RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Montoursville's quarterback Bryce Eberhart (14)drops back to pass during a high school football game against Bald Eagle Area on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
These postgame scenes aren’t growing old for anyone at Montoursville.
The Warriors win a close home game, then players meet with coach Mike Boughton on their way off the field, giving and getting encouragement from someone sitting out the season amidst a cancer fight.
Friday night, it was Montoursville beating Bald Eagle Area 29-21, stopping BEA on fourth down on consecutive fourth-quarter possessions for its third straight win.
First, the players meet on the field with acting coach Joe Hanna and the rest of the staff. Then they leave the field at the south end zone exit, but not before seeing Boughton in his wheelchair at the fence for a good word back and forth.
Boughton had plenty to talk about with Matthew Conklin, as Conklin scored two touchdowns and ran for 167 yards on 20 carries. Conklin first scored on a one-yard run in the first half for a 10-0 lead, then broke away for a 46-yard score in the third quarter in a sequence where both teams combined to score three touchdowns in a four-snap span.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Montoursville's Levi Oeler picks up yardage during a high school football game against Bald Eagle Area on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
But the Warriors never lost the lead, and they certainly never lost their fight.in their third home win this season by a combined 18 points.
“I just want to thank the fans, and that guy over there,” said Conklin pointing to Boughton, bundled up on the season’s first brisk night while he talked to other players. “Coach Boughton is fighting for his life and we just want to fight on this field and get wins for him on this turf. It feels great.”
Montoursville (4-1) needed two Wyatt Fry field goals, of 40 and 27 yards, to open a fourth quarter lead. The Warriors then turned to their defense to stop BEA (2-3) on consecutive fourth-down possessions.
With a 26-21 lead. Montoursville held on a fourth-and-2 at the 50 when Zavlen Allen and Corbin Frey stuffed BEA’s Tre Greene at the line.
Then, after Fry’s second fourth-quarter field goal opened an 8-point margin, BEA drove across midfield with a minute to play. But then Tyler Lepley sacked BEA quarterback Carson Nagle twice in a row to finish the game.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Montoursville's Wyatt Fry (38) kicks off during a high school football game against Bald Eagle Area on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
BEA coach Jesse Nagle called for a triple option on the first fourth-down conversion, but said Montoursville brought in a linebacker late to ruin the plan.
Those sacks hurt BEA all night. When Montoursville pressured, BEA had nothing. When none existed, BEA could and did break free. Nagle took six sacks and finished the night with minus-61 yards rushing, denting the offensive stats. It also initiated Hanna into a club where most local coaches belong, owning victories over another school as both a player and coach. Hanna played for the old Lock Haven High School in the 1990s when it still held a long local rivalry with BEA up and down Route 150.
All Hanna could say about that was, “We’re getting old,” but there were actual good things to say about the defensive pressure from the front four of Evan Bloom, Dylan Nau, Allen, and Cole Yonkin.
“That’s a fast team and they’re physical all over the field,” said Hanna. “We have to be physical and we were smashmouth. It’s what you have to do against them.”
Gavin Eckley scored two touchdowns on a combined three yards for BEA, which also scared Montoursville with a 65-yard screen pass touchdown to Elliot Splain. Splain finished with 9 catches for 132 yards.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Bald Eagle Area's quarterback Carson Nagle drops back to pass during a high school football game against Montoursville on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
“They brought a ton of pressure, we knew they would,” said Nagle. “They’re real fast up front, we can do things but we didn’t have time. We keep a guy in, they still get pressure… We tried small adjustments, but we get a big play, then they get one back.”
Speaking of pressure, Montoursville now turns toward state Southern Columbia next week, coming off a rare situation of two losses in three weeks after falling to Danville Friday night.
It will no doubt be a big test for a team whose only defeat came on the road, at Troy. The Warriors will sure to look for another big effort from Conklin, who said the team had a big offseason in the weight room. Conklin said he was squatting 315 pounds for 10 repetitions, with a max near 450, but only gave up those numbers upon request. Bragging rights come with wins on the field, not extra 45-pound plates on a barbell.
“Matt is giving us leadership on the offensive side,” said Hanna. “We needed to replace (Rocco Pulizzi) and he’s doing a nice job taking the bull by the horns. He runs hard, runs tough, and that’s what we’re looking for.”
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Bald Eagle Area's quarterback Camron Watkins (19) picks up yardage during a high school football game against Montoursville on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Montoursville's James Batkowski (22) returns a kick off during a high school football game against Bald Eagle Area on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 at Montoursville.
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