{"id":279624,"date":"2026-09-05T10:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279624\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:26:36","slug":"high-school-football-roundup-schuylkill-valley-tops-octorara-garden-spot-governor-mifflin-fall-high-school-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279624\/","title":{"rendered":"High school football roundup: Schuylkill Valley tops Octorara; Garden Spot, Governor Mifflin fall | High School Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schuylkill Valley 38, Octorara 7<\/p>\n

At Leesport, Schuylkill Valley put on a clinic on both sides of the ball Friday in a 38-7 nonleague football victory over Octorara.<\/p>\n

The Panthers (1-1) ran to a 35-0 halftime advantage on the Braves (0-2), who were shut out until the final 26 seconds.<\/p>\n

On a humid night, attendance and spirits ran high for the home crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, as a team, we all played good,\u201d said Schuylkill Valley kicker\/punter Reece Wamsher, who was 7-for-7 on PATs and ended the night with a field goal. \u201cThere was a little negative … penalties in the game. But for the most part, we played really well. It was a nice second game to get our first win of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wamsher may have been referring to a scuffle in the second quarter that resulted in offsetting personal fouls. The Panthers did have six penalties, but they were overshadowed by Octorara\u2019s 11, a key reason the Braves didn\u2019t score the final seconds.<\/p>\n

In Week 3, the Panthers will look to continue to serve the home crowd against Newport \u2014 which dropped a 52-7 game at Lancaster Catholic on Friday. Meanwhile, Octorara will continue looking for its first win of the season at home in a 7 p.m. start against Interboro.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Vanelli<\/p>\n

Spring Grove 17, Garden Spot 10<\/p>\n

At Spring Grove, the Rockets pulled off quite the comeback in this nonleaguer on Friday, scoring 17 unanswered points in the second half to collect the victory and improve to 2-0.<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first quarter, the second was all Spartans (1-1). With about five minutes to go before the break, Seth Musselman scored on an 83-yard run to make it 7-0. And after Zachary Martin hit a 25-yard field goal 34 seconds before the break, Musselman picked off a Davon Melbourne pass in the end zone.<\/p>\n

However, that major momentum didn\u2019t last in the second half.<\/p>\n

Kade Gibbs found the end zone for the Rockets on a 15-yard run in the third quarter. Shortly thereafter, the Spartans lost a fumble on a punt and Spring Grove took over on the Spot 27. From there, Gibbs broke off a 21-yard run, and Brody Reddig put the Rockets in front on a 1-yard ramble.<\/p>\n

Ryan Brooks\u2019 21-yard field goal in the fourth provided the final margin.<\/p>\n

The Rockets iced it with back-to-back sacks.<\/p>\n

Garden Spot will be back at it in Week 3, hosting Ephrata in a 7 p.m. start next Friday.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Staff<\/p>\n

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Boyertown 28, Governor Mifflin 21<\/p>\n

At Shillington, the Mustangs dropped to 0-2. No details were immediately available.<\/p>\n

The defeat came on the heels of Thursday\u2019s move by the Governor Mifflin School District to increase security and set new procedures for entry to events at the football stadium.<\/p>\n

The changes, reported by the Reading Eagle, came in the wake of two incidents on the district\u2019s campus \u2014 one last week during a football loss to Wilson, and another this week.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Eagle reported, two Reading juveniles were arrested after they were spotted on the far corner of the intermediate school parking lot during morning drop-off and found in possession of knives and an airsoft gun, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The game against Wilson had been called off near the end of the third quarter and the stadium evacuated after a report, later determined to be false, of a student who had a gun.<\/p>\n

In Week 3, the Mustangs will travel to Landisville to take on Hempfield.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Staff<\/p>\n

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