Courtesy of Central Keyston Youth Football and Cheer League
LEWISTOWN, Pa. – After nine weeks of action and 76 games, the Central Keystone Youth Football & Cheer League (CKYFCL) regular season wrapped up on Sunday afternoon with games being contested in the Mighty Might and Pee Wee divisions.

MIGHTY MIGHTS

JUNIATA 6 – DERRY-DECATUR 1

PORT ROYAL, Pa. – Four different players scored their first touchdowns of the season on Sunday afternoon as the Juniata Little Indians surged past the Derry-Decatur Cyclones by a 6-1 tally.

Colby Fortney opened the scoring for the Little Indians in the first quarter and Kutler Goshorn added the final score of the frame as Juniata ran out to a 2-0 lead after the first quarter of action. For Fortney and Goshorn, it marked their first touchdowns of the season.

Derry-Decatur got on the board in the second quarter, but Juniata kept the pedal to the floor with two more touchdowns to take a 4-1 lead to the intermission. Bentley Rowles notched his first touchdown of the season and Stephen Batarick added another touchdown to hand Juniata a sizeable halftime lead.

The firsts continued out of the halftime break as Caleb Miller tallied his first score of the season to propel Juniata to a 5-1 lead with a quarter of play remaining.

Batarick notched his second touchdown of the day to round out the scoring and help hand Juniata a 6-1 victory.

Juniata’s defense was very stingy all-day and was led by the efforts of Asher Dituri and Easton Hostler.

KISH 6 – BURNHAM 4

BURNHAM, Pa. – Visiting Kish fell behind early, but stormed back in the middle quarters to wrap up its second undefeated regular season in a row with a 6-4 victory over an upset-minded Burnham Bulldogs squad.

Burnham scored on the game’s opening possession when Robert Davis struck paydirt on a 35-yard jaunt to put the host Bulldogs out in front by a 1-0 tally.

Kish responded quickly when Bennett Harmon barreled into the endzone with 12:05 to play in the opening frame to knot the game up at a score each.

Davis struck again, this time on a 25-yard run to put the Bulldogs back in front by a 2-1gap midway through a busy first quarter of action.

Harmon knotted the game back up on the ensuing drive when he punched it in from the five to even the score at two apiece.

Burnham had the final say in the first quarter when Kyson Miller found the endzone on a nine-yard burst to put the Bulldogs out in front by a 3-2 score after the first quarter of action.

Kish responded in a big way in the second quarter to gain the lead for good. Quay Vogt opened the scoring in the second stanza with a five-yard touchdown run to tie the game up for the third time at a 3-3 margin.

Jack Wagner bolted in to the endzone on a 13-yard run with 6:35 to go in the opening half to put the visiting Indians out in front by a 4-3 score at the break in a back-and-forth affair.

Out of the halftime break, Kish built a three-score lead on the legs of Harmon and Vogt. Harmon sprinted in from the 35 on the first play of the second half to extend the Kish lead to 5-3.

A stingy Kish defense held Burnham off the scoreboard while Vogt notched his second score of the day on a two-yard burst to build a 6-3 Indians lead with 15 minutes to play.

Carter Cherry punched it in from the two with under two minutes to play, but it wasn’t enough as Kish posted a 6-4 road victory to earn the season sweep over Burnham.

MCVEYTOWN 8 – TERRACE 5

JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Jadiel Guevara scored five times for the host Terrace Tigers, but a balanced attack powered the visiting McVeytown Eagles to a hard-fought 8-5 victory on Sunday afternoon.

Knox Hartman put the Eagles on the scoreboard midway through the first quarter with a three-yard touchdown run to build a 1-0 lead.

Guevara responded early in the second quarter to knot the game up at a score each.

Bryce Seedes broke the deadlock with a two-yard touchdown run as the Eagles regained the lead for good with 5:55 to play in the first half.

McVeytown added a score in the waning moments of the first half when Stetson Bordell scored to build a 3-1 halftime lead for the visiting Eagles.

Hartman got back in on the scoring with 12 minutes to go in the third quarter when he bolted 25 yards to paydirt to extend the McVeytown lead to 4-1.

Guevara ended the McVeytown run with his second score of the day to trim the deficit to 4-2.

Hartman notched another touchdown run and Guevara responded yet again before Maddyx Sunderland bolted into the endzone with 30 ticks to play in the third quarter to build a 6-3 McVeytown lead with a quarter of play remaining.

Guevara scored twice in the final quarter for Terrace to round out a busy afternoon, but Layton Yoder and Hartman each answered with scores of their own to propel McVeytown to an 8-5 road victory.

PEE WEES

JUNIATA 33 – DERRY-DECATUR 0

PORT ROYAL, Pa. – Mason DeLancey connected twice with Kase Goshorn and the defense was impressive throughout as the Juniata Little Indians rolled to a 33-0 victory over Derry-Decatur in the regular season finale for both teams.

DeLancey opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when he connected with Goshorn on a 21-yard pitch-and-catch to build a 7-0 Juniata lead.

Waylon Imes pounded the ball in from the eight-yard line with 2:01 to go in the first quarter to extend the Juniata lead to 14-0.

Midway through the second quarter the DeLancey to Goshorn connection struck again. DeLancey found Goshorn on a 15-yard pattern to send Juniata to a 21-0 halftime lead.

Following a Cooper Snyder interception to setup Juniata’s offense, Banks Hackenberger got on the scoreboard on a four-yard burst with 4:11 to go in the third frame to push the Little Indians advantage to 27-0.

Juniata wrapped up the afternoon’s scoring when Snyder bolted into the endzone on a two-yard score to propel the Little Indians to a 33-0 advantage.

Marshall Deihl put the finishing touches on a superb defensive effort with an interception with two minutes to play and Juniata drained out the clock to post a 33-0 victory over the visiting Cyclones.

KISH 34 – BURNHAM 12

BURNHAM, Pa. – Kish used a special teams score to get on the board and never looked back as the visiting Indians rolled to a 34-12 victory over the host Burnham Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon.

After an early exchange, Wyatt Hassinger fielded a Burnham punt and returned it the distance to put Kish out in front by a 7-0 tally.

Julian Altiery extended the Kish lead on a short run up the middle to push the Indians advantage to 13-0 after a quarter of play.

Kish added to its lead in the second stanza when Hassinger took the ball around the right side and jaunted to the endzone to extend the lead to 20-0 at the intermission.

Burnham awoke in the second half and forced a Kish three-and-out before trimming the deficit to 20-6. Ricky Jenkins broke multiple tackles on a 70-yard touchdown run to cut into the Kish lead midway through the third quarter of play.

Early in the fourth quarter, a touchdown pass brought Burnham to within a score, but Kish used a pair of unanswered scores to pull away late.

Altiery found the end zone for the second time in the day to build a 26-12 lead.  Jase Atherton hit Jasper Snook on the two-point attempt to push the Kish lead to 28-12.

Kish rounded out the scoring when Easton Trutt bolted into the endzone on a quarterback keeper around the right side to finalize the scoring at a 34-12 tally.

MCVEYTOWN 49 – TERRACE 12

JUNIATA TERRACE, Pa. – Alex Weaver scored twice to lead six different scorers as the McVeytown Eagles rolled to a 49-12 road victory over the Terrace Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Midway through the first quarter of play, Lincoln Knable put the Eagles on the board witih a 35-yard touchdown run. Calvin Napikoski found Mathew Hartsock on the two-point conversion to build an 8-0 McVeytown lead.

McVeytown’s defense was again up to the task throughout the remainder of the quarter, handing the offense good field position to setup three more first-quarter McVeytown scores.

Hartsock, Napikoski and Weaver each scored rushing touchdowns in the final 4:22 of the first quarter as the Eagles ran out to a 29-0 lead after a quarter of action.

Dean Armstrong barreled into the endzone on a two-yard run to extend the McVeytown lead to 36-0 at the intermission.

Out of the halftime break, Liam Bender took a handoff at the five and rolled into the endzone for a score as the Eagles build a 42-0 lead.

Reece Hagerty responded with 59 ticks to play in the third quarter when he scampered 50 yards to the endzone to put Terrace on the scoreboard and trim the McVeytown lead to 42-6.

Knable bookended his day with a 45-yard touchdown run with 9:20 remaining to push the McVeytown lead to 49-6.

Hagerty had the final say for Terrace on a 40-yard touchdown run with seven minutes to play, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles rolled to their eighth victory of the season by a 49-12 tally.