Shenango rolls to win over Western Beaver
Shenango (28) vs. Western Beaver (0)
Written: Oct 02, 2016
INDUSTRY — The Shenango High football team got in the win column Saturday.
Equally as important, the Wildcats breathed life into their playoff hopes.
Braydan Smiley rushed for 105 yards on 24 carries to help propel Shenango to a 28-0 WPIAL Class 1A Big Seven Conference win over host Western Beaver.
The win vaults Shenango (1-3 conference, 1-4 overall) into a tie for seventh place in the league with Union (1-3, 2-4). The Scotties were upset Saturday by host Summit Academy, 26-20. Five schools from the Big Seven will reach the postseason.
The Golden Beavers (2-3, 3-3) are in a fifth-place tie with the Knights (2-3, 2-3). Both Shenango and Union own a tiebreaker, though, over Western Beaver.
The Wildcats' defense helped preserve the shutout. Shenango took over possession three different times by forcing the Golden Beavers to turn the ball over on downs deep inside the visitors' territory. Those Western Beaver drives ended on the 9, 23 and 22 of the Wildcats.
The Golden Beavers' final possession of the contest ended when Isaiah Taylor intercepted a pass on the Shenango 23.
The teams battled to a scoreless deadlock through one period. Smiley opened the scoring on a 9-yard touchdown run and he added a three-yard scoring run, both coming in the second stanza.
The conversion kick on Smiley's first score failed. Lou Domenick hauled in a two-point conversion pass from Maxwell Reamer following the second Smiley score to put the guests up 14-0 at the break.
Jason Kraner hauled in a 48-yard touchdown pass from Reamer in the third quarter. The kick failed and the score remained 20-0 going to the final frame.
Domenick scored the final touchdown when he snared a six-yard TD pass from Reamer in the fourth. Bret Hoover hauled in the two-point pass to push the count to 28-0.
The shutout was Shenango's first since a 47-0 season-opening blanking of Western Beaver last year.
SHENANGO WESTERN BEAVER
16 First downs 11
219 Yards Rushing 86
14 Yards Lost 25
205 Net Rushing 61
18 Passes Attempted 19
11 Passes Completed 10
1 Passes Intercepted 3
176 Yards Passing 135
395 Total Yards 196
0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0
2-28.5 Punts-Average 1-25
10-75 Penalties-Yards 6-30
SHENANGO 0 14 6 8 — 28
WESTERN BEAVER 0 0 0 0 — 0
Scoring plays
SHENANGO — Braydan Smiley, 9-yard run (Kick failed).
SHENANGO — Smiley, 3-yard run (Lou Domenick, pass from Maxwell Reamer).
SHENANGO — Jason Kraner, 48-yard pass from Reamer (Kick failed).
SHENANGO — Domenick, 6-yard pass from Reamer (Bret Hoover pass from Reamer).
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