Blocked punt gives O’Hara first league win 50 Years Ago

A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past.

Tom Keenan recovers a blocked punt for a TD as Cardinal O’Hara defeats Monsignor Bonner, 16-9, for the program’s first Catholic League victory … Wilby West runs for a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter as Penncrest defeats Ridley for the first time in school history, 12-11… George Kubica runs for a TD and throws scoring passes of 33and 57yards to Stewart Burns in Clifton Heights’ 33-7 win over Darby Township … Ed Frescoln runs for a pair of touchdowns as Sharon Hill gets past Nether Providence, 31-25 … Dan Greening has one scoring run and tosses two TD passes in Lansdowne Aldan’s 28-13 win over Interboro … John Fralin runs 55 yards with an intercepted pass in the fourth quarter for the touchdown that gives Yeadon a 13-6 victory over Swarthmore … Walt Boulden runs for three TDs, catches a scoring pass from Dale Rittenhouse, and throws a touchdown pass to Rich Gatchell as Chichester rolls past Garnet Valley, 60-0… Art Dinicola and Dennis O’Hara run for two TDs to help St. James beat St. Thomas More, 33-14 … Chuck Hall has a pair of scoring runs and grabs a touchdown pass from George Petrie as Springfield stops Chester, 27-0.

40 Years Ago

Dave Christopher runs 45 yards with a fumble for a touchdown, Gary Nuyannes has a scoring run and throws a TD pass to Randy Owsley, and Jeff Owsley adds a scoring run to help Sun Valley to a 27-10victory over West Chester East … Jack Ruane tosses a pair of touchdown passes in St. James’ 29-8 win over Monsignor Bonner … John Brennan throws a pair of scoring passes to Willie Sydnor and runs for a TD as Radnor beats Upper Darby (Paul Shepherd scoring passes to Pete Plousis, Bill Shepherd and Rich Gentile), 27-21 … Mark Richardson’s touchdown run with 45 seconds to play gives Chester (David Carter two TD passes to Keith Thompson) a 20-15 win over St. Mark’s … John Magaw runs for two touchdowns as Chichester gets past Nether Providence, 13-8 … Chris Hansen has three scoring runs in Swarthmore’s 28-3victory over Yeadon … Paul Eberle runs for three TDs as Ridley rolls over Lower Merion, 42-7 … Kevin McClernon gets three touchdowns in Archbishop Carroll’s 24-6 win over West Catholic … Kevin McCaffrey and David Natale run for a pair of TDs as Cardinal O’Hara clobbers Roman Catholic, 40-0 … Tim Keyser has three scoring runs, tackle Tom Toner recovers a fumble for a TD, and Greg Ambrose scores on a 25-yard run with an interception in Interboro’s 43-24 win over Springfield … Gary Gadsden scores a pair of touchdowns as Darby Township beats Sharon Hill, 22-8.

30 Years Ago

Jim Fitzpatrick’s three completions all go for touchdowns – 39 yards to Tim Deveney and eight and 60 yards to George Deveney – to help Interboro upset Glen Mills (Juan Gordon 89-yard interception return), 33-22 … Anthony Barber’s TD run and Neal McLaughlin’s conversion run give St. James a 22-19 win over St. John Neumann … Matt Blundin’s 14-yard scoring pass to Rob Graf in the final minute lifts Ridley past Springfield, 14-7 … Rodney Blackwell runs for three touchdowns and Ted Novak has a pair of scoring passes as Penn Wood remains undefeated by beating Chichester, 36-0 … Steve Williams gains 219 yards rushing and scores a pair of TDs as Academy Park tops Unionville, 28-0 … Doug Mills gains 159 yards on 25 carries and scores four touchdowns in Garnet Valley’s 2814 win over Archbishop Kennedy … Joe Barr throws two scoring passes as Marple Newtown defeats Haverford, 33-14 … Anthony McClain has a pair of TD runs and Charles Cole tosses two touchdown passes in Chester’s 49-0 win over Sun Valley … Ken Hull is 21-for-30 passing for 342 yards and three TDs as Strath Haven stops Conestoga, 42-21 … John Walsh’s two-yard scoring run in the first quarter lifts Radnor over Upper Darby, 7-0.

20 Years Ago

Ahmaud McDonald recovers a fumble for a touchdown and Delmar Carter has a pair of TDs as Glen Mills defeats Cedar Cliff, 18-13 … Adam Zlupko catches a 49-yard scoring pass from Eric Zimpfer with 2:11 to play as Unionville hands Academy Park (John Scanlan touchdown, 34-yard field goal) its first loss, 14-10… Albert Grundy gains 219 yards on 30 carries and scores a touchdown in Springfield’s 21-0 win over Radnor … Steve Juisti kick field goals of 32 and 23 yards in the second half as Monsignor Bonner beats Archbishop Carroll, 6-3 … Tony Green has three TDs in Chichester’s 43-20 win over Chester … Ricky Moore scores on punt returns of 72 and 35 yards and Vince McHale gets a pair of touchdowns as Interboro beats Penn Wood (Paul McDuffy 91-yard kickoff return), 41-16 … Tom Ward has two scoring runs in Upper Darby’s 24-7 win over Marple Newtown … Brad Messick throws two TD passes to Ryan Smith and Matt Kester scores a pair of touchdowns as Sun Valley clobbers Harriton, 56-22 … Andy Russell tosses two scoring passes to Mark Jones and Dan Mulhern adds two TDs in Strath Haven’s 2521 win over Ridley.

10 Years Ago

Eric Frasier scores on a 76-yard run as Strath Haven stops Springfield 14-12 … Joe Fiorelli runs for two touchdowns and throws a scoring pass to Darnell Muse as Chichester beats Academy Park (Kasi Stewart two TD passes, one scoring run), 20-18, in its final game under coach Joe LaRose … Shane Coyle tosses a pair of scoring passes and Jeff Owsley has two touchdown runs in Sun Valley’s 27-6 win at Kennett … Al Humes has two TD passes as Ridley rolls past Upper Darby, 27-6 … Greg Davis gets three scoring runs in Garnet Valley’s 28-13 win over Harriton … Jon Liberty and John Rutecki each score twice as Marple Newtown clobbers Radnor, 48-0 … E.J. Calderoni has a pair of TDs as Penncrest tops Lower Merion, 41-0 … Tim Ridewood gets three scoring runs in Interboro’s 33-13 win at Penn Wood … Tom Savage throws a 64-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Royal and John Dempsey adds a pair of scoring runs as Cardinal O’Hara defeats Monsignor Bonner, 28-6 … Al Payne tosses a 61-yard scoring pass to Tomir Logan in Chester’s 19-14 win over Glen Mills … Luke Wischnowski and Wiley Flowers team up on an 89-yard scoring completion, but Archbishop Carroll drops a 9-6 decision to Bishop McDevitt … Danny Judge runs for one touchdown and throws for another in Haverford School’s 14-12 loss to Chestnut Hill Academy.