Ellwood City was defeated 56-26 by Beaver on Friday night at Helling Stadium to wrap up its regular season.
In an aerial showing, Bobcats standout Jaivin Peel threw for 357 yards and six touchdowns while Wolverines quarterback Tyler Amicone nearly matched him with 356 yards and three touchdowns for Ellwood City.
The game featured combined 983 yards of total offense from both teams.
After Beaver opened up the scoring, Amicone connected on two long touchdown passes, 73-yards and 87-yards, to Kamron Hockenberry to put Ellwood City ahead 13-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The lead was short lived as the visiting Bobcats rattled off six consecutive touchdowns through the second and third quarters.
Richard Cureton found the endzone on a 61-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter and Amicone found Domenic DiNucci on a 42-yard touchdown strike to close the gap but Peel’s sixth and final touchdown of the game provided the final score of the section contest.
Cureton finished with 137 yards rushing on 16 carries for the Wolverines. Hockenberry and DiNucci each collected four catches and Joseph Zito hauled in a 40 yard catch in defeat. Defensively, Colton Gullo finished with a team-high 10 tackles including two tackles for loss and a half a sack while Aaden Newton recorded four tackles and a sack.
Ellwood City finishes its regular season 0-10 (0-5 Class 3A-4)
RIVERSIDE 29 MOHAWK 22 (OT)
The Riverside Panthers held off Mohawk and earned a 29-22 overtime victory on Friday.
Danny Viscuso rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns while Aiden Gaydosz threw 28 times for 179 yards and two touchdowns.
After the visiting Panthers worked ahead to a 22-7 advantage, Mohawk rallied to tie the game with less than a minute in regulation to force overtime. Viscuso found the endzone on a 10-yard touchdown run in the extra period for the winning score.
Riverside (6-3 Overall, 3-3 Section) will await playoff pairings with the hopes of securing a wildcard spot in the WPIAL Class 2A Playoffs.
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