October 14, 2006

Allen and Heck Lead Huskies Past Kutztown

Box Score

BLOOMSBURG--Christian Allen (Pottstown/Pottstown) rushed for a career-high 185 yards and four touchdowns and Josh Heck (West Hazleton/Hazleton) added a career-high180 yards and one score as Bloomsburg University (6-1, 2-0 PSAC East) beat Kutztown University (2-4, 1-2 PSAC East) 41-14 on a cold and windy Saturday.

The pair of Allen and Heck, subbing for the injured Jamar Brittingham, helped the Huskies rush for 373 yards and accumulate 516 yards of total offense for the day.

Allen got the Huskies going on their second possession of the game when he capped a 45 yard drive with a one-yard run. Allen's 24-yard rush on the previous play set up his score.

His second score came later in the period when he scored on a 16-yard run to make it 13-0 in favor of the Huskies. Allen made it 20-0 when he capped a 94-yard drive with his third score of the game, this one a 60-yard run midway through the second period.

Kutztown cut into the lead just before halftime when quarterback Kyle Spotts his Elfren Quiles with a 24-yard scoring pass to make it a 20-7 game.

On the opening drive of the third period, Spotts connected with Larry Baumgardner on another 24-yard scoring pass to make it 20-14.

However, the Huskies answered back with quarterback Dan Latorre (Elysburg/Southern Columbia) marching the Huskies 91-yards in 11 plays and connecting with Brahin Bilal (Philadelphia/Lincoln) on a 16-yard scoring pass for a 27-14 advantage.

The Huskies capped the scoring with Allen going in from two-yards out and Heck racing 45-yards for a score.

For the day, Allen carried 19 times for a 9.7 yards per carry average, while Heck carried 20 times for an average of 9.0 yards a carry. Heck also moved into 10th place on the Huskies all-time career rushing list with 1,708 yards.

For Kutztown, quarterback Kyle Spotts was 13 of 28 for 189 yards and two scores.

Defensively for the Huskies, Tyler Trettin (Hummelstown/Hershey) had a team-high eight tackles and helped limit Kutztown to 265 yards of total offense.