JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley scored early, quickly — and often.

The Raiders produced a long passing play for a touchdown on their first possession and took advantage of Butler mistakes all night in cruising to a 55-0 football win Friday night at NexTier Stadium.

The victory gave SV possession of the Eagle Traveling Trophy for the 15th consecutive time in the series between the teams.

None of the eight Seneca Valley (1-5) touchdown drives took more than five plays. Five of the scoring drives were 30 yards or fewer.

“I feel great for our kids,” Seneca Valley coach Ron Butschle said. “They needed this. They deserved this. It’s always good to win that trophy.””

“We were able to take advantage of their turnovers and put the ball in the end zone,” SV quarterback Sean O’Shea said. “We were due to have a game like this. All of us know we’re better than our 0-5 record coming in.”

O’Shea threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores himself. His first scoring strike set the tone for the Raiders.

After a Braylon Littlejohn punt forced SV to begin its first possession at its own 1-yard line, the Raiders earned a first down on three running plays. On 2nd-and-9 from the Raider 12, O’Shea found Luke Challingsworth open over the middle. The receiver broke a few tackles and outran the defense to complete an 88-yard scoring play.

Late in the quarter, the Golden Tornado (2-4) muffed a punt and SV’s Cenzo DiTullio fell on the ball at the Byutler 13. Kai West scored on a 12-yard run two plays later and the Raiders never looked back.

“We gave them a short field all night,” Butler coach Eric Christy said.

The Tornado lost five fumbles, including two muffed punts — DiTullio (2), Jackson Matthews and Issaiah Jackson-Boston among the SV players making the recoveries — and were victimized by a successful onsides kick.

“With all the mistakes we were making, I was surprised it was only 28-0 at the half,” Christy said. “It felt like it should have been worse.”

Butler’s Evan Reinsel recovered a SV fumble near mudfield and the Raiders’ Jake Adams missed a 37-yard field goal attempt in the first half.

But the night clearly belonged to Seneca Valley.

“It gets easy to call plays in a game like this,” Butschle said. “Our kids were ready to play tonight.”

O’Shea completed only four of seven passes, but for 185 yards. The Raiders were able to get the mercy clock going when they took a 35-0 lead barely a minute into the second half. A screen pass to Kai West went for 49 yards, setting up O’Shea’s 4-yard touchdown run.

Butler’s offense managed only three first downs — none in the second half — and 60 yards of total offense. Seneca Valley had 312 yards of offense.

Tornado quarterback Noah Ritchie left the game with a sprained ankle early in the third quarter. Freshman Nicholas Baggetta finished the game behind center.

Alec Teff, Butler’s original starting quarterback this season, suffered a knee injury in the opening game at Shaler. He may return next week. Christy said Teff would start Saturday’s junior varsity game.

Butler was plagued by missed tackles Friday night.

“There’s a toughness factor in football. It has to be played that way,” Christy said. “You need a thick skin and we’re working on developing that.”

Butler hosts Westinghouse while Seneca Valley hosts Hempfield next Friday night.

“It took us a while to get this first win, but now that we did ... We have a chance to stack some wins,” Butschle said.

Butler 0 0 0 0 — 0

Seneca Valley 14 14 14 13 — 55

First Quarter

SV — Luke Challingsworth 88 pass from Sean O’Shea (Jake Adams kick), 5:46

SV — Kai West 12 run (adams kick), 1:04

Second Quarter

SV — O’Shea 1 run (Adams kick), 11:31

SV — Cayden Parker 17 pass from O’Shea (Adams kick), 1:16

Third Quarter

SV — O’Shea 4 run (Adams kick), 10:55

SV — Owen Mancuso 5 run (Adams kick), :39

Fourth Quarter

SV — Kyler Matson 30 run (Max Eisenhut kick), 8:41

SV — Joe Ward 5 run (kick failed), 3:24

Individual Statistics

Rushing: Butler, David Graef 8-45, Landon Lacey 6-9, Mark Klemz 1-1, Noah Ritchie 3-(-16), Zane Summerville 2-5, Braylon Littlejohn 1-5, Maxwell Rihn 1-4, Nicholas Baggetta 3-(-3), TEAM 2-(-5), Jacob Kollinger 1-4. Seneca Valley, Sean O’Shea 9-26, Kaui West 12-61, TEAM 1-(-4), Owen Mancuso 5-18, Kyler Matson 4-53, Joe Ward 5-23.

Passing: Butler, Noah Ritchie 3-7-11-0, Nicholas Baggetta 0-1-0-0. Seneca Valley, Sean O’Shea 4-7-185-0, Parker Brugos 0-2-0-0.

Receiving: Butler, David Graef 3-11. Seneca Valley, Luke Challingsworth 1-88, Amari Henson 1-31, Cayden Parker 1-17, Kai West 1-49.