Selinsgrove outlasts ACC 31-10

Written by: Chad Breidinger on Friday, December 4th, 2009. Follow Chad Breidinger on Twitter.

Shamokin: In a tail of two halves, Selinsgrove (14-0) scores 21 unanswered 2nd half points breaking a 10-10 halftime tie to advance to the Eastern 3A finals.

The Seals were able to put the ball in the air and capitalize on great field position especially in the 2nd half. Harvard-bound QB Cory Briggs was 17/29 for 229-yards and 2TD’s.

The game was filled with penalties and turnovers often times halting deep drives by both teams. There were a total of 8 turnovers. ACC (12-2) had 5 (3 fumbles and 2 INT’s) with the Seals at 3 (1 fumble and 2 INT’s).

The first half was running by ACC and passing by Selinsgrove. ACC Sophomore QB Brendan Nosovitch rushed for 133-yards in the first half. He was the only runner that the Seals couldn’t stop that is until the 2nd half where he had only 10-yards. His first run in the 2nd half of 19-yards put him over 1,000 yards rushing for the year. He is only the 2nd player in state history to pass for 2,000 yards and run for 1,000-yards in one season. The other District 11 player was Liberty’s Dan Persa.

Selinsgrove’s defense held the Viking’s to just 40 total yards in the 2nd half often sacking the QB while they began to get their running game going which was non existent in the 1st half.

ACC was unable to get their passing game on track all game which has been their bread and butter as of late. In fact, both teams excelled at what they didn’t in last week’s contests.

The seals 2nd half TD’s came on a 4-yard run by Kyle Reinard, a 3-yard run by Bryant Trautman, and a 4th quarter 3-yard pass by Matt Ruby. Their 1st quarter score was a 14-yard pass to Ryan Keiser.

ACC opened the scoring on their first drive of the night with a Nosovitch 6-yard TD. Each team added a FG in the 1st half as well.

Next week Selinsgrove will play Archbishop Wood in a rematch from last years Eastern Final game.

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5 Responses to “Selinsgrove outlasts ACC 31-10”

1. Dog21 says:
   December 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

   Here we go again. ABW and Seals at it again. Wood lost 18 starters to graduation but even though they are young,they have some big boys up front. The Seals will have the edge in experience. Both teams are very well coached. I think it will be an extremely close game. Seals want revenge from last year and appear faster than last years team. Could go either way. This game will be decided bt 3 points. Should be fun.

2. Doug says:
   December 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am

   LET’S GO SEALS! The crowd is going to be going crazy in Chocolate town next weekend! LEAVE NO DOUBT!

3. ea says:
   December 6th, 2009 at 12:28 am

   Taking nothing away from ABW,(they’re always in the hunt)but I think this is a whole different Selinsgrove team that they are going to face this year. I may eat those words and I may not, who knows. P.S. Can anybody tell me where the game is going to be played? Thanks 1,000,000 in advance!
   GO SEALS!!!

4. Drew says:
   December 5th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

   No doubt they proved themselves. They dominated the 2nd half. Go Seals “Leave no Doubt”

5. James says:
   December 5th, 2009 at 7:16 am

   O.K., now I’m a believer. Selinsgrove played a top team and beat them handily. They came out in the second half and proved themselves. Go Seals.