaid LG 67 Matt Messich
LG 64 Gerald Hudson C 72 Tim McCutcheon
C 70 Jon Kalchthaler RG 63 John Testa
RG 75 Mike Melampy RT 73 Nathan Nurse
RT 79 Michael O'Brien TE 89 Cory Garver
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
DE 37 Jim McHale DE 31 Kirby Griffin
DT 97 Kory Kusick DT 96 Willie Walker
NG 92 Bob Kail DT 62 Sam Fikaris
DE 52 Corey Giles OLB 7 Gary Butler
LB 30 Matt Giugliano ILB 48 Josh Zunic
LB 40 A. Maciulis ILB 58 Brian Mohr
LB 53 G. McMullin OLB 42 Darren Burns
SS 4 Quintyn Brazil CB 15 T. Johnson
CB 20 Alex Evans CB 3 Dionte' Henry
CB 2 Dane Williams SS 37 Nate Payne
FS 13 Erik Yonish FS 19 Juan Butler
<cpi17>
Player participation:
CLARION: 7-Gino Rometo, 11-Ryan Hart, 14-Vince Cherico, 16-Nicholas Perla, 21-Nick Sipes, 22-Ross Gargano, 23-Kyle Cathcart,
24-Patrick Pettis, 25-Dustin Dean, 27-Kyle Gates, 28-Shawn Sopic, 31-Chris Smeltzer, 32-J. Pleskovitch, 34-Jovan Crosby,
36-Michael Verdun, 38-Robert Mamula, 42-Josh Rytel, 44-Kevin Brady, 45-Jason Glass, 50-Rory Johnson, 51-Joseph Fox, 58-Ben Maund,
80-Jaques Robinson, 82-Joe McIntyre, 91-Dan Campbell.
California (#12): 2-Matt McClellan, 8-A. Battaglini, 12-Matt Humbert, 14-Joe Martin, 17-Brandon Livsey, 20-Trey Allen,
21-Josh Menendez, 22-Dennis Cole, 23-Daine Williams, 24-Antwjuan Cox, 25-Tim Patrick, 26-P. Swearinger, 27-Freddie Bacco,
30-Jace Amore, 33-B. Whiteleather, 35-Jake Howell, 36-Alex Vucelich, 38-Mike McAdams, 39-Tyler Lorenz, 41-Shawn Johnson,
44-Kevin Garner, 45-Windell Brown, 46-Nick Weaver, 50-Mike McAdams, 52-Guy Hurt, 54-Seth Job, 55-Matt Weiss, 60-Bo Stranger,
64-Devin Kirkland, 66-Robert Eberlein, 68-Nick Piccirillo, 70-Dan Jordan, 75-Matt Scheuer, 79-Travis Simmons, 80-Joe Slappy,
82-Ryan Keebler, 84-Michael Rhue, 88-TJ Martinak, 91-R. Eberlein, 94-J. Tarovisky, 95-Kendrick Brown, 98-Brandon Gordon.
<cpi10>
<page>
<lpi6>