Football Recap: Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] can now relate to. They were beaten by the Karns City Gremlins 42-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while Karns City is ranked 29th).

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Karns City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cole Johnston, who rushed for 37 yards and one TD, and also threw for 95 yards and one touchdown on only eight passes. Hunter Scherer was another key rusher, gaining 102 total yards and a touchdown.

Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion]

Previous 5 Games

11/07/25 vs Karns City	14-42
10/31/25 vs Perry Traditional Academy	56-8
10/24/25 vs Butler	21-14
10/16/25 vs DuBois	35-19
10/10/25 vs Bradford	86-0

Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] moved to 7-5 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Karns City, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 9-2.

Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Karns City, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Farrell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Gremlins will need to watch out since the Steelers have now posted at least 31 points in their last four games.