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Tyrone Clark Jr. (1) by Lackawanna had 34 carries for 270 yards and three touchdowns in the Steelers’ 38-28 nonleague victory over Clymer/Sherman/Panama at Jack Keeney Community Field in Panama on Saturday. PJ photo by Matt Spielman

PANAMA – Tyrone Clark Jr. could be the next big thing to come out of the Western New York football scene.

Saturday afternoon, the Clymer/Sherman/Panama Wolfpack got an up-close look at the second-year Lackawanna.

It came as advertised.

Clark ran 34 times for 270 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers defeated the Wolfpack 38-28 in a non-league game at Jack Keeney Community Field.

“I’ve never seen a better running back,” Clymer/Sherman/Panama head coach Ty Harper said. “We played Xander Hind, we played some really good backs at the state level against Tioga – think Emmett Wood – but Tyrone did some things today that not many high schoolers can do.”

Lackawanna, ranked No. 10 in Class B by the New York State Sportswriters Association, improved to 5-0 on the season, outscoring opponents 266-55.

Clymer/Sherman/Panama, the state’s second-ranked Class D team, fell to 3-2 overall, but the losses are to Waverly – the defending Class C state champion – and the Steelers.

Saturday’s game changed midway through the second quarter after a five-game stretch.

Wolfpack’s Carter Brink caught a 48-yard touchdown from Tate Catanese with 8:32 left in the first half and Catanese’s 2-point conversion run made it 16-14 in Lackawanna’s favor.

On the Steelers’ third play of the ensuing drive, Clark ran for a 42-yard touchdown and also added the conversion run to make it 24–14. Clymer/Sherman/Panama then muffed a short kickoff and Lackawanna recovered at the Wolfpack 32-yard line.

“We emphasize special teams. We didn’t lose the game on special teams, but it was hard to give them possession on a fumble,” Harper said. “… We had a mistake on that play.”

On the next play, Clark — who already has collegiate offers from numerous schools, including Syracuse, ran for a touchdown that made it 32-14 after another conversion run.

“I thought we were in a position to make multiple tackles and he’s just very physically gifted,” Harper said of Clark. “There’s a reason why he’s getting scholarships at 16.”

Clymer/Sherman/Panama turned the ball over on downs on the final two drives of the second quarter, once on Lackawanna’s 27-yard line and another on the Steelers’ 16-yard line, as the visitors held an 18-point lead names in the locker room.

“We definitely didn’t play well enough to win and that’s my fault,” Harper said. “There were certain possessions and plays that I wished we had back. We didn’t finish the runs in the red zone well enough.”

On Lackawanna’s second drive of the third quarter, the Steelers threw a touchdown on third-and-goal from the 15-yard line to go up 38-14 and the Wolfpack never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.

Fifty-one seconds into the fourth quarter, Catanese connected with Brink on a 30-yard touchdown to make it 38-20 and on the Wolfpack’s next drive, the duo reconnected for their third touchdown play of the game to tie the score. 38-28. with 5:58 left after Catanese’s 2-point conversion run.

“I thought Carter Brink was great today,” Harper said. “I thought any extra attention that Bryce (Hinsdale) and Alex (Barmore) got, Carter was obviously able to expose the defense. I honestly thought he was the player of the game.

But Lackawanna, anchored behind an offensive line by 6-foot-4, 340-pound senior Sam Ikeguwonu, ran nearly six minutes off the clock on the next drive before kicking the ball back to Clymer/Sherman/Panama with 1:08 remaining to go.

On fourth-and-5 from the Steelers’ 48-yard line, Catanese threw his third interception of the game, ending the Wolfpack’s last hope of a comeback.

“I am incredibly proud of the way we fought in the second half. There were several points in the second half where we probably could have put it down and felt sorry for ourselves,” Harper said. “For the most part, the line has done very well. … We gave up £100 per man.”

Clymer/Sherman/Panama refuses to shy away from bigger opponents with its non-league games and welcomes another Class B team, Lake Shore (1-4), to Sherman for homecoming festivities next Saturday.

“When we plan these kinds of matches, the idea is to play against the best competition. At the end of the day you always play to win the game, but to play the number 10 team in the state in Class B when they have averaged almost 60 points per game on offense… to make it a 10 point game, there There are certainly positive points to be gained from this,” says Harper. “We just have to get better and improve every week.”

NOTES: Lackawanna ran 48 times for 303 yards, but committed 12 penalties for 119 yards. … Catanese went 19 of 37 for 259 yards and three touchdowns. Brink caught six passes for 127 yards and three touchdowns, while Barmore caught six passes for 85 yards and a touchdown. Hinsdale had three receptions and now has 197 for his career. … Defensively for the Wolfpack, Collin Ryan was involved in 16 tackles and forced a fumble; Dalton Richter was involved in ten tackles and recovered two fumbles; and Travis Owens was involved in seven tackles and forced a fumble. Brink intercepted a pass for Clymer/Sherman/Panama.

Lackawanna 8 24 6 0 — 38

Clymer/Sherman/Panama 6 8 0 14 — 28

Lac-Moore 3-run (Clark run)

C/S/P –Barmore 56 pass from Catanese (pass failed)

Lac-Clark 4-run (Hines run)

C/S/P – Brink 48 pass from Catanese (Catanese run)

Lac-Clark 42 run (Clark run)

Lac-Clark 32-run (Clark run)

Lac-Underwood 15 pass from Moore (point failed)

C/S/P – Brink 30 pass from Catanese (run failed)

C/S/P – Brink 26 pass from Catanese (Catanese run)