Crestwood and Pittston Area looked to start off their season with a win as they played at Crestwood Stadium in Mountain Top. Crestwood started with the ball and looked like they were going to score but the drive stopped and had to settle for a punt. Crestwood's defense gave the Patriots a 3 and out to start the game and with the ball drove the ball all the way to the PA 8 yard line but a Crestwood unsportsmanlike conduct penalty took them back all the way to the 20, but on 4th and Goal on the 19 yard line, Lance Blass found Pat Rother and Rother took it 19 yards for a Touchdown and lead 7-0 with 3:14 remaining in the first quarter. On the next play from scrimmage for Pittston Area, Keemar Woodruff went 72 yards for the score, PAT was good and the game was tied at 7. Crestwood drove down all the way down to the field but had to settle for a field goal but the attempt hit the left post and the game stayed tied at 7. The defense held with another 3 and out. Crestwood's offense decided to air it out on the second play as Lance Blass connected with Brandon Brozena for a 41 yard catch to the Patriot 8 and two plays later, Blass would score from 2 yards out to give Crestwood a 14-7 lead. Pittston Area converted a 3rd and 4 with a completion to Rich Wallace for 4 yards but on the next play, the Patriots fumbled and Crestwood's Garrett McAfee recovered the ball and returned it 53 yards for a score and gave Crestwood a 2 touchdown lead. Crestwood attempted an onside kick but the Patriots recovered and Crestwood got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and the drive started at the Crestwood 36 and three plays later, Walter Coles threw to Kevin Krawczyk for a 26 yard touchdown to cut the Patriot's deficit to 21-14. Crestwood continued to drive on the Patriots as they got to the PA 10 yard line, the Patriots defense held them to no points as they went into halftime.
The second half started with Pittston Area getting the ball but didn't answer as they went 3 and out. Crestwood continued to move the ball on the Patriots and ended with a Lance Blass 10 yard touchdown run to make it 28-14. On the kickoff, Rich Wallace returned the ball to the Crestwood 26 and the Patriots didn't let it go to waste as Coles connected with Krawczyk on a 5 yard Touchdown pass to put the game back to a one touchdown game in 28-21 and the quarter would end with the Comets leading 28-21. Crestwood kept putting in short runs and eventually scored on a 6 yard touchdown run by Owen Grigas to make it 35-21. With Pittston Area down 2 scores, they needed to capitalize on this drive. Coles and Woodruff connected on passes 4 times on the drive for 62 yards and it ended on Walter Coles third touchdown pass of the night with a 4 yard touchdown pass to Jon DeLucca in the back of the endzone on fourth down to make it 35-28 Crestwood. Pittston Area would attempt an onside kick but Crestwood's Pat Colo got on top of the ball and Crestwood would convert 2 first downs to seal their first victory of the season 35-28.
Thoughts on the game: Great game by Crestwood on offense, didn't have too many big plays but whittled down the clock with long drives which resulted in scores. I was impressed by Pittston Area's QB Walter Coles and RB Keemar Woodruff. Woodruff tallied 100 yards on the ground and 80 yards receiving. Coles also impressed with his 3 TD passes.
Stats
Pittston Area
Passing
Walter Coles 11/15 127 Yards 3 TDs 0 INTs
Rushing
Keemar Woodruff 12 Carries 100 yards 1 TD
Walter Coles 6 carries 16 yards
Rich Wallace 1 carry -2 yards
Dylan Spurlyn 1 carry 1 yard
Receiving
Rich Wallace 1 catch 4 yards
Kevin Krawczyk 3 catches 40 yards 2 TDs
Mike Starinsky 1 catch -1 yards
Keemar Woodruff 6 catches 80 yards
John DeLucca 1 catch 4 yards 1 TD
Crestwood
Passing
Lance Blass 4/6 89 yards 1 TD 0 INTs
Kyle Richards 1/3 10 yards 0 TD 0 INTs
Rushing
Owen Grigas 20 carries 117 yards 1 TD
Lance Blass 17 carries 87 yards 2 TDs
Pat Rother 19 carries 99 yards
Jacob Barney 1 carry 3 yards
Kevin Klusewitz 1 carry -1 yards
Brandon Brozena 3 carries 6 yards
Kyle Richards 1 carry 7 yards
Ryan Black 1 carry 2 yards
Receiving
Kevin Klusewitz 1 catch 1 yard
Pat Rother 1 catch 18 yards 1 TD
Brandon Brozena 1 catch 41 yards
Kyle Richards 1 catch 29 yards
Lance Blass 1 catch 10 yards
Defensive
Garrett McAfee 1 FR 1 TD
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