Panthers pick off Pequea for third straight win
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By Kyle Morgan — LNP/Lancasteronline
Watch out for Schuylkill Valley football. The Panthers have won three straight, have a winning record halfway through the season and right in the District 3 Class 3A playoff mix.
The Panthers took advantage of five Pequea Valley turnovers Friday for a 55-7 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 5 victory.
It took just three snaps for Schuylkill Valley (2-0, 3-2) to get on the scoreboard as Dominic Giuffre took a handoff 45 yards to the house.
Pequea Valley moved the ball well in response but Orlando Stoltzfus was stripped for a fumble by Cooper Hohenadel and the ball was recovered by Luke Spotts. Giuffre scored on another three-play drive, this time from 40 yards out.
The Braves (0-2, 0-5) were forced into a three-and-out and the fourth-down snap went over the head of punter Peyton Leitch. With a short field, Giuffre scored his third TD of the opening quarter on a 13-yard run.
After another botched snap and a sack led to a clean three-and-out for Pequea Valley, Giuffre had a long run called back by a holding penalty, then coughed the ball up on the following play.
The Braves called five straight running plays for Stoltzfus, who scored from 4 yards out on the first play of the second period.
A 33-yard pass to Dillon Lackner had Schuylkill Valley in prime position for another TD inside the Pequea Valley 10 but the Braves’ defense came up with a goal-line stand.
After a Pequea punt, the Panthers’ Jacob Stelluti ran in from 4 yards out.
Pequea Valley had a nice drive erased by more errant snaps; one led to an intentional grounding call, and the other resulted in a lost fumble. Lackner reeled in a 15-yard TD from Schuylkill Valley quarterback Michael Goad with just over a minute left in the half from there.
Hohenadel intercepted a pass and returned it to the Pequea Valley 10. Giuffre scored on the next play. Late in the third an interception by Logan Cammauff set up a 28-yard TD on a pass from backup quarterback Logan Nawrocki.
A third pick, by Kowen Gerner, in the fourth set up an eventual 1-yard quarterback sneak from Nawrocki to ice it.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Schuylkill Valley | 21 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 55 |
| Pequea Valley | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Schuylkill Valley | Giuffre, 45 run (Wamsher kick) |
| 1 | Schuylkill Valley | Giuffre, 40 run (Wamsher kick) |
| 1 | Schuylkill Valley | Giuffre, 13 run (Wamsher kick) |
| 2 | Pequea Valley | Stoltzfus, 4 run (Leitsch kick) |
| 2 | Schuylkill Valley | Stelluti, 4 run (Wamsher kick) |
| 2 | Schuylkill Valley | Lackner, 15 pass from Goad (Wamsher kick) |
| 3 | Schuylkill Valley | Giuffre, 10 run (Wamsher kick) |
| 3 | Schuylkill Valley | Lackner, 28 pass from Nawrocki (Wamsher kick) |
| 4 | Schuylkill Valley | Nawrocki, 1 run (kick failed) |
Team statistics
| Schuylkill Valley | Pequea Valley | |
| First downs | 15 | 10 |
| Rushes-yards | 35-249 | 30-57 |
| Passing yards | 137 | 67 |
| Total yards | 386 | 124 |
| Passes | 7-10-0 | 6-15-2 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| Punts-average | 0-0 | 36.0 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-29 | 5-39 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Schuylkill Valley: Giuffre 14-136, Hohenadel 4-29, Goad 5-29, Cammauff 4-23, Woods 3-15, Stelluti 2-12, Stricker 2-4, Nawrocki 1-1.
Pequea Valley: Bergman 4-47, Stoltzfus 14-47, Petersheim 5-21, Leitch 1-(-15), Temple 5-(-45).
PASSING
Schuylkill Valley: Goad 5-7–0–81, Nawrocki 2-3-0–46.
Pequea Valley: Temple 6-15-3–67.
RECEIVING
Schuylkill Valley: Lackner 3-76, Stelluti 1-27, Sports 1-18, Woods 1-11, Crills 1-5.
Pequea Valley: Beiler 3-57, Petersheim 2-11, Stoltzfus 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS
Schuylkill Valley: Hohenadel, Cammauff.