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<p>BERWICK &#8212; Behind a multi-talented quarterback named Janaasah Boone, the Valley View Cougars kept finding different ways to get into the end zone.</p><p>Berwick kept finding ways to keep itself out.</p><p>As a result, the balance of power in District 2 Class 4A high school football shifted squarely onto the shoulders of Valley View, and its quarterback who wears No. 2.</p><p>Boone threw for one touchdown Friday, ran for another and even added a trick-play touchdown catch as the Cougars clubbed Berwick 35-7 in a key Class 4A game between two 5-0 teams at Crispin Field.</p><p>&#8220;I like all of them, I&#8217;m not going to lie,&#8221; Boone said of his ability to produce touchdowns in different ways. &#8220;Great game.&#8221;</p><p>At least for Valley View.</p><p>Not so great for the Bulldogs, who fell to 5-1 and behind Valley View in the District 2 seedings in large part because Berwick was called for 13 penalties totaling 164 yards &#8212; and that doesn&#8217;t include some costly big plays they took away, starting with Owen Shoemaker&#8217;s run for over 40 yards.</p><p>&#8220;I think a lot of stuff was self-inflicted,&#8221; Berwick coach Frank Sheptock said. &#8220;We&#8217;d get some momentum and then, unfortunately, we&#8217;d make some mistakes. That&#8217;s a very good team. You continue to give them more chances and more chances, they&#8217;re going to take advantage of it.&#8221;</p><p>The Cougars did.</p><p>Running back Mason Kordish ran for scores of 1 and 11 yards. The first one opened the scoring in the first quarter and the second pretty much closed Berwick&#8217;s faint comeback hopes while giving Valley View, which defeated Berwick in double overtime last season for the Class 4A district title, a 28-7 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter.</p><p>Both touchdowns were set up by short fields after key offensive penalties pushed Berwick back. Of the 13 infractions, nine were 15-yard calls and another pushed the Bulldogs back 12 yards.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;d get behind the sticks a little bit,&#8221; Sheptock said. &#8220;That&#8217;s not the kind of football team we are. We&#8217;re not built for coming back from third-and-27 or third-and-26. I&#8217;m taking responsibility for that. We&#8217;ve got to coach more disciplined.&#8221;</p><p>Yet, it was some razzle-dazzle that set up Valley View for victory.</p><p>Boone&#8217;s 34-yard pass to Marc Kudrich off a flea flicker set up Kordish&#8217;s first touchdown, and Boone opened up again later in the first quarter with a 28-yard touchdown throw to Dylan Howanitz.</p><p>Boone also closed the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown sneak that iced the game with 7:06 to play, but it was his touchdown catch off a play similar to the one used by the Philadelphia Eagles to help win last year&#8217;s Super Bowl that turned heads at Crispin Field.</p><p>The Philly Special?</p><p>Try Valley View&#8217;s special version of a quarterback catching a scoring strike.</p><p>It came with 25 seconds to play in the first half, as Boone pitched the ball to receiver Kudrich motioning to the right, then ran a pass pattern. Kudrich found his quarterback all alone for a 12-yard scoring strike that gave the Cougars a 21-0 lead to take into halftime.</p><p>&#8220;The Philly play, we love it,&#8221; Boone said. &#8220;Love the Eagles, give a lot of credit to them. I knew it was going to work. We had our wide receiver across the field, we had that in the corner.&#8221;</p><p>Yet, Berwick didn&#8217;t really feel cornered by the score.</p><p>The Bulldogs opened the second half with a 55-yard touchdown drive, closing within 21-7 when running back Shoemaker ran a toss play 7 yards into the end zone. From there, Berwick forced a three-and-out, regained possession and was driving near midfield when two strokes of bad luck stopped the Bulldogs&#8217; excitement.</p><p>An errant pitch play lost 2 yards, and it also included a 15-yard penalty.</p><p>So much for a comeback bid.</p><p>&#8220;When we got it to 21-7 and got the ball back and ended up behind the sticks again, I thought that was a key part in the second half,&#8221; Sheptock said. &#8220;I think we ran the ball with some toughness. We still have a lot of room for correction.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><ins><strong>Valley View 35, Berwick 7 </strong></ins></p><p><ins><strong>Valley View`14`7`0`14 &#8212; 35</strong> </ins></p><p><ins><strong>Berwick`0`0`7`0 &#8212; 7</strong> </ins></p><p style="text-align: center;"><ins><strong>First quarter</strong> </ins></p><p><ins>VV &#8212; Jason Kordish 1 run (Cam Ceccotti kick), 4:13 </ins></p><p><ins>VV &#8212; Dylan Howanitz 28 pass from Janaasah Boone (Ceccotti kick), 0:10 </ins></p><p style="text-align: center;"><ins><strong>Second quarter</strong> </ins></p><p><ins>VV &#8212; Boone 12 pass from Marc Kudrich (Ceccotti kick), 0:25 </ins></p><p style="text-align: center;"><ins><strong>Third quarter</strong> </ins></p><p><ins>B &#8212; Owen Shoemaker 7 run (Jarret Groshek kick), 7:12 </ins></p><p style="text-align: center;"><ins><strong>Fourth quarter</strong> </ins></p><p><ins>VV &#8212; Kordish 11 run (Ceccotti kick), 11:55 </ins></p><p><ins>VV &#8212; Boone 1 run (Ceccotti kick), 7:06 </ins></p><p><ins><strong>Team statistics`VV`BER</strong> </ins></p><p><ins>First downs`16`11 </ins></p><p><ins>Rushes-yards`40-201`37-125 </ins></p><p><ins>Passing yards`127`83 </ins></p><p><ins>Total yards`328`208 </ins></p><p><ins>Passing`8-12-0`9-13-1 </ins></p><p><ins>Sacked-yards lost`0-0`5-40 </ins></p><p><ins>Punts-avg.`3-33.7`5-35.2 </ins></p><p><ins>Fumbles-lost`0-0`2-0 </ins></p><p><ins>Penalties-yards`9-85`13-164 </ins></p><p><ins><strong>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS</strong> </ins></p><p><ins><strong>RUSHING</strong> &#8212; VV, Mason Kordish 18-110, Janaasah Boone 14-79, Zach Manchak 4-9, TJ Noto 3-6, Jaden Duplessis 1- (minus 3). BER, Owen Shoemaker 14-76, Aiden Mason 7-53, Teagan Wilk 2-13, Alex Force 13- (minus 12), TEAM 1- (minus 5). </ins></p><p><ins><strong>PASSING</strong> &#8212; VV, Boone 7-10-0-115, Marc Kudrich 1-1-0-12, TEAM 0-1-0. BER, Force 9-12-1-83, Wilk 0-1-0. </ins></p><p><ins><strong>RECEIVING</strong> &#8212; VV, Duplessis 3-45, Kudrich 2-35, Dylan Howanitz 1-28, Boone 1-12, Zack Kovalchick 1-7. BER, Wilk 5-39, Blake Maurer 2-16, Justin Robbins 1-22, Alex Sharkuski 1-9. </ins></p><p><ins><strong>INTERCEPTIONS</strong> &#8212; VV, Kudrich 1-4. </ins></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Berwick quarterback Alex Force runs a keeper against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_5-5.jpg</photo0><caption0>Berwick quarterback Alex Force runs a keeper against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_4-4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick running back Blake Maurer catches a screen pass against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_4-4.jpg</photo1><caption1>Berwick running back Blake Maurer catches a screen pass against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_1-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick running back Owen Shoemaker, right, makes good yardage as Valley View&#8217;s Kevin Duffy closes in at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_1-2.jpg</photo2><caption2>Berwick running back Owen Shoemaker, right, makes good yardage as Valley View&#8217;s Kevin Duffy closes in at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick wide receiver Teagan Wilk looks to pass against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_3-1.jpg</photo3><caption3>Berwick wide receiver Teagan Wilk looks to pass against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_2-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick quarterback Alex Force, right, hands off to running back Aiden Mason against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL092918Berwick-ValleyViewFB_2-1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Berwick quarterback Alex Force, right, hands off to running back Aiden Mason against Valley View at Crispin Field in Berwick on Friday night. </caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Paul Sokoloski</p><p>psokoloski@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Paul Sokoloski at 570-991-6392 or on Twitter @TLPaulSokoloski</p></shirttailMeta></div>

WVC football: Boone and Valley View blast Berwick in showdown