Old Forge scored two touchdowns in the final 4:04 Friday night at Dunmore to pull away from Williams Valley, 26-7, and advance to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A state football quarterfinals.
James Sobol passed for two touchdowns and ran for one as the Blue Devils won the meeting of state-ranked teams.
PennLive.com had Old Forge ranked first in the state and Williams Valley sixth among Class A teams going into the game.
Sobol hit Casey Holzman with a 36-yard touchdown midway through the first quarter for a 7-0 lead.
Williams Valley tied it in the closing seconds of the quarter.
Sobol’s 43-yard run with 7:34 left in the second quarter gave unbeaten Old Forge a 13-7 halftime lead.
Neither team scored again until Holzman ran 4 yards for his second touchdown.
Sobol hit Mario Samony with a 38-yard touchdown with 1:54 left for the clincher.
The Blue Devils advance to face the winner of the Canton vs. Steelton-Highspire game that was scheduled to be played Saturday after presstime for this edition.
