Rainey, Bowser Help Union/ACV To Key Win

| September 29, 2018


RIMERSBURG, Pa. (D9Sports) – Caden Rainey is only a freshman, but he is a freshman who has found a knack for making big plays.

(Luke Bowser was the Hager Paving Player of the Game for Union/ACV)

Listen to the game with Pat Kahle and Bob “The Governor” Dunkle on the call.

A perhaps Rainey’s biggest play of the season came midway through the first quarter of Union/A-C Valley’s 34-6 win over visiting Port Allegany.

In what amounted as a must-win game for the Falcon Knights (2-4) if they have any hope at making the postseason, the visiting and winless Gators used 6:20 off the first-quarter clock after receiving the opening kickoff to stun the Union/ACV faithful taking a 6-0 lead on an 11-yard Josh Rees run.

Josh Rees of Port Allegany. Photo by Kyle Yates

Josh Rees of Port Allegany. Photo by Kyle Yates

But while it took Port Allegany (0-6) half the quarter to score, it took Union/A-C Valley just 12 seconds, as Rainey returned the ensuing kickoff 69 yards for a touchdown, and Nolan Cumberland added the extra point to put the Falcons Knights on top for good, 7-6.

“That was huge,” Union/A-C Valley head coach Brad Dittman said. “We needed to answer that momentum. That is the reason we have him back there. He is a freshman, but he is a playmaker. We love what he can do with the ball in his hands. That was huge for us.”

Listen to the rest of Dittman’s thoughts on the victory.

While Rainey’s kickoff return was important in the victory, so was the play of quarterback Luke Bowser.

Bowser accounted for the other four Union/ACV touchdowns throwing a pair of scores and running for a pair of touchdowns.

He connected on scoring passes of 25 yards to Colton Hoffman and 16 yards to Cumberland while also scoring on runs of one and two yards. He finished the game 5 of 11 passing for 109 yards – he did throw an interception – and ran eight times for 19 yards while being named the Hager Paving for Union/A-C Valley.

Colton Hoffman of Union/A-C Valley. Photo by Kyle Yates

Colton Hoffman of Union/A-C Valley. Photo by Kyle Yates

He talked about the importance of the victory for the Falcon Knights (2-4).

Following the two first-quarter scores, the game remained a 1-point came until 1:50 remained in the first half when Bowser threw his first touchdown pass of the game, the 25-yard strike to Hoffman, to give the Falcon Knights a 14-6 halftime lead.

That lead held at eight until late in the third quarter when Bowser scored on 2-yard run to make it 21-6.

Bowser then hit Cumberland with the 16-yard pass early in the fourth quarter to put the game away at 28-6 before scoring himself on the 1-yard run with 1:18 left following an interception by Colby Best.

Rees had a strong game for Port Allegany rushing 22 times for a game-high 161 yards and the touchdown. He was named the Gators Hager Paving Player of the Game.

Josh Rees was the Hager Paving Player of the Game for Port Allegany

Josh Rees was the Hager Paving Player of the Game for Port Allegany

Best added a big game on defense for Union/ACV with 13 tackles, a sack and an interception. Joe Dehart and Brady Cullen each added 10 tackles with Layton Stewart chipping in seven tackles and a sack.

Union/A-C Valley's Defense. Photo by Kyle Yates

Union/A-C Valley’s Defense. Photo by Kyle Yates

Union/A-C Valley has a short week as they travel to Keystone for a 7 p.m. game Thursday in the annual Clarion County ALF Thursday Night Contest, while Port Allegany hosts Sheffield at 7 p.m. Friday.

(All non-Hager Paving Player of the Game Photos in this story are by by Kyle Yates www.facebook.com/YatesPhoto)

Union homecoming king (Chase Kline) and queen (Marli Hawk). Photo by Kyle Yates

Union homecoming king (Chase Kline) and queen (Marli Hawk). Photo by Kyle Yates

BROOKVILLE 35, MONITEAU 24

BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Robert Keth threw for 360 yards and five touchdowns to lead Brookville to another second-half come-from-behind 35-24 win over Moniteau on Homecoming.

Down 24-19 midway through the third quarter, Keth threw two touchdowns to put the Raiders (3-3) ahead for good. His first went for 72 yards to Cabe Park to put the Raiders up 27-24 with 5:33 left in the third quarter.

In the fourth, Keth hit Addison Singleton on an 8-yard pass. Singleton fumbled the ball, but Park scooped it up and went the remaining 21 yards to set the final score. Park caught five passes for 190 yards, scoring his other TD in the first quarter on a 17-yard pass from Keth.

Keth, who completed 13 of 26 passes, threw two TD passes to Ian Thrush in the second quarter covering 67 and 45 yards. Those were Thrush’s catches that totaled 112 yards.

Nick Martino and Chance Nagy each ran for two touchdowns for the Warriors (3-3). Martino scored on a 7-yard run in the first quarter and 3-yard run to put the Warriors up 24-19 in the third quarter. Nagy scored on a 6-yard run in the second quarter and 1-yard run to start the second-half scoring.

Cody Wise led the Warriors with 88 yards on 14 carries. Martino ran for 67 yards on 17 carries. Nagy added 44 yards on 10 attempts.


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