BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Freshman Declan Clancy (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) was the first 100-yard rusher for the Huskies in over a year, though Bloomsburg fell to visiting Lock Haven, 38-17, Saturday afternoon. The Huskies drop to 1-4 on the year and 0-2 in PSAC East play while the Bald Eagles improve to 2-3 and 1-1 in conference action.
 
Clancy is hitting his stride as a Husky as he ran for 113 yards on 23 carries and did not lose a yard on the ground. He's the first Husky to run for over 100 yards since Jake Williams (Myerstown, Pa./ELCO) picked up 141 yards on 14 attempts against Seton Hill on September 14, 2024. Clancy now has 306 yards rushing 72 carries this season and is 10^th in the PSAC averaging 61.2 yards per game and 4.3 yards per carry. KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) had a strong run game as well with 43 yards on six carries.
 
Riley went 12-for-21 with two touchdown passes and two interceptions for 182 yards to push his career passing yard total to 5,437 with 39 career touchdown passes. Riley's top-target today was Gabe Brower (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) who had four catchers for 71 yards and a touchdown. Justin Wolfe (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area) had four catches for 60 yards and touchdown while Paul Wojciechowski (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) had one catch for 25 yards. Jack Landis (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) had a pair of catches for 16 yards and Mike Conway (Fox Chase, Pa./Father Judge) made a catch for 10 yards.
 
Defensively, freshman Tyler Frey (York, Pa./Central York) stepped in and had a career day with 13 total tackles, including seven solo stops. Izzy Dobbins (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) had a season-best 11 tackles and Nazhier Booker finished the day with 11 tackles, including 3.0 TFL (9 yards) and a forced fumble. McKenzie Harrard got pressure to the quarterback with the game's only sack that pushed Lock Haven back 10 yards and had one quarterback hurry. Ervin Mitchell (Waldorf, Md./Westlake) finished the day with a team-best two pass breakups while Frey and Zhamir Rowan (Maplewood, N.J./Columbia) each had one.
 
The Huskies struck first as Aaron Johnson (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) connected on his first career field goal, a 31-yard attempt to cap a 13-play, 72 yard scoring drive for the Huskies to open the game. The Bald Eagles answered right back with a four-play, 79-yard touchdown drive to take a 6-3 lead after the extra point went just wide. The lead did not last for Lock Haven as Bloomsburg put together an eight-play 71-yard scoring drive that ended with Brower powering his way into the endzone with a 16-yard touchdown catch. Johnson connected on the extra point to give the Huskies a 10-6 lead with 2:06 to play in the first.
The Bald Eagles took the lead for good as Jackson Ostrowsky connected with Justin Popovich for a four-yard touchdown pass to give Lock Haven a 14-10 lead with 10:02 to play in the second quarter. After a punt set up a short field for Lock Haven, the Bald Eagles pushed their lead to 21-10 with 5:25 to play before halftime thanks to a 32-yard touchdown catch by Popovich.
 
The Huskies answered with a 15-play, 75 yard touchdown drive to cut the lead to 21-17 at half time after a three-yard catch by Wolfe in the endzone.
 
It was all Lock Haven in the second half as the Bald Eagles out-scored Bloomsburg 17-0 in the final 30 minutes thanks to a pair of interceptions that set up short fields for Lock Haven that results in a touchdown and a field goal. The Bald Eagles put the final touches on the scoring with a five-yard touchdown pass with 6:07 to play in the fourth.
 
The Huskies return to action next Saturday as they head to East Stroudsburg for a 6:05 p.m. kickoff against the Warriors.