WEST CHESTER OUTLASTS CLARION 49-21
(CLARION, PA.): West Chester scored 22-unanswered points in the second half and Dean Millard scored two second half td’s as the Rams pulled away to defeat Clarion 49-21 on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
Held at Clarion’s Memorial Stadium, West Chester improved its record to 1-2, while Clarion dropped to 0-3.
Clarion wide receiver Pierre Odom had a career receiving night for the Golden Eagles catching 6 passes for 246 yards and 1 td. Odom’s touchdown came on a 64-yard td pass from freshman quarterback Mark Rupert in the second quarter giving Clarion a 14-6 lead with 6:04 left in the first.
West Chester narrowed Clarion’s lead to 14-13 at 1:32 of the first when Brent Steinmetz scored on a 2-yard run capping a 10-play, 60-yard drive.
Tailback Osagie Osunde gave the Golden Rams the lead for good at 9:20 of the first with a 2-yard td run. The PAT made it 20-14 Rams.
Osunde came right back and scored on a 15-yard td pass from qb Matt Burdalski with 3:28 left in the second and West Chester had a 27-14 lead.
Clarion came back before halftime and drove 72-yards in 7 plays to hit paydirt. Clarion qb Mark Rupert (Knoch) rolled left and hit tight end Matt Foradora in the endzone on a 7-yard td pass. The PAT came with only 26-seconds left before halftime and Clarion closed the gap to 27-21.
West Chester’s Dean Millard scored on a 1-yard run with 10:35 in the third, Mike Washington caught a 31-yard pass from Bill Zwaan at 14:41 of the fourth, and Millard tacked on a 65-yard td run with 7:45 left to make the final West Chester 49 Clarion 21.
Clarion totaled 378 yards of offense including 75 rushing and 303 passing. Clarion freshman qb Mark Rupert hit on 14 of 29 passes for 302 yards and 2 td’s. It was his first 300 yard passing game of his career.
Odom, who had 246 receiving yards, notched the second most receiving yards in a single game. Clarion’s Terry McFetridge had 251 receiving yards against Kutztown in 1982.
Zach Gourley had 14 stops and 1 tfl, and Matt Morris had 11 stops for Clarion’s defense.
West Chester collected 522 yards of offense including 312 rushing and 210 passing. QB Bill Zwaan completed 11 of 17 passes for 195 yards and 2 td’s. Osagie Osunde rushed 14 times for 130 yards and 1 td, while Millard had 9 rushes for 89 yards and 2 td’s.
Clarion travels to Bloomsburg next Saturday for a noon kickoff, while West Chester returns home to host Shippensburg.
Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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West Chester........ 13 14 7 15 - 49 Record: (1-2)
CLARION............. 14 7 0 0 - 21 Record: (0-3)
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Scoring Summary:
1st 09:27 CLAR - Eddie Emanuel 2 yd run (Kyle Snoke kick), 3-24 1:18, WCU 0 - CLAR 7
07:23 WCU - Darrell Canty 38 yd pass from Bill Zwaan (Alex Walsh kick blockd), 5-70 1:58, WCU 6 - CLAR 7
06:04 CLAR - Pierre Odom 64 yd pass from Mark Rupert (Kyle Snoke kick), 4-79 1:08, WCU 6 - CLAR 14
01:32 WCU - Brent Steinmetz 2 yd run (Alex Walsh kick), 10-60 4:24, WCU 13 - CLAR 14
2nd 09:20 WCU - Osagie Osunde 2 yd run (Alex Walsh kick), 10-63 4:07, WCU 20 - CLAR 14
03:28 WCU - Osagie Osunde 15 yd pass from Matt Burdalski (Alex Walsh kick), 5-40 2:49, WCU 27 - CLAR 14
00:26 CLAR - Matt Foradora 7 yd pass from Mark Rupert (Kyle Snoke kick), 7-72 2:52, WCU 27 - CLAR 21
3rd 10:35 WCU - Dean Millard 1 yd run (Alex Walsh kick), 8-65 4:15, WCU 34 - CLAR 21
4th 14:51 WCU - Mike Washington 31 yd pass from Bill Zwaan (Tyler Downes rush), 8-51 3:57, WCU 42 - CLAR 21
07:45 WCU - Dean Millard 65 yd run (Alex Walsh kick), 2-65 0:25, WCU 49 - CLAR 21
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WCU CLAR
FIRST DOWNS................... 25 14
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 49-312 23-75
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 210 303
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 20-12-1 31-16-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 69-522 54-378
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-2 1-1
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-16 7-119
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-30 1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-42.0 4-42.8
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 8-58 7-43
Possession Time............... 28:50 26:03
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 10 5 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-4 3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-16 2-11
RUSHING: West Chester-Osagie Osunde 14-130; Dean Millard 9-89; Lee Hopkins 12-54; Brent Steinmetz
6-14; Bran. Hargrose 1-12; Mike Washington 2-11; Andy Groce 1-4; Bill Zwaan 4-minus 2. CLARION-Eddie
Emanuel 10-34; Keith Gruber 4-20; Randy Mengel 1-15; Mark Rupert 7-4; Herb Carraway 1-2.
PASSING: West Chester-Bill Zwaan 11-17-1-195; Matt Burdalski 1-3-0-15. CLARION-Mark Rupert
14-29-2-302; Ryan Hart 1-1-0-5; Erik Yonish 1-1-0-minus 4.
RECEIVING: West Chester-Eric Ruffenach 4-45; Mike Washington 2-76; Osagie Osunde 2-18; Darrell Canty
1-38; Brent Steinmetz 1-17; Cody Clark 1-13; Dean Millard 1-3. CLARION-Pierre Odom 6-246; Herb
Carraway 2-20; Matt Foradora 2-19; Eddie Emanuel 2-13; Zach Gourley 1-5; Dane Williams 1-4; Michael
O'Brien 1-0; Kyle Snoke 1-minus 4.
INTERCEPTIONS: West Chester-Maurice Garlic 1-30; Anthony Belasco 1-0. CLARION-Dwaon Woodard 1-0.
FUMBLES: West Chester-None. CLARION-None.
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5500
Kickoff time: 6 pm End of Game: 8:39 Total elapsed time: 2:39
Officials: Referee: Marty Maurer; Umpire: Sullivan Kelly;
Linesman: Michael Snider; Line judge: Jonathan Perry; Back judge: S. O'Callaghan;
Field judge: Adam Wentworth; Side judge: Bob Budnicki; Scorer: Chris Rossetti;
Temperature: 73 Wind: Weather: Sunny
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West Chester vs CLARION (Sep 16, 2006 at Clarion, Pa.)
SACKS (UA-A): West Chester-Joe Cefalo 1-0. CLARION-Kevin Rigby 1-0; Kyle Cathcart 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): West Chester-Lateef Ferguson 3-3; Chris Tagye 1-4; Jimmy Lewis 3-0; T.J. Cascio 2-1;
Dave Montgomery 2-1; Mike Dell 2-1; Anthony Gallup 2-1; Michael Walter 1-2; James Thorpe 1-2; Glenn
Walrath 1-2; Jeff Broyan 0-3; Maurice Garlic 2-0; Rashad Grimsley 2-0; Mike Mignogno 1-1; Vlad.
Garbovsky 1-1; Joe Cefalo 1-1; Tyler Downes 1-0; Nick Jablokov 1-0; Mike Washington 1-0; Corey Rhood
0-1; Darrell Canty 0-1; Brett Paterson 0-1; Eric Ruffenach 0-1; Dean Millard 0-1. CLARION-Zach
Gourley 6-8; Matt Morris 3-8; Jimmy Simmons 5-2; Kevin Rigby 3-3; Nathan Griffin 2-4; Jim McHale
3-2; Quintin Brazil 3-2; Erik Yonish 2-3; Tom Schreppel 0-4; Brian Edwards 3-0; Dwaon Woodard 2-0;
Richard McCune 1-1; Matt Foradora 1-0; Kyle Cathcart 1-0; Chris Kincaid 1-0; Dan Grazier 0-1; Clint
Brown 0-1; Colin McDonough 0-1; Pierre Odom 0-1; Josh Rytel 0-1.