ALEXANDRIA — The Juniata Valley Hornets got here into Friday evening’s matchup in opposition to the Windber Ramblers seeking to construct off of final week’s efficiency in opposition to Southern Huntington.
Led by a 207-yard dashing efficiency by junior operating again Andrew Clark, the Hornets ran away with a 55-28 victory at A.R. Simkins Memorial Field.
Clark scored 5 of Juniata
Valley’s eight touchdowns.
“I think we just played well as a group,” Clark stated. “We faced a lot of adversity in the first quarter and we overcame it as a group.”
At 8:15 to go within the first quarter, Andrew Clark caught a 48-yard landing cross from Jett Rand to place the Hornets on the board.
In the second quarter, Clark ran the ball 80 yards for one more rating with 10:51 left within the half.
“He’s working very hard off the field, to be successful on the field,” Juniata Valley coach Bill Musser stated. “I say this every time; he gives credit to all the guys up front working hard off the field to be successful on the field.”
Sophomore operating again Konner Harker completed with 8 carries for 59 yards and one landing for the Hornets.
“I think I played great,” Harker stated. “All credit to the line up front.”
In the third quarter, Clark scored twice, as soon as on a 44-yard run and once more on a 1-yard run, to spice up Juniata Valley’s lead.
Windber stored the game shut within the first quarter, however with accidents piling up, they couldn’t get a cease defensively in opposition to the Hornets.
“We’re so depleted right now,” Windber coach Matt Grohal stated. “We had a guy ejected two weeks ago and one of our best players was out with a hip flexor, and we had four or five freshmen in there trying to fill those voids tonight.”
As the common season involves a detailed, the Hornets’ confidence stays excessive going into the playoffs.
“The kids should have confidence in that their abilities are good enough to be able to play with anybody,” Musser stated. “We bought good workforce unity going.
Play of the game: With 10:51 left within the first half, Andrew Clark racked up an 80-yard landing run for the Hornets
Player of the game: Andrew Clark completed the night with 17 carries for 207 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Unsung hero: Konner Harker racked up eight carries for 59 yards on the ground.
Most very important statistic:
Juniata Valley tallied 558 whole yards on the evening.
Musser: “This was a playoff-type game,” Musser stated. ”The efforts must proceed to enhance and get stronger and extra centered as we transfer ahead.”
Grohal: “My guys fought and clawed for a half. Sometimes you just play a team that’s a little bit more bigger and more physical, and that was the case tonight.”
Clark: “I think the way we keep our foot on the pedal, and keep giving 100 percent the whole game, that’s what wins us games. I just hope we can build off it and come back stronger next week.”
Records: Juniata Valley (8-2); Windber (5-4)
Next week: Windber will play Conemaugh Township within the District 5 1A playoffs. Juniata Valley will tentatively face Northern Cambria within the District 6 1A playoffs.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Windber 13 7 0 8 — 28
Juniata Valley 14 20 14 7 — 55
First Quarter
W–Mash 6 run (Krause kick), 9:14.
JV–Clark 48 cross from Rand (Rodkey kick), 8:15.
W – Rummel 8 run (Krause kick) 5:03
JV – Clark 9 cross from Rand (Rodkey kick) 3:04
Second Quarter
JV–Clark 80 run (Rodkey kick), 10:51.
W–Woodruff 51 run (Krause kick), 9:59.
JV – Harker 2 run (Rodkey kick) 5:38
JV – Smith 42 fumble return (Smith cross from Rand) 2:57
Third Quarter
JV–Clark 44 run (Rodkey kick), 10:59.
JV–Clark 1 run (Rodkey kick), 5:41.
Fourth Quarter
JV–Rand 6 run (Rodkey kick), 11:57.
W–Tallion 6 run (Tallion run), 0:04.
TEAM STATISTICS W JV
First downs 21 18
Total yards 390 558
Rushes-yards 49-337 32-327
Yards passing 53 221
Passing (comp.-att.-int.) 6-15-0. 10-15-0
Punts-avg. 3-31.6 1-19
Fumbles-lost 1 0
Penalties-yards 8-70 5-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–Windber, Mash 22-150, Woodruff 16-116, Rummel 2-17, Strick 5-12, Tallion 5-48. Juniata Valley, Clark 17-207, Rand 2-38, Harker 8-59, Prough 1-3, Hess 2-12, Glenny 2-8.
PASSING–Windber, Rummel 6-14-0-53, Mash 0-1-0-0. Juniata Valley, Rand 9-14-0-208, Harker 1-1-0-13.
RECEIVING–Windber, Mash 1-1, Cheskiewiecz 4-32, Strick 1-20. Juniata Valley, Glenny 4-76, Smith 1-25, Harker 1-20, Clark 3-87, Rand 1-13.