{"id":21589,"date":"2025-11-01T07:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21589\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:19:12","slug":"williamsport-drops-scranton-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21589\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamsport drops Scranton \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scranton quarterback Jack Cabets (12) throws under pressure from Williamsport\u2019s...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Scranton quarterback Jack Cabets (12) throws under pressure from Williamsport\u2019s Kason Ulmer in the second quarter of the first round of the district play-offs at Williamsport Friday. MARK NANCE \/ Sun-Gazette Correspondent\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scranton\u2019s Reece Whitman (20) runs the ball against Williamsport in...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CVC-L-WILL-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scranton\u2019s Reece Whitman (20) runs the ball against Williamsport in the first quarter. MARK NANCE \/ Sun-Gazette Correspondent\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scranton\u2019s Reece Whitman (20) avoids a tackle from Williamsport\u2019s Kason...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CVC-L-WILL-01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scranton\u2019s Reece Whitman (20) avoids a tackle from Williamsport\u2019s Kason Ulmer (13) in the first quarter. MARK NANCE \/ Sun-Gazette Correspondent\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>Scranton quarterback Jack Cabets (12) throws under pressure from Williamsport\u2019s Kason Ulmer in the second quarter of the first round of the district play-offs at Williamsport Friday. MARK NANCE \/ Sun-Gazette Correspondent\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BY GARRETT CARR<\/p>\n<p>Sun-Gazette Correspondent<\/p>\n<p>Williamsport quarterback Tevin Williams took the shotgun snap, looked to his left and couldn\u2019t find any daylight. He decided to reverse field and try to create something out of nothing while in the shadow of his own goal line.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Williams\u2019 sensational athleticism took over.<\/p>\n<p>He shook off two tackles, broke through the pile, extended his stride and was off to the races for a 96-yard touchdown run to put <a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.the570.com\/Scranton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Millionaires up by 20 en route to a 43-16 win in the District 2-4 Class 6A semifinals Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the snap, I read how they were coming off the ball and went left. My O-line did an amazing job blocking, but they had more numbers than us. He came up the middle, I saw him cut back, and Brayden Ungard had a great block on the corner, and it opened up a wide lane.\u201d Williams said. \u201cIt just felt really good knowing that I was going to score on a big play, and we really needed it. The game was still close. It was 14-0 and that just sealed it. Our energy was high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was far from Williams\u2019 only highlight on the night, as he totaled 315 total yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTevin is a great kid. His energy is unbelievable. His athleticism is unbelievable. He\u2019s fun to watch on the football field, he\u2019s fun to watch on the basketball court and on the track. He\u2019s a very special kid. I think he represents the best qualities of this school and this town,\u201d Millionaire coach Mike Pearson said. \u201cHe makes plays that other people can\u2019t make. He extends plays. His speed is a game-changer. His speed is phenomenal, but he also makes a lot of plays with his brain, and he\u2019s very smart, and he sees things before things happen. And, the best thing about Tevin is he\u2019s very coachable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams was simply too much for the Scranton Knights defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great athlete. He creates with his legs, and he has a great arm, too. It was 14-0, we had them backed up, and then he just makes a great, great play. We miss a couple tackles, and that was that,\u201d Scranton coach Steve Shumbres said.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just Williams excelling in a game Williamsport led, 43-0, at one point. The first-team defense forced four turnovers, plus another on special teams, en route to pitching a shutout before being removed with the mercy rule in effect.<\/p>\n<p>Williamsport forced their first turnover of the game, one of four fumbles they recovered, on the opening drive. It didn\u2019t take them long to cash in, as Williams used his arm and legs to get into the red zone before running in from seven yards out to put the Millionaires on the board.<\/p>\n<p>After stopping Scranton again, Williams found Lucas Naughton behind the defense as the two hooked up for a beautiful pitch-and-catch for a 79-yard touchdown as Naughton made an adjustment on the deep ball.<\/p>\n<p>Following the long Williams run, Austin Beaghley blocked a punt that was recovered in the end zone for another Milliionare touchdown with 3:07 left in the half.<\/p>\n<p>After Scranton fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Millionaire running back Gio White capped the scoring in the first half, as he caught a backward lateral on a swing pass from Williams for a 7-yard touchdown run with 2:43 left in the second quarter, as Williamsport led, 36-0.<\/p>\n<p>Williams struck again for his fourth and final touchdown, as he broke off a 37-yard scramble untouched on the left sideline midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Scranton scored 16 points in the fourth quarter against the Millionaire reserves. Kamani Sterling led the Knights with 88 yards rushing on six carries and four catches for 19 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Williamsport will travel to take on Wilkes-Barre Area for the subregional title next Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scranton quarterback Jack Cabets (12) throws under pressure from Williamsport\u2019s Kason Ulmer in the second quarter of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-21589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}