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Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between October 23-29)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 of the 2023 season.
 

PAC Offensive Player of the Week

Jacob Pugh • Washington & Jefferson • Junior quarterback • Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson Pugh accounted for four touchdowns to guide the Presidents to a 38-33 victory over Case Western Reserve Saturday night ... Pugh completed 20-of-35 pass attempts for 275 yards ... The junior signal caller rushed for a four-yard touchdown on W&J's opening possession, then tossed for three more touchdowns (5/9/47) and committed no turnovers in an impressive performance against a Case Western Reserve defense that ranked first in the PAC and sixth in the nation in scoring defense entering the match-up.

PAC Offensive Honor Roll

Allegheny senior WR Declan O'Brien (Irwin, Pa./Norwin); Case Western Reserve junior WR Noah Coyne (Painesville, Ohio/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin); Geneva junior RB Josh Syster (Clymer, Pa./Purchase Line); Grove City junior RB Nico Flati (Aliquippa, Pa./West Allegheny); Thiel senior RB Andrew Plowden (Homewood, Pa./Penn Hills Charter); Waynesburg sophomore WR Isaac Trout (Ruffs Dale, Pa./Southmoreland); Westminster fifth-year RB Ryan Gomes (Tampa, Fla./Walter L. Sickles)

 

PAC Defensive Player of the Week

Ben Bladel • Grove City • Sophomore linebacker • Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Bladel recorded two sacks, recovered a fumble at the Bethany 11 that set up a touchdown, blocked a punt and returned the block for a touchdown Saturday in Grove City's 56-14 win over Bethany … He finished with five total tackles, including 2.5 for loss, as Grove City held Bethany to 51 rushing yards ... Bladel now has 11 sacks this year, which is tied for second on Grove City's single-season list with Ed Fox (1998) ... Bladel's blocked punt return for touchdown Saturday marked the first time that the Wolverines scored on a blocked punt since Gene Iannuzzi at Thiel in 2003.

PAC Defensive Honor Roll

Allegheny senior DL Nigel Williams (Buffalo, N.Y./Cardinal O'Hara); Thiel senior FS Darnell Jordan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Westinghouse); W&J junior DE Avery Keith (Hartville, Ohio/Lake); Waynesburg senior LB Jaquaivis Valle-Smith (Orlando, Fla./Winter Park); Westminster sophomore LB Dylan Sleva (Moon Township, Pa./Moon)

 

PAC Special Teams Player of the Week

Craig Sonson Jr. • Westminster • Freshman punter • Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour Sonson Jr. averaged 38.5 yards on six punts in Saturday's 22-20 victory at Saint Vincent … His 48-yard punt to start the second quarter was downed at the Bearcats' five-yard line and three plays later, the Titans had a sack in the end zone for a safety for the first points in the game … Sonson Jr. dropped three of his six punts inside the 20-yard line, including a 36-yard boot that was a fair catch at the SVC 13 with 40 seconds to play in a two-point game.

PAC Special Teams Honor Roll

Allegheny junior P Trevor Brncic (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional); Grove City senior KR/DB Gabe Dunlap (Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford); Waynesburg sophomore K/P Ricco Sastoque (Concord, N.C./Northwest Cabbarus); W&J junior DB Zachai Simmons (Hawthorne, N.J./The Linsly School-W.Va.)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

David Williams • Allegheny • Freshman cornerback • Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton   Williams was part of a secondary that allowed only 23 passing yards on 6-of-26 passing in a 27-3 Allegheny victory … He finished with two tackles, his second career interception and a pass deflection in the end zone that prevented a touchdown on the drive that ended in Thiel's field goal … Thiel's 154 yards of total offense on Saturday are the fewest allowed by Allegheny since holding Hiram to 110 yards in a 13-0 win over the Terriers on November 10, 2012 …. The three points are the fewest given up in a game since the Gators shut out Kenyon, 49-0, on October 19, 2019.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll

Bethany freshman QB Miles Goffe (Bryans Road, Md./North Point); Geneva freshman DL Ryan Lowe (Saint Johns, Fla./Christ Church Academy); Thiel freshman P Adam Devine (Dormont, Pa./Seton LaSalle); Waynesburg freshman WR Xavier Nelson (Canonsburg, Pa./Bishop Canevin)

 

PAC Records & Milestones

With their 56-14 victory over Bethany Saturday, Grove City, now 9-0 for the first time in program history, clinched a share of the PAC title, their first since 1998 ... The win also gives Grove City the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA playoffs, the Wolverines' first-ever NCAA playoff berth, as Grove City owns tiebreakers over any team that could forge a tie for the title ... Allegheny WR Declan O'Brien broke Alex Victor's record for receiving yards in a season, which previously stood at 1,037 from 2017, and he enters Week 10 with single-season records for catches (83) and receiving yards (1,097) ... Case Western Reserve WR Noah Coyne caught nine passes for 258 yards, second-most in CWRU history, and three TDs in the W&J setback Saturday ... Grove City RB Nico Flati moved into fifth place on Grove City's career rushing list with 2,482 yards and is 89 behind Tom LaMotta (1956-59) for fourth place ... Flati needs 40 yards to become Grove City's fifth 1,000-yard rusher in a season ... With 120 rushing yards in the win over Saint Vincent, Westminster RB Ryan Gomes, who also scored a pair of TDs Saturday, now has 10 career 100-yard rushing games.