Minersville's Dante Carr (6) scrambles for yards during the Miners' win over Halifax (Photo by Kelly Wiley)

HALIFAX — Dante Carr threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others as Minersville opened its season with a 35-13 road victory at Halifax.

Brandon Adams got the Miners off on the right foot with a 27-yard interception return on Halifax’s first possession, giving Minersville a 7-0 lead 46 seconds into the game.

Carr then connected with Ty Atkinson for 28 yards in the second quarter and Paiten LaPoint for 26 yards in the third quarter.

The UCF commit put the game with a 36-yard TD run in the third quarter and an 11-yard scamper in the fourth.

Halifax’s two touchdowns came on a pass on the final play of the first half and a 16-yard scoring strike 13 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Scoring Summary

Minersville — 7. 7. 14. 7 — 35

Halifax — 0.  7. 0. 3 — 13

Min — Adams 27 interception return (Bowers kick), 0:46

Min — Atkinson 28 pass from Carr (Bowers kick), 7:15 left 2^nd

Hal — Touchdown pass (kick good), :00 half

Min — LaPoint 26 pass from Carr (Bowers kick), 8:51 left 3^rd

Min — Carr 36 run (Bowers kick), 4:56 left 3^rd

Hal — 16 TD pass (kick failed), 11:47 left 4^th

Min — Carr 11 run (Bowers kick), 5:56 left 4^th

Catasauqua 28, Mahanoy Area 0

MAHANOY CITY — Emmanuel Bolmer scored a pair of touchdowns as the Rough Riders blanked the Golden Bears at Bill Fazio Field at Alumni Stadium.

Bolmer scored on a 10-yard run in the first quarter and a 6-yard pass from Gionnie Ojeda in the fourth quarter. Catasauqua’s other scores came on an 11-yard TD run by Trayshawn Dunn in the first quarter and a 45-yard punt return by Ruben Conception in the second quarter.

Kyler Quick rushed for 54 yards for Mahanoy Area, which collected seven first downs.

Scoring Summary

Catty —- 14   7. 0. 7. — 28

Mahanoy — 0.  0.  0.  0. — 0

Cat — Bolmer 10 run (kick good)

Cat — Dunn 11 run (kick good)

Cat — Conception 45 punt return (kick good)

Cat — Bolmer 6 pass from Ojeda (kick good)

Individual Statistics

RUSHING — Mahanoy Area, Quick 12-54, Santos 7-10, Kowalchick 6-14, Stoyer 3-6, Rucker 3-5

PASSING — Mahanoy Area, Kowalchick 1-4-0, 30; Contreras 1-3-0, 18.

RECEIVING — Mahanoy Area, Quick 1-30, Redgate 1-18.