Bellwood-Antis Stomps Chestnut Ridge 43-0
by Nick Lovrich, COACH
 Game Stats Video

The Chestnut Ridge Lions came into Bellwood-Antis' Memorial Field in hopes of upsetting the 6-0 Blue Devils, but their hopes diminished quickly. Bellwood-Antis flexed their muscles early and often in defeating the Lions 43-0. The Blue Devils dominated the Lions in all aspects of the game, scoring offensively, defensively, and on special teams.

The Ridgers received the opening kickoff and tried to move the ball down the field, but junior linebacker Ryan Myers shut down their attack by intercepting a A.J. Weyant pass near midfield. This was Myers's second interception in as many weeks and it was also his first start of his career. From there Bellwood used a mixture of passes from senior quarterback Chuck Benton, who passed the 2,000-yard mark for his career, and runs from seniors Duane Ehredt and Eric Kustaborder. The drive was highlighted by a 25-yard screen pass from Benton to Kustaborder. Kustaborder scored his first touchdown of the night on the next play from 8 yards out. The second quarter was more Bellwood scoring. Touchdowns by Ehredt and senior halfback Thad Sprankle put Bellwood up 22-0. Ehredt's touchdown was a 14-yard run and Sprankle's was on a 16-yard pass from Benton. Senior cornerback Troy Beaver sparked the defense by intercepting a Weyant pass and scooted 59 yards down the sideline to put B-A in scoring position for the Benton to Sprankle TD.

The second half turned out to be more bad news for the Lions as the Blue Devils scored three more touchdowns and a safety. Eric Kustaborder went untouched into the endzone from 4-yards out. The blocking from the offensive line of Todd, Brett, and Ryan McCartney, Roger Hamer, Eric Brubaker, and Josh Evans made the TD look easy. The next score came on a Jordan Taylor punt return. Taylor caught the ball at the B-A 49 and took down the right sideline to score. Senior Todd McCartney threw a huge block on a Chestnut Ridge player to spring Taylor.

The Bellwood defense was not left out of the scoring in this game. On third down from deep in Bellwood territory, Weyant threw an errant pitch to a back and the ball was rolling on the ground as the Blue Devil defense rushed into recover it. Junior lineman Zach Bobak dove for the ball at the Ridge 2 and a Chestnut Ridge player kicked the ball out of the endzone to give B-A its first safety of the season. Duane Ehredt's 3-yard run ended the scoring for the Blue Devils.

On top of the safety, the Blue Devil defense had another stellar performance in pitching its third shutout in a row. The 'D' held the Lions to 99 yards in total offense for the game. Senior linebacker Roger Hamer led the team with 10 tackles and Sprankle added a third interception for the Devils.

Bellwood-Antis improved to 7-0 on the season and will play Johnstown Vo-Tech next Saturday. Chestnut Ridge fell to 4-3.

Varsity
vs. Tyrone
vs. BG
vs. Mt. Union
vs. Williamsburg
vs. West Branch
vs. Penns Valley
vs. Chestnut Ridge
vs. Jtown Vo-Tech
vs. Mo. Valley
Playoffs
 
Junior Varsity
vs. Tyrone
vs. Everett
vs. Mo Valley
vs. Chestnut Ridge
vs. BG
vs. Penns Valley
vs. West Branch
vs. Mt. Union
Junior High
vs. Everett
vs. So. Huntingdon
vs. Juniata Valley
vs. Mt. Union
vs. BG
vs. Penns Valley
vs. Chestnut Ridge
vs. Tyrone
vs. Mo. Valley