Mifflinburg Football 2004 Season

Mark Reitz's 2004 team went 3-7. The coaching-records line is 2-4 in the division and 3-6 in the league. Warrior Run won the opener 35-7. Mifflinburg then beat Lewisburg 27-0. Danville won 30-8, Central Columbia won 45-24, Shamokin won 43-6, Selinsgrove won 48-0, Shikellamy won 34-7, and Montoursville won 39-14. Mifflinburg beat Milton 14-13 and Jersey Shore 38-6 to finish.

The Mifflinburg Telegraph of Sept. 16 covers the Friday night game at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. Mifflinburg beat Lewisburg 27-0, and the paper had the Wildcats at 1-1 and Lewisburg at 0-2. Andrew Shambach took the opening kickoff at the 10 and went 90 yards up the middle, untouched, for a touchdown 15 seconds in. It was 6-0. He finished with 125 rushing yards on eight carries. Early in the second quarter, with the lead still 6-0, Jason Martin sacked Lewisburg quarterback Patrick O'Connor and forced a punt. Andrew Hobbins took over at the Mifflinburg 46 and completed four passes in a row. Bret Mayer caught the last one at the goal line, and it was 14-0. With 48 seconds left in the half, Lewisburg turned the ball over on downs at the Mifflinburg 15. As the half ended, Shambach ran 53 yards to the Lewisburg 7 before Tom Talty pushed him out. In the third quarter he scored from 54 yards. Hobbins was 8 of 11 in the first half. Mifflinburg went to the ground after that and gained 95 yards on 21 carries. Lewisburg managed 15 rushing yards on 14 second-half attempts. The Wildcats scored in every quarter.

The Telegraph of Nov. 4 covers the Friday night home game with Milton. Mifflinburg beat Milton 14-13 in overtime, and the win ended a six-game losing streak. The paper had both teams at 2-7 and 1-4 in the CSC-I. Keith Fogel came in for Andrew Hobbins late in the first quarter. The defense stopped Milton on three fourth downs in the first half and came up with two turnovers. Jake Mertz scored from the 1 with 2:35 left in the second quarter, the only first-half touchdown. Milton had the ball first in overtime. Kevin Light hit Bryan VonBlohn for 14 yards, Kyle Purvis missed the kick, and Milton led 13-7. Andrew Shambach lost 2 yards on two rushes. On third down Fogel threw to Levi Finsterbush, a sophomore, for 12 yards. Finsterbush made a diving catch in the middle of the end zone. Fogel then kicked the extra point.

The Telegraph of Nov. 11 covers the Friday night game at Jersey Shore. Mifflinburg beat Jersey Shore 38-6. The paper had the Wildcats at 3-7 and 2-4 in the CSC-I, and Jersey Shore at 1-9 and 0-6. Brandon Teichman intercepted Eric Jarrett on Jersey Shore's first series. Shambach carried all 14 plays of a 95-yard drive and scored from the 1 on fourth down, and it was 6-0. He scored from 19 on the next possession, and it was 12-0. Mifflinburg recovered an onside kick at the Jersey Shore 15, and he scored from the 5. With 4:31 left in the half he scored from the 7. He had 143 rushing yards in the half, and Mifflinburg led 25-0. He scored from the 3 with 7:06 left in the third quarter, his fifth touchdown. A 35-yard punt return gave Jersey Shore the ball at the Mifflinburg 25, and Jack Dincher caught a 10-yard pass from Jarrett to make it 32-6. Kyle Wetzel ran 22 yards for the last score. Shambach finished with 37 carries, 202 yards, and five touchdowns. Hobbins threw eight passes for 78 yards. Jarrett completed 10 passes for 120 yards.