Wildcats travel to Mount Carmel for tough matchup
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Central Mountain (0-8) played its best defensive game last week but now has the unenviable task of facing one of the state's most explosive teams, the undefeated Tornadoes. An encouraging sign was the way Central Mountain slowed the run last week.
Doing so again tonight is a must because Mount Carmel leads District 4 in rushing, piling up yards like water running from a faucet.
Linebacker Kole Corman went over 100 tackles for a third straight season last week and has an area-best 108, averaging 13.5 per game. He needs 17 tackles in the final two weeks to reach 400 career tackles.
Alex Johnson and Gavin Heverly intercepted passes against Montoursville and Central Mountain was tied 7-7 at halftime.
Heverly also threw a 12-yard touchdown to quarterback Kyle Everett who has scored three ways this season. He also has topped 100 yards rushing and passing this year.
Mount Carmel highlighted its eight-game winning streak with a comeback 27-26 win over defending Class AA state champion Southern Columbia, snapping the Tigers 21-game win streak. Quarterback Jaylen Delaney and running back Cooper Karycki are third and fourth among District 4 rushers, totaling 1,969 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Delaney also has thrown touchdowns on a third of his completions and he and Karycki have three punt/kick return scores.
Jason Klokis is climbing the all-time tackle leaderboard at Mount Carmel and the junior is averaging 9.6 this season with Max Karcyki at 7.8 and 10 tackles for loss. Kenny Miller and Josh Blessing have combined for 12 1/2 sacks for a team which can officially clinch District 4 Class AAA's top seed with a win tonight.