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Butler’s Kevin Shriver (7), seen here in a game earlier this season, ran for 92 yards and two touchdowns Friday against Erie. Andrew Jackson\/Butler Eagle<\/p>\n
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ERIE \u2014 Kevin Shriver<\/a> set out to make an impact on offense this season for Butler\u2019s football team after playing strictly on defense last year.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have the build of a running back, but I have speed,\u201d said the senior.<\/p>\n It was on display Friday night<\/a> as he gashed Erie\u2019s defense for three touchdown runs in a 22-14 win on the road at Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n The first score saw Shriver gallop for 49 yards midway through the first quarter, putting the Golden Tornado (5-4) up in a game in which they never trailed in beating the Royals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related Article: WPIAL, PIAA football Week 9 final scores: Butler beats Erie, Freeport upsets Highlands, Karns City wins, more<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Once Shriver got beyond Erie\u2019s linebackers on the play, he was home free. He rushed for 92 yards in the game while teammate Jake Kollinger<\/a>, more of a bruising runner, picked up 55.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth can do some great things for us on offense, but they also play on defense,\u201d Butler head coach Eric Christy said. \u201cThat factors into how much they run the ball, but a lot of times, it comes down to leaning on the hot hand.\u201d<\/p>\n The victory clinches a second straight .500 season for Butler, which last did so in 1996-97.<\/p>\n Trailing the Tornado 9-0, the Royals (2-7) began to click with their passing game late in the first half.<\/p>\n Back-to-back completions from Jack Musone to Dyarren Woodard totaled 45 yards, setting up Marquis Leggett\u2019s 5-yard scoring run. Butler\u2019s halftime lead was a slim one at 9-7.<\/p>\n Searching for separation, Butler got it with two touchdown drives in the second half.<\/p>\n The first, a 12-play, 60-yard march, ate nearly eight minutes off the clock to begin the third quarter.<\/p>\n Quarterback Will Dunaway connected with Nash Cuffman, who made his return from injury, three times for 28 yards on the drive, and Shriver scored from 3 yards out to put the Tornado up 15-7.<\/p>\n After Butler\u2019s defense held on Erie\u2019s ensuing drive that reached the Tornado\u2019s 12, Butler embarked on a 13-play drive that ended with Shriver\u2019s final score from 8 yards out with seven minutes left in the game.<\/p>\n Dunaway, who passed for 105 yards in the second half after a slow start, had teamed up with Kollinger for a 16-yard pass play on a third-and-5 from Butler\u2019s 40 to keep the chains moving.<\/p>\n