Courtesy of Central Keystone Football
LEWISTOWN, Pa. – A busy weekend around the Central Keystone Youth Football & Cheer League (CKYFCL) was wrapped up on Sunday as the final regular season champion was crowned in the Midget division with McVeytown lifting the title.

MIGHTY MIGHTS

BURNHAM 4 – TERRACE 2

BURNHAM, Pa . – Kyson Miller tallied the game’s two opening scores to lead three different scorers for the host Bulldogs as Burnham held off a late Terrace rally to earn a 4-2 victory over the visiting Tigers on Sunday.

Miller got the scoring started in the first quarter on a seven-yard jaunt to the endzone to build a 1-0 Burnham lead.

Early in the second quarter, Miller struck paydirt again to build a 2-0 Burnham lead. Miller barrelled in from the five-yard line for his second score of the day.

Burnham wasn’t finished in a busy first half. With 18 ticks to play in the half, Robert Davis pounded the ball across the goalline to extend the Burnham lead to 3-0 at the half.

Following a slow start to the third quarter, Burnham added to its lead with a minute to go in the frame when Brody Lepley ran it in from the 15 to push the Bulldogs out to a 4-0 lead with a quarter of action remaining.

Terrace wouldn’t go down without a fight. Jadiel Guevara scored on a five-yard run with under 10 minutes to play to chip into the Burnham lead.

Guevara added another score with 4:14 to go on a 15-yard touchdown run but it wasn’t enough as Burnham held on for a 4-2 victory.

MCVEYTOWN 8 – DERRY-DECATUR 2

ALFARATA, Pa. – Eight different players found the endzone on Sunday afternoon for McVeytown as the visiting Eagles turned in a resounding 8-2 road victory over the Derry-Decatur Cyclones.

Knox Hartman got the scoring started in the first quarter with a 35-yard touchdown run to put McVeytown out in front early. Stetson Bordell and Layton Yoder matched Hartman with 35-yard scores of their own as McVeytown rolled out to a 3-0 lead after a quarter of play.

The two teams traded scores in the second quarter, but it was McVeytown owning a 4-1 halftime advantage. Maddyx Sunderland scored on a 20-yard run for the Eagles and Oliver Rauch struck paydirt to put the Cyclones on the scoreboard.

Out of the halftime break, McVeytown added to its lead with a pair of third-quarter scores. Cade Cherry and Luke Specht scored on runs of four and two yards, respectively, to push the Eagles out to a 6-1 lead with a quarter left to play.

A busy afternoon for the McVeytown offense was wrapped up with a pair of scores in the fourth quarter. Lucas Moist and Bryce Seedes found the endzone on mirroring 35-yard touchdown scampers, while Camden Hesketh scored for Derry-Decatur in the frame but it wasn’t enough as McVeytown rolled to an 8-2 victory over the host Cyclones.

McVeytown was led defensively by a five-tackle afternoon from Hartman. Seedes, Yoder and Jaxon Smith each chipped in four stops in the victory.

KISH 5 – JUNIATA 3

REEDSVILLE, Pa. – Kish used four first-half scores to run out to a 4-1 halftime lead and never looked back and the host Indians defeated the visiting Juniata Little Indians by a 5-3 tally on Sunday afternoon.

Bennett Harmon opened the scoring on the game’s opening drive when he sprinted to the endzone from the 20-yard line for a 1-0 Kish lead.

Quay Vogt wrapped up the first-quarter scoring with 6:22 to play in the frame with a seven-yard touchdown run to extend the Kish lead to 2-0 after the first quarter of action.

Harmon notched his second score of the day early in the second stanza with a 16-yard touchdown jaunt to build a 3-0 Indians lead before Layton Glick ran it in from the 35 yards out to push Kish ahead by a 4-0 tally.

Juniata got on the scoreboard in the waning moments of the second quarter when Ryker Stahl punched it into the endzone, but it was Kish owning a 4-1 halftime lead.

Out of the intermission, Juniata wasted little time in cutting the lead in half. Stahl barrelled into the endzone on the opening play from scrimmage in the second half to trim the gap to 4-2.

Kish quelled the Juniata comeback bid in midway through the third quarter when Harmon put the finishing touches on a three-score day with a 29-yard touchdown carry  to extend the Kish advantage to 5-2.

James Gehman put Juniata back on the board with three ticks to go in the third with a five-yard touchdown run to bring the score to a 5-3 Kish advantage with a quarter of action to play.

Both defenses performed admirably in the fourth quarter, with Juniata forcing two Kish miscues, but neither team could find the scoreboard and Kish picked up its eighth win of the season with a 5-3 victory.

PEE WEES

BURNHAM  31 – TERRACE 12

BURNHAM, Pa . – Burnham ran out to a 25-0 lead and never looked back as the Bulldogs took a 31-12 victory over the Terrace Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Connor Rose opened the scoring for the Bulldogs on a 15-yard touchdown run with 4:18 to play in the first to build a 7-0 Burnham lead.

Burnham got back on the board midway through the second quarter when Ricky Jenkins barrelled in from the five-yard line to extend the lead to 13-0.

After the game’s opening scores on the ground, Burnham went to the air for back-to-back scores to open up a 25-0 lead with under a minute to play in the opening half. Quarterback Chantz Williams connected with Rose twice on connections of 8 and 25 yards to build the sizeable lead.

Terrace had the final say in the half when Ashtyn Wagner connected with Reece Hagerty on a 75 yard pitch-and-catch to cut the Burnham lead to 25-6 at the intermission.

The Tigers chipped away at the Burnham lead in the third quarter when they took advantage of a fumbled punt and returned the Burnham miscue to the endzone to cut the deficit to 25-12.

Burnham used a special teams score to wrap up the win when Ricky Jenkins ran a Terrace punt to the house as the Bulldogs earned their fifth win of the year by a 31-12 tally. 

MCVEYTOWN 40 – DERRY-DECATUR 0

ALFARATA, Pa. – Owen Fultz notched a defensive score on a fumble recovery in the waning moments of the first quarter to open the scoring and the offense did the rest as the McVeytown Eagles rolled to a 40-0 victory on Sunday afternoon over Derry-Decatur.

Following the defensive score, McVeytown added insurance with seven ticks to go in the first when Mathew Hartsock stormed in from the two-yard line to push McVeytown out to a 13-0 lead after a quarter of play.

Midway through the second stanza Calvin Napikoski got in on the scoring with a 15-yard scamper to the house to push McVeytown out to a 20-0 halftime lead.

McVeytown added another score in the third quarter when Lincoln Knable found paydirt on a five-yard carry to push the Eagles advantage to 27-0 after three quarters of action.

Jayse Snyder got in on the action with 6:52 to play when he sprinted to the enzone from the 15-yard line, extending the McVeytown lead to 34-0.

Knable rounded out the scoring for the Eagles with his second touchdown of the day with less than two minutes to play to propel McVeytown to a 40-0 victory.

Along with Fultz’s defensives score, Cole Laughlin added a pair of stops to lead the McVeytown defense.

KISH 34 – JUNIATA 0

REEDSVILLE, Pa. – After wrapping up the regular season crown a week ago, the Kish Indians continued their shutout streak with a resounding 34-0 victory over the Juniata Little Indians on Sunday afternoon.

Kish struck on the game’s opening drive to run out to a 6-0 lead. Duke Peachey took a sweep on third down and did the rest on his way to the endzone and an early Kish lead.

After forcing a Juniata three-and-out, Kish struck again quickly when Jase Atherton ran into the endzone to build a 12-0 advantage. Peachey connected with on the ensuing two-point conversion to extend the lead to 14-0.

Kish wasn’t done in the first quarter as Easton Trutt fought off numerous Juniata defenders on a designed keeper to push the Indians out to a 21-0 advantage.

Following the early offensive onslaught, the Kish defense got on the board when Kannon Moyer intercepted a Juniata pass and took it to the house for a 27-0 Kish lead after a quarter of play.

Kish added a score in the second quarter when Atherton found the endzone for his second score of the day as the Indians stormed out to a 34-0 halftime lead.

Both teams battled back and forth in the second half, but neither team broke through in a defensive struggle but it was Kish eventually rolling to a 34-0 victory. 

MIDGETS

MCVEYTOWN 33 – DERRY-DECATUR 0  

ALFARATA, Pa. – Four different players found the endzone and the defense pitched a shutout as the McVeytown Eagles claimed the regular season Midget division title with a resounding 33-0 road victory over the Derry-Decatur Cyclones.

Bentley Felmlee opened the scoring for McVeytown midway through the first quarter when he stormed into the endzone on a 35-yard run to build a 7-0 Eagles lead.

Felmlee added his second score of the afternoon midway through the second quarter on a long run. The youngster raced to the house from 75 yards out for his longest touchdown of the season to push the Eagles ahead by a 13-0 tally.

McVeytown scored twice in nine seconds to roll out to a 26-0 halftime lead. Blake Specht scampered in from the five to build a 20-0 lead with 20 ticks to play in the opening half.

The Eagles picked off a Derry-Decatur pass on the ensuing Cyclones possession to set up their final score of the half. Brayden Hess scampered in on a 15-yard run with 11 seconds to play in the opening half as McVeytown owned a 26-0 halftime lead.

Following a scoreless third quarter, the Eagles wrapped up the scoring with 3:25 to play in the fourth quarter. Treyson Yohn connected with Cole Eversole on a seven-yard strike to wrap up a 33-0 McVeytown victory.

Felmlee led the defense with seven tackles while Specht chipped in five stops in the win.

BURNHAM 28 – TERRACE 26

BURNHAM, Pa . – Malachi Galbraith accounted for two touchdowns on the day as the host Burnham Bulldogs completed the season sweep over the defending champion Terrace Tigers behind a thrilling 28-26 victory on Sunday afternoon.

The win secured a spot for the Bulldogs in the Midget Super Bowl where they will take on McVeytown.

Terrace owned an early lead in the matchup after tallying the game’s opening score to own a 7-0 lead after a quarter of play.

Eli Galbraith joined his brother Malachi on the scoreboard in the second quarter for Burnham while the Tigers added another score in the frame, but it was Burnham owning a slim 15-13 halftime lead.

Out of the intermission, Burnham tallied two scores in the third quarter to run out to a 28-13 lead as the game headed to the final frame. Colton Cherry scored on the ground for the Bulldogs in the quarter and Malachi Galbraith hauled in a pass from his brother Eli to wrap up the scoring for Burnham in the quarter.

Terrace scored twice in the fourth quarter but the comeback bid came up just short as Burnham held on for a 28-26 victory.

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The CKYFCL is a 501c3 registered non-profit organization benefitting the more than 600 children across a four-county area in Central Pennsylvania. In addition to healthy competition, the league aims to provide an equal opportunity for kids between the ages of 5 and 13 to learn important skills in teamwork while forming friendships and bonds that can last a lifetime.

Member organizations include:
Burnham Bulldogs
Derry-Decatur Cyclones
Juniata Little Indians
Kish Indians
McVeytown Eagles
Terrace Tigers