Wilkes-Barre, Pa. —The #21 Bombers posted their 12th straight 2-0 start by holding off a late King's rally and topping the host Monarchs 38-28. Senior tight end #
Brian Weverbergh# (Staples/Westport, Conn.) caught two touchdown passes and set a pair of school records.
Weverbergh's touchdown catches – which capped consecutive Bomber drives in the second quarter – were among his career-best nine receptions, which set a single-game Ithaca tight end record.
Weverbergh raised his career total to 1,035 receiving yards, becoming the first Bomber tight end to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark.
Three Bombers scored their first career touchdown, including sophomore safety
Andy Lonsky (Delaware Valley/New Milford,Pa.) whose 36-yard interception return for a scored with 35 seconds left sealed the Ithaca win. King's had scored 21 straight points to close to within 31-28 before
Lonsky's interception return.
Sophomore running back
Thomas Bergerstock (Webster-Thomas/Webster)# ran for a career-best 152 yards and scored his first career TD on a 33-yard run to open the second-half scoring. On Ithaca's next possession, sophomore wide receiver #
Dan Ruffrage# (Notre Dame/Whitesboro) caught a 19-yard touchdown pass – the first of his career – from senior quarterback #
Dan Juvan# (Dobbs Ferry/Yonkers).
Juvan completed 18 of 32 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns.
Weverbergh gained 123 yards on his nine catches and sophomore wideout
Thomas Vossler caught three passes for a career-best 77 yards.
Ithaca's defense held King's to 62 rushing yards on 32 carries. Senior linebacker #
John Scanlon #(Rosemary Choate/Amity, Conn.) and senior cornerback #
Jason Chier# (Chenango Forks/Binghamton) had career-high totals of 14 and nine tackles, respectively. Senior linebacker
Matt Scalice (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda) added 10.
Senior free safety
Matt Samela (Staples/Westport, Conn.) recorded the first two interceptions of his career, including an end zone pickoff.
Scanlon, Chier and junior defensive ends
Adam Drescher (Christian Brothers Academy/Fayetteville) and
Scott Auchenbach (Spring-Ford/Collegeville, Pa.) were all in on two tackles for loss.
Chier blocked an extra point for the second straight week.
Freshman Andrew Rogowski (Canisius/East Amherst) kicked extra points after all five Ithaca touchdowns and converted a 19-yard field goal – the first of his career – on the last play of the first half.
The Bombers celebrate Homecoming with a 1 p.m. game against Hartwick Saturday.
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