Although the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils looked bad a week ago in their opener against Tyrone on both sides of the ball, a long trip to Spring Mills to battle Penns Valley proved to be exactly what the team needed. The defense led by a pair of interceptions and a load of tackles by senior linebacker Tony DelGrosso allowed Penns Valley no points, only 34 yards total offense and only one first down in a 37-0 triumph.
\nThat one first down came with 11:49 to play in the fourth quarter, with the mercy-rule clock ticking. The Blue Devil defense picked off a total of four passes, one each by Brandon Pruznak and David Burns in addition to DelGrosso\u2019s and never allowed the Rams into Bellwood-Antis territory until that first down early in the final quarter. Adam Martin, Troy Brunner, Evan Hughes, Anthony Jenkins and the B-A defense controlled the game on one side of the line of scrimmage, with Hughes and Brunner picking up one quarterback sack each.
\nOn the other side of the ball, junior tailback Josh Kleinfelter, off to a slow start in the season opener, clicked it in another gear to score twice and rush 22 times for 152 yards. Senior quarterback Kyle Drost completed nine of 15 passes for 114 yards and one touchdown, while tossing one interception.
\nBellwood-Antis was its own worst enemy, turning the ball over three times, on two fumbles and an interception. While the defense dominated Penns Valley\u2019s offensive attack, the miscues stopped B-A several times early.
\n\u201cWe were down there and gave them the ball,\u201d explained Bellwood-Antis coach John Hayes, \u201cbut we told our guys, \u2018play defense and get it back and give us another shot.\u2019 The kids stepped up big on defense tonight. They made a lot of plays and gave us good field position. We just made the ballgame pretty easy from that standpoint. No goal line stands, no digging out of the endzone. They played well.\u201d
\nAfter limiting Penns Valley to a minus five yards on their opening series, Bellwood-Antis took just five plays to get on the scoreboard. Drost connected with Troy Brunner for eight yards and then with Dan Kovac for the 23-yard TD. Evan Celmo booted the first of four PAT kicks to give the Blue Devils a 7-0 pad with 7:51 left in the opening quarter.
\nPenns Valley was forced to punt on their next possession, but B-A fumbled and the Rams recovered. Again, Bellwood-Antis held without allowing the Rams to move the sticks.
\nKleinfelter blasted 25 yards over the left side of the line on the Blue Devils next series, but B-A stalled.
\nBeginning from midfield, Bellwood-Antis drove to the PV-10, but again lost the ball on a fumble. Kleinfelter carried three straight times before the fumble to pick up a total of 18 yards.
\nDrost tossed a 12-yard completion to Devon Clapper on the first play of the following series and Kleinfelter rambled for a 22-yard to put the ball at the Ram-1. The Penns Valley defense held Kleinfelter for no gain on two consecutive calls, but the B-A junior slipped in on third and goal for the score,
\n\u201cKyle had a decent game last week, he threw a couple picks, but his strength is his arm. He can throw the ball pretty well. Kyle will get better, we are not in the situation where we will be by the 10th game of the season. He throws the ball well and we have other people to do the other chores.\u201d
\nLater in the second quarter, DelGrosso returned the first interception 18 yards to the PV-26. Kleinfelter picked up six yards and sophomore Brandon Eger moved the sticks for a first down with a five-yard gain. Penns Valley stopped the Blue Devils there, and Celmo booted a 32-yard field goal to extend the B-A margin to 16-0 at halftime.
\nDelGrosso came up with his second pick on Penns Valley\u2019s first series of the half, almost making it to the end zone, but was pushed out of bounds at the PV-10 after a 26-yard return.
\n\u201cTony had an outstanding game tonight,\u201d said Hayes. \u201cI think he felt bad after last week, but he played really big tonight. He played a big defensive games for us. He kind of thinks of himself as a fullback and he\u2019s not, but he had a nice game.
\nDevon Clapper scored on a seven-yard reverse three plays later and Celmo added the extra point.
\nClapper made it two scores in a row several plays later when the B-A junior returned the following Penns Valley punt 48 yards for his second TD less than three minutes. Celmo\u2019s PAT boot increased the Bellwood-Antis lead to 30-0 with 4:27 to play in the third quarter. Clapper fielded the punt in the middle of the field, cut to his right and outraced everybody to the end zone to help make up for two earlier fumbles.
\nThe final score came as a result of a Penns Valley snap that went over their punter\u2019s head back to the Rams-30. Kleinfelter opened the march with a gain of six. Junior fullback Jon Davilla picked up a first down with a five-yard burst and Eger rolled to the outside to pick up seven yards. Kleinfelter had his number called for the 12-yard TD and Celmo\u2019s extra point kick signaled the Mercy-rule at the 0:57 mark of the third period for the rest of the game.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s just starting to come on now,\u201d said Hayes about Kleinfelter. \u201cGood backs have to carry the ball a number of times to get the feel for it. He didn\u2019t get the number of carries last week we would like for him to have. Tonight we got him the ball.
\nPenns Valley then picked up their only first down and was able to move the ball to the BA-23. That was as close as they would get however. A DelGrosso tackle, five-yard penalty and pressure on the quarterback by B-A junior defensive lineman Tyler Narehood forced Penns Valley to give up the ball.
\n\u201cWe really don\u2019t care how it happens, but its nice when your defense in playing like that,\u201d emphasized Hayes. \u201cIt\u2019s keeping the opposition off the board and making it pretty easy when you are out at the middle of the field and can do a lot more things (on offense). Tony had a good night, but the rest of our defense played well. We had good coverage, got good pressure up front and prevented the big plays when they ran the ball. The defense put us in good position to do what we wanted to do.\u201d\u201d
\nBellwood-Antis 37 Penns Valley 0
\nBellwood-Antis 7 9 21 0 – 37
\nPenns Valley\t \t 0 0 0 0 – 0
\nFirst Quarter
\nBA – Kovac 23 pass from Drost. (Celmo kick) 7:51.<\/p>\n
Second Quarter
\nBA – Kleinfelter 1 run. (kick failed) 5:53.
\nBA – Celmo 32 field goal 3:07<\/p>\n
Third Quarter
\nBA – Clapper 7 run. (Celmo kick) 7:12.
\nBA – Clapper 48 punt return. (Celmo kick) 4:27.
\nBA – Kleinfelter 12 run. (Celmo kick)
\nTeam
\n\t\tBA PV
\nFirst Downs 16 1
\nYards Rushing 40-226 23-16
\nPass Att.-Comp. \t 9-17 3-15
\nPass Yards 114 18
\nTotal Yards 340 34
\nFumbles\/Lost 3-2 1-1
\nInterceptions by 1 4
\nPenalties\/Yards 5-45 6-55
\nPunts\/Avg. 2-34.5 6-26.8
\nRushing
\nPenns Valley – Korn 16-43, Wingard 3-8, Roth 2 (-13), Team 1-(-20).
\nBellwood-Antis – Kleinfelter 22-152 (2 TDs), Davilla 4-15, Campbell 5-41, Eger 3-16, Buchele 1-4 DeGol 1-3, Clapper 3-0 (1 TD), Drost 1- (-5).
\nPassing
\nPenns Valley – Roth 3-12, 18 yards, 3 Int., 0 TDs, Johnson 0-3, 0 yards. 1 Int., 0 TDs.
\nBellwood-Antis – Drost 9-15, 114 yards, 1 Int., 1 TD.
\nReceiving
\nPenns Valley – Kieffer 1-10, Homan 1-7, Korn 1-1.
\nBellwood-Antis – Clapper 3-45, Kovac 3-38 (1 TD), Brunner 2-3, Davilla 1-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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