WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Sophomore
Elijah Shemory (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 114 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Lycoming College football team to a 51-14 win to end Misericordia University's hopes for a Middle Atlantic Conference title on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 2, at David Person Field.
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Shemory became the first Warrior to rush for four touchdowns in a game since Blake Bowman did it against FDU-Florham in 2015, as he plowed in from seven yards out in the first quarter, one-yard out in the second, 48 yards in the third and four yards out in the fourth. He finished 16-of-24 passing for 201 yards and two more scores.
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Lycoming (3-5 overall, 2-4 MAC) piled up 543 yards of total offense, their second straight game above 500, as they ran for 342 yards on 55 carries, with senior
Keith Batkowski (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville) notching 48 yards on 14 carries, freshman
Joey Guida (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) notching 46 yards on seven carries and sophomore
Chase Cramer (Andover, N.J./Newton) adding seven carries for 44 yards. Freshman
Nick Breiner (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua) rushed twice for 40 yards and a score.
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Gallery: (11/4/2019) Football vs. Misericordia
Senior
Stephen Toczylousky (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) caught four passes for 103 yards and a score and senior
Dezmen Johnson (Browns Mills, N.J./Pemberton Township) caught four passes for 46 yards and a score.
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Senior
Jarrell Payne (Jersey City, Pa./Liberty) notched six tackles and senior
Sam Pawlikowski (West Creek, N.J./Seneca) had five tackles, one for loss and an interception to lead the defense. Freshman
Jase Wright (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) posted four tackles and forced a fumble.
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Lycoming scored on its second play from scrimmage, with Shemory finding Toczylousky on a cross, who bounced off a defender and took off for a 61-yard score. Misericordia (4-3 overall, 4-2 MAC) answered with a 14-play, 72-yard drive to score, but Lycoming answered with a nine-play, 74-yard drive, as Shemory found Johnson for a 21-yard score after finding Toczylousky for 23 yards on the play before that.
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On the ensuing kickoff, Wright forced a fumble that Toczylousky fell on at the 24-yard line. Four plays later, Shemory crashed in from seven yards out, giving Lycoming a 21-7 lead.
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Misericordia closed within a touchdown early in the second quarter at 21-14, but Lycoming responded with a 12-play, 67-yard drive, with Shemory capping the drive with a one-yard sneak after Shemory found Cramer, who busted off several tackles to reach the doorstep for Shemory, making it 27-14 with 8:21 left in the first half.
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Misericordia drove to the 11-yard line as time wound down in the half, but after a 16-yard pickup, they couldn't spike the ball quick enough to take a shot at the end zone before time expired on the half.
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Shemory ended Lycoming's first drive in the third quarter when he broke into the secondary for a 48-yard score off a QB draw. On the next drive, senior
Jamie Fisher (Folsom, Pa./Ridley) canned a 37-yard field goal for his eighth of the season, giving Lycoming a 37-14 lead.
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In the fourth quarter, Shemory added a four-yard score to wrap up his day with 10:50 left. Lycoming had one more drive, rushing 78 yards on eight plays, with Breiner scoring from 11 yards out to cross the 50-point mark for the first time this year.
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The Lycoming defense, meanwhile, allowed just 28 yards of total offense to the Cougars in the second half.
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Brady Williams finished 14-of-25 for 161 yards for the Cougars. Michael Gawlik ran eight times for 48 yards and a score and Sam Gillison caught five passes for 71 yards. Alex Hafner led the Cougars with 10 tackles and Nick Yeager added eight, one for loss.
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The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday, Nov. 9, when they head to Lebanon Valley for a 1 p.m. MAC game.
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