BLOOMSBURG — Quarterback Jackson Ostrowsky threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns, and the Bald Eagles’ defense forced three turnovers as the Lock Haven football team dominated host Bloomsburg from start to finish in an important 38-17 PSAC Eastern Division victory.

With the win, Lock Haven extended its win streak to three games over Bloomsburg, a win-streak that dates back to the 2023 season.

The 2023 and 2024 victories came by way of a combined 11 points.

Saturday it was a different story as Ostrowsky returned to the lineup and sparked the offense with a remarkable individual effort. He was 21 of 28 passing for 303 yards, no interceptions and the three aforementioned TDs.

Cureem Hathcock and Tucker Teats both rushed for touchdowns as The Haven racked up 402 total yards of offense.

Justin Popovich hauled in two touchdown catches and Jaiden Huntington finished with six catches for 106 yards and a TD.

Tyler Merwarth and Quiyon McMillan both had interceptions for the defense. LucRichard Rameau finished with a team-high nine tackles.

Davien Vernon made seven tackles and Merwarth added six stops.

Lock Haven led 21-17 at halftime and shutout the host Huskies 17-0 in the second half.

Trailing 3-0 in the first quarter, Hathcock scored on a seven-yard run, which put Lock Haven up 6-3.

Early in the second quarter, and again trailing – 10-6 – Popovich hauled in the first of his two TD-catches and the Bald Eagles led 14-10 with 10:02 to play in the half.

With 5:25 left in the first half, Ostrowsky and Popovich connected on a 32-yard pass play and Lock Haven led 21-10.

Teats scored on a two-yard run in the third quarter to stretch Lock Haven advantage to 28-17. Caden Bauer kicked a 29-yard field goal and Huntington caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring.

With the win, Lock Haven pushed its record to 2-3 overall and moved level in PSAC East play at 1-1. The loss put Bloomsburg at 1-4 overall (0-2 PSAC East).

The win was the first on the road this season for the Bald Eagles.

Lock Haven 38, Bloomsburg 17

Lock Haven 6 15 7 10 — 38

Bloomsburg 10 7 0 0 — 17

First quarter

B–Aaron Johnson 31 field goal, 8:25.

LHU_Cureem Hathcock 7 run (kick failed), 6:09.

B–Gabe Brower 16 pass from KJ Riley (Johnson kick), 2:06.

Second quarter

LHU–Justin Popvich 4 pass from Jackson Ostrowsky (Joseph Shurina run), 10:02.

LHU–Popovich 32 pass from Ostrowsky (Caden Bauer kick), 5:25.

B–Justin Wolfe 3 pass from KJ Riley (Johnson kick), 0:23.

Third quarter

LHU–Tucker Teats 2 run (Cauden Bauer kick), 5:16.

Fourth quarter

LHU–Bauer 29 field goal, 14:51.

LHU–Jaiden Huntington 5 pass from Jackson Ostrowsky (Bauer kick), 6:07.

TEAM STATISTICS

LHU B

First downs 19 19

Rushes-yards 33-99 39-146

Passing yards 303 182

C-A-I 21-28-0 12-21-2

Total yards 402 328

Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1

Penalties-yards 9-80 6-53

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–LHU, Cureem Hathcock 8-32 TD, Tucker Teats 8-26 TD, Lorenzo Robinson 6-22, Tyson Florence 5-19, Justin Popovich 2-6, TEAM 1-(minus 2), Jackson Ostrowsky 3-(minus 4). Bloomsburg, Declain Clancy 23-113, KJ Riley 6-43, Justin Wolfe 1-11, Eli Zimmerman 7-9, Gabe Brower 1-(minus 3), Dylan Kraiza 1-(minus 27).

PASSING–LHU, Jackson Ostrowsky 21-28-0 303 3 TDs. Bloomsburg, KJ Riley 12-21-2 182 2 TDs.

RECEIVING–LHU, Jaiden Huntington 6-106 TD, Jake Roberts 4-70, Mekhi Watson 5-58, Justin Popovich 4-51 2 TDs, Cureem Hathcock 1-11, Lorenzo Robinson 1-7. Bloomsburg, Gabe Brower 4-71 TD, Justni Wolfe 4-60 TD, Paul Wojciechowski 1-25, Jack Landis 2-16, Mike Conway 1-10.