SEAN GALLAGHER, WSYC SPORTS DIRECTOR
The Clarion Golden Eagles surrendered 442 yards on the ground against Bloomsburg last week. At Seth Grove Stadium Saturday, the Red Raiders put up 563 yards, 356 of it was on the ground. Led by Quarterback Zach Zulli and running backs Mike Frenette, Kevin Herod and Roshaan McCain made it another long day for the Clarion defense as the Red Raiders crushed the Golden Eagles 54-24. Frenette ran for 106 yards and 2 touchdowns. Zulli ran for two and had 61 yards on the day. McCain had 91 yards and a touchdown, and Herod had 59 and a touchdown too. It was a day where several players on the Shippensburg offense got an opportunity to shine.
Zulli did what he needed to do through the air. 20-28 on the day, 1 interception. His counterpart Ben Fiscus had a long day. 9-20, an interception and only only managed 74 total passing yards. Fiscus was pulled at the end of the 3rd quarter while Eric Coxon finished the game going 7-13 for 53 yards. The silver lining had to be halfback Brandon Akins, who ran for 101 yards, and two touchdowns, one being a 44 yard run.
Frenette also lead all players in receiving yards with 7 catches and 58 yards. Jacob Baskerville had three catches for 51 yards in a game where running was the big factor in the game.
Last week versus Gannon, Shippensburg had no touchdowns on the ground. This week, all the scores came from the running game.
Shippensburg wins their second straight, improving to 2-1 and will travel to CW Post next Saturday for the first PSAC East game of the year. Clarion is now 0-3 and begins PSAC West play against California (PA) next week.
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