| Bellwood-Antis
routs Penn Valley 55-0 by Nick Lovrich, COACH
The Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils returned home to Memorial Field after three straight road trips riding a five game winning streak to take on the Penns Valley Rams for Homecoming. The Blue Devils did not disappoint the home crowd and kept their winning streak alive. After the Bellwood-Antis High School Chorus sang the National Anthem to honor America the Blue Devils went right to work. B-A won the toss and deferred to the second half. Penns Valley received the kick and tried to move the ball down the field, but the Blue Devil defense wouldn't budge and forced the Rams to punt. After three running plays to the backfield tandem of seniors Eric Kustaborder and Duane Ehredt the Blue Devils went to the air. Senior quarterback Chuck Benton threw a pass to tight end Ryan McCartney. The pass was a little high and McCartney tipped the ball and then the Penns Valley defender tipped it into the arms of junior split end Damion Miller. Miller took the ball into the endzone for a 51 yard scoring play. That was the beginning of the scoring for Bellwood-Antis. Benton threw two more touchdown passes in the half to seniors Troy Beaver and Jordan Taylor. Both of the touchdowns showcased the speed of the Blue Devils by Beaver and Taylor outrunning the Ram defenders to the endzone. For the half, Benton threw eleven times completing six for 202 yards, which is third most in B-A history. The Blue Devils needed just 12 seconds to start the scoring in the second half. Junior Cory Daly took the second half kick-off 83 yards for another Blue Devil score. Daly ran straight up the field and was untouched because of good blocking by the return team's front line of Lee Detwiler, Josh Rosella, Eric Brubaker, Zack Bobak, and Matt Plummer. Later on in the third quarter senior fullback Duane Ehredt out ran the Penns Valley defense for a 42 yard touchdown for his second of the night. After Ehredt's touchdown junior back-up quarterback Jesse Graham took over the offense for Benton and directed the team to the endzone for two more scores, including a 33 yard run of his own. Bellwood's defense turned in another stellar performance. The defense was led by senior linebacker Roger Hamer and junior nose guard Zack Bobak. Hamer had thirteen tackles and Bobak had ten. Sophomore defensive end Matt Plummer had three sacks and junior linebacker had an interception for the Blue Devils. This was Bellwood-Antis' second shutout of the season. With the win B-A improved to 6-0 and Penns Valley fell to 0-6. The Blue Devils take on Chestnut Ridge this Friday at Memorial Field. |
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