Tanner Stuart ran for the first of his three touchdowns on the day on a long run to make it 6-0. Stuart then hit Bentlee Moore on a pass to make the score 7-0.

Stuart again broke free for a long touchdown run to extend the lead to 13-0. The extra point attempt was no good.

The stingy Dawgs defense held the Tornadoes all afternoon, stuffing the rush attack and forcing the Tornadoes into several costly mistakes in the first half. Grant May snagged two first-half interceptions on deep pass attempts.

The Dawgs defense showed its grit after a potentially costly pitch was caught by the Tornadoes and returned to the Dawgs’ 7-yard line in the waning moments of the first half. The Dawgs proved their resilience by stuffing back-to-back rushing attempts before Clayton Hammerbeck nearly intercepted a low pass attempt by the Tornadoes quarterback just before halftime.

Photo courtesy of Mandie Englert Warren’s Tanner Stuart runs for a touchdown during the Dawgs’ 26-0 victory over the Kane Tornadoes on Wolverine Mountain in Sheffield.

Coming off a 13-0 halftime lead, the Dawgs got the ball in the second half. After a few back-and-forth strong defensive series by both teams, Blake Peterson found a crease on a long touchdown run to extend the lead to 19-0. The extra point attempt was no good.

The Dawgs defense continued its defensive dominance, again forcing another Tornadoes turnover on a fumble recovered by Connor Smith. Tanner Stuart tacked on a sack to his all-around performance.

Stuart struck again in the fourth quarter when a late punt call forced the Dawgs to keep their defensive unit on the field. Stuart moved from his linebacker position to punt returner, fielding the punt and outrunning the pursuing Tornadoes as he sprinted to his third and final touchdown for the afternoon. Owen Damcott ran the extra point attempt in for a 1-point conversion, extending the lead to 26-0.

The Dawgs’ strong defensive effort was led by Jeremiah Lyon’s 10 tackles, followed by Stuart’s five tackles, Bentlee Moore’s five tackles and Collin Havers’ four tackles.

The Warren Dawgs ran for 341 total rushing yards, led by Stuart’s 172 yards on the ground as eight different Dawgs ran the ball.

The Warren Dawgs advance to a 2-1 record and will face the Warren Hogs on Sept. 11 on Wolverine Mountain in Sheffield.

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The Warren Hogs traveled to Emporium on Saturday to face the Cameron County Storm.

The Hogs gave up two first-quarter touchdowns and then the defense held strong for the remainder of the game, not allowing another point in a 13-6 loss.

In a field possession battle, the Hogs struggled to get anything going on the ground gaining only 43 yards the entire game.

Thayne Gourley led the Hogs’ ground attack with only 15 yards. Parker Kiser added 14 yards, Ty Bryan added 12 yards and Keagen Weissinger added 2 yards.

The only bright spot on the day was a long 60-yard pass from Bryan to Wyatt Wilson late in the fourth quarter for the Hogs’ only score on the day.

Bryan threw for 101 yards on the day, Wilson compiled 91 yards receiving and Parker Kiser added 10 yards.

The Warren Hogs defense was led by Kiser, who had six tackles on the day, one for a loss and caused a fumble. Tucker Sanford added five tackles on the day, also forced a fumble and had a tackle for a loss. Benny Matson and Gourley added three tackles apiece. Cooper Nobles added a fumble recovery and Jerett Lang added a pass deflection and an interception.

On special teams Lang and Gourley both added a 30-yard punt return.

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In PeeWee action, the Warren Panthers faced off again with the Warren Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes started the game off with a long touchdown run by Timothy Cope, who then ran in the 2-point conversion to go on top 8-0.

Hunter Vanderhoof answered right back with a long touchdown run of his own for the Panthers making the score 8-6 in the first quarter.

Both defenses then held strong the remainder of the game.

Late in the fourth quarter, it looked as if the Hurricanes were going to put the game away as they drove down into the red zone. The Panthers defense caused a fumble at the one recovering the ball in the end zone. On the first play of the possession Hunter Vanderhoof took it to the house for 80 yards and added a 2-point conversion to put the Panthers up 14-8 with two minutes left in the game.

The Panthers then held strong on defense.

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SHEFFIELD — The Warren JV teams opened their seasons in a thriller last Sunday on Wolverine Mountain as they faced off against each other.

The Warren Hurricanes faced off against the Warren Panthers in a back-and-forth battle with the Hurricanes coming out on top after a Hunter Vandhoof 2-point conversion run that sealed the game for a 14-13 win.

Eric Baxter for the Panthers rushed a touchdown and also rushed in the extra point. Braylon Curtis added a touchdown later in the game after a catch and run that scored the final points for the Panthers.

Vanderhoof scored two rushing touchdowns for the Hurricanes and sealed the game on a win-or-lose decision by Coach Lord who went for the 2-point conversion with the game on the line. Vanderhoof took a sweep around the left corner from the 10-yard line and pushed himself into the end zone despite the best efforts of the Panthers defense.

The defensive standout and leader of the defense for the Hurricanes was Marcus Williams, who had two sacks in the game.

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In varsity action, The Warren Hogs hosted the Coudersport Falcons and lost 19-0.

Warren was unable to move the ball effectively being completely shut out by the Falcons defense.

Statistically, Ty Bryan had 43 yards passing, 18 yards rushing and threw two interceptions in the loss. Parker Kiser had 6 yards rushing and 25 yards receiving, Thayne Gourley had 11 yards rushing and 15 yards receiving, Keagan Weissinger added 13 yards rushing, and Wyatt Wilson added 3 yards receiving on his only reception of the game.

The Hogs defense made some plays on defense, but was unable to hold down the Falcons offense. Gourley led the defense with seven tackles while Kiser added six tackles and an interception. Jaret Lang was switched to safety adding an interception and a pass deflection. Gavin Mealy put up four tackles and a tackle for a loss. Weissinger and Matthew Morse added three tackles a piece with Weissinger adding another tackle for a loss in the matchup.