TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Central Mountain's Mario Serafini (1) works to escape a Shamokin defender during a football game on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Malinak Stadium. The Wildcats fell 35-7.

MILL HALL — Central Mountain struggled against Shamokin, but held the District 4 Class AAAA powerhouse to just 35 points in a tough 35-7 loss at home on Friday night in Week 5.

The loss keeps Central Mountain winless as the Wildcats continue to search for their first win of 2025.

Shamokin scored 21 first-quarter points and put Central Mountain into a huge hole that was tough to claw back from at that point.

Logan Steele had a 66-yard touchdown run just 14 seconds into the game to put the Indians ahead, 7-0, before he then had a 14-yard run with 6:51 to play in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead. Shamokin would then see Zakem Clinton score from seven yards out and increase the lead to 21-0 on the next Shamokin possession.

With 3:45 to play until halftime, Shamokin’s Ryan Bickert punched in a 9-yard touchdown run to make it a 28-0 first-half lead.

Trey Taylor caught a 16-yard touchdown from Barrett Walsh with 9:48 to play in the third quarter to give Shamokin its fifth and final touchdown.

Central Mountain avoided the shutout with 3:12 to play when Ricky Rohrbach caught a 50-yard touchdown from Mario Serafini and put points on the board.

Central Mountain didn’t have a ton of success moving the ball, being limited to just five first downs, 53 rushing yards and only 70 passing yards.

Dalton McDermott led the Wildcats’ ground game with 36 rushing yards on 11 carries while Kyle Everett had 14 rushing yards. In the air, Serafini went 1 for 1 for 50 yards and a touchdown. Everett finished the day 5 for 11 for 20 yards.

Shamokin’s Clinton proved to be hard to contain for Central Mountain’s defense as he carried ti 16 times for 145 yards and scored a touchdown. Logan Steele had 87 rushing yards on just four carries and twice found the endzone. As a team, Shamokin ran the ball for 305 yards on 44 carries and ended the game with 346 yards of total offense compared to Central Mountain’s 123.

Central Mountain’s defense did force two fumbles in the loss, and recovered one. However, the Wildcats coughed the ball up three times as Shamokin recovered two of them.

While the loss stings, the touchdown the Wildcats scored was the first touchdown of the season.

The Wildcats (0-5) have a tough schedule remaining with games at Shikellamy (Week 6), vs. Montoursville (Week 7), vs. Mount Carmel (Week 8), at defending state champion Troy (Week 9) and Class AAAA power Jersey Shore (Week 10).

Shamokin 35, Central Mountain 7

Shamokin 21 7 7 0 — 35

Central Mountain 0 0 0 7 — 7

First quarter

S–Logan Steele 66 run (Colin Steinhart kick), 11:46.

S–Steele 14 run (Steinhart kick), 6:51.

S–Zakem Clinton 7 run (Steinhart kick), 4:54.

Second quarter

S–Ryan Bickert 9 run (Steinhart kick), 3:45.

Third quarter

S–Trey Taylor 16 pass from Barrett Walsh (Steinhart kick), 9:48.

Fourth quarter

CM–Ricky Rohrbach 50 pass from Mario Serafini (Mycah Carson kick), 3:12.

TEAM STATISTICS S CM

First downs 18 5

Rushes-yards 44-305 23-53

Passing yards 41 70

C-A-I 4-19-1 6-13-0

Total yards 345 123

Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-2

Penalties-yards 9-89 7-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Shamokin, Zakem Clinton 16-145 TD, Logan Steele 4-87 2 TDs, Mason Pursel 11-31, Ryan Bickert 3-29 TD, Barrett Walsh 6-13, Trey Taylor 1-10, Jazon McClean 1-4, TEAM 2-(minus 14). Central Mountain, Dalton McDermott 11-36, Kyle Everett 5-14, Alex Johnson 2-7, Hayes Donley 1-(miuns 1), Gavin Heverly 4-(minus 3).

PASSING–Shamokin, Walsh 4-12-0 41 TD, Steele 0-7-1. Central Mountain, Mario Serafini 1-1-0 50 TD, Everett 5-11-0 20, Johnson 0-1-0.

RECEIVING–Shamokin, Colin Steinhart 2-16, Taylor 1-16 TD, Steele 19. Central Mountain, Ricky Rohrbach 2-62 TD, Serafini 3-7, Heverly 1-1.