Berwick runs all over Valley West

The Berwick Bulldogs traveled to Spartan Stadium as they took on the Wyoming Valley West Spartans. Both teams come in undefeated in this early season. It's one of the biggest rivalries in the Wyoming Valley Conference. Who would come out on top in this highly touted matchup? Let's find out!
 The Spartans would start with the ball and on third and 8, Jake Shusta would go to Nah-Syr Gardner for 21 yards to their own 43 yard line. However, they would be unable to move the chains again and would be forced to punt. The Bulldogs would get the ball for the first time and would face a fourth and 2 at their own 47. The Spartans expected punt but the Bulldogs didn't use punt formation and Owen Shoemaker would go for 32 yards. Two plays later, Blake Maurer would go in for a 21 yard touchdown and a 7-0 Berwick lead. First play of Valley West's next possession, Carson Canavan would go for 17. They would face a third and 5 and Shusta's pass would be complete but would be short of the first down. However, a facemask penalty on Berwick would give the Spartans a first down. They would face a fourth and 7 and Shusta's pass would fall incomplete. Second play of the Berwick drive, they would fumble and Valley West would recover at the Berwick 32 yard line. On second and 12, Canavan would go for 20 to the Berwick 14 yard line. The first quarter would come to an end with Valley West facing a fourth and 1 at the Berwick 4 yard line. First play of the quarter, Shusta would get the first down. On second and goal at the 2, Canavan would go in from two yards out to tie the game at 7. It would take three plays for Berwick to retake the lead as Owen Shoemaker would go 49 yards for a touchdown and the 14-7 lead. The Spartans would try and answer and start with Shusta finding Gardner for 23. On third and 4, Shusta would find Gardner again for 16 and on the next play, Shusta would find Jorge Pina for a 24 yard touchdown to tie the game at 14. On the ensuing kickoff, Aidan Mason would go 83 yards on the kickoff for the score and a 20-14 Bulldogs lead. The Spartans would be forced to punt on their next possession. However, the Spartans would get the ball right back as the Bulldogs would fumble and Valley West would recover at the Berwick 10 for a first and goal and it would end with a 31 yard field goal by Adam Sivak to cut the Bulldogs lead to 20-17 with 3:20 remaining in the second quarter. The Bulldogs would get a good kick return and have it at the Spartans 20. Four plays later, Shoemaker would have his second touchdown of the night as we go in from four yards out and a 27-17 lead and that would be the score at halftime.
 Berwick would take no time in scoring to start the second half as it would take four plays and Shoemaker would go from 13 yards out for his third score of the game and a 34-17 lead. Valley West's possession would end with an interception by Teagan Wilk. The Bulldogs would be unable to capitalize as the series would end with an interception by Brendan Woods and returned to their own 5 yard line. That series would end in a three and out. The Bulldogs would have good field position but would be unable to score as the field goal attempt would be short. The Spartans possession would end with Wilk intercepting his second pass of the game. Wilk would end the next Berwick drive with a 15 yard touchdown and a 40-17 Berwick lead. Valley West would end up scoring late in the game as Darius Redguard would have a 30 yard touchdown run but the Bulldogs would take the victory and go to 4-0 with a 40-24 victory at Valley West.

Thoughts on the game: Berwick looked really good from the start. They have some really good players on both sides of the ball. Teagan Wilk looked really good. He had two interceptions and also had a touchdown run. Owen Shoemaker was impressive with three touchdown runs. As usual, expect Berwick to go deep into the playoffs.