Pigga scores five times, and Dunmore wins 41-21

Danny Pigga scored five touchdowns and rushed for 234 yards as Dunmore beat Williams Valley, 41-21, in a PIAA Class 2A first-round game Friday night at Rotary Field in Schuylkill Haven. Four scores came on the ground and one on a catch. District 2 champion Dunmore was 11-2. Camp Hill was next.

Jake Hickey's 19-yard run finished a 12-play, 76-yard opening drive and made it 7-0. Eric Reesey's kickoff bounced back toward the Bucks, who recovered at the Williams Valley 17. Pigga scored on the next play, and it was 14-0 with 6:29 left in the first quarter. A 19-play, 91-yard drive ended on his 3-yard run. Dunmore rushed for 202 yards in the half and led 20-0. Williams Valley reached the Dunmore 9 before two incomplete passes turned the ball over on downs, and just before the half Achenbach came up short on a fourth-and-14 run from the Dunmore 22.

After a punt, Pigga ran 19 yards and it was 27-0. Thomas Bowen found him for 12 yards on fourth-and-5, and Dunmore led 34-0 early in the fourth. Pigga's 39-yard run with 4:14 left made it 41-7. Dunmore finished with 330 rushing yards.

Alex Achenbach came in with 2,867 yards rushing on the season and finished with 187 on 31 carries. He scored twice from the 2 in the fourth quarter after Dunmore led 34-0, the second with 23.8 seconds left. Williams Valley recovered a pooch kickoff, and Brady Shomper hit Kian Krzyzanowski for a 20-yard score with 17.9 seconds left. The Vikings ended 10-3.