BUTLER TWP — Call it a Center Township six-pack.

Lucas Dubyak rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and the Rams' defense short-circuited numerous Butler City drives en route to a 28-6 victory in the Butler Area Midget Football League championship game Saturday night at Art Bernardi Stadium.

The victory marked Center Township's sixth consecutive BAMFL championship.

The Wildcats (3-5) drove inside the CT 30-yard line six times, but managed only one touchdown. Butler City lost a fumble and turned the ball over on downs on four occasions.

"Our kids defended the goal line when they had to," Center Township coach Bob Vernick said. "Their goal was to get a shutout, but they fell short of that."

Center Township (8-0) defeated Butler City 24-14 and 22-18 during the regular season. CT has lost only three games in the past six years. The Rams have won more than 40 games during that stretch.

"Their kids are very dedicated to that program," Butler City coach Randy Bowser said. "We felt like we had a shot at them. We just couldn't punch it in."

CT built a 20-0 lead on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Jamison Smith to Max Bachman, a 19-yard run by Dubyak and 9-yard burst by Tim Vernick. The latter score occurred with 5:46 remaining in the third quarter.

Damien Pickett — who had 15 carries for 134 yards — scored on a 6-yard run for Butler City late in the third quarter.

Dubyak scored on a 63-yard run with 1:25 left in the game.

"Butler City came at us hard on each and every play," Vernick said. "This was a hard-fought football game. Those kids have nothing to hang their heads about."

Center Township had a 286-273 edge in total yardage.

"We have some tremendous kids in our area," Vernick said of the Center Township program. "They respect this uniform and take football very seriously.

"This was probably the quietest team we've had, but they did the job on the field. Kids on this team want to uphold the tradition established by the kids before them."

Four players — Chad White of East Butler, Evan Knauer of Meridian, Anthony Riley of Butler City and Austin McMahon of Center Township — won the first BAMFL Sportsmanship Awards presented in honor of the late Dick Galante. They received their awards at halftime.

East Butler won the jun ior varsity championship, defeating Center Township 14-8. Dallas Hays scored on runs of 31 and 76 yards for East Butler with Kyle Heller catching a conversion pass.

Michael DiMartino threw an 18-yard scoring pass to Zak Doverspike for Center Township. DiMartino added a conversion run.

The BAMFL All-Star Game will be played Saturday at Memorial Park. The sixth-grade game is at 11 a.m., the varsity game at 1 p.m.

Center Township 28, Butler City 6Butler City 0 0 6 0 — 6Center Township 6 8 6 8 — 28BC CT11 First Downs 1247-257 Rushes-Yards 25-22116 Passing Yards 651-3-16-0 Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) 6-12-0273 Total Yards 2863-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-05-35 Penalties-Yards 2-10

First QuarterCT — Max Bachman 25 pass from Jamison Smith (run failed), 4:23

Second QuarterCT — Lucas Dubyak 19 run (Devin Fitz pass from Smith), 4:20

Third QuarterCT — Tim Vernick 9 run (pass failed), 5:46BC — Damien Pickett 6 run (run failed), :16

Fourth QuarterCT — Dubyak 63 run (Smith run), 1:25

Individual StatisticsPassing: Butler City, Tyler Coppersmith 1-1-16-0, Damien Pickett 0-2-0-0. Center Township, Jamison Smith 6-12-65-0.

Rushing: Butler City, Darian Pickett 11-45, Brandon Selfridge 7-61, Brandon Hildebrand 7-19, Isaiah DeVaughn 5-(-2), Tyler Coppersmith 1-3, Damien Pickett 15-134, Brennan Bock 1-(-3). Center Township, Lucas Dubyak 16-166, Tim Vernick 6-31, Wyatt Daugherty 2-21, Max Bachman 1-3.

Receiving: Butler City, Darian Pickett 1-16. Center Township, Max Bachman 3-50, Tim Vernick 2-7, Wyatt Daugherty 1-8.