Valley West Blitzes Past Crestwood

The Wyoming Valley West Spartans came to Mountain Top to take on the Crestwood Comets. The Comets are on a three game winning streak and hope to get their fourth straight win. The Spartans are looking to get some momentum after a loss to rival Berwick. Let's start up the action. The Spartans would start off with the ball and on third and 7, the snap was botched and recovered by Crestwood at the Spartans 28 yard line. On the first play, Kevin Klusewitz would go 27 yards for the score. The PAT would make it 7-0 Comets. On the next Valley West possession, Sean Mikovitch would go for 15 on third and 5 but Valley West would fail to move the chains and would be forced to punt. Swank's pass would be intercepted on the second play of the next Crestwood drive. The Spartans drive would result in a Jake Gurtis field goal that would cut the Crestwood lead to 7-3. Crestwood would get back to it on the next drive. Swank would go to Klusewitz for 23 on a second and 8. Then on another second and 8, Swank would go to Klusewitz for 7 and the Spartans would get called for an unsportsmanlike conduct. The Comets would fail to get another first down and would punt the ball back to Valley West. Jake Shusta would go to Sean Blaski for 12 on the first play of the drive. The Spartans would face a third and 6 as we get to the end of the first quarter. The Spartans would be one yard short and go for it on fourth and 1 and Mikovitch would go for six yards. They would face another fourth and 1 and Mikovitch would go for 28 and the Spartans would get a one yard touchdown run by Rob Dwyer. The PAT would give the Spartans a 10-7 lead. Swank's pass would be intercepted by Blaski. The Spartans would face a third and 2 and Dwyer would run for four yards for the first down. On the next play, Carson Canavan would go for 18, then Mikovitch would go for 11. On a second and 13, Dwyer would go for a 23 yard touchdown for his second of the game. The PAT would make it 17-7 Valley West. On the next Crestwood possession, the Comets would fumble and the Spartans' Zach Davies would recover it and return it for the touchdown. The two point conversion would make it 25-7 in favor of Valley West. The Spartans would recover the kickoff on a short kick was recovered by the Spartans. The drive would result in Dwyer's third touchdown of the game. A 14 yard run for the score. The PAT would make it 32-7. The game would go to halftime with Valley West leading 32-7. The Comets had several chances in get back in it but the Valley West defense held them to nothing in the third quarter. The Spartans would add one more score as Sean Mikovitch would go in for a touchdown. The PAT would make it 39-7. The Spartans would take the victory 39-7.

Thoughts on the game: The difference in the game was turnovers and penalties. Two of their turnovers resulted in touchdowns. Spartans QB Rob Dwyer had a great game, scoring three rushing touchdowns as did Sean Mikovitch who had a touchdown run as well. If there was one thing I didn't like however was the amount of penalties on both teams. Both teams need to clean it up if they want to make a run in the District Playoffs.