The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA

Danville News Wire

September 29, 2012

Flick makes bigs play to lift Central Columbia past Danville

For The Daily Item

ALMEDIA — Jarrod Flick, a senior receiver/cornerback, stopped a drive Danville desperately needed with a phenomenal red-zone interception, and then made consecutive back-breaking catches to give Central Columbia a two-score lead as Central Columbia toppled Danville, 21-7, on Friday in a battle of District 4 Class AA unbeatens.

Central — despite 30 pass attempts and 188 yards from Jordan Thivierge — rushed the ball for 158 game-controlling yards and held the Ironmen to just 67 or less than 3 yards a pop.

“We pride ourselves on our run defense and we missed tackles,” said Danville coach Jim Keiser. “That’s not something we usually do.”

The Jays (5-0) dominated the first-half time of possession, with four drives that averaged 10 plays and four minutes of game time.

The first, helped by a pass interference call on third-and-11 in Danville territory, ended with a Kowalski 8-yard touchdown run. The others served to keep the Ironmen off the field and their offense out of rhythm.

“You have to be able to run the football,” said Jays coach Jason Hippenstiel. “That’s a team that prides itself on shutting that down and then picking the ball off when you have to throw.

“(Offensive coordinator Kirk Seesholtz) did a great job of mixing it up; they had no idea what was coming at any point.”

Danville’s best drive of the half ended suddenly on third-and-1 from the 11 when Dylan Hine (on one of the handful of blitzes Hippenstiel called) blindsided quarterback Weston Baylor. It forced a fumble recovered by Central’s Jake Klinger.

With just 67 total yards and a 7-0 deficit at halftime, the Ironmen (4-1) took the opening kickoff and put together a strong drive. Baylor completed passes of 16 and 23 yards, and fullback Sam Dressler gained 21 on four carries to move the ball to the Central 15.

On third down, Baylor threw a strong out to Bret Berg on the right sideline. The ball glanced off Berg’s hands and Flick, in pursuit to the ball, plucked the ball right at the sideline and was awarded an interception at the 2.

Text Only
Danville News Wire
  • Field Cam

    August 27, 2012

  • Heartland Division I
    Team W L PF PA
    Danville (11-3) 6 0 301 196*
    Selinsgrove (10-4) 5 1 324 212
    Milton (7-5) 4 2 267 211
    Shikellamy (5-6) 3 3 223 250
    Shamokin (2-9) 2 4 143 289
    Mifflinburg (2-8) 1 5 136 234
    Jersey Shore (0-10) 0 6 143 383
             

    *-denotes division champion

    July 11, 2012

  • Wetlands preservation group giving free trees at Saturday Grower's Market

    The Save the Beaver Dam Project will be holding a free tree giveaway from 10 a.m. to noon, May 25, at the Ferry Street Grower’s Market. There will be about 1700 trees to give to visitors.

    May 23, 2013

  • Charity concert at Brews N Bytes Friday night

    DANVILLE - Lower Mulberry Street restaurant Brews N Bytes will hold a charity concert at 7 p.m., May 24, featuring musician Michi Egger.

    May 23, 2013

  • Fan Cam

    August 31, 2012

  • Danville to share information on new cyber program at June parent session

    A parent information session for the Danville school district’s new cyber program will be held June 3 at 6 p.m. in the Danville High School cafeteria.

    May 22, 2013

  • Geisinger hosts free stroke seminar this Friday

    A free seminar, “Recent Advances in Stroke Therapy,” will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the inpatient dining room of Geisinger’s HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, in Danville.

    May 22, 2013

  • Budget cuts won't slow down school tech

    A cut of approximately $30,000 to the school district’s technology budget shouldn’t do much to slow down Danville, according to their network administrations director.

    “We have a year-to-year refresh cycle for our technology, and we’re going to continue with that, we’re just going to reduce the amount,” said Jeff Ryan.

    May 21, 2013

  • Danville's Mill Street to be featured in new TV series

    DANVILLE - For the premier episode of the Pennsylvania Cable Network’s “Discover Main Street PA” program, viewers will see the sights and sounds of Danville’s Mill Street.

    May 16, 2013

  • Danville school board approves online program

    Members of the Danville school board approved the creation of the “Danville Cyber Academy” at their May 14 board meeting. The cyber school will offer online courses in addition to ones in the school districts. It can also provide remediation, academic enrichment and additional course selection for district students.

    May 16, 2013