Williamsport’s run defense played well on Friday, holding Hollidaysburg to just 50 rushing yards a week after giving up 536 to Berwick. While the defense played well, the Golden Tigers were able to secure a 30-26 win over the Millionaires.

Hollidaysburg couldn’t establish a run game against the Millionaires. Instead, the Golden Tigers turned to quarterback Maddox Bainey, who threw for 353 yards.

The Millionaires held a 26-16 before Hollidaysburg rallied. Giovanni White scored on a 69-yard punt return to put Williamsport up by 10.

But, just six seconds later, the Golden Tigers struck with a 78-yard touchdown pass before Bainey threw a 12-yard pass with 51 seconds left to seal the win.

Tevin Williams threw for 68 yards while Zion Hughes threw for 74 and Elijah Way threw for 65. Jamel Bailey led Williamsport with 80 rushing yards while Lucas Naughton ran for 30 and Samir Williams ran for 25.

Hughesville 24, Wyalusing 7

Ayden Hunsinger ran the ball 43 times for Wyalusing, but Hughesville never let him find the endzone as the Spartans defeated Wyalusing, 24-7, to improve to 5-4.

The Spartans’ defense played strong, limiting Wyalusing to just 194 yards of total offense — 177 of whichc ame on the ground. Hunsinger had 159 of those yards.

Keegan Smith kicked a 42-yard field goal 19 seconds into the second quarter for a 3-0 lead. Blake Davis had a 30-yard touchdown strike to Conor Knight with 5:06 to play to give Hughesville a quick 10-0 lead.

Wyalusing’s Jonathan Earle scored on a two-yard run to close out the game and make it 10-7. Davis would find Connor Anstadt for a 47-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to go ahead, 17-7. The Spartans scored their final touchdown when Haydn Maneval had a 13-yard fumble recovery.

Warrior Run 30, Central Columbia 12

After leading by just two points at halftime, Warrior Run turned it on in the second half defensively and shut out the Blue Jays while scoring 16 points en route to a 30-12 road victory.

James Keifer threw for 234 yards, twice finding the end zone with throws to Sam Hall (20 yards) and Cohen Zechman (5).

The Defenders out-gained Central Columbia, 234-155. On the ground, Colby Lebarron was a work horse, rushing for 114 yards on 21 carries and had a rushing touchdown. Eli Butler had 36 yards and also scored a touchdown.

Kole Hummer caught a 36-yard pass from Parker Day to give Central an early 6-0 lead before Warrior Run scored on the next possession. That’s when Butler ran a 5-yard touchdown in to take a 7-6 lead. Sam Hall would then catch a 20-yard strike from Keifer with 1:28 to play in the first to give the Defenders a 14-6 lead going into the second.

Day would find Dylan Shultz for a 50-yard touchdown late in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 14-12. But that would be the closest the Blue Jays got to rallying. Warrior Run’s defense wouldn’t allow Central Columbia to find the endzone the rest of the night.

Mount Carmel 48, Milton 28

Milton battled Mount Carmel tough, but the Red Tornadoes in the end were ultimately too much as Mount Carmel earned a 20-point Week 9 victory.

Mount Carmel out-gained Milton, 362-286, in total yards. MOnty Fisher scored on a 38-yard pass from Izayah Minium in the first quarter to cut the deficit to 14-7. Minium then ran in a score from 3 yards out which tied the game at 14-all.

But that was the closest Milton came to shifting the momentum.

Cooper Karycki had a 37-yard touchdown run with 2:44 to play until halftime before Jon Morgante returned a punt 68 yards to give Mount Carmel a 14-point lead again, scoring both touchdowns in roughly a minute-span.

Jaeden Canelo had 16 carries for 94 yards for Milton while Minium had 19 yards. In the air, Minium threw for 166 yards and two scores, going 12 for 27. Gavin Marshalek finished with 159 passing yards for Mount Carmel. Rushing-wise, Karycki had 116 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries.

Canton 55, Sayre 13

Canton scored 36 first-half points and never let Sayre get close en route to a 38-point victory.

Bailey Gardner put Canton ahead on a 24-yard run in the first quarter for a 6-0 lead. Then, the points were aplenty.

Holden Ward scored on a seven-yard run to make it a 13-0 lead and Ben Fitch threw three straight touchdowns to build a 36-0 halftime lead. Fitch threw a 37-yard pass to Aydin Holcomb, a 77-yard pass to Holden Ward and a 4-yard pass to Zach Colton, all within a four-minute span.

Michael Beers had a six-yard third-quarter touchdown and Fitch had a 44-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Fitch ended the game with 226 passing yards and ran for 68 on four carries to lead the ground game. Holdwen Ward ran for 60 yards on six carries and Bailey Gardner ran it four times for 38 yards.

Wellsboro 46, Northwest 0

Wellsboro scored 25 second-quarter points in a 46-0 win against Northwest.

Griffin Morral threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Carl with 6:09 to play in the first quarter to put Wellsboro up, 6-0. Then, with 54 seconds left, Ryder Bowen had a five-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 lead.

Morral accounted for three second-quarter scores. He had a 1-yard run 12 seconds into the second quarter before finding Marek Mascho for a 3-yard pass. Then, with 3:09 remaining in the quarter, he found Carl again for a 14-yard strike.

Bowen closed out the first-half scoring with 67 seconds until halftime with a 9-yard run for a 39-0 lead.

Wellsboro’s final score came in the fourth quarter when Reed Richardson had a two-yard touchdown run.

The Green Hornets defense played well all around. Bowen had two tackles and an interception return. Mascho had three tackles and an interception.

Both Evan Ingerick and Lincoln DeCoursey had two interceptions and as a team, Wellsboro had five interceptions as Bowen, Mascho, Richardson, Asher Davenport and Wyatt Davenport all had picks.