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YOUTH FOOTBALL: SHOWDOWNS SET STAGE FOR WEEK 5 (2018-09-21)

Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY  - Some big games are on the horizon as the 2018 Southern Tier Youth Football Conference season has surpassed the midway point. With Week 4 of 7 now in the books, Week 5 is shaping up with some good clashes on the card.

Spencer-Van Etten / Candor travels to Odessa to face Schuyler County on Sunday with first place the prize in two of the three games.

Owego hosts Tioga on Saturday. The winner in two of the games keeps its playoff hopes alive. In other games, Apalachin hosts M-E Blue and Newark Valley hosts Vestal, all on Sunday.

Schuyler County (4-0) leads the "A" division West A and SVEC is 3-0. Owego is 2-1 and Tioga is 2-2. Meanwhile, Newark Valley sits above the West B at 3-1, Apalachin is 1-3, and Vestal-1 is 0-4. M-E Blue has no team.

In the "B" division, SVEC sits atop the West A heap at 4-0. Schuyler County, Owego and Tioga are 2-2. In the West B, Vestal-1 is 2-2, Apalachin is 1-3, and NV and M-E Blue are 0-4.

In the "C" division, Schuyler County is 4-0 in the West A with a meeting against SVEC (3-1) looming. Owego is 2-2 and Tioga is 0-4. M-E Blue leads the West B at 3-1 while Apalachin, NV and Vestal-1 are 1-3.

At the East end of the STYFC, in the the "A" division, Windsor (East A) and U-E (East B) lead with 3-1 records. In the "B" division, Susquehanna (Pa.) is 4-0 in the East A while Chenango Forks-1, U-E, Johnson City and Chenango Valley are all 3-1 in the East B. Chenango Forks-1 (East A) and Chenango Forks-2 (East B) are 4-0 in the "C" division.

Following is a look at how the Tioga County teams fared in STYFC Week 3 & 4 action:

Week 3
"A" division
SVEC 35, Vestal 0
Tioga 13, Apalachin 6
Schuyler County 28, Newark Valley 12
Owego - bye

"B" division
SVEC 14, Vestal 6
Tioga 37, Apalachin 6
Schuyler County 33, Newark Valley 0
Owego 13, M-E Blue 0

"C" division
SVEC 33, Vestal 12
Apalachin 29, Tioga 24
Schuyler County 33, Newark Valley 0
M-E Blue 46, Owego 0

Week 4
"A" division
SVEC - bye
Owego 32, Vestal 8
Newark Valley 22, Tioga 18
Schuyler County 34, Apalachin 14

"B" division
SVEC 32, M-E Blue 0
Vestal 28, Owego 13
Tioga 36, Newark Valley 0
Schuyler County 20, Apalachin 18

"C" division
M-E Blue 25, SVEC 12
Vestal 20, Owego 13
Newark Valley 34, Tioga 20
Schuyler County 28, Apalachin 15

Summaries (submitted)
Week 3
"B" division
Tioga 37, Apalachin 6
Gavin Albright ran for a 45-yard touchdown and Declan McKee scored the extra point. Albright then ran one in from the five. The extra point try failed.

McKee would score on a 15-yard run and Russell ran in the 2-point conversion.

Dylan Brayden would put the Raiders on the scoreboard with a TD, but the extra point attempt was no good.

The Tigers' Landon Williams scored on a 3-yard touchdown with McKee adding the 2-point conversion.

Tioga closed out the scoring on a 50-yard Eli Bellis run and Aiden Donnley extra point.

Week 4
"B" division
Tioga 36, Newark Valley 0
The first play of the game was a Newark Valley fumble forced by Wesley McNick and recovered by Dominic Palmer.

Gavin Albrecht scored on a  20-yard run an the extra point attempt failed. Albrecht scored again, this one from 44 yards out, and Gage Hopkins scored the two-point conversion.

Declan McKee scored on an 18-yard run, then caught a 5-yard pass for the 2-point conversion, bringing the score to 22-0 at the half.

Eli Bellis scored on a 45-yard run and Aiden Donnley got the extra point. Bellis scored a 16-yard TD and Donnley added the extra point, making it 36-0.

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IN PHOTO 1: OFA held Youth Football Night for the Apalachin and Owego football players and cheerleaders last Friday. ... PHOTOS 1-4 BY TIM TAYLOR. PHOTOS 5-11 BY LISA BEACH.
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