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Meyers runs over Mid Valley

CLARKS SUMMIT &#8212; Abington Heights started quick and finished strong to defeat Wyoming Valley West, 35-21, in a LFC/WVC crossover game Saturday afternoon.Comets quarterback George Tinsley, who passed for 225 yards, connected with Robby Horvath for a 6-yard touchdown with 8:45 remaining in the first quarter.Wyoming Valley West running back Carson Canavan, who led the Spartans in rushing with 78 yards, capped a 15-play drive with a 6-yard touchdown run with just over a minute left in the first quarter.The Spartans were set up at Abington Heights&#8217; 17-yard line early in the second half after Abington Heights snapped the ball over its punters head, but Valley West was unable to capitalize when Adam Sivak&#8217;s 36-yard field goal attempt came up short.Canavan scored his second touchdown as Wyoming Valley West regained the lead with 4:21 remaining in the second quarter.Tinsley found Comets wide receiver Corey Perkins in the back corner of the end zone and Abington Heights (2-6, 0-3 LFC Div. 1) tied the score at 14 going into halftime.&#8220;George does a very good job of getting the ball to our playmakers,&#8221; Abington Heights head coach Joe Repshis said. &#8220;Time after time, Corey goes up and makes a play.&#8221;Perkins, who finished with six catches for 165 yards, also showed her versatility as a passer when he connected with Tinsley for a 3-yard score with 4:22 left in the third quarter.The Comets went ahead by two touchdowns when Tinsley hit Perkins for a 15-yard score on a fade pattern.Valley West (4-4) pulled back to within seven when Jake Shusta connected with Harunah Jallow for a 13-yard touchdown with 6:06 left in the game, but the Spartans managed just 11 yards in the second half outside of their scoring drive.&#8220;We kind of looked like we were in slow motion and they made more plays than we did,&#8221; Wyoming Valley West head coach Pat Keating said. &#8220;We had them backed up a couple times and they came up with big plays. We had some opportunities and couldn&#8217;t really get ourselves going in the second half.&#8221;Abington Heights 35, Wyoming Valley West 21Wyo. Valley West`7`7`0`7 &#8212; 21Abington Heights`7`7`7`14 &#8212; 35First quarterAH &#8212; Robby Horvath 6 pass from George Tinsley (Zach Boersma kick), 8:45WVW &#8212; Carson Canavan 6 run (Adam Sivak kick), 1:10Second quarterWVW &#8212; Canavan 3 run (Sivak kick), 4:21AH &#8212; Corey Perkins 27 pass from Tinsley (Boersma kick), 1:14Third quarterAH &#8212; Tinsley 3 pass from Perkins (Boersma kick), 4:22Fourth quarterAH &#8212; Perkins 15 pass from Tinsley (Boersma kick), 8:33WVW &#8212; Harunah 13 pass from Jake Shusta (Sivak kick), 6:06AH &#8212; Tinsley 1 run (Boersma kick), 2:12Team statistics`WVW`AHFirst downs`13`12Rushes-yards`45-128`27-45Passing yards`100`228Total yards`228`273Passing`10-17-0`15-21-0Sacked-yards lost`5-21`1-7Punts-avg.`1-41`2-25.5Fumbles-lost`1-0`0-0Penalties-yards`5-55`3-30INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING &#8212; WVW, Carson Canavan 24-78, Nah-Syr Garner 2-14, Darius Redguard 4-14, Quaid Braddy 3-32, Zack McDaniels 1-1, Jake Shusta 11-(-11), . AH, George Tinsley 4-50, Corey Perkins 9-0, Robby Horvath 4-8, Shaine Hughes 8-13, Team 2-(-26).PASSING &#8212; WVW, Shusta 10-17-0-100. AH, Tinsley 14-18-0-225, Perkins 1-3-0-3.RECEIVING &#8212; WVW, Jallow Hurunah 1-13, Dylan Nastanski 1-58, Garner 4-13, Canavan 4-16. AH, Corey Perkins 6-165, Chris Wickenheiser 3-27, Horvath 2-18, Conor Newman 2-7, Matt Lastauskas 1-8.MISSED FGs &#8212; WVW, Adam Sivak 1-36.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West running back Carson Canavan, center, works his way through the Abington Heights defense for a touchdown in Clarks Summit on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_TTL101418WVW-AHFB_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Valley West running back Carson Canavan, center, works his way through the Abington Heights defense for a touchdown in Clarks Summit on Saturday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_TTL101418WVW-AHFB_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West quarterback Jake Shusta takes the snap on a first down play against Abington Heights in Clarks Summit on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_TTL101418WVW-AHFB_2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wyoming Valley West quarterback Jake Shusta takes the snap on a first down play against Abington Heights in Clarks Summit on Saturday. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Robert Tomkavagertomkavage@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Robert Tomkavage at 570-704-3941 or on Twitter @rtomkavage.</shirttailMeta></div>

Abington Heights uses big passing plays to hold off Wyoming Valley West