Wellsboro edges Bath 14-9 for fourth win.

Wellsboro-Charleston High School hung on for an exciting 14-9 win over a game Haverling High School of Bath, N.Y. Friday night on the losers field.

Coach Jim Talerico's charges wasted no time in getting a margin. Wellsboro kicked off and after racking up a first down, Bath was stopped and punted to the Wellsboro 25-yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Mike Burns kept the ball on a quarterback sneak and shot threw the center of the Bath defenses, cut to the sideline and was off on a beautiful 75 yard touchdown romp. Bob Morrow's placement for the extra point was true and the Hornets led 7-0 in the first quarter.

Wellsboro threatened again in the quarter when, after recovering a Bath fumble on their 43-yard line, the green drove to the Bath 20-yard line on a pass from Gordy Seamans to Burns. In five plays Wellsboro was on the Bath five-yard line but the Ramblers held and took over on downs.

The Hornets scored with only a minute gone in the second period as Mike Burns fired a pass from 25 yards into the end zone which Seamans made a leaping catch, for the score. Morrow's kick' for the-extra point was good, and it was Wellsboro 14, Bath 0 at the half.

The second half saw the Hornets go stale and Bath go ripping off long gains through the center of the Wellsboro line. Hunter finally bulled over from a yard out and then added the extra point to make the score 14-7 with a quarter remaining.

The jame grew closer when Bath scored a safety. Wellsboro was trying topunt from its own end zone when Ron Parulus dropped the ball on the snap from center. Parulus tried to run it out but
was tackled before he could do so. The two points gave Bath a chance to win with five minutes left in the game and the score 14-9, Wellsboro kicked frohj their own 20-yard line. The Bath eleven drove to the Wellsboro 25-yard line but Gordy Seamans intercepted a pass on the 10-yard line and the Hornets ran the clock out for their fourth win of the season against 1 loss and 1 tie.

Wellsboro travels to Towanda tomorrow night for another game under the lights. Kickoff time is set for 8:00 p.m.