Football recaps from Week 4.

(Vinnie Greco ran for two touchdowns for Franklin)

FRANKLIN 50, ERIE EAST 16

FRANKLIN, Pa. — Ian Haynes ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third to help Franklin get back on the winning track with a 50-16 win over visiting Erie East.

Haynes, who was 7 of 11 passing for 114 yards while also running for 10 yards scored on a pair of 1-yard runs and also threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Johnson.

Johnson added a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown, and the Knights (4-1) exploded for 42 second-quarter points to take a 50-0 halftime lead.

Vinnie Greco also ran for two scores for Franklin and piled up 154 yards on the night on 21 carries. Brendon Gordon added a 60-yard scoring run and finished with five carries for 92 yards, and the Knights defense recorded a safety as well.

GROVE CITY 61, OIL CITY 13

OIL CITY, Pa. — Grove City played spoiler to Oil City’s homecoming scoring at least two touchdowns in each quarter on its way to a 61-13 win over the winless Oilers.

Oil City’s defense yielded 430 yards to the Eagles including 326 through the air, although the Oilers defense did score a touchdown when Noah Petro returned an interception 16 yards for the first OC score of the night.

Caden HIghfield also scored for Oil City on a 2-yard pass from Dylin Chapin.

But Grove City quarterback Kameron Patterson shredded Oil City’s secondary throwing six touchdown passes and going 16 of 21 for the 326 yards.

Grove City also had two long defensive touchdowns, as A.J. Turner, who also caught a pair of touchdowns from Patterson, returned a fumble 98 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter when Oil City was threatening to take the lead down 6-0.

The Eagles then got a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown from Molek Walker on the game’s final play.

Jahmeer Jordan ran 20 times for 83 yards to lead Oil City, while Turner had three catches for 72 yards for Grove City.

MONITEAU 33, KEYSTONE 6

KNOX, Pa. — Chance Nagy ran for a pair of third-quarter touchdowns to help visiting Moniteau pull away from Keystone for a 33-6 win.

The Warriors (2-2) led by just 10, 16-6 at halftime, but outscored Keystone 17-0 in the second half.

Steven Fawcett added a pair of field goals for Moniteau hitting from 37 and 26 yards out, Mitch DiMaria scored on a 6-yard run and Dalton Anderson returned the opening kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown.

Nate Wingard tossed a 21-yard pass to Austin Ion for Keystone’s lone score.

Nagy, who scored on runs of 1 and 38 yards, ran 12 times for 54 yards and was 1 of 9 passing for 28 yards and an interception.

Nick Martino led Moniteau with 79 yards rushing on 14 carries with DiMaria chipping in 37 yards on seven carries.

Wingard was 10 of 24 passing for 124 yards, the touchdown and an interception.

Corey Rapp had five catches for 81 yards for Keystone (0-5) with Kyle Kapp adding four for 74 and Ion three for 26. The Panthers, though, were held to negative 22 yards rushing.

ST. MARYS 32, UNION/A-C VALLEY 14

ST. MARYS, Pa. — Matt Marconi ran for two touchdowns, and Pat Schlimm threw a pair of touchdown passes to Parker Smith, as St. Marys held off visiting Union/A-C Valley, 32-14.

Marconi, who ran 21 times for 122 yards, scored on first-quarter runs of six and seven yards to give the Dutch a 12-0 lead at the end of the quarter.

Schlimm, who was 9 of 18 passing for 116 yards, then Smith with passes of 21 and 22 yards, the second one coming on the final play of the first half, to expand the St. Marys’ lead to 25-0 at halftime.

Smith had four catches for 69 yards.

Union/A-C Valley, though, stormed back in the third quarter on a pair of Lucas Bowser to Kody Wolfe touchdown passes, the first from 21 yards and the second from 22 yards, to get within 11, 25-14, at the end of the quarter.

But Jeff Wehler picked off a Bowser pass late in the game and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown to set the final score.

Bowser was 7 of 21 for 171 yards and the two touchdowns while also throwing three interceptions. Wolfe caught three passes for 53 yards.

St. Marys bottled up the Falcon Knights’ running attack holding Union/A-C Valley to negative four yards rushing. The Falcons Knights also had four turnovers.

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