Penns Valley looks to pick up home victory
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From staff reports
After back-to-back losses to Clearfield and Central, Penns Valley is hoping to earn another win as the Rams host Greater Johnstown tonight in Week 8 of the season.
Last week at Central, Penns Valley suffered a 21-7 loss. The Rams were held to 157 yards of total offense in the loss as Cael Smith, a sophomore, went 8 for 20 for 53 yards and led the ground game by rushing it 11 times for 87 yards, averaging 7.9 per carry.
Penns Valley gave up 189 rushing yards in the loss to Central as senior Semaj Musei ran the ball 21 times for 110 yards while senior Carter Shenk had 13 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Greater Johnson enters Week 8 with a 1-6 record like Penns Valley. Johnstown's lone win came against somerset (28-14) on Sept. 11. Since then, Johnstown has dropped four straight games against Central Cambria (40-13), Westmont Hilltop (24-0), Bishop McCort (35-7) and Richland (32-7).
Johnstown's offense has struggled putting up points since beating Somerset and has scored just 27 points in four weeks combined and haven't scored more than 10 points in the last three weeks.
Ranson Goggans leads Johnstown's offense with 619 passing yards as he's 40 for 82 with four touchdowns and two interceptions. On the ground, Johnstown has a pair of running backs with 300 or more rushing yards in Jaimeer Dikes (64 carries, 337 yards, 5 TDs) and Cordell Porter (59 carries, 300 yards, 2 TDs).