Muncy 26, Sayre 20

Muncy took a 20-14 lead in the third quarter and was tied with Canton, 20-20, with a little over two minutes to go in regulation when Ethan Gush scored a two-yard touchdown winning the semi-final game against Sayre, 26-20. The Indians will advance in the District 4 Class A playoffs to take on Canton this Friday night for the district title. This will be the Indians’ third District 4 championship game in four years. Branson Eyer finished with 99 passing yards and rushed for 61 yards. Ross Eyer caught two passes for 40 yards, and Gush finished with 81 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

Muncy 0 13 7 6 – 26; Sayre 7 7 0 6 – 20

First quarter: SHorton 1 run (Bentley kick), 2:59. Second quarter: MEthan?Gush 2 run?(Boring kick), 4:34.SHorton 20 run?(Bentley kick), 2:18.MGush 1 run?(kick failed), 0:27. Third quarter: MGush 3 run (Boring kick), 1:20. Fourth quarter: SFirestine 41 rush (kick failed), 6:22. MGush 1 run (kick failed), 2:12.

INDIVIDUAL?STATISTICS

RUSHING: Muncy, Ethan?Gush 23-81 4 TD; Branson?Eyer 14-61; Elijah?Weikle 16-62; Bailey Hadzinikolov 4-37. Sayre, Firestine 23-117 TD; Horton 10-41 2 TD.

PASSING:?Muncy, Branson?Eyer 8-12-0 99, TEAM?0-1-0 0. Sayre, Horton 7-16-3 111.

RECEIVING:?Muncy, Ross?Eyer 2-40; Christian Good 3-22; Gage Wertz 1-11; Bailey Hadzinkolov 2-26. Sayre, Miller 4-89; Firestine 1-14; Watkins 1-3; Brown 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS:?Muncy, Branson?Eyer 2; Chase Crawley 1.

EASTERN?CONFERENCE CLASS?A/AA?CHAMPIONSHIP

Northwest 32, Montgomery 7

Montgomery lost to Northwest, 32-7, in the Eastern?Conference Class?A/AA?championship game. Northwest led 32-0 before Montgomery’s lone touchdown.?Kaide Drick returned a fumble 47 yards with 8:16 to play.

Drick led the Red?Raiders with 52 rushing yards. Montgomery was held to just 154 yards of total offense.?Northwest collected 434 yards.

Montgomery 0 0 0 7 – 7 Northwest 6 14 6 6 – 32

First quarter NW Landon Hufford 4 run (pass failed), 3:32; Second quarter NW George May 1 run (pass failed), 6:22 NW May 1 run (Hufford pass from Ryan Wassel), 1:19; Third quarter NW May 13 run (run failed), 2:51 Fourth quarter NW Hufford 29 run (run failed), 10:21 M Kaide Drick 47 fumble return (Gabe McNear kick), 8:16

INDIVIDUAL?STATISTICS

RUSHING Montgomery: Kaide Drick 18-52; Logan Almeida 2-3; Devon Deem 1-0; Coltin Hans 1-(minus-2); Colby Springman 1-(minus-4). Northwest: George May 24-192, 3 TD; Ryan Wassel 13-127; Landon Hufford 3-36, 2 TD; Carter Hontz 4-31; Jack Wessler 1-10; Jake Bobersky 2-9; Hunter Gmiter 2-5; J.T. Brubaker 1-5; Blake Miller 1-(minus-5).

PASSING Montgomery: Almeida 9-17-2 105. Northwest: Wassel 2-6-1 24.

RECEIVING Montgomery: Steven Prince 3-51; Deem 5-46; Hans 1-8. Northwest: Hontz 1-16; John Savakunis 1-8.