HARRISON CITY — Maybe it was the challenge they received from their coaches.

Maybe they didn't want to watch 2Z\x more hours of game film filled with errors, missed opportunities and questionable effort.

In any case, Seneca Valley's football players turned in a much-improved performance Friday — and it paid off on the scoreboard.

The Raiders (1-1) grabbed a 13-0 lead early in the second quarter and hung on for a 13-12 win over Penn-Trafford.

"It was a completely different team tonight," SV coach Ron Butschle said of his team, which suffered a 27-7 loss to Norwin in Week 1. "A lot of players stepped up to the plate tonight."

The Raiders were faced with adversity in the second half, yet found a way to win their first game of 2007.

Leading the Warriors 13-6 at halftime, SV saw its lead trimmed to one point when Penn-Trafford running back Brian Mack returned the second-half kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown.

But, for the second time in the game, senior Bill Burns broke through and blocked the extra point.

"There were a lot of things we could've done better," said Warriors coach Art Tragesser. "But special teams is what killed us."

For the final two quarters, Seneca Valley was without starting quarterback C.J. Brown, who took a hard shot at the end of the first half.

"The doctors advised him not to go back in the game," said Butschle.

Senior tailback James Daniels was in and out of the lineup in the second half with leg cramps.

But the Raiders were still clinging to that one-point lead when they took over the ball at their own 24-yard line with 11 minutes left.

Though they didn't score on the drive, the Raiders moved the ball 36 yards in nine plays and burned 6:17 before punting the ball back to Penn-Trafford.

Warriors senior quarterback Pat McEwen hooked up with wideout Ryan Agona for a 35-yard gain on a third-and-30 play from the Warriors' 12-yard line, but the drive fizzled out near midfield.

The Raiders' defense shut down Penn-Trafford's offense for most of the game.

The Warriors (0-2) ended the game with only 104 offensive yards and had three first downs entering the fourth quarter.

Matt Plautz, who began the game at wide receiver before moving to quarterback when Brown hurt, came up with several big plays in the win.

He caught three passes worth 38 yards on the game's first drive — including an 18-yard reception on a fourth-and-6 play from the Warriors' 26-yard line — to set up Daniels' 8-yard scoring run around right end that gave the Raiders a 7-0 lead in the first period.

Late in the first half, he took the ball on an end-around and fired a 47-yard pass to Aaron Palmieri down to the Warriors' 6-yard line. The Raiders ended the drive with a missed field goal.

In the second half, with Brown on the sidelines, Plautz helped the Raiders maintain the lead.

"(Plautz) made some big plays early on, and, in the second half, he managed the game well," said Butschle.

Raiders kicker Ryan Zipf connected on two field goals in the game, a 38-yarder late in the first quarter and a 29-yarder early in the second quarter.

But it was a special teams blunder that helped Penn-Trafford to its first score.

With just over six minutes left in the first half, the Raiders were forced to punt from their own 39-yard line.

The snap sailed over the head of punter Ryan Scheller and Penn-Trafford's Matt Hyland recovered at SV's 5-yard line.

On the very next play, Mack scored a rushing touchdown to cut SV's edge to 13-6 before Burns blocked the PAT.