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(CLARION, PA.): Clarion rushed for a single game record of 519 yards and tailback Robert Walker rushed for a single game record of 5 touchdowns as the Golden Eagles defeated Glenville State Saturday 59-38 at Memorial Stadium.
A Family Day Crowd of 5,000, who also came to honor Clarion's undefeated 1952 football team that defeated East Carolina 13-6 in the Lions Bowl, saw a pigskin slugfest. Fourteen touchdowns and 992 yards of combined total offense had the crowd on the edge of its seat throughout the game.
Clarion raised its overall record to 2-1 on the young season, while Glenville dropped to 1-2.
Clarion rushed 68-times for 519 yards Saturday, breaking the old team record of 443 yards against Lock Haven in 2000. Walker's five touchdowns broke a team record of 4 held by Walker (in 2001 vs Kutztown) and four other Golden Eagles dating back to 1965.
Brandon Sweeney opened the Clarion scoring with a 26-yard run with 7:13 left in the first quarter and the Eagles led 7-0.
Walker then bolted 50-yards with only 35-seconds left in the first and Clarion led 14-0.
Glenville qb Joey Conrad, who passed for 394 yards on the day, scored the Pioneers first touchdown on a 17-yard run with 12:07 left in the first and Clarion led 14-6
Walker countered on Clarion's next possession with an 18-yard scoring run, capping a 65-yard, 6 play drive. The point after failed and Clarion led 20-6 at 9:50 of the second quarter.
Glenville came right back and scored on an 18-yard pass from Conrad to Antonio Carter. The PAT failed and Clarion led 20-12.
The Eagles scored with 1:44 left in the second on a Walker 1-yard run and Clarion held a 17-12 halftime lead.
Glenville opened the second half with a 65-yard td pass from Conrad to Toby Murray. The two point conversion failed and Clarion led 27-18.
After Clarion's Roger McClinton recovered a Glenville fumble at the Pioneer 8, Walker scored his fourth touchdown on a 1-yard run and Clarion led 35-18 with 9:07 left in the third.
Glenville narrowed the gap to 35-24 when Dan Williams caught an 8 yard td pass from Conrad with 7:17 left in the third.
Clarion placekicker Chris Carlton booted a 31-yard field goal at 13:11 of the fourth giving the Eagles a 38-24 advantage, but Glenville came back to narrow the lead to only 6 (38-32). Pioneer qb Joey Conrad fired a 50-yard td pass to Tommie Murray, then conneted on a two-point conversion pass to Antonio Carter.
Clarion put the game away later in the fourth quarter when Brandon Sweeney scored on an 8-yard run at 6:24, then Walker notched his fifth rushing touchdown on a 12-yard scamper. The touchdowns gave Clarion a 52-32 lead.
Clarion finished the scoring on a 39-yard run by backup qb Frantz Charles with 1:34 to play.
The Golden Eagles totaled 561 yards of total offense in the game, including 519 rushing and 42 passing. Walker gained 205 yards and 5 td's on only 25 carries, while Sweeney managed 113 yards and 2 td's on 11 tries. Almashy also had 63 rushing yards on 13 carries, plus completed 5 of 11 passes.
Walker now has 1,465 career rushing yards (10th all-time) and has 20 rushing td's (3rd all-time).
Almashy now has 936 career rushing yards as he tries to become the first Clarion qb to reach 1,000 yards. He has now passed for 4,300 career yards.
Glenville had 431 yards of total offense including 37 rushing and 394 passing. Conrad completed 26 of 41 passes for 394 yards and 5 td's.
Tommie Murray grabbed 9 passes for 149 yards and 1 td, while Antonio Carter had 7 catches for 101 yards and 2 td's.
