Even with so much time left in the contest, virtually all hope for the Eagles was demolished when Scott Nishida busted through the line in the first quarter and blocked a punt from BEA punter Tyler Womer. Jarrin Campman scooped up the loose the ball and waltzed into the end zone for a two-touchdown lead.

"The punt block by Scotty Nishida was huge," Clearfield head coach Tim Janocko said. "When he blocked the punt it kind of took some wind out of their sails. It's kind of routine when Jarrin and Isiah (Morgan) have big nights, but Scotty Nishida really stepped up."

Although it's not as if the Bisons weren't already on a roll. Nick Redden and a group of Clearfield defenders sacked Bald Eagle quarterback Derek Noll to force the Eagles to a three-and-out on the opening drive, and then the Campman connection took the field.

On Clearfield's first offensive play from scrimmage quarterback Jarrin Campman hit his brother, wide receiver Trey Campman, down the left sideline for 34-yard touchdown and the high-octane attack was already on display.

"I don't know if they have a little mental telepathy going on there or what," Janocko said. "Trey had a big night. He got open and Jarrin was able to find him. Our offensive line gave Jarrin time to throw and he made some big plays."

The Campmans hooked up six times on the night for 68 yards. Trey also added 18 yards rushing while Jarrin went 9-of-11 for 105 yards and two touchdowns before sitting out much of the second half.

The Bison offense often overshadows the defense, but on this night the Clearfield stoppers took a back seat to no one. The Bison defensive line got excellent penetration all night, hurrying Noll and creating havoc at the line of scrimmage.

Bald Eagle workhorse A.J. Robinson ran nine times for only six yards, and BEA was held to negative-three yards rushing by Clearfield's defensive starters. When all was said and done, Bald Eagle managed only 67 yards on the ground, most of which came with both squads' second-team units on the field.

"Our defensive played well," Janocko said. "That's huge because I've watched them (Bald Eagle) move the ball on some good teams, and they have two wins under their belt and they're big and they're physical. So I thought our defense really stepped up to the plate tonight.

"It's big for us going into the second half of the year. We have to play good defense against the teams we have coming up. We worked hard on defense this week, and I think it paid off for us."

Bald Eagle Area struggled to move the ball all evening, picking up only two first downs in the first half. It was also hurt by penalties that came at the most inconvenient moments, including an illegal man downfield flag that negated a touchdown pass late in the first quarter that would have cut the two-touchdown advantage in half.

Instead, a diving pass deflection by Jarrin Campman forced BEA to turn the ball over on downs, and six plays later running back Morgan took the ball around the right side of the line, picked up some nice blocks and rolled into the end zone to make the score 21-0 at the end of the first period of play.

Morgan finished the game with 114 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries.

After shutting down the BEA offense to open up the second quarter, Clearfield got the ball back and marched 65 yards to paydirt, capping off the series with a 6-yard TD scamper up the middle by Jarrin Campman.

Two plays later Brandon Sass became the hero for the Bisons. Sass picked off a Noll pass to give his team back the ball, and on fourth-and-9 Jarrin Campman lofted the ball over the middle and into the hands of Sass for a touchdown, extending the lead to 35-0.

Trey Campman promptly came up with yet another big play by the Bison defense, tipping up a Noll pass intended for Dillon Schall and then drawing it into his arms on a second effort. The interception sealed the shutout heading into halftime.

The Bisons wasted little time moving down the field to start the third quarter, handing the ball off five straight times as they pushed into the red zone.

A 14-yard pinballing run by Josh Rippey moved Clearfield across midfield, and Morgan polished the drive off with a 28-yard dash, heading between the right guard and tackle before shedding tackles and plowing into the end zone. The point after failed, putting the Bisons on top 41-0.

With one huge special teams play already in the books, punter Parker Herrington helped keep the route intact with a nice decision late in the third quarter.

After Clearfield came up short of a first down, Herrington stepped onto the field to boot the ball away and secure solid field position.

When a problematic snap left Herrington with the BEA special teams unit bearing down, the Clearfield senior sprinted to his right looking for an opening before rugby-kicking the ball away and forcing Bald Eagle to start its drive at its own 3-yard line.

"Parker has done that stuff for us all year and made some big plays," Janocko said. "He's a really good athlete and he makes plays, and that was big."

Bald Eagle Area's only score of the game came late in the fourth quarter as both teams began to empty their benches.

With time winding down Kory Hicks broke off a big 38-yard run that moved BEA down to Clearfield's 7-yard line. On the next play Coleman Hoffman bounced around the right edge for the score, finalizing things at 41-6.

"We're pretty happy with how we performed tonight," Janocko said. "We've just got to use this game to springboard us into the rest of the year."

Clearfield moved to 5-1 with the win and heads back home to host Penns Valley (1-5) in Week 7.

Clearfield 41
Bald Eagle Area 6

Score By Quarters
Clearfield                      21            14            6            0-41
Bald Eagle Area               0              0            0            6-  6

First Quarter
C-T. Campman 34 pass from J. Campman, (Herrington kick), 9:41.
C-J. Campman 14 punt block return, (Herrington kick), 8:21.
C-I. Morgan 19 run, (Herrington kick), :01.

Second Quarter
C-J. Campman 6 run, (Herrington kick), 6:22.
C-Sass 18 pass from J. Campman, (Herrington kick), 2:53.

Third Quarter
C-I. Morgan 28 run, (kick failed), 8:44.

Fourth Quarter
BEA-Hoffman 7 run, (kick failed), :35.

TEAM STATISTICS
                                              C                            BE
Total First Downs           17                    5
Rushes-Yards               38-194             24-67
Comp-Att-Int                9-11-0             2-17-2
Passing Yards               105                 59
Total Plays-Yards          49-299            41-126
Fumbles-Lost               1-0                  0-0
Punts-Avg                    4-40.5             7-33.7
Penalties-Yards            3-30                5-30

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Clearfield-I. Morgan 16-114, J. Campman 8-27, Rippey 2-20, T. Campman 2-18, Wilson 3-12, Frye 1-2, K. Smith 6-1.
Bald Eagle Area- Hicks 2-40, Decker 5-19, Hoffman 2-11, Robinson 9-6, Gingrich 3-2, Noll 3-(-11).

Passing
Clearfield-J. Campman 9-of-11, 105 yds., 2 TD.
Bald Eagle Area-Noll 2-of-16, 59 yds., 2 Ints.; Leskovansky 0-of-1.

Receiving
Clearfield-T. Campman 6-68, Sass 2-27, Frye 1-10.
Bald Eagle Area-Robinson 1-38, Burns 1-21.