BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Senior quarterback KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) became the sixth player in Bloomsburg football history to eclipse 5,000 passing yards as he led the Huskies to a 34-18 win over Edinboro, Saturday afternoon.
 
Riley finished the afternoon 17-for-25 with two touchdown passes and 262 yards, his third game this season with at least 200 passing yards and two touchdowns. The Danville native finished with 15 rushing yards as well and two short yardage touchdowns as he was responsible for four of the Huskies five touchdowns.
 
Senior Jerry Griffen-Batchler (Norristown, Pa./Germantown Academy) had another impressive game for the Huskies with 95 receiving yards and two touchdown catches. Griffen-Batchler finished the day with 66 yards after the catch and had a long reception of 54 yards. Gabe Brower (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) had four catches for 39 yards and Alex Achenbach (Tower City, Pa./Williams Valley) caught all three passes that came his way for 36 yards. Justin Wolfe (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area) finished the day with three catches for 28 yards. Eli Zimmerman (Schnecksville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) and Paul Wojciechowski (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) each had a catch for 31 and 23 yards, respectively, and Xavier Diaz (Mount Carmel, Pa./Mount Carmel) finished the day with one catch for 10 yards.
 
The ground game continues to move the chains for the Huskies as Declan Clancy (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) is having a stellar freshman season for the Huskies. Clancy finished the day with 73 yards on 21 carries, a career-high is rushing yards. Zimmerman got it done on the ground too as he had 65 yards on 17 carries for the Huskies, also a career best. Gabe Brower (Alexandria, Pa./Juniata Valley) finished the day with 21 yards on four carries and had one touchdown.
 
As an offense, the Huskies finished the day with 433 total yards of offense and 26 first downs, including 13 from the run game.
 
Defensively, the Huskies shut down the Fighting Scots attempt at a run game, holding Edinboro to just 46 yards rushing on 23 attempts. Bloomsburg held Edinboro to 258 total yards of offense and just 15 first downs. Izzy Dobbins (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) had one of his best games with the Huskies as he finished the day with eight total tackles, including a six-yard tackle for loss and a pass breakup. Garrett Garcia (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia), Ian Donohue (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) and Brady Ronan (Tyrone,Pa./Tyrone Area) each had four tackles. Ronan and Donohue split a sack for seven yards while Ryan Corros (Honey Brook, Pa./Twin Valley) had a sack for five yards and Dylan Clair (Harleysville, Pa./La Salle College HS) had one for two yards.
 
The Huskies won the coin toss and elect to defer to the second half. After Idriz Ahmetovic's (New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford) kick went 65 yards to the end zone and Edinboro started the game on their own 25-yard line. The Huskies' defense forced a 3-and-out thanks to a pair of incomplete passes. The Huskies started their drive on their 31-yard line after the punt and got down to the Edinboro 36. Riley's pass on 3^rd-and-4 was intercepted by Amari Jones and returned for a touchdown. The Fighting Scots elected to go for two and took an early 8-0 lead. Bloomsburg responded with a scoring drive that went 65 yards on 14 plays and took 6:07 off the clock. On 3^rd-and-8 from the Edinboro 11, Brower scampered down to the Edinboro 1-yard line to pick up a first down. Riley took it the rest of the way as he scored his first of four touchdowns. Aaron Johnson (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) converted the extra point kick and cut the lead to 8-7 with 3:44 to play in the first quarter.
 
The Fighting Scots began their next drive on their own 11-yard line and moved the ball down to the Huskies 10 but had to settle for a 27-yard field goal thanks to a big tackle for loss by Dobbins on 1^st-and-10.
 
Bloomsburg answered with another touchdown drive to take a 14-11 lead with 6:19 to play in the second quarter. Riley once again took care of the short-yardage touchdown with a three-yard rush to get into the end zone.
 
The Huskies kept Edinboro out of the end zone on their next to two drives as Nahzier Booker (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) ran Nico Marchitelli out of bounds for a three-yard loss to end the half and Bloomsburg took the 14-11 lead into halftime.
 
Bloomsburg received the opening kick of the second half and immediately pushed the lead to 20-11. The Huskies had a 3^rd-and-13 from their own 46-yard line, Riley found Griffen-Batchler in the middle of the field. The senior made the catch at the Edinboro 45-yard line and took it the rest of the way for his first touchdown of the game.

Edinboro responded with the Fighting Scots last touchdown of the game, a 29-yard catch in the back corner of the end zone to cut the lead to 20-18 with 6:32 to play in the third quarter.
 
The Huskies kept their foot on the gas and pushed the lead back to two scores, 27-18, thanks to a 12-play, 73 yard drive that took 5:36. Riley and Griffen-Batchler connected again, this time for a 23-yard score and Johnson converted his third extra point of the game.
 
Bloomsburg forced a punt on the Fighting Scots' next possession and took over at their 20-yard line. The Huskies went right to the run game and churned out a 14-play, 80-yard drive that took 8:18 off of the clock and ended with a seven-yard touchdown run from Brower. The Huskies ran the ball 13 times during the drive, with their longest rush going for 11 yards by Zimmerman. Bloomsburg had a third down just twice in the drive, both for short yardage. On 1^st-and-goal from the seven, Brower got the pitch back from Riley and went seven yards for the score. Johnson made his fourth extra point of the day, and Bloomsburg held a 34-18 lead with 4:17 to play.
 
Edinboro fumbled the following kickoff, and Joe Alu (York, Pa./Central York) recovered the loose ball at the Edinboro 35 as the Huskies took over. Bloomsburg went 3-and-out but took another 1:44 off the clock to drain it to 2:33 left in regulation. Corros sacked the Edinboro quarterback for a loss of five yards on the first play and the Huskies defensive line stopped Marchitelli at the line of scrimmage to put the Fighting Scots at 3^rd-and15 from their own 15-yard line. Marchitelli connected with Junior Aderomilehin for an 11-yard reception, but Garcia kept him from getting a first down. Marchietlli attempted a pass on 4^th-and-4 but Dylan Clair (Harleysville, Pa./La Salle College HS) and Ian Donohue (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) pressured the quarterback as he threw it away and the Fighting Scots turned it over on downs.

The Huskies ran out the clock with a pair of kneel downs to seal the 34-18 win for Bloomsburg.
 
Bloomsburg gets back on the road next week as the Huskies open PSAC East action at Shippensburg. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. from Seth Grove Stadium in Shippensburg, Pa.
 
Career Milestones
• Riley now has 5,078 yards and 36 touchdowns for his career. He moved into sole possession of sixth-all time in passing yards at Bloomsburg, passing Rich Lichtel who had 4,953 from 1965-1967. Riley now has Jack Lydic who finished his career with 5,186 yards. Riley needs just 108 to move into fifth.

• Griffen-Batchler's 95 yards today gives him 1,845 for his career. He is ninth all-time at Bloomsburg and needs just 13 yards to match Matt Wilson and 14 to take over eighth place. Griffen-Batchler needs just 404 yards to move into the top-five at Bloomsburg and 281 to join the 2,000-yard receiving club.