Warriors Defeat Western Wayne

35-13

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Times Leader   Wyoming Area scored on the final play of the first half, then held Western Wayne scoreless in the second half for a 35-13 victory in a Friday night, non-league football game.
The Wildcats had scored consecutive touchdowns in the second quarter to close to within 14-13.
David Favata caught a 32-yard pass from Luke Kopetchny as time expired in the first half. It was the second touchdown connection between the two and Kopetchny went on to add a third scoring pass.
Dominic Bartell gave the Warriors a 7-0 lead after one quarter with a 1-yard run.
Wyoming Area missed a chance to add to its lead early in the second quarter when a field goal attempt was off the mark. The Warriors came back to score on the next possession when Favata went up high in the back of the end zone to pull in a 24-yard pass from Kopetchny.
“That gave us a nice momentum boost going into the half,” coach Randy Spencer said.
The Warriors made the most of it, adding a 37-yard Nicholas Kondrosky touchdown run on a third-and-one play in the third quarter.
Kopetchny rolled right on third-and-goal and found Drew Keating for an 8-yard touchdown.
Wyoming Area improved to 3-2 with its first road victory of the season.
Western Wayne slipped to 3-2.
Pottsville 39, Berwick 14
The Dawgs’ first game against Pottsville in more than a decade resulted in a non-conference loss on the road.
With standout quarterback Brady Cleaver suffering an injury late in last week’s loss to Wilkes-Barre Area, Berwick had Shiloh Escobar under center. The senior accounted for both of the Dawgs’ touchdowns, with the first coming on a 1-yard plunge in the first quarter that tied the game at 7-7.
But from there, the Crimson Tide — led by former Hazleton Area coach Mike Brennan — scored the next 32 points to take control of the game.
Escobar added a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter that made it 39-14.
Berwick fell to 2-3 on the season and will make another road trip next Friday to take on Hanover Area.

nepafootball.com Luke Kopetchny threw for three touchdowns, including a pair in which David Favata made tough catches in the end zone during the second quarter, Friday night to lead Wyoming Area to the non-league win at Western Wayne.
Favata went high in the back of the end zone to pull down a 24-yard touchdown pass for a 14-0 lead.
After Western Wayne closed to within 14-13 with 1:27 left in the second quarter, Kopetchny moved the Warriors down the field.
Kopetchny hit Favata on a third-and-nine square out for just enough yards for the first down and to move Wyoming Area into Western Wayne territory. Kopetchny then scrambled for 14 yards and was tripped up after a yard on another scramble, leading to a timeout with 5.7 seconds remaining.
Favata ran a deep fade pattern down the left side and again reached high over a defender in the end zone, this time to come down with a 32-yard touchdown as time expired in the half.
“That gave us a nice momentum boost going into the half,” Warriors coach Randy Spencer said.
The Wyoming Area defense turned away Western Wayne’s only second-half threat and the Warriors added two more scores.
Nicholas Kondrosky, who rushed for 146 yards on 19 carries, broke a 37-yard touchdown run on third-and-one midway through the third quarter.
Kopetchny found Drew Keating with an 8-yard touchdown pass on third-and-goal in the fourth.
Kopetchny finished 7-for-13 for 116 yards. He also rushed for 39 yards on five carries and returned two punts for 44 yards.
Favata had five catches for 97 yards.
Wyoming Area scored the only points of the first quarter on a 1-yard Dominic Bartell run and the first of five Ava Musinski extra points.
Following Favata’s first touchdown, Western Wayne scored twice in 3:12 late in the half.
Jason Sparks took a jet sweep 76 yards around right end for the first score.
Hunter Rodger added a 5-yard run, then Sparks kicked the extra point to cut the lead to one.
Both teams are 3-2.
Wyoming Area hosts Crestwood (1-4).
Western Wayne moves into its stretch of five straight Lackawanna Football Conference Division 2 games, beginning with a trip to face rival Honesdale (4-1).

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