Local roundup: Mansfield sprint football ends season with a win
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The Mansfield Mountaineers sprint football team finished out the 2026 season with a 33-7 victory over CSFL newcomer D'Youville on Saturday.
The Mansfield defense shined holding the Saints to -24 yards rushing. They had four interceptions as a unit. Jack Burbage, Matt Machmer, Antonio Green Jr, and Jackson Taylor collected them for Mansfield.
Taylor had 13 tackles which eclipses his own season record and gives him 94 in 2026. Brady Deneen and CamrynHarwick each had sacks.
Offensively Joseph Fry threw for 115 yards and a touchdown and Mac Krauss was 3-3 for 52 yards and two scores through the air. Frye was the leading rusher with 68 yards and a score.
The Mounties would score first after a blocked punt and recovery by Ben Fitch set the Mounties with a first-and-goal from the 10-yard line. Frye would punch the ball in on the first play to give the Mountaineers a 7-0 lead. They would hold that lead to the end of the first quarter.
Jack Burbage would score for the Mansfield defense, intercepting a Cooper Bange pass and returning it 31 yards for the score. Mansfield increased the lead to 14-0 after the Nolan Zona extra point.
In the final two minutes of the half, the Mounties would break through on the scoreboard as Frye found Harwick over the middle for the 32-yard touchdown pass. Mansfield led 20-0 going into halftime.
D'Youville would steal momentum in the third quarter forcing an interception in the endzone. The Saints would use that to spark an 80-yard touchdown pass on the ensuing play. Mansfield still held the lead after three quarters by a score of 20-7.
Mansfield would score again on their final two drives of the game. Krauss would find Ajani Gibson for the 13-yard score increasing the lead to 26-7.
Taylor would come up with an interception on the D'Youville drive. The Mounties put together a four play drive capped by a Krauss to Machmer touchdown pass. Mansfield would take the game by a final score of 33-7.
Before the game Mansfield honored ten seniors: Antonio Green Jr., Shamus Lesher, Weston Bellows, Ajani Gibson, Jerry Holmes Jr., Matt Machmer, Caleb Smith, Vedder Conyer, Jack Gartner, and Nolan Zona.
• After winning half of the 14 events, the Lycoming College women's swimming team earned its first victory of the season thanks to eight second-place finishes to five from King's College, as it prevailed 124-110, in non-conference action at Scandlon Natatorium.
Freshman Makenna Robbins, a Wellsboor graduate, won the 50-yard breaststroke in 36.98 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:20.87 and placed second in the 200-yard IM in 2:41.27.
Senior Gwyn Fox won the 100-yard freestyle in 1:00.82 and added runner-up finishes in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:13.64 and the 500-yard freestyle in 6:13.51. First-year Isabella Sailor won the 50-yard backstroke in 30.80 and placed second in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:11.68 and the 50-yard butterfly in 30.34.
Sophomore Riley Pool won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 13:05.81 for nine points, placed second in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:27.61 and finished third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:20.22 and sophomore Elizabeth Eberz won the 50-yard freestyle in 28.72.
• The Lycoming College cross country team competed at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Stern Athletic Complex with the women finishing 26th with 763 points in the 6K and the men placing 33rd with 1,045 points in the 8K.
Senior Regan Jury posted a time of 24:37.0 to lead the Warrior women with a 107th-place finish, while three Warriors posted season-best times, including senior Anna Kauffman, who posted a career-best 28:31.1. Seniors Ella Scott (26:48.6) and Lily Zukosky (30:31.2) posted season-best times.
Senior Avery Rosan led the men with a 30:41.2 to take 191st, while junior Aidan Rozetar (38:30.4) and senior Depesh Rai (39:36.2) had career-best times.
• The Mansifeld women’s basketball team wrapped up the Conference Challenge, falling to West Virginia Wesleyan University by a score of 97-66.
The Mounties (0-3) were led by Jenna Kasmierski, who finished with a team-high 15 points, seven rebounds and two assists. Addi Salus added 11 points, while Abbey Cappelletti contributed 10 points and four assists. Jenna Burkett knocked down three shots from beyond the arc to finish with nine points.
West Virginia Wesleyan (2-0) shot 61.3 percent from the field and connected on 12 three-pointers. Ana Young led the Bobcats with 33 points, including seven three-pointers.
• The Mansfield men’s basketball team took the road this weekend to compete in the Millersville Classic. After falling in the first game against Winston-Salem State University on Friday, the Mounties bounced back and took a win over D’Youville University Saints in game two of the classic on Saturday, 77-73.
Five Mansfield (1-1) players recorded double-digit points, with the starting five combining for 44 points. Jackson Henry led the Mounties with 15 points, while adding two assists and three rebounds. Joshua Franklin had a near double-double, dropping 12 points with nine rebounds, and Kelton Brown also tallied 12 points of his own. Lastly, both Diarmid Stewart and Mekhi Shillingford had 10 points in the contest, with Shillingford adding a block and six rebounds.