COAL TOWNSHIP - Levi Lorson is listed on the Jersey Shore roster at 5-foot 8, 180 pounds.
Get right down to it, the 180 pounds might be a bit generous.
No matter though, Lorson plays a whole bunch bigger.
Friday night, the diminutive running back showed his stuff at Kemp Memorial Stadium.
Carrying the ball 49 times - while also playing a full game on the defensive side of the ball - Lorson pounded out 246 yards and three touchdowns, leading the unbeaten (6-0) Bulldogs to a 36-14 victory over Shamokin Area in a game that could have helped the Indians big-time in the District 4 Class AAA playoff race.
"Everything they did, we prepared for," Shamokin Area coach Pat DiRienzo said. "They just ran it right at us.
"They're a good team. ... I'm talking a good, well-balanced team."
With fullback Bryce Charles running for one score, Lorson running for two and defensive end Zach Miller returning an interception 15 yards for a fourth touchdown, the Bulldogs led 29-0 late in the second quarter before the Indians even got on the board.
That first Shamokin touchdown, a 36-yard screen pass hookup between quarterback Tucker Yost and halfback Preston Burns, made it 29-6. A 1-yard Yost touchdown run that capped the Indians' best drive of the night on their first possession of the second half made it 29-14 and had Shamokin thinking comeback rally.
"I thought we had some momentum there," DiRienzo said. "If we would have held them after that scoring drive, I thought we were in good position."
Instead, Shore answered. And the Bulldogs did it much the same way they had all night.
With Lorson carrying 12 times on a 13-play drive, the Bulldogs chewed up 64 yards of field and more than four minutes of clock with Lorson's 4-yard scoring run taking it back to a three-touchdown lead at 36-14.
"I knew the game would be won on the line of scrimmage," DiRienzo said. "That's where we lost the game."
Jersey Shore 8 21 7 0 - 36
Shamokin 0 6 8 0 - 14
J - Charles 2 run (Loffredo pass from Leese)
J - Lorson 2 run (Koch kick)
J - Lorson 3 run (Koch Kick)
J - Miller 15 interception return (Koch kick)
S - Demsko 36 pass from Yost (Pass failed)
S - Yost 1 run (Campbell pass from Yost)
J - Lorson 4 run (Koch kick)
JS S
First downs 24 10
Rushes-Yards 65-273 33-85
Passes 7-11-0 6-15-3
Passing Yards 84 100
Total Yards 357 185
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties 3-25 5-31
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Jersey Shore - Lorson 49-246, Charles 8-22, English 3-(-14), Bashaw 4-17, Costa 1-2. Shamokin - Demsko 20-47, Burns 3-30, Yost 8-8, Pietkiewicz 2-0.
PASSING: Jersey Shore - English 7-11-0, 84 yds. Shamokin - Yost 6-15-3, 100 yds.
RECEIVING: Jersey Shore - Smith 2-31, Loffredo 2-30, Bradley 1-12, Costa 2-11. Shamokin - Mirolli 1-(-7), Campbell 2-26, Demsko 2-38, Burns 1-43.
INTERCEPTIONS: Jersey Shore - Miller, Leese 2.