Mifflinburg Football 2023 Season

Jason Dressler's last season was 5-6. The district history lists assistants Tom Parfitt, Brandon Teichman, and Anthony Threet, and says the team qualified for districts and played one game. The schedule marks that game Nov. 3 at home against Warrior Run, a 16-21 loss, three weeks after Mifflinburg had beaten Warrior Run 28-21 on the road.

The other wins were 42-0 at Midd-West, 35-28 over Central Columbia, 43-33 at Central Mountain, and 42-12 over Shikellamy. Lewisburg shut the Wildcats out, 35-0, on Oct. 27. Jersey Shore won 57-6 and Selinsgrove won 63-7. A Bloomsburg scrimmage on Aug. 19 is not in the record.

Matt Beltz's EasternPAFootball account of that Sept. 1 home game has sophomore Chad Martin at 29 of 35 for 406 yards, five touchdowns and an interception. Beltz wrote that Martin was playing on an injured leg from a defensive play in the first half. Mifflinburg ran 32 times for 69 yards. Central Columbia's quarters were 0-14-7-7. Mifflinburg's were 7-7-14-7. Jackson Griffith caught touchdown passes of 29 and 4 yards. Troy Dressler caught eight passes for 100 yards, including a 5-yard score with eight seconds left in the half. Sean Grodotzke caught a 38-yard score. Kyler Troup caught nine passes for 113 yards and a 16-yard score. Caius Morrow was 11 of 21 for 237 yards and three touchdowns. The only rushing touchdown in the box is Barron Oyar's 2-yard run. Central Columbia's onside kick with 31 seconds left went out of bounds. The box lists Central Columbia 0-2 and Mifflinburg 2-0.