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Selinsgrove shuts out Montoursville, 42-0

Written by: David Mika on Saturday, November 7th, 2009. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

MONTOURSVILLE – What was at stake for the Seals Friday night? A perfect regular season and a seventh consecutive league championship. Selinsgrove scored four touchdowns in the first quarter on their way to a 42-0 win over Montoursville at Memorial Stadium.

Montoursville played without several starters last night, including standout running back Cody Haupt. The Seals took advantage by scoring on its first five possessions.

Selinsgrove head coach Dave Hess said, “We were able to do that but we do understand that Montoursville kind of hobbled in the game a little bit so its one of those things.”

The Warriors tried an onside kick on the opening kickoff but Selinsgrove’s Dan Ryan recovered the ball on the Seals’ 46-yard line.

Eight plays later quarterback Cory Briggs hit Kyle Reinard for a 25-yard screen pass for a score. Ryan Keiser would catch the next two touchdown passes thrown by Briggs.

With 18 seconds to go in the first quarter Briggs called his own play and went in for a 7-yard run.

On their fifth drive Matt Wenrich went in for a three-yard score and the Seals led 35-0 with 6:36 to go in the first half.

Montoursville’s best chance came on defense. Selinsgrove had a first and goal at the 10-yard line, and Montoursville’s Christian Clark intercepted a pass and returned it 75 yards to the 20-yard line. But Montoursville came up empty in the drive.

The final score came when Eric Eaton scored on a 23-yard run in the fourth quarter.

The Seals rolled to a 42-0 win over Montoursville. This was their third undefeated regular season. They claimed their seventh consecutive league title and the last two HAC-1 crowns.

This was the third straight loss for Montoursville (7-3), but they do qualify for district four playoffs next week. Selinsgrove (10-0) is ranked second in the EasternPAFootball.com Big School rankings and will begin their defense of their District Four Class AAA title next week.

The Seals defense was outstanding all night. The Seals first team defense didn’t allow any positive yards against Montoursville’s offense. The Seals held Montoursville to negative 17 yards in the first half.

Cory Briggs finished the game completing 7 of 9 passes for 115 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for one score.

Briggs said, “We had a great week of practice and we knew we were playing good teams. We came out firing on all cylinders.”

Keiser caught three passes for 68 yards. Four of the six first half drives were in Montoursville territory.

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