Husky Barks: Bloomsburg 17, California (PA) 10

Seeing as it appears as if Bloomsburg does not post videos of road games, I'll post the summary of the game courtest of the BU Website and you too can marvel at how somehow, someway they won that game and got a small taste of revenge for what happened in the national quarterfinals last year.

Quarterback Dan Latorre (Elysburg/Southern Columbia) hit Cory Stiger (Williamsport/Loyalsock Twp) with a four-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to play to lift the sixth-ranked Bloomsburg University Huskies over 17th-ranked California (PA), 17-10, on Saturday night.

After Cal (0-2) had tied the game at 10-10 on an 18-yard scoring pass from Josh Portis to AJ Jackson with a minute to play, the Huskies (2-0) started their game winning drive on their own 39-yard line. After Latorre's first pass fell incomplete, he scrambled for 10 yards out to the Huskies 49-yard line. Following a timeout with 36 seconds to play, the senior quarterback hit a wide-open Chris Tressler (Lewistown/Lewistown) with a 47-yard bomb to the Vulcans four-yard line. On the next play, Latorre hit Stiger with a touchdown pass, Stiger's first career scoring catch, to put Bloomsburg in front 17-10 with 22 seconds to play.

Cal, though, wasn't done. Portis completed passes of 21 and 14 yards on consecutive plays putting the ball at the Bloomsburg 36-yard line with six seconds to play. After an incomplete pass left just one second to play, Portis' last pass was knocked down by the Huskies Mike Varanavage (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) preserving the Bloomsburg win.

The game was a back and forth struggle between the defenses with the only scoring threw the first three quarters being a field goal from Jon Koenig (Pine Grove/Pine Grove) from 42-yards out which tied his career long with 12:47 to play in the second period. In the third period, Cal's Kevin Hagerman connected from 30-yards out tying the score at 3-3 heading to the fourth period.

Bloomsburg went in front 10-3 on a special teams play. A long punt from Bloomsburg was muffed by Cal's Mike Brown and recovered in the end zone by Bloomsburg's Branden Wright (Danville/Danville) with 4:29 to play setting up the wild finish.

Latorre finished 12-22 for 166 yards and one score, while Ben Weaber (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) caught five passes for 37 yards to lead the receivers. Varanavage finished with 10 tackles and the one key pass break-up, while Anthony Smith (Pottstown/Pottstown) added eight tackles.

Bloomsburg has been road warriors as of late in the regular season and they will take to the road again next week as they take on Mercyhurst. The Huskies are 2-0 this year having beaten 2 ranked teams in their 1st 2 games and have their sights set on making a run at a national championship this year. Go Huskies!!!