Press release by www.d9sports.com
BROOKVILLE’S VROMAN NAMED EXPLORE YOUR TOWN D9SPORTS.COM PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK ONE OF THE 2013 SEASON
15 Players named to District 9 Honor Roll
CLARION – Brookville’s Zach Vroman is the Explore Your Town D9Sports.com District 9 Football Player of the Week for Week One of the 2013 season after a school-record-setting performance in a Raider win Friday night.
Vroman ran for a school-record 306 yards on 19 carries while scoring three touchdowns and also came away with a key interception on defense in Brookville’s season-opening 25-22 win over visiting Punxsutawney.
Joining Vroman in being honored this week are 15 players on the Explore Your Town D9Sports.com Honor Roll.
Explore Your Town, Inc., is a multimedia company located in Clarion that currently runs pair of websites (www.exploreclarion.com and www.explorevenango.com) covering multiple events in those areas.
Located at www.d9sports.com, D9Sports.com is in its 14th year of covering athletics within the PIAA’s District 9. The site, which is not affiliated with the PIAA in any way, covers all 25 football playing teams playing in District 9. For more information on the site, please visit it or e-mail the staff at sports@d9sports.com..
The Explore Your Town Player of the Week and the Honor Roll are chosen by D9Sports.com’s selection committee composing of the D9Sports.com editors and other media members. The awards are not intended to be a solely statistics driven award and take in many factors including statistics, opponents, importance of the game, clutch performance, etc.
The awards, which are given from Week One through Week 10, are the only weekly awards given out in District 9 football that represent the district as a whole.
EXPLORE YOUR TOWN D9SPORTS.COM PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Zach Vroman – Brookville: 19 carries, school-record 306 yards, 3 touchdowns; Intercepted a pass on defense – Brookville 25, Punxsutawney 22
EXPLORE YOUR TOWN D9SPORTS.COM HONOR ROLL
(Listed alphabetically by school)
Alec Shaffer-Doan – Brockway: 15 of 29, 145 yards, 2 touchdowns; 13 carries, 59 yards – Brockway 21, Cameron County 18
Seth Caldwell – Clearfield: 17 carries, 123 yards, 1 touchdown in debut as a freshman – Clearfield 45, St. Joan of Arc 7
Christian Lezzer – Clearfield: 4-for-7 passing, 64 yards, 1 touchdown; 14 carries, 147 yards, 3 touchdowns – Clearfield 45, St. Joan of Arc 7
Coy Hoffman – Coudersport: 11 carries, 130 yards; 3 catches, 24 yards, 1 touchdown – Curwensville 34, Coudersport 26
Zach Tibbens – Curwensville: 17 carries, 180 yards, 2 touchdowns; Returned a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown – Curwensville 34, Coudersport 26
Kevin Cleer – Kane: 17-for-24 passing, 141 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception – Kane 34, Sheffield 6
Tyler Kepple – Karns City: 8-for-13 passing, 246 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception – Karns City 42, St. Marys 0
Logan Moroney – Karns City: 3 catches, 116 yards, 1 touchdown – Karns City 42, St. Marys 0
Tyler Shaffer – Port Allegany: 5 carries, 164 yards, 2 touchdowns – Athens 30, Port Allegany 14
Jake Dougherty – Redbank Valley: 3-for-5 passing, 121 yards, 1 touchdown; 6 carries, 28 yards, 2 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 44, Keystone 6
Mark Strothers – Redbank Valley: 5 carries, 96 yards, 3 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 44, Keystone 6
Ryan Nielson – Smethport: 11 carries, 69 yards, 2 touchdowns – Smethport 28, Elk County Catholic 21
Lane Cicciarelli – Union: 4-for-8, 123 yards, 3 touchdowns – Union 36, A-C Valley 7
Shane Murphy – Union: 3 catches, 123 yards, 3 touchdowns – Union 36, A-C Valley 7
Dylan Shirey – Union: 11 carries, 117 yards, 2 touchdowns – Union 36, A-C Valley 7