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Damon Beckhorn strikes late as Berwick football pulls away from Valley West

HAZLETON &#8212; Hazleton Area allowed three consecutive touchdowns in a 20-14 loss to Donegal Friday in inter-district competition.The Cougars went ahead midway through the first quarter when David Smith leaped to snag a 6-yard catch from Sparky Wolk in the corner of the end zone. Hazleton Area benefited from a botched punt that gave them possession within the 30-yard line.Donegal quickly responded on its next possession with a 13-yard Cameron Ellis run with 2:17 remaining in the first quarter.Hazleton Area&#8217;s 7-6 lead stood for nearly half the game until Ellis tallied his second rushing touchdown of the game with 91 seconds left in the third. Hazleton Area&#8217;s defense nearly had the Indians on the ropes but a 9-yard pass to the halfback gave them new life.Donegal seemed to find its running game late against the Cougars&#8217; tired legs. Nick Ketner capped the Indians&#8217; scoring with a 27 yard run for a touchdown.Hazleton Area scored late when Adrian Otero caught a wide-open 39 yard touchdown pass.Wolk completed 23 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns.Donegal 20, Hazleton Area 14Donegal`6`0`7`7`&#8212;`20Hazleton Area`7`0`0`7`&#8212;`14First quarterHAZ &#8212; David Smith 6 pass from Sparky Wolk (Will Barrientos kick), 5:35DON &#8212; Cameron Ellis 13 run (kick fail), 2:17Third quarterDON &#8212; Ellis 2 run (Emma Hudson kick), 1:31Fourth quarterDON &#8212; Nick Ketner 27 run (Hudson kick), 7:11HAZ &#8212; Adrian Otero 39 pass from Wolk (Barrientos kick), 1:55Team statistics`DON`HAZFirst downs`15`13Rushes-yards`49-302`22-60Passing yards`67`246Total yards`369`306Passing`6-11-0`20-33-1Sacked-yards lost`0-0`5-29Punts-avg.`7-29.1`6-38Fumbles-lost`1-0`1-0Penalties-yards`3-15`5-45INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING &#8212; DON, Ketner 19-167, Tyler Rupp 9-49, Ellis 18-85, Ryan Buckius 2-2, TEAM 1-(minus-1). HAZ, Otero 4-(minus-8), Damon Horton 6-31, Wolk 11-31, Josh Zukoski 1-6PASSING &#8212; DON, Buckius 6-11-0-67. HAZ Wolk 20-33-1-246RECEIVING &#8212; DON, Rupp 3-10, Dale Houser 1-18, Ketner 1-9, Seiler Edwards 1-30. HAZ, Jacob Hunsinger 5-72, Smith 7-63, Otero 4-74, Zukoski 1-(minus-5), Horton 3-52INTERCEPTIONS &#8212; DON, Cael Rupp.<style>
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Second-half surge carries Donegal past Hazleton Area