Lewisburg hasn’t been 4-0 to start the season in forever, or so it seemed. Tonight at Christy Mathewson Stadium forever ended. Coming out of the locker room after halftime leading Hughesville 7-0, thanks to a 50 yard pass from Sr. qb Sean Bell to James logan and a 3 yard run from Cody Fisher, the Green Dragons front lines on both sides of the ball took control. On the first play of the 3rd quarter the Lewisburg O-line opened a gaping hole for Senior halfback Spenser Ercole (9 carries for 136 yards and 2 TDs) and he dashed 72 yards to paydirt giving the Green Dragons a 14-0 lead. After the game Spenser gave all credit to his offensive line. “Our line just pushed them around” said Ercole after the game. The Lewisburg defense then took over and shut down the Hughsville offense that was averaging 33 points per game and 331 yards per game shutting them out and holding the Spartans to under 150 yards of offense. The Lewisburg defense kept pressure on quarterback Kyle Stubbs all night and held RBs Andy Laychur and Taylor Falk (who came into the game with 243 yards and 216 yards respectively) to well under 50 yards rushing combined.
After a muffed kick by Hughesville that went out of bounds and a short drive Lewisburg held and fielded a punt at their own 28. Then the Sr. qb took control with a combination of nifty running and accurate passing, including a beautiful diving catch for 21 yards by Brett Aukerman at the Hughesville 5. From there John Moscarello took the ball into the endzone giving Lewisburg a 20-0 lead to begin the 4th quarter. One more short drive for Lewisburg ended with a 33 yard scamper from Spenser Ercole making the final score Lewisburg 27 hughesville 0. Lewisburg next travels to Muncy and Hughesville has Shikellamy at home.
