Press release by www.d9sports.com
CLARION’S DEFENSE NAMED EXPLORE YOUR TOWN D9SPORTS.COM PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK NINE OF THE 2013 SEASON
15 Players named to District 9 Honor Roll
CLARION – In a D9Sports.com first, the entire Clarion defense is the Explore Your Town D9Sports.com District 9 Player of the Week for Week Nine of the 2013 season.
The Bobcats defense has, too put it mildly, been an immoveable object for almost the entire year recording seven shutouts in nine games including in each of the last six weeks while allowing a total of 26 points all season.
In a 55-0 win over A-C Valley Friday night, the defense, which was led by 16 tackles including a ½ sacks from Destin Strauser, 13 tackles from Tyler Allen and 10 from Damien Slike, who also recovered a fumble, forced three A-C Valley turnovers and held the Falcons to 123 total yards of offense. The 48 shutout minutes ran Clarion’s shutout streak to 288 minutes and 15 seconds, while the seven shutouts this year are a school record and the second most in District 9 during the District 9 playoff-era (1987-present).
Fifteen players are also being honored this week on the Explore Your Town D9Sports.com Honor Roll.
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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
Clarion Defense – Recorded is sixth consecutive shutout and its school-record seventh shutout of the season while running its scoreless streak to 288 minutes, 15 seconds while holding A-C Valley to 123 yards of offense. The seven shutouts are the second most in the District 9 playoff-era history (1987-present) – Clarion 55, A-C Valley 0
EXPLORE YOUR TOWN D9SPORTS.COM HONOR ROLL
(Listed alphabetically by school)
Anthony Benson – Brockway: 10 catches, 159 yards, 3 touchdowns; 7 carries, 45 yards, 1 touchdown; Returned a kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown – Brockway 40, Port Allegany 24
Alec Shaffer-Doan – Brockway: 19-for-24, 300 yards, 5 touchdowns, 1 interception; 10 carries, 64 yards – Brockway 49, Port Allegany 24
Damien Slike – Clarion: 7 carries, 134 yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 catch, 21 yards; Made 10 tackles & recovered a fumble on defense – Clarion 55, A-C Valley 0
Jake Neiswonger – Clarion-Limestone: 9 catches, 150 yards, 2 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 68, Clarion-Limestone 37
Christian Lezzer – Clearfield: 16 carries, 251 yards (career best), 5 touchdowns; 1-for-1 passing, 23 yards – Clearfield 56, Philipsburg-Osceola 7
Ethan Hite – Coudersport: 15-for-28 passing, 255 yards, 1 touchdown; Ran for a touchdown – Kane 28, Coudersport 20
Zach Tibbens – Curwensville: 32 carries, 237 yards, 4 touchdowns – Curwensville 38, Sheffield 14
Gabe French – DuBois: 17-for-24 passing, 392 yards (school record), 4 touchdowns; 5 carries, 22 yards – DuBois 56, Meadville 35
Bryson Paulinellie – DuBois: 8 catches, 188 yards, 2 touchdowns; Returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown – DuBois 56, Meadville 35
James Lingenfelter – Kane: 6 carries, 67 yards, 1 touchdown; 16 tackles – Kane 28, Coudersport 20
Tyler Kepple – Karns City: 13-for-18 passing, 164 yards, 2 touchdowns; 4 carries, 15 yards – Karns City 42, Brookville 6
Dustin Geagan – Moniteau: 17 carries, 167 yards, 3 touchdowns – Moniteau 36, Punxsutawney 0
Mark Strothers – Redbank Valley: 11 carries, 239 yards, 4 touchdowns – Redbank Valley 68, Clarion-Limestone 37
Alex Feldbauer – St. Marys: 41 carries, 253 yards, 4 touchdowns; Scored game-winning touchdown with 9:34 to play – St. Marys 28, Bradford 20
Tyler Wiser – Union: 10 tackles, 1 ½ sacks – Union 16, Keystone 12