Shamokin Football 2017 Season

PA Football News lists Shamokin 1-9 in 2017 with James Lichty as head coach and a league record of 1-9. The Republican Herald's Aug. 18, 2018 preview prints 1-9 overall and 0-5 in Heartland Division I, and names Lichty as the coach. Those two league lines are left as each source printed them. The Herald's Oct. 27, 2017 story does not name the Shamokin coach.

The 2018 preview's 2017 results, with Shamokin's score first: Southern Columbia 7-55, Loyalsock 7-27, Selinsgrove 0-20, Bloomsburg 7-26, Mifflinburg 29-15, Shikellamy 7-28, Central Mountain 14-28, Jersey Shore 0-32, Danville 6-34, and Mount Carmel 36-43. The preview says the only win was Mifflinburg in Week 5, and that Shamokin was outscored 308-113. It says Nate Miller had 155 tackles, Mark Wetzel threw for 616 yards and six touchdowns after becoming the starter in Week 5, Devin Pietkiewicz ran 157 times for 739 yards and five touchdowns, and Matt Knowles caught 12 passes for 145 yards.

The Oct. 27 story is Friday night's Coal Bucket game at Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel won 43-36 and the lead calls it the 23rd consecutive season Mount Carmel kept the bucket. John Ayres rushed for 137 yards and four touchdowns. The box lists Shamokin 1-9 and Mount Carmel 6-4. Quarters are Shamokin 15, 14, 0, 7 and Mount Carmel 8, 21, 6, 8.

Shamokin had 18 first downs, 34 rushes for 229 yards, and 135 passing yards on 8 of 22 with two interceptions. Devin Pietkiewicz ran 20 times for 175 yards, scored from 29, and returned a kickoff 84 yards. Wetzel was 8 of 21 for 135 yards and two interceptions, ran 12 times for 48, and scored from 4. Jeremiah caught an 11-yard touchdown and a 53-yard touchdown.