Friday, November 9, 2007
\nNo. 1 Tyrone (9-0) vs. No. 8 Westmont-Hilltop (5-5)
\nWhat\u2019s at Stake: The winner advances to the District 5-6 AA semifinals against the winner of tomorrow\u2019s quarterfinal between Penns Valley and Central Cambria.
\nSeries: Tyrone leads 3-0. All three meetings have come in the District playoffs. Tyrone defeated Westmont in the semifinals in 1996 (21-6) and 2000 (14-0). The Eagles beat the Hilltoppers in the championship game in 1997 (42-18).
\nCoaches: TYRONE \u2013John Franco(183-73-2 overall; 143-28 at Tyrone); WESTMONT-HILLTOP\u2013 Darren McLaurin (9-10).
\nGame Scores: TYRONE \u2013 defeated Bellwood-Antis 19-0, Huntingdon 18-0, Penns Valley 10-3 , Bald Eagle Area 28-6, Lewistown 35-0, Punxsutawney 28-7, Philipsburg-Osceola 14-13, Indian Valley 24-21 and Central 47-13; WESTMONT HILLTOP \u2013defeated Cambria Heights 31-0, Bishop Guilfoyle 22-6, Johnstown 14-7, Penn Cambria 43-14, and Central Cambria 21-7; lost to Somerset 34-32, Bishop Carroll 7-6, Bishop McCort 45-7, Richland 34-0 and Wilmington 34-7.
\nLast Meeting: On Saturday, November 11, 2000, Tyrone senior Jerry Wilson picked off Westmont quarterback Dave Fetzer three times, one of which led to a Golden Eagle touchdown, as No. 3 seeded Tyrone defeated the Hilltoppers 14-0 in the District 6-AA semifinals at Westmont.
\nWilson also set up a first-quarter touchdown with a 24-yard reception. The Golden Eagles recorded their sixth shutout of the season, while holding Westmont scoreless for the first time.
\nQuarterback Brandon Hoover completed 5 of 9 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown while rushing for another score. Jesse Jones rushed for 89 yards on 20 carries. Tyrone held Westmont 116 yards below its season average and limited running back Jim Kanuch to 73 yards on 10 carries.
\nPLAYERS TO WATCH \u2013 TYRONE: Shayne Tate, RB-DB, 170 carries for 1,363 yards, 12 touchdowns \u2026 Shane Emigh, WR-DB, 18 receptions for 275 yards, 14 carries for 135 yards, 8 touchdowns \u2026 Josh Bradley, OL-LB, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks \u2026 Brandon Gehret, WR-DB, 5 receptions for 65 yards, 5 takeaways, 4 interceptions, 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns \u2026 Johnny Shaffer, TE-DE-K, 24 XP, 4 FG, 42 points, 10.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 11 receptions, 143 yards. WESTMONT-HILLTOP \u2013 Chaz Merriman, RB-LB, 111 carries for 618 yards, 5 TDs, 6 sacks \u2026 TJ Keklak, WR-DB, 80 carries for 320 yards, 10 receptions for 176 yards, 7 total TDs, 3 takeaways \u2026 Sam Hahn, QB-OLB, 32-68-504, 7 Int., 2 TDs, 3 sacks, 3 interceptions, 4 takeaways \u2026 Nick Khuri, WR-S, 22 receptions for 449 yards, 3 TDs.
\nTYRONE \u2013 is 15-2 at Gray-Veterans Memorial Field in the postseason \u2026 has posted a 15-3 record in the playoffs against teams from the Laurel Highlands Conference \u2026 has rushed for more than 200 yards five times \u2026 has not lost a first round playoff game since 2001 (Forest Hills, 30-29) \u2026 last lost at home in the playoffs in 2005 (Bishop McCort, 23-20 OT) \u2026 has scored 24 or more points in 5 of its last 6 games \u2026 has scored five defensive touchdowns \u2026 is 13-3 all time in the opening round of the District playoffs \u2026 is playing its 51st postseason game \u2026 is averaging 34 points per game in the first round under John Franco.
\nWESTMONT HILLTOP \u2013 is seeking its first District 5-6 football championship \u2026 has played seven teams in the PIAA District playoffs, posting a 3-4 record \u2026 is 0-2 outside the Laurel Highlands Conference \u2026 is averaging 262 yards per game in total offense \u2026 has recorded 25 total sacks (2.5 per game) \u2026 has four players who have rushed for more than 250 yards \u2026 is averaging 184 rushing yards per game \u2026 QB-OLB Sam Hahn has passed for 504 yards, rushed for 266 yards, recorded 4 takeaways and leads the team in tackles with 58 tackles \u2026 is averaging 26.2 points per game in 5 wins and 10.4 points per game in 5 losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday, November 9, 2007 No. 1 Tyrone (9-0) vs. No. 8 Westmont-Hilltop (5-5) What\u2019s at Stake: The winner advances to the District 5-6 AA semifinals against the winner of tomorrow\u2019s quarterfinal between Penns Valley and Central Cambria. Series: Tyrone leads 3-0. All three meetings have come in the District playoffs. Tyrone defeated Westmont in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}