Lycoming College

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Lycoming College football team defeated Juniata College, 42-7, in Landmark Conference action on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, scoring 42 unanswered points across eight scoring drives from the first quarter into the fourth.
 
The Warriors are 4-3 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Juniata is 2-5 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
 
Junior Joe Lyons III (Margate City, N.J./Atlantic City) completed 12-of-21 passing for 217 yards and two touchdowns,  adding 14 rushing yards. Lyons has thrown at least two touchdown passes in three straight games. Senior Jared Zimmerman (Souderton, Pa./Souderton Area) caught three passes for 106 yards and a touchdown. Zimmerman has recorded at least 100 receiving yards in three consecutive games, has caught at least one receiving touchdown in three consecutive games and has reached 1,000 career receiving yards, totaling 1,002. Senior Terrence Micah Oliver (Sharon Hill, Pa./Academy Park) rushed 21 times for 96 yards and a touchdown, reaching the 500-rushing-yard milestone for the fourth straight year, with 500, and has totaled 30 touchdowns in his career. He is 203 yards from the program's rushing record of 3,713 yards set by Craig Needhammer '15. He is the third Warrior to rush for 3,500 yards in a career, joining Needhammer and Josh Kleinfelter '11.
 
Sophomore Vasco Granitto (Dover, Del./Polytech) converted a career-high 3-of-4 field-goal attempts, including a 46-yarder, and made all three PATs. The Warriors finished with a season-high 261 rushing yards and 244 passing yards. Senior Brendan Clark (Montoursville, Pa./Loyalsock Township) also surpassed 500 receiving yards for his career.
 
Granitto opened the scoring with a 20-yard field goal with 7:28 left in the first quarter, capping a 57-yard drive. The Warriors' defense held Juniata to one first down and 17 total yards in the quarter, including sophomore Christon Mitchell-Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) posting a big stop on fourth-and-1 for a 5-yard loss in the final seconds of the first quarter. Senior Spencer Ferguson (Downingtown, Pa./Coatesville Area) followed with a 28-yard run to the Juniata 8 as the Warriors ended the quarter ahead 3-0.
 
Lyons completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Ferguson in the second quarter,  to make it 10-0. The Warriors' defense later stopped Juniata on fourth-and-2 at the Warriors' 22, and the offense followed with a two-play scoring drive capped by Lyons' 71-yard touchdown pass to Zimmerman, who spun out of a tackle without his knee touching the ground and breaking free for the touchdown to make it 17-0. When Juniata reached the Warriors' 10 late in the quarter, senior Louie Shank (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) intercepted a pass at the Warriors' 5 and returned it 14 yards, and the Warriors took a 17-0 lead into halftime.
 
The Warriors held Juniata scoreless in the third quarter. Sophomore Trinity Hill-Caleb (Suitland, Md./Suitland) recorded a fourth-down sack before Granitto made a 31-yard field goal. Granitto added a 46-yard field goal after a 12-play, 46-yard drive, and first-year George Hartwick IV (Middletown, Pa./Middletown Area) added a late sack that led to a first-year Saveion Beckett (Coatesville, Pa./Collegium Charter) fumble recovery. The Warriors finished the quarter ahead 23-0.
 
Oliver scored on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter, and first-year Jason Lajara (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) found sophomore Elijah Jordan (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) for a 5-yard touchdown. After a fumble, Beckett and sophomore Mark Rosario (Pine Hill, N.J./Timber Creek Regional) combined on a fourth-down sack at the Warriors' 14 to stop a short-field threat. Lycoming followed with Lajara's 24-yard run and sophomore Lamar Wilson (State College, Pa./State College Area) followed with a 59-yard touchdown runfor his first career touchdown, to make it 42-0 with 3:52 left. Juniata scored in the final minute.
 
Brysen Delaney caught five passes for a team-high 52 yards. Ethan Eisenberg completed 8-of-12 passing for 75 yards and a touchdown. Canyon King recorded a team-high nine tackles. Isaiah Huffstutler added two receptions for seven yards and a touchdown.
 
The Warriors host Western Connecticut State at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at David Person Field at Girardi Stadium in Williamsport, Pa.