Conrad Weiser can’t hold early lead, falls to Cocalico

By Barbara Barr Last updated Oct 18, 2025

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By Barbara Barr — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent

Cocalico rallied to beat Conrad Weiser 27-17 behind two touchdowns and 205 yards rushing from sophomore Logan Horning Friday night in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 game in Robesonia.

The loss is the fifth straight for the Scouts after beginning the season by reeling off four straight wins.

Final
Cocalico	27
Weiser	17

Conrad Weiser (1-5, 4-5) led 17-14 at halftime but was shutout in the second half.

The Scouts jumped out to a quick lead, scoring on the first play from scrimmage on Senior Night.

Connor Sellars hit Javien Rivera on a short pass and Rivera found room down the sidelines, outracing the defense to go 79 yards for the score to make it 7-0.

The Eagles (2-3, 3-6) tied it on a Horning 7-yard touchdown run capping a 59-yard drive.

The sophomore, whose twin brother Connor quarterbacks the Eagles, credited his offensive line.

“They opened up some big holes to run through,” he said. “It felt good.”

The Scouts took the lead again, capitalizing on a fumbled punt. Sellars ran it in from 22-yards out as the first quarter ended.

Cocalico tied it on a Rocco Colatta-Rigney touchdown in the second quarter as the Eagles ground and pound attack controlled the clock.

Owen Spang’s 39-yard field goal gave the Scouts a 17-14 lead at the half following a big completion from quarterback Carlo Woellner, who split duties under center with Sellars.

“We wanted to shake things up,” said Weiser coach Alan Moyer. “We’ve had a lot of guys go down to injuries. Penalties hurt us in the game. The offense sputtered a bit.”

The Scouts’ injury-depleted offense couldn’t get going in the second half as the Eagles marched down the field leading to two Breck Popolis field goals. Cocalico rushed for more than 340 yards.

Clinging to a 3-point lead late, Horning broke free for a 58-yard touchdown run to seal the victory for Cocalico.

“He’s a workhorse,” said Cocalico coach Bryan Strohl. “He rarely comes out of the game.”

Penalties hurt both teams. The Scouts were whistled for 11 penalties for 90 yards while the Eagles had nine flags thrown in their direction for 100 yards.

Key play

Logan Horning’s 58-yard TD run in the final minute put the game away.

Star of the game

Logan Horning rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries.

Quotable

“We stepped up in the second half. I was feeling good. The line was opening up big gaps and I ran through them. ” — Cocalico running back Logan Horning

Quotable

“We showed a lot of heart. We’ve had a number of guys go down this year.” — Conrad Weiser Coach Alan Moyer

Quotable

“We were looking for a spark, change things up.” — Conrad Weiser coach Alan Moyer, on using two quarterbacks

Up next

Cocalico hosts Fleetwood; Conrad Weiser travels to Unionville.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Cocalico	7	7	3	10	27
Conrad Weiser	14	3	0	0	17

Scoring summary

1	Conrad Weiser	Rivera, 79 pass from Sellars (Spang kick)	11:40
1	Cocalico	L. Horning, 7 run (Popolis kick)	3:01
1	Conrad Weiser	Sellars, 22 run (Spang kick)	0:00
2	Cocalico	Colatta-Rigney, 4 (Popolis kick)	7:07
2	Conrad Weiser	Spang, 39 FG	:02
3	Cocalico	Popolis, 32 FG	:58
4	Cocalico	Popolis, 30 FG	6:21
4	Cocalico	L. Horning, 58 run (Popolis kick)	:50

Team statistics

	COCALICO	WEISER
First downs	17	7
Rushes-yards	54-343	22-51
Passing yards	38	187
Total yards	381	238
Passes	2-3-0	9-18-0
Fumbles-lost	1-1	0-0
Punts-average	1-39.0	4-42.5
Penalties-yards	9-100	11-95

Individual statistics

RUSHING

Cocalico: L. Horning 32-205, Anderson 11-84, C. Horning 6-40, Zimmerman 2-13, Colatta-Rigney 3-1.

Conrad Weiser: Woellner 8-20, Sellars 6-12, DePrince 5-12, Rivera 3-7.

PASSING

Cocalico: C. Horning 2-3-0-38.

Conrad Weiser: Sellars-6-8-126, Woellner 2-9-45, Kerns 1-1-16.

RECEIVING

Cocalico: Betz 1-32, Zimmerman 1-6.

Conrad Weiser: Rivera 2-95, Leonard 4-62, Erdman 2-27, Diaz 1-3.