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H.S. Football: Crestwood overwhelms Holy Redeemer on Senior Night

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UNION TWP. &mdash; In a game contested almost entirely between the tackles, it was a pass play that made all the difference as South Williamsport scored with under a minute to knock off Northwest 21-14 on Friday night.
				&ldquo;Everything for us starts with the run,&rdquo; said Mounties head coach Chris Eiswerth after the game. &ldquo;It opens up the passing game for us, and Landon was able to hit his targets.&rdquo;
				Down 14-13 with under a minute left, and after converting a few big third and fourth down plays via the run, Mounties quarterback Landon Lorson found lineman-turned-tight end Jake Casella in the open field.
				Casella broke a pair of tackles on his way to a 34-yard score to put South Williamsport ahead. Lorson ran the two-point try in himself to make it a 21-14 Mounties lead with just 48 seconds left.
				&ldquo;Just a good old-fashioned high school football game tonight,&rdquo; Eiswerth said. &ldquo;Hats off to Northwest for the way they ran the ball tonight.&rdquo;
				Eiswerth was referring to the efforts of the Rangers&rsquo; senior running back George May. May carried the ball 34 times for 232 yards and scored both of Northwest&rsquo;s touchdowns. It wasn&rsquo;t flashy, just a lot of straightforward, downhill running up the middle, but May very rarely went down at first contact and often broke three or four tackles before going down.
				&ldquo;That&rsquo;s our plan, George had a great game out there,&rdquo; Northwest head coach Lon Hazlet said. &ldquo;We need to do better around him.&rdquo;
				The Rangers found themselves inside Mounties territory on a number of times throughout the game, but left a lot of potential points on the table with a fumble and a couple of fourth-down stops from South Williamsport.
				&ldquo;We had three turnovers in the red zone,&rdquo; Hazlet said. &ldquo;We need to take better care of the ball.&rdquo;
				Northwest quarterback Carter Hontz also had a tough time with the ball, throwing three interceptions including a game-sealer to Grant Bachman &mdash; his second pick of the night &mdash; with about 30 seconds left. Fans and coaches alike were looking for a pass interference flag, but to no avail as the Mounties took over and kneeled out the rest of the clock.
				&ldquo;That call didn&rsquo;t matter at all,&rdquo; Hazlet said. &ldquo;We turned the ball over too many times.&rdquo;
				South Williamsport&rsquo;s backfield tandem of Lane Lusk and Zack Miller were relatively quiet on Friday, although Lusk opened the scoring with a two-yard run in the first quarter.
				Miller, who rushed for over 200 yards last week in South Williamsport&rsquo;s win over Montgomery, was held to 40 yards on 14 carries by the Ranger defense, although the senior did a good job keeping the chains moving on the Mounties&rsquo; game-winning drive.
				South Williamsport&rsquo;s other touchdown was scored by Bachman on an 18-yard toss from Lorson. Bachman, in addition to his two interceptions, caught six passes for 120 yards.
				The Mounties improved to 2-0 with the win, and will look to remain unbeaten in next week&rsquo;s clash with Bucktail.
				Northwest dropped to 3-1 ahead of next Friday&rsquo;s matchup with Muncy.
				<ins>South Williamsport 21, Northwest 14 </ins>
				<ins>South Williamsport`7`6`0`8 &mdash; 21 </ins>
				<ins>Northwest`7`0`7`0 &mdash; 14 </ins>
				<ins>First quarter </ins>
				<ins>SW &mdash; Lane Lusk 2 run (Riley Hockman kick), 10:19 </ins>
				<ins>NWT &mdash; George May 21 run (Matt Foley kick), 1:11 </ins>
				<ins>Second quarter </ins>
				<ins>SW &mdash; Grant Bachman 18 pass from Landon Lorson (kick blocked), 11:11 </ins>
				<ins>Third quarter </ins>
				<ins>NWT &mdash; May 3 run (Foley kick), 8:53 </ins>
				<ins>Fourth quarter </ins>
				<ins>SW &mdash;Jake Casella 34 pass (Lorson run), 0:48 </ins>
				<ins>Team statistics`SW`NWT </ins>
				<ins>First downs`8`11 </ins>
				<ins>Rushes-yards`27-86`40-242 </ins>
				<ins>Passing yards`176`66 </ins>
				<ins>Total yards`262`308 </ins>
				<ins>Passing`10-15-0`5-10-3 </ins>
				<ins>Sacked-yards lost`0-0`0-0 </ins>
				<ins>Punts-avg.`2-28`0-0 </ins>
				<ins>Fumbles-lost`1-0`1-1 </ins>
				<ins>Penalties-yards`2-25`5-35 </ins>
				<ins>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS </ins>
				<ins>RUSHING &mdash; SW, Lane Lusk 12-45, Zack Miller 14-40. NWT, George May 34-232, Carter Hontz 3-12, Landon Hufford 1-2, Jake Bobersky 1-5, Ryan Wassel 1-3. </ins>
				<ins>PASSING &mdash; SW, Landon Lorson 10-15-0-76. NW, Hontz 4-9-3-36, Wassel 1-1-0-30. </ins>
				<ins>RECEIVING &mdash; SW, Grant Bachman 6-120, Cameron Greenaway 2-16, Miller 1-6, Jake Casella 1-34. NWT, Wassel 3-36, Hunter Gmiter 1-30. </ins>
				<ins>INTERCEPTIONS &mdash; SW, Bachman 2-11, Lorson 1-0. NWT, none. </ins>
				<ins>MISSED FGs &mdash; none. </ins>

Northwest suffers loss to South Williamsport in final minute