Late Pequea Valley score beats Kutztown

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.)

By Hunter Phillips — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent

Pequea Valley scored a touchdown with 2:38 remaining and followed with a two-point conversion to beat Kutztown 21-20 in their Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 5 finale Friday night at Kutztown.

Orlando Stoltzfus’ 5-yard TD run pulled Pequea Valley to within 20-19 and quarterback Micheal Patterson connected with running back Dontae Petershiem on a two-point conversion to give the Braves their first lead.

The Cougars (2-5, 3-7) needed a comeback drive to win it but came up short.

The drive started in reverse with a block-in-the-back penalty and a Jacob Lafferty rush for minus-3 yards. Lafferty then completed a 39-yard bomb to Dakota Thomas.

Three plays later Jayden Swoyer’s Jet Sweep came up short of the first down and the Cougars’ drive ended on the Braves’ 35.

Lafferty rushed for 120 yards threw for 43. Fellow senior Ryan Cardinale, an offensive lineman, was able to score on a 5-yard run. Brenden Ackley led Kutztown with 125 yards rushing. 

Kutztown gained 332 yards, rushing for 289 yards.

Pequea Valley (2-5, 2-8) had 240 total yards, 208 on the ground. Running back Orlando Stoltzfus led Pequea with 90 yards rushing.