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EAST STROUDSBURG - Caleb Walton threw for 300 yards and five touchdowns, including four to Shawn Seif, and John Ford ran for 206 yards and two scores to lead Lock Haven to a 66-41 win over East Stroudsburg University in PSAC East football on Saturday afternoon at Eiler-Martin Stadium.
Seif had nine catches for 210 yards, all in the first half, for Lock Haven (4-6, 4-3), which has won four of its last five games, including a 26-18 win over Bloomsburg last weekend.
Redshirt junior quarterback
Tim DiGiorgio was 36-for-60 for 347 yards and three touchdowns, with redshirt senior quarterback
Bruce Campbell going 9-for-11 for 121 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, to lead the Warriors.
Junior wide receiver
Tim Wilson had 13 catches for 146 yards and three touchdowns, all career-highs. Freshman wide receiver
Javier Buffalo had 10 catches for 94 yards and a TD, and redshirt junior wide receiver
Tommy House had six catches for 88 yards and a TD.
ESU redshirt senior tailback
Robert Healy, who ranked second in NCAA Division II in yards from scrimmage (172.6 ypg), ninth in rushing (128.9 ypg), tied for second in rushing TD (18) and tied for fourth in total TD (19) entering the week, played one snap after missing the second half of last week's game vs. West Chester due to injury.
Healy had a three-yard quarterback sneak in the third quarter - setting ESU's single-season rushing record (1,163 yards) which he shared with Andre Castiglioni (1,160 yards - 2000) entering the game. Healy also has an ESU single-season rushing TD record (18) this fall, which he achieved in 8.5 games.
Healy extended his ESU career records for rushing yards (3,993) and yards from scrimmage and all-purpose yards (both 5,908).
Buffalo's 10 catches tied an ESU freshman record, matching Sam Shuman at Bloomsburg in 2006.
DiGiorgio's effort ranks second at ESU in pass attempts (60) and tied for fourth in completions (36).
Wilson had his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season, entering seventh in the PSAC in receiving (85.6 ypg). His 13 receptions rank tied for seventh in school history.
ESU's 45 completions and 71 pass attempts are both school records, surpassing the marks of 40 completions and 70 attempts (both by
Matt Soltes) set in last year's 69-67 (5OT) loss vs. Shippensburg.
Freshman wide receiver
Elijah Rehm added five catches for 43 yards, senior fullback
Sean Roth had four catches for 25 yards, senior wide receiver
Varney Dassin had three catches for 34 yards, freshman wide receiver
Nolan Ridgway had two catches for 19 yards, redshirt sophomore tailback
Marquis Fells had one catch for 17 yards and sophomore tailback
James Bell had one catch for two yards while leading the Warriors in rushing (7 carries, 33 yards).
DiGiorgio (3) and Campbell (2) gave ESU two players with multiple TD passes for the fourth time in school history, also achieving that in 1983 vs. Mansfield (Andy Baranek 2, Ray Gentilella 2), 2006 at Mansfield (
Jimmy Terwilliger 2, Joe DeLuise 2) and 2008 at Millersville (Tim Roken 2, Matt Marshall 2).
They also gave ESU two players with 100 yards passing in a game for the sixth time. They are the first duo to throw for 300 yards (DiGiorgio, 347) and 100 yards (Campbell, 121) in the same game.
Walton threw all five of his touchdown passes in the first 21 minutes of the game for Lock Haven as the Bald Eagles led 25-0 at the 4:21 mark of the first quarter, and held a 45-13 lead at halftime.
Seif caught TD passes of 68, 23, 27 and 64 yards with Ford also hauling in a five-yard TD catch to go with his two rushing TD.
Walton added three extra point kicks in the second half, along with a two-point conversion run, after two of LHU's first three extra point attempts were blocked.
ESU pulled within 25-13 on the first play of the second quarter, getting TD passes from DiGiorgio to Buffalo (6 yards) and Wilson (24 yards), before Seif caught a pair of TD passes and ford had a 52-yard run for LHU's halftime edge.
Fells had a one-yard rushing TD for ESU to cap a 14 play, 73-yard drive to start the second half. House caught a nine-yard TD from DiGiorgio to end a 10 play, 70-yard drive late in the third quarter, and Campbell threw a pair of TD passes to Wilson (15 and 13 yards) to finish the scoring.
LHU led 66-27 after a 69-yard TD run by Corey Blakey with 11:05 left in the fourth quarter.
Ford (19 carries, 206 yards, 2 TD), Blakey (9 carries, 111 yards, TD) and Walton (9 carries, 101 yards) helped give LHU 424 rushing yards on 48 attempts.
Walton accounted for 401 yards of total offense.
DiGiorgio and Campbell combined for 468 yards passing and 5 TD for ESU. Bell, who started at running back with Healy sidelined, was injured late in the first half and did not return.
Redshirt freshman
Justin Johnson (12), senior free safety
Jimmy Verzicco (10) and redshirt sophomore linebacker
Marquis Brownlee (8) were the top tackles for ESU.
Carlos Balkcom and Tyler Gallashaw both had interceptions for Lock Haven. Brandon Clements had a sack and forced fumble in the first quarter which set up LHU's second touchdown.
The Warriors finish the 2016 season next week at Slippery Rock. California, ESU's scheduled week 11 opponent, won the PSAC West title and will host Kutztown in the State Game next weekend - giving ESU Kutztown's scheduled opponent.